I actually want to start by talking about President Biden's press conference.

Good afternoon.

Before I take questions, I want to make a progress report to the nation on where we stand 65 days

into office here.

Were you watching the press conference?

I was.

Edward Isaac DeVare writes about politics for the Atlantic.

He covered the Biden campaign and he knows this administration will.

We will buy my 100th day in office, have administered 200 million shots in people's arms.

That's right.

Well, I was really struck by something.

Biden comes out there, he makes his opening remarks and he does talk about vaccination

and school openings.

And then that's it.

There are no pandemic questions.

Were you surprised for that?

I think a lot of people were surprised by it.

There were a lot of questions about the filibuster and several about whether he's going to run

for re-election in 2024.

But we are, it's not like we're done with the pandemic.

Maybe there weren't any questions about it because every day feels like an ongoing slog.

And one of the things that makes this slog feel so unforgiving, so constant for so many

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