. -- allie wolf is joining the program in a bit.his is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ romaine: today, we are focused on economic recovery. one area that has been superhot through the pandemic is housing, despite record demand that seems to still want. joe: yeah, exactly right. housing completions is a key question. we always talk about housing starts. but the question is, you can start a house, but if you can't get it window or bathtub, you can't complete the house. and if you see the ratio of completions adjusted to the population, it is very low, not like the old days. what is holding back completions? joining us for more, zonda chief economist ali wolf. you are plugged in and talking to homebuilders nonstop, is the good news on supply chain or their ability to get windows or whatever it is? or is it really rough out there? ali: unfortunately, right now, supply chain issues are as bad as they have been. from our july data that came out this week, we have 92 percent of builders saying supply chain issues are a major problem. if you are looking for

ally and billionaire tom barrack strikes a $250 million bail deal. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer off today.

ally and billionaire tom barrack strikes a $250 million bail deal. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer off today. i'm jim acosta. and you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> and let's begin our coverage with more on the alarming rise in covid cases and the biden administration's renewed push to get americans vaccinated. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us with details. kaitlan, the president and his team are increasingly concerned by the surging pandemic. >> reporter: they're becoming incredibly concerned about this because they are sitting back and watching as this highly contagious delta variant is fueling these new outbreaks in the united states among the unvaccinated, with over half of the country still unvaccinated. and right now we just got new data from the cdc that shows today was one of the lowest vaccination points since january. when of course that vaccination campaign just got kicked off. what we are hearing not just here at the white house but from leaders nationwide is they are growing very concerned about what's to come. a new sense of urgency in the whi

ally tom barrack after his not guilty plea on charges of illegal foreign lobbying. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer.

ally tom barrack after his not guilty plea on charges of illegal foreign lobbying. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >> we begin with the new covid-19 vaccine mandates. our national correspondent athena jones is in new york. she has the late, breaking details for us. athena, these are truly landmark moves by a state, a major city and now a federal agency. >> reporter: hi, wolf. that's exactly right. with new daily covid cases now passing 50,000 for the first time since april, we're seeing more and more mandates, not just from states and health care providers but also individual cities. in san francisco, more than 300 bars across the city will be requiring patrons to provide proof of vaccination or a negative covid result in order to enter. those who don't, will have to sit outside or in other spaces. >> we're going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: america facing a crisis all over again. and more and more health care systems, states and localities are responding with mandates. new york mayor bill de blasio today announcing all city employees including public scho