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Visit me here for the holidays. listen, tomorrow president biden is expected to layout a comprehensive plan for fighting covid in the coming months. what's the most critical thing that needs to happen here? >> there are a couple really important things. the first is i want to see a vaccine mandate for all international travelers, not just foreign nationals but also american citizens. i would of course love to see that domestically, as well but the chance of that is little to known. ex end tl tend extending the mask mandate is important. i want the federal government to step up in terms of rapi...

For new details about what the omicron variant may bring, the nation entering the winter months still grappling with mounting infections and deaths from the delta variant. biden's plan designed to increase vaccinations and boosters and impose more strip stringent testing requirements on international travelers while ramping up at-home testing availability. >> the bottom line, this winter you'll be able to test for free in the comfort of your home and have some peace of mind. >> reporter: it's the latest evolution of the expansive federal effort advisers have said remains the number one effort....

>> i am boosted and proud of it. jacqueline howard, thank you so much for that. >> reporter: i am as well. thank you. . >> so is berman. very much boosting happening this morning. yeah. me three. i got boosted yesterday. i'm either feeling the side effects or i woke up at 3:00. it's all same. the president will lay out fighting covid through the winther protecting americans against the omicron variant. jeremy diamond live at the white house. jeremy, what are we going to hear? >> reporter: listen, the white house is still trying to learn amount about this omicron variant. we will hear presi...

Vaccinated bad things happened. you are entitled to hate trump. it is not a winning strategy. i ask you what is their strategy and what has this administration done better than you did while you were in charge? >> one of the things i want to do is start off on a positive note and i think the president struck the right tone yesterday when he said we should not panic but preparing. for the virus out there the ways to prepare to get vaccinated, get boosted, get tested come out of thanksgiving and have rapid tests available so you can have a safe holiday season. what i don't hear yet is what the f...

Going to do to prepare? what they will do to increase vaccine outreach and continue to increase testing availability? this isn't about democrat versus republican. this is america versus the virus. >> bill: so when do we get those answers, sir? >> jerome adams is a good friend of mine and asking the right questions. i think you are going to see later on this week the president will make a speech on thursday about a surge in terms of getting vaccinations and boosters into arms. but let's recognize the main holding thing holding that back is not the availability of vaccines or the evidence to sup...