delta variant. it is a possibility. and also just recently new data shows that if you have an infection as opposed to compared to the original event, you may have a thousand times the viral load in your body. now, again, people aren t getting really, really sick but will that make them more contagious and see more transmission events. those are questions that people are going to try to answer here. dr. sanjay gupta, so good to have you there. we know you ll be watching closely. thank you very much. dr. fauci is going to join cnn live next hour to weigh in with his answers ahead of the olympics an the effect of the delta variant here in the u.s. please do stay tuned. and next hour president biden will speak on the growing economy and reaching a deal finally on infrastructure. still a lot of work to be done. it may sound familiar to you. in congress, ahead of a key procedural vote deadline set for wednesday. manu raju on capitol hill this