rain windchills as low as 40 below zero. states of emergency in the carolinas and virginia we re tracking it all. also tonight the cdc s new mask guidance. which ones provide the most protection and which give the least it comes amid the omicron surge. cvs and walgreens temporarily closing some stores due to staffing shortages and when you could order free tests from the government s new website. tennis star novak djokovic detained in australia after his visa is canceled again. will he be deported? the u.s. accusing russia of a false flag operation with acts of sabotage to justify invading ukraine how the kremlin is responding dramatic new body cam from the worst wild fire in colorado history. authorities evacuating a costco going door to door, even saving horses. the investigation into pop-up testing sites. new warnings and consumer alerts in several states and the windy city s oldest hot dog stand, where they have
don t get what they want. lots to cover with our team of correspondents, starting with edward lawrence live at the white house. set to hear how federal teams are being placed to handle the surge in omicron cases. the white house here behind the curve on getting those testing kits available to americans, also on therapeutic drugs. senior white house official telling us the white house is able to move up the date actually of 10 million doses from pfizer from september to june, but that is still over the summer. the president also expected to announce he will double that order. now, on testing, no confirmation that a contract has been signed to get more testing kits. i asked this morning several times and was told it s not really how the process works. in any event, we will hear more about how 500 million tests the president wants to give to americans early this month will be rolled out. he s using the defense production act to make sure the testing companies have the materials they nee
ordered up those 500 million tests that will be available for free to americans who order them off a website. they have invoked the defense production act to try to ramp up testing. they created pop-up testing sites, all those things have been inadequate for the current moment, but the administration hopes once we get past the holidays that the governors are going to find in their states that those tests are more readily available than they are now. that s something that we need to try to cope with this omicron surge. yeah. no question about it. john harwood at the white house where the president is about to depart for rehoboth, delaware. as we mentioned, cases are at the highest point in nearly a year, almost 200,000 new reports daily. that s up 47% in a week. the rate of positive pcr tests nationwide now a whopping 12.5%. now omicron is cancelling college bowl games along with pro sports and forcing airlines to pull thousands of flight do you to staffing short afscme. cruise sh
Public health officials say they re working to set up a new COVID testing site with a private company after another pop-up testing site run by the private Center for Covid
Public health officials say they re working to set up a new COVID testing site with a private company after another pop-up testing site run by the private Center for Covid