Cicely Tyson is being remembered for her genius as an actor, and her heart and humanity in blazing a trail for other black performers. The Oscar, Emmy, and Tony winner died yesterday, she was 96 years old. We spoke with Tyson a week ago, before the release of her new memoir, "Just As I Am." A troubling new strain of the coronavirus is now in the U.S, making vaccination efforts even more urgent. We talk to the new director of the CDC about the challenges. An investigation is underway into a deadly liquid nitrogen leak at a poultry plant Georgia. Six people were killed, and a dozen more hurt -- three critically. There's new political fallout in congress from the assault on the capitol -- and a rift in the republican party is growing

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