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Inside the labs crafting slaughter-free meat

The United Nations is urging people to eat less meat, claiming that animal agriculture is a leading cause of greenhouse gases and that eating fewer animals could free up millions of acres of land. Some high-tech laboratories in Tel Aviv are pioneering a new way to make that happen: slaughter-free meat. So-called “clean meat” is created out of cells from farm animal tissues. It's real steak and real chicken, but no animals are involved. Seth Doane reports.

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New Zealand PM on her meeting with Trump

President Trump highlighted his “America First” policies during his United Nations address Tuesday, saying "the future belongs to patriots." New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is among the leaders in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. Her country got global attention for implementing strict gun control measures after the mosque shootings in Christchurch. She spoke to “CBS This Morning” about how she got gun control legislation enacted so quickly, the impact of divisive rhetoric and her closed-door meeting with President Trump earlier this week.

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