Georgia's governor suspends state's fuel tax as prices rise
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp suspends fuel taxes, increases weight limits for trucks transporting fuel to alleviate high gas prices.
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp suspends fuel taxes, increases weight limits for trucks transporting fuel to alleviate high gas prices.
A criminal gang with ties to Moscow, known as DarkSide, has emerged as the top suspect behind a cyberattack that has forced a major U.S. fuel pipeline to shut down. Catherine Herridge reports.
The country could be headed for another tale of two Americas: those with herd immunity, and those without, including areas that are mostly rural and at continuing risk of mini-epidemics.
At least 25 states have turned away COVID-19 vaccines because of falling demand. Georgia is one of the states dealing with vaccine hesitancy. Mark Strassmann takes a look.
President Biden was briefly interrupted by protesters during a speech in Georgia on Thursday. He was there to pitch his massive infrastructure and jobs plans to the public. The president heads to Philadelphia for a speech on Friday. Weijia Jiang reports.
To mark his 100th day in office, President Biden headed to one of the state's that helped him win the presidency: Georgia. During his speech there Thursday night, he pitched his American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan to the American public. The combined price tag for the two plans is nearly $4 trillion. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN to discuss Mr. Biden's speech and the road ahead getting his legislation through Congress.
President Biden marked his first 100 days in office with a car rally in Duluth, Georgia, on Thursday night. "Your vote changed the world," he told the crowd. Watch more of his remarks.
"I've never been more optimistic about the future in America, and America is on the move again," he said.
President Biden marked his 100th day in the White House at a rally in Georgia, the state that helped him win the election and gave Democrats control of Congress. Ed O'Keefe has more.
Sung Yeon Choimorrow, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the history of hyper-sexualizing Asian American women and how that is a form of racism. The discussion follows a series of shootings at spas near Atlanta, where a suspected gunman killed eight people, six of whom were Asian American women, in a shooting spree he told authorities wasn't racially motivated, but fueled by a sex addiction.
Vice President Kamala Harris joined "CBS This Morning" for an exclusive interview to discuss the White House's push for stricter gun control regulations following the recent mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado.
Actress Olivia Munn joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans, her response to the Atlanta spa shootings and how representation matters in Hollywood.
The three men charged in the killing of the Black man as he jogged through a Georgia neighborhood already face state murder charges.
A federal grand jury indicted three men on hate crime charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was fatally shot while jogging in February 2020.
CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann reports from Georgia on the ongoing efforts to provide police reform.
CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann reports from Georgia on the latest in policing in America and COVID-19.
Former Georgia state Representative Vernon Jones, who endorsed former President Trump, announced he's running.
More than a hundred corporate leaders met virtually over the weekend to discuss states' efforts to change voting laws. Nsé Ufot, the CEO of the New Georgia Project, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with more on the impact of these new voting laws.
Already, several legal challenges to Georgia's sweeping overhaul of its election system have been filed.
Actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua are pulling production of their upcoming film out of Georgia after the state enacted new voting restrictions.
Leaders from more than 100 of the most powerful companies in the U.S. met virtually this weekend to discuss how to respond to restrictive voting laws passed in various states. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN AM from Washington with more.
This is the first major production to leave Georgia and shoot elsewhere because of the new law.
At some point, a passenger leaned out and fired a shot into a police vehicle, hitting an officer, the police chief said.
Organizers also stressed that the meeting was being put together long before Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell denounced companies' reactions to Georgia's law.
Dozens have suffered adverse reactions to the shot in three states.