This weekend Rep. John Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, will be taken by a horse-drawn carriage one last time across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Ala., the same bridge where his peaceful protest for voting rights in 1965 was met with a violence that has become seared in our nation’s collective memory. Later, his body will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Source
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Federal officers on the streets of Portland
In addition to tear gas, there has been more than a whiff of politics in the air as armed men in camouflage have filled the streets of Portland, Oregon, setting off a pandemic of confusion and outrage. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin looks into the Department of Homeland Security’s Border Patrol agents (who usually go after drug smugglers along the southwest border), who have been confronting and detaining protesters. Current and former government officials discuss what some decry as a “rogue police force.” Source
“We’re not even close to over”: Texas braces for Hanna flooding
Forecasters downgraded Hanna to a tropical storm early Sunday. Source
CBS News special report: John Lewis crosses Edmund Pettus Bridge for final time
In a horse-drawn caisson, the casket carrying John Lewis crossed the historic monument to the Civil Rights movement in Selma, Alabama, ahead of a week-long memorial to the icon. Source
John Lewis crosses Selma bridge a final time
Lewis led the march across the bridge on March 7, 1965, a day that would become known as “Bloody Sunday.” Source
Face The Nation: Gottlieb, Woods, Salvanto
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on coronavirus testing, school reopening, the 2020 presidential election and the nations tribute to the late Rep. John Lewis Source
Olivia de Havilland, star of Hollywood’s Golden Age, dead at 104
De Havilland died at home in Paris, the city where she lived since the 1950s. Source
Without water
In the 21st century, millions of Americans continue to live with no access to safe running water in their homes Source
Azar: “The presumption should be to get our kids back to school”
Schools around the country are weighing how best to reopen in the fall as the coronavirus crisis worsens in many states. Source
Danny Meyer on reviving the restaurant industry
Danny Meyer is one of New York City’s most successful and influential restaurateurs. In mid-March he closed all 20 of his restaurants and laid off nearly 2,100 employees. Meyer, and his top executive, Chip Wade, president of the Union Square Hospitality Group, tell correspondent Martha Teichner how they plan to rebuild their business – and how the entire restaurant industry must evolve – in order to survive not only the pandemic, but a changing economy and changing tastes. Source