democratic unity. of course we would right to be curious with joe manchin. but it s up to leadership in the democratic party who, you know, made the decision to get us to this juncture and how we re going to move forward. reporter: tonight, the administration is preparing for an even more urgent challenge, the rising cases of covid-19, specifically the new variant, the omicron variant. the president will deliver a speech to the nation tomorrow afternoon from here at the white house, drawing a distinction between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. this is not a lockdown speech in the words of general pss jen ps psaki. that speech comes tomorrow here at the white house, wolf. jeff zeleny, thank you very much. let s discuss all of this with a key player, the chair of the congressional progressive