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>> vicky ward, thank you for being here and for your reporting on this for nearly two dec dec de decades. i encourage people to watch your special and read your news letter. thanks for the time this morning. >> thank you so much. next, some new years eve events are canceled or scaled down. the testing shortage and hospitals overwhelmed. how did we get back here? my next guest details the lessons we failed to learn in the first few waves of this pandemic and mistakes were still making. but the ...

Is the best way to keep you out of the hospital and keep you out of the morgue. so it makes a big difference. if i am looking for any silver linings at all, poppy, its as you point out, um, maine, new hampshire, hospitalizations are up. but infections are coming down a little bit. so maybe, like we saw in south africa, um, there is a spike up and then a spike down. so, um, i would like to think that could be the case. but we also have omicron coming up from new york and new jersey, so were right...

Purchased to six. obviously it becoming very difficult to get these tests and they have limited effectiveness in detecting omicron. but if you can get one, go ahead, use it especially if you are showing some kind of symptoms of covid. thats when they are at their most accurate. julie, back to you. >> julie: gerrwillis, thank you. >> president biden: there is no federal solution. this gets solved at a state level. im looking at governor tsunami tsunami -- sununu on the board. where the rubber mee...

Those additional five days. its not just five days of isolation and then you go about your business. you should also be wearing a mask which reduces that risk for the last 10%. >> one of the questions when this guidance came out was the decision not to include testing here. there has been speculation that perhaps that wasnt being recommended for asymptomatic people when they leave isolation for five days because perhaps there is a testing shortage. there is a testing shortage. dr. walensky said ...

Delivered. theres still a lot of questions about how that process is going to work, though. theyre supposed to be building a website for people to go and request kits and have one mailed to them. but its unclear whether people, for example, will be limited to one kit. or can they order two or multiple kits. its unclear exactly when the website will go up and be functional. so thats one way the white house is trying to address the testing shortage. the other way, of course, is just working with c...

Biden with an umbrella walking out of the white house to his 31st vacation to delaware. talk about priorities. coming up the media double standard on full display. president biden struggles with a nationwide testing shortage. thats next. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪im so defensive,♪ ♪i go...

Mask around others for 10 days, test on day 5 if possible. if you have systems, test and stay home. if exposed and unvaccinated got shots more than 6 months ago, 5 days, wear a mask for another 5 days. a lot of information the cdc has posted online. testing is easier said than done especially with the testing shortage right now, the president admitted in a call more testing is needed and his team is behind the ball. >> as you look at federal solutions that will alleviate the challenge, make sure...

Todd: and 80-year-old man assaulted midflight because he took off his mask to wheat. what we just learned about the woman dubbed delta karen and the federal charges she now faces. benjamin: democrats closing the year without any major wins so they are hoping a change to the filibuster will pave the way to their election reform power grab. you are watching "fox and friends first," benjamin hall in for carley shimkus. todd: president biden leaving for his 31s trip to delaware. >> this after meetin...

Democrats hold a narrow majority in both the house and senate. and all seats are up for election in the house. back to you. >> julie: thank you very much. benjamin im glad to hear your voice back today. you are getting better by the day. thats very good to hear. >> benjamin: nice to be with you. >> julie: were both on remote in live news van locations, bear that in mind for the rest of the week. "the faulkner focus" is next. see you back here tomorrow. >> fox news alert. president biden on a wor...

Not the federal governments. im benjamin hall, bill and dana are off this morning. julie, pleasure to be with you. >> julie: good morning, benjamin. im julie banderas and this is "americas newsroom." we have a packed show for you beginning with the rapid spread of the omicron variant. it is fueling staff shortages at some airlines blame for travel nightmare of canceled flights and a nationwide testing shortage is not helping. president biden admitting his efforts so far have fallen short. >> pre...