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Yesterday pushing back on what some are describing as his administration's slow reaction to the new variant. take a listen. >> what would you say to some americans that would say it feels like we're chasing omicron instead of being ahead of it, fully prepared for it. >> look, omicron really came on the scene just before thanksgiving. we weren't talking about omicron six months ago. it is recent. so we are chasing omicron. >> ej, you have written about this. it is part of why i wanted to talk to you about it. what is your take on the white house response. >> if you look at the administration's ...

Welcome to the beat. i'm in for ari melber. we have a lot to get to, including a guilty verdict in the trial of former minnesota police officer kimberly potter. outpouring of reaction after she's convicted of manslaughter in the killing of donte wright. plus, i talk live to a nobel prize winning economist as biden and manchin try to reach a deal. we start with covid cases exploding on the single busiest travel day of 2021. kicks off the busiest travel week. an estimated 100 million drivers hitting the road, over 6 million passengers. a map of states where omicron is now present. your eyes do n...

Signals it might be. the reason it is hard to figure this out, delta happened at a different point in time, where more of the world's population was not vaccinated yet, more of the world's population didn't have immunity. it is hard to figure out what today omicron would do to a person without any prior infection and isn't vaccinated. that's why the severity question is hard. you've seen what the uk is seeing, shorter hospitalization times. that's something we saw as well. is that because the pop haitian -- population is highly vaccinated. even as we hear good news with merck, the supply is so...

D.c. recording a record number of cases. across the country, crushing lines for tests. it will be weeks before 500 million additional tests promised by president biden will be available. >> if you go to the pharmacy, we hear it over and over again, empty shelves, no test kits. is that a failure? >> no, i don't think it is a failure. >> we're nearly two years into the pandemic, you're a year into the presidency, empty shelves, no test kits in some places three days before christmas when it is so important, is that good enough? >> no. nothing has been good enough. but look where we are. we're in...