test to every american since that is exactly what many doctors want. and it s unclear if the president is going to take time today to defend this policy. he takes questions multiple times a week depends on what you ask. i asked him a question about this all the way back at the end of july. why is it that a few months in the term president biden said why did he say that if you get vaccinated you can basically lose the mask forever? he told me then that was true at the time. well, this announcement today the times are changing again with many new rules. back to you. brian: right. thanks, peter. steve: can i ask peter a question? peter, are you still there. i m here. steve: looking at the white house lawn behind you. you sent out to the company last night along our email chain that apparently there are new pets coming to the white house lawn? yeah, there is.
room in their icu units. so we need to take this carefully. we need to be thoughtful about this. the answer we all know vaccinations getting a booster. i m vaccinated. i have got my booster. so does my family. what we don t need is more lockdowns and more mandates. we should be encouraging people. making sure they understand that a vaccination and a booster is the almost certain guarantee that you won t get seriously ill. you might still contract the virus. but it won t put you in the hospital and is earnly won t kill you. and so we need to get on with our ordinary lives. learn to deal with, this get vaccinated and really enjoy the holidays. it s time. brian: right. three things he is going to deploy deploy federal vac sin nature. is he going to use the military to support hospitals and millions of free rapid tests. we also should identify the fact and talk about this a little bit later. identify the fact that this is not as serious a strain as delta. it spreads easier but is so far we
they figure surely to god we can move one person. guess what? i m from west virginia. i m not from where they are from. brian: good point. senator joe manchin firing back after the white house accused him of going back on his word. by rejecting biden s social spending spree in a new op-ed steve clemmons a long time friend and ally of senator manchin pulling in the same direction and bang white house released a statement blaming manchin for the delay. i knew he would perceive it as a breach of process and joe working this out. g.o.p. senator pat toomey sits on the senate finance committee and joins us now. senator, the joe manchin you know is those couple of lines blaming him for the delay? did he really take that personal? is that the breaking point? well, it might have been the last straw for joe. i mean, i give joe a lot of credit. the amount of abuse and flack he has taken from some of his colleagues from the left wing
they had to send the troubled major biden who had been biting some white house staffers off to live with family friends. they got a new puppy named commander. going to get a cat in january. normally that s very pedestrian news. there is possibly reason to read more into it because jen psaki said a couple months ago that they were going to save the cat announcement for a bad news day. and so. steve: today s the day. brian: peter, i have an additional question. would you say at the end you said that, you know, they said at the time that they thought you didn t wear a mask when you are vaccinated at the time. and that s what kamala harris in an interview said we did not we were not we did not see delta coming. and anthony fauci came out sunday and was asked about that who is right? you cannot tell them that delta was coming? did you miss it? he goes no, i m sure she was taken out of context. did anyone bring that up yesterday? not like that, surprisingly. but many, many staffers hav
just traveling with it until omicron came out a week ago in south africa said 1-800-america. we have this strange little variant it s not lethal and spreads easily. everyone overreacted. ainsley: doctor who first discovered omicron said commit believe this global reaction to it interesting we are getting news like breaking news alerts on our phone and lawmakers are posting tweets because they have a cold. you know, because when you are vaccinated this is a case for vaccines and boosters, when you are vaccinated and booster. if you get omicron or booster it s usually mild symptoms. that s where we are it s because of what covid did to the country last year. but we have got to move away from that, i think. brian: we need leadership to put this threat in proportion. that s what i hope we get today. steve: is he going to strike a dire tone and say get the shots and the booster. brian: going to have kettle drums. steve: to her point things will be better. all right, moving on.