President-elect Joe Biden's chief of staff has laid out the ambitious agenda for Mr. Biden's first days in office, which includes undoing some of President Trump's most controversial policies. Weijia Jiang reports.
President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in on Wednesday, but until then, the nation remains on edge. State capitols across the country are preparing for the possibility of more extremist attacks. David Begnaud has the latest.
Here's a look at the top stories making headlines on the "CBS Weekend News" with Jericka Duncan.
Officials in Washington D.C. are taking unprecedented security measures ahead of Inauguration Day as intelligence agencies monitor threats from domestic extremists. Retired United States Marine Colonel and former Department of Homeland Security press secretary David Lapan joins CBSN's Lana Zak with his assessment of the security threats facing the nation.
Bill Whitaker speaks with one of the three law enforcement officials who resigned in the wake of the attack on the Capitol, and reports on the threat behind what one expert says, "may have been the most predictable terrorist incident in modern American history."
In a visible show of force thousands of armed National Guard troops are stationed in the nation's capital.
Bill Whitaker speaks with one of the three law enforcement officials who resigned in the wake of the attack on the Capitol, and reports on the threat behind what one expert says "may have been the most predictable terrorist incident in modern American history."
Washington Football Team Quarterback Alex Smith was fighting for his leg and his life in November 2018 after he suffered a gruesome on field injury. Following thousands of hours of rehab and help from the US Military, he defied expectations to make a return to the NFL, in one of the greatest sports comebacks ever.
President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated in the same spot where insurrectionists waged an assault on the U.S. Capitol just weeks before. Scott Pelley reports on how officials are ensuring the inauguration will be safe.
60 Minutes speaks with Washington QB Alex Smith on his first season back on the NFL gridiron.
The inauguration security operation is led by Secret Service and includes law enforcement officers from local, state, and federal agencies.
Washington Football Team Quarterback Alex Smith was fighting for his leg and his life in November 2018 after he suffered a gruesome on field injury. Following thousands of hours of rehab and help from the U.S. Military, he defied expectations to make a return to the NFL, in one of the greatest sports comebacks ever. Norah O'Donnell reports.
Security measures put in place for Wednesday’s Biden-Harris Inauguration may make Washington resemble a city which belongs in another country.
DHS Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli outlines the rules of engagement for National Guard troops deployed in the Capital.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel tells 60 Minutes how her state is taking precautions in Lansing.
Local leaders in the Black community are encouraging Black Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine. Freeman Hrabowski, III, Ph.D, president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, explains to CBSN why he and his wife entered the Moderna vaccine trial last fall.
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny returned to Moscow on Sunday for the first time since he was poisoned this summer by a Soviet-era nerve agent. He was immediately taken into custody.
Phil Spector, the famed music producer who was convicted of murder in 2009, has died, California prison officials said Sunday. He was 81.
This is the first time he has returned to Moscow since he was poisoned by a Soviet-era nerve agent over the summer.
