At 4:20 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont rolled out an ambitious new plan to legalize marijuana. If elected president, Sanders promised to issue an executive order that would remove cannabis from the federal controlled substances list. CBS News reporter Cara Korte, who covers the Sanders' campaign, joined CBSN for this edition of 2020 Daily Trail Markers.
President Trump and numerous Democratic presidential candidates will travel to South Carolina beginning Friday. Emma Dumain, a congressional reporter for McClatchy, and LaCrai Mitchell, a CBS News 2020 campaign reporter, join CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss the criminal justice reform forum the candidates are attending.
A statewide fire alert is in effect in California as strong winds and dry conditions have prompted the state's largest utility company to shut off power to thousands of residents. Jonathan Vigliotti has the latest on the ground in California. Then, weather producer David Parkinson joins CBSN with what to expect heading into the weekend.
Emily Borchardt is part of a class-action lawsuit against Austin law enforcement and other officials, claiming they failed in their duties to bring justice to female sexual assault victims. Attorney Jenny Ecklund said women felt "dismissed."
In a defense against prosecutors who want to subpoena the president's tax records, President Trump's lawyer William Consovoy said the president is immune from prosecution while in office. Legal analyst Kim Wehle joins CBSN to discuss.
Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan has dropped out of the Democratic presidential race. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" with more on that and other developments on the campaign trail.
Michael Biesecker, national investigative reporter for The Associated Press, joined CBSN to discuss his new reporting about how President Zelensky of Ukraine was concerned about being pressured to investigate the Bidens more than two months before his July 25th phone call with President Trump.
Republican Congressman Mark Meadows expressed how much his friendship across the aisle with the late Elijah Cummings meant to him. Cummings is lying in state in the U.S. Capitol.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was the first official to speak as longtime Congressman Elijah Cummings lay in state in the U.S. Capitol. She described him as the "North Star" who lived his life for others.
A black farmer sent to jail in what he calls a wrongful animal cruelty conviction is set to have a hearing next week. Michael Stovall will try to clear his name and also find out why the USDA denied him the same grant loans and other aid white farmers in similar financial situations received. Katti Gray, a fellow at the Fund for Investigative Journalism, looked into the injustices black farmers are facing and joined CBSN AM with her reporting.
Bruce Springsteen's latest album, "Western Stars," is headed to the big screen. The concert film was recorded at Springsteen's estate in New Jersey. "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King spoke to the music icon about starring in a western of his own.
Attack at Great Barrier Reef is latest in series at Whitsunday Islands, a renowned tourist destination
This week the winning pictures in the annual Nikon Small World photomicrography competition were announced.
Mo Rocca talks with historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, and with David Rubenstein, author of "The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians," about presidential leadership.
Can certain music make scary movies even scarier? David Pogue talks with horror movie composers Michael Abels ("Get Out," "Us") and Michelle DiBucci ("Wendigo"), and with neuroscientist Anthony Lacagnina, who studies the effect of music on the brain, to find out how the scores of such classics as "Psycho" and "The Shining" work their magic.
More Vietnamese families came forward Saturday with information that their relatives may be among the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck in England. The BBC's Lucy Williamson spoke with some Vietnamese in France who are willing to risk their lives to get to the U.K.
Sen. Bernie Sanders sat down with CBS News during a swing through Iowa aimed at ending corporate greed. Discussing the ultra-wealthy in the U.S., the 2020 candidate said: "Greed for some of these people has literally become a religion – 'I need more, more, more.' Like a drug addict."
Some deaths, dozens of injuries reported from 6.6 temblor in region of President Duterte's hometown
Authorities say Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, serving a life sentence, was released by mistake Friday
The animal, named Isaac, is the oldest ring-tailed lemur in captivity in North America
Alexander Vindman, who listened to the president's July 25 call, will tell lawmakers he "did not think it was proper" for Trump to encourage investigations
Meanwhile, the so-called "Getty Fire" threatened hundreds of homes near world-famous Getty Center in Los Angeles
Dozens of fires are burning across California. Evacuations and precautionary power outages are in effect as firefighters battle the blaze on opposite ends of the state. American Red Cross spokesperson Cynthia Shaw joins CBSN to describe the organization's relief efforts.
New fire breaks out in the hills north of Santa Monica; Secret Service agent with cancer goes the distance to find a cure
House to hold vote on impeachment proceedings; 2020 contenders rallying for support in Iowa