The National Weather Service has issued flash flood warnings across the state of Louisiana as Barry continues to move inland. Broussard, Louisiana Mayor Ray Bourque joined CBSN on the phone to discuss the big issues facing his town. Source
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What data does China have on its citizens?
The “oracle of AI” Kai-Fu Lee says the data the Chinese government has collected on its citizens is “too large and too raw” to be used for AI. Source
At least 9 U.S. cities to be targeted by ICE raids
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were ordered to conduct mass deportation raids in at least nine cities across the U.S. over the weekend. Acting Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, Clara Long, joined CBSN to discuss the people targeted by the raids. Source
Durbin says potential ICE raids stoking fear in immigrant communities
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss potential ICE raids across the country, targeting thousands of undocumented immigrant families Source
Face The Nation: Olorunnipia, Bridenstine, Brinkley
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on divisions within the Democratic Party and a series of tweets from the president. Source
Body of African-American history museum founder discovered
The Baton Rouge NAACP branch called Sadie Roberts-Joseph a “Cultural Legend” Source
A blooming business
Art Chadwick, who owns Chadwick & Son Orchids, near Richmond, Virginia, will happily sell you an orchid. But he’s also willing to board your plant while you’re on vacation. And yes, there are people who will pay to put up their beloved flowering plants, to make sure they’re kept in clover. Steve Hartman reports. Source
Open: This is “Face the Nation,” July 14
This week on “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan talks to acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan, Sen. Dick Durbin, former Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Plus, historian Douglas Brinkley with his new book, “American Moonshot.” Source
By The Numbers: The moon
Some facts about Earth’s closest celestial neighbor from Jane Pauley. Source
The seamstresses who fashioned Apollo’s spacesuits
When NASA needed a lunar spacesuit for the Apollo astronauts, they turned to the International Latex Corporation, and a cadre of women who normally sewed latex bras and girdles, to create a softer, more flexible spacesuit. Tracy Smith talked with some of the seamstresses who fashioned protective wear that would mean life or death for men in space, and with Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt who was the last man to walk, and jump, on the lunar surface. Source