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Hong Kong activist on China's latest move

Since massive anti-government and anti-China protests erupted in Hong Kong over much of 2019, Chinese officials have been clamping down on the once-semi-autonomous financial hub to muzzle pro-democracy politicians and popular support. A vote in Beijing to restructure Hong Kong's electoral system will add more seats to the city's political bodies, and an opposition politician and activist worries most of the people filling those seats will be Beijing loyalists. CBS News Asia correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports.

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WorldView: Brazil hit with COVID-19 surge

Hospitals in most of Brazil's largest cities are on the brink of collapse as coronavirus cases surge and the country's daily number of deaths hit a new record. Also, an Australian man has pleaded guilty to filming and mocking dying police officers, and Namibia's first lady took a firm stance against internet trolls. Meanwhile, China and Russia have announced plans to build a joint lunar space station. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joined "CBSN AM" from London with those headlines.

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