Biden unveils plans to fight pandemic

President-elect Joe Biden says his administration would deliver 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine during his first 100 days in office. He also said he would work to get kids back in school as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, President Trump hosted a meeting touting his administration's success in developing a coronavirus vaccine so quickly. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid and CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns discuss the latest on plans for the vaccines and progress in the transition of power.

• Dec 8, 2020

Biden vows to distribute 100 million vaccine doses within first 100 days

Mr. Biden's future nominees and appointees will play crucial roles in overseeing distribution of a coronavirus vaccine and building public trust in it.

• Dec 8, 2020

SCOTUS rejects GOP bid to overturn Pa. results

President Trump's last-ditch attempt to stay in office was dealt a decisive blow by the Supreme Court on Tuesday as it denied a bid to overturn election results in Pennsylvania. Ed O'Keefe has the latest.

• Dec 8, 2020

Texas sues to block other states' election results

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing over the election results in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia, four battleground states that helped swing the race for President-elect Joe Biden. Michigan's attorney general called it a "publicity stunt." CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Adam Brewster joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano to discuss what Paxton is arguing, and where the lawsuit could be headed.

• Dec 8, 2020

Biden to nominate Marcia Fudge to lead HUD

The president-elect will also nominate nominate Tom Vilsack as the agriculture secretary, a person familiar with the decision told CBS News.

• Dec 8, 2020

Breaking down Biden's climate change plan

President-elect Joe Biden has arguably the most ambitious plan to combat climate change of any incoming president. He wants the U.S. to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Kathy Baughman McLeod, senior vice president and director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council, joined CBSN for a closer look at his plan.

• Dec 8, 2020

Biden taps Lloyd Austin as defense secretary

Austin will require a special waiver passed by Congress in order to exempt him from a federal law requiring military officers to wait seven years before serving as defense secretary.

• Dec 8, 2020

Biden introduces health team & pandemic plan

President-elect Joe Biden introduced his choices for top health positions in his administration, including Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Xavier Becerra and Dr. Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General. Biden also said he'd roll out a 100-day plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, encouraging all Americans to wear masks and rolling out vaccines to millions of people. Watch his remarks.

• Dec 8, 2020

States face "safe harbor" deadline to certify results, sealing Biden's win

Congress is compelled to accept election results submitted by states that have certified by December 8 this year.

• Dec 8, 2020

Lloyd Austin to be nominated as defense secretary

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd Austin as defense secretary. If the Senate confirms him, Austin will become the first African American to lead the Pentagon. CBS News Radio White House correspondent Steven Portnoy joined "CBSN AM" with the latest.

• Dec 8, 2020

Latinos to run 2 U.S. agencies that play key role in Hispanics' lives

Xavier Becerra and Alejandro Mayorkas will be tasked with containing the Covid-19 pandemic and reversing many of President Trump's immigration policies.

• Dec 8, 2020

Biden announces HHS secretary

President-elect Joe Biden announced several top appointees to his administration's health team, including California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The choices will shape the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic as an approved vaccine is expected soon. CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBSN AM with more details.

• Dec 7, 2020

Biden names key members to his health team 

President-elect Joe Biden has named key members of his administration's health team on Monday. They include Dr. Anthony Fauci and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. CBS News correspondent Paula Reid has the latest. Then CBS News' Nikole Killion and Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason join CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.

• Dec 7, 2020

Biden nominates Xavier Becerra to lead HHS

Becerra, 62, has served as California's top prosecutor since 2017 when he succeeded now-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the role.

• Dec 7, 2020

Biden unveils team that will lead COVID-19 response

President-elect Joe Biden has revealed picks for top members of his health care team as he gets ready to hit the ground running in the fight against the pandemic. Nikole Killion reports.

• Dec 7, 2020

Ex-CIA director on intel under Biden

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden told CBSN's "Red & Blue" that he believes that the intelligence community will recover under President-elect Joe Biden after it faced repeated attacks from President Trump over the past four years. If Mr. Trump had won the 2020 election, Hayden said, intelligence "would be dead."

• Dec 7, 2020

Ex-CIA head: Intelligence community will recover under Biden

The former CIA director said intelligence "would be dead" if Trump won a second term.

• Dec 7, 2020

Biden breaks record for most votes cast for presidential candidate

Joe Biden has now received more than 81 million votes — the most of any presidential candidate in U.S. history.

• Dec 7, 2020

President-elect Biden unveils health team

President-elect Joe Biden has announced a string of top appointees who could dramatically change the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Nikole Killion is covering the transition in Wilmington, Delaware.

• Dec 7, 2020

Biden and Harris tap Clyburn to lead inaugural committee

The influential South Carolina congressman will lead a group of co-chairs in planning and guiding inauguration events likely to be scaled back significantly as coronavirus deaths mount.

• Dec 7, 2020

Georgia lieutenant governor on election

President Trump is pressuring Georgia's governor to persuade the state's legislature to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss the pressure campaign and the upcoming runoff elections for the state's Senate seats.

• Dec 7, 2020

Biden COVID-19 adviser shares vaccine latest

Dr. Céline Gounder, a member of President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 advisory board, discusses what the transition team needs from the White House as Americans anxiously await vaccine distribution news.

• Dec 7, 2020

Biden team to attend critical meetings

President-elect Joe Biden is ramping up his transition with a series of critical meetings in the coming days. Nikole Killion reports.

• Dec 6, 2020

Biden says economy is stalling

President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a fragile economy brought on by the pandemic when he takes office in January. In response to the latest jobs report Friday, Mr. Biden said the U.S. is in the midst of "one of the worst economic and job crises in modern history." Daniel Zhao, a senior economist at Glassdoor, joined Omar Villafranca to discuss jobs and the economy.

• Dec 5, 2020

Trump travels to Georgia ahead of Senate runoff

President Trump will be lending his support to the two Republican incumbents running in January's Senate runoff as he campaigns in Georgia Saturday afternoon. Mr. Trump hopes he can provide the party a boost in the Peach State, as his election campaign continues to dispute the results of the 2020 election. Vice News political correspondent Liz Landers joins CBSN to discuss whether or not the president's support will help or hurt the Republicans' chances of reclaiming the Senate majority next month.

• Dec 5, 2020

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