telling you, we have got to get everyone vaccinated, boosted, get the testing protocols out there and make sure tests are available because it is for certain that the impact of covid is much less if, in fact, you addressed the issue of vaccines and boosters. and so i m encouraging everyone. i ve talked to several members who also tested positive and we all agree that we ve got to rev up our messages to the public, to our constituents. i ve been working to make sure we know where the resources are in my district during this period. and it has just been a remarkable moment for me to really compare notes and to say, look, we ve got to do more to convince people to get vaccinated and tested and boosted as quickly as possible because this virus is raging. yeah, it s a very important public message especially with the numbers we re seeing from omicron. so i m wondering if you step back and look, president biden has tied this so closely with
break. after the new year. but they have said that they are also looking at their testing protocols. boosting those a bit, as they are so critically needed right now. poppy? they absolutely are. alexandra field reporting for us live tonight. thank you so much. out front now, dr. peter hotez, co-director of the center for vaccine development at texas children s hospital. and dr. jonathan reiner who advised the white house medical unit under president george w. bush. thank you, both, very much. dr. hotez, this rapid rise in pediatric cases and hospitalizations all across the country as a pediatric doctor, how much worse do you think this is going to get for our kids? well right now, we are seeing omicron primarily in the northeast and the belt that s going from new york, new jersey, into ohio, indiana, and illinois. and i would expect omicron will, over the coming weeks, consume the entire nation. just like it did last just like the the alpha variant did last winter. so, what can
next thing because that has happened in some of these case as well. the most important word you said there is profession. we wouldn t tolerate preschool teachers having this many people die on their watch. doctors have to have a lot of insurance to make sure they re killing people because that s a profession. policing is a profession. you should be good at it and at least know your gun from your tase fer you want to it as a profession. congresswoman karen bass, katie, thank you both. good news on new treatment options. bad news on our insufficient testing protocols amid omicron s incredibly fast spread. we ll be right back. ever notice how stiff clothes
variant, it s critical to protect workers with vaccination requirements and testing protocols that are urgently needed. we are confident in the legal authority for both policies, and doj will vigorously defend both at the supreme court. well, the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol is now hoping to speak with one of president trump s top congressional allies, republican representative jim jordan. the panel has asked him to meet with them voluntarily. here s how he reacted to that during an interview on fox news. we just got the letter today, and we re going review the letter. but i got real concerns about any committee that will take a document and alter it and present it to the american people, completely mislead the american people, like they did last week. and it turns out it looks like it wasn t just one document they did this with, it was other text
technical protocols, and we have pretty strict ones. every time you meet the president, you get tested. i have had a lot of tests in my nose over the last several months. that s an important has long been an important part of testing protocols. including when you travel with the president. we always wear masks when we re in meetings and when we re with the president. if the cdc changes their guidance, we could certainly consider changing ours, as well. but at this point, it hasn t changed. it has been a long year, and i know a long week. white house press secretary jen psaki, we really appreciate you being here today as we wind down 2021, and we hope to speak to you again soon. happy holidays. absolutely. look forward to it. you too, jonathan. coming up on morning joe, with a little over a week left in his tenure, bill de blasio is taking new york city s fight with the pandemic straight through his final days in office. he ll join the conversation. morning joe is a few minu