but with today's ruling, the federal government can't force them to do it. lester >> gabe gutierrez tonight, thank you beyond the military assistance and masks, the president said he's ordering one billion test kits and that insurance companies will pay most people back for the ones you buy yourself but how practical is that tom costello has more. >> reporter: the latest all-out push to contain the pandemic president biden adding another 500 million rapid test kits to the 500 million already on order. a billion in total >> we're on track to roll out a website next week where you can order free tests shipped to your home. >> but earlier on today, nbc's craig melvin asked vice president harris about those kits. >> do you know when those are going out? >> shortly they're going to go out shortly. they have been ordered. i have to look at the current information. i think it's going to be by next week. but soon, absolutely soon and it is a matter of urgency for us. >> should we have done that sooner? >> we are doing it. >> but should we have done that sooner >> we are doing it