got a bit of time. i mean, is this going to help him, the president, in terms of going into that that election? it certainly will help him and the momentum will be there and then he is also got to deal with covid because that s going to be around for a while, as well. and you can see with the mandates that is coming across, some people are protesting it. like 25% of americans don t want the vaccination at all. he s got those kind of problems to overcome as well to show he is an effective leader and it s a very tough situation. multiple challenges at the same time which very few presidents find this many at one time. peter matthews, i really appreciate it. thanks for the analysis. thank you, michael. just a day after the uk authorized merck s anti-covid pill for treatment of some cases of the coronavirus, pfizer says it has a better one. the company says interim results of a trial showed that it was 89% effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths. a study found the mer