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Secretary for health and white house testing czar in the trump administration is here now. i want to talk about the significance of the testing shortages this far into the pandemic. it doesn't matter all that much? are we over blowing it or not enough? >> thanks for having me on. i do think it's very significant that we have shortages right now. you are seeing the consequences of that right now, question marks about isolation, quarantine, getting back to school. the fundamental issue was the biden administration did not place orders and security industry between about january and september, so...

Are at the highest rate compared to any prior point in the pandemic. >> reporter: experts say with the rapid spread, vaccines, masks, and testing are more important than ever, but across the country, frustration over testing shortages. in florida, some are outraged after learning as many as a million rapid test kits expired during a period that saw testing lines stretching more than a mile. a new report out of the university of florida predicts 70 to 80% of the people living in the sunshine state will have contracted covid by the end of the omicron wave, making for choppy waters in industries ...

At xfinity.com/moving. president biden is acknowledging the path forward on his proposed voting rights legislation is not looking good. >> you all ask questions about complicated subjects like can you get this done. i hope we can get this done. honest to god answer is i don't know. >> all right, that is not good in washington speak. and that's not the only setback that is facing the biden administration. the supreme court just shot down a federal vaccine mandate for private businesses. there are testing shortages and confusion over the new cdc guidance. inflation is at a 40-year high.

And that's something that we really need to focus on going forward. well, let's move it forward, professor. according to the who, how do you think this can be fixed in time for the next pandemic? well, i think there are some clear lessons learned. i mean, the first one is that we really have to build in much greater resilience into our health systems, including the nhs, which of course is among the health systems in the world. but it doesn't have surge capacity, so there was a shortage of critical care beds, and even a shortage of personal protective equipment, ventilators, and other things. a...

To. phil? >> a legend in every sense of the word. thanks so much. the omicron wave is rising. testing shortages with hospitals and schools struggling to stay open. plus an unvaccinated tennis star now held inside a detention hotel. novack djokovic, his freedom depends on an australian courtroom, and we're learning new details about the weeks leading up to his trip down under. >> and a dangerous and deadly flooding in the pacific northwest. some frightened people near seattle forced to wait on top of their cars for help. i'm phil mattingly in washington in for pamela brown tonight. you're in ...