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Colleagues in a program called rapid acceleration of diagnostics are working closely with these companies as well as they go through development stages. we remain committed and look forward to partnering them as they bring the products forward. >> senator collins. >> thank you. ms. oconnell, over the past two years congress has appropriated 82.6 billion dollars specifically for testing. in addition, weve given the department flexibility to use other sources of funding and yet as youve heard repe...

There is confusion and anger when the white house says to ignore cdc guidance. >> g.o.p. senator susan collins said congressional located plenty of money for testing but tests remain scant. >> our frustrated constituents cannot find rapid tests when they need them. this testing crisis appears to have been entirely preventable. >> the hearing also featured another verbal donnybrook between rand paul and fauci, saying accusations put him in danger. >> whens when he gets out and accuses me of thing...

More tests i think the administration has seen the testing crisis and hopefully will get its act together on making testing widely available for americans. thats going to be a key part of managing this pandemic for months and really years to come. >> our thanks to dr. jha. as we have seen, this covid explosion has hit the airlines hard and today so did that big winter storm that caused more mass cancellations and frustration for travelers, many still trying to get home heres tom costello. >> r...

We continue to look at the others and ways we can support them. nih colleagues are working closely with these companies as well as they go through the development stages. we remain very committed to the work these companies are doing and partner with them as they bring these products forward. >> senator collins. >> thank you. ms. oconnell, over the past two years congress has appropriated $82.6 billion specifically for testing. in addition, weve given the department flexibility to use other sour...

That they are working at it, that they are trying. the problem is that i think the base actually does not just want effort. they want actual things getting done. and so its a bit of a lose-lose situation, but i think perhaps they felt like there was no other option available to them. they couldnt go into this year, you know, presenting voting as a fait accompli, as something that was never going to happen. i think they would have had a more significant revolt on their hands in the liberal wing o...

. >> this four you are getting sent is just the beginning. there are tens of thousands of free testing sites, there are free testings that you should be able to get from your insurance and pharmacy that is sent directly. it will be way more tests approved and out there. i think when we get past the spike, everything eases. the testing crisis eases and we can ease, we can all take a little bit of a breather as well. again, we have to keep watch on what comes next and the next place to look at is ...

"we couldnt have seen delta coming, we couldnt have seen omicron coming, therefore we have no idea how many tests we are really going to need." now we obviously have a nationwide testing crisis. lets take it look at the president and his own words almost exactly year ago. >> we need to scale up testing, so anyone who needs one can get a test. after ten months of the pandemic, we still dont have enough testing. its a travesty. >> gillian: i mean, what do you have to say about that? >> yeah, i mea...

Virus. one of the organizers for the event telling me last hour that while it may look a bit different the show will go on. >> for us it wasnt if we did this, it was how we did it safely, and its so important to show the world that new york city has found ways to forkball ahead in a safe responsible manner. its going to look very much like prior years. the crowds just will be less dense. they will be fully vaccinated. were mandating that they wear masks, and were going to well revelers into the ...

From the white house about vaxxed and unvaxxed good and bad, is that helping or hurting? lets ask rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel. ronna, first off, the president had one villain wasnt china its unvaccinated. is that popular with his party and the country what does the polling say. >> its not popular. he is under water. his negatives are very, very high. lets look at why. he said one, you have to be max masked or vaxxed now thats changed. he said im not going to enforce vaccine mandates. that chan...

Around since january? as of right now absolutely nothing despite the fact were on the hook for it as taxpayers. one more thing to add, a dhs source telling me just here in the rio grande valley since october 1 more than 11,000 known gotaways just in this sector. migrants they see on the cameras and sensors and dont have enough manpower to get to. >> dana: important for all americans to see that steel. >> president biden: im not going to shut down the economy or the kun tree. im going to shut dow...