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Since last june. >> last year we lost a summer because of covid. so this year it's going to be a big summer. >> the delta variant first discovered in india could soon become the dominant covid strain in the u.s. so far only about 53% of the country is partially vaccinated but some states are barely hitting a third of their population. 67% of u.s. adults have received at least one dose. that's short of the president's goal of 70%. >> give you the best chance possible. >> a year ago the covid icu at lexington medical center was pushed to the brink. this week doctors say it's feeling like deja vu...

Member rats. supply as well as meat. talk about his state of the union speech. going to problem with high gas prices. release more from strategic oil reserves. so, what is that going to mean for the global price of oil and gas? >> it means nothing. everybody knows it means nothing. it's a day and a half worth of oil. it's like pouring a bottle of water into the ocean which tells you he is not interested in bringing down prices for americans. that's not his goal. you know that. he wants to decarbonize this economy. so high prices are part of his program. this is window dressing to placate voter...

They are so scared. what are they telling you? >> reporter: they're telling me they're exhausted, overwhelmed and desperate. the numbers are staggering. over 670,000 and almost two-thirds of those, according to polish authorities, are ending up in poland and many transiting through lviv. the western most train hub here in ukraine. it is almost impossible to board a train out of the country unless you are a woman or a child and even for them, it is extremely difficult. we have seen countless scenes of desperation, of people trying to board trains in recent days and even when they arrive on the ...

That means forces would have to fly to enforce that zone. that would put them in direct conflict with nuclear armed russia. that is simply why that no-fly zone is not happening at this point. because if it was there, obviously and patrolling over ukraine, that convoy could be gone in a matter of seconds, trace. >> trace: but of course that would be a declaration of war. jonathan, your way toward lviv, which is the western part of ukraine, people must have been trying to make their way out. how is that refugee situation standing right now? >> i'm told by the united nations commission's refugee ...

>> up 40 miles russian convoy is inching closer to kyiv as the war enters its seventh day. will check in with jonathan hynde live in lviv. i know that you cross the border yesterday and we heard a lot about the refugee situation. what did you see? >> it is a lot of refugees. it's something like 670,000 who across the board and i can tell you that number is going to continue to rise. the situation in terms of the crush on the border itself, shannon, not as bad as it was a couple days ago because the authorities here as well as the remaining authorities are essentially opening their borders to w...