Jill Biden and former President Bill Clinton are among those speaking Tuesday. Source
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Trump pardons Susan B. Anthony on 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment
President Trump is posthumously pardoning Susan B. Anthony, a leader of the women’s suffrage movement who was arrested for illegally voting in 1872. Mr. Trump announced it during the signing of a proclamation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote. CBS Los Angeles reports. Source
Doctor says UNC Chapel Hill’s COVID outbreak is “not surprising”
“We’re putting so many pressures on these kids to get back into school, into college, but without doing it the right way,” Dr. Dyan Hes said. Source
Key takeaways from Senate’s Russia investigation
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a new report outlining extensive contact between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election. The report is the culmination of a bipartisan investigation which lasted more than three years. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis joins CBSN with details. Source
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on record sixth flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, using a first stage making a record sixth flight, lifted off from Cape Canaveral early Tuesday, carrying 58 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit along with three Planet-owned SkySat commercial reconnaissance satellites. CBS Los Angeles reports. Source
Relatives remember loved ones who died in Beirut explosion
Lebanese nationals all over the world have entered a period of mourning following the powerful blast on August 4, which killed at least 171 people. Source
Mali president “arrested,” mutiny leader says
Norway has warned citizens in the African nation to stay home after being “notified of a mutiny in the Armed Forces.” Source
Postmaster general to testify before Senate committee on Friday
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will also testify before a House committee next week about recent changes to the postal service. Source
Sam Nunberg on Trump, Mueller, and why he peddled birther conspiracy
Former Trump campaign adviser Sam Nunberg spoke to “Red and Blue” about his efforts during the 2016 race. Nunberg told CBSN’s Tanya Harding that he pushed the conspiracy that then-President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States, knowing it was untrue, because “it represented something broader.” Source
Were the Kavanaugh documents Cory Booker released really “committee confidential?”
Democratic Senator Cory Booker released a batch of emails Thursday morning that were supposedly only for the eyes of the Senate Judiciary Committee. CBS News’ Mola Lenghi reports from Washington, and then CBS News political correspondent Ed O’Keefe joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” to discuss the controversy and other political headlines. Source