we also have more tools than we ever had before. we're ready. we'll get through this. >> reporter: the president also laying out clear testing measures that this administration will be doing, sending 500 million at-home tests in the month of january. but the question, will that be enough. striking a defensive tone when asked if there has been enough done on testing. >> what took so long or didn't take long at all. what happened was the omicron virus spread even more rapidly than anybody thought. if i had told you four weeks ago that this would spread by a day-to-day basis, it would spread by 50, 100%, 200%, 500%, you would have looked at me and said, biden, what are you drinking? but that's what it did. >> reporter: but the question is this administration now will be judged on how this testing goes, and how this reaction goes to the surge of cases. no doubt, this is not where any