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A cookout and then by august we found out it was a much different story, but, during that period of time, there really wasn t much that changed. we had the tests. we heard about the mask, we got the vaccine. then, in the fall, even prior to when this latest wave happened, this latest variant came into play. the vanity fair writes this story to bring us inside an opportunity the biden administration decided to not to take and we are all paying the price, the headline, the biden administration rejects in october 25th to be specific. free rapid test for the holiday. evidently this group comes over to the white house and they said hey, guys, we have a great idea. you have to get rapid test to everyone. we are going to need 732 million rapid tests. the administration looked at it and said okay, let me think about it, the answer is no. the bold plan is done. and a lot of people saying that is where you are lost. i don t want to take the whole time talking about this article. let you guys exp ....
ainsley: governor, there is an article in vanity fair says in october there was a proposal. they approached biden about you need to buy a lot of these tests. you need to buy 732 million tests because we need to be prepared for the holiday surge. so many i know a lot of new yorkers went down to florida. i m sure a lot of others did, too because people didn t want to go out of the country because you couldn t back in if you were and you could be positive for months. this put a lot of pressure on you and your state. we came down there and all looking for tests. in the middle of the vacation the tests were gone at cvss and grocery stores and. we would get a phone call and rush over there they just run out. when can we expect those to be in the krogers or walgreen s or cvss down there? these will likely go to nursing homes, long-term care facilities and likely go to local communities where they can focus them on elderly people. i agree i think we need to have ....
Advised him not to take any questions. the last time he took questions was on friday. meanwhile, record high covid numbers. i know that he took the day off yesterday to write his speech. he will be giving that speech today, yes, later today on january 6th. but that s almost a week without talking to reporters. where is he on the border? 110% increase in apprehensions of unaccompanied minors at the border. where he is telling the border agents not to arrest these human smugglers. take some of that vacation time and go town there. article in vanity fair he rejected a proposal to order 732 million covid tests. those home tests to prepare for the holiday surge. and now they are saying no, we plan to order 500 million home tests. well, where are they? it s a little too late. it s after christmas. we needed those at christmas. steve, you said you couldn t find tests. i couldn t find tests. weeks before we could find them. but christmas hits. everybody needs test to go back home to destinatio ....
Over christmas and we are still waiting for them and your big announcement. we boarded more test? a little too little, little too late. we are a year into the biden administration. testing still isn t fixed. why did you reject ordering the recommended 732 million tests every month? this was offered to you starting in october. reported in vanity fair, it was to raise supplies for was the predictable holiday surge, when people get together for hanukkah, christmas, and new year s eve. joe said to donald trump that it s a travesty to not have enough tests. to joe, it s a complete dereliction of duty. americans are still waiting in line for hours and hours and hours just to get the chance to get one of the few remaining tests on the market. care to explain that come around? care to explain that, joe? how are you such a failure? why did you regret the ....
Months ago, a month ago. reporter: but many public-health experts have been sounding the alarm for months. everybody saw it coming. we knewby needed more tests. i think the administration dropped the ball on this. we are still way behind on testing. frankly, i think a big problem is, right from the start, we didn t have a strategic plan about how testing was going to fit in with our response. reporter: and in october, anticipating a winter surge, a group of experts including dr. michael mena made an urgent plea to white house officials. tried everything i could to advise our government on the need for these tools. reporter: in a presentation obtained by cnn, the experts predicted the u.s. would need about 732 million rapid at home tests per month by march 2022. even after factoring in expected production increases, the experts warned the u.s. would fall short by about a quarter of a billion tests. white house officials say they didn t disagree with the goals but by octobe ....