President-elect Donald Trump’s luxury hotel in Washington is prompting questions about potential conflicts of interest. Mr. Trump said Wednesday on Twitter he will separate himself from the Trump Organization. Anna Werner reports on the unusual problems. Source

A plan to shoot the lion has triggered a heated debate over whether a beloved wild animal should be killed, captured or simply left alone. P45 is blamed for killing a dozen animals last weekend. from the Santa Monica Mountains. After this piece aired, Jordan Traverso, the state wildlife spokeswoman quoted in the story, added in part: “It is very difficult to convey the complexity of a story like this in a split second sound byte so wanted to elaborate… first, we know that the alpacas were killed by a lion, and we know that P45 was in the general vicinity near the time of the attack, but we do not know definitively if it was P45 that killed the alpacas… last night I said that it was difficult to say anything with absolute certainty because things were changing quickly yesterday and my statement that ‘in this situation we would not relocate the lion because it has killed,’ while typically true, this situation is unique and we continue to evaluate any options we may have.” Source

The White House says it will not allow President-elect Donald Trump to veto any releases from Guantanamo Bay prison before he takes office. The Obama administration is working to find countries that will accept dozens of prisoners who’ve been cleared to leave. Margaret Brennan speaks to a son of a detainee. Source

Missing California mom Sherri Papini was held against her will for three weeks before being found on Thanksgiving morning. She is now trying to help police find her captors. Mireya Villarreal reports from Redding, California. Source

Caught in the middle of production during the height of the pandemic in 2020, the cast and crew of “The Wind and the Reckoning” adapted by sequestering away in a 50 acre ranch for an entire month. The production wrapped with zero coronavirus cases among the crew. Carter Evans has more. Source

Actor Mahershala Ali is well known for his role as Remy Danton in “House of Cards.” Now, he stars in a very different role in “Moonlight,” which chronicles the life of a black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world. Ali, who plays a drug dealer who becomes a mentor to the boy, joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his role. Source

President-elect Donald Trump has plans to meet Tuesday with Sen. Bob Corker and Mitt Romney, who’s believed to be on the short-list for secretary of state. This comes amid several new appointments to the Trump administration, including Tom Price and Elaine Chao. National political reporter for The Hill, Jonathan Swan, joins CBSN with more. Source

Many questions remain about Cuba’s future path, following the death of former president Fidel Castro. CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano is in Havana, and joins CBSN to discuss who the new face of Cuban leadership could be. Source

Thousands of people have fled for their lives as explosive wildfires scorch parts of Tennessee. Larry Waters is the mayor of Sevier County in Tennessee and joins CBSN with the latest on efforts to contain the fires. Source

Washington Post reporter Ed O’Keefe joins CBSN with analysis of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest appointments to his Cabinet, including Elaine Chao as secretary of transportation. Source