happened yesterday when president biden was speaking. i think it s remarkable in the path that it has taken after. president biden said nice things about the former president and the authorization of the vaccine. listen to this. omicron is serious, potentially deadly business for unvaccinated people. let me be clear. thanks toplt prior administration and our scientific community, america is one of the first countries to get the vaccine. . and he also praised the former president for saying he got boosted. and then donald trump does an interview with fox, genuinely touched that president biden said nice things about him. and then he goes on to say nice things about the vaccine. i was like, really, it s that easy to get the former president to say nice things about the vaccine? i mean, this is a performance. and, you know, trump has sort of made some outrage selfishly,
americans to get the shot. announcing his plans to fight the omicron surge. he admits some of the steps he is taking like the vaccine or test mandate for private businesses, well, they are unpopular. president biden: my administration put them in place not to control your life but to save your life. and the lives of others. but it is your choice. your choice is not just a choice about you, it affects other people. you are putting other people at risk. your loved ones, friends, strairntion strangers you run into. please get vaccinated. it s the only responsible thing to do. those not vaccinated are causing hospitals to become overrun again. let me give it to you straight again. omicron is serious, potentially business for unvaccinated people. harris: while he was giving it to us straight his republican critics were giving
variant. he says fully vaccinated americans can go ahead with their holiday plans, but he s also planning to make half a billion free at-home test kits available starting next month. more now from cnn s jeff zeleny. let me give it to you straight. omicron is serious, potentially deadly business for unvaccinated people. reporter: president biden issuing a stark new warning four days before christmas as the administration braces for a staggering surge in covid cases. let me say again and again and again and again, please get vaccinated. reporter: the president drawing a sharp line between the vaccinated and boosted and the unvaccinated, making yet another plea for americans to take seriously the omicron variant that s suddenly a majority of new u.s. cases. i know you re tired. i really mean this. and i know you re frustrated. we all want this to be over.
and available by request by you and me. he s deploying 1,000 more members of the military to help at overburdened hospitals. biden is also adding some 20,000 testing locations nationwide, as well as, this is important, 10,000 new vaccine pop-up clinics staffed with help to speed up appointments. all this to slow two concerning trends. first, the skyrocketing number of covid infections up 16% in one week and, second, severe cases in hospitals. often, most often among the unvaccinated. up 35% in the last month. cnn s jeff zeleny starts us off at the white house with the president s message to americans. let me give it to you straight again. omicron is serious, potentially deadly business for unvaccinated people. reporter: president biden issuing a stark new warning. four days before christmas. as the administration braces for a staggering surge in covid
only responsible thing to do. those were not vaccinated are causing hospitals to overrun again. and i ve spoken to the governor of new york. every covid 19 hospital needs someone with a heart attack, cancer and other illnesses may not get that bed and the life saving care that they need in the hospital. let me give it to you straight again. omicron is serious, potentially deadly business for unvaccinated people. let me be clear. thanks to our scientific community, americans were the first countries to get the vaccine. thanks to my administration and the hard work of americans, we let a roll out make america one of the world leaders and getting shots in arms. but uptake slowed the summer as vaccine resistance hardened. the unvaccinated responsible for their own choices.