Grammy winner Jakob Dylan followed his famous father into music-making 30 years ago, forming his band, The Wallflowers. They released five more albums, but it’s been a nine-year wait for their latest “Exit Wounds,” which came out just yesterday. Now, performing from Los Angeles, The Wallflowers with “I’ll Let You Down (But Will Not Give You Up)” Source
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Saturday Sessions: The Wallflowers perform “Roots and Wings”
Grammy winner Jakob Dylan followed his famous father into music-making 30 years ago, forming his band, The Wallflowers. They released five more albums, but it’s been a nine-year wait for their latest “Exit Wounds,” which came out just yesterday. Now, performing from Los Angeles, The Wallflowers with “Roots and Wings.” Source
Statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee taken down in Charlottesville
The monument became a rallying cry for white supremacists and other racist groups, culminating in the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. Source
Haiti’s interim government asks U.S. for security assistance
The U.S. said it would send senior FBI and Homeland Security officials to help in the investigation. Source
CBS Evening News, July 9, 2021
FDA and CDC push back on need for COVID-19 booster shots; Seamstress gives Navy veteran his dream uniform. Source
Climate change threatens the future of Chicago
Climate change is threatening the structural integrity of Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city nestled between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River Delta. Dan Egan, the author of “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” and journalist-in-residence at the Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences, joined CBSN to discuss the impact of climate change on the Windy City. Source
Haiti’s interim government asks U.S. to deploy troops to the country
The U.S. said it would send senior FBI and Homeland Security officials to help in the investigation. Source
Poor People’s Campaign co-chair on voting rights, poverty
President Joe Biden heads to Philadelphia on Tuesday to discuss voting rights, as Democrats and civil rights activists look to combat Republican-led changes to state voting laws. The Reverend Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the antipoverty group Poor People’s Campaign, spoke with CBSN’s Tanya Rivero about what Democrats can do to ensure voting access for people of color and lift them out of poverty. Source
Western U.S. braces for weekend of record-breaking heat
Another heat wave is scorching the West. A new report says the extreme heat would be “virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.” David Begnaud reports. Source
Concern grows over “deteriorating” security in Afghanistan as U.S. forces continue withdrawal
A Pentagon spokesperson said there is a “deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan” a day after President Biden moved up the deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata spoke to the top diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul about their concerns. Then CBSN anchor Lana Zak talks with Nancy Youssef, a national security correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, about the threat to Afghans who worked with U.S. forces. Source