Rising Delta variant threatens unvaccinated Americans; Car buyers face nationwide vehicle shortage Source

Democrats reach price tag for broader infrastructure bill; Washington Monument reopens for visitors Source

Sherman, 33, was booked in a Seattle jail and is suspected of crashing his vehicle earlier in the night. Source

President Biden on Wednesday met with Senate Democrats to discuss a massive $3.5 trillion spending bill. CBS News congressional correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more on the meeting. The Washington Post congressional editor Dave Clarke joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss what it will take to get the bill passed. Source

The dozens of fires burning in the West are taking a toll on the firefighters battling them. Lilia Luciano has more. Source

Police released 911 calls from the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, three weeks after the disaster. Manuel Bojorquez shares more. Warning: Some may find this footage disturbing. Source

The FBI made a series of critical errors in its handling of sexual abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who sexually abused female athletes for years, the Department of Justice’s inspector general said in a scathing report released Wednesday. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook reports. Source

The report said more athletes were abused by Nassar after the FBI became aware of the allegations. Source

A Los Angeles judge awarded Britney Spears the right to choose her own attorney to represent her in her conservatorship case. The 39-year-old pop singer continues to fight to regain control of her personal life and $60 million estate from her father, Jamie Spears. Carolyn Reinach Wolf, an executive partner and director of mental health law for the firm of Abrams Fensterman, joined CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss where Spears’ case now stands. Source

Preliminary data from the CDC shows drug overdose deaths skyrocketed to a record 93,000 in 2020. That’s a nearly 30% increase from the previous year. CBS News’ Jeff Pegues explains what fueled this spike. Then Joe Schrank, program director of the Heavenly Center, joined CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss how cannabis can be a crucial tool in fighting the opioid epidemic. Source