The September 11 attacks drastically changed America’s approach to homeland security and counterterrorism. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” to share his insights and personal experience reporting at the Pentagon that day. Source

The president has been exasperated that lower-level Chinese officials haven’t been willing to speak substantively with his administration. Source

As the NFL gets set to kick off another season, former players are still fighting for payments from the league after a 2017 settlement over concussions. Source

Air National Guard pilots, Lieutenant General Marc Sasseville and Heather Penney, rushed into their F-16s on September 11, 2001, knowing that it might be their last mission. Norah O’Donnell has more in this CBS News exclusive report. Source

The ancestor of the horseshoe crab measured more than half a meter in length and had a large head shell. Source

As of September 8, nearly 7 million voters have cast their ballots in California’s governor recall election. The special election is generating an unusual turnout for off-year races. CBS News’ deputy director of elections and data analytics Kabir Khanna joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with his analysis. Read more here. Source

The White House said Thursday that President Biden will campaign alongside California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday, one day before the state’s recall election. Sophia Bollag, a politics reporter for the Sacramento Bee, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with the latest. Source

A 20th anniversary report from the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund has revealed that more than $8 billion has been paid to victims and families of the terror attacks. Money has been distributed to more than 40,000 individuals so far. Hugh Campbell is a civil litigation attorney and former board member of Trial Lawyers Care, a nonprofit that has helped 9/11 families receive compensation. He joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with more. Source

President Biden has unveiled sweeping new vaccine mandates for American workers, the latest move in the administration’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Vaccines will be required for federal employees and contractors. Employees at companies with 100 or more workers will also have to get vaccinated or be tested for the virus weekly. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with the latest. Source

Louisiana officials have documented more than 100 bird that were were found to have been affected after crude oil spilled from a refinery flooded during Ida. Source