A new book alleges Milley compared Mr. Trump’s rhetoric of election fraud to Hitler, saying, “This is a Reichstag moment. The gospel of the Fuhrer.” Source

The rover’s samples from the floor of an ancient Martian lakebed will be retrieved and returned to Earth later this decade. Source

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that would ban abortion except to save the life of the mother, with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. The law was signed by Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson in March but critics filed a legal challenge saying it’s unconstitutional. Source

A procedural vote to advance the $579 billion bipartisan infrastructure framework failed in the Senate on Wednesday after Republicans unsuccessfully pushed Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to delay the vote to allow negotiators to finalize the details of the plan. CBSN Washington reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN to discuss what this means for the bill’s future. Source

Some parents say their checks weren’t for the correct amount, while others are still waiting. Here are a few answers. Source

At a NASA briefing about the Perseverance rover on Mars, project manager Jennifer Trosper explained how they are preparing to collect the first-ever samples of Martian soil for a planned return to Earth. Watch her remarks. Source

The reporter who helped bring Jeffrey Epstein’s sex abuse case to the national spotlight has written a new book about her years-long investigation. “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story” tells the stories of his alleged victims and the “failures of the criminal justice system.” Author Julie K. Brown, an investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, joins CBSN to discuss the case and why she thinks there are too many unanswered questions regarding Epstein’s suicide. Source

The CDC says 83% of all new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. can be attributed to the Delta variant. CBS News’ Skyler Henry has more on the sharp increase in cases across the country. Then Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at John’s Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins CBSN to discuss the growing number of breakthrough cases nationwide. Source

Average life expectancy in the U.S. declined by a year and a half in 2020, largely due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. CBS News’ Jessica Layton reports. Source

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court Wednesday to 11 sex crime counts involving five women. CBSN’s Tanya Rivero has more. Source