Archives: 2018

How to make a difference this Giving Tuesday

If you’ve already had enough of the the materialistic side of the holiday season, Giving Tuesday is the perfect day to make a difference. Gail McGovern, president of the Red Cross, joins CBSN to talk more about ways you can help others this holiday season. Categories: National, US & World News

“If Beale Street Could Talk”: Barry Jenkins uses relationships as “vehicle for empathy”

“Moonlight” director and writer Barry Jenkins is out with a new film based on the James Baldwin novel, “If Beale Street Could Talk.” The film is about a young black couple in New York City in the 1970s whose families come together to fight the man’s wrongful imprisonment amid a big surprise. Jenkins joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss how…

Sen. Bernie Sanders says Trump is on “wrong side of history” for immigration

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is urging Democrats to address immigration when they take control of the House next year. Sanders is pushing a bold agenda that includes protecting DACA recipients and comprehensive immigration reform. Sanders, who’s out with a new book, “Where We Go from Here: Two Years in the Resistance,” joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss immigration and new…

NASA’s InSight Lander set to land on Mars Monday

NASA could make history Monday if its latest Mars lander successfully touches down on the red planet. For the first time, scientists will study not just the planet’s surface but also its core. The InSight Lander is set to land just before 3 p.m. ET after traveling almost 300 million miles. Jamie Yuccas reports. Categories: National, US & World News

Family of black man killed by Alabama police at mall demands answers

The family of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., a black man killed by police at an Alabama mall on Thanksgiving, says he was wrongfully shot. They want the release of all video from that night. Police killed Bradford after two people were wounded in a shooting at the mall. Mark Strassmann spoke to the family who are demanding an apology. Categories:…

Soybean farmer says climate change is to blame for bad harvest

A new government report says man-made climate change is already wreaking havoc on the U.S., and it will only get worse in the coming decades. The report from 13 federal agencies warns of more destructive wildfires, longer heat waves, and more powerful Atlantic hurricanes. Tony Dokoupil reports from an Indiana farm struggling with the effects. Categories: National, US & World…

U.S. border crossing reopens after tense clashes with migrants

The busiest U.S. border crossing is open again after a confrontation forced it to close temporarily Sunday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection patrol agents fired tear gas at hundreds of people, including women and children, after some of them tried to force their way across the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. Mireya Villarreal reports. Categories: National, US &…

Chinese researcher claims he helped make first gene-edited babies

A Chinese researcher has created an international controversy over science and ethics after claiming he helped make the world’s first genetically-edited babies. According to the AP, the researcher altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments. One resulted in the birth of twin girls. The claims have not been independently verified or published in any medical journals where they could…

Trump says migrants at border “are NOT coming into the U.S.A.”

Before the midterm elections, the migrant caravan was far away from Mexico. Now it is near the California border and President Trump faces difficult policy questions. Does he try to shut down the border, or does he try to persuade Mexico to allow the migrants to stay in Tijuana as they await asylum processing? Major Garrett reports. Categories: National, US…