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pandemic because it is better prepared. critics say the administration should have been better prepared by now on testing. on antiviral pills and therapeutics. and on calming an anxious country. we will talk with the director of the cdc dr. rochelle walensky about all of this and she will answer some of your questions in just a few moments. we have fox team coverage tonight january than serrie in atlanta with the latest on what the omicron variant is doing around the country. the white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live though on the white house north lawn with the second holiday season directly affected by the pandemic. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. omicron is spreading everywhere even in air force one. the president tested negative after being exposed on friday. the president is not telling vaccinated people they have to stay home for the holidays. the country s covid landscape looks a lot different than it did in july. today we a ....
country back to lockdowns. this is as he stared down at christmas holiday that is starting to look and feel a lot like last year when the pandemic peaked, despite being nearly two years in americans are still waiting in long lines, even paying out of pocket to get simple covid tests. president biden is about to announce his plan to fight the new covid surgeon fox news has landed includes more federal testing sites, more funding for at-home tests, military aid for overwhelmed hospitals, and the deployment of additional fema response teams. mike: complete covered head. janette nesheiwat and robert redfield will join us. jonathan serrie standing by with the latest on the omicron surge, but first to the white house and peter doocy. hello, peter. hello, mike. officials here have gone for morning that unvaccinated americans could lose their jobs to warning that unvaccinated americans could lose their lives. for those who choose to remain unvaccinated, he will issue a st ....
massive social spending plan. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. good to see you. mike: great to see you. i am mike emanuel in for john roberts in washington. a tough week for a democratic leaders as they leave town for the break was no victory in hand, and dwindling hopes they can pass their goals ahead of the 2022 midterms. see eight squad members like ilhan omar and alexandria ocasio-cortez and other liberal lawmakers making things personal with manchin after his announcement on fox news sunday. we all know that senator manchin couldn t be trusted, the excuses that he just made i think our complete [bleep]. he waited until everyone was on vacation to say, no, i m not going to vote for this. let mr. manchin expand to the people of west virginia what he doesn t have the guts to stand up to powerful special interests. mike: we begin with congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, are democrats wondering if ....
radar. this line of storms continues to push eastward and toward the coastline and producing severe storms. there s a lot to watch. on the fox weather app you ll get your readings real-time we ve had almost 150 tornados from yesterday afternoon with the system until right now and the reports coming in are really devastating, in fact, the devastation has been jaw-dropping. with one particular tornado, this was a super cell on the ground over five states, more than 500 miles on the ground and this is a storm that produced much of the damage and potentially deadly in several states. we have confirmed deaths already for arkansas, illinois and also kentucky. top wind speeds of 107 in graves county. and there is the footage that s unbelievable what the storm has been able to do. a lot of the wind speeds could top 150, maybe 200 miles per hour. those will have to be surveyed by the damage they ve produced. tornado reports are at 37 and that number could grow. tornado emergenci ....
right now. let s just say no signs things are slowing down right now. far from it. the cost of the steak is up 25% from a year ago. bacon, up 21%. fuel oil, 59%. gas, 58%. supply chain shortages aren t helping. but growing frustration with the white house and many shoppers isn ts helping either. is that fair? is it right? today we ll ask the white house s top economic adviser because the national economic council districter, brian dees is here and only here. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. we have jacqui heinrich at the white house on what the president is saying about this and lydia hu in new jersey with how businesses are dealing with this. let s begin with jacqui. jacqui? hi, neil. you know what else happened in 1982? transportation secretary pete buttigieg was born. the president tried to highlight some bright spots today as the new report came out. highlighting areas where prices have come down on certain things, things like gas prices, natural gas, used c ....