contrasted with the long guns in the photos smiling with long guns was so stark. and it's so startling. i wonder where we are as country that that kind of think gets celebrated and it really doesn't have anything to do with lawful gun ownership or all the things that we need to do to protect the american public. >> my thanks on any day, but especially on a day when all the news is hard. all the news is tricky. and there is thou one better to talk to about it than the two of you. thank you john. thank you, johna. switching gears again, to potential -- potential good signs out there on the omicron variant and the future of covid from the nation's top medical experts. we will tell you about it next.