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Purchase one half billion additional at home rapid tests, we are producing as many tests as quickly as possible. >> of biden she thinks shipping free tests to everyone who demands what is a good idea of got a bridge to sell but have no fear. they have learned their lessons from the disastrous obama care website. >> president biden: we arranged for it to be easier for you to find a testing site near you on google. just enter covidtestnear me in the google search bar and you can find a number of d...

Vaccine site open 24 hours a day at one point, has since been able to be shut down because vaccines are so available. that would be an interesting place, mark, to make that now a testing site. >> yes, because as youve reported, lines are two, three, four hours at testing sites around the city. weve also got a huge delay in the return of lab results three to four days now. you could have lab processing set up there at javits and other hubs. once people test positive, its getting difficult to acce...

A COVID testing site run by the Ohio National Guard in Cleveland began turning away people three hours after it opened on Tuesday morning.

Unvaccinated. unfortunately with omicron being unboosted almost is equivalent to being unvaccinated. >> concerns about omicron the surge has created a huge demand for covid tests. there are long lines of cars as a testing site. the national hockey league and players association will begin the holiday break early after todays games. the leagues regular season will resume on december 27. on wednesday the schools in the new york suburb of mount vernon will go to 100% virtual instruction until janua...

Words, for concern, and that you should get vaccinated immediately. calling it what could be a life or death decision. and the president, in a rare moment, pointing out the former president, president trump, that he acknowledged that he has gotten his booster. president biden saying hes had his booster, too. the president speaking to the nation from the state dining room at the white house, saying americans who have vaccinated and boosted can go ahead with their holiday plans. but he did say to ...

We should have had the dpa involved in testing from day one. i argue the testing sites are crashing is everyone is trying to get tested now. how many of us would have been tested more regularly? but it is not? i have issue with that. rest im okay with. im happy that all of the things he is talking about are going to happen. little bit too little too late. >> dr. azar, stand by. important for the president and white house moving forward. sam, 500 million free home tests. new testing site. he talk...

>> well, anna, its simply because the virus is incredibly transmissible. what you have right now is simply the demand for testing is outstripping -- far outstripping the supply. a lot of people want to be tested because they are symptomatic or exposed. if you want to be tested you find a big line. i was driving a testing site in atlanta. and the line is probably two hours. >> is this a failure by the administration not to have prioritized testing more? again were two years in here. >> well, you ...

We will hear from president joe biden as the country faces a surge in covid cases and the omicron variant becomes dominant here in the u.s. the president, were expecting, will expect that 500 million at-home test kids will be made available next month, this as the demand for covid testing soars. cnns jason darrelle is joining us from outside a testing site in new york city where there are more long lines today. jason, what are you hearing from these people waiting in line and from city officials...

New york city testing site this morning. it is dark behind you, but i think i already see a line, jason. >> reporter: you do. this testing site doesnt open for about another hour, and already, we see about a dozen people who started to line up. the city says it is going to be opening more testing sites in the coming days. meanwhile, the mayor says he is committed to having the city stay open. the annual new years eve celebration in times square is still on as planned, for now. >> i think that th...

Is a big focus of the white house and its also urgently needed right now in places like new york, which is once again becoming an epicenter of infection. the state reporting new cases jumped more than 80% in the past two weeks. cnns jason carroll is outside one new york testing site and joining us now. jeremy -- jason, rather, people were lined up before sunrise, hours before that site even opened. why? >> reporter: right. and they knew they had to do that from experience because the day before,...