Haiti’s communications secretary says police have arrested the “presumed assassins.” Source

During a visit to Crystal Lake, Illinois, on Wednesday, President Biden pitched his plans to increase spending on “human infrastructure,” like child care and education. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, The Washington Post’s political correspondent Philip Bump, and Insider politics reporter Oma Seddiq join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” with more on why Mr. Biden appears to be focusing on districts where Democrats are vulnerable, and how the White House is preparing to respond to the recent spate of Russia-based cyberattacks. Source

President Biden traveled to Crystal Lake, Illinois, on Wednesday to promote how his “Build Back Better” agenda will help working American families. Top Democrats plan to use budget reconciliation to pass their infrastructure proposal, but Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says his party will put up a fight. Heather Boushey, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” to discuss how the Biden administration is responding. Source

Former President Trump is suing Google, Twitter and Facebook after he was blocked from social media platforms following the Capitol riot. He claims they are censoring conservative views and violating freedom of speech. Source

CBS New York chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn has more on where Elsa is heading next. Source

The operation is the largest marijuana eradication of illegal cultivations in the history of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, officials said. Source

Authorities in Southern California have seized more than 16 tons of marijuana worth an estimated $1.19 billion, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said Wednesday. The 10-day sting is the largest eradication of illegal marijuana cultivations in the history of the department. CBS Los Angeles has the details. Source

The intensity of the recent Pacific Northwest heat wave wasn’t just unusual — it would have been “virtually impossible without human-caused climate change,” according to a new study from the World Weather Attribution network. The study warns that “as warming continues, it will become a lot less rare.” CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with more. Source

As CBS News’ Nancy Chen reports, the Delta variant has become the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the U.S. Cases are already spiking in areas with low vaccination rates. Dr. Brittani James, a family medicine physician and co-founder of the Institute for Antiracism in Medicine, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with more. Source

Scientists say if Earth keeps warming on the current trajectory, heat waves of this magnitude will no longer be 1-in-1,000-year events — they will happen once every 5 to 10 years. Source