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They didnt want to pull out a policy that would reflect blame back on them. >> no word when the website will be open to get the at-home tests. the president saying sometime in january, not early january like he said last month. back to you, martha. >> martha: thanks, edward. senator roy blunt is on the health and labor and human services committee. he wrote a letter to the administration demanding answers on the money that was spent and why theres a testing shortage. he joins me now. thanks very...

That the president is a day late and a dollar short. but that really undercuts the severity of the problem. to me, the medias biggest failing maybe of the last two years is in failing to grasp the severity of the testing shortage which is now a full-blown, nationwide crisis in this country, the headline topping every news show this week, fronting every front page should have really been americans wait hours in line to get access to tests. sometimes theyre charged hundreds of dollars for those te...

Happy new year, gillian. i am anita vogel. live out west as fires rage. we begin with a special new years eve edition of "fox news live" with a look at the world ringing in 2022. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> gillian: millions of americans are revving up to celebrate the new year, even amid a nationwide surge of new covered cases, concerns about the omicron variant front and center for other americans once again this new years eve. the government putting in place limits on gatherings and for travel, both f...

On voting rights and equating this with january 6th. nancy pelosi saying its a continuation of january 6th, fascinating for his response on that. and rochelle walensky and dr. fauci facing major criticism on capitol hill, senators question on the lack of covid tests nationwide and confusing guidance offer the by the cdc. admiral brett giroir will join us on his thoughts on the testing shortage, but first chad is live on capitol hill with the latest. chad. >> good afternoon, trace. democrats and ...

Tests was a consideration. jeremy diamond is with the president in delaware. what are you learning about the debate inside the white house over testing. that is interesting. >> reporter: no doubt about it, jim. listen, we heard today dr. fauci and dr. walensky adamantly saying the shortage did not factor into the change. but a senior administration official say it did factor into a decision around the guidance around the quarantine. quarantine is what the cdc -- is the term they use to refer to ...

Put those covid tests into the mix so they can speed up the production and get that half-billion amount of tests into the bloodstream of america. what happens if and when that doesnt happen? you talk about inflation like its a small thing. well, its not, but youre right, its not as bad as what we are facing right now with the testing shortage. >> inflation is not a small thing. you are seeing the white house really focusing on some of the root issues with regards to inflation. we are seeing gas ...

>> reporter: of course, thats not what we heard just before the 2020 election. >> im going to shut down the virus! ill shut down the virus, not the economy. im not going to shut down the country, i by -- but i am going to shut down the virus. >> reporter: earlier this week the u.s. recorded over one million new covid cases in a single day, shattering the previous record. it comes amid a testing shortage nationwide. the white house has signed two contracts with industry to boost the number of tes...

Factors. i want to point out it is not just us at fox news talking about it. if we google test shortage, first thing on seep -- cnn, biden is marred by a testing shortage. we are in 2022 now, to see lines and look at this, this is insane. i personally know people who are immuno-compromised and they are standing outside, while theyre sick, they are covid positive, jam-packed in lines. it doesnt matter if you are outside or not, you are jam-packed, you are sick, 65 or 70, standing outside for five...

If you take all five of the bipartisan covid bills, that is about $32 billion. then about 45, 46 billion in the bill that the democrats passed by themselves this year for testing. the real question is, how is that money spent? how could we have a testing shortage now when at the end of last year we had what appeared to be a whole new series of tests coming on the market. i think my other question would be, if the federal government thinks they can buy 500 million at-home tests by the end of this...

This past year, 2021, and we still have monumental lines for testing in this country. we have a testing shortage in this country. that is unacceptable nearly two years in to this pandemic with all the money that president biden has thrown at this problem, a huge problem in that regard. we have him bowing down to the teachers unions. when are the unions in chicago going to tell us how theyre going to make up the days theyre miss something are they ready to work over the summer? work during schedu...