President-elect Joe Biden will be inheriting a severely damaged economy as coronavirus cases surge across the country. Right now, more than 20 million Americans are getting some form of unemployment assistance, but for millions of them, that money will soon run out. Idrees Kahloon, the U.S. policy correspondent for The Economist, joins CBSN to discuss what this means for the incoming Biden administration. Source

In a sign of the times, the traditional “family photo” of leaders in the summit was digitally designed and superimposed on a historical site just outside Riyadh. Source

President Trump is denying the results of Georgia’s hand recount, just one day after President-elect Joe Biden was declared the certified winner in the state. Mr. Trump’s unverified claims of voter fraud are now causing some to question the state’s election process ahead of two critical Senate runoffs in January. Political reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting and host of “Battleground: Ballot Box,” Stephen Fowler, joins CBSN to discuss the latest on Georgia’s election results. Source

Archaeologists have discovered the bodies of two men who died during so-called second pyroclastic flow, after the initial eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Source

Hospital workers in Minnesota are grappling with surging COVID-19 cases. Lana Zak spoke with Dr. Cindy Firkins Smith, the president and co-CEO of Carris Health, about the escalating crisis in Minnesota. Source

The Sentinel-6 satellite is the first of two in a billion-dollar program to monitor Earth’s oceans. Source

So many have died that the county is now posting job openings for morgue attendants. Source

Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released today after three decades in prison. In 1988, he spoke to Mike Wallace Source

The United States has recorded more than 12 million COVID-19 infections – a million more new cases since Sunday – as hospitalizations topped 82,000. Correspondent Tom Hanson reports on the dire new benchmarks in the nation’s battle with the coronavirus. Source

“CBS This Morning: Saturday” heads into the kitchen with baker and food stylist Erin Jeanne McDowell. Her first book, 2017’s “The Fearless Baker,” was one of The New York Times’ “Best Baking Books of the Year,” and her latest, “The Book on Pie,” is the #1 bestseller in its category on Amazon. Source