street journal." thank you, brother bill. we'll see if they do it. >> dana: he made good points. >> bill: you go there to have that whole thing about the assembly *l space. -- emotional space. >> dana: even as a lutheran it hits you. i could become catholic. there might be a day. >> bill: you are welcome to. >> dana: we'll discuss it in the commercial break. the criminal trial of jussie smol et begins today in chicago where the act or is accused of faking a hate crime against himself three years ago. two brothers who worked with him on the tv show say he planned the whole thing and paid them to do it. trial starts with jury selection today and is expected to last a week. we'll have more on this coming up in the next hour. first president biden set to get an update from the covid response team this hour before delivering remarks this morning on the new omicron variant and the u.s. response after imposing a travel ban against