the virus is taking no time off. the u.s. had a new single day record for infections, 440,000 not including at-home tests. julie: all this is prompting the white house to consider a new vaccine mandate for domestic air travel. south dakota gov government he continues to impose mandates on the country. this president has taken unprecedented action to impose on the liberties and freedoms of the american people. benjamin: david spunt is traveling with the president in delaware. good morning, david. good morning to you. a difficult morning when you look at those covid numbers specifically yesterday we reached the highest amount of daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020. getting ready to enter the third year of this nightmare that s really stretched across the world. clearly those numbers not going in the right direction. the white house keenly aware of that situation all the way up to the president of the united states who is here in wilmington, del