predictions, caitlin huey-burns?i think the biggest story to watch this coming year is how the president-elect, when he becomes president, handles immigration. we talk a lot about how the economy was the overarching theme of this election. immigration is what trump made his -- not only closing argument on, but his entire campaign was rooted in immigration. what this looks like, we saw in our polling, support for mass deportations. what does that look like and how do they handle that when we see how that looks like on television, explaining the policy and what the stories look like because of that, and whether the base is satisfied and whether the general public gets what they voted for on that. >> jan, 2025 prediction? >> i'll go back to the court. i think that donald trump will probably get his fourth nomination to the supreme court either this year or maybe next year. >> because someone retires? who? >> justice sam alito. he was nominated, took the bench in 2006. after nearly two decades on the report. >> marcus fr

caitlin huey-burns, cbs news, west palm beach, florida. >>> donald trump without any evidence accused biden administration of covering up what's behind the drone mystery that's concerning and perplexing millions of people in new jersey and other eastern states. cbs's tom hanson has the new developments. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: president-elect trump accused the biden administration of keeping americans in the dark on drones. >> the government knows what is happening, and for some reason they want to keep people in suspense. >> what is that? >> reporter: the sightings fueling fuel and concern. alejandro mayorkas said there is no national security threat. >> we know of no foreign involvement with respect to the sightings in the northeast. >> reporter: but mayorkas did say the federal government has deployed additional resources to assist new jersey state police. >> that's concerning. >> reporter: shaun golden is the monmouth county sheriff. >> the majority of the sightings, probably some type of commercial or recreational aircraft, manned aircraft. >> reporter: there have be

, congressional correspondent scott macfarlane, chief election correspondent, robert costa, caitlin huey-burns'keefe. it's great to have you all with us. scott, i want to start with you. . new congress will be sworn in this week. what position does mike johnson, the current speaker of the house, find himself in seeking re-election to that position? >> it's a tenuous position. it has the prospect and promise of having high drama friday when they begin the new congress, january 3rd by choosing the new speaker, one of the most un underappreciated and underreported issues of the election, was this incredibly narrow margin. republicans preserved it in the u.s. house, even more narrow than the one that gridlocked them over the past two years, and of course, the first order of business is choosing a speaker. republicans have just one or two votes to spare on anything. that has the possibility of paralyzing things, and we saw two years ago,gilligan's island. it was supposed to be a three-hour vote, and it had so many characters, not including thirst and howell. here's the thing. this is just the top l

>> norah: caitlin huey burns with all of those developments thank you.trump without evidence accused the biden adminstration of covering up what's behind the drone mystery that is concerning an perplexing millions of people in new jersey and other eastern states. cbs's tom hanson has the new developments. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: today president-elect trump accused the biden administration of keeping americans in the dark on drones. >> the government knows what is happening and for some reason they want to keep people in suspense. >> what is that? >> reporter: the sightings feeling fear and frustration come on sunday alejandro mayorkas said there is no national security threat. >> we know of no foreign involvement in respect of the sightings in the northeast. >> reporter: but mayorkas did say the government has deployed additional resources to assist new jersey state police. shaun golden is a monmouth county sheriff. >> these sightings probably something manned aircraft. >> therapy and more than 1,000 drone sightings were reported in new jers

cbs's caitlin huey-burns was at mar-a-lago. >> reporter: in his first press conference since winninglast month president-elect donald trump defended his choice of vaccine skeptic robert f. kennedy jr. to lead the department of health and human services. >> i think he's going to be much less radical than you would think. >> reporter: kennedy, a former democrat, would oversee the fda and the cdc. his attorney and adviser had petitioned the fda in 2022 to revoke the polio vaccine. in a statement republican senator mitch mcconnell, a polio survivor, issued a warning to kennedy, calling any effort to undermine confidence in the vaccine dangerous. >> do you want rfk jr. to revoke any vaccine? >> no, i want him to come back with a report as to what he thinks. you're not going to lose the polio vaccine. that's not going to happen. >> reporter: kennedy echoed trump as he arrived on capitol hill to meet with senators. as kennedy and other cabinet picks curry support on capitol hill this week trump suggested he could support primary challenges to republicans who opposed his selections. >> if th

cbs's caitlin huey burns was at mar-a-lago asking important questions to donald trump about his viewsfuture of immunization. >> reporter: in his first press conference since winning the election last month president-elect donald trump defended vaccine-skeptic robert f. kennedy june or to lead the department of health and human services. >> i think he's going to be much less radical than you would think. >> reporter: kennedy a former democrat would oversee the fda and the cdc, his attorney and adviser have petitioned the fda in 2022 to revoke the polio vaccine. in a statement, republican senator mitch mcconnell a polio survivor issued a warning to kennedy calling any effort to under nine confidence in the vaccine dangerous. do you want to revoke any vaccine? >> no, i want him to come back with a report of what he thinks. you are not going to lose the polio vaccine, that's not going to happen. >> reporter: kennedy echoed trump as he arrived on capitol hill today to meet with senators. as kennedy and other cabinet picks gather support on capitol hill this week. trump suggested today he c