this upcoming week. plus, we are still fighting covid two years in with omicron ripping across the country. yet joe biden's cdc and fda are telling us to isolate, ride it out. is a covid cover-up underway? why are affordable, generic flu medications not part of the protocols to treat these flu symptom? plus, what we are now learning about their results. dr. pierre kory will join me on big pharma's influence in watch -- in washington and why they expect to make billions on vaccines in the next two years. will the money spent on lobbying go up as well? plus, it was literally a theater on capitol hill this week. >> we're privileged to have a contribution from one of the great creative talents of our time, lin-manuel miranda. ♪ someday, someday ♪♪ maria: yes, the show must go on