The tennis grand slam season is underway as the 2021 Australian Open begins with fans. It’s the first tennis major to allow big crowds since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Kristina Costalos of CBS News partner 10 News First joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano from Melbourne to discuss the country’s efforts to host a sporting event with crowds in the stands. Source
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Majority of K-8 students see some in-class teaching, but it’s hard to track
CBS News contacted all 50 state education boards and found only a handful of states tracking school instruction methods on a daily or weekly basis. Source
2/8: Red and Blue
Second Trump impeachment trial begins Tuesday; “Hero pay” for store workers prompts closures. Source
House Democrats press $15 minimum wage in COVID relief package
Though it’s likely to pass in the House, its prospects in the Senate are uncertain. Source
Man sentenced after granddaughter’s fatal fall from cruise ship
Anello was charged with negligent homicide in the death of Chloe Wiegand, who fell more than 100 feet from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship window in July 2019. Source
Biden proposes $1,400 payments and $15 minimum wage in coronavirus relief proposal
President-elect Joe Biden released a comprehensive economic relief bill to help the country dig out of the hard times brought on by the pandemic. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN’s Tanya Rivero to discuss what’s in the bill and when it could pass. Source
Census data shows growth in small businesses despite recession, report finds
The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on many businesses across the country. Still, census data showed a significant increase of small business applications in 2020. CBS MoneyWatch reporter Irina Ivanova joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to explain. Source
Republican Congressman Ron Wright dies weeks after testing positive for COVID-19
Republican Congressman Ron Wright of Texas died Sunday weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19. His wife is still fighting the disease. The Texas Tribune’s Washington bureau chief Abby Livingston joins CBSN’s “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with more on Wright’s road to Congress, his yearslong battle with cancer and what may become of the 6th District congressional seat. Source
Americans hatching many new businesses despite COVID-19
The economic upheaval from the coronavirus recession shuttered countless small businesses — and launched many more. Source
Ex-Clinton impeachment general counsel on Trump: “This is going to be a very unusual trial”
The second impeachment trial against former President Trump is moving forward even as Republicans say they’re unlikely to vote to convict him. Stewart Verdery, who served as general counsel to Republican Senate Majority Whip Don Nickles during the 1999 impeachment trial of former President Clinton, joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with his expectations for Tuesday’s proceedings and more on what differentiates an impeachment trial from a criminal trial. Source