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Testing supply going forward and impacts to testing. of course in the future. those are some of the consequences and the white house would very much like to see the $10 billion package go through. >> all right. joe johns live from the white house, thank you. still ahead. call it glass gate? well, theres intrigue around the story. the white house is facing a crystal crisis. that stretches back several administrations. kate bennet is looking into this. smell explain what or who might be to blame...

Controlled without testing? without enough tests, it seems unlikely that can happen. >> i think it would be very challenging to have enough tests to control the spread at a population level. we see in places like england and germany that have really abundant testing. theyre unable to control the spread completely, even if the testing is providing some benefit, and even now the u.k., you know, theres reports that theyre having shortages of tests even though they have an enormous and free supply o...

Like hospital labs. that can administer tests with a quick turnaround so our students stay in the classroom. >> i tried to press him a bit on timeline. when is this going to happen? that this is going to get better on the testing situation and he would not commit to anything specific. although we were talking about maybe an end of february wave were talking about and hopefully the testing supply getting into the market here with those .5 billion tests going out. he said a lot of those will go no...

Chicago are the ones are the ones paying the consequences. >> teachers and students are back in the classroom today. if the union votes do not show up for two weeks, than the city says they would essentially be on an illegal strike and schools would be shut down until he deal is reached. >> dana: thank you. >> trace: lets bring in john hopkins university professor, marty makary. hes also a fox news contributor. always great to see you. your recent op-ed, the headline reads the following. "univer...

Experts on this like is there any precedent for that happening? >> theyre sick of the false lexicon of the vaccinate and unvaccinated when we know its immune and nonimmune and you will still get the common cold illness like omicron even if you have immunity. they are sick of being told to be tested incessantly with a scarce testing supply. sick of quarantines for mild illness and then being told to test at the end of a quarantine with a low sensitivity test. they are sick of watching children go...

Spring and summer, i think relief is on the horizon. thats most likely. >> tomorrow, at least, americans can begin to get covid tests, they can go to covidtests.gov and order up to four at-home covid tests per household. how significant is this? >> i think its great. we have to triage who should be testing. a lot of that supply will still not be available for every household, the minute you press click. and so schools, individuals that are symptomatic, congregated living settings with high-risk ...

Heidi, let me start with you. take us through the larger points the president made about this pandemic on wednesday in his news conference, and specifically about his administrations response to it. >> reporter: yeah, craig. just acknowledging how people are feeling with those numbers you just mentioned. exhausted. demoralized. i a bit of a national therapy session, and acknowledging some specific things that maybe he could have done differently or better. like testing. started with a testing su...

Thats supposed to take place on january 15th. those of us who want to visit our nations capitol, if you are unvaccinated you are not able to go restaurants and museums and not participate in life in washington, d.c. even though you should be able to do so in your nations capitol. a lot of this, in my opinion, is about grabbing power, not actually following the facts and following the science. >> katie: dr. makary, you know, we have seen this testing shortage. we now know the biden administration...

Ration -- ration these very limited therapeutics on top of all the vaccine duadvocacy we need. >> dr. mazer, do you see -- do you seek omicron being controlled with testing? without enough tests it seems unlikely that can happen. >> i think it would be very challenging to have enough tests to control the spread at a population level. we see in places like england and germany that have really abundant testing. theyre unable to control the spread completely, even if the testing is providing some b...

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