people like this woman that showed up at the loudon county school board saying she s going to bring guns. it s dangerous, extreme rhetoric and has nothing to do. it s poisoning our country and not doing anything for the citizens of the fifth district of virginia or americans in general. all right. andy parker, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. keep an eye on that race. thank you, jim. now here is christine romans with your before the bell report. hi, christine. hi, jim. jobs are plentiful, wages rising, but how much damage did omicron inflict on the jobs market? we ll get the big monthly labor department report friday with millions of people sidelined from work because the omicron variant. economists predict a gain of just 238,000 new despite an omicron slowdown they say the jobs market is healthy. the labor market is very, very strong right now.