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Here's the white house coronavirus response coordinator. >> today, we're taking additional actions including sending 5 million free rapid tests to schools each month. and providing another 5 million lab-based tests each month. these ten million additional tests available each month will allow schools to double the volume of testing they were performing in november. >> education secretary miguel cardona was asked this morning about the feasibility of providing schools with ten million free tests each month. >> the president made it clear that through the defense act that there's going to be hig...

Exactly how the white house is going to finalize the delivery mechanism for those tests including that website that they have promised to get up where americans were request to get the at-home tests sent to them for free. so we're still waiting for a lot of details. frankly, this speaks to the gap of time that exists now, continuing to exist, between the testing shortages over the holiday season. and when americans can finally expect to get the rapid at-home coronavirus tests. and you mentioned that fda news that the tests may not be as sensitive to omicron. but still they don't see that chang...

Should. it's something that absolutely should be considered and i believe the cdc is going to clarify that. >> so the overwhelming -- >> i have been in favor of that. i mean, i have said that, yes. excuse me. no, i said i have been in favor of that, but then again, there's a big picture of trying to do it in a way that is scientifically sound but that also gets people back to work. the cdc is doing their very best in trying to get the right balance of getting people back, but doing it on a solid scientific basis. >> got it. okay, let's talk broadly about some of the things that are making amer...

Confusion. also tonight, public schools in the nation's capital are taking a dramatic step to stop the rapid spread, requires negative tests before students and staff can return next week. we'll talk to mayor bowser. wolf blitzer is off today, i'm jim acosta, and you're in salesforce. "the situation room." . the verdicts in the sex trafficking trial of jason carroll is working the story for us. jason, maxwell has been found guilty on five of six counts of sex trafficking of a minor for jeffrey epstein. this is a huge case there in new york. >> what this case really boils down to, jim, is whe...

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...