On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Lonnie Bunch, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how King "created a movement that revolutionized America" and what the civil rights icon might say about our society today.
Two weeks before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, he met a college choir group at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. It's a little-known story about the civil rights icon that had a lasting impact on the young singers. James Brown reports.
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A massive crack that's up to 50 feet deep suddenly opened up in the ground in Kenya's Great Rift Valley. It is already 65 feet wide in some places and growing. Debora Patta reports.
The Food and Drug Administration is ordering a Las Vegas company to recall all of its dietary supplements containing the ingredient kratom. It is linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak. Anna Werner reports.
Representatives from North and South Korea plan to meet Thursday to discuss their historic and upcoming summit. The White House is also moving forward with plans for President Trump to meet Kim Jong Un, but a time and place have not been announced. The New Yorker's Evan Osnos joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the upcoming summit as well as China's role in the geopolitics of the region.
Thousands are expected to gather in Memphis to remember the life and achievements of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was assassinated 50 years ago today, standing on a second floor balcony at the Lorraine Motel. James Brown reports.
Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly told President Trump's lawyers that he is not a criminal target in the Russia probe right now. But Mueller is still investigating Trump for potential obstruction of justice. Paula Reid reports.
Federal investigators are still examining the explosives recovered after last month's bombing spree in Austin, Texas. CBS News' Jeff Pegues got a look inside the secure site in Huntsville, Alabama, where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives works to prevent future attacks.
Some lawmakers in California want to make it the first state to significantly restrict when police officers can open fire. The proposed legislation is in direct response to last month's deadly police shooting of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man. Carter Evans reports.
A family battle is unfolding in New Hampshire over a $7 million inheritance. Nathan Carman appeared in court Tuesday representing himself after firing his attorneys. Carman's aunts believe he murdered his grandfather and his mother to receive the inheritance. Don Dahler reports.
A 39-year-old woman opened fire at YouTube's California headquarters on Tuesday, wounding three people with a handgun before apparently killing herself. John Blackstone reports from San Bruno, California.
The father of Nasim Aghdam, the 39-year-old woman who opened fire at YouTube's California headquarters, told CBS News his daughter was very upset with YouTube and he warned police. Mireya Villarreal reports.
President Trump says he wants to use the military to secure the border with Mexico until the U.S. can build a wall there. The president says he is discussing border security options with Defense Secretary James Mattis. Chip Reid reports.
China announced it's ready to tax another $50 billion worth of U.S. goods in retaliation for similar tariffs on Chinese goods that the White House revealed on Tuesday. Ben Tracy reports from Beijing, where the odds of a trade war just went up dramatically.
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The Prairie View A&M University a cappella choir sang for King at the Lorraine Motel, just two weeks before his assassination