this cuts across all party lines and cuts across different administrations. we are at the point now where something has to be done. dana: let me ask you about this quote from mike brown, president of the national chicken council. he said that biden s plan looks like a solution in search of a problem. it s time for the white have to stop playing chicken with our food system and using the meat industry as a scapegoat for the significant challenges facing our economy. does he have a point there or is there a real problem of the president is trying to fix in his own way? there certainly is a problem. as scott alluded to, this is been alone for a long time. when i took over my operation from a family member 20 years ago, the cattle buyer at the time said he was not coming back to our farm because we did not have enough animals to provide.
election in 2022, but if democrats lose the house like i think they will, she s not going to want to stick around and attempt to be the minority leader. nancy pelosi s going to retire. she is 80 some years old. she s been there long time and been a great run. she won t want to go back into the minority because it s going to be two years, for each, or six years for the democrats have the chance to get the majority in the house. dana: some are calling for president biden to be primary to in 2024. he s deeply unpopular. you can see this in the approval rating. look at how it s gone down. you know what it means to go from 50s to 40s. if you search go much lower if you see covid this month and insulation continuing. kids scrambling to be back in school.
he said he should shut down the virus. he couldn t do it. president biden and the rest of us forced to watch and hope for the best although hope is not a strategy, as u.s. smashed a global record with one million americans testing positive yesterday. teachers unions claim moring to clamoring to keep children home. panic setting in for some democrats who don t want joe biden to run again. the faulkner focus top of the hour hospital officials are dealing with a critical staffing shortage. i think this is a little what governor desantis talking about. which is, people coming into the
tomorrow itch an hour long conversation with ennis kanter it s fascinating on china lebron and the nba. might want to check it out. ainsley: i want to say so good to be back. aren t we grateful for our jobs and all of you watching. i hope everyone has a wonderful new year. let s make it the best year petty. brian: on behalf of will and ainsley, listen to the radio show for the next three hours. bye, dana: americas in the grips of oma chronic and the u.s. becoming the first country to report limiting cases in one day. doubled the previous record set a week ago. good morning, i m dana perino. bill is off. i m trace gallagher. this is america s newsroom. president biden will meet with his covert response team at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. the surgeon cases comes as the country faces a shortage of tests. the president pledged to mail it half a billion free ones, but we have yet to see progress.
physical classrooms as they reassess how to deal with this highly infectious omicron variant. dana: on other days would get 2022 underway. thank you, jonathan. trace: president biden is set to meet with his covert response team today for the first time in over two weeks. americans wait for his 500 promised free at home covid tests. white house correspondent is with us on the north on. good morning. the president will be receiving that covert briefing this morning. we are expecting an update on whether the cdc will update its newly revised quarantine guidelines to include a testing component after five days of isolation following a positive covid case. there are conflicting accounts on whether it would be necessary and the surgeon general said an update is coming soon in response to public pressure. they have received feedback and questions about the role of