variant. we'll dig into that in moments. also in a few hours, president biden is scheduled to have that high stakes phone call with vladimir putin. at the center of it all, the tens of thousands of russian troops gathering for weeks on the ukrainian border. plus breaking on the economy. new weekly jobless claims are in and are lower than expected. 198,000 people filing for first-time unemployment benefits last week. and we'll start this hour with jake ward in san francisco. gary grumbeck in washington d.c. and a physician and fellow at the brookings institution. we also have dr. ere win redlener. sam, we're going to start with you in florida. that state shattered the one-day covid record with nearly 50,000 new cases. what are you seeing there at that testing site? >> reporter: these testing lines