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FDR and the role of president

In 1933, during the Great Depression, newly-elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt confronted 25% unemployment, sweeping poverty, and the collapse of the banking system. His response would reshape the way the country thought about presidential leadership, and democracy itself. CBS News' John Dickerson talks with Roosevelt scholars Jonathan Alter, David Woolner and Susan Dunn about FDR and the presidency during crisis and war.

• May 10, 2020
• 05:22

Jim Gaffigan serves up dinner online, every night

In the eighth week of quarantine, the Gaffigan family is still gathering together at the dinner table every night, a touch of normalcy in front of an audience on YouTube.

• May 10, 2020
• 02:43

Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine

Reese Witherspoon is not just an Oscar-winning actress; she is also a major Hollywood influencer. Her media company, Hello Sunshine, has been behind stories that put a female perspective front-and-center, such as the TV series "Big Little Lies" and "Little Fires Everywhere." Correspondent Rita Braver talks with Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine executives Sarah Harden and Lauren Neustadter about their philosophy, and how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting production.

• May 10, 2020
• 07:06

Who's the "World's Greatest Mom"?

Steve Hartman sets out on a quest to find the "World's Greatest Mom," talking to his own kids and a dozen others over Zoom.

• May 10, 2020
• 02:31

Snapshot: Moms on the frontlines of COVID-19

Mothers working as nurses, doctors, PAs and other healthcare workers at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City are captured by photographer (and emergency nurse) Adelene Egan. Music: "Happy Mother's Day" by Gillian Welch (Acony Records).

• May 10, 2020
• 00:46

Inside zoos closed for COVID

With their gates shut to guests because of the coronavirus pandemic, zoological parks and aquariums are facing unprecedented challenges in caring for their animal populations, which – despite a paucity of paying visitors – still need to be cared for and fed. Conor Knighton checks out the creative ways zoos are coping.

• May 10, 2020
• 05:01

Education in a time of COVID-19

As schools throughout the country shut their doors in the face of a viral pandemic, students have entered a new world of education, by learning remotely through online classes and paper packets. How is the current reality of education compromising the effects of personal, one-on-one instruction, especially for learners who are struggling? And how will this environment affect the grades of high school juniors aiming toward college acceptance? Correspondent Erin Moriarty talks with educators, parents and students about classwork when the classroom is closed.

• May 10, 2020
• 06:23

Bobby Flay's Mother's Day brunch

The chef and restaurateur lovingly recalls the menu he made for his favorite customer: his mother.

• May 10, 2020
• 03:18

Using plasma transfusions to treat COVID-19

Convalescent plasma – using a transfusion of blood with antibodies donated by recovered patients – may just be a stop-gap measure against COVID-19 until more treatments and a vaccine come along. But doctors have already used donated plasma on thousands of patients, and are finding some success with a procedure that dates back more than 120 years in the fight against the spread of disease. Allison Aubrey, of National Public Radio, reports.

• May 10, 2020
• 05:44

For better or worse, in quarantine

The marriage vows might say "'Til death do us part," but they don't say anything about being together all day, every day. Togetherness in a relationship is taking on a new meaning during the coronavirus pandemic, when partners are sequestered with each other for 24 hours a day. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with comedian Samantha Bee and husband Jason Jones, who are producing her TV show, "Full Frontal," from their Upstate New York home; psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb, author of "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone"; and family law attorney Laura Wasser, about what lockdown may mean for a marriage.

• May 10, 2020
• 07:13