We are awaiting the briefing. this got delayed now three times, and still not happening, so we ll keep watching for psaki, and the dow down 550 points on covid jitters. mike: lots of questions to ask at the briefing. thank you so much for joining us. it s been a pleasure. sandra: great to be with you, mike. i am sandra smith. mike: martha: thank you very much, mike and sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. so the white house as you just heard is set to brief moments from now. there s been several delays. looks like people are taking their seats. we ll keep an eye on that. the big story today, senator joe manchin slamming the west wing for the handling of the build back better negotiations. it s not the president. it s the staff. they put some things out that were inexcusable. they know what it is. that s it. martha: so interesting editorial from the wall street