now progressives want to sidestep the west virginia moderate altogether. we will tell you their latest plan. neil: terrifying update on the border crisis. trying to sneak into our country. carley: you are watching fox and friends first . todd: i am todd piro. cases of the laquan variant continue to rise. the speech will be a stark warning to the unvaccinated. carley: griff jenkins with more on what we can expect from the president later today. reporter: we expect them to say the cdc, the omicron very it is the dominant strain in the country accounting for 73% of new cases with the first death reported out of houston. in a speech today about how the administration is handling it president biden taking to twitter to preview his remarks saying we are working around the clock to increase testing ability, vaccine ability and support for hospitals. i will have more to say on this tomorrow. in the meantime get vaccinated, get this, wear a mask and keep the faith, we will get t