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In part one of our two-part interview with the Vice President-Elect, Kamala Harris talks with "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley about her role in this unique moment in history. The former prosecutor, attorney general and U.S. Senator also looks back at the many "firsts" of her career; her debates with her mother about optimism vs. realism; and the January 6th assault on our democracy on Capitol Hill. Former prosecutor, California attorney general, U.S. senator and soon-to-be vice president @KamalaHarris talks with Jane Pauley about her role in this unique moment in history, and looks back at the many "firsts" of her career https://t.co/gaeeZt0RhZ pic.twitter.com/DeAKfZkgHL — CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBSSunday) January 17, 2021

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham used to be dismissive of Donald Trump—like other Republicans who thought Candidate Trump was a flash in the pan, an aberration to be laughed off or ridiculed. In 2015, Graham appeared on the channel he’s called “fake news,” CNN . “There’s only one way to make America great again,” he said. “Tell Donald Trump to go to hell.” As Trump’s violent mob descended onto the Capitol on January 6 , many of Trump’s chief enablers have tried to gaslight their way into back into America’s good graces—including Graham. After Biden’s convincing win in November, 2020, Graham was a strident supporter of Trump’s big lie that there was widespread fraud, and became an outspoken attack dog for the president on cable television. “President Trump should not concede,” Graham said in November, before deploying full-blown “push back” and “fight” rhetoric leading up to the insurrection. But after the violent siege last week, Graham apparently saw the light: “ Joe Biden an...

Manuel Luis Quezón (August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944) was a Filipino statesman, soldier, and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines (as opposed to the government of previous Philippine states), and is considered to have been the second president of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (1897–1901). Quezon was a Spanish Filipino, with both his parents being Filipino mestizos. In the Philippines, Quezon was the first Senate president elected to the presidency, the first president elected through a national election, and the first incumbent to secure re-election (for a partial second term, later extended, due to amendments to the 1935 Constitution). For pushing Commonwealth Act No. 184 that established the National Language Institute and a consequent Philippine national language, Quezon has been tagged as his country's " Father of the National La...