Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in a lightning round of Middle East diplomacy this week, traveling to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia — and later welcoming Iran’s president to Moscow. Former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein, and a distinguished senior fellow with the Middle East Institute, joins CBS News to examine Putin’s motivations. Source

U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 10,000 migrants at the southern border Wednesday, according to federal data. This comes days after the Lukeville, Arizona, crossing shut down due to an influx of asylum seekers. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi reports. Source

A Texas judge granted permission for a woman to have an abortion, despite the state’s ban, in a landmark ruling Thursday following the fall of Roe v. Wade. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian explains why the judge allowed the exception. Then, Constitutional Accountability Center president Elizabeth Wydra joins to discuss the precedent the case could set. Source

Authorities are investigating a possible motive behind Wednesday’s fatal shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Sources tell CBS News the shooter was a former professor who wanted a position at UNLV, but was denied. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports. Source

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted in the Central District of California Thursday. Source

Get ready for holiday entertaining: You won’t find a better Samsung refrigerator deal before Christmas. Source

Forty-four families, all formerly enslaved people with Gullah Geechee heritage, settled on Georgia’s Sapelo Island after the Civil War. Source

A hot air balloon with nine people aboard made a crash landing in Phoenix Thursday after running low on fuel. No one was injured. Source

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who is accused of trying to shut off a passenger jet’s engines while off-duty during an October flight pleaded not guilty in a Portland courtroom Thursday to reduced charges of reckless endangerment. Source

Survivors of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which propelled the U.S. into World War II, attended a remembrance ceremony Thursday. There were five survivors at the ceremony. A sixth, a 102-year-old California man, was planning to attend, but was unable to make the trip. Source