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NYC activists protest Amazon expansion

Representatives for Amazon were in New York Wednesday for more than three hours of grilling by the City Council about the secret deal for its proposed Long Island City campus. J. David Goodman, a City Hall reporter for The New York Times, speaks to CBSN's "Red & Blue" about the controversy.

Kushner under consideration for chief of staff

President Trump has a new candidate for his chief of staff: son-in-law Jared Kushner, currently a senior adviser at the White House. Kushner met with the president Wednesday about the position, according to a source familiar with the process.

Report: Adults claiming migrant kids arrested

A new report shows that undocumented adults coming forward to take in immigrant children in custody are being arrested even without criminal records. The San Francisco Chronicle's Tal Kopan explains how the policy has changed from that of the Obama administration.

Senate votes to pull out of Yemen

The Senate voted to withdraw U.S. aid from the Saudi-led war in Yemen, despite President Trump's support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Zeke Miller, CBSN political contributor and White House reporter for the AP joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss the vote.

ACA enrollment numbers down from last year

Ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says health care sign-ups are down compared to a year ago. Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to explain why that may by the case.

CBSN Originals — presented by Pfizer

North Korea: The art of surviving sanctions

Behind the Kim regime's scramble to stay afloat through cultural means

Burmese Python Invasion: Fighting Invasive Species

Across America, waves of foreign invaders are taking over. Introduced through human error or carelessness, invasive species like the Burmese Python, Lionfish and Asian Carp have thrived at the expense of native species critical to a delicate natural balance that supports ecosystems and livelihoods. CBSN Originals explores whether it's too late to tip the balance back in our favor.

Puerto Rico: The exodus after Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico devastated - almost 3,000 people died in its wake, towns were left without power or water for months, and hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans left, many never to return. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud returns to Puerto Rico for CBSN Originals to examine the impact of that exodus and what the future holds.

Cryptocurrency mining disrupts small town

As the soaring value of bitcoin sets off a flurry of excitement, a whole new industry -- cryptocurrency mining -- is erupting in unexpected parts of the globe, causing rifts in the communities that host it. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett heads to the epicenter of cryptocurrency mining, to explore how this phenomenon is unfolding, and the controversy over its future.

Out of Aleppo

Mohammad Shasho's family left Aleppo in 2013, telling their children they were taking a prolonged vacation. That "vacation" was an evacuation prompted by Syria's eight-year-old civil war, and it became a permanent exile. In a film produced by BYkids, we see the Syrian crisis through the eyes of a young refugee filmmaker.