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The omicron variant surge. it is vital to every american and vital to the president of the united states. politically and economically and all of the other goals with public health to not be overtaken by this. it is also important for him to show the american people that he is trying to stay on top of it. that's the rationale behind getting on the call with governors. clearly the testing crisis has snuck up on the administration. when you are the president, the buck stops with you. the biden administration has been emphasizing for months the centrality of vaccines and getting past the pandemic...

Cars in line this. testing site actually switching to appointments only after just a few days ago there was a line that went all the way in the street. almost 100 cars that was blocking traffic and had to get the police involved to manage it. now they have moved to appointment only. so it is move pretty quickly here because of that structure. but it is still days until folks can get an appointment. if you signed on today, sometimes, two, three, four-day waits to get there. i spoke with a man in line who said that was tough for him. he had a potential exposure, tried to get tested as early as w...

In the u.k., the data is not totally clear yet. it looks like it's suppressing data if it ends up pushing delta out, it would be terrific because all the data so far suggests that omicron is a milder version. and, obviously, if we're going to have a virus circulating around, i'd rather have a milder version circulating around. >> and is there anything here that suggests that omicron might be the beginning of the end >> well, i sure hope so i mean, i do think a lot of americans will end up getting infected now, obviously, we have a good chunk of americans also vaccinated that means if there are...

Of a tough hearing today. >> i'm at the end of my rope. i think you'll see today most of my colleagues are as well. >> susan collins says congress allocated $83 billion for testing, but the testing deficit remain as mystery. >> our staff's investigation found that $850 million out of the testing budget and another $850 million out of the allocation for the stockpile were instead used to deal with the crisis at the southern border. >> collins says the administration could have averted the testing crisis with better planning. republicans aren't the only ones upset. patty murray said the informat...

Together, 230 federal judges. we passed tax cuts and jobs act, best economy in my lifetime before covid-19 hit and we can do that again by finding things where we can work together. >> sandra: senator john cornyn, appreciate you joining us today. >> john: thanks, senator. good to see you. >> sandra: that makes senator lindsey graham's words more interesting. >> john: sounds like mcconnell has the support of cornyn, at least for the moment. >> sandra: we'll ask senator graham when he joins us half past the hour, stay tuned for that. and president biden promising to get a handle on the testing c...