guidelines. on the hill, capitol police laying out plans for better security for the anniversary of january 6. and new criticism. somebody here today to talk all about it. member of the house select smt, congressman adam schiff joins us one on one later on in the hour. a lot going on. i m hallie jackson along with the rest of our nbc news team. kick can off with peter alexander at thehite house and medical contributor and founder and ceo of and vancing health ceo. president biden is making news on a couple fronts. right? saying schools should stay open and talking about the government doubling order of covid anti-viral pill? reporter: exactly right. the president speaking within the last hour. challenge for schools, you ll discuss later this same hour, staffing shortages there, because many teachers calling out sick and concerns among parents.