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Mr. memoli, to you first. the administrations game plan, if this siege is worse than expected or drags out longer, i mean, just saying, were going to send 500 million tests, thats honestly not enough. >> yeah, stephanie, i think one of the lessons were learning here, the white house mantra, we follow the science, well, sometimes the science takes time. getting the data that experts need to make clear recommendations takes time. think about this, we learned about the omicron variant just around t...

These words of assurances and calm to americans. >> i know youre tired. i really mean this and i know youre frustrated. we all want this to be over. were still in it, and this is a critical moment. >> reporter: the president also doing something he rarely does, referring to former president donald trump who in the past several days has said that he, too, has received the booster. now, he was speaking at an event where he got booed for that, but president biden essentially praised his predecessor...

The omicron surge leading a rush on testing and frustration. these are the scenes we are seeing, long lines for covid tests ahead of holiday travel. walgreens and cvs struggling to keep up with demand for at-home testing kits. the biden administration ordering 500 million at-home tests but arent available until sometime in january. new reporting shows president trump dropped the ball on a home test in the first few weeks of the pandemic. one company, e-25 bio had a solution early on in the pande...

And waukesha and the borders are open. we have the kentucky tornadoes. kellyanne conway mentioned, from ages 18 to 45, fentanyl is the leading cause of death. its an extraordinary unfoldingf of catastrophes here at home. we are not started yet. what is your take on what the american people are facing and what we can do about it? >> we need leadership. omicron is contagious. when it gets cold outside we get virus numbers. what is surprising is how unprepared the biden administration is. they were...

Interests. it is like the party of joe manchin. >> quickly, do the folks youre hearing from on your show, do they feel manchin is looking out for their best interests? >> i think that the majority -- i cant speak for everybody, were not monolithic, but with what he has done over the last couple days, yes, thats enhanced his standing, as i said, and i think there is a general feeling that he is, in fact, representing his constituents by the position hes taken on the build back better act. >> hopp...

He made some news when he as a former advisor to the president elect said the government auoug to be providing rapid testing kits to everybody and masks, an upgrade in the masks. whether people would use the kits and wear the masks, i get it. thats still an issue to be determined. thank you for watching. ill be back here tomorrow night. "don lemon tonight" begins in a moment with laura coates sitting in. >> i love the survey. i was filling out mine. you didnt get to my question, smerconish. >> i...

Smaller than the group of people who are saying, no, im absolutely not going to get it. there are not very many people left to persuade. >> and the purveyors of misinformation have no intention to stop. and dr. emanuel, we know about the shortage of testing kits. is the new plan enough to fix it? >> so, first of all, i would say, i dont think persuasion is going to get us there. here, i may disagree with the president. we really do need mandates. theres no chance of getting to the 85% vaccinatio...

Disasters and terrorists attacks and waukesha and the borders are open. kellyanne conway mentioned, from ages 18 to 45, fentanyl is the leading cause of death. its an extraordinary unfolding of catastrophes here at home. we are know even started yet. -- not started yet. what is your take on what the american people are facing and what we can do about it? >> we need leadership. omicron is contagious. when it gets cold outside we get virus numbers. what is surprising is how unprepared the biden ad...

Gotten his booster shots. it may be one of the few things he and i agree on. people with booster shots are highly protected. >> reporter: with growing testing lines around the country, the president announced plans to distribute 500 million at-home testing kits next month, available for order online for free. and new federal testing sites will be opening nationwide, first in densely populated new york city. to deal with the ongoing crush at some hospitals, fema is already deploying emergency med...

Michael, i guess i could respond and say joe manchin doesnt have the power, 51 senators do. i get your point, obviously, that one individual is holding it up but it kind of overlooks that weve got a body of 100 and 51 of them are saying no we dont want the largest expansion of the societals safety net since lbj. i mean, glass half empty, glass half full. think about it that way. one more, i think, ive got time for. people who arent wearing masks isnt because they dont have masks, its because the...