Tropical Storm Elsa is making landfall in Taylor County, forecasters said in an 11 a.m. advisory. Source
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WorldView: Haiti’s president assassinated; Deadly mudslide in Japan
Breaking news out of Haiti as the country’s president is assassinated overnight. In other international headlines, crews are searching for survivors following a mudslide in Japan; a prominent Dutch crime journalist is shot and wounded. And Spain toughens sexual violence laws. CBS News reporter Haley Ott joins “CBSN AM” from London with a roundup. Source
Eric Adams projected as winner of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary
Eric Adams has been projected the winner of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary by the Associated Press. Last night, the city’s Board of Elections released updated results showing Adams with a one-point lead over his closest competitor, Kathryn Garcia. CBS News political reporter Adam Brewster joins “CBSN AM” to discuss. Source
WHO says COVID has now killed more than 4 million people
In announcing the “tragic milestone,” the WHO chief slammed rich nations for “abhorrent” vaccine hording while many countries go without. Source
Youth poet laureate on equality, identity and her “double life”
Huynh, 18, writes about her California childhood interrupted by climate change and the pride she feels as a Vietnamese-American. Source
Introducing 2021 National Youth Poet Laureate Alexandra Huynh
Jan Crawford interviews Alexandra Huynh, the 2021 National Youth Poet Laureate. The 18-year-old Sacramento native tells us why she writes about identity and climate change, why she identifies with Hannah Montana and how she discovered that poetry could be her superpower. Source
Support pours in for journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones after decision to forgo tenure offer at UNC
After a public battle with the University of North Carolina over tenure, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the creator of The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones announced exclusively on “CBS This Morning” Tuesday that she will not be joining the university this fall. Nikki Battiste reports on the fallout and the support pouring in for Hannah-Jones. Source
82-year-old competes in Tough Mudder to honor late husband
“We just decided that he wouldn’t have wanted us not to and so we decided to do it in his honor,” said Mildred Wilson, who lost her husband to a heart attack when he had COVID-19. Source
Tropical Storm Elsa lashes Florida and hampers Surfside search and rescue efforts
After strengthening briefly to a Category 1 hurricane overnight, Elsa weakened back into a tropical storm, hitting Florida with winds of up to 65 mph. CBS News’ Laura Podesta reports on the storm moving up the Gulf Coast, and WFOR Miami’s Brooke Shafer joins CBSN from Surfside, where bad weather temporarily halted the search and rescue effort after the condo collapse disaster. Source
Tropical Storm Elsa bears down on Florida packing heavy rain, strong winds
Florida is bracing for the landfall of Tropical Storm Elsa. It’s bearing down on the state, packing heavy rain and strong winds. Mireya Villarreal is in Holmes Beach, Florida, with the details. Source