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The schools really are the safest place to be. the new testing plan aimed at keeping it that way. what they're doing, they're relying on at-home test kits. they say they'll be given two kits per day for seven days to all the children in that classroom, in order to get back in the classroom, you'll have to be asymptomatic and have two negative tests in a row and you can then return the next day. this is a balancing act. we're going to see school districts across the country viewing this. to try and figure out how to identify the cases and take care of them through the testing mechanisms. on top...

Including places like new york. stressing in particular, the testing zwangs look the same around the country. there are places like new york and new jersey, facing testing shortages and that's where the federal government is targeting additional efforts to set up federally run testing centers. alisyn. >> jeremy diamond, thank you for that update. meanwhile, washington, d.c., the mayor there announced that all staff and students must show a negative covid test before returning to school next week. pediatric hospitalizations continue to grow and many parents are wondering how to keep their kid...

Later, that plan was rejected,according to reporting, but president biden yesterday said no, no, no. i never rejected any testing plan. we need to get to the bottom here because one person is not telling the truth. either vanity fair was out and out wrong or joe biden did reject a plan that would have given us more testing, that wouldn't have led to shortages of testing when you go to cvs or walgreen's. he needs to get his facts straight. that begins with talking to the press, lawrence, and taking a few questions. lawrence: kayleigh, the article is well-sourced. we are not just talking about o...

>> president biden, why did your administration read reject a holiday testing surge in october? does the buck stop there? >> we didn't reject it. >> the biden administration announced last week it is buying 500 million at-home tests free for americans to order one online. the the tests won't likely go up until next month well after the holidays. other countries have pushed free at-home testing as a major piece of the covid strategy. the white house press secretary dismissed the concept earlier this month. the president said last week his administration should have implemented this testing plan...

It seemed like the sports world was back in full swing. >> takes it in. >> reporter: covid-19 and the highly contagious omicron variant is proving to be teams' toughest opponent yet. again threatening schedules and forcing leagues to pivot protocols so seasons can stay on track. >> i think we can't apply 2020 solutions to the 2021 problems we're having. >> reporter: the nfl making a controversial call over the weekend to only test vaccinated players, coaches, and staff who are showing symptoms of covid-19. it's a sharp shift from its previous protocols of requiring weekly testing. >> testing i...