>> while we, desperately, want to be done with this pandemic, covid-19 is, clearly, not done with us. and so, our battle must last a little longer. >> so, you want to watch, you want to stay tuned because, in -- i have someone coming up, from my home state, that you want to hear from. in my home state of louisiana, they are expecting to hit an all-time record number of hospitalizations tomorrow. the governor, john belle edwards, temporarily bringing back their statewide mask mandate for everyone, vaccinated or unvaccinated. and he just spoke with chris, a little while ago. said the situation is urgent. >> the urgency is -- is that we have the highest case-growth rate in the country. and -- and the second-place state is quite a ways behind us. that's not a distinction that we're proud of. um, and the percent positivity is above 13% of all tests coming back positive, and that seems to be increasing which means we have not reached the peak.