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>> nice to be with you, my friend. >> president biden says if you are vaccinated, and boosted, go ahead, spend the holidays with family and friends. the president says the rapidly spreading omicron variant is cause for concern, but not panic. the country is much better prepared now to tackle a covid resurgence than in the early prevaccine days. for the millions who remain unvaccinated, there was this stark warning. >> almost everyone who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. i honest to god believe it is your patriotic duty, the choice can be the difference betw...

Under sharp scrutiny in a few minutes, my interview with the u.s. surgeon general. let's begin with gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: with the omicron variant running rampant. >> we should all be concerned about omicron, but not panicked. >> reporter: president biden today with a direct message for the unvaccinated >> get vaccinated now. i promise you, it saves lives. i honest to god believe it is your patriotic duty. >> reporter: the president under pressure to do more for states with overburdened hospitals. and shortage of covid tests, announcing starting next month, his administration will distr...

And a lot of it has to do with the unvaccinated. unfortunately, with omicron, being unboosted almost is equivalent to being unvaccinated. >> with holiday gatherings approaching, many americans are waiting in long lines at test sites around the country. >> we are going to get run test even got in line. >> federal health officials say omicron is now responsible for three quarters of new covid cases nationwide one yards of 90% in the southeast, south central. pacific northwest, industrial midwest and new york city area. sources tell fox 5 new york the new year's eve ball drop in times square will...

We will hear from president joe biden as the country faces a surge in covid cases and the omicron variant becomes dominant here in the u.s. the president, we're expecting, will expect that 500 million at-home test kids will be made available next month, this as the demand for covid testing soars. cnn's jason darrelle is joining us from outside a testing site in new york city where there are more long lines today. jason, what are you hearing from these people waiting in line and from city officials? >> hearing that you have to have a lot of patience. you can see that the line extends all the --...

More apparent. nearly two years into the pandemic, you may be wondering why is this still a problem? cnn's gabe cohen has been looking at that. he's joining me right now. gabe, what have you found? >> well, kate right now, the situation is not good. many people either can't find tests or they are waiting in line for hours to get swabbed ahead of the holidays, but now the biden administration is making a massive investment in testing. they are buying half a billion at-home rapid tests that they will start delivering to people for free starting next month, and then they are also opening new test...