An African American museum in Charleston is finally being built
The museum aims to tell a crucial part of the city's history: it was once the largest port of entry for enslaved people into the United States.
The museum aims to tell a crucial part of the city's history: it was once the largest port of entry for enslaved people into the United States.
The future International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, aims to tell a crucial part of the city's history — it was once the largest port of entry for enslaved people into the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced onto ships and brought to Charleston to be sold. The museum is being built on the spot where many of those enslaved people first stepped on shore. The city held a ground-breaking for the $100-million museum a few weeks ago. Jeff Glor reports.
President Trump signed the biggest retirement bill in decades into law on Friday. The Secure Act was a bipartisan effort to help Americans prepare for retirement by raising the age you have to start withdrawing from retirement accounts, among other changes. Yahoo! Finance reporter Sibile Marcellus joins "CBS This Morning Saturday" to discuss.
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Retailers will likely ring up record sales on the last Saturday of the holiday shopping season. With a surge in last-minute gift buyers, Saturday is expected to be the biggest shopping day of the year, even surpassing Black Friday. The National Retail Federation says holiday shoppers will spend $730 billion this holiday season, which is about 4% more than last year. Tom Hanson reports on the mad dash to snag the perfect gift.
As President Trump flew to south Florida Friday, he signed a series of spending bills that will keep the government running and avoid a repeat of last year's shutdown. The measures authorize $1.4 trillion in federal spending. The legislation increases federal worker's pay by an average of about 3%. It also authorizes $1.4 billion for security at the U.S.-Mexico border. That's less than the $6 billion the president demanded last year during the shutdown battle.
One massive cruise ship slammed into another, and nearly hit a third on Friday. The terrifying scene unfolded when one ship was docking at the popular Mexican resort island of Cozumel. Incidents like these have happened before, Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have failed to agree on witnesses and procedures for a Senate impeachment trial. Washington Post national correspondent Philip Bump joins “CBS This Morning Saturday” to discuss this stalemate, the next steps in the process and more political news.
The wife of an American official now formally charged in the death of a British teenager is refusing to return to Britain to face trial. Anne Sacoolas fled after she was accused of causing a crash that killed 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry Dunn. Imtiaz Tyab spoke with the victim's family.
It’s now the Republicans move in the impeachment stalemate in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met with Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, but says they are still at an impasse on how to proceed with an impeachment trial expected next month. Congress is out for the holiday recess, and the president is in Florida for the next two weeks. Chip Reid reports.
The travel rush is on, as a record number of Americans take to the roads, skies, and rails for the holidays. Also, President Trump heads to Florida for the holidays, leaving his impeachment headaches in the Capitol where Democrats and Republicans are locked in a standoff over the senate trial. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds.
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The city of Baltimore will be monitored by surveillance airplanes for up to six months next year under a pilot program announced Friday. The pilot program, announced by Police Commissioner Michael Harrison during a press conference Friday, is aimed at helping law enforcement investigate violent crime. Mike Hellgren, a reporter for CBS Baltimore affiliate WJZ, reports.
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A powerful Pacific jet stream will create what's called an "atmospheric river," which will flood the U.S. with balmy air as well as some extreme weather over the next week. That includes a pseudo-subtropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico and up to a foot of rain for some in the Pacific Northwest. CBS News climate and weather contributor Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN with the latest.
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