next few days to making improvements, but we re not expecting according to our conversations with administration officials that this entire problem will be over by the end of this week or even next week. in fact, some of the steps that the white house is now taking to try to resolve this are inherently going to take a little while to kick in. so when it comes to the defense production act, we re hearing today from senior administration officials who say, look, this is about ingredients that are in baby formula, some of which may change hands several times before they even make it to the actual manufacturer of the baby formula. and so the people who make, for example, the soy product or thele milk by product that goes into it, they may not know this is destined for baby formula, that they need to put that delivery ahead of other clients and that is where the invocation of the defense production act can really be effective. we re also getting new information in the last few
they re free, available and at over 90,000 sites. we have added sites, added hours, added appointments, added walk-in capacity. we have booster shots for every american in the country. it s easier than ever to get a booster shot, and more importantly than ever, it s been. the fda has also now authorized booster shots for children ages 12 to 15. so, with the final approval from the centers for disease control and prevention, the cdc, young people, when that occurs, young people ages 12 to 15 will be able to get booster shots later this week. second, on testing, i know this remains frustrating, believe me, it s frustrating to me, but we re making improvements. in the last two weeks, we ve stood up federal testing sites all over the country and we re adding more each and every day.
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trace: thank you, jackie. president biden: i m directing my team to work with pfizer to double our order from 10 million to 20 million treatment courses on testing. i know this remains frustrating believe me, it is frustrating to me. but we re making improvements. in the last two weeks we ve stood up federal testing sites all over the country. dana: president biden yesterday trying to ease anxiety over the pandemic as the u.s. shatters a single day record. a million new cases recording monday. the fast spread is creating chaos for air travel and leading for hours of testing. let s bring in admiral giroir and the testing czar with the trump administration. the back and forth of the white house yesterday. jen psaki closes this out. this is what they said they were going to do on testing and where she says we are today.
challenges? $72.8 billion allocated to testing and detecting the virus in an ample fashion over the course of 2020 and 2021. edward lawrence digging into this. he joins us from the white house. yeah. follow the money. this story won t go away to figure out where the money went. the frustration could be known. even here at the white house, long lines in order to get covid tests, at-home tests. very difficult to find. the president just finishing addressing his covid response and stressing that the administration pledged to buy the $500 million at-home kit to start to be delivered soon. i know this is frustrating. it s frustrating to me but we re making improvements. the last two weeks, we set up federal testing sites all over the country. we re adding more each and every