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democrats frame it as transformative. republicans say it's government run amuck. >> i call upon my republican colleagues to stop their march madness and show some compassion for their constituents who are less than wealthy. >> i've heard people across the country say this bill today is costly, corrupt, and liberal. it's a laundry list of left-wing priorities that predate the pandemic and do not meet the needs of the american families. >> that deal will head to the president's desk just as country arrives at a familiar coronavirus crossroads. the biden administration just this morning...

Factors into that piece of the new guidance. we know this administration is concerned and on do that of this situation with the shortage of tests. president biden himself hughes repeatedly acknowledged they have fallen short on this. i asked jeff zients today what is the process of getting those test to say americans. he told me they're still in the process of finalizing the contract for that test. that contract will not be finalized until late next week, so i don't think you can expect americans those to say tests under the middle of january. clearly this is something that will continue to be...

Ourselves. we're going to see the places where we buy our food, places that we get our gasoline, are all going to be challenged having enough people on the job. what the cdc in part was trying to do is not play to the economy, but play to the very safety of our everyday lives. i think they're being harshly criticized for these recommendations in ways that in an ideal world, sure, we wouldn't do it this way. andy, let me ask you about that. is it enough to say we didn't see this coming, so therefore we're just in this mess and we're going to have to get through it? nearly two years into in pa...

A large number of people aren't vaccinated. people able always get at-home tests, so, you know, that little hole gives a wide berth to the pandemic. it tells us all we should be cautious. >> andy, here's a question that'ssh on my mind. do you worry that members are losing hope, resigned to the fact to the extent they're not going to be able to ward this off, that they're not going to prevent themselves from being infected with covid, they're going to give up and say, okay, let it happen, here we go. i've heard this from a number of people over the holidays. i got vaccinated, boosted, people ar...

People in the trump administration who wanted to distract from the poor job the trump administration was doing with the virus in the united states by saying, hey, the chinese are the problem and the chinese even in terms of investigation, they're just bad actors. i mean, these people can't be trusted, if you tell the truth over there, you could end up in jail. so there's lots of politics involved in this. shannon: okay. so now the push is on. there seems to be some agreement. we have to get to the bottom of this, for numerous reasons, jason, as you said, if this surfaces again, to prevent it o...