adding the recommended isolation time and have for infected americans. that's feeling a public debate about whether a negative test should be required. >> trace: getting that test is easier said than done. americans are standing in line for hours and of the time for results as long as four days. >> dana: we have team box coverage for you. i know max like cancellations. mark has reactions. let's first go to washington where kevin is standing by. >> great to see you. lots of moving parts in this story and from the white house perspective, probably not necessarily a good thing. you may recall the president said back in april of last year that covid deaths and cases were way down, and we are making great strides in the fighting as the pandemic. now several months later, cases continue to surge. there is growing frustration over what appeared at least to some to be a lack of messaging consistency with respect to retesting recommendations. even as the country struggles with testing shortages nationwide. >> the pcr test after infection can be positive for up to 12 weeks. that is not going to be helpful. >> why not test people at that time? i myself feel that's a reasonable thing to do. >> trace: the confusing guidance is causing some to question whether public health officials are making decisions based on science or merely prevailing opinion which is troublesome especially when you consider vaccines for americans as young as 12 could soon be widely available. the administration continues to insist that shutting down schools or returning exclusively to remote learning is frankly unnecessary at this point despite the fact that some districts are deciding to do just that. the next venue where the debate is the u.s. supreme court which is prepared to hear cases regarding mandates and one for businesses for at least 100 workers and another one for operations they receive medicare and medicaid funds. those arguments as you know are set for the 7th of january which means a very busy week for my friend and others. we have all the coverage here from washington. for now, back to you. >> dana: enjoyed the snow down there as well. >> trace: 2700 u.s. flights canceled yesterday and closed at 2,000 already canceled today. let's get to rich edson. he's live at washington, d.c.,'s reagan national airport. rich, good morning to you. >> good morning, twice. it kicked up pretty quickly this morning. it is 7:00 here in washington, d.c. the roads were a little wet. by 7:30, the place was starting to be a bit of a mess here at national airport, it's a bit of a ghost town now. flights are canceled. one-third of the flights are canceled here at national airport. usually, you can go inside airport, la crosse, see the runway, see the river in the capitol dome. you can barely see halfway across the runway now. that is how bad natives got near. all these light delays that -- storms in the west out the weekend. americans tried to make it over the holidays beard there have also been disruptions with airline staff calling out sick with covid. these have been going up as we have been monitoring them throughout the morning. this is according to flight aware. total delays have topped 5,000. 5,071 total cancellations today nationwide at 3305. at the white house today, there is no briefing. federal offices in d.c. are closed. federal government workers if they have to telework they will do it. many have been largely doing especially during the pandemic. >> i think a lot of people are working from home if possible. my husband being one of them. but i don't mind it. >> i would say try to leave earlier because there's actually a little bit of traffic and people are definitely driving slowly. >> d.c. has been dealing with unprecedented covid infections. at the issue here today is that the bulk of testing centers are according to d.c. governments are closed today because of the weather. back to you, trace spirit >> trace: thank you. >> dana: it looks like a triple whammy down there. more on the makes messaging. president george w. bush -- mark, -- new year's resolution should be -- seems a little late -- >> i do -- a set of rules for health care workers. you've got another -- the school systems information out there. we need to simplify it more for the public. >> dana: if there was ever a need to start over -- >> no, truly. prudent 9/11 commission after the 9/11 attack. we need a 9/11 commission to go back and look at what the public health officials did here. the cdc is a disgrace. we would be better off in this pandemic if the cdc didn't exist. they've gotten everything wrong. just in the very first weeks of the pandemic, they banned private testing and contaminating their own tests. they used a flu surveillance method that was looking for symptomatic infections in hospitals when it was spreading a symptomatically. they told us not to wear masks all the way up until may. they came up with a 6-foot distancing rule which we now know was based on no science whatsoever which cause the closing of our schools. that was a main driver in the closing of our schools which has been more disastrous for young people than the virus itself. they have just a week ago, they said that omicron was 73% prevalent when it was only 23% prevalent. they are literally getting nothing right. we really need to look back, because truly, we have gotten to the point where people just don't listen to them anymore. it is really dangerous when public health officials have so discredited themselves that the public just tuned them out. not everything they say is wrong. we need to good science and good guidance from our government. and the public health officials have literally done a worse job in handling this pandemic than the intelligence community did in missing the 9/11 -- >> dana: parents for employers, for restaurant owners, and workers trying to get to work. all of it is really bad. there is a confusing messaging from new york state. this is something they decided over the weekend. basically, nonwhite race or hispanic latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor in social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from covid-19. they put this in a memo. i got out and over the weekend, basically -- you are going to deprioritize people if they are quiet if they have the same symptoms. of this to me also adds into what you are saying in terms of people feeling confused and frustrated. >> first of all, it is unconstitutional. you can't factor race into who you give a vaccine do or who you don't, who you can provide treatments to a new you don't. it is unconstitutional, and it is racist. quite frankly, this is critical race theory. this is literally critical race theory applied to public health. francis x kennedy was one of the chief proponents of critical race theory. the only remedy to racist discrimination is antiracist discrimination. the only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination. this is basically saying that since there is past discrimination against african-americans and other minorities, there should be present discrimination against white people for getting vaccines or getting treatments. it is ridiculous. there should be no discrimination. the goal of country should have zero discrimination against any race. it is disgusting. >> dana: they could have done a better job of explaining risk factors are higher for a certain group, they could explain it better. i wanted to point this out as well. you brought this to our attention in a tweet. there is a new definition in merriam-webster's dictionary. this is not a joke, folks. a change of the definition of an anti-vaxxer to a person who opposes the use of vaccines or regulations mandating vaccinations. you are a wordsmith. i know that having worked with you in the past. this makes no sense. >> no, it doesn't. who appointed merriam-webster? i didn't realize they were public health experts to decide what is the definition of an anti-vaxxer. the second of all, i am at backs, i am boosted. i oppose mandates. it does that make me an anti-vaxxer? my colleague, former fda commissioner as opposed to vaccine mandates. he is on the board of pfizer. when your definition of anti-vaxxer includes a member of the board of pfizer which produced a vaccine, you are probably getting it wrong. >> dana: later today we might get a new definition about polarization. what is fueling that. we can maybe weigh in on that if we had a chance. marc thiessen, happy new year to you. thank you for being here. >> trace: fox news alert now, and in 2021, the city's deadliest year in a quarter-century. that's not the only democrat led city setting homicide records. plus... >> unnecessary. it's going to lead to higher inflation and higher prices. already above $19 and are highest paid workers here at $50. a month of time off, labor unions exemptions, all these issues are causing us a lot of problems. >> trace: more 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texas. this going back and forth is going to continue into the new year. >> good morning to you. that's right. speaking of the new year, it was a dangerous drug for the new year for one border patrol agent that was shot out from across the river in mexico on new year's day. take a look at these photos given to us by a law enforcement source. you can see some of the bullets that impacted the truck. at that age and was arresting a migrant who crossed illegally on new year's day near texas about an hour away from where we are. gunfire erupted from the mexican side. several bullets ended up hitting that border patrol agents drug. thank only they agent nor the migrant were hit. this is being investigated by the fbi. also now involves beer to take a look at this video. human smuggling certainly didn't take a break over the holidays. this is a video of texas troopers pulling over a pickup truck in texas here in the rio grande valley on new year's eve. they pulled the truck over. or they get the driver out of the vehicle. he was a suspected human smuggler. take a look at what they find inside of that vehicle. seven illegal immigrants were being smuggled. some of the bed of the pickup truck. there is in the truck itself. that driver was a mexican national. it was arrested and charged with multiple counts of human smuggling and more smuggling to show you. take a look at these photos from the del rio area also on new year's eve. pulling over a truck. this one had a trailer attached to it. they arrest the driver. here is what they find inside. a large group of illegal immigrants once again being smuggled. here is what is interesting. you take a look under the vehicle, photos appear that driver had modified the suspension to his truck by placing blocks underneath it so it wouldn't look like the frame of his vehicle was riding low from the people being smuggled inside of the vehicle. at 21 illegal immigrants were recovered from that human smuggling incidents as well. both of those incidents on new year's eve. back your live. border patrol reporting that del rio sector alone just in the month of november arrested illegal immigrants for more than 60 countries around the world. they are coming in from all over the place, guys. back to you. >> dana: thank you. ♪ ♪ >> trace: president biden holding a virtual meeting today with farmers and ranchers to talk about ways to increase competition and lower meet prices amid corporate consolidation and runaway inflation. it let's bring in general, most of american dream home on fb in prime. always good to talk to you. administrations arguing if i can get it right here that the top s controlled by 85% of the market meaning that they set the prices for farmers. they set the prices for consumers. is that it? is it that simple? it seems awfully convenient for the biden administration to go after big oil and gas prices go up and go after big meat when meat prices go up. is it that simple? >> dana: that's what they're doing that is not that simple at all. if you dig into them meet industry, 8 pounds right now for a brief, $8 a pound for a brief out the storm right now put the prices that are jumping for americans. it is fertilizer costs. it is labor costs. it is gas prices of 50%. think about the chemicals that protects crops for wheat and corn et cetera throughout the nation. all of these prices are up for the farmers. this is the base level of the industry. they are the ones that are paying for all of this. instead of talking about inflation that all of these farmers are facing as regular americans that i mentioned, $8 for a pound of beef whatever. gaslighting what's really happening. the top 4 producers. 85% of the market. where's the proof? they've been making these allegations against the industry since july. july 21 without giving out any proof. you've got the usda. you've got the fda. do an investigation peer to give the industry -- the insight they need to actually respond to these claims. this meeting today will be with smaller producers. i read that brief this morning. they want to throw a lot of money to get more processing facilities on smaller farms up and running. that is fine. these folks need support. they need loans, great. it is a tough job to be a farmer. we all know that. one of the hardest working industries out there in america and they are keeping us bad during a pandemic and have been for two years. the problem is they are still paying the high prices of inflationary prices. many economists say that inflation is being caused by bidens policies. they have thrown at the economy over the last year. >> trace: just so we have them, we are going to move onto the next question peered i want to put these on the screen. roast beef 26 and on down the line. pork 16, bacon 16. it goes all the way down like that. which leads us into the next question here which is about minimum wage. but this back up on a screen because 26 states are now raising the minimum wage this year. there they are right there. bernie sanders tweeted the following. 21 states and 35 cities and counties raise their minimum wage today peered the overwhelming majority of the american people understand that we must end starvation wages in america. congress must act and raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. when you demand that companies pay employees more, they will get the money back to prices or other means. >> dana: they have already been doing that. we see that a particular in the restaurant industry across the country. you're seeing it going back to the grocery story. you are seeing it at retailers. because they are having to pay employees more, they are having to absorb that cost on one side and having to absorb high inflation on the producer level, that producer price index that we report on fox business. that's what we are talking about, what companies are paying on the back end, business to business if you will. that is going to raise prices. understandably, these hardworking americans need raises. i understand that. i'm not immune to that. you are squeezing a small business owner. you want to have a small business that is in business, or do you want to lose more small businesses? don't get me started on the covid lockdowns that we are already talking about. and a lot of these democrat led cities that has also come a lot of their restaurants in new york are telling us that they can't even operate normal hours right now because they don't have staff because of omicron. >> trace: people are going out and poaching each other's line cooks from restaurants because they are so valuable. make sure to catch the show. 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those were the result of gang violence and guns. it is not just martyrs the city is facing. there were more than 3500 shootings in 1800 carjackings. chicago's top cop suggested that the end of the year press conference that prosecutors aren't doing enough to deter would-be criminals. >> we have to send a strong message to gang a narcotic criminal networks at their gun violence will be tolerated. which means we have to have significant serious consequences. >> trace: nationwide, at least 16 cities said new homicide records including philadelphia which reported more than 550 martyrs for the year while other major metros it totals they haven't seen in decades. washington, d.c., had over 200 murders for the first time since 2003. new york city hit 500 for the first time in nearly a decade. the big apple's new mayor says this city will have public safety and justice under his watch. >> i am not going to allow the conversation that proper policing is an infringement on the rights of people. it is not. our intonation is immediately having a plan closed antigun unit two do precision policing going after gangs. >> 2022 is looking like 2021 201 peered on new year's day on new york city, nypd officer was shot in the head while he was in his car off duty between shifts. investigators do not believe he was the target and we are told that he is now recovering after a successful surgery. >> thank you. >> dana: tens of thousands of russian troops amassed on the ukrainian-russian border. president biden spoke yesterday with his ukrainian counterpart reportedly telling them the u.s. will respond decisively if russia invades again as it did in 2014. florida republican congressman in the region last month. he knows a lot about this and joins us now good i will play for you a little bit of what president biden said just last week. >> president biden: i'm not going to negotiate here in public but we made it clear that we cannot -- emphasize cannot move on ukraine. thank you. >> dana: do you think russia is listening to that? >> the fundamental approach and the fundamental flaw in the president's approach is that he continues to tell the world and to tell vladimir putin what he will do after russia invades that we will respond decisively after they invade. that is like telling the ukrainians that in world war ii, and telling poland or france what we were going to do after germany invaded. now even, it is, like, telling taiwan and china what we will do that we will take decisive action after china invades over iran after they launch a nuke. we need to be taking steps now for deterrence now to prevent vladimir putin from taking that drastic step. that includes a dramatic increase in arms and equipment to the ukrainians and sanctions in place now including on the norge dream 2 pipeline which is exactly why he is doing this when he is doing it. >> dana: you were there last month. what i keep reading is that president biden says that russia will pay a heavy price. it to point, this is an after action and effect. listen to a adam schiff said. he's a democrat on intel in the house. watch. >> require an enormous sanctions on russia to deter what appears to be a very likely russian invasion of ukraine again. and i think our allies need to be on board with that beard russia needs to understand that we are united in this spirit >> dana: i get the sense that there's not a sense of urgency. when you're talking about getting allies together to focus on huge sanctions, that kind of thing takes a long time to put in place. we might not have that much time. >> again, the fundamental flaw here is that you have to have -- you have to have a consensus for sanctions to really work. they have to be in dollars and euros. with the norge dream 2 pipeline coming on which will create a dependency for germany, the main country that you need for sanctions to actually work, i don't think the europeans are going to be on board for this tough action like the united states is claiming they will be, because we allowed norge dream 2 to come into place. in the middle of winter, they will be dependent on cheap russian gas for their energy security. it is not going to work. >> dana: we had a chance on "fox & friends" this morning to speak to the family of lance corporal. he was killed by the suicide bomber outside the airport in afghanistan during that chaotic withdrawal. this and what they said this morning. >> we were able to keep our son alive. more importantly for the last 20 years, then he goes and joins the military to serve our country. and our country can't protect him. >> dana: what do you think is important for us to remember in terms of getting justice for those 13 that died but also to continue to help those who still want to get out? >> of those gold star families -- and i have spoken to several of them are incredibly upset. there is a level of grief that you would expect. at this level of anger that they have, they truly feel like their wares to know though where it that their loved one died in vain, should not have been where they where in protecting an airport and sitting in a city of 4 million people. the fact that the suicide bomber that killed them was released from the airbase prison just weeks before it is just a punch in the gut for them. it shows it undercuts this narrative that the taliban will work with us against isis, kind of good terrorists against bad terrorists, when it comes to attacking the united states, all terrorists are aligned appeared this is case in point. an isa suicide bomber infiltrated us. we have 13 dead soldiers and marines. >> dana: and we will not forget. happy new year to you. >> okay, thank you, dana. >> dana: it was a wild day in the nfl with a bizarre inis to antonio brown's career as a tampa bay buccaneers. storming off a field in a game against the jets. tossing his gloves and walking up the field. the team's coach said that he is no longer a buccaneer. meanwhile, very scary moment in washington. a partial railing collapsed at fedexfield sending fans coming to the ground where they almost landed on top of philadelphia quarterback jalen hurts. he was walking to the locker room. make sure everyone else was okay which they wear. he posed for photos with them. i think that was a good outcome. >> trace: tom brady said antonio brown need some help which he -- jalen hurts is a great guy if you don't know. and dana perino's reading of sports was spot on. >> dana: it was not that difficult today. not a lot of sports in the sports. >> trace: boulder, colorado, is beginning his recovery from last week's devastating wildfires. we learned that investigators are not ruling out arson. plus, creating president biden's first year in office. it did he earn high marks on anything? we will ask joe straight ahead. d more financial peace of mind. newday can help you get it with the newday 100 va cash out loan. it lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value: up to $60,000 or more. and 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today. >> let's take a look at the forecast. >> glad to have you this morning on fox & friends. >> a very big day. ♪ ♪ >> trace: well, our next guest has a new column, grading president biden's first year in office, called "the not so bad, the bad, and the ugly." welcome to you. that's about the report card up on the screen if we can because it appears to me that president biden is not going to make the list anytime soon. the economy inflation, covid, border immigration. you know that little note that teachers after right at the bottom of the report card. what would you note say? >> "needs improvement and needs to apply himself much more. because with any presidency, it always comes down to basic things. how's the economy doing in terms of safety and security, how is the country doing on that front? are you delivering what you ran on? are you executing in terms of doing a good job for the american people? by any objective measure, the president is failing on all these fronts. inflation is at a 40-year high. that was the story in 2021. now we know it was an transitory or is in transitory as we were told for many months. it is likely going to be with us throughout 2022. a solid majority of americans blame mr. biden for his handling of inflation. the administration, here's the execution part, trays. the solution is to spend trillions more through build back better because they say it will somehow lower inflation and lower the deficit. it is enough to make your hair hurt. >> trace: the report card from the american people is not exactly stellar. you look at these polls. this really is the american report card. at the average you put them on the screen, his approval at 43% disapproval 53%. just in one year, that is out 30-point negative swing for the president. that is fairly stunning. it hasn't happened since world war ii to any president. >> you look at those numbers and say 43%. that is not horrible. it is not what i president would want obviously appeared when you came in and the high 50s and you were already down to this number oh 43 and just one year and shift up in terms of disapproval, that is very alarming i'm sure for this administration. we also now live in a more expensive country. we talk about that. are we less safe? we saw the report from chicago earlier in the horrific numbers we are seeing out of there. it is so indicative of so many cities across the country. 16 cities all run by democratic mayors by the way. set homicide records in 2021. the other president or vice president for merck district general attorney. the beginning of 2021 is refund of the police in 2022. this will absolutely be important in the midterms. that's not good news for the president of the blue team. >> trace: you can only wonder what the numbers would be if the media was fully covering the crime crisis in the border crisis. those numbers one would assume might dip down even lower. >> one would think. numbers are tough to talk about in cable news because you throw out a number like i'm about to. at 2.2 million people will have crossed the border illegally this year into texas into arizona all those southern states. you say what is 2.2 million exactly? let's put it this way. you take the total population of denver or boston or washington, d.c., and triple that number, multiplied by three. that is what 2.2 million. that's what we have again. execution. we have an absentee landlord and the white house in joe biden and kamala harris he was put in charge of this of course. they are using that head in the sand approach and hope the problem will go away. by the media not covering it, maybe they will get their wish. we see the images on our screen on fox every day and other outlets that are doing their job. it is few and far between. they are pulling in the 20s in terms of their handling of the border and immigration. those are numbers that you do not want an election year. >> trace: good to see you, sir. thank you. >> great to see you, sarah. >> dana: boulder, colorado, county authorities are not ruling out arson as a cause of the wildfire that caused the destruction of a thousand homes. two people missing and feared dead from the fire. in louisville, colorado, with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, dana. authorities are using cadaver dogs and what they fear is a recovery mission at this point in this search for them missing. one of the two people is 91-year-old. she was last seen in our home that was destroyed in the fire. she was last seen trying to evacuate. the investigation into the cause of the fire is intensifying. the boulder county sheriff said they've narrowed the focus to a neighborhood they believe is the point of origin of the fire. there is a viral video out there of a shed that is on fire. it is in flames. we are not showing it right now until we have more information. here is what they sheriff had to say. speak out the fire originated somewhere in the neighborhood. there was a viral video posted of a shed on fire. we don't know that that shed or anything around it was the actual start of the fire or whether it was secondary. and it is complicated and it's all covered with a foot of snow today. so we will sort it out. speak out if there was any form of deliberate or accidental arson, i fully expect any of those respondents will be held y responsible under the law for ts caused. >> dan criswell toured the area yesterday. he said one of the biggest priorities was getting temporary housing for folks here. i can't tell you here that many are showing incredible resiliency. we met tom wade who lost his home on thursday. >> my wife and i have flown the flag in front of our home here in most every day for 30 years. it looks like armageddon back there. this was once a beautiful golf course community and now it looks like armageddon. the way it looks with all the black char and everything. we just felt like this american flag will go a long way in making this look a lot better. >> dana, tom lived in the neighborhood that once stood right behind me here. you can see everything is gone from this small subdivision here. we are seeing a tremendous amount of optimism out here which is pretty incredible. >> dana: it is but not surprising. knowing the folks out there. thanks. >> trace: fox news alert. school is back in session. for many, that means a sudden return to remote learning amid the omicron search. parents are left scrambling for child care. president biden's latest judicial nominee facing strong opposition from senate republicans over a past controversial comments. andy mccarthy up next with his legal take. hi, i'm steve and i live in austin, texas. i work as a personal assistant to the owner of a large manufacturing firm. i've got anywhere from 10 to 50 projects going at any given time. i absolutely have to be sharp. let me tell ya, i was struggling with my memory. it was going downhill. my friend recommended that i try prevagen and over time, it made a very 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"when you add laws that prohibit people with a caramel conviction for voting, is practically the same system as during slavery. black people have lost their freedom and cannot vote. and without access to the ballots, victim of the system cannot elect various officials pulling the levers to hire the police determine which cases are prosecuted and what sentences are imposed. that is their opinion which is fine. but when you are then going to try to be confirmed by the united states senate, something like that might raise some, you know, complaints from other senators. >> i think it not only does, it should. but she's basically doing is trivializing slavery and jim crow to compare the voting reforms efforts that have gone on to those majors in american history. i think that ought to be a friend's idea. people as you point out, they are entitled to have friend's ideas. the problem is, if the federal courts are deemed to be a sort of a tool by which progressives further the progressive agenda, rather than to just have judges who apply the law and whatever crazy opinions they happen to have outside the white lines, at least when they are in court, they are applying the law, you wouldn't have to worry about that stuff so much. clearly this is an ideologue. if she gets on the bench, use the federal court and the federal law to try to further a political agenda. >> dana: do you think that approach of nominating an ideological person such as this leads to this is to stick? judicial nominees with greater than 25% opposition, president biden's m&a's are up there at 98%. you have to imagine some of that was were because they were against trump. this is a really high number. do you think that is part of the reason why? >> of course it is. this is historically unprecedented. to be 93% of your nominees get at least 25% opposition in the senate has never happened before in american history. it looked from biden's perspective, you know, 25% opposition -- what matters is 51% opposition. as long as he gets them, you know, minted and confirmed, that shows the progressive left daddy's on the team in delivering for them. from the beginning, there was a lot of pressure on him to deliver their legislative agenda that there margins and congress was not going to allow for peer to the way that they show they are on the team in moving the ball up the field is to use the administrative state and the federal judiciary to put people on who will do that. >> just so everyone is aware, president biden, quiet about this excess, but they've had 40 judges confirmed in the first year of their presidency pure to look at that compared to all the others. not since ronald reagan has there been a record like that. they learn something from the republicans trying to get those done while they can while they have that slim majority in the senate. andy mccarthy, thank you and i very happy new year to you. >> happy new year, dana, thank you. >> dana: covid surging across the country averaging 400,000 new cases per day. this bike is prompting lines that testing sites nationwide as students head back to school today. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i am dana perino. bill hemmer is out today. >> trace: good morning everyone. most school districts are open for in person learning but more than 2,000 schools are either closed or shifting back to remote learning this week. of the search also comes amid a testing shortage. president biden has pledged to send a 500 million at home test kits to americans, but there is no where to get on when they will be shipped out. along testing lines and school uncertainty edge. jonathan is live for us in atlanta, the home to the cdc, good morning to you. >> we have some breaking news to tell you about. the fda has authorized covid booster shots manufactured by pfizer for children as young as 12. at that still needs to be signed off on by the director of the cdc. that may come sometime later this week. the cdc is facing some criticism from medical experts for not requiring a negative covid test as part of its updated guidance for reducing the isolation period or people infected with the coronavirus. the new guidelines reduces the early ten-day isolation period to five days when an infected person can return to school, work, and social activities provided they have no fever or other covid symptoms and wear a mask for an additional five days. dr. anthony boucher says he expects as early as this week that cdc may add a testing option to those recommendations. >> there has been some concern about why we don't ask people at that 5-day period to get tested. that is something that is now under consideration. the cdc is very much aware that there has been some pushback about that. >> the highly infectious omicron variant is driving a near vertical surge in new covid infections averaging 400,000 cases per day in the u.s. hospitalizations and deaths remain disproportionately low. physicians worn as case members continue to rise, hospitals could still face a huge burden even if the percentage of people with severe disease remains low with omicron. most schools in massachusetts are reopening today despite calls from the teachers union to remain closed to allow more time for educators to take covid test that were delayed by supply chain issues. u.s. education secretary says testing is important, but not the only strategy for keeping students and teachers safe. >> it's really important that the testing protocols are put in place but not done in isolation. increasing vaccination helps. adherence to the mitigation strategies that we know where car part of the strategy. >> still a small but growing number of schools are closing this week were conducting online instruction. that is what they are doing with atlanta public schools nationwide. more than 2,000 schools have yet to open. concerns of surging covid cases. >> trace: jonathan, thank you part let's bring in fox news contributor dr. marc siegel. it's always great to have you as jonathan pointed out there talking about miguel cardona. i had a chance to talk on sunday. i want to play some more sound from him and get some response on the other side from him, watch. >> our expectation is for schools to be open full-time for students for in person learning. we remember the impact of school closures on students last year. our science is better. we have better tools. >> he says that science is better. the problem is that the teachers unions believe they are the arbiters of how to interpret the science and it is frustrating for a lot of people. >> great interview with him yesterday. i saw it. and i think that it is a platitude. it is a statement he is making but you made a great point. there's a lot of pressure and the other direction. when schools hit the pause button with 2,000 around the country or more, you kind of wonder when they are going to unpositive. hats off. he was on the week before saying that brown is going to be open. i think that schools and universities have to set a precedent here and go out front and say, we are going to be open, because we can do testing, rapid testing on the premises. we can make sure that most people they are vaccinated or have boosters and we can monitor this. here is the most important thing. we can monitor this much more closely in a school then we could ever do by letting them go into the community. what do you think happens if you send students, university students certainly are going to spread it in the community when they are at home trying to learn online or public schools are high schools are going to spread it anyway. you get a lot of public health damage by closing schools. get mental health issues. you don't get screenings, developmental delays are missed. you don't get immunizations. nutrition is all screwed up. on top of that, you spread virus. >> dana: here in the top five states reporting new cases but not surprising, the high population of states, florida, pennsylvania. there were reports all weekend especially here in new york. of course, we had a holiday. some doctors offices closed like pediatricians for example. you had moms and dads with sick children, not necessarily with covid having to stand in line outside for three hours in order to try to get their child seen. i think the level of frustration if you take the cdc mixed messaging on when to isolate admin to test if not et cetera coupled with the fact that there is concern about their schools possibly closing in their workplace might be closed as well. and you have people get sick, like regular illnesses in the winter and they can be seen. this is reaching a fever pitch in my opinion. >> that was a great juxtaposition between what the theory is. we are going to take care of you which is what the facts are which is not only our doctors offices closed, but staffing is down, way down because of covid. that is another reason they are closed. i want to point out one possible solution here. i was thinking a lot about this question. it is telemedicine. the mckinsey report last summer showed 40 times more telemedicine now than before the pandemic. i am a big believer in it. i used to load it by the way. telemedicine, i can't help anybody, i can't see what's going on inside their home. i've gotten used to it. if i have a concern that a patient has covid, i will use telemedicine. we need that state laws to reflect this. right now in new york just to give you one example, i can't bail across state lines. i can't. i can only do connecticut appeared we need to go back in the direction of more telemedicine. the other answer is don't tell people to wait online. in terms of testing, he made a great point. they are going to get sick. if you have kids waiting out in the cold they are going to get sick. and if they are not sick already, they are going to get sick now. >> they are frustrated. >> the whole thing about testing is there mixed messages coming into it we just heard dr. fauci saying the cdc might add a negative test before you can get out of quarantine. but you have the cdc director saying no, it's not going to happen because a pcr test might not work. you're getting different messages from different authorities. >> let me walk you through that. she's right about the pcr test. they can be the solution because he can stay positive for weeks. the rapid tests are being underutilized. rapid test if you are still symptomatic are pretty accurate. there are two new ones that just got approved. at the problem is, we don't have them. i have a hunch that the reason the cdc director didn't include testing to begin with is because she knows, we don't have them. but it is correct to criticize the decision that was made, because 20% of the time, it's not enough. you are going to end up spreading more and more omicron by letting people back to work too quickly. you have a problem. five days is not enough. people go back to work with covid. the workforce is getting depleted. my solution is rapid testing. at the end, i believe something. i believe that's correct. we need the rapid test. manufacturers and get the rapid tests. >> thank you. >> dana: thanks. at the latest covid surges putting a strain on new york city health care workers. emergency services are reportedly so understaffed, they are asking sick people who are stable not to go to the hospital. that is according to "the new york post" which reports about 800 emts or paramedics are out of work because they caught covid. you are this all across the board. as the first monday back to work is underway you will see it all across the country. >> emts, by dr. message me last night and said sorry, i've got covid. your physical is canceled. that is the way it's going to be for the next several weeks until this thing -- >> dana: we know you are a responsible person you will reschedule. >> trace: i'm already rescheduled. thank you. the department of justice has until wednesday to decide whether to uphold the trump era lawsuit which blocked the safe injection site for drug users from opening in philadelphia. the justice department with details. good morning. >> good morning to you. this issue has been tied up in the courts for some time. it is controversial. there are two similar sites already open in new york city. and if the justice department sides with the safe injection site in philadelphia, it may open the floodgates for many more to open across the country. there are arguments on both sides of this issue. in philadelphia, there is a place waiting to open called safe house where addicts get high under the supervision of staff. i spoke with one of those behind safe house in philly. this in. >> i understand that people who are complaining about what's happening in their neighborhoods. but everything that we are trying now isn't working. >> recently wrote, we have already identified millions of federal dollars that have been sent to these facilities to heroin shooting galleries deteriorating our quality of life and egregious abuse of taxpayer dollars. more than 100,000 people died from an overdose between april 2020 and april 2021, the highest level recorded according to the cdc. it's being called the other pandemic. the 1986 antidrug abuse act was signed into law by president ronald reagan. part of that act is called the crackhouse statute which prevents businesses or buildings from operating essentially as a drug house. here is delaware senator joe biden in 2001. >> i'm the guy who authored the crackhouse legislation. we can use the crackhouse legislation to tear down these buildings. >> last month, a few dozen people stood outside the justice department to protest against the makers of the opioid. their company is in bankruptcy. two weeks ago, a federal judge overturned what is being called a sweetheart deal to shield from prosecution right now. they are open to prosecution and expect thousands of lawsuits to be filed against that 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green. with the social media giant said she repeatedly spread misinformation about the coronavirus. her official congressional account is active. alexandria live for us in washington. >> good morning. march of last year to combat covid-19 misinformation. a permanent suspension of account comes after five or more strikes. the tech giant did not cite the exact tweets that pushed a georgia congresswoman over the limit but saturday she did reference unverified user generated information about covid-19 vaccines and cited falsely "extremely high amounts of covid-19 deaths." that congresswoman took to the alternative platform telegram to ask why those involved with terrorist organizations have not been suspended along with democrats to support black lives matter adding "twitter is an enemy to america and can't handle the truth. democratic, swim said this. >> is no secret that our social media companies have been part of their algorithm is promoting this information. and i think that these steps are important. frankly, a little too little and a little too late. >> dana: according to twitter, for covid-19 content to be considered a violation, it must advance a claim of fact expressed in definitive terms peered at the false or misleading based on widely available authoritative sources and be likely to impact public safety or cause serious harm. twitter adds that strong commentary or opinion is not a violation. that has done little to soothe continued concerns over the power that big check especially another major election year. it marks the first decision regarding a politician under twitter's new ceo. the company strike system that congresswoman would have been given warnings of the violations. her congressional account does remain active. >> trace: thank you. >> dana: chicago police just announced 2021 was a city's deadliest year in a quarter-century with 797 homicides. other democrat run cities like houston or washington saw a crime spike. at d.c. suffering is deadliest year since 2003. head of research and public safety initiative at the manhattan institute. looking across the country at some of the other headlines. incredible that the "l.a. times" saying l.a. gun deaths more than a 15 years in philly. 14 shot as the new year begins. in portland, oregon, san jose, new orleans, so it's not just in new york or chicago. put this in context for rest. how bad is that situation? what should we know? >> is a very bad. there are more than 30 cities across the country that have either surpassed or flirting with surpassing their 1990s speaks in terms of homicides which is really an incredible statistic when you consider all the progress that american cities i made over the last 25 and 30 years. is also very sad to see all that in such a short period of time. and functions as a wake-up call. we understand just how fragile public safety can be. i think one other thing is that we are starting to see as the tide turn in the minds of voters who i think are going to be less likely to be willing to experiment with other kinds of, you know, bail reform and other types of policies that i think i contribute to some of the spirit >> dana: there was an op-ed in "the wall street journal" today. "well the crime wave soon crest?" people have got a taste of what these reforms look like. we see the results. we don't want them. especially in regards to homicide. what is it that was eroded as he mentioned that led to the end result? can you pinpoint it? >> i think it is a combination of factors for sure. there's never any one single explanation. one that we have seen is a broad trend toward the incarceration. the last decade or so between the prison population decline. leasing arrest declined by more than a quarter. we've seen tens of thousands of police officers leave the force and not be replaced. all of these trends i think is sort of combined along with the demonization of law enforcement and the pullback in proactive enforcement. all of that is combined to create those circumstances for their crime rise that we have been living through for the last two years. the fact that it's going on two years, mostly now to tell us this was not a short-lived blurb but rather something that we had to take seriously as a public policy problem. >> dana: let's look at new york city for a moment. eric adams was inaugurated on new year's eve or new year's day. on his way to the inauguration, he witnessed a brawl in the subway. he called 911 himself. i thought it was very interesting. who's calling this in? they said adam, the mayor adam. is this a new possible approach for crime here? he's not going to ignore it or sweep it under the rug. >> i am very encouraged by the fact that mayor adams ran on a platform of being the anticrime mayor and bringing back some of the proactive enforcement techniques that the nypd is known for. i think that is a really, really good thing. i also think it is important that we have a mayor who has lived in new york city, who spent some time in the police department and who understands and has seen firsthand what some of this crime looks like. obviously, we saw a taste of that with a 911 call. what is discouraging however is that mayor adams was elected alongside a new district attorney for manhattan. very many radical city council members were elected to the city council in new york. the infrastructure just may not be there. as much as he wants to try to make things better, he is going to need a team behind him peered one of the things i worry about is whether that team exists in albany, the city council, the district attorneys in the five boroughs per there are a lot of people have committed themselves to prod the incarceration who see policing as a net negative for communities. >> may be mayor adams will use his pulpit. everyone is paying attention. he could possibly put pressure on the other entities in that way. thank you and happy new year. >> thank you. >> trace: nearly a year after that january 6 the riot, capitol police are facing major staffing challenges. but the force is doing to shore up its ranks. and after being caught partying mass close in florida, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is lashing out at her republican critics. she says they are mad because they can't date her. sean duffy on that and more coming up. with directv stream i can get live tv and on demand anywhere. look, serena williams... matrix... serena... matrix... serena... matrix... ♪ ♪ ♪ get your tv together with the best of live and on demand. introducing directv stream. 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"it's starting to get old ignoring the very obvious change and deranged frustrations that underpin the republican fixation on me, women, and lg tp plus people in general. these people clearly need therapy. if they won't do it and use politics as their outlet for it instead it is really weird. very smart tweeted the following. "it relates to aoc. every criticism of me boils down to people be disappointed they can have sex with me. it it really is a burden but one we must bear." a spot on satire that shows how my optic aoc tends to be. >> there's a lot of beautiful women that conservatives can date. i don't know many conservatives are interested in the lgbtq community to date. she goes to people want to date me. i don't understand that in politics. people criticize me, i was not like the liberal ladies want to date me. it never works. the fact is she goes down to florida to this is a free state. there was no mask requirement where she was dining out. there was no requirement to show your vaccine passport to get into the restaurant. she felt completely safe going to that restaurant, going to bars, partying without those requirements. the question becomes, if you feel safe to do this, why can't your people be safe in new york to have those same freedoms which a mark she can answer that question so she goes to people just want me. that is what it is because people don't care that she's not wearing a mask. no one cares that she's down in florida not wearing a mask. they care that she is telling others to wear a mask everywhere she goes and that she doesn't wear one even if she doesn't have to at the time of year that is the whole problem here. >> that's right. one last point. when you have communist and socialist, often times i don't live by the same rules that they promote. listen, they don't live in the squalor of the economies they create. they live in the life of luxury. the same thing here. or they don't want to follow the rules of masks and vaccine mandates. they want to live in freedom but they want everyone else to live by a different standard. that is why it is so rich and hypocritical to go to florida and live and party in a free state conducting her constituents to a different standard. >> the question is, will they progressive challenge president biden in 2024? bernie sanders says the answer is yes. what do you think? >> they very well made. i don't think you could ask for a more progressive lust between president and joe biden. whether you want to look at open borders, he went to look at a president who supports crime, a president to attack energy policy, the gray new bell, massive spending deals in new social programs. joe biden has been the president of the left. it's interesting that the left would want to challenge him. when i think is interesting as you analyze politics, remember back in the 1979-1980, kennedy challenge jimmy carter. it's horrible for a party to have a really tight primary with a sitting president. if this happens it will be devastating for joe biden and the party. i think it will ensure the republicans win back if there is this kind of internal fight within the party splitting the more moderate wing with the more leftist wing. >> if a moderate challenged biden with common sense policies, that would be the real risk. >> i should note that during that round that ted kennedy won 20 states and their primaries against jimmy carter and of course ronald reagan ended up winning that race. 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"house democrats began preparing for the post nancy pelosi error." is it your sense that as the democratic party goes farther left that the democrats are trying to plot to maybe siphon more power from the house speaker? maybe looking down the road to a new leader? >> let's restate this. when we have a strong leader, you're able to keep all the frogs and though the wheelbarrow. or they jump off. when you see a lame duck leader like nancy pelosi is spirit this is the last year of her speakership. there's power plays that happen within the house. people don't respect the current speaker as much. they feel more free to dissent from the will of the speaker. i think you will see a whole bunch of internal intrigue here in the house. again, you're going to have the left wing favorites on the moderate favorites. there's going to be jockeying between the internal conference in the democratic party to see who will be the best leader for us as we move forward. i think what they are going to see you then i can have a speaker. have a leader because they are not can have the majority of republicans who will win back. who will be the best democrat leader to bring us back to the majority i can have a message that resonates with more americans? not just a socialist wing but every sale american who puts boots on the work every day. i think that will be the debate that they have. it will be interesting to watch and it will be chaotic as we go through the process and find out who that leader is going to be. it is crazy. >> i know you did. thank you for coming on. we very much appreciated. >> happy new year. >> dana: foreign policy challenges. taiwan warning against military adventurism as her paging threatened for supporting taiwan separatist. the war of words between the two and concerns of a russian troop build up along its border with ukraine as the u.s. prepares to sit down for talks over concerns of a russian invasion there. up next on all that. >> we can't let the first domino fall. ukraine matters because russia vladimir putin, she seeping cannot decide the fate of the gd on their weaponry and their threat spirit with liberty mutual, so we only pay for what we need. -hey tex, -wooo. can someone else get a turn? yeah, hang on, i'm about to break my own record. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ it's my 4:05 the-show-must-go-on migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes, without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within two hours. unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill that directly blocks cgrp protein, believed to be a cause of migraine. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy. the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire veteran homeowners, newday wants to help you use your va home loan benefit to get more. matching your job description. more cash, more savings, more peace of mind. the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value. up to $60,000 or more. veterans are saving an average of $615 every month. with more ways to help more veteran families, no bank, no lender, no one knows veterans like newday usa. >> the fundamental flaw in the e presidents approaches we will respond decisively after they invade. that is, like, telling the ukrainians that is kind of like in world war ii telling poland or france what we were going to do after germany invaded. we need to be making steps now for deterrence now to prevent vladimir putin from taking that drastic step. >> dana: on this show last hour slamming president biden's approach to the russians troop build up a longer ukraine border. the president made those comments about responding decisively. this ahead of u.s. and russia holding talks on ukraine in geneva next week. let's bring in fox news senior strategic analyst retired four-star general. happy new year to you. do you think we are doing enough is not contrary to determine invasion rather than just talking about what will happen after it happened? >> now, i mean. at the fact is, dana, that this is the second particularly in military encouraging near the ukrainian border. the first happen this spring and we didn't do much about it in. that was a lost opportunity, because i think there were two actions we could have taken as a result of that. one, significantly increase the military aid to ukraine. we have given ukraine as the administration says some legal aid, a lot of nonlethal aid. that is not all that they want. they also want antiaircraft, antiship. they want helicopters, a laundry list of things. we should be giving them significant military capability to establish deterrence for them. secondly, we could have easily have put some forces in nato countries that are close to this crisis situation. that is poland and the baltic. those are lost opportunities. the president should be pinning the rows on vladimir putin. what i mean by that? he precipitated this crisis using a false phony narrative that there is something going on in ukraine and justifies 110,000 russian troops to be on their border. that is what he's playing to his domestic audience. we should unpack that phony narrative and go after him for it. and say he is precipitating the crisis. we are not going to make any concessions on some phony trumped up crisis that he has developed. to say that not only to him but publicly. we have lost opportunities here already. i agree with that. >> dana: do you think vladimir putin respondent has action to where he is -- does he worry about sanctions and the heavy price that biden says he would pay? does that affect him? >> well, this much we know about vladimir putin. he's 20 years in office. what he is really about here is trying to prevent a further expansion of nato and also undermine nato. i read the document that he sent to president biden that is in the public media. and it is breathtaking in its scope, because he wants no further expansion whatsoever of ukraine. of the 14 countries that have joined nato since the collapse of the soviet union, he wants no nato troops in those countries or nato weapons in those countries. it is unrealistic. but it gives you a sense of where he is coming from. he is calculated. he is not reckless. he's very deliberate that he's planning and preparation. i fundamentally believe that he thinks there is an opportunity here because of the political and social divisions in europe and in the united states that their leadership in the united states and in europe is weak and they are susceptible to pressure and will give into concessions. that i think is the strategy that he is using. he comes up with nothing whatsoever. then he will likely conduct a little bit of military operation probably in eastern ukraine and also possibly put some troops into belarus. at that as hand i think he is playing. yes, if he believes that biden is resolved is there and the termination is there and the economic sanctions that we discussed before particularly internationally banking system, nato troops and nato countries most of this crisis increase those and significant military aid in the ukraine. that could have an impact on him. but remember this, sanctions have never impacted vladimir putin in terms of his executing what he wants to achieve. it is never permitted prevented him from doing it. >> dana: i love learning from you. we will see if that can be used as some form of the tyrant from this invasion. thank you, general. >> happy new year to you, too. >> trace: moving to football fields and basketball courts. more and more schools now requiring student athletes to get vaccinated. it details on that straight ahead. and as and as covid cases surge across the country, the fda authorizing booster shots for children aged 12 to 15. this as pressure mounts for president biden to do more about the nation'son testing. lanced nn with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ hello, for the last few years, i've been a little obsessed with 30 grams of protein. with chasing the big idaho potato truck. but it's not like that's my only interest. i also love cooking with heart-healthy, idaho potatoes. always look for the grown in idaho seal. people with moderate to severe psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis, are rethinking the choices they make like the splash they create the way they exaggerate the surprises they initiate. otezla. it's a choice you can make. otezla is not an injection or a cream it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines and if you're pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. >> harris: for president biden and covid, 2022 is basically 2021 with worse planning and leadership. we have a massive testing shortage. surging cases, confusion over quarantine, and that wage of your mandates. that's actually the short-list. and what about schools? dr. brett j wire, former trumpet deputy secretary of hhs, is in focus. plus, critics calling out president biden for his failures and some of those critics are democrats really worried about the midterm elections, now just months away. congressman chip roy and jason rantz, "the faulkner focus," top of the hour. ♪ ♪ >> dana: u.s. marshals say they found five missing teenage girls and rounded up 30 sex offenders in a month-long operation in the new orleans area. investigators say the girls, between 14 and 17 years old, may be criminals of criminal sexual activity. among those arrested is one wanted for the rape of a 12-year-old girl and one accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. we can be thankful the u.s. marshals, it deserves a lot more attention for the good work they do. i would love to talk to one of those officers. >> trace: the sad part about that is there are many, many other missing girls in louisiana and other states thought to be involved in these sex rings, so there's more to be done. >> dana: will be more. >> trace: telecoms rejecting the u.s. request to delay rollout of the 5g wireless system in airports. at&t and verizon had pushed back the start date from december 5th to this wednesday. they said that could interfere with radio signals and aircraft equipment. >> dana: covid cases surging across the country again. many school districts are beginning to require vaccinations for student athletes and those that take part in activities. molly line is live high school in cambridge, massachusetts, with mark. >> good morning, dana. from l.a. to new york to write here in cambridge on the outskirts of boston, many are requiring students to be vaccinated against covid if they want to participate in sports, and mandate the vaccine also for other extracurricular activities, as well. in cambridge schools the vaccine has been acquired since late november unless an exemption is granted, and the mandate expands to other activities as of today for cambridge public schools. cps is requiring all students aged 12 plus to be fully vaccinated in order to participate in before and after school activities, including athletics, clubs, visual and performing arts programs, and school sponsored social events. some districts announce mandates as early as last summer, like new york city, which declared in august that vaccination would be required for all high-risk sports including football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, lacrosse, rugby, and bowling. participants must be fully vaccinated at the beginning of a season. in philly a testing option for those requesting exemptions was recently walks back in favor of full vaccination requirements. the deadline was set for januar. pursuant, students remain exempt would not be allowed to participate if the "outbreak" still persists. as the cold weather sets in and in many areas around the country, that means conditioning, and practices moving indoors. this is coming at a time when public health officials are urging mitigation actions that help prevent the further spread of covid. dana? >> dana: can i ask a quick question? the cities decide how they're going to go back to school over the weekend, and i know up in massachusetts some of the teachers unions were like, we got to go to the remote learning. did the government push back on that? speak of the governor has pushed back on that and urged that students return to classes. a handful of districts have had delays early this morning. for instance, here in cambridge they are doing covid testing for students and personnel, staff, today and tomorrow. so it's interesting to see how things have played out in various districts. the governor absolutely urging that students need to be in the classroom. >> dana: molly line, thank you and happy new year to you. >> happy new year. >> dana: case, the farrago. did you see this? tom brady was asked to sign a ball that he intercepted off of him, which i think it's quiet -- look how gracious tom brady was about that after his ball was intercepted. >> trace: it's a testament to the fact that he's the goat, the greatest of all time. many pick the ball up off of him, you want to have them sign it. how gracious it is of tom brady to sign the ball. it really is. tom brady knows this is the moment he will never forget, dana. the whole concept of having the ball from tom brady, he's going to show the video and he's going to show the ball for the next 40, 25, 50 years of his life. tom brady has done that before r people. it's a big confidence boost and a note that he's the best. >> dana: when you were talking about antonio brown, lynn tom brady said we should be supportive of him, he needs help he needs, i thought that was a leadership moment that set the tone for everyone else. >> trace: don't forget he's the reason antonio brown was brought to the bucs in the first place. >> dana: he will not be surprised i did not know that, trace. >> trace: [laughs] >> dana: wonderful to spend the first day of work of 2020 with you. see you tomorrow. "the faulkner focus" is next. here is harris. ♪ ♪ >> harris: promises broken. president biden failing the most basic part of the covid site, testing. we have been at this, entering our third year now. this is really basic stuff. now, and bid that testing crisis, more confusion out of the biden administration. i'm harris faulkner. you are now in "the faulkner focus." last week the cdc slash the isolation. to five days for asymptomatic of the but now dr. anthony fauci appears to be walking those guidelines back, suggesting