Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate is on track to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion budget resolution before leaving for the August recess. Source

Minor League Baseball has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic and now a bipartisan group of lawmakers is stepping up to the plate to help. Kris Van Cleave has gone to some of the towns that are pulling for the home team to survive. Source

A Hong Kong court is getting ready to hand down a sentence for the first person tried under the city’s controversial national security law. Ramy Inocencio joined “CBSN AM” to talk about the case. Source

States that cut jobless aid early aren’t recovering jobs any faster than those that kept the benefit, a study finds. Source

President Biden is touting the bipartisan infrastructure deal being advanced by the Senate as an indicator America can “do big things.” Senators voted to begin debating the $1 trillion spending package after months of negotiations. Jared Bernstein, who is on the White House Council of Economic Advisers, joined CBSN to discuss what this means for Mr. Biden’s agenda and the country, and he also discussed the latest GDP report. Source

A bipartisan group of senators pushed an infrastructure package forward, signaling hope it could soon become law. In a vote of 67-32, the lawmakers advanced the roughly $1 trillion proposal that contains $550 billion of new spending and aims to upgrade America’s roads, bridges, broadband, public transportation and more. Emily Cochrane, a reporter for the New York Times covering Congress, joined “CBSN AM” to discuss. Source

For more than 60 years the Alabama music landmark has hosted such artists as Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, The Rolling Stones and Demi Lovato. Source

The final season of the show will air next year, executive producer Carol Greenwald said. Source

Ventura, who won a Latin Grammy for best merengue album, was recognized for modernizing the Dominican style of music and dance.. Source

The White House is set to announce new vaccine mandates for millions of federal employees as COVID cases jump. Also, the Senate begins debate on a bipartisan infrastructure deal. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source