linking the murder of a dnc staffer last year to the wikileaks publication of internal dnc emails. look at the shocking story of how u.s. customs and border protection agents told a 16-year-old mexican teenager to drink from a bottle of liquid meth at a border checkpoint in san diego, causing him to die from an acute drug overdose. my brother is dead. he was in pain. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the new york times is reporting the justice department is preparing to investigate and sue universities for affirmative action policies, in the latest assault against civil rights by attorney general jeff sessions. the times says the justice department sent out an internal announcement looking for lawyers to lead up, quote, investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions. quote. the supreme court has upheld t
? ? this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. pelley: donald trump will be sworn in back there at the u.s. capitol in just 65 days. workers today raced to build the inaugural platform, while the president-elect was doing the same, racing to build a cabinet. he s new york that the transition is going well despite what you ve heard. the head of the transition was sent packing along with several advisers, but today the new head of the transition, mike pence, met with the man he will be succeeding as vice president. here s major garrett. reporter: vice president-elect mike pence and his wife visited their future home and ate lunch with its current residents. then the sitting vice president day one. we weren t ready on day one. i ve never met one that s ever been ready on day one. reporter: at the u.s. chamber of commerce this morning, pence in a closed-door session reassured business leaders at the president-elect s economic plans.
? ? this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. pelley: donald trump will be sworn in back there at the u.s. capitol in just 65 days. workers today raced to build the inaugural platform, while the president-elect was doing the same, racing to build a cabinet. new york that the transition is going well despite what you ve heard. the head of the transition was sent packing along with several advisers, but today the new head of the transition, mike pence, met with the man he will be succeeding as vice president. here s major garrett. reporter: vice president-elect mike pence and his wife visited their future home and ate lunch with its current residents. then the sitting vice president day one. we weren t ready on day one. i ve never met one that s ever been ready on day one. reporter: at the u.s. chamber of commerce this morning, pence in a closed-door session reassured business leaders at the president-elect s economic plans. resp
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? ? this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. pelley: donald trump will be sworn in back there at the u.s. capitol in just 65 days. workers today raced to build the inaugural platform, while the president-elect was doing the same, racing to build a cabinet. het new york that the transition is going well despite what you ve heard. the head of the transition was sent packing along with several advisers, but today the new head of the transition, mike pence, met with the man he will be succeeding as vice president. here s major garrett. reporter: vice president-elect mike pence and his wife visited their future home and ate lunch with its current residents. then the sitting vice president day one. we weren t ready on day one. i ve never met one that s ever been ready on day one. reporter: at the u.s. chamber of commerce this morning, pence in a closed-door session reassured business leaders at the president-elect s economic plans.