In his first three days in office, President Biden has signed nearly 30 executive orders. The bulk of the actions focus on two of his administration’s top priorities: the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis which has followed. Ashley Allison is a former senior adviser for Mr. Biden’s transition team. She joins CBSN to discuss Mr. Biden’s first days in office and the administration’s plans going forward. Source

Award-winning broadcaster Larry King, who spent more than six decades on radio and television, died on January 23, 2021 at the age of 87. In this profile originally broadcast on October 1, 2006, King talked with “Sunday Morning” anchor Charles Osgood about interviewing the famous and infamous, curiosity, and the devastation he felt as a nine-year-old when his father died. Source

About 7,000 National Guard troops are currently stationed in the capital. Source

After one of the driest stretches in recorded history, the weather pattern is about to do a 180. Source

One winning ticket was sold in Michigan for the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, making it the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. Source

Only two lottery prizes in the U.S. have been larger than Friday’s jackpot. Source

There’s a nationwide scramble to get more doses of the coronavirus vaccine as new cases continue to rise. Nearly 20 million Americans have received at least one vaccine shot. But states are reporting shortages in their supply, amid growing concerns over a new, more contagious variant of the virus. CBS News correspondent Tom Hanson reports on the latest on the pandemic and Dr. Craig Spencer, director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss the nation’s response to the health crisis. Source

Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter are cracking down on far-right extremists and other violent groups after the assault on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. But many of those groups are finding ways to adapt their online presence using encrypted apps. CBSN’s Lana Zak spoke with Michael Daniel, the CEO of Cyber Threat Alliance, about the danger this poses to national security. Source

President Putin’s most prominent foe was arrested on January 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he spent months recovering from nerve-agent poisoning. Source

A look at the features for this week’s broadcast of the #1 Sunday morning news program Source