weeks because of the rising number of cases of the delta variant of covid. this first emerged in india, we'll have much more on the danger of this -- lead off our coverage today, pulitzer prize-winning washington correspondent for the washington post -- barbara mcquade, veteran federal prosecutor, former u.s. attorney for district of michigan, who worked with the doj during the biden transition. she is a professor at -- your ship -- ghost of the podcast sisters in law along with other friends of ours. joe wine-banks, and kimberly atkins. also back with us, rick single. former secretary of state for public to and public affairs, for managing dinner -- time magazine, and rick, given you history in this area with the summit two days away, does his time with the g7 help joe