whereas the senate in pennsylvania, for example, are duking it out, trying to win the former president s endorsement. he still looms very large over all of this. yeah. certainly, though, i think a lot of republicans, congressional candidates, would love to be talking about 2022 during this campaign and not about 2020. we ll have to see if the former president will do the same. i kind of doubt it. politico s nicholas wu, we appreciate it as always. we ll see you soon. still ahead s the omicron variant the last wave of the covid pandemic? the latest outlook from dr. fauci. we ll get into that. plus, new details in the tense hostage standoff inside a synagogue. how the rabbi helped the hostages escape. those stories and a check on the weather when we come right back. weather when we come right back.