freedom-loving countries not just nato allies but we all need to stand firm. bill: rob portman, republican from ohio. we ll speak again. wall street journal. putin wages war on europe. mr. putin declared war on europe and the west. with a cold war. a war deferred with the iron curtain falling among the ukraine front line but a war all the same, end quote. dana: that op-ed very sobering and worth paying attention to. when they say imminent you mean something in the next six weeks if putin is going the make a move. new data shedding light on the omicron surge. the dire predictions we re hearing. a new era underway in virginia. governor youngkin and team are reshaping the state. the impact could be bigger. trey gowdy on that straight ahead. the message is there is a new sheriff in town.