This Morning from CBS News, Jan. 13, 2017
Replace... with what?
As Republican lawmakers gear up to repeal Obamacare, they will have to contend with not one, but two elephants in the legislature: soaring medical expenses in the U.S. and the actuarial limits of insurance. The upshot: Abolishing the Affordable Care Act is fairly easy, but replacing it with a comparable health insurance program is likely to prove far trickier.
Pentagon view
Outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter has been openly critical of what he says are Russian efforts to sow seeds of global instability. Carter, who has worked at the Department of Defense for more than two decades, speaks to CBS News about the effects of Russian interference in the U.S. election process.
High hopes
U.S. stocks have entered record terrain on investor forecasts that Donald Trump can rev up America’s slow-growing economy. As usual, however, the devil is in the details. We look at three key priorities for the incoming administration, and consider their potential economic impact.
Brotherhood
The bond between President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden is on display in the closing days of their time in office. The president called Biden his “brother” during an emotional White House ceremony, surprising him with the nation’s highest civilian honor. We look at how the relationship evolved.
“Do some good”
Amid the landscape of red Midwestern states and aging pool of Democratic politicians, Pete Buttigieg sticks out. The 34-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is trying out his appeal to national Democrats, tossing his name into the race for DNC chair last week. It was not something he says he had thought about before the 2016 presidential election.
Second attempt
SpaceX faces a crucial test tomorrow with its first launch since a rocket exploded last September on a Florida Launchpad. Only on “CBS This Morning,” SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell talks about how her company is looking toward the future.
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U.S.
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Historic Alabama civil rights district declared national monument
World
Russia, China reportedly agree “countermeasures” to U.S. defense plan
Cafe reopens 6 months after militants killed 20 hostages
Why 3 lions were most likely decapitated in South Africa
Politics
Paul Ryan says Trump’s mass deportations “not happening”
New details on how the Trump intelligence story came to light
Joe Biden on the alleged Trump-Russia ties
Obama scrapping “wet foot, dry foot” policy for Cuban migrants
Business
Making America’s risk of a financial crisis great again?
The 10 hottest real estate markets in 2017
Health
Obamacare users await replacement with hope, and dread
Science and tech
Photos show how Alaska volcano’s eruptions have changed island
Entertainment
“Lion” director Garth Davis talks finding young star Sunny Pawar
