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We're not just trying to attack the virus, put down covid, but we're also trying to make sure americans can go back to a more normal life. and so it takes a team effort, not just in the federal government but the entire country. the more americans participate, act responsibly, the quicker we will get back to what we believe should be america. >> what does it look like? what are the priorities? >> to build on what we know. scientists have given us great information. the data shows that the vaccines work, that testing helps, that using masks has helped protect a lot of folks. and if we continue ...

Campaign. the coronavirus existed because joe biden was president. vote for me and i will shut down covid. >> i will put in place a plan to deal with the pandemic. i don't shut down the economy. but i will shut down the virus. i am going to shut down the virus! i will put in place a plan to deal with this pandemic responsibly bringing this country together with testing, tracing and masking. i won't shut down the country. i will shut down the virus. >> will: a year into his first turn joe biden haernt done any of that. as of yesterday according to the cdc there are over 816,000 americans who de...

Donald trump was president. joe biden can't shut down covid. neither can the federal government. no one can. the coronavirus is here to stay. no amount of boosters will stop the spread. omicron is proof. no lockdown will prevent another variant from emerging. yesterday the president of the united states admitted to that. joe biden told us there is no federal solution to the coronavirus pandemic. >> look, there is no federal solution. this gets solved at the state level. it gets down to where the rubber meets the road. that's where the patient needs help or preventing the need for help. >> will...

Let's go live to one of those testing sites now. leyla santiago is at one of the busiest locations in south florida. i understand officials there are seeing a massive increase in people wanting tests, even bigger than from the peak of the delta surge? >> that's correct. you're talking about a 50% increase in the demand for testing, compared to the peak of what we saw during that delta wave. so let's go over the numbers. where we are right now, the busiest testing site in south florida. they administered nearly 9,000 tests yesterday. 60,000 across all the sites that are run by the county here. ...

"operation warp speed" started under trump and then the expedited push of the vaccines by the biden administration has been a great success. but there's been a lot of other things that have not gone as well. what do you think? >> so i agree with kirsten. i think that the lack of cheap, rapid mass testing is looking like a worse and worse failure of u.s. policy. under now we've had a republican and a democratic administration running our covid policy. and we've got this continuing problem. and it just shows up in area after area. so, for example, we've got the cdc with its new guidelines saying...