“We are going to file a civil rights excessive use of force 1983 civil rights lawsuit against the Kenosha Police Department,” Crump said on CBSN Wednesday. Source

Protesters were seen tearing down police barricades before confronting uniformed officers outside the Capitol. Source

Football stadiums have been closed to the public for most of the 2020-21 season, but that might change soon. Source

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said upholding the Electoral College outcome will be “the most important vote I’ve ever cast.” He said there is no evidence of fraud that would affect the results and that Congress must not intervene. “If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral,” he said. Watch his full speech on the Senate floor. Source

Total coronavirus hospitalizations in the state Wednesday stood at 8,655 and there were 161 new deaths due to the virus. Source

Required under the Constitution, the joint session is typically ceremonial, but this year’s meeting is far from routine. Source

CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss how Democrats positioned themselves to take back the Senate with wins in Georgia and what it means for Republicans moving forward. Source

The U.S. has less than 5% of the world’s population but about 20% of its prison population. A literature program called “Exercises In Empathy” is tackling mass incarceration by focusing on restorative justice. Omar Villafranca shares the details of how an unlikely partnership was forged behind bars, and it all began in a prison book club. Source

Authorities arrested more than 50 people in Hong Kong as the Chinese government continues to crack down on the pro-democracy movement. CBS News foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports on the latest developments. Source

A Wisconsin district attorney has declined to press charges against Rusten Sheskey, the White police officer who shot Jacob Blake, an African American man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after the incident. Ben Crump, an attorney for the Blake family, joined Anne-Marie Green on “CBSN AM” to talk about the family’s path forward. Source