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suzanne, what more are you learning? >> reporter: fred, it is actually a good sign at the mall. it opened minutes ago. we have seen at least seven people go into the popup vaccination site. it is a pilot program and already we are seeing some enthusiasm around this. that is pretty good. but fred, it is a dire situation in louisiana. louisiana has the dubious distinction now of really having the highest covid increase rate over the last couple of weeks per capita. so the governor making emergency announcement saying this is a crisis situation in his state, confluence of many different factors. just look at the numbers alone, fred, talking increase of 208%, covid cases in the last two weeks. 80% of that due to delta variant. 40% of louisiana residents getting at least one dose of a vaccination. the governor saying it is way too low. they've got to do much better and get numbers up higher, much, much faster, otherwise this will