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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...

>> reporter: of course, that's not what we heard just before the 2020 election. >> i'm going to shut down the virus! i'll shut down the virus, not the economy. i'm not going to shut down the country, i by -- but i am going to shut down the virus. >> reporter: earlier this week the u.s. recorded over one million new covid cases in a single day, shattering the previous record. it comes amid a testing shortage nationwide. the white house has signed two contracts with industry to boost the number of tests working towards the president's goal of procuring half a billion. recall last year dr. anthon...

Factors. i want to point out it is not just us at fox news talking about it. if we google test shortage, first thing on seep -- cnn, biden is marred by a testing shortage. we are in 2022 now, to see lines and look at this, this is insane. i personally know people who are immuno-compromised and they are standing outside, while they're sick, they are covid positive, jam-packed in lines. it doesn't matter if you are outside or not, you are jam-packed, you are sick, 65 or 70, standing outside for five hours to get a test, how did they not see this coming? >> todd: especially considering they ran o...

If you take all five of the bipartisan covid bills, that is about $32 billion. then about 45, 46 billion in the bill that the democrats passed by themselves this year for testing. the real question is, how is that money spent? how could we have a testing shortage now when at the end of last year we had what appeared to be a whole new series of tests coming on the market. i think my other question would be, if the federal government thinks they can buy 500 million at-home tests by the end of this month, where are those tests now? you don't have to look very hard to go to a drugstore and find ou...

This past year, 2021, and we still have monumental lines for testing in this country. we have a testing shortage in this country. that is unacceptable nearly two years in to this pandemic with all the money that president biden has thrown at this problem, a huge problem in that regard. we have him bowing down to the teacher's unions. when are the unions in chicago going to tell us how they're going to make up the days they're miss something are they ready to work over the summer? work during scheduled breaks? getting our children back to school. what are they going to do in chicago about crime...