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The relief package? we need to stockpil some of these things in case a variant comes. >> a great question, our reporting shows there were a group of health officials who went to the white house and said we are not doing enough on testing and we should really ramp up test production and we should make sure we have an ample supply in tests. the white house did not act on that information. there was a scenario where you could have defeat testing the the same way operation warp speed conducted. the ...

Ago so thats why we didnt manufacture enough feels like being shocked were in the middle of a pandemic. you know, some things are going to be lost leaders. too many tests all the time ought to be lost leaders. why dont we have that mind set? >> well, look, back in september president biden put $3 billion into scaling more test production. we didnt have any at-home tests when the president came into office. we have two today. these things, i think, scale up. we probably would have had a problem o...

January. that move comes a couple weeks after. the idea of sending free test t americans who might want them. the white house also announcing today it will mobilize from troops to hospitals burdened by the coronavirus and also deploy federal medical personnel to state an immediate need of help. one of the really important notes, they announced today the would set up new federal testin sites beginning in new york cit this week. while the president said his administration could not have prepared f...

Across the nation are testing the limits of testing centers. >> i was supposed to go home to florida tomorrow, and a bunch of people were testing positive. >> reporter: in states like new york, california and florida -- >> the testing got shut down. >> reporter: sites are overwhelmed and out of stock. >> every two, three weeks, me and my wife we get tested just in case. >> reporter: facing crushing demand, the mayor of new york city is calling on the president to invoke the defense production ac...