the announcement comes after president biden said americans should be concerned but not alarmed with the rise in covid cases. his remarks today coming after the u.s. became the first country in the world to record 1 million new cases in a single day. nearly doubling the previous record set less than a week ago. the president also saying the federal government is adding new test sites around the country each day after pledging to send out a half billion free tests last month. a promise that has made little to no progress as some schools revert back to virtual learning. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. after public pushback the cdc now says people should use a rapid test after a positive covid case after five days of isolation if you can get one and if you want to. and if you test positive, you should keep isolating until day 10. it is another shift in policy after setting a new
record retired narratives like this. if you are vaccinated and boosted coming you are highly protected. you know, be concerned about omicron, but don t be alarmed. and if you are unvaccinated coming you have some reason to be alarmed. there is no excuse, no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. if you are vaccinated and boosted, you may get covid, but you are highly protected against severe illness. greg: no excuse. of the president not spending much time on his testing failure, people forced to wait in line and can t get at home tests. but joe biden claims he is making progress. i know this remains frustrating, believe me, it is frustrating to me. but we are making improvements. with more capacity of her in person tests we should see weight line shortened and more appointments freed up, google covid tests near me to find the nearest site where you can get a test most often and free. greg: that s our president. a
This is probably where i got the infection, the covid. started off drinking with my wasted again in march go rita land. and i ended up there is me new year s eve. greg: no shirt pictures. we made it through without a shirtless picture. geraldo, thank you. geraldo: i tried to get the shirtless picture in. greg: hello, bret. bret: i can wait for the shirtless picture if you want. [laughter] that s all right. okay. thanks, greg. appreciate it good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight the cdc moments ago updating its testing guidance after a positive covid test recommending an antigen test after five day isolation period if you have been fever free for 24 hours. we will go over that again in a bit. the administration critics say that s fine if you can get a test, find a test or can afford to wait in long lines.
Together in key west, florida. this is probably where i got the infection, the covid. started off drinking with my wasted again in march go rita land. and i ended up there is me new year s eve. greg: no shirt pictures. we made it through without a shirtless picture. geraldo, thank you. geraldo: i tried to get the shirtless picture in. greg: hello, bret. bret: i can wait for the shirtless picture if you want. [laughter] that s all right. okay. thanks, greg. appreciate it good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight the cdc moments ago updating its testing guidance after a positive covid test recommending an antigen test after five day isolation period if you have been fever free for 24 hours. we will go over that again in a bit. the administration critics say that s fine if you can get a test, find a test or can afford to wait in long lines.