the president now under 40% approval on handling of the economy. the other big issue and more dramatic drop for biden about to show you here. covid. the pandemic. when he came to office, this was where he got his strongest marks as president. about a year ago nearly 70% of voters approved of how biden was handling the pandemic. again, the numbers continue to slip. he was still in positive territory just a few months ago. no longer. our latest numbers have a majority disapproving of how the president's handling the pandemic. only 44% approving of it. interestingly, too, speaking of the pandemic. with the omicron variant, with the treatments, with vaccines, an interesting bit of a shift picked up on pap morning consulate pill out last week have been asking folks as you think about the pandemic, are you more concerned with the effect it's having on public health in this country, or the effect it's having on the economy? consistently for the last two years, it's been public health