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Some say democrats are upset with the white house over testing shortages. i could go on. but they mean, its a bad week for the president. is there anyway to cut it? >> joe biden and is never at the white house and he is right about that, but its possible see and then missed the larger point. biden isnt fleeing washington because hes upset about political defeats, biden is being dragged into isolation. we wanted them out of the city as quickly as possible. they know how mouse send vaccines work. ...

Sales last month were awful plus omicron is still causing havoc with staffing shortages and some are upset over testing shortages. i mean, i could go on. but i mean, is there -- its a bad week for the president. is there any way to cut it or say it? >> no, i mean, it has not been a great week for administration but one good thing about politics is that this is a snapshot in time. i think if i were the biden administration, i would look six months ahead because then well be in july. well be geari...

Forcing some states and towns to launch their own forums for results. its a drag on momentum the administration is trying to build as members of the presidents own party ratchets up criticism that biden has fulfilled key promises. five democratic senators asking why the white house didnt expand testing sooner telling the covid response team this administration either knew or should have known testing shortages were occurring across the country. steps to increase testing access should have hit be...

Systems in the world it doesnt have surge capacity, there was a shortage of critical care beds and a shortage of critical care beds and a shortage of personal protective equipment, ventilators and other things, and even going forward now, two years on, there are shortages of, say, effective antiviral medications that people can take it home and even some testing shortages, certainly in my country, maybe less so in the uk, but still there. thats one thing we need to focus on, equity, notjust nati...

Biden on voting rights, on inflation, although they say it appears to be easing now. well see. his vaccine mandate as well part of the problem. today we saw the news that retail sales last month were awful. plus omicron is still causing havoc with staffing shortages and empty shelves, and some say democrats are upset with the white house over testing shortages. i mean i could go on. but, i mean, its a bad week for the president. is there any way to cut it, another way to say it? >> i mean it has...

Play. members of congress are considering additional spending which would include funding for countermeasures for covid-19 including antivirals, increased testing capacity, more prep for future variants and "other priorities." critics charge this is a lip service to real problems like inflation, the border crisis, even covid testing shortages all the while grabbing obscene amounts of cash from congress under the guise of more coronavirus relief and then doling if out to democratic -- doling it o...

Together. test positivity right now is so high. lack of testing has hampered our response. the bigger problem with the biden administration is that theyve been so reactive is that theyre reacting to the situation at hand, which is a good thing. theyre responding to hospitals being overcapacity or the issue with testing but well always be several weeks or months behind. i think they should be looking to see what is the next issue well have? omicron is almost certainly not the last deadly and seri...

Hours in lines while states struggle with testing shortages. the president still has not signed the contract to send americans millions of at-home tests, and he is bragging about a new test making facility that wont even be ready until -- listen to this -- 2024. and so much for following the science, the cdc is now cutting isolation period for people with covid in half. but not to make us safer. >> the reason is that now that we have such an overwhelming volume of cases coming in, many of which ...

When i cough, it hurts. >> reporter: tonight, federal health officials insist the growing testing shortages are not the reason the cdc updated its guidelines to shorten the isolation time to five days without recommending americans test negative at the end of it. today, cdc director dr. rochelle walensky defending the move, saying a positive test result doesnt necessarily mean a person is still transmissible. >> we do know the vast majority of viral transmission happens in those first five days,...

Including places like new york. stressing in particular, the testing zwangs look the same around the country. there are places like new york and new jersey, facing testing shortages and thats where the federal government is targeting additional efforts to set up federally run testing centers. alisyn. >> jeremy diamond, thank you for that update. meanwhile, washington, d.c., the mayor there announced that all staff and students must show a negative covid test before returning to school next wee...