The mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone announced the appointment of Africa’s first Chief Heat Officer as part of an initiative to not only raise awareness of the health and economic impacts of extreme heat, but also to help find sustainable solutions. Freetown’s Chief Heat Officer Eugenia Kargbo and Kathy Baughman McLeod, director of the Arst-Rock Resilience Center, which is behind the project, join “CBSN AM” to discuss. Source

Democratic lawmakers are trying to compromise on a spending plan that they believe will be able to pass both the House and Senate. CBS News Chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes explains the growing concerns about the specifics of the bill and the fight that could be brewing. Source

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will review the Food and Drug Administrations’s decision to approve booster shots for the Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines, which would allow more than 15 million Americans to get a booster shot. Dr. Dan Barouch, a physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and director at the Center For Virology and Vaccine Research who helped develop the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, joins CBSN to discuss mixing and matching doses. Source

Spanx founder Sara Blakely announced Wednesday that global investment firm Blackstone agreed to buy a majority stake in the pioneering shapewear company. Blakely, who has always owned 100% of the business she founded 21 years ago, joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss why now was the right time to sell and what her new role will be as executive chairwoman. Source

Actor Colton Haynes thanked protesters for the “marathon that you’re having to run just to ensure that there’s a safe workplace, and safe content and safe speech.” Source

A solar storm and chopped wood proved that Vikings were present in Newfoundland, Canada in 1021 AD. Source

Preview: In their first interview together for “CBS Sunday Morning” and “CBS Mornings,” the former president and the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter discuss their podcast and book, “Renegades: Born in the USA.” Source

Former Governor Terry McAuliffe is hoping to get a big boost in the close Virginia governor’s race when Vice President Kamala Harris heads to the state Thursday, and former President Barack Obama is slated to go to Virginia this weekend. Julia Manchester, a reporter for The Hill, joins “CBSN AM” with the latest on the race. Source

Mohamed Noor’s murder conviction in the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond was overturned earlier this year. Source

CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joined “Red and Blue” to discuss the latest in Afghanistan, and U.S. policies surrounding Americans still in the country. Source