The heat is being caused by a combination of a significant atmospheric blocking pattern on top of a human-caused climate changed world. Source

The heat wave baking the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada, is of an intensity never recorded by modern humans. By one measure it is more rare than a once in a 1,000 year event — which means that if you could live in this particular spot for 1,000 years, you’d likely only experience a heat dome like this once, if ever. CBS meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with more. Source

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson says some of his constituents are reluctant to get vaccinated while the vaccines are only approved for emergency use. Source

On this “Face the Nation” broadcast, Senator Marco Rubio and Cedric Richmond sat down with John Dickerson Source

John Dickerson reflects on the heroism of first responders who rush to endanger their lives in the hope of saving the lives of others. Source

This week on “Face the Nation,” hopes for finding survivors in the collapsed Surfside, Florida, condo building are dim, and a picture of what caused the disaster starts to emerge. Source

Gravel read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons. Source

“It’s going to be hyper-regionalized, where there are certain pockets of the country [where] we can have very dense outbreaks,” Gottlieb said. Source

Attorney Ted Olson, a star in conservative legal circles, has argued 65 cases before the U.S Supreme Court, on issues ranging from the disputed 2000 election and money in politics, to same-sex marriage and the children of illegal immigrants. But his stance has not always reflected traditional conservative doctrine. Olson talked with correspondent Mo Rocca about overcoming polarization, and about his marriage, which demonstrates that opposites attract. Source

Florida Senator Marco Rubio says that the search-and-rescue efforts have been a “tremendous response.” Source