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Chief of Cherokee Nation on infrastructure bill

President Biden spoke with local leaders Wednesday to help promote the Senate-passed infrastructure bill. Chuck Hoskin, Jr., chief of the Cherokee Nation, was one of those leaders at the virtual roundtable. Hoskin joined "CBSN AM" from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to discuss what the infrastructure investment would mean for his community, as well as the latest on coronavirus pandemic and a new probe looking into Indian boarding school sites.

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COVID cases in kids rise as some schools impose mask mandates

The risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools high due to the Delta variant, even if adults are fully vaccinated, according to a new CDC-funded study. As CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports, those findings come as several school districts in Florida and Texas defy impose mask mandates despite state orders. Then, Dr. Payal Patel, an infectious diseases physician at the University of Michigan Medical School, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with her analysis.

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