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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.
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."
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.
With hits like "Celebration," Jungle Boogie," and "Ladies's Night," the funk, pop and soul band Kool & the Gang has been making music for the last five decades. Robert "Kool" Bell, the band's co-founder and leader, joins CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan to discuss Kool & the Gang's new single, "Pursuit of Happiness," and their upcoming album, "Perfect Union." Bell shares how the loss of his younger brother, and co-founder of band, Ronald Khalis Bayyan Bell has impacted him and the group. Plus, hear how Bell knew instantly that "Celebration" was going to be a hit.
As pro-Trump protestors stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, U.S. Representative Troy Nehls stood shoulder to shoulder with Capitol Police as the violent mob attempted to breach the House Chamber. Congressman Nehls (R-TX) tells CBS News national correspondent Chip Reid that his instinct was to negotiate with the intruders as police drew their guns.
The Pentagon's technology research agency, DARPA, has been responsible for some of the greatest technological advances over the last 60 years like the internet and GPS. Now hear how DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was responsible for the early investments in the technology that allowed Moderna and Pfizer to create coronavirus vaccines in record time. The agency's former director, Dr. Regina E. Dugan, tells CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas how one scientist's curiosity led to the idea and what made her greenlight the project a decade ago. Dugan, the current CEO of Wellcome Leap, explains how revolutionary the mRNA vaccine technology is and what scientific advances may be next.
Tony Award-winning actor André De Shields joined CBS This Morning national correspondent Jericka Duncan to discuss starring in the recent virtual production of "Ratatouille: The Musical." Originally created by TikTok users during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the virtual Broadway performance has raised over $1 million for the Actors Fund, an organization helping people in the entertainment industry who are currently suffering from theaters being closed since March 2020 because of the pandemic.
A mother-daughter duo is donating books to raise awareness of mental health. Sonja Wasden and her daughter Rachael Siddoway co-wrote "An Impossible Life," which details Wasden's struggles with bipolar disorder and how it affected her family and friends. Speaking with CBS News senior medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula before the coronavirus pandemic, the pair discuss why they felt it was important to share their story and travel across the country donating the book to libraries.
The fight for social justice has breathed new life into community efforts across the country to preserve historic black cemeteries. CBS News producer Rodney Hawkins tells "CBS This Morning Saturday" co-host Michelle Miller about embarking on his own journey to reclaim his family's burial site and tell the forgotten stories of generations past.
President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Dr. Michael Lomax, joins "CBS This Morning Saturday" co-host Michelle Miller to discuss the history and importance of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Dr. Lomax explains how they've been important to the black experience over the last century and half. He explains the role they've played in helping to build the Black middle class and why even after integration - HBCUs are still necessary.
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