In Rachel Bloom’s new book, “I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are,” she shares a brutally honest and hilarious account of her journey from awkward theater kid to star of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” Bloom takes Anthony Mason back to her former middle school, where she faced bullies but also found her love for musical theater. The award-winning actor, singer and writer discusses living with obsessive-compulsive disorder, having a baby during the pandemic, and losing her collaborator Adam Schlesinger to COVID-19. Source

El Paso, Texas, is one of the U.S. cities being hit hardest with a surge in coronavirus cases. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafrana joins “CBSN AM” with more on how officials there are dealing with it. Source

A double-digit dip in the number of students who have applied for federal aid for college has experts concerned. Source

According to a new FBI report, 2019 was the deadliest year on record for hate crimes in the U.S.. Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers, rabbi at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, joins CBSN AM to discuss the findings and the 2018 attack that killed 11 people at his synagogue, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. Source

More than 100,000 people have been tested for COVID-19 under the U.K.’s first attempt to embark on citywide mass testing and track down every case of the virus. It’s believed to be one of the largest mass testing drives outside of China and could be a model for cities in the U.S. currently under siege. Source

President-elect Joe Biden predicted grave consequences if the Trump administration keeps stonewalling his team on the coronavirus pandemic. Nikole Killion reports. Source

As coronavirus cases rise, President-elect Joe Biden shared a dire warning with the Trump administration while the outgoing White House team continues to stall the presidential transition. Also, Georgia’s secretary of state is accusing South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham of attempting to manipulate the vote count in Georgia. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source

As the country continues to break records for new coronavirus infections, cases at nursing homes are again spiking. The concern is that as cases rise in the community, the virus could spread to heath care workers who serve the most vulnerable. Carter Evans reports. Source

Officials coast to coast are struggling to contain the pandemic’s spread, as many enact new restrictions amid growing concerns for their economies. Omar Villafranca reports. Source

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey have promised lawmakers they would aggressively guard their platforms from being manipulated by foreign governments or used to incite violence around the election results. Source