The mayor of Elizabeth City declared a state of emergency ​as members of the community demanded the sheriff’s office release the video. Source

President Obama held his final news conference on Wednesday. Obama had an indirect message for his successor, President-elect Donald Trump – and the president left the briefing room with one final message of hope. New York Times political reporter Yamiche Alcindor and RealClearPolitics national political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” with more on his remarks. Source

President-elect Trump’s pick to head the EPA has sued the agency more than a dozen times. During Pruitt’s confirmation hearing Wednesday, the EPA nominee said that climate change is not a hoax. Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” with more on why he thinks Pruitt is not qualified for the job. Source

Jon Batiste is best known as the musical director for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” but now, he adds Oscar winner to his resume. Batiste, along with Nine Inch Nails members Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor, picked up the Academy Award for Best Original Score for the film “Soul.” Batiste joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the win. Source

“Entertainment Tonight” co-host Kevin Frazier joins CBSN’s “ET Update” with a breakdown of this week’s entertainment headlines: Jerry Seinfeld signs a production deal with Netflix, what we can expect from Lady Gaga’s highly anticipated Super Bowl half time show, and more. Source

Barred from the Whites-only gymnasiums and athletic clubs, Black Fives teams played in church basements, armories, meeting halls and dance ballrooms. Source

A New Jersey woman finally has a new kidney, more than a year after a life-saving transplant fell through at the last minute. After complications with the first donor’s organs, Nina Saria found a match in her mother — who lived half a world away in the country of Georgia. Jamie Wax has the heartwarming story. Source

With just days left in the White House, President Obama pardoned 64 people and commuted the sentences of 209 others. CBS News foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan has the story on the president’s most high profile commutation. Source

As President Biden prepares to roll out his next major legislation, Democrats press for investments in Medicare, prescription drug prices and childcare. Source

Russian President Vladimir Putin came out swinging at the Obama administration Tuesday. CBS News foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer spoke to CBSN from Moscow about what Putin had to say. Source