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Months ago, a month ago. >> reporter: but many public-health experts have been sounding the alarm for months. >> everybody saw it coming. we knewby needed more tests. i think the administration dropped the ball on this. >> we are still way behind on testing. >> frankly, i think a big problem is, right from the start, we didn't have a strategic plan about how testing was going to fit in with our response. >> reporter: and in october, anticipating a winter surge, a group of experts including dr. michael mena made an urgent plea to white house officials. >> tried everything i could to advise our ...

Today the u.s. should not expect a national peak in the omicron variant in the coming days and that the next few days will be tough telling our jake tapper the biden administration needs to focus on testing. >> as the president said, we certainly have more to do on testing and that's a message that's clear from the public and to his team that we need to pull every lever possible. that's why you've seen so many additional spigots open, if you will, when it comes to testing and why that supply will continue to increase in the months ahead. >> an emergency medicine physician joining us me now. do...

Over 90,000 sites. we have added sites, added hours, added appointments, added walk-in capacity. we have booster shots for every american in the country. it's easier than ever to get a booster shot and more important than it's ever been. the fda has also now authorized booster shots for children ages 12 to 15, so with the final approval from the center for disease control and prevention, the cdc, young people when that occurs, young people ages 12 to 15 will be able to get booster shots later this week. second, on testing, i know this remains frustrating, believe me, it's frustrating to me, bu...

You know, they have what they need because of the american rescue plan the first month we were in office, the second month that i signed in march, we provided the states with 130 billion with a b, billion dollars to specifically keep our students safe and schools open. funding for ventilation, ventilation systems in the schools, social distancing classrooms, even larger classrooms on buses and everything from bus drivers to buses, the actual bus. in all this process, we also included an additional $10 billion for testing for schools. that money went out to the states, and the states and the sc...

So seems like they want to stay the course. if they fire anybody, that finally acknowledges that things are going wrong for this administration. i wrote about the disaster rouse 48 hours. think about the last six months for this president. afghanistan, build back better fails at the hands of his own party and messaging that it will cost zero dollars and reduce the deficit. no. covid explodes. the administration flat-footed on testing. peter doocy said the tests still haven't been sent out. now the approval goes down to 33%. 25% with independents. stacey abrams blows him off in georgia. his vac...