ISIS has named a new leader after al-Baghdadi died in a U.S. raid. Haroro Ingram of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism joined CBSN to talk about the new leader and what it means for the group’s strategy. Source
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Smugglers are sawing through the border wall
Customs and Border Protection told CBS News “it’s happening but not to the point where it’s an issue” Source
New book details the Pentagon during the Trump administration
Guy Snodgrass, the former chief speechwriter and communications director for former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, joined “Red & Blue” to discuss his new book “Holding the Line: Inside Trump’s Pentagon with Secretary Mattis.” Source
Democrats battle for support ahead of the Iowa Caucus
More than a dozen Democratic hopefuls are in Iowa this weekend where they are battling for support ahead of the Iowa caucus. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns is in Des Moines, Iowa, where she spoke to some of the voters about who they are supporting ahead of 2020. Source
Book excerpt: “The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get” by Joe Ricketts
The entrepreneur and founder of TD Ameritrade writes of his background, with his immigrant family’s history of farm failures, innovation, and determination to succeed Source
Parade honors World Series champs
Fans got to hear “Baby Shark” one more time Source
Airbnb bans “party houses” following deadly Halloween shooting
“We must do better, and we will,” Airbnb Co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said. “This is unacceptable.” Source
Evacuation in place as Southern California blaze continues to burn
The blaze was 20% contained and spanned 9,400 acres Source
Watch live: Parade honors World Series champs
The parade is celebrating the team’s first-ever World Series victory Source
Stop the presses! The heralded lives of newspapermen
Since 2004, some 1,800 metropolitan and community newspapers have gone out of business or merged – a challenging environment for journalists whose job is to report the life’s blood of a city. Two “princes of print” who’d gotten their starts in the heyday of New York City metropolitan newspapers were Jimmy Breslin (who died in 2017) and Pete Hamill, both of whom are the subject of a new HBO documentary, “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists.” Hamill talked with Tony Dokoupil about working the city beat, and offered advice for journalists of today. Source