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Too, because we're still trying to figure out where we are in the decision space with vladimir putin. it is not exactly clear what his intentions are, tactic ll with respect to ukrainian and so we don't believe he's made a final decision we want to makesure there is a diplomatic pack. the sect believed that bases on what we've been seeing over the last several days through the course of the weekend that this was a prudent step forward. and i'll tell you one more thing about what miss hill wrote and i read it and she's incredibly brilliant when it comes to all things russia. there is not going ...

Commissioner gottlieb. he's talking about omicron variant ba-2. while it appears to be more contagious, it doesn't change the decision space for policy makers and doesn't appear to be more dangerous. a good thing. let's bring in an infectious disease specialist at the university of san francisco. so nice to have you on "early start" this morning. we know the variants are going to keep popping up. you heard dr. gottlieb. given how many people got omicron over the holidays, what are you going to ask yourself every time a new variant comes along? >> laura, i ask myself three questions. is it more...

Nato and the u.s. should not take that off the table, but if they support -- if the u.s., say, supports a no-fly zone, and the u.s. shoots down a russian plane, isn't that the beginning of world war iii? >> well, i mean, it is incredibly risky, so i'm not really outright advocating for it, alisyn. but i guess what i'm trying to do is split a hair a little bit and say that we shouldn't take it off the table. i don't want vladimir putin thinking anything's off the table, and who knows how this scenario will unfold. who knows whether president biden and other leaders of our country might feel lik...

And i think thus far, across the board, you have to say that they perform quite well. >> there is a call, i mean, an interesting happen in the republican party. the vast majority of republicans don't like vladimir putin and kind to want to get to biden's right on this. so they want to say that he should be doing more, that there should be a no-fly zone. there is a hard-core part of the base. you see madison cawthorn, and you see it in marjorie taylor greene. you see it on the tucker show. this sort of like anti-, anti-putin-ism. ukraine is a made-up country. the clintons invented it. it's just...

There's nothing that she can do except hopes that joe manchin ends up being happy. he's very much in a position of leverage. >> as season who covers the decision space that -- around these folks, do you think joe manchin, senator manchin, is representing the interests of west virginia, the preferences and tastes of folks in west virginia around some of the issues in this legislation, access to community college, things on health care, things on climate. is he in step with his public, or is he working for forces unseen. >> this is a fundamental question about american politics right now, right?...