Rich nations are refusing to waive patents for coronavirus vaccines, despite a push from more than 80 developing countries. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joins CBSN AM from Johannesburg to discuss the calls for international solidarity in the fight against COVID-19. Source

Under the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress this week, millions of families will receive a child tax credit in 2021. CBS MoneyWatch reporter Aimee Picchi joins CBSN AM to discuss who is eligible and what this could mean for filing taxes this year. Source

China’s rubber-stamp legislature has approved a controversial revamp of Hong Kong’s electoral system. Beijing says it will “improve” the city’s elections, but as Ramy Inocencio reports, critics fear it will really just help China further curb democracy. Source

President Joe Biden signs $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package into law. Here’s what you need to know. Source

A Florida doctor brutally murdered – her husband has an airtight alibi, but police travel 1,100 miles for a suspect that looks exactly like the dead doctor’s husband. “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates. Source

One fled to China, the other, Chile. Neither knew the other was alive – until now. Source

The House passed the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill on Wednesday. Source

President Biden signed his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law on Thursday, finalizing an early policy achievement that will provide a new round of aid to millions of Americans. After Mr. Biden spoke to reporters in the Oval Office, CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News political contributor Sean Sullivan joined CBSN to discuss. Source

“All they did was change the name,” said the sister of Layleen Xtravaganza Polanco, a 27-year-old woman who died in solitary confinement in Rikers Island jail. Source

George H.W. Bush: Remembering the 41st president of the United States; and, 60 Minutes reveals what firefighters saw as the deadliest wildfire in California history destroyed the town of Paradise Source