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1/20: America is on the verge of a historic transfer of power, with an inauguration like no other. Jan 20, 2021

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By noon today, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. The President-elect will start this morning by attending mass at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle. Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy will join him at the service. A long list of pardons was among President Trump's final acts in office overnight. One of his former top advisers, Steve Bannon, is included. The new president will take his oath in a city under lockdown. No one is allowed on the National Mall, and the U.S. Capitol itself is surrounded by thousands of National Guard troops. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is co-chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, she joins us from Washington.

1/19: President-elect Joe Biden is getting ready to set a new course for the nation. President Trump's final day in the White House. Jan 19, 2021

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More than 20,000 National Guard troops are patrolling a tightly controlled security zone in the nation's capital ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. President-elect Biden spent part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day volunteering at a food bank in Philadelphia. He's already got a packed agenda for his first day in office tomorrow, as he inherits leadership of a nation in crisis. Sources at the White House tell CBS News that President Trump may issue up to 100 pardons and commutations today. The reported coronavirus death toll has reached 399,000 in the U.S., and is almost certain to pass 400,000 later today. We're joined by Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University's school of public health.

Kamala Harris: Her Life from the Daughter of Immigrants to the 45th Vice President Jan 18, 2021

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As U.S. Senator Kamala Harris prepares to be sworn in as Vice President on January 20th, CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers discusses her life and career with biographer Dan Morain, author of "Kamala's Way: An American Life." Morain shares Harris' key inspirations that helped the Howard University graduate ascend from a prosecutor in Oakland, California to the first female, first Black and first South Asian-American Vice President of the United States.

1/18: All 50 states are also on high alert ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Biden has ambitious plans for first days in office from coronavirus to the economy. Jan 18, 2021

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Washington, D.C. and many state capitols are on high alert, just two days before the inauguration. It looks like a military zone near the capitol, with tall fencing and up to 25,000 national guard troops expected by Wednesday. We're learning new details about what President-elect Joe Biden plans to do, in his first days in office. They include rolling back some of President Trump's best-known policies. In the fight to stop the coronavirus, cities and states are opening more mass vaccination sites, including this one at Dodger stadium in Los Angeles. And, President Putin’s strongest critic, Alexei Navalny, is in custody, after returning to Russia.

The White Supremacist Insurrection of 1898 Jan 17, 2021

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Zucchino details how an angry mob of white supremacist overthrew the local multi-racial government of Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898. He tells CBS This Morning Saturday co-host Michelle Miller how the riot, helped by a campaign of misinformation, had a lasting impact on the community. Zucchino tells of the much forgotten insurrection in his book 'Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy."

1/15: Massive show of force in the nation's capital, amid an unprecedented threat of violence. President-elect Biden proposes nearly $2 trillion in new COVID-crisis relief. Jan 15, 2021

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Police from across the country are joining more than 20,000 national guard troops to protect our nation's capital, while the FBI tracks suspects from last week's deadly assault on Congress. Last night, the president-elect unveiled a plan to spend nearly $2 trillion on new programs to roll back the economic damage from the pandemic. CBS News has confirmed that due to security concerns, Joe Biden has canceled plans to ride an Amtrak train to Washington for his inauguration. The US suffers the deadliest week of the pandemic so far, and many Americans who should have a vaccine can't get one. And, outrage grows over the police killing of an unarmed man in Texas who his family says was having a mental health crisis.

Behind Facebook's Transformation of Instagram Jan 14, 2021

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Business journalist and author of "No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram" Sarah Frier shares the story behind Facebook's purchase of the photo sharing social media app Instagram and how the cultures of the two companies clashed. Frier, a Bloomberg News reporter, explains what was the initial appeal of Instagram to users and the Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg - who purchased the platform for $1 billion in 2012. Talking to CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett, Frier details how the relationship between Instagram's founders, Kevin Systrom and Michel Krieger, and Zuckerberg soured after the social media platforms accelerated growth with stories. Plus, as the FTC reexamines the idea of what defines a monopoly, Frier explains what this could mean for Facebook's purchase of Instagram.

NOTE: This conversation was recorded before the Assault on Capitol Hill took place on January 6th, 2021.

1/14: President Trump is impeached again, this time with some House Republicans voting yes. Jan 14, 2021

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Less than a week before President Trump leaves office, he has earned the distinction of being the only president who has been impeached twice. Ten Republicans broke ranks, joining all the Democrats to vote yes. No House Republicans voted to impeach the president last time. The president responded to the House vote with a five-minute video that did not mention impeachment. Again, he took no responsibility for last week's assault on the Capitol by thousands of his supporters, but he told them not to do it again. The FBI is warning police across the country about possible attacks on state capitols ahead of Inauguration Day. The CDC says more than 10 million Americans have been vaccinated, with more than a million shots administered yesterday. The pace of COVID vaccinations is accelerating, but that's far below the roughly two million daily injections recommended by experts.

1/13: The House will vote to impeach Pres Trump for a second time. A major new effort to speed up vaccinations. Jan 13, 2021

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The House is meeting right now to determine if President Trump will become the first president to be impeached twice, this time on a charge of inciting an insurrection. We're learning that law enforcement did receive a warning about last week's deadly attack on the Capitol. The FBI now says the day before the riot, a field office in Virginia warned of "war" at the Capitol. Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger says he will vote to impeach the president, he joins us to discuss. We have breaking news overnight from Indiana, where federal prison officials executed a woman for the first time in 67 years. The Trump administration is releasing all coronavirus vaccine doses in the U.S. to help treat the maximum number of Americans. More than 4,300 Americans died from coronavirus yesterday, a new single day record.

1/12: The FBI issues warnings in all 50 states of armed Trump supporters. Democrats push for an impeachment vote. Jan 12, 2021

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The violent attack on the Capitol Wednesday drew radicalized supporters of President Trump from all over the country. Now the FBI is warning about what it calls "armed protests" planned for all 50 states before President-elect Biden's inauguration. Two Capitol police officers have been suspended for their actions during last week's assault. The president spoke with Vice President Pence for the first time since the attack. At least two Democratic members of Congress have tested positive for COVID after Wednesday's siege. With coronavirus infection rates exploding across the U.S., experts are pushing state and local leaders to vaccinate more people faster.

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