Government grants emergency use authorization and says the vaccine will be distributed from next week following “months of rigorous clinical trials.” Source

CDC advisers vote health workers and nursing homes should get COVID-19 vaccine first; Charity provides blankets to children who are struggling Source

Cosby, 83, hopes to overturn​ his 2018 sex assault conviction because the judge let prosecutors call five other accusers who said Cosby mistreated them the same way he did his victim, Andrea Constand. Source

A CDC panel recommended on Tuesday that health care workers and nursing home residents should be first to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Those initial doses from Pfizer and Moderna, which have not yet been FDA approved, could be distributed in two weeks. CBS News correspondents Mola Lenghi and David Begnaud have the latest details, and Dr. Uzma Syed, an infectious disease specialist, joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss what she will be looking at once the vaccines are out in the public. Source

California Governor Gavin Newsom is warning of “drastic actions” to curb a growing surge surge in new coronavirus infections. Hospitalizations have increased by 89% in two weeks. Jeremy B. White, co-writer of Politico’s California Playbook, joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano with the latest on local efforts to combat the spread. Source

Jerry Boylan, the captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California last year, killing 34 people who were trapped below deck, was indicted Tuesday on federal manslaughter charges for one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent U.S. history. CBS Los Angeles reports. Source

As more states report record coronavirus hospitalizations, battle-weary health care workers say they are physically and mentally fatigued. Source

President-elect Joe Biden has said he plans to address climate change as soon as he takes office. But how much will he be able to actually do if the Georgia runoffs result in a Republican-majority Senate? CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli reports. Source

AG Barr: No evidence of widespread voter fraud; Rallying voters for Georgia’s Senate runoffs Source

The indictment alleges that Captain Jerry Boylan caused the deaths of 33 passengers and one crew member “by his misconduct, negligence and inattention to his duties.” Source