President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. If confirmed, Kennedy would be in charge of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration. CBS News political reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.

A fire is burning along the New Jersey-New York border as an emergency drought warning emerges. CBS News’ Tom Hanson has the latest.

President Biden is at the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, where he will meet with China’s Xi Jinping. CBS News’ Natalie Brand has the latest on the significance of the meeting and more details on President-elect Donald Trump’s chat with Mr. Biden.