volumes, doesn t it? i was with the president last july when he was in philadelphia giving a major speech on voting rights, but there s a school of thought in this white house. covid is an issue where they know the president needs to be seen as in command of this issue, speaking to the american people regularly about it. there are some issues and we saw it last week when the president gave the major speech on january 6th, calling out the former president, that this is a similar school of thought here, that because the president has only spoken about it so rarely, that when he does, people pay attention. people watch, people will listen. and so there s going to be a lot of focus on what he says here. but as so many of his critics have been sayingering words mean nothing at this point. they want to see more than just a fight, they want to see a plan. the plan as it goes in the senate is not one that s easily discernible.hallie, this is the big speech outside of washington he s giving in