hospitality as fine people in the south say roll tide, roll. >> wow that means something coming from you. i love that. i'm happy. thank you for having me. >> i wish we had better news. we begin with more evidence that the united states is in the middle of a dangerous summer surge of covid-19 fueled by the spread of the delta variant. case rates are climbing while the rate of people getting fully vaccinated is now falling. >> the rate of new infections is four times higher. vaccinations are still not where they need to be. about 250,000 people are fully vaccinated per day which is the lowest daily average since the rate at the end of january when these vaccinations were really just guesting started. >> yeah. in some areas the delta variant