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Unclear. by the way, we still have a testing shortage for those who need it quickly. joining me now is andy slavit. i was talking to a former public health official for a fairly large state earlier today who is of the mind -- basically wondering what more can be done. whats realistic given our environment, our political divide, given the publics exhaustion. and im curious before i get into some specifics about whether its time to deal with this as an endemic, is there something we havent tried t...

Election season and with the presidents approval numbers slumping, its going to get harder and harder to legislate and get his party on the same page. lets discuss, van jones, i want to start with you and that letter from a group of senate democrats criticizing the testing shortage. it was signed by mark kelly of arizona. joe manchin of west virginia, jon ossoff, jackie rosen, kyrsten sinema. what do you make of this public crit criticism from democrats of biden. >> its not -- if the republica...

Is on the way, despite a record-setting number of cases nation wild. >> no, i dont think -- nationwide. no, i dont think covid is here to stay, but having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay. but covid as were dealing with it now is not here to stay. the new normal doesnt have to be -- we have so many nutalls that were developing -- new disease tools that can contain covid. >> reporter: of course, thats not what we heard in the runup to the 2020 election. >> i...

Prepare for fauci and others to conspire to ruin your reputation. >> the april 2020 e-mails fall called possibility of lab leak a shiny object that will go away in time. back to you guys. >> carley: ashley, thank you. staying on the covid topic, the white house is promising to distribute five million free rapid tests to schools each month to help k-12 schools stay open. it comes as many districts cancel classess and revert to remote learning due to teacher shortages. biden is facing backlash for...

There is such a dire testing shortage despite congress having allocated more than $80 billion over the last two years to expand testing. senators burr and blunt wrote to hhs secretary how they are becerra demanding answers. at the white house, jacqui heinrich, fox news. >> gillian: the new york city health department says it will consider race as a risk factor now in prioritizing treatment for covid. correspondent lauren green has the details tonight from new york city. good evening. >> good eve...

Adjudicate on every aspect of american life to tell us what we can and cannot do. do you know what the cdc recommends that you dont be eat any meat medium rare? thats one of their guidelines? we have got to take things into consideration but its too complicated. its too paternalistic and we have got to get back to very simple messaging like we have for every other respiratory pathogen, if you have been exposed, stay your distance. if you are around someone vulnerable, be careful. if you are sick...

President biden, quiet about this excess, but theyve had 40 judges confirmed in the first year of their presidency pure to look at that compared to all the others. not since ronald reagan has there been a record like that. they learn something from the republicans trying to get those done while they can while they have that slim majority in the senate. andy mccarthy, thank you and i very happy new year to you. >> happy new year, dana, thank you. >> dana: covid surging across the country averagin...

Drivers, fairies called off in scotland and people not being able to make that new years journey to meet relatives and if the economy is hit in the recovery is it. and of course we are going to see a peak in the weeks or so because everyone will be out and about in the new year unless they follow their own common sense and not you can governments, sense, which is to go on about your business and as you want to make your choice on this, there is no instruction to stay at home at the new year and ...

What we are seeing with kamala harris is just like what we are seeing with joe biden. the democrats thought that kamala harris was going to be the one to ride in on the white horse and save joe biden when he inevitably slipped. well, kamala harris is not that woman, shes not that vice president. now the democrats dont have a bench so they are looking around trying to decide whos going to lead the nation. unfortunately there are puppeteers behind the scenes that are going to lead the nation but t...

Substantial snowfall accumulations. >> a big mess ahead with a series of headaches. pack warm and plan for some difficult times. allison, thank you so much. so two years into the coronavirus pandemic, more than one in five eligible americans have yet to receive a single dose of a covid 19 vaccine. new cases are exploding across nearly every state. look at all of the red on that map. hospitalizations now at record levels nationally, the cdc is also urging everyone to wear the most protective ma...