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the daily death toll falling to a four month low on monday. at the very same time roughly 10% of the population has now been fully vaccinated, while nearly 20% have gotten at least one shot. an average of 2.2 million vaccinations are being given out every single day in this country. and weve got to remember, all of this is happening just a year after the country first shut down. i want to start with my colleague peter alexander at the white house. peter, what is the administration doin...

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Number of hospitalizations. cases and identification of cases remains important and testing is linked to that. and we have tools. if you get tested, you have access to medical treatments. thats why its equally important that people continue to get tested. >> and between the testing shortages, the confusing guidance from the cdc, is there a plan to get the federal covid response back on track? >> a lot of public health experts, former public health policy makers are saying now that there needs to...

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Another 500 million covid tests in addition to the ones that they already have. is that gonna solve the testing issue in this? country >> its not gonna solve the testing issue that we have today, where people are trying to see scam websites and companies. i want to remind people you cant test out of covid. the biden administration guaranteeing these tests is the right thing to do. were gonna need these tests, not necessarily just today, but were gonna have to incorporate how these tests can help...

>> understanding that you support the administration and the analysis here, the testing issue seems like it really has been a troubled some spot. >> it certainly has been in this frustrations around the country with regard to the long lines and i think it was build your to not anticipate the desire for testing to obviously protect yourself and others during the holiday season to have that make it a test for grappling home. i think youre seeing the administration refocusing on the testing issue c...

Single day many of the sick are vaccinated, even boosted. >> you get vaccinated. you get boosted so that you dont end up in the hospital. you dont end up on a ventilator and you dont die from covid. >> miguel, if i could circle back to this testing issue. tonight the white house says americans with insurance wont need to pay for at home testing kits. what else did we learn? >> reporter: well, thats right, lester hoping to expand testing, the white house says americans with private health care in...

Which is hilarious on many levels given how many people sat silently over the last four years for the former president. >> bill: i guess you had to put dick durbin in the category because he said it was a step too far. >> listen, thats the automatic is you just go to any criticism you go back to former president trump and you say something about how he communicated. the bottom line is that the president of the united states stood next to the crypt of martin luther king junior and said you are ei...

Understanding that you support the administration and but in the analysis here, the testing issue seems like it really has been a troublesome spot. >> yeah, bret. it certainly has been. there has been frustrations around the country with regards to long lines with testing. i think it was a failure to some degree on this administration to not anticipate the desire for testing, to obviously protect yourselves and protect others during the holiday season, to have that negative test before traveling...

>> a lack of testing, and the omicron surge is causing some school districts to start the new year off virtually, sadly, the latest from a snowy north lawn for us. so, will the president address any of this today, parents are outraged everywhere where this is happening, obviously. >> no kidding, sandra. the roads are no better over here at the white house, it does not seem to be playing a factor into what the president is doing. absolutely no events dealing with omicron, his only event today is ...