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Mayflower’s 400th: Retelling the story of Plymouth Colony

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, the founding of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and the Pilgrims’ first encounters with the Native Americans. While that tale has been told now for centuries, it’s being re-told in a new way by the non-profit group Plymouth 400, including an un-traditional take on the Thanksgiving holiday. Correspondent Nancy Chen reports. Source

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Retailers think outside the box during pandemic

Rising cases of COVID-19 have taken the shine off of in-person shopping, and uncertain times have forced gift-givers to be more tight-fisted. Correspondent Meg Oliver reports on the challenges stores face in what was already a tough environment, as retailers try to attract shoppers who may not want to go into stores, or click on anything short of a great deal. Source

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Eye Opener: Dire surge in COVID across U.S.

Pfizer applies for emergency authorization for its coronavirus vaccine. Also, President Trump continues to reject his election loss. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source

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Trump continues to deny election loss

President Trump again falsely claimed Friday that he won re-election, challenging President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory, and met with Michigan legislators in an apparent attempt to stoke distrust in the election results. CBS News National correspondent Chip Reid reports the latest. Source

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Health expert calls pandemic “completely out of control”

Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, talks with “CBS This Morning: Saturday” about the difficulties the nation faces this holiday week with the rise in coronavirus cases, and the challenges around vaccine distribution. Source

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Pfizer submits vaccine for emergency use authorization

On Friday, pharmaceutical company Pfizer became the first company to submit a coronavirus vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an emergency use authorization. Dr. James Phillips, Chief of Disaster Medicine at George Washington University Hospital, walks CBSN through what the approval process entails. Source

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Norah O’Donnell Reports: Sexual Assault in the Military

A year-and-a-half long investigation by “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell and the CBS News Investigative Unit into sexual assault within the U.S. military uncovered failures by leaders to address the issue. Over the course of the investigation, CBS News spoke with nearly two dozen survivors of sexual assault, whistleblowers who worked for the military’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program and families of suicide victims who say the military grossly mishandled reports of sexual assault. Source

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Trump makes fourth public appearance since election and does not take questions

President Trump made his fourth public appearance since Election Day on Friday, when he held a news conference to discuss his administration’s efforts to reduce the price of prescription drugs. The president did not take questions about his unproven claims of widespread voter fraud or his campaign’s ongoing efforts to overturn the results of the election. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid and CBS News political correspondent Ed O’Keefe join Lana Zak to discuss.   Source

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