Over the weekend President Biden issued a statement walking back his comments after he told reporters on Thursday that he would not sign an infrastructure deal without a separate larger bill to address other Democratic priorities, like child care and climate change. CBS News political reporter Grace Segers and CBSN political contributor and White House reporter for The Associated Press Zeke Miller join CBSN’s Lana Zak with more on the future of the bill and how the White House is trying to ease concerns about inflation. Source
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Federal agency investigating Florida building collapse
Experts from a little-known federal agency are in Florida looking at the massive building collapse in Surfside. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is trying to determine whether a full-blown investigation is needed. Structural engineer Kit Miyamoto joins Lana Zak on CBSN to discuss the costly structural damage. Source
Multiple states hit with record high heat
The heat wave baking the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada, is of an intensity never recorded by modern humans. By one measure it is more rare than a once in a 1,000 year event — which means that if you could live in this particular spot for 1,000 years, you’d likely only experience a heat dome like this once, if ever. CBS meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with more. Source
Arkansas governor says final FDA approval of COVID-19 vaccine would help fight hesitancy
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson says some of his constituents are reluctant to get vaccinated while the vaccines are only approved for emergency use. Source
Full transcript of “Face the Nation” on June 27, 2021
On this “Face the Nation” broadcast, Senator Marco Rubio and Cedric Richmond sat down with John Dickerson Source
Gottlieb warns of “very dense outbreaks” in parts of U.S. as variant spreads
“It’s going to be hyper-regionalized, where there are certain pockets of the country [where] we can have very dense outbreaks,” Gottlieb said. Source
Pacific Northwest bakes under once in a millennium heat dome
The heat is being caused by a combination of a significant atmospheric blocking pattern on top of a human-caused climate changed world. Source
Relocating a Frank Lloyd Wright house
Polymath Park, in southwest Pennsylvania, offers visitors not only a unique opportunity to tour houses designed or inspired by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, but also a chance to spend a night in one. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with the park’s proprietors, and with a Minnesota couple whose Wright-designed home was rescued by relocating it, piece by piece, to Pennsylvania. Source
Rubio says first responders “desperately working” to find survivors in Florida building collapse
Florida Senator Marco Rubio says that the search-and-rescue efforts have been a “tremendous response.” Source
Arkansas governor says final approval of COVID-19 vaccine would help fight hesitancy
The three COVID-19 vaccines being administered in the U.S. received emergency use authorizations from the FDA. Source