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>> understanding that you support the administration and the analysis here, the testing issue seems like it really has been a troubled some spot. >> it certainly has been in this frustrations around the country with regard to the long lines and i think it was build your to not anticipate the desire for testing to obviously protect yourself and others during the holiday season to have that make it a test for grappling home. i think you're seeing the administration refocusing on the testing issue coming out of winter break into january. .to have that negative tests, especially to solve that clip...

Single day many of the sick are vaccinated, even boosted. >> you get vaccinated. you get boosted so that you don't end up in the hospital. you don't end up on a ventilator and you don't die from covid. >> miguel, if i could circle back to this testing issue. tonight the white house says americans with insurance won't need to pay for at home testing kits. what else did we learn? >> reporter: well, that's right, lester hoping to expand testing, the white house says americans with private health care insurance won't need to pay for those over the counter at home covid test kits consumers will ins...

Which is hilarious on many levels given how many people sat silently over the last four years for the former president. >> bill: i guess you had to put dick durbin in the category because he said it was a step too far. >> listen, that's the automatic is you just go to any criticism you go back to former president trump and you say something about how he communicated. the bottom line is that the president of the united states stood next to the crypt of martin luther king junior and said you are either for this legislation or you are george wallace or you are for this legislation or you are jeff...

Understanding that you support the administration and but in the analysis here, the testing issue seems like it really has been a troublesome spot. >> yeah, bret. it certainly has been. there has been frustrations around the country with regards to long lines with testing. i think it was a failure to some degree on this administration to not anticipate the desire for testing, to obviously protect yourselves and protect others during the holiday season, to have that negative test before traveling home. certainly, i think you are seeing an administration refocusing on the testing issue. especial...

>> a lack of testing, and the omicron surge is causing some school districts to start the new year off virtually, sadly, the latest from a snowy north lawn for us. so, will the president address any of this today, parents are outraged everywhere where this is happening, obviously. >> no kidding, sandra. the roads are no better over here at the white house, it does not seem to be playing a factor into what the president is doing. absolutely no events dealing with omicron, his only event today is actually about increasing competition in the meat industry as a way to deal with inflation. but the ...