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What the Biden administration could do with executive actions

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have promised to reinstate policies and rejoin organizations that President Trump eliminated during that past four years. But there's still more that they can potentially do during their first few days in office. Alan Jenkins, a professor of practice at Harvard Law School, joins CBSN to discuss some of the executive actions the incoming Biden administration may take.

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George Floyd and the toll of racism

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on Memorial Day sparked nationwide protests that continue to this day and drew widespread attention to issues of systemic racism. Robert Samuels, national political reporter for The Washington Post, joins CBSN to talk about his recent in-depth article, "Racism's hidden toll," which looks at the mark that discrimination made on George Floyd's life before his fateful encounter with police.

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