admiral brett giroir and dr. robert redfield. did the president give russia's putin a green light to invade ukraine? what he said sending shock waves around the rules has the white house cleaning it up on aisle 7 but they listen to the president, not the people who work for him and they have this. >> he earnestly believes in his heart that he is trying to be bipartisan that is really is a man who can reach across the aisle as he sits there and insults the very people he says he is trying to reach across the aisle with. >> harris: more reaction to the president blaming republicans for his stalled agenda and his suggestion that the mid-term elections won't be legitimate if his voting bills are not passed. we'll touch back on the topic with senator tom cotton of arkansas in "focus." [ sigh ] not gonna happen. that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. my name is ken. how may i help you? hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ finger snaps ] hmm. ♪ ♪ the koh

brett giroir in focus today knows testing.st, white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live on the north line. jacqui? >> hey, harris. dr. fauci floating the possibility of that policy change. top public health officials. dr. rochelle walensky last week defended not testing after an isolation period, saying that pcr tests can show up positive for up to 12 weeks after an infection and that you might not be transmissible at that time. she also said rapid tests don't accurately say whether a person is transmissible since the fda has not authorized them for that use, and the negative test could produce a false sense of security. in the aftermath of all this blowback over the cdc shortening the isolation period, dr. fatty said the cdc will be determining whether to test after isolation. >> rapid antigen tests have never been as sensitive as the pcr test. they are very good when they are given sequentially. if you do them maybe two or three times over a few-day period, at the end of the day they are as good as the pcr. as a single

we'll talk live with former assistant health secretary admiral brett giroir in just a few minutes. now we go to white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. soon insurance companies will have to pick up the cost of 8 covid tests per person up to 32 per family of four. but, separately, officials here are announcing they still haven't even signed the contract for all those 500 million free at home tests that they have been promising for weeks. which means that officials here missed the window to prepare for what they have been describing as a winter of severe illness and death. and instead they are now preparing for a surge in the spring. >> there has been a massive surge in cases. >> peter: seven day average of positive cases is near triple a year ago. >> the overwhelming number of deaths over 75% occurred in people who had had at least four co-morbidities. >> peter: two days after that helpful answer the cdc director less helpful. >> bret: do you know how many of the 836,000 deaths in the u.s. linked to covid are from cov

admiral brett giroir will join us on his thoughts on the testing shortage, but first chad is live on capitol hill with the latest. chad. >> good afternoon, trace. democrats and republicans alike vented frustrations over testing and confounding information about isolation and quarantines. the top republican on the health committee says the public is skeptical of the administration when it comes to the pandemic. >> can't come as a surprise there is confusion and anger when the white house says to ignore cdc guidance. >> g.o.p. senator susan collins said congressional located plenty of money for testing but tests remain scant. >> our frustrated constituents cannot find rapid tests when they need them. this testing crisis appears to have been entirely preventable. >> the hearing also featured another verbal donnybrook between rand paul and fauci, saying accusations put him in danger. >> whens when he gets out and accuses me of things completely untrue, all of a sudden that kindles the crazies out there and i have threats upon my life, harassments of my family, and my children with obscen

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robert redfield and admiral brett giroir top of the hour. >> bill: a fox team investigation revealingired to show an i.d. to vote but vaccine passport is different. what did you find out? >> good morning. mayor bowser's new vax mandate went into effect. businesses must check your vaccination card and verify it with a driver's license or passport. according to the d.c. board of elections website you don't need a government i.d. if you want to vote. a utility bill or even a bank statement can work. republicans crying foul as democrats push their so-called voting rights bill on the hill. thomas massey announced his office won't comply with the new mandate while house republican whip steve scalise says it's all about a fight for control versus freedom. d.c. democrats don't see an issue at all. >> apples and oranges. voting is not a problem in our country as we have witnessed the last election in 2020. but counterfeit i.d.s to get into restaurants have been shown to be a problem. >> dana: that's representative norton. she wants lawmakers from other states to just butt out of d.c.'s busines

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