In our continuing series, Ideas That Matter, we are looking at the declining birth rate in America. The CDC says the rate is at its lowest level in 32 years. New York Times contributing Op-Ed writer, Wajahat Ali, made his case for having kids in a recent TED Talk that has been viewed more than a million times. He joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss why fewer people in the U.S. are having children and the dangers of underpopulation. Source

The 2019 CMT Awards will be live from Nashville, hosted by Little Big Town Source

Award-winning actress Marcia Cross is perhaps best known for her role as the perfect homemaker on the TV series, “Desperate Housewives.” She was diagnosed with anal cancer about a year-and-a-half ago. After Cross completed radiation and chemotherapy, she reached out to CBS News medical contributor Dr. Jon LaPook to share her story. Source

SZA wasn’t the only celebrity who had a bad experience with Sephora – Leslie Jones also tweeted about the company, too Source

Federal judges are wrestling with a case claiming young people will take the brunt of climate change’s impact Source

“Mostly I want to talk about it because I know there are people who are ashamed” Source

For the first time in the U.S., some schools could start using facial recognition technology for security. Despite privacy and civil rights concerns, Lockport Public Schools in western New York started testing it this week. It’s part of a larger trend around the country. Carter Evans reports. Source

A former prosecutor at the center of New York’s notorious Central Park Five rape case faces strong backlash, after the release of a hard-hitting Netflix series. Linda Fairstein stepped down from the boards of a college and a non-profit charity. She was the top Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor when five teenagers were wrongfully convicted following the 1989 attack on a female jogger. Michelle Miller reports. Source

A North Carolina man has a massive new fortune thanks to a cookie. Charles Jackson is the winner of the more than $344 million Powerball jackpot – the largest lottery prize in North Carolina history. The 66-year-old opted for the $233 million lump sum. The retiree said he’s been playing numbers from a fortune cookie. Source

A rundown of every digit — and the best players currently wearing them Source