Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced new policy changes to police search warrant raids. But some activists say her reform isn’t going far enough. CBS Chicago investigative reporter David Savini joined CBSN to...
Senate passes $1.9 trillion COVID relief package
The Senate approved President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Saturday, over 24 hours after opening debate on the bill. The amended legislation now heads to the House for consideration. If it is...
‘Refreshing’: Smerconish reacts to Manchin’s move
The Covid-19 relief bill only passed after Democrats satisfied the concerns of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). CNN’s Michael Smerconish says to see such a raw exercise of independent power is rare and refreshing.
Velshi: Working for the Dream
In a year marked by constant and tremendous racial strife, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the meaning of a day honoring a man who was committed to peacefully fighting for civil rights is even more poignant...
Velshi: Violent protests vs. Protests With Violence
There is a distinction between violent protests; and protests with violence. Critics will wonder, why is there widespread revulsion at the violence at the Capitol, when my colleagues and I have spent months saying...
Velshi: From Gen. Sherman’s March To The Slow March For Change
It has been 156 years since General William Tecumseh Sherman and 60,000 Union soldiers had made their way through Georgia on a march that ended in Savannah and marked the beginning of the end of the Civil War. With...
Velshi: Expertise Without Honesty Is BS
Expertise is essential, when it’s honest. But in 2020, two of Ali Velshi’s biggest disappointments were experts who failed us, and themselves. When it comes to the handling of COVID-19, Dr. Deborah Birx was even more...