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Invested in testing kits. >> maybe the most shocking development of the last few days was how politicized testing has become. i was shocked to see the cdc today starting to cast a little doubt about the efficacy of these tests, trying to downgrade their importance in the face of lack of access to these tests, as if to say, well, you know, dont worry about the fact that you dont have these tests because maybe theyre not as good as we thought they were. this has a terrible resonance of what we hea...

Nonetheless good to be back together with you. >> dana: you werent the only one, bill. 3% of the labor force up to 5 million workers were forced to stay home as well. thats a huge chunk and schools, your businesses, hospitals, factories, across the board. >> bill: and you have significant issues that so many people are still dealing with, the issue of testing kits, the issue of therapeutics. all of that -- were two years into this and there are still issues front and center for us today. talk to...

Delta variant was brewing overseas, here, the federal government, the president had an event on july 4th, declaring sort of independence from the virus. critics have said, the administration wasnt quite prepared for that variant. thats a criticism were starting to hear again now. with omicron a few weeks ago starting it to emerge in south africa. but the new testing program wasnt announced until yesterday. why the delay? why werent tests done a few weeks ago? we know questions were asked about i...

A demand for it. >> reporter: theres a disturbing number out tonight: one study says up to 80% of floridians will have caught covid-19 by the time this omicron wave is over. to ease demand at testing sites like this one, the white house and u.s. postal service are set to be finalizing plans to mail testing kits to u.s. households as early as next week. norah. >> odonnell: that 80% number is stunning. manuel bojorquez, thank you. well, tonight, in a test of presidential powers, the supreme court ...

And i thank them for it. all college and i thank them for it. all college and university students, adult staff, had been asked to self—test at home before returning to the classroom. secondary, college and university students and education staff and childcare staff should then continue to test themselves at least twice a week. if any school or couege least twice a week. if any school or college runs out of testing kits, they can order more through the usual online ordering channel, or call 119...

And saying that this had to be from animal to human. there will be questions asked from this committee that will be direct response of some work the house republicans have done on the house oversight committee. i think the american people deserve answers, why doesnt joe biden have a plan. he promised a plan. he promised america that covid would be over with by christmas and we would have abundance of testing kits. these are broken promises. we need to know the national plan moving forward. we ha...

Dont get what they want. lots to cover with our team of correspondents, starting with edward lawrence live at the white house. >> set to hear how federal teams are being placed to handle the surge in omicron cases. the white house here behind the curve on getting those testing kits available to americans, also on therapeutic drugs. senior white house official telling us the white house is able to move up the date actually of 10 million doses from pfizer from september to june, but that is still ...

Distributed for free. if you look over my shoulder right now, all these people are half going around one side of the building to get tested on site. the other are snaking around the side of the library to wait for the testing kits. at this point in time they distributed about 3,500. theyve only been doing it a couple hours. even with replenishments, how many more testing kits do they have? there are so many who need them. i spoke to one couple, i asked what made you come out? is it worth the sac...

Mobilize it. johnson & johnson came out one that did not have to have all of the fancy refrigeration. now that jerry is out on whether it helps against omicron. you are going to take it into those mainly black and brown neighborhoods, where are the ideas with this administration? >> jason: well, the president is now admitting that you need to do it state-by-state. you look at ron desantis -- >> harris: thats what he is admitting. >> jason: yeah, exactly. they dont have a plan. i challenge anybod...

States with higher case loads while hospitals are already overwhelmed. >> our message to governors around the country is simple. if you need something, say something, and we will mobilize to quickly get you the resources you need. >> according to the white house covid coordinator, the contract to buy those 500 million rapid tests, its not done. that pushes back the time line to get them from early to mid january. a website to request those tests is expected in the next few weeks. good news is th...