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Cases reported overnight, it overwhelms our ability to investigate each one of them. it forces us to prioritize. reporter: weve seen cars moving in-and-out of the testing site all day long and one reason is they are making the process fairly easy. folks dont have to make an appointment, they are taking all insurance and you dont have to pay anything out-of-pocket so its an easy process to get in-and-out of here. eric: thats great. thanks so much. arthel: president biden urging companies to do th...

Theyve only been in the sameul room twice in the last year. instead, bidens incoherence has rubbed off on her, and is apparently as contagious as omicron. >> president biden: count the votes. count the votes. >> vice president harris: you can google it or go to any search engine, and see where a free testing site is available. >> president biden: to help lead our federal program, i have tapped dr. tom inglesby, correct? >> vice president harris: i would have to look at the current information, b...

The center for covid control is an illinois-based company. its ceo is 29-year-old aleya siyaj, whose previous businesses include an axe throwing lounge and a doughnut shop. along with the federal probe, the center is the target of legal action in several states two issues cease and desist orders. regulators and two others tagging sites for operating without a license. oregons department of justice investigating unfair trade practices. are you concerned that this company is running a scam >> i th...

Omicron than they were either with delta. >> reporter: so here in this area testing has become such an important topic in our schools. the atlanta public school district has mandatory testing for its teachers, at least twice a week. students can be tested as well, as long as they have parental consent. theyre trying to keep this testing site open at least until february 18th but of course we have winter weather coming our way so theyre expecting the site to stay open tomorrow pending the weather...

And brian shots is now sidelined with covid. >> chad pergram, thank you. >> you can find the nearest testing site by google covert -- covid testing near me. and to help lead our testing program i tapped -- i hope by pronounced it right. ingles be. correct? is that right? >> president biden struggling with the covid-19 testings are name. its been a pretty broad sweep for him and his agenda. that of the day that is going gone down including dunk hold numbers, we talked to tonights panel. former di...

L.a. county also had the highest number of daily infections with more than 45,000. >> all right. at a testing site in los angeles there. i want to bring into the conversation surgeon dr. susana hills. dr. hills, thank you for your time this morning. since the start of this pandemic, theres been a lot of concern about the convergence of the flu and covid according to the cdc, the flu has accounted for up to 52,000 deaths a year between 2010 and 2022. how concerned are you about this now? this con...

Because im sitting here in a new york newsroom talking about hard hit florida and we know from your reporting how taxing this has been on the health care system, yet i was in your state last week and people are partying like its 1999. i couldnt find a mask for miles. >> reporter: you will see more masks now. i do have to say that is correct stephanie, thats evolved over time. yes, only new york has added more covid cases in the last two weeks than florida. nomi health gave us an inside look into...

And despite weeks and weeks of negotiation, talks and efforts to get manchin and kyrsten sinema on board, neither saying they will move, and kyrsten sinema reiterating last night, and manchin saying using the nuclear option is not in the cards for him. so getting a bill to the presidents desk highly unlikely at the moment. >> highly unlikely and highly unusual for the president to be getting pushback from democrats as well, and voting rights champions, saying this is not where he should be right...

>> we are doing it. >> rachel: do you notice that any time kamala harris is asked a tough question she malfunctions and gets defensive? remind me of a response to lester holt when she was pressed about visiting the border last june, remember? >> okay. >> do you have any plans to visit the border? >> i, at some point, you know -- we are going to the border. we have been to the border. so, this whole -- this whole -- this whole thing about the border, we have been to the border. we have been to th...

Threat level to code red. take a listen. >> just yesterday, we crossed the threshold where over 18% of our icu hospital beds are right now being taken up by covid patients, and that was the threshold to say, okay, red alert, this is the toughest level, because it means that were not having enough beds for everybody else. >> reporter: now, the positivity rate here in houston, where i am, is even higher, its at 38%, according to the houston health department, and jim and bianna, im at a mega testi...