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Handled right now, with how testing is being handled right now? >> i think we appreciate the partnership of the president and the federal government. wasn't always that way. the president was very clear that omicron is a source of real concern but not panic. that, we are so much better prepared and able to fight off this virus today than we were, say, a year and a half ago. and then, we talked about what we can do together. governors of the frontline troops in terms of getting the vaccines, getting the tests, making sure that people are taken care of. >> and you heard president biden acknowled...

We will talk about that tonight. about the ongoing difficulty still of getting tested or even buying a home-test kit. we will look at the impact omicron is already having on our kids and what comes after the holiday break. we will also focus on the disruption at airports, and talk about one idea that sounds like common sense to many, but others say it's a step too far. i took that up earlier with dr. anthony fauci. >> we have been saying that vaccine mandates for domestic flights should be considered, should be seriously considered. is that something that president biden is seriously consideri...

Get scrapped this year, the struggle to get covid tests just too real. at a busy site in miami, the wait is more than two hours. alexander fields, cnn, new york. >> thank you so much. >> i want to bring in dr. megan professor of emergency medicine and dean of public health at brown university. thank you for being here. nice to see you. my goodness, that package we just played is unbelievable the amount of chaos this is actually reeking on our society and we all thought, i think, in many ways we were kind of at the tail end. we were maybe hoping too soon. what do you think ? >> i feel like this...

Wasn't always that way. the president was very clear that omicron is a source of real concern but not panic. that, we are so much better prepared and able to fight off this virus today than we were, say, a year and a half ago. and then, we talked about what we can do together. governors of the frontline troops in terms of getting the vaccines, getting the tests, making sure that people are taken care of. >> and you heard president biden acknowledge the shortfalls on testing. do you think the white house missed this? did they fail to see this threat of the omicron variant? um, is that why you'r...

My fellow health care worker whose are once again facing a surge in our hospitals. but there is one really big difference, laura, between now and a year ago. and that is the vaccines. as much as omicron is reeking havoc on our economy right now, the number of hospitalizations and deaths are not what they would have been last year at this time without vaccines. it is just a dramatic difference in the hospitals. as much as we're struggling, the vaccines have made a difference. >> you're absolutely right. i can't under score that point enough the vaccines have made a difference. we all remember l...