happens going forward. the stunning set back of the omicron variant sweeps across the nation. president biden saying he is sending americans a half billion testing kit. the new york times reporting the contract to buy the tests isn t even signed yet. good morning, everyone. i m julie banderas. benjamin is here. benjamin: i am benjamin hall and this is america s newsroom. if that weren t enough, the newspaper also reports that the website to order the testing won t be up and running until next month meaning the president dialing back his comments that the u.s. was near victory in the fight against covid. now admitting his efforts so far are falling short. president biden: nothing has been good enough. but look, here we are. last christmas we were in a situation where we had significantly fewer people vaccinated, emergency rooms were filled. you had serious back-ups in hospitals that were causing great difficulties. benjamin: rich edson is live at the white house with
Somebody there played tarzan plus special thanks to everyone that keeps the president a freedom fighter, moved to number 7. just behind the christmas book by the duffys. steve. my phone is ringing so we have to go. brian and carley we re talking about the nutcracker. i ve got your presents. we re on verdict watch in the trial of kim potter, a former police officer charged with killing 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop when she grabbed her gun instead of a taser in a minneapolis suburb last april. the jury has deliberated three days so far. they have indicated a potential deadlock. we re watching this very closely for you. former d.c. homicide detective ted williams and trial attorney heather hanson will join us next hour with more on what