the necessary protection. julie. julie: david lee miller at laguardia airport. thank you, david. benjamin: the white house is pumping the brakes on mass mailing half a billion covid tests and lines stretching for miles at testing sites across the country. lucas tomlinson is live in washington with the latest. good morning. the record setting surge in cases hitting during a testing shortage. the true numbers could be much higher. the president promising half a billion tests for free beginning next month but his covid czar says the contract hasn t been completed. the white house is getting bad medical advice from a small group of individuals who are are like minded and shut down other ideas. got burned badly on masks and testing. new york times reports the covid number of cases reached a record and skyrocketed to half a million compared to the worse