President Trump is hinting at changes in Cuba’s future. Michael Bustamante, an associate professor at the University of Miami, joins CBS News with more insight.
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Producers Oriana Zill de Granados and Michael Rey discuss mysterious injuries suffered by government officials, known as Havana Syndrome. Their reporting revealed U.S. government testing of a directed energy weapon.
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White House defends evacuations of Americans in the Middle East despite major delays; Vice President Vance defends Iran War despite years of calling for anti-interventionism
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Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its new supreme leader. The news come as U.S. Central Command reports a seventh service member has died in the war. Matt Gutman reports.
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Iranian state media reports that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been named the new supreme leader of Iran. CBS News national security contributor Samantha Vinograd has more.
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Venezuela’s new administration is cutting deals, but there’s a big reward available for a key figure.
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This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” as the U.S. and Israeli forces stepped up their bombing campaign through the weekend, Margaret Brennan speaks to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter and Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine.
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For years, the U.S. government has doubted the stories of those suffering from AHI, commonly called Havana Syndrome. Now, victims hope that reports of a newly discovered weapon will finally vindicate them.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright said “what you’re seeing is emotional reactions and fear that this is a long-term war.” He stressed that “this is not a long-term war.”
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The CBS procedural “NCIS,” now in its 23rd season, is marking its 500th episode tracking agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. But the story of how the series became the world’s most-watched TV show is filled with as many twists and turns as an NCIS case itself. Luke Burbank talks with cast members Gary Cole, Brian Dietzen, Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Diona Reasonover and Wilmer Valderrama and longtime showrunner Steve Binder about the secret to the franchise’s remarkable longevity.
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