secret to preserve the confidentiality of discussions around the presidency. for joe biden, meantime, his administration is now facing a number of domestic challenges, from a fast-growing covid surge, to a stalled economic and social spending package. and with midterms less than a year away, democrats hope he can turn things around in 2022. sabrina sadiki is a white house reporter at the wall street journal and joins me now from washington. really good to see you. and i ve been reading kind of what you think is on the map here for democrats. you know, you point out that, look, the picture for biden is mixed. he s brought back stability, the battle against covid had shown progress, vaccinations were higher. they were supporting schools. the economy is decent. infrastructure bill, check, check. sabrina, it doesn t feel like that. it doesn t even feel like a