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Their frustrations. but the president said yesterday in those remarks to the national governor's association was to affirm the federal government is there to help states and localities which are on the front lines of administering the testing programs, the vaccination programs, said if you need something, say something. but he also acknowledged that the efforts of the federal government so far, especially on the front of testing, as we have seen huge demand for testing during the holiday season, have simply not been enough. take a listen to the president. >> went from no over the counter tests...

>> i know there are questions about staff and i know there are questions about testing and there is a lot of questions. but we're going to turn those question marks into a exclamation point, we're staying open. we're going to make sure our children are in safe spaces. >> and so the commitment is there to keep the schools open. so there is a plan in place which you just heard. on the the testing front, 1.5 million tests were delivered to every single school across the city over the weekend, in the last few gaves to prepare them to be able to test. and according to the school chancellor david ba...

Originally we hear from the cdc director on the "today" show this morning, she confirmed that this morning saying it's not as effective picking up omicron as it was the delta or alpha variant but saying that the pcr test should be the reliable test for folks to take. that's why we're here at the site where you're seeing lines -- not yet but seeing lines across the city as that testing front continues, not just here in illinois but across the country. >> doctor, lines, lines everywhere but there's also questions about the antigen test and what people are taking and the delays in getting pcr res...

Put those covid tests into the mix so they can speed up the production and get that half-billion amount of tests into the bloodstream of america. what happens if and when that doesn't happen? you talk about inflation like it's a small thing. well, it's not, but you're right, it's not as bad as what we are facing right now with the testing shortage. >> inflation is not a small thing. you are seeing the white house really focusing on some of the root issues with regards to inflation. we are seeing gas prices come down, that is a key thing. hopefully that'll stay on the downward trajectory. espec...