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

Members of the House Intelligence Committee are going over a draft of the report to send to Judiciary. Source

The House Judiciary Committee is gearing up for its first impeachment hearing on Wednesday. President Trump’s lawyers have indicated he will not participate. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN with more on the escalating showdown. Source

Safety regulators say 19 products pose hazards, including infant death, fire, cuts and other injuries Source

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

The report accuses Democrats of conducting “an orchestrated campaign to upend our political system.” Source

A student at Waukesha South High School alerted officers that another student brought a gun to class, police said. Source

Top Wall Street economist says odds of a recession next year in U.S. have fallen to just 1 in 5. Source

Bloomberg News said it won’t investigate its owner or his Democratic rivals for the nomination. Now the Trump campaign says it won’t credential Bloomberg reporters. Source

New pumps are needed to revive the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and give it a new lease on life. Source