let's get over to david weston who is talking to dr. anthony fauci. this is bloomberg. david: for our bloomberg television and radio audience wide, and our special guest dr. anthony fouts he is with us, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. thank you for being back with us. what are the prospects for another wave of this covid-19, whether it be some other sub variant, given the level of immunity we believe we have in the country today? >>>> to accurately predict for the following reason. you are correct that when you combine the immunity that many people have following infection with the immunity that people have been vaccinated and hopefully boost it have, there is a significant amount of background immunity. we know that the omicron da-2 - omicron is highly transmissible and the da-2 has a transmission advantage. if you look at what happens in other countries, we usually follow their pattern. take the u.k. as an example. they have ba2 and they've done to other things. they have the virus we have in our country, about 75% are ba@. they'v

will join balance of power with david weston.london this is bloomberg bloomberg ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> from the world of politics. >> inflation is much higher than they were dealing with. they'll bring it back down. >> to the world of business. >> russia and ukraine together supply a very substantial portion of the world's exports. but it's not merely important though that may be a weak issue. >> this is "balance of power" with david weston. ♪ david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york to our television and radio audiences worldwide welcome to "balance of power." ukraine is at the top of the agenda with president putin of russia saying his troops have taken mariupol even though there remain 2,000 ukrainian troops still occupying the steel mill. president biden said we'll send more aid to the ukrainians. to cover all this we go o our crackerjack washington round table. joe matthews. week days on bloomberg aido. and bill ferries who leads our national security coverage in washington. joe, start with

. >> this is balance of power with david weston. ♪ david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new yorknd radio audiences worldwide, welcome to balance of power. the united states announced strong job numbers and president biden davis is take a short time ago. president biden: even though we created a record number of jobs, i know that this job is not finished. we need to do more to get prices under control step pruden's of ukraine has driven up -- rises in food prices all over the world. david:ta