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Fed up, at their wits end. what do you say to americans? >> i -- i -- i can understand that. and -- and you know, i think that the -- the testing thing still sort of baffles me as to how -- i mean, i think this is the original sin. and -- and in in medicine, you have to really diagnose a problem to best address it and we still dont really have clear eyes on -- >> i mean, its nuts that we are still talking about not enough testing. i mean, this has been from day one in the old administration. i m...

Its probably more like a million half because we cant do the testing we need to. your thoughts. >> look, so the testing thing has been a huge frustration. many of us have been telling the government to prepare for a long time. at this point it is water under the bridge. the omicron wave is going to sweep so quickly across the country. we have strong data that omicron has cross immunity to delta and big data that shows it is replacing delta. those are two very favor a*shl characteristics. it is s...

Vaccinated, that is the whole idea of herd immunity to protect those who need our help the most. >> so, sanjay, all this confusion or frustration, shortage of rapid at-home tests, week-long appointments for pcr tests, long lines when you show up and five days for results. i mean, lot of people are just fed up, at their wits end. what do you say to americans? >> i -- i -- i can understand that. and -- and you know, i think that the -- the testing thing still sort of baffles me as to how -- i mean...

Better communication. >> martha: we clearly werent ready for omicron. even though we saw the signs that came from south africa. we didnt get the tests ready, didnt ramp up production and treatments. you think theres any changes, any staffing changes? maybe dr. fauci or maybe michelle walensky? >> thats a great question. it all goes to ron klain at the top. you have senator ben sasse and others calling for ron klain to step down. republicans calling for that is one thing, democrats is another. th...

It will help him not only to preach safety and security in american people, but like the political narrative. because a million cases, can you imagine so politically, but why arent their tests? ari fleischer tweeted this. he states have $1 trillion. why dont you have testing capabilities which are marked because they dont know what they are doing. >> and the white house press secretary jen psaki, couple days ago, downplayed the whole testing thing. lets listen and you can react. >> why not just ...

They have a good point. i think the testing thing is absolutely abysmal. youve seen in new york city, and i know this is happening in other places but ive witnessed this from a too, although testing places and everyone is waiting to and a half hours in the cold outside waiting to get a test. and still the cdc protocols i think are way too stringent, especially for this particular variant. they say to isolate for ten days. one of the reasons you dont have more people at the hospital for example b...

Home to screen themselves before they went to work because the levels of disease in so many places was so low. now were playing catch up. i think that there was also an underestimation back in the late spring, early summer, as to where we were in the pandemic. we are no where near the end of this pandemic. we have no idea what the next variance will look like and theres a recognition of that now, but i think that there was a period where there was an early declaration of independence from the vi...

Neglected. there should be free and rapid testing so that kids can be tested before they leave the house. we really have to use the multilayered strategy because there are holes in those swiss cheese slices. on zoo all the strategies together make it effective. >> and you bring up the rapid testing thing and in the uk for instance, kids going to school, they have rapid testing done multiple times a week at home before they head out the door. why cant that happen here? it seems so simple. >> it c...

The president because of the steel tarrifs. i think the white house, one of the reasons you see this push to make sure we have to win this guys is that the president, this is the testing thing. >> bret: we just got this from the pentagon. the plans for the veterans day parade. it was going to be july 4th. now its virend. -- veterans day. its the military parade the president wants, from the white house to the capitol. highlighting the evolution of womens veterans in world war ii and veterans in ...

>> they take the case and put it on the counter in front of us. they opened the suitcase up. and immediately, immediately, picked up a bottle. >> complete and utter fear. absolutely terrified. >> they just took a knife out and cut the bottle open, and pulled out a bag. panic, panic, panic. >> they got a testing thing, and put it in there and dumped it.