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As tributes pour in to honor former Secretary of State Colin Powell, CBS News chief political analyst John Dickerson reflects on his trailblazing life of service in the Pentagon and State Department.
As the race for Virginia governor tightens, Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe is making a pitch to the Black voters in the state. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams campaigned for the former Virginia governor over the weekend. Will Weissert, a national political reporter for The Associated Press, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the importance of the demographic in the upcoming election.
Powell was fully vaccinated but had been treated for a type of blood cancer that can severely compromise the immune system.
Christina Nance's family says the video raises more questions than it answers.
Carole Hopson is one of the few women pilots of color who flies a Boeing 737 for United Airlines as a first officer. She was inspired to become a pilot by the story of Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license. Now, Hopson has written a book inspired by Coleman in hopes it can help her mission to diversify the aviation industry. Michelle Miller has the details.
Maverick Carter is the CEO of The SpringHill Company, LeBron James' entertainment and production company. He joins "CBS Mornings" for his first interview about the company's new investors, which include Nike, Fenway Sports Group, Epic Games and RedBird Capital Partners. The company is now valued at $725 million.
While Lacks was undergoing cancer treatment, researchers took biopsies from her body without her consent. Those cells allowed for "incalculable scientific breakthroughs" related to HPV, polio, HIV, and COVID-19.
Seven years after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, another community in the state is living with high levels of lead in their water. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca shows us how they are getting by.
New Orleans has seen several tropical storms and hurricanes this year. Now Black-led community organizations are breaking ground on green infrastructure projects to combat severe flooding. Angela Chalk, the executive director of Healthy Community Services, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the efforts.
A Maryland family has filed what they say is the first of many lawsuits against major bio-technology and medical firms. The descendants of Henrietta Lacks say cells harvested from their mother decades ago, and without her consent, have led to untold billions of dollars in profits, none of which they have seen. "CBS Saturday Morning" co-host Michelle Miller reports.
