in europe heads of state or the eu countries coming together. the more act that is on the floor today and more of on the floor today the shortage of supply, the supply challenge that we have in so many s respects. wow. oh my. well, i love how nancy s hand gestures always follow the point she made. so when she says, well, they re coming together, then she c does that likesh that s good. i i ve never seen anyone do t that before, but she does itre quite, well in totality like it comes afterwards. raymonon, this is this is very, very sad and frightening. and why are they only worried
are fretting over the long lines for testing. so i think that s going to be a significant challenge and we can overcome that supply challenge and also the cost challenge i think will help us tremendously. reporter: some health officials think the cdc s new recommendation of a five-day isolation period for some people who test positive might help with all these challenges because it will put more people back on the job sooner. but others fear the pandemic right now is just so aggressive, short of a lot of people finally agreeing to get vaccinated, there is nothing we can do but watch the numbers rise for a while. jim? tom foreman, thanks so much. one other late note, tonight s holiday bowl between ucla and north carolina state has been cancelled, this after the bruins announced that internal covid protocols would keep the team from playing. and joining us now is andy slavitt, president biden s former senior white house adviser for covid response and author of preventable: the ins
and if we can overcome that supply challenge. and also the cost challenge. i think that that will help us tremendously. yeah, i think that it has been a big question especially since you ve seen other countries make them either free or basically free, a dollar a test, that kind of nature. doctor, thank you so much for what you are doing and for joining us this morning to just catch our audience up on what is going on. you re welcome. meanwhile, the skies not so friendly or really even close these days. [ bleep ]. you re going to jail. [ bleep ]. can t even imagine being on that plane. and we ll update you on the federal charges that woman is now facing for spitting and hitting an elderly unmasked man. and a top progressive is urging president biden to focus on build back better saying that he should use executive action if he has to do pass his
COVID-19 has highlighted housing shortages in some northern First Nations in Manitoba just as the federal government announced funding for proposed solutions to the issue.
and more vaccinated medical workers are experiencing breakthrough cases and being sent home just when demand for their expertise is soaring. that s still an impossible strain on an already-strained healthcare system. so, i understand the pressure to get workers back earlier. reporter: the virus is spreading so fast, the impact is now going far beyond the widely reported holiday travel problems. in new york city, apple has closed all its stores to browsing shoppers. in maryland, courts are cutting back their winter schedules. and everywhere, health officials are fretting over the long lines for testing. so i think that s going to be a significant challenge and we can overcome that supply challenge and also the cost challenge i think will help us tremendously. reporter: some health officials think the cdc s new recommendation of a five-day isolation period for some people who test positive might help with all these challenges because it will put more people back on the job sooner