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After Trump's acquittal, what comes next?

The Senate acquitted former President Trump of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Congress plans to turn its focus to the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal, but there are calls for the formation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack. CBS News' Debra Alfarone reports the latest from Capitol Hill, and Kim Wehle, a law professor at the University of Baltimore and the author of "How to Read the Constitution--and Why," joined "CBSN AM" to discuss the legal fallout from Mr. Trump's acquittal.

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House GOP uniting amid public rifts

The Republican Party is uniting as public GOP rifts are highlighted. At the center of the drama is Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who escaped any punishment Wednesday during a closed-door GOP meeting over her extreme views, including endorsing political violence and anti-Semitic falsehoods. Meanwhile, in that same meeting, Congresswoman Liz Cheney survived an effort to remove her from GOP leadership with members supporting her by a margin of 145 to 61. Kris Van Cleave reports.

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