Science editor and birdwatcher Christian Cooper was influenced by many incidents of racial bias, including his own for his new comic book “It’s a Bird.” Cooper joins “CBS This Morning” to talk about the book’s message about systemic racism and the lessons for young readers. Source

Associates of Vladimir Putin’s biggest critic say he was likely poisoned with Novichok by way of a water bottle in his hotel room. Source

After slavery, Barr said stay-at-home orders were the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history.” Source

These kinds of dystopian weather events, happening often at the same time, are exactly what scientists have been warning about. Source

Images of a massive gator, an eel and fire ants were seen in Hurricane Sally’s wake. Source

River flooding feared from waterways swollen by storm’s torrential rains, and flash floods possible as Sally moves through Alabama, Georgia and Carolinas. Source

President Trump and CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield are at odds on a coronavirus vaccine timeline, the latter estimating it would not be widely available to the public until months into 2021. Also, the Big Ten conference has reversed its decision and will hold football games with health precautions in place. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source

Just hours after CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield testified about the importance of wearing masks and a potential vaccine timeline, President Trump openly contradicted him at a White House press briefing. The president insisted the doctor “made a mistake” and “misunderstood the question probably” during his testimony to Congress. Weijia Jiang reports. Source

Tropical Depression Sally is now drenching parts of Georgia and Alabama, after first making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near the Florida-Alabama state line early Wednesday. The storm killed at least one person, and hundreds of thousands of people are without power. David Begnaud reports on the damage from Pensacola. Source

Meet Teri Garner, a Titans season Ticket member since the 1998 season. Source