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L.a. county found 185 cases linked to this variant as far back as june. meanwhile, the u.s. is in worse shape this labor day compared to also year. the seven-day rolling average is up 300% over last labor day. that s a time when covid vaccines weren t even available. let s go to nbc s emily keta who is in los angeles for us. this surge is concerning as we head into a long holiday weekend packed with events, family events, public events. what are you hearing? ? alex, i will start with this. the holiday weekend pushing the country across a grim milestone, 40 million covid cases throughout this pandemic. still, americans are kissing summer good-bye in a prepandemic fashion. you will find crowds across the country, coast to coast, here in california we saw at least 16,000 people gathering and crowding mission beach this the san diego area. moving up the coast to the napa area arc music festival there welcoming up to 40,000 people a ....