Florida Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings announced her bid for U.S. Senate, and will face off against Republican Senator Marco Rubio. Demings has held her position since 2015 and is a former police chief of Orlando. Jim DeFede, an investigative reporter and host of “Facing South Florida” at CBS Miami, joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” to discuss the latest in the Sunshine State. Source

Unemployment claims dropped to a new pandemic low while job vacancies hit a record high. Omar Villafranca takes a look at how employers are struggling to fill those job openings. Source

The sun, Earth and moon aligned early Thursday for a “ring of fire” eclipse. See some of the spectacular photos. Source

A Labor Department report shows that consumer prices had the biggest 12-month gain since 2008. Carter Evans takes a look at why prices are rising. Source

President Biden is in the U.K., where he’s announcing a plan to donate 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to lower-income countries over the next year. CBS News’ Skyler Henry has more on the president’s first trip overseas since taking office, and CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins CBSN to discuss what comes next. Source

President Biden is meeting with British Pime Minister Boris Johnson today as he begins his first foreign trip since taking office. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN AM to talk about the trip. Source

The Florida Democrat made her Senate bid official Wednesday with a campaign announcement video. Source

President Biden announced that the U.S. will give 500 million COVID-19 doses to nearly 100 countries to “supercharge” the fight against the pandemic. Nancy Cordes has the latest. Source

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty in federal court to helping her husband run his drug empire. Emma Coronel Aispuro faces life in prison. Source

Actor Ernie Lively, who starred alongside his daughter Blake Lively in the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” has died. He was 74. He died in Los Angeles on Thursday of cardiac complications. CBSN Los Angeles reports. Source