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To get vaccinated as opposed to passing blame. secondly, it is really to expand testing. we have to realize that testing is one of the most critical public health tools that we have. regular, repetitive, once or twice a week testing, people that are at high risk for infection. i particularly think in our schools k-12 we should be testing kids once or twice a week and removing the infected person, an approach that is our strategy of identifying knowledge of infection rather than these generic str...

There in january when the information is available, and they will be able to request three tests. that is something that is a reflection of the presidents commitment to continue re-examining and improving our covid response, including as it relates to testing. go ahead. >> reporter: another on testing, because why not? theres more to ask here and i dont think weve had answers yet. is there any sense of whether you will be able to guarantee that, from the moment ordered online, how long one will ...

About sending tests to peoples homes, he said, "should we just send them to every american?" as you have reflected on the change in omicron here, have you reflected on your tone and that answer? >> secretary psaki: well, jeff, i will say theres not a day that goes by that i dont leave this podium and wish i would have said something with greater context or more precision, or additional information. that day there was a lot of good questioning on testing, and during that briefing i conveyed a lot...

♪ ♪ >> gillian: fox news alert, president biden will address the nation in moments. hes planning to lay out his new agenda to fight the winter covid surge. we expect the president to make a major announcement as well about testing. we are going to take to their lives as soon as the president starts. >> mike: "the new york times" taking heat for changing a headline not once but twice on a calm that portrays randi weingarten a champion of school openings. the original headlines, "can this woma...

The 500 million test kits that will begin be available in january is significant, the largest purchase we have sent to date, building on what we have done to date, in an effort to make testing more free, accessible, to people across the country. to go ahead. >> reporter: drill down on the specs of this, if you will. when can americans expect to see these tests? where they coming from, how many can a family or person order it once? is this website going to be able to sustain all these people who ...

The cdc so i would certainly point you to them. we are always assessing and looking at different steps that can be taken. >> reporter: is the president satisfied at the speed of which all of this is happening? it was nearly four weeks go over thanksgiving vacation in nantucket when he first talked about the omicron variant. we have known christmas obviously is coming for a long time, and yet these sites will not be set up until the end of this week, which is christmas. is he satisfied at the spe...

Robert redfield moments away is what you need to know. and issues over testing. >> gillian: first we go direct to the white house where jacqui heinrich is standing by. hi, jacqui. >> hey there, gillian. were waiting for the briefing and public health officials are watching omicron case is double every 2-3 days. they now make up nearly three quarters of cases in the u.s. the president is adding new steps to his mentor covid plan including a thousand military medical personnel deploying to overwhe...

>> thank you. these 500 million tests are not getting to people in time for the holidays, and i know you said you wish you had rephrased your december 6th answer, but it seems to discount come at the time -- which is only two weeks ago -- the idea of sending tests to americans at home. what made you guys shift gears? when did that happen, and is any sort of lack of urgency in doing that soon are costing us now? >> secretary psaki: i think its important -- and i appreciate you asking the question...

That president biden, but falling on hillarys reporting, ive got to ask you why the united states is lagging so far behind, especially western european countries, when it comes to testing. why arent tests now widely and cheaply available to americans? >> thats a really important question and a really important situation that has to be corrected. they are two years into this and i think one of the challenges is people talk about how many tests we are doing. i dont think people sat back and said h...

Exactly on that day in the briefing. if anything, its a lesson to me to always include the context and make sure to use every opportunity of questions you all ask to do exactly that. today with the president is announcing -- and this is again to jeffs question anti-ours as well, to be clear, we are not sending a test to every single home in the country. we are providing another opportunity and ability for people to go on a website and request a test of their preference, to get the test to their ...