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Run out by the time we got in line. >> it's frustrating there's not more accessibility. >> you can make an appointment when they fill up you can't do anything. >> omicron, they didn't really anticipate all the testing. >> we probably wouldn't have been tested. because they are all vaccinated. >> mike, the cdc says the safest way to gather with family and extended family over the holidays is to get tested before hand to make sure you're not positive, but it doesn't seem like the federal government really prepared for people actually doing just that. pretty much everyone we talked to in line thr...

With an average cash out amount of $60,000, you can do more. ♪ ♪ >> gillian: this is a fox news alert to begin a brand-new hour. it just a moment, president biden will announce his plan for the country to fight the latest covid to surge as the omicron variant sweeps the nation. good afternoon from washington. i am gillian turner in for sandra smith today. hi, mike. >> mike: and i'm mike emanuel in for john roberts. he will announce a multistep approach including easier access for testing and more aid for hospitals that can be overwhelmed. the white house says it will not be a speech about ...

Briefing. jacqui heinrich, our colleague, asking questions there. a lot of questions about the updated strategy with covid-19. why more testing was not available by now and won't be available in large measure until after the new year, after people would like to spend time with their loved ones. we expect president biden to make his formal announcement in the minutes ahead. gillian can expiate quite a pivot from the throes of the global pandemic for the president's plans for new pets. kind of interesting to see the briefing take that turn this afternoon, mike. [laughs] to a fox news alert now, ...

♪ you've got to try a little kindness ♪ ♪ yes, show a little kindness ♪ ♪ just shine your light for everyone to see ♪ ♪ and if you try a little kindness ♪ >> mike: we are standing by for president biden's new plan to fight the surge of the omicron variant. the white house saying his speech will be about lockdowns but rather a plan to increase testing, support overwhelmed hospitals, and boost vaccinations. but nearly two years into this pandemic, why are tests still hard to get? let's bring in fox news contributor and family and emergency medicine doctor, janette nesheiwat. dr. ...

Yourself. and to protect others. taking all the necessary steps of masking, testing, vaccination, that is all we can do at this point. i think we need to continue with our lives and enjoy the holidays. >> mike: dr. janette, so great having you. merry christmas. >> merry christmas, mike. >> mike: gillian? >> gillian: queen elizabeth is scrapping her annual christmas plans for a second year in the row. the monarch is no longer traveling east to her sandringham estate following the rise and cozy cases across the u.k. she's trying to remain at windsor castle as cases in her nation surged by more t...