Andy Rooney says he’d rather be an insurance salesman than a politician — and he’d hate to be an insurance salesman. Source

“Only on the Web:” Former CIA agent Tyler Drumheller was warned by German authorities that the Iraqi intelligence source known as Curve Ball might not be credible. Source

Afghan president Hamid Karzai demands that the U.S. military curtail its use of air strikes against insurgents in his country because they are killing too many civilians. Scott Pelley reports. Source

Death row inmate Greg Thompson, whose lawyers say is mentally ill, tells Lara Logan about his daily medication dosage and why he needs to take it. Source

Global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West, according to one of the world’s leading fire ecologists. Scott Pelley reports. Source

Bob Simon tells the story of the Iraqi defector known as “Curve Ball,” whose fabricated story of mobile biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq. Source

Plumpynut is cheap, nutritious and needs no refrigeration. It is saving starving children in the developing world and could save more … if there were more of it. CNN’s Anderson Cooper reports. Source

“Sarko the American” is what the French are calling their new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been siding with the U.S. on policy. Lesley Stahl profiles the energetic, sometimes volatile leader. Source

“CBS This Morning” lead national correspondent David Begnaud visited New Orleans, a COVID-19 hotspot where kids are making up a large number of cases. Dr. Ron Elfenbein, the medical director and owner of First Call Medical Center, joined CBSN to discuss the importance of wearing masks and getting vaccinated as the Delta variant spreads. Source

The Cuban regime is cracking down on protesters exercising speech in Cuba. Source