“We’re doing everything we can to move forward with demolition as soon as we have a final path to do so,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Saturday. Source
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Nurse who received first COVID vaccine to be recognized at Smithsonian
Sandra Lindsay, who immigrated to New York when she was 18, “poured her heart and soul” into the fight against COVID-19. Source
Crews at Florida condo collapse site worried about track of Elsa
The storm is expected to move near Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday and near Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Sunday, according to forecasters. Source
Changes, policies made to help accommodate military mothers
Beginning in the 1950s, women serving in the U.S. military could face immediate discharge, not for any misconduct but because they’d become pregnant or had recently given birth. That policy changed in the 1970s, but it’s only in recent years that pregnant women and young mothers have been welcomed and accommodated in America’s armed forces. Natalie Brand has the story. Source
Trump to hold rally in Florida ahead of Fourth of July
The rally comes after the Trump Organization and its CFO were charged with tax fraud on Thursday. Source
Hurricane Elsa threatens Surfside rescue efforts
Hurricane Elsa is threatening rescue and recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed apartment tower in Surfside, Florida. Meanwhile, teams on Saturday continued their search for a tenth day, and as another apartment tower was evacuated over concerns. Omar Villafranca reports. Source
The Dish: Pitmaster Rodney Scott on new restaurant and new book
Famed pitmaster Rodney Scott is already the recipient of the prestigious James Beard Award. This year he was announced as an inductee into the Barbecue Hall of Fame, and he’s just out with a new book, “Rodney Scott’s World of Barbecue.” He’s got a restaurant in Birmingham, just opened one in Atlanta, and Jamie Wax caught up with him at the place where it all began. Source
Author T.J. Newman on “Falling,” career and future
The new thriller “Falling” is written by T.J. Newman, a former flight attendant who worked on the story while flying at 35,000 feet, and it’s all the more impressive because of the struggles Newman dealt with trying to get “Falling” published. Jeff Glor has the details. Source
A look at June job’s report and where America’s economic recovery stands
The nation added a better-than-expected 850,000 jobs in June, though the overall unemployment rate edged up slightly to 5.9%. CBS News Senior Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to talk about the jobs numbers and the ongoing economic recovery. Source
Hurricane Elsa takes aim at the Caribbean, Florida
Extreme heat is broiling a large part of the nation this holiday weekend, and rough weather could later strike parts of the South. Hurricane Elsa is rapidly moving toward Jamaica after battering Barbados and other places in the eastern Caribbean. It could turn to the U.S. Southeast by Tuesday. Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli is tracking the nation’s weather. Source