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Refused to disclose vaccination status as president when he had the bully pulpit. lets focus on the administration now. look, i have to tell you ladies. i had a small christmas gathering to be transparent, we were all vaccinated or boosted. my husband texted our friends, said you all need to test negative before coming in. he went to go buy rapid tests. at the end of the day we found them, everyone tested negative and we were able to have a small dinner, but tests are so difficult to find. our f...

Sam, we have all seen those testing lines. they are extremely long whether people are hanging out on the sidewalk or in their car. tell us what you are seeing and hearing from folks, and also what you know about the airlines grounding lights? >> reporter: first, testing, you see this crush of cars over my shoulder. thats one little snippet of what is going on at the testing and vaccination site here in miami-dade. they are somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,000 to 9,000 people getting tested tod...

Im joe fryer. nice to be with you on this christmas eve, a day americans are being tested in many ways ahead of their holiday get togethers. first with the ongoing surge of the omicron variant. many people enduring long testing lines to make sure its safe to gather with friends and family. thats if they can even find a place to get a test. a short time ago new yorks governor announcing the they shattered the record for new covid cases. >> 41,441 new cases. thats because of widespread testing out...

Y uft thrit is now in all 50 std accounts for 90% of the countrys new cases. covid testing lines are still very long nationwide. president biden, in an interview with abc news, denied the shortage of covid testsis a failure but admits the administration has struggled to meet the demand. >> no, i dont think its a failure. i think you could argue we should have known a year ago, six months ago, two months ago, a month ago. >> month you did you get it wrong? >> how did we get it wrong? nobody saw i...

Senator coons, at least is also like house majority whip, clyburn, having minimal symptoms. kathy park, new york state accounting for about 50% of new cases this month. hospitalizations in the city appear to be lower than the peak in march of 2020. that from the new york city health commissioner today. it was pretty good news. >> good morning to you. yeah. that certainly is a silver lining considering we are seeing explosions of covid cases here in the city, even yesterday the mayor said that ho...

Its supposed to be taken at home by a person infected with covid before they get sick enough to be hospitalized from the disease. but health officials are stressing that this antiviral should not be a substitute to getting vaccinated. today, the fda authorizing the first pill to treat covid-19. made by pfizer, it will be available by prescription for adults and high-risk individuals age 12 or older who have mild to moderate symptoms. but a high risk of hospitalization or death. pfizers ceo says ...

Expert about that development. well hear from a democratic senator in last nights meeting between senator manchin and the democratic colleagues and a progressive house member on what happens next. hello there, welcome to "meet the press daily" im chuck todd. the biden administration trying to ramp up the testing capacity and tamp down the fears for vaccinated people as omicron sweeps across the country. long testing lines and in many places not enough testing the country was caught unprepare...

The supply chain crisis. hell meet with his task force and a bunch of ceos in just a few minutes to discuss how things are improving at the ports and the shelves are not empty this christmas. and when it comes to this pandemic, between the case numbers and the testing lines, you cannot help but get a sense of deja vu. atlanta reinstating an indoor mask mandate there, and the nhl may not send players to the olympics over concerns for their own season. cdc director rochelle walensky is trying to e...

These long lines for covid tests across the country. and thanks to omicron, the demand for these tests are expected to skyrocket. today the fda authorizing the first pill to treat covid-19. paxlovid, made by pfizer, will be available by prescription for adults and high risk individuals 12 or older who have high to moderate symptoms but a high risk of hospitalization or death. pfizer says they stand ready to begin delivery in the u.s. immediately. >> as quickly as pfizer gets the pills manufactur...

Surging and travelers are forced to wait for hours in testing lines. david lee miller in new york city. tell us what we need to know as people are anxious to see their family. >> indeed they are. when it comes to what you can expect start with this. bumper to bumper traffic, endless lines and a lot of frustration. despite the omicron variant, people are once again traveling and especially busy always but this time of year even more so. the port authority bus station in mid town a block away from...