Doctor Amesh Adalja, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss the dangers of the highly infectious Delta variant and the need for all Americans to get vaccinated. Source
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The history of discrimination against Black farmers in the U.S.
A farmer’s life is never an easy one. But for many African American farmers, their work has been complicated by discrimination and often at the hand of government officials. Michelle Miller looks at that history and the efforts to address it. Source
Hardliner Raisi set to become Iran’s new president
CBS News Senior Foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports in Tehran as Iranians selected the country’s next president amid tensions with the West. Source
Millions in U.S. are under tropical storm warnings as Claudette hits Gulf
Heavy rain and powerful winds of Tropical Storm Claudette are bearing down on the already storm-weary central Gulf Coast. The system is about 45-miles South of New Orleans and is moving North. Omar Villafranca reports from Mississippi’s coast. Source
Eye Opener: Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, floods to Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Claudette has brought wind, heavy rain and flooding to the Gulf Coast. Also, President Biden sounds the alarm over the emergence of the COVID-19 Delta variant. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source
Legendary sprinter dies of COVID-19 dies days after his wife
Popularly known as “the Flying Sikh,” Singh was the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Source
Biden, health officials make their case for vaccinations as Delta variant spreads
President Biden is urging Americans to pick up the pace and get vaccinated. The push comes with just over two weeks to go before the Fourth of July when the administration hoped to see 70% of adults in the nation vaccinated. It also comes as the dangerous and highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus surfaces in 49 states. Michael George has the latest. Source
Saturday Sessions: Amythyst Kiah performs “Tender Organs”
Amythyst Kiah was raised in Tennessee. She was a rising star when she was invited to join “Our Native Daughters,”— a super-group featuring Rhiannon Giddens that paid tribute to the struggles of black women through history. One of her songs on that album earned a 2019 Grammy Nomination. That song also appears on her just-released solo album: “Wary and Strange.” Performing for Saturday Sessions, here is Amythyst Kiah with “Tender Organs.” Source
Saturday Sessions: Amythyst Kiah performs “Black Myself
Amythyst Kiah was raised in Tennessee. She was a rising star when she was invited to join “Our Native Daughters,”— a super-group featuring Rhiannon Giddens that paid tribute to the struggles of black women through history. One of her songs on that album earned a 2019 Grammy Nomination. That song also appears on her just-released solo album: “Wary and Strange.” Performing for Saturday Sessions, here is Amythyst Kiah with “Black Myself.” Source
Saturday Sessions: Amythyst Kiah performs “Wild Turkey”
Amythyst Kiah was raised in Tennessee. She was a rising star when she was invited to join “Our Native Daughters,”— a super-group featuring Rhiannon Giddens that paid tribute to the struggles of black women through history. One of her songs on that album earned a 2019 Grammy Nomination. That song also appears on her just-released solo album: “Wary and Strange.” Performing for Saturday Sessions, here is Amythyst Kiah with “Wild Turkey.” Source