Launched into space on July 30, NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to reach Mars today — as long as it sticks its hazardous landing inside the red planet’s Jezero Crater. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans joins “CBSN AM” to discuss the multibillion-dollar mission. Source

Chad Wolf, who was acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in the Trump administration, joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to discuss the new changes the Biden administration is making to the immigration system, as well as what his department knew about the threats leading up to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Source

Congressional Democrars have released a new immigration bill backed by President Biden. Politico White House correspondent and associate editor Anita Kumar and Axios political reporter Sarah Mucha join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to discuss who the bill would affect and what it could take to get it passed. Source

In sometimes pointed questioning, lawmakers pressed brokerage chief on whether his company puts its customers at risk. Source

Democratic representatives in South Carolina walk out as the state passes a so-called fetal heartbeat abortion ban. The Republican governor has promised to sign the bill, which bans nearly all abortions after detecting fetal cardiac activity. Catherine Herridge reports. Source

The House passed its bill by a 79 to 35 vote Wednesday after hours of emotional testimony from both supporters and opponents, and gave the measure final approval Thursday. Source

NASA’s Perseverance rover reached Mars, pulling off a seven-minute plunge through the atmosphere to land on the surface of the red planet. Flight engineers in Pasadena, California, burst into cheers and applause as telemetry came in confirming touchdown. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood and Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer and planetarium director for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, join CBSN’s Tanya Rivero to discuss the successful landing. Source

Congressional Democrats are expected to unveil a White House-backed bill Thursday that would overhaul the country’s immigration laws. The bill would make farm workers, Temporary Protected Status holders, and so-called “Dreamers” eligible for green cards and allow them to apply for citizenship after three years; other eligible undocumented immigrants would be given an eight-year pathway to citizenship. Ed O’Keefe reports. Source

The $2.4 billion Perseverance rover is on a mission to search for signs of past life and collect Martian rock samples for return to Earth. Source

The Cuomo administration did not report until late January that thousands of people living in nursing homes had died of COVID-19 once they were transferred to hospitals. Source