escape the summer heat. it s like when the governor of pompeii announced, hey, guys, ignore the rain of ash, it s just volcano season. let s all make a fun pose for no reason. welcome back to morning joe, it is tuesday, august 10th. mike barnicle and eugene robinson are still with willie and me. joe is back tomorrow. let s get right to the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci thank you for being on. we ll start broad on this issue. where in the country is covid and the delta variant the worst, and what s the potential that delta mutates and creates a scenario that we go back to square one for the entire country? well, in answer to your first question, mika. it s certainly worse in the