The Olympics host city of Tokyo reported over 5,000 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, its highest daily increase since the pandemic began. At the Games, the U.S. women’s soccer team beat Australia in the bronze-medal match, and Simone Biles thanked a Japanese gym for letting her secretly train there while she attempted to regain her Olympic form. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas joined “CBSN AM” from Tokyo to discuss. Source

Senior Writer and Editor Jim Wyatt tackles questions from fans after seven practices so far in camp. Source

Only on “CBS This Morning,” NFL star Rob Gronkowski of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers surprises Alabama football player Ga’Quincy “Kool-Aid” McKinstry with a “USA Today High School Sports Award”. Source

CBS News’ senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy talked to EPA Administrator Michael Regan about the new efforts to fight climate change. Source

The August 4, 2020 explosion at a Beirut port killed more than 200 people and destroyed swathes of the capital in one of the world’s largest non-nuclear blasts. CBS correspondent Imtiaz Tyab follows up with victims who are still traumatized by the event itself and the lack of answers over a year in which the country fell into economic ruin. Source

Firefighters are battling wildfires in California that are exploding in size. The Dixie Fire is now the eighth largest wildfire in California’s history. Jonathan Vigliotti shows us the fast-moving blazes burning hundreds of thousands of acres. Source

Pio Imperati took a chance on new hairstylist Kathy Moura, and fifteen years later, Imperati tells Nikki Battiste why he’s giving Moura another opportunity of a lifetime. Imperati built his Connecticut business from scratch, and after nearly 50 years of success, he is selling it all and bringing new meaning to the value of a dollar. Source

The FBI said it’s seeing a huge spike in internet scams over the last year, with over $4 billion lost in a range of scams. Anna Werner visited Maine to share a warning from a business that became the target of a sophisticated spoofed website scam. Source

Four district attorneys have opened their own investigations into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo after his state’s Attorney General released a scathing report this week alleging he sexually harassed 11 women. The governor could also face civil lawsuits, with the attorney for the very first accuser to come forward, Lindsey Boylan, telling Jericka Duncan her client plans to sue for retaliation. Source

Florida just set a new record for COVID hospitalizations, with 135 of those being children, the highest ever. Governor DeSantis is now blaming immigration for the spread of COVID. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez spoke to locals and medical experts about what’s truly driving the spike in cases. Source