the question will come up on the screen is from mary jo from ohio.jo asks do you advise masks in crowded outdoor events such as concerts and airshows? >> the covid-19 virus and even the delta variant is less likely to be transmitted outdoors. it is much more likely to be transmitted indoors. if you were in a very, very tightly packed outdoor setting it would be reasonable to wear a mask and it's really a personal choice about the level of protection you would like to take. >> i'd like to ask you about the policy president biden announced that was federal employ should either be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. his weekly testing sufficient to slow this virus, particularly now that we have the delta variant? >> as you said yesterday president biden issued aid directive in terms of federal government employees. and so federal government employees will be asked to attest to the vaccination status. if someone does not attest they've been vaccinated or they have not been vaccinated then it will be required to mask their matter where they are located.

mary jo asks do you advise masks in crowded outdoor events such as concerts and airshows? >> covid-19 virus and delta variant is less likely to be transmitted outdoors. it is much more likely to be transmitted indoors. if you are in a very very tight outdoor setting, it would be reasonable to wear a mask. it is personal choice, the level of protection you would like. >> i would like to ask you about a policy president biden announced that was federal employees should be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. his weekly testing sufficient -- is a weekly testing sufficient to slow this virus? >> president biden issued a directive in terms of federal government employees. federal government employees will be asked to attest to their vaccination status. if someone does not attest that they have been vaccinated or they have not been vaccinated, they will be required to mask no matter where they are located. the recommendation is to test once or twice per week and to socially distance and to generally not be allowed to for their work. we are taking these measures to protect the f

so don, this is from mary jo binker. did pearson have any relationship with walter winchel. or was winchel too much of a gossip columnist? >> no, they were good friends, for a while. in fact, winchel had the even bigger column, it was a broadway gossip column that was mostly -- pearson -- i mean, winchell's was mostly about sex, and romance, and divorce, and hold, hollywood, and broadway. very little of that -- pearson didn't write about sex scandals in the -- for the most part in the washington merry go round. but if pearson came across a really good story he would send it up to walter winchel and winchel would publish it in his column. for instance during world war ii, pearson learned a columnist for the washington times journal was having an affair with country of joseph kennedy's sons. it was john kennedy. that's one reason why john kennedy went to the south pacific, so he was aware from that woman in washington. this was a story that pearson picked up and sent to walter winchel. eventually, they fell out over mccarthy. pearson became a ferocious opponent of mccarthy's.

mary and dawn at johnson's shut-in state park in missouri. great name. look at torti-b the turtle in california. tj in cincinnati. what's up, tj? gail, sue, jackie, and penelope joarco island, florida. along the bottom, that is alex flying 3400 feet over maryland. very cool. liam in st. louis. sharay an assistant principal at jonny k. school in baltimore and amy in texas gearing up for her 18th year of teaching. thank you to all you teachers starting a new school year. send us a photo of you and your mug with the #sundaytoday and you might see yourself next week. remember, you can get the "sunday today" mug online at gehlen. >>> good morning. it is sunday, august 22nd. 7:00 on the dot as we take a live look outside over san francisco from our camera at oracle park. we are looking towards the bay bridge it is cloudy but doesn't look as smoky as yesterday. some great news to start our sunday. and thank you for starting it with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with a quick look at your microclimate climate. >> you're right. we're getting a break from the smoke. i started noticing it yesterday as soon as that breeze kicked up a little bit. there was blue