"washington post." coauthor of the "new york times" best seller i alone can fix it. and chuck a justice department veteran. former u.s. attorney. and former senior fbi official. good evening and welcome to you all. i'd like to begin with you and that building you cover for a living. let's talk about the white house responding to this variant. amid- cat calls from republicans especially on social media. that biden failed to stop the pandemic. some of the same people calling the pandemic a hoax. in earlier times. so, amid lt noise and distractions. the administration has to do what they see fit. >> that's right. president biden said today essentially that his administration is focussed on this variant. it doesn't want people to panic.