in fact, one black president a world away wants to know why president biden is singling out african nations when it is affecting people hopping on planes and going everywhere? i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". the president meeting now we're told with his covid response team getting set to speak later this hour to the nation on the new variant. and the world health organization says it poses a very high global risk. south africa's first reports of it were last wednesday. the truth, there is still a lot we don't know. dr. anthony fauci says it should take about two weeks to get a clear picture of how severe and transmissible the variant is. >> you have a virus that has already gone to multiple countries. inevitably it will be here. we're on the lookout for this. cdc has a good surveillance system. if and when shall did-it will be when it comes here hopefully we'll be ready for it. >> harris: dr. marty makary