COVID-19 hospitalizations are up over 40%, overwhelming health care workers in the hardest hit states as the Delta variant sweeps through the U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins joined George to discuss the Delta variant, mask mandates, and vaccination rates picking as more than 50% of Americans are now fully vaccinated; American troops have begun returning home from Afghanistan, but questions remain if Afghans who aided the U.S. in it's longest war, can be saved with the Taliban sweeping through the country. George interviewed Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan during the war, and Janis Shinwari, a former Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military, to find out more; Record heatwaves and severe droughts rage on the west coast and abroad in Greece, Turkey, and Russia. Professor Michael Mann and Climate Scientist Kristina Dahl joined George to discuss what's causing these wildfires, and what can be done; Plus the Power House Roundtable discuss the latest on the infrastructure deal and the New York attorney general's report into allegations of sexual harassment by Governor Andrew Cuomo.