country. this is a moment we can put the divisives behind us, i hope. this is a moment we can do what we haven t been able to do enough of through this whole pandemic, get the nation to come together. reporter: so that goal for the president, getting the nation to come together as he said, it has been difficult, potentially more difficult than what white house officials thought it would be coming into this administration. but one thing that the president s moves really focus on, he s trying to prevent a winter surge or at least deal with it, prepare the country for it ahead of time. and so also in those remarks, president biden repeated one of those promises that he made earlier this week that there will be no shutdowns or lockdowns for now, but this is a president really trying to get ahead of any potential surge, trying to keep the american people safe. laura? jasmine wright live in washington, d.c. for us. thank you. to germany now where it is imposing a nationwide lockdown on