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Look, i'm adamantly opposed to shutdowns. i think we cannot afford anymore shutdowns in our country. so, if we're not going to do shutdowns, it means vaccine mandates and it means a whole lot of testing. >> mayor, quick final question. i know you've not yet made a decision about new year's eve, times square, the ball dropping. but what will be the metric that you'll look at to make that call? >> michael, talking with our health care leadership. we're talking with the folks in times square who run the event. what we want to make sure here is that we can do this event safely and determine the me...

The defense production act to the absolute maximum because we're going to need much, much more in the way of testing to get through omicron and really put the covid era behind us. we're going to need billions and billions of test kits for the whole country. so, i think we need to get some of those companies that could turn their production lines to test kit production, and the federal government needs to make that very clear as an order for the good of the whole nation. look, i'm adamantly opposed to shutdowns. i think we cannot afford anymore shutdowns in our country. so, if we're not going t...

Information. we're going to follow the data and science. right now it's on. we'll make a decision as we get closer as to what should finally happen. >> i know that it's not your call because you'll be sworn in the following day, but do you think the time square as we know it should take place this year? >> well, i think two smart things i heard. number one, the first smart thing i heard is that you were in new york city. you should come in and spend your money as much as possible. the second is what the mayor stated. both of us are on the same page. this is a moving target. and if january -- d...

Happen. >> i know that it's not your call because you'll be sworn in the following day, but do you think the time square as we know it should take place this year? >> well, i think two smart things i heard. number one, the first smart thing i heard is that you were in new york city. you should come in and spend your money as much as possible. the second is what the mayor stated. both of us are on the same page. this is a moving target. and if january -- december 31st we are dealing with a spike that's uncontrollable, we'll make the determination to postpone or to stop the ball dropping. we're ...

Their face and they're so happy and i think that feeds on sits he have -- that feeds on itself. and nothing bad happens if jobs of plentiful. david: we've got to leave it at that. forget about the ball dropping in times square. they're waiting for the report from the durham investigation. what should we expect from that report? some possible clues when we come back. with savings of up to 50% on select men's and ladies' clothing; footwear; fishing and marine gear; and toys. use your gift cards and take advantage of huge savings-- in-store and online.