this is a different moment than christmas last year, and certainly the beginning of the pandemic because of the vaccinations, because of the booster. so he did stress the need for that as well. this is a deep challenge that you can see from the president there and it is one that is going to have this white house on edge throughout the holidays. christine and paula? all right, jeff, thank you. a winter run of covid just as most of the emergency covid relief has run out. and some programs have expired. nearly $5.7 trillion in government rescue since the start of the pandemic to cushion the economic blow. member stimulus ppp, bailouts, most of that money, 86%, has been obligated or spent. all of that might have been enough if everyone had been vaccinated on schedule. of course that s not what happened. now we re faced with the omicron variant spreading like wildfire, wreaking havoc again on small business. i think omicron is already doing significant damage to the economy. you can s