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To identify people who are positive, so they can let other folks around them know. we knee to make -- and need to encourage people who are not vaccinated a. and for those eligible boosted. only 25% have been boosted so far. >> the testing part of this remains to frustrating. were beginning to see loan lines in testing centers. well hear from the presidents covid team omicron is in 25 states. the cdc director says it will become the dominant variant. at were looking -- as theyre starting to look ...

Him off. so what were seeing is kind of an emotional response to that and whether or not theyre able to bring him back to the table and have him sign off on whatever it is, it will be what joe manchin kind of wants it to be at this point. >> debbie, i got to ask you before i let you go because all of this is playing out against an ongoing pandemic. there was a big headline from your home state. nbc news reporting governor ron desantis allowed up to 1 million covid testing kits to expire. as i sa...

To the tsa yesterday they screened 1.7 million passengers. keep in mind that these are people who just a few days will be returning home so, in other words, the strain on the system is nowhere near over. mike. mike: david lee miller at laguardia airport at new york. thanks very much. lets bring fox news medical contributor, autor of "panic attack" dr. nicole saphier. merry christmas. >> mike, merry christmas. mike: a lot of folks are struggling mightily trying to get a test before this christmas...

Look at east coast, they are going down. this is a hopeful sign. the surge has peaked. still, hospitals and testing -- testing centers are climbing where cases are climbing. they are at break points. some hospitals have no available icu beds. cnns nick neri is live at a testing center in atlanta with more for us. nick. >> reporter: hey there, ana. were at a testing site here in metro atlanta at the st. phillips ame church where just in the last hour were seen just a trickle of cars. behind me th...

President put that, richard with it was not something that instilled re-assurance in people when theyre told, oh, you know, google it. yeah, google where to get a test. >> i understand that, martha. i understand how the american people could feel that lack of unconfidence from the president. with that being said, i think its worth pointing out here that while this white house was slow on the uptick to get covid tests out to folks with the spread of the omicron variant, what were seeing from the ...

Tested, you think that you can gather safely on this holiday, even with maybe travel, you know, on train or plane or through airports. >> travel is a big question. i am concerned about how transmissible this is. and you cant be sure that everybody on that plane or on that train has been tested within 24 hours. getting together with your family, if it doesnt require being cooped up in a plane or a long period in a train, its probably safe going to visit your family in your own car is going to be ...

-- trans mmissibility is like e measles. if you go online, that goes again the surgeon generals message about mental health. they wont have personal contact, or even meals. with this screaming level of transmission, its going to be really, really tough not only for the students but the teachers, staff and bus drivers, many of them will have to call out sick because of breakthrough covid. i think it will be really challenging to get through the school year. i cant fault school administrators eith...

Clean up the mess. >> the federal government is expanding testing. we are setting up federally funded testing centers across the country and efforts to help hospitals. what the president was emphasizing yesterday with s.a conservative republican governor for arkansas who opposes our federal vaccine requirements but works with this administration tork get the help we need to the states. this is a joint federal and state effort. we are working closely with democratic and republican governors witho...

>> israel will once again be pioneering the global vaccination effort. omicron is a different ball game all together. we must keep our eye on the ball, act swiftly and decisively if we want to continue engaging and working with an open country as much as possible throughout this pandemic. >> reporter: to that end, bennett also announced that quarantine requirements would be lifted completely on people exposed to an omicron carrier so long as they test negative and vaccinations are up-to-date. ye...

Take a look at what of what were hearing from frustrated americans. >> feels a little third countryish. we should be doing a better job with testing. >> quite confusing, yeah. >> way too many people and not enough testing, not enough sites. >> i was looking for the home test and couldnt find it anywhere. >> its been rough. thats why im here, because i couldnt find the at-home test. >> doctor, your thoughts? >> well, one of the things we have to understand is that we havent done enough to get our...