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Year ago, who now have that security. but we know, theres a lot more work to be done on the pandemic. way too many cases, hospitalizations. we need to get those things under control. i think that is what it is going to take to have people feel like the national economy as a whole is doing as well as they are in their own personal lives. >> in the last week, the last two weeks, these two initiatives, the using the postal service to mail every household. i have to say, the white house is very effi...

A plan to distribute masks, both of which are coming online. you guys probably should have done that six weeks ago, right? >> well, chris, we had to ramp up both. first, the testing side, its worth remembering that when we got here, there were zero at-home tests, none, didnt exist in the united states of america. so over the course of the 11, first 11 months we were here we built up from zero to 350 million at-home tests in december. now we are taking it to the next step, were continuing to ramp...

Major address related to that omicron surge weve seen over the course of the last couple of days. the president is expected to deliver a dire warning to the unvaccinated, a very simple warning white house officials say one repeating what he said last week for those vaccinated and boosted, there will certainly be breakthrough cases however, youre likely to avoid any type of serious infection from the pandemic. for those who arent, youre facing death in a very dire winter. one thing to keep an eye...

Joining us now, msnbc anchor and nbc news senior business correspondent, stephanie ruhle. steph, lets start with wall street. what do we make of this roller coaster ride yet again? >> it has been all about omicron, down for three straight days, now up again. for the markets, its all about, where are we in this economic recovery? can businesses and schools stay open? the biden administration has said "yes," but the markets have said, im not so sure. as we get more and more numbers, yes, the case ...

Last week for those vaccinated and boosted, there will certainly be breakthrough cases however, youre likely to avoid any type of serious infection from the pandemic. for those who arent, youre facing death in a very dire winter. one thing to keep an eye on im told is what the president says related to testing and potential overflow in hospitals. thats a very serious concern and very real problem on the testing side of things. it will be interesting to see if the president goes any deeper as omi...

More effective measure. we hope what we have in place in the moment will be enough. i think the problem is that you have all of the countries acting independently when what we need is co—ordination. generally speaking, travel is complex. we just heard from paul earlier about the testing side of things with each country having its own passenger locator forms, vaccine certificate requirements et cetera. so what we see is that these measures are pushing people back towards using travel profession...

Capability on the testing side of things that the country actually has in this moment? >> we need to spend the money correctly. if you look tat the funding in the relief package for testing, it would actually cover schools if we only did rapid testing. we would have to do it twice a week because if you do rapid testing too infrequently, you can miss the contagious window. but if you only use the funding that congress made available for the tests that most people are aware of, the pcr tests, whic...

Call. >> shes gone. im very sorry. >> thinking about those teams and those patients fighting it all, describing similar symptoms as this moves across the country. matt with us from a testing side in phoenix. and matt, youve been reporting here over the last couple of nights, people have been waiting in line for seven, eight hours in the searing heat and then they have to wait for results. some waiting several days, even weeks. >> reporter: up to ten days, maybe more, david. thats if they can get...

Found off of the internet. they would essentially be paying people to tell them to put together a portfolio on their athletic abilities. on the testing side, people were involved as well, these testing centers. there were people who would come and take the test away from what your child had done, change answers to get a particular score. you can say i think a 1600 might be flagged. lets come down and get something that could get into a school but would be much higher than what these parents thou...

Red harerrings out there. >> understand the risks on the testing side. incredibly valuable. put a lot of time and effort in the protection side too. >> you talk about protecting everything. it is not just a website. you have to check social media as well. then you talk about the liability. it is not just your own liability. youve got to distribute that to people you work with. >> look, most business owners dont realize they have the opportunity to transfer liability back on vendors. >> how do yo...