half a billion. the good news, eric, for the white house, unemployment fell to 3.9%. earlier today the former ckc -- c cdc director rebuked president biden for saying it's a pandemic of the unvaccinated. >> i'm very disappointed when i hear those statements. clearly, many, many people that are getting infected today have been what cdc calls fully vaccinated, and some of them have been boosted. >> reporter: and as you mentioned, president biden scheduled to give the state of the union address on march 33st, the latest -- march 1st. the latest since 1984. everything? eric: all right, lucas, thanks so much. arthel: cdc director dr. rochelle walensky yesterday held hell her first solo news conference since becoming the head of the agency. the video briefing coming as dry