Officials are rushing to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies from Kabul as President Biden’s August 31st deadline approaches. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joined CBSN with the latest on evacuation efforts. Source

Our friends at Sesame Street are helping kids manage the stress of going back to school through a partnership with the meditation app Headspace. Grover joins “CBS This Morning” to share some of his favorite mindfulness techniques, and Sesame Workshop expert Rosemarie Truglio explains how mindfulness can help little ones adjust to new circumstances after a year of at-home learning. Source

Melissa Stockwell is the first female American soldier to ever lose a limb in active combat. Just four years later, in 2008, she became the first Iraq War veteran to qualify for the Paralympic Games. Dana Jacobson recently met Stockwell at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs. Source

Twenty years after the tragic death of singer Aaliyah, her influence is still felt in pop culture, music and fashion. The new book “Baby GIrl: Better Known As Aaliyah,” published by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, which is owned by ViacomCBS, reveals a whole new side of the iconic artist. Author Kathy Iandoli joined CBSN to discuss the life and legacy of Aaliyah. Source

Vice News international correspondent and producer Ben C. Solomon was on the ground in Kandahar as the Taliban fought to gain control of Afghanistan. He joins “CBSN AM” to discuss what it was like as the country’s second largest city fell to militants and how Afghan military forces responded. Source

CBS News went inside Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where U.S. troops and local volunteers are working to process and care for around 8,000 Afghan refugees. Holy Williams reports. Source

The Pentagon is warning of possible terrorist threats from an Islamic State-affiliated group known as ISIS-K, targeting the crowds of Afghans and Americans waiting to evacuate Afghanistan. This coms as President Biden aims to meet his August 31 deadline to complete the withdrawal. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Oliva Gazis joins CBSN with the latest developments. Source

U.S. service members are working to process, house, feed and care for thousands of Afghan citizens who have arrived at an air base in Germany after evacuating from Kabul. CBSN News foreign correspondent Holly Williams takes us inside the base to learn more. Source

Stockwell is returning to represent Team USA, competing in the Paratriathlon in the Tokyo Paralympics this Friday. Her journey began 17 years ago. Source

Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Vietnam was briefly delayed after reports of “Havana Syndrome” cases, while Japan extended its state of emergency. German police are investigating an attempted murder by poisoning at a university. Ian Lee joined “CBSN AM” from London with more on these and other world headlines. Source