watching outside of oklahoma, even outside the country. thank you for joining us. means a lot for us spending time with us. if you d like to know more about things coming up will keep doing this virtual thing but we re slowly transitioning into some real in person human beings, those human beings kind event attributed later this month. one thing of note i will mention if you re in our area on july 13 next week will be doing an actual in-person event with united states poet laureate which should be really wonderful conversation at all souls unitarian church are and told the site get tickets for that at our website. don t miss that if you have a to see it. tonight he event really excir tonight event. also because again to be an audience member like you and watch two great writers at a conversation which is always a pleasure and thrill. our moderator for tonight i first got to meet virtually last fallal when we did an event for wonderfulor novel called the war dancer. it could n
it s a great way to stay in connection with all of you and keep the tethered to our audience. we have a lot of people watching maybe even outside the country. thank you for joining us. if you d like to know more about anything coming up we will keep you in this virtual thing for a little while but we are slowly transitioning to reel in person human beings later this month. you can see it on our web site. one thing of note if you are in our area next week we are going to do in person at all souls church. i m really excited for tonight s event and also we have great writers in conversation. our moderator i first got to meet virtually last fall when we did it again for a wonderful novel. if you haven t read it i would encourage it to do so and that was the conversation we had with david linde and half a really wonderful event. i got to meet him virtually and four jefferson joined us as well in person. so that if that would not have happened without it. our guest of honor who h
it s a great way to stay in connection with all of you and keep the tethered to our audience. we have a lot of people watching maybe even outside the country. thank you for joining us. if you d like to know more about anything coming up we will keep you in this virtual thing for a little while but we are slowly transitioning to reel in person human beings later this month. you can see it on our web site. one thing of note if you are in our area next week we are going to do in person at all souls church. i m really excited for tonight s event and also we have great writers in conversation. our moderator i first got to meet virtually last fall when we did it again for a wonderful novel. if you haven t read it i would encourage it to do so and that was the conversation we had with david linde and half a really wonderful event. i got to meet him virtually and four jefferson joined us as well in person. so that if that would not have happened without it. our guest of honor who h
it is way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s still broadcasting here from planet earth for now. i m alicia menendez on this tuesday, august 10th. we ll start the news. we begin with the latest on coronavirus as the delta variant causes infections to surge across the u.s. the u.s. case count now exceeds 36 million since the start of the pandemic. for the first time since february t country is averaging more than 10,000 new cases a day fueled largely by infections in areas with low vaccination rates. in some parts of the country, hospitals are nearing capacity with available icu beds available in the single digits. worse, in some instances, patients are being turned away. nbc s news correspondent morgan chesky has more. reporter: as the delta variant wreaks havoc nationwide, covid is on the rise in every state. the virus causing the highest number of u.s. cases since february, hitting the south where vaccination remains low
senate asking for world solidarity on cuba and the release of political prisoners. plus right now the number of coronavirus cases is up in all 50 states and that puts new attention on a question that a lot of people are asking. will people need to prove their vaccinated to go to work? or to go out to eat? we re getting early answers this morning. they are now requiring vaccinations. today president biden is expected to announce a requirement for federal workers. we start with the latest on this pandemic and the major vaccine announcement. monica is at the white house for us. josh is talking to washington dc workers affected by this, and i want to bring in a doctor who is a senior scholar at john hop kins. in just a few hours they announce a federal vaccine requirement. what more do we know about this? they are laying out essentially a choice for more than two million federal workers. they will have to prove they are fully vaccinated to go to work or submit to what the whi