okay, we'll just go our separate ways? >> lincoln is reared in a country where the founders are still very live heroes, very immediate. and he thinks of himself as very much an american to the core. >> reporter: at this turning point, america's fate turns on one man's faith in one cause, the union. >> union is what makes the identity of an american possible. in other words, union is the precondition for freedom. and without that, of course, he says disunion, succession is anarchy. ♪ ♪ happy days are here again ♪ >> reporter: nearly seven decades later, there was a new american anthem for a new american president, franklin delano roosevelt, elected in the midst of the great depression. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

>> reporter: but behind the scenes, another dark turning point was brewing. a campaign by top officials and journalists urging roosevelt to make himself a dictator, arguing that such a desperate move was the only way to survive such a desperate time. >> the united states was essentially curled up in the fetal position on march 4th, 1933 when franklin roosevelt was sworn in as president. the banks were closed mostly. he would close the remainder a couple of days later. the official unemployment rate was 25%, but it didn't include women. if you included them, it was more like 50%. >> reporter: jonathan alter is a journalist and historian who has interviewed nine of the last ten american presidents. why didn't he just give them what they wanted? it would have been so much easier for him, and so much more power for him. >> well, he let that cup pass because ultimately, he believed in democracy.

see, this is really the threshold question. do you believe in our system or not. >> reporter: once again, america turned on the character of one man making one decision. >> ultimately, he chose to use his great powers of persuasion, the power of his character, the power of his leadership instead of dictatorial power. >> reporter: then came another era of american upheaval. >> it was picked up and thrown back. >> reporter: sometimes violent anti-vietnam war protests. and when president nixon was accused of obstruction of justice during watergate, he resigned seceded by his vice president gerald ford. >> a full, free and absolute pardon on to richard nixon. >> reporter: ford pardoned nixon, protecting nixon from numerous criminal trials. ford knew it could cost him the presidency, and it did. >> my name is jimmy carter, and i'm running for president. >> reporter: he lost to jimmy

carter. >> there had been such distrust over watergate and vietnam and assassinations. >> reporter: but douglas brinkley, professor of history at rice university says that their shared religious beliefs were exactly the healing america needed at exactly the moment america needed it. this was really, in its own way, a turning point in american history then. we were jaded. we didn't believe in our presidents. there were riots on the streets, and ford and then after him carter somehow seemed able to heal that. >> reporter: how? >> i think both gerald ford and jimmy carter both had god in their life. gerald ford used to have prayer sessions on capitol hill. they are the kind of men we like to believe should be president if you're looking for the idea that character matters. those two have a character that you cannot besmirch. >> reporter: many call the january 6th insurrection a

turning point in our times, an effort to overturn a presidential election. jonathan holloway is president of rutgers university and an historian of african american culture who saw a sinister message aimed at black america. what went through your mind when you saw the confederate flag being waved inside the u.s. capitol? >> i understand that people declare that this is a flag that speaks about tradition. it speaks about culture. okay. but other people, people who have my background in this country, african american see that often as a flag of treason or a flag of terror. certainly a flag of threat. >> reporter: threat personally? >> personally. >> reporter: alter sees a different threat in our times. his newest book is "american reckoning," written after he attended every day of donald trump's felony hush money trial which gives alter insight when trump insists he would not be a dictator except on day one.

>> we're at a significant turning point, pivot point, inflection point, however you want to describe it. and the problem is once you put power in the hands of an autocrat, you don't get it back. >> reporter: douglas brinkley has a more hopeful outlook. >> we're going have to look at where all of this hate speech, brutality, dehumanization is emanating from. but i never give up on the united states' ability to retake the higher ground because we do it all the time. we've done it all the time. ♪ ♪ say does that star spangled ♪ >> reporter: which is what the national anthem reminds us of, that the founding fathers believed america's fate can be trusted to we the people. barry petersen, denver. ♪ and the home of the free ♪

in a few hours, president biden will host president-elect donald trump at the white house. it's the start of the peaceful transition of power, a hallmark of american democracy. four years ago, outgoing president trump did not invite mr. biden to the white house as he challenged his election loss.

traditionally, these oval office meetings include a photo op, and some of those photos go down in history. robert costa reports. >> wow, is this where everything is stored? >> yes indeed. this will where you will find the majority of our photographs. >> reporter: deep inside the national portrait gallery archives in washington, d.c., curator ann shumard is showing us a gem of american history, the last formal photo taken of president abraham lincoln. >> it was taken on february 5th of 1865. the only portion of the image that's really in tight focus is his right hair, and i think that gives it an intimacy. there is also the crack that runs through the original negative from which this print was made. and that has always been interpreted as almost perhaps foretelling the unfortunate events of april 14th when he would be assassinated.

>> reporter: the eyes are incredible -- the bags under his eyes. fellowship kennicott, a pulitzer prize journalist at "the washington post" has written for decades on the impact of political photography. >> the rise of american power is kind of happening parallel to the rise of the photograph. there is the invention of the photograph in the 1840s. there is the realization it's going to be an enormously power political tool. >> reporter: kennicott says political photographs are prisms into our times and ourselves. >> i think that those images of solitary power are particularly striking because at some level i think we all ask what would i do? what kind of president would i be? how would i respond? and by bringing it down to just one person, it invites that kind of psychological transference. what would i be thinking at that moment. ♪ >> reporter: our collective visual memory is like a family

quilt, images stitched together, making history. the megawatt smile of fdr, the promise of the kennedys, and the tragedy. the combativeness of campaigns and the heavy burden of the highest office. >> is the only reason we can now send american astronauts into space. come here. >> reporter: iconic images are still emerging in the social media era. consider this photo of the assassination attempt of former president trump, taken by evan vucci of the associated press. it's been embraced by trump supporters as a symbol of his defiance. the imagery of vice president harris' campaign sends its own message. >> the really striking one that came out of the convention shows her grandniece looking up at her delivering her speech, a child looking up at a woman of both

african and indian descent, now the top of a ticket for a major presidential party. you couldn't have asked for a more concise condensation of the ideas of inclusion and accessibility and empowerment. >> reporter: and while images remain the soul of stagecraft, in the presidency, statecraft is ultimately what counts. >> of course the image always matters for politicians. they don't get elected without careful control of it. but if they conceive of their role in political and public life as enacting an image, living up to an image, they're leaving a whole lot of things that are really important off the table, the most fundamental of which is service. the most important thing is they actually have an agenda that they believe is the right one forthe country and work to enact it. >> that was robert costa reporting.

"cbs news roundup" will be right back.

watching a loved one deal with memory loss, disorientation, and sometimes combative behavior of dementia can be heartbreaking. well, there is a facility in new york offering patients a unique way to create connections and experiences with their families. here is dr. jon lapook. >> here we go. >> reporter: judith lascar always loved taking long car rides. >> what do you want me to do? >> make a right. >> reporter: the 86-year-old is who suffers from dementia, is out for a spin with her daughter, jennifer. this is the at the nursing and

rehabilitation in commack, new york. it uses state-of-the-art technology to induce memory care patients and their families in experiences and activities through stimulating sights, sounds, even smells. >> there is an innocence to the reaction to some of the environments that are magical. and, you know, the last couple of years were not magical. so it was a nice escape for both of us. >> reporter: from being whisked away to the beach to visiting a quaint cafe. >> arms up, palms together. >> reporter: to practicing yoga. >> she was following along perfectly. it was amazing. >> reporter: recreational therapist kathleen big says the goal is to reduce combative behaviors, anxiousness, and restlessness, provide enrichment and increase quality of life. >> even though they have memory loss, you still want to make the memories that they have meaningful. so we're providing the opportunities for these families to have a whole new experience.

it's bringing new memories to them. >> reporter: the experience can be overstimulating. so residents come out to this calming room to decompress. >> we're talking about what's happening in the moment. and you don't get that a lot of the time. my mom has done some of the sequences so many times that she actually remembers them. >> reporter: jennifer says it's been wonderful to engage in experiences together once again. >> that was dr. jon lapook. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm carissa lawson. ♪

hello and thanks for staying up with us. i'm carissa lawson in new york, and here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." president-elect donald trump is moving quickly to fill positions in his new administration, and now he is calling on tech billionaire elon musk. congress is back in session, and republican leaders say they are ready to deliver on trump's agenda. and a community in louisville is in shock after a large explosion at an industrial plant. president-elect donald trump is heading back to the white house on wednesday for discussions with president joe biden about the transition of power. in the days since winning reelection, trump has moved quickly to assemble his new administration. that includes a flurry of nominations on tuesday. cbs' cristian benavides has the very latest from trump

transition headquarters in south florida. >> let's do that. let's bring in donald trump, gop presidential nominee. >> reporter: fox news anchor pete hegseth, who interviewed president trump the saturday before election day has been nominated to be u.s. secretary of defense. hegseth is an army national guard veteran who did tours in iraq and afghanistan. trump also announced spacex and tesla founder elon musk and biotech entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy will lead a proposed new department of government efficiency. musk shared the idea last month with trump supporters at the president-elect's rally in new york city. >> your money is being wasted and the department of government efficiency is going to fix that. >> reporter: trump also chose the people he hopes will help keep his campaign promise to quickly end the war in gaza. tuesday he tapped mike huckabee to be his ambassador to israel, and real estate developer to be

envoy to the middle east. it's likely they'll work with mark wasikowski who t. >> our border is a war zone. >> south dakota governor kristi noem will lead the department of homeland security. she will be at the forefront to the plan to deport millions of immigrants and border czar tom homan. homan was behind the controversial family separation policy during trump's first term and was asked what americans can expect with trump's promised mass deportations. >> it's going to be humane. no one is going to be mistreated. >> reporter: and the president-elect picked john ratcliffe to lead the cia. ratcliffe is a former texas congressman who served under trump as director as national intelligence. cristian benavides, cbs news, west palm beach, florida. a new york judge has delayed a decision on whether to toss out president-elect donald trump's criminal hush money

conviction, sentencing had been set for tuesday, but judge juan merchan halted proceedings to rule on whether president trump should be granted presidential immunity. trump was convicted in may on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over payments to an adult film actress. congress returned to work tuesday after its six-week election break welcoming new lawmakers from both parties. cbs news has learned that republican leaders will meet with president-elect donald trump on wednesday as he makes his first trip to washington since winning reelection. we get details now on the big shake-up in congress from cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: trump loyalists descended on washington poised to take control with the promise from the speaker to move quickly. >> we will be ready on day one. we are prepared this time. and as we wind down the 118th congress, we'll be ready to take the ball and run full speed in the 119th congress that begins in january. >> reporter: and a welcome back for democrats who survived the storm. [ cheering ]

training sessions began for the newly elected, including new jersey democrat andy kim, the first korean-american ever elected to the senate. >> i think we're up to the task. >> reporter: his opponent hasn't conceded, but republican dave mccormick who leads in the pennsylvania senate race was invited to orientation. in the u.s. house, some races remain undecided, but republicans are on a trajectory to the magic number of 218 seats to win the majority. democrats are regrouping. >> i think we're going have a family conversation that needs to be clear-eyed, candid, and comprehensive to figure out what happened on election night. >> reporter: congresswoman elect lateefah simon, born legally blind will represent oakland, california and says her party is ready for a fight. you're arriving at what some people describe series a toxic moment here. how do you deal with that? >> real leaders lead in any environment. >> reporter: it's republicans who will fight the first bruising battle among themselves, choosing a

republican senate leader to succeed mitch mcconnell. the candidates include texas' john cornyn and john thune of south dakota. but trump ally elon musk has urged for florida's rick scott, who posted that he'd agree to trump's call for the senate to surrender some of its power to confirm trump's cabinet and judges allowing so-called recess appointments. if recess appointments are allowed, trump nominees could take the helm and take their post without hearings and without votes here. as for the vote for senate republican leader, that happens by secret ballot which makes it difficult to exert any outside pressure. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. it was a terrifying afternoon in louisville, kentucky on tuesday where a neighborhood was rocked by an explosion at a factory. more than two dozen people were injured, and at least 11 were sent to the hospital. we get details now from cbs' dave malkoff. >> we got report from plant personnel, unknown persons are

still on the scene. unknown what the substance is that is blowing out. >> reporter: a loud explosion rocked this louisville neighborhood, leaving a gaping hole at the givaudan sense colour plant, a company that produces caramel coloring for solve drinks. >> this is not only a fire run, this is a structure collapse run, and this is a hazardous materials run. >> reporter: parts of the building collapsed. one person was pulled from the rubble, and 11 injured employees were taken to area hospitals. tyler mcclain lives a mile away. >> i was just in my house and just heard a huge explosion. the whole house shook. >> reporter: the blast was so powerful, it blew out windows of nearby buildings. residents in a two-block radius were told to evacuate. >> they did say that some of the gas levels were on the opposite side of the street were dissipating a lot quicker than that side of the street, which i'm hopeful about. but it's really scary at the moment. >> reporter: the fire department flew a drone to monitor air quality and report there was

nothing dangerous to breathe. the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. dave malkoff, cbs news, atlanta. emergency crews are working to contain a deadly wildfire burning along the new york-new jersey border. officials say the jennings creek wildfire has burned at least 5,000 acres of land. strong winds are limiting efforts to fight this blaze. it was only 30% contained by tuesday night, and heavy smoke is degrading air quality throughout northern new jersey. that area definitely needing more rain. well, when "cbs news roundup" continues, we talk with people living on both sides of the southern border about donald trump's plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. that story coming up right after the break.

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm carissa lawson in new york. president-elect donald trump has named two key allies to implement his vow to seal the southern border and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. steven miller who helped craft immigration policy in the first trump administration will be deputy chief of staff. and former i.c.e. commissioner tom homan will become border czar. both oversaw the trump policy of separating families at the border to deter illegal crossings. camila montoya-galvez has the view from a community on both sides of the border. >> wow. >> reporter: juan santos, his wife and four children have been living in this crowded room over the past four months. the young family traveled from southern mexico to this shelter in the northern mexican border city of nogales, joining other migrants from across latin america. >> venezuela. >> ecuador. >> reporter: ecuador. >> peru.

>> reporter: peru too. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: half of them are children. all of them have one goal, finding work and safety in the u.s. you wanted your kids to be safe. that's the reason you left. tens of thousands of migrants are estimated to be here in mexico waiting for a chance to enter the u.s., including the children behind me, but now many of their parents are growing increasingly desperate and concerned that president-elect trump will make it much harder for them to enter the u.s. >> we're going have to seal up those borders. >> reporter: trump ran on mass deportation and harsher asylum policies, a platform that appealed to many u.s. border residents like anna parada. >> that was the main thing was immigration. i really saw the biden administration being a little bit too lax on immigration, and having trump back in office i believe is going to be a difference again. >> reporter: on the mexican side of the border, the reaction to trump winning was dramatically different. you're scared? why?

porque? [ speaking in spanish ] because he promised to deport all the migrants. and that he would close down the application system that you are trying to use to enter the country legally. >> reporter: a doctor by trade, luz says she and her son fled political persecution in bolivia. if allowed to enter the u.s., she says she would like to help others. you want the u.s. to help you, but you want to get the chance for you to help the u.s. through your medical work. yes. >> reporter: whether the u.s. gives her that chance is now an open question. i would've called yesterday. but... i could've called yesterday. but... i should've called yesterday, but... would've, could've, should've. we hear that a lot. hi. i'm jonathan,

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and lisa franchitti is the chief of operations for the u.s. navy, the first woman to serve on the joint chiefs of staff. ed on her watch, the number of females on submarines has doubled to more than 730. charlie d'agata takes us aboard the uss new jersey, the first sub designed with women in mind. >> reporter: the uss new jersey made waves when it was commissioned. does it feel like you're taking part in something historic? >> it does, actually, because i am the first female on this boat to qualify engine room

supervisor. >> reporter: this is machinist mate kianna gonzalez's first submarine. she showed us the tight quarters, but she's focused on the mission and getting promoted. what are you expecting in the weeks and months ahead? >> well, i should be the next person to be in charge of my division. >> reporter: the navy lifted the ban on women on submarines back this 2010, retrofitting bathrooms and sleeping quarters to accommodate them. less than five minutes we're beneath the waves. >> reporter: the new jersey's crew, however, historic. steven halle is the commanding officer of 135 crewmembers aboard the new jersey. >> i have about 40 women on board, which there is no other fast attack submarine with that volume of women part of their crew. >> reporter: and what's it feel like to be part of that? >> it's great. studies have shown that fully integrated and a diverse group, they just perform better. up to 15 or 20% better. >> reporter: why do you think that is? >> if we have everyone thinking the exact same way, we end up

with one school of thought. having all genders, all races really brings an additional level of perspecive. >> reporter: as more women join the marine force, the navy says they're bringing important capabilities. >> integration is not just vital to problem solving, but is a war fighting necessity. >> reporter: lieutenant victoria maher is the women in submarines coordinator. >> when i was on the uss new jersey, i was one of just a couple of female officers, and now almost half the ward room is female officers who are crushing it out there. >> reporter: the crew of every navy ship has to work as a team. on a submarine, it's mission critical. >> anyone that doesn't agree women should be in the submarine force has to ask themselves why they would think about that. is it because they have a notion that women are not capable? because that is not true. is it a notion that, you know, men can't conduct themselves around women? because that is not true.

it's an archaic way of thinking. >> reporter: the new jersey is the most advanced fast attack submarine in the fleet. capable of carrying a payload of a dozen tomahawk cruise missiles and 24 torpedos. the kind of firepower the submarine uss john warner used against syrian targets in 2018. as the new jersey heads out into sometimes uncertain waters, its skipper believes the women submariners have brought more than war fighting skills to his crew. >> thank you. >> i've learned things from the ladies on the ship. i think they've taught me most to have grace and compassion. their talent and their professionalism is matched to the rest of the crew. >> reporter: aboard the uss new jersey, grace and compassion are giving new meaning to the navy's saying "forged by the sea." saying "forged by the sea." for "eye o patients who have sensitive teeth

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harmful bacteria. >> alarming new details in the listeria outbreak. >> burgers from some locations connected to more than four dozen e. coli infections. >> reporter: across the country, people have been getting sick from their food. a cdc analysis found food borne analysis have increased 42% since 2013 in regions the cdc monitors. while we can't always control what happens outside our home, inside we can take preventive measures to avoid food borne illnesses. it starts in the kitchen. we gathered a group of homeowners who were willing to let us in to talk safety. what they don't know is we'll be looking at all the nooks and crannies of their kitchens with donny hugh, a food safety expert and inspect were premier food safety. ready to do this? let's do it. >> reporter: we're at the home of katie and joe in new jersey. >> we're going see how clean your kitchen really is. >> reporter: yu carefully inspects the microwave and cabinets. but it's in the fridge he finds his first offense, uncovered

food. >> right here you have some apples. they're just exposed. oh, no, what this? come on! you notice that the strawberries don't look like they're edible anymore. >> they're not good. >> reporter: all this can cause bacteria to grow and make you sick. he also recommends color coding chopping boards to prevent cross-contamination. >> the yellow cutting board is to chop your raw chicken. and the red is for your red meats and the green for veggies. >> reporter: and just like at a real restaurant, yu hands out letter grades. a for sparkling clean. b for a few violation, and c for shut it down. donny has a score for you. what do you think? >> i gave you guys a b. >> not bad. >> reporter: a decent start. now off to our next home. >> hi, harold! >> reporter: meet harold and rae. dishwasher seals in need of a scrub, and dirty cookware left out. but as more troubling concern,

the overpacked fridge and freezer. >> you got a lot of stuff in here. it's a bit difficult to close your freezer. >> reporter: that can cause poor circulation or cold air to leak. refrigerators should be 40 degrees or cooler, and freezers zero. and then there was this. >> what is this here? >> glass of water. >> glass of water? oh, okay, cool. if you have water here, you have to make sure that you always wrap up -- it smells like alcohol. >> it might be. >> reporter: the biggest violation, how they stored raw chicken, which can have salmonella. thinking should not be above your ready to eat foods because chicken contains these raw juices that can potentially drip, and it can contaminate your ready to eat food. >> they're getting a b. >> still above average. >> reporter: but things went downhill at the home of carrie and john barrett. >> oh! >> horrible! and it looks horrible. >> that might be from last

thanksgiving thinking expired earlier in the year. so this has to be discarded. what's this? >> it's a rotten tomato. >> probably don't want to open that. >> oh, my gosh. i'm mortified. >> reporter: and while he says their oven and cooking surfaces would fail any inspection, he warns not to neglect the oven hood. >> the oil gets too heavy, it can start drifting into your food and that's going to cause contamination. >> reporter: no surprise here. would you eat in this kitchen? >> no. >> i'm sorry. you're not invited any way! [ laughter ] >> reporter: sparta, new jersey. there is a lot more ahead on "cbs news roundup." stay with us.

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