infectious disease resource programs in the country. we haven t talked about them. they have a vaccine that looks like a soccer ball. it s not the mrna type. it has so many targets that it can cover all the variants as they emerge. it s in stage 2 trials. it s months away but shows a new technology. going to be in the future. reasons to be hopeful there ahead of christmas. dr. siegel, thanks so much. thanks, gillian. moments from now, the president s covid response will hold a briefing. this comes after a rare moment when president biden praised former president trump. take a listen. thanks to the prior administration and our scientific community, america is one of the first countries to get the vaccine. dr. ben carson, a member of was a member of the trump covid task information. he s here to join us as the white house down plays the president s underwater approval rating on the economy. that is next.