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Joe Biden launches “No Malarkey” bus tour in Iowa

Montana Governor Steve Bullock and former Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary race over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Meanwhile, other candidates hit the campaign trail in Iowa, including former Vice President Joe Biden, who kicked off an eight-day “No Malarkey” bus tour. CBS News campaign reporter Bo Erickson joined CBSN from Algona, Iowa, to discuss Biden’s bus tour, and CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and Stephen Gruber-Miller, statehouse reporter for the Des Moines Register, joined CBSN to discuss the state of the race. Source

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Pete Buttigieg focuses on appealing to black voters during Southern swing

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg told CBS News’ LaCrai Mitchell his trip through North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama is part of an ongoing effort to boost his engagement with black voters, who he said “have often felt not only kicked around by the Republican Party but sometimes taken for granted by the Democratic Party.” Source

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Bushfires turn world’s attention to plight of koalas in Australia

Hundreds of koalas have been killed and large swaths of their habitat have been destroyed by raging bushfires in Australia over the past few weeks. While recent reports of the Australian koala’s imminent extinction have been debunked, the country’s iconic animal is still under threat. Biologist and wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin joins CBSN AM to discuss. Source

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