Famed pitmaster Rodney Scott is already the recipient of the prestigious James Beard Award. This year he was announced as an inductee into the Barbecue Hall of Fame, and he’s just out with a new book, “Rodney Scott’s World of Barbecue.” He’s got a restaurant in Birmingham, just opened one in Atlanta, and Jamie Wax caught up with him at the place where it all began. Source

Hurricane Elsa is threatening rescue and recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed apartment tower in Surfside, Florida. Meanwhile, teams on Saturday continued their search for a tenth day, and as another apartment tower was evacuated over concerns. Omar Villafranca reports. Source

The new thriller “Falling” is written by T.J. Newman, a former flight attendant who worked on the story while flying at 35,000 feet, and it’s all the more impressive because of the struggles Newman dealt with trying to get “Falling” published. Jeff Glor has the details. Source

Extreme heat is broiling a large part of the nation this holiday weekend, and rough weather could later strike parts of the South. Hurricane Elsa is rapidly moving toward Jamaica after battering Barbados and other places in the eastern Caribbean. It could turn to the U.S. Southeast by Tuesday. Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli is tracking the nation’s weather. Source

Beginning in the 1950s, women serving in the U.S. military could face immediate discharge, not for any misconduct but because they’d become pregnant or had recently given birth. That policy changed in the 1970s, but it’s only in recent years that pregnant women and young mothers have been welcomed and accommodated in America’s armed forces. Natalie Brand has the story. Source

What it means to be an amateur college athlete is changing, and in a big way. A Supreme Court ruling last month pushed the NCAA to lift many restrictions on athletes earning money from their name and image, but like a jump ball, what that means for the future of college athletics, and for the athletes themselves, is still up in the air. Michelle Miller has the details. Source

The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s first novel is an expansion of his 2019 film, a tale of a fading star wading through a turbulent period of change in the movie and TV industry in 1969. Source

The nation added a better-than-expected 850,000 jobs in June, though the overall unemployment rate edged up slightly to 5.9%. CBS News Senior Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to talk about the jobs numbers and the ongoing economic recovery. Source

While the jobs report provided another sign of the administration’s push to revitalize the economy, President Biden is coming up short of his goal to have 70% of American adults vaccinated by the Fourth of July. So far, 67% of adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Christina Ruffini reports. Source

Americans are hitting the road with renewed urgency this Fourth of July weekend. More than 43 million people are expected to take some kind of road trip, despite sky-high gasoline prices, as COVID restrictions are lifted. 3.5 million others are expected to catch a flight. Elise Preston has the details. Source