surge we had. we will go to the very end. we re at the very beginning of the surge, and health officials believe we re not going to peak from the surge of the delta variant until september or october. the reason it is such a problem, joe, is we will start to get into the colder months where covid cases are going to naturally rise, making it that much more difficult for us to defeat the pandemic while we have the chance, especially in these unvaccinated communities. yeah. it is the big worry and why they want to get so many people vaccinated now, especially before the school year starts. msnbc s cori coffman. thank you so much. coming up in the 4:00 p.m. hour we will speak to dr. peter hotez, codirector for the center for vaccine development at texas children s hospital. he will weigh in on the risk to young children who are unable to get vaccinated as the delta variant spreads as well as the growing problems states like missouri and tennessee are facing. the most iconic site in p
know it is harsh. you may not mind if covid takes your life. you may be ready to just kind of, you know, rough it through life. think about the person you love the most in the world. think about the notion that you might be the person that gets them killed because you weren t vaccinated. you might live and they might die. go to planyourvaccine.com to find out where you can get vaccinated, please. jenny, brandy, hayes, don t go anywhere. we have more to talk about. coming up this hour, sha carri richardson s suspension from the olympics is reigniting the debate over cannabis. we will dive into the politics of it. also, nikole hannah-jones is taking a new gig at howard university. what does this tell us about how higher education is reckoning with race? we will get to that. first, cori coffman is here with the headlines. hey, joshua. stories we are watching at this hour the number of confirmed deaths in the surfside, florida,