This Morning from CBS News, Nov. 27, 2015
Trump's defense
GOP front-runner Donald Trump has responded to yet another controversy -- the latest in a string of comments that have simultaneously prompted outcry, and rocketed him to the top of the polls. This time, it was in reference to a mocking impression of New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a physical handicap.
Carson to Syria
2016 Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has told the New York Times he's on his way to Jordan, to learn for himself why countries in the region are, "so resistant to integrating Syrians into their populations." Carson's grasp of foreign policy matters has been called into question, and more so in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
Big spenders
Nearly 136 million people are expected to hit the stores this weekend for the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. On average, shoppers are expected to each spend more than $800 this holiday season, so how does that compare to last year, and what are we spending it on?
Paris attacks
Two weeks after the deadly gun and suicide bomb attacks on the French capital the nation holds a somber ceremony to honor the victims, and a new arrest in Germany could bring investigators closer to filling in a key piece of the puzzle.
"At home"
Pope Francis continued his trip to Africa with a visit very much in keeping with the theme of his papacy thus far; by meeting residents in one of Kenya's poorest communities with whom he sympathized while taking a trademark jab at the elite political classes and the corrupt.
Home buyers
A professional home inspection is crucial when purchasing real estate, but it won't necessarily detect every problem. Here are three things any buyer may want to get a specialist to examine before making an offer.
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