confirmed the best hockey players on the planet will be skipping beijing and the winter olympics. several hockey games had been be postponed last week. the nba has delayed five games. texas a&m just dropped the gator bow over covid concerns. after getting back to the office, numerous company including the biggest have delayed return to work. we know cnn has closed their offices to nonessential workers. companies like lyft pushing out the return to 2023. there was some good news here today, neil, with the pfizer covid pill approved by the fda and many hope that will get us back to normal life again soon. >> neil: fingers crossed on all of that. gray run down of all of that. we're hearing from dr. fauci