As 2025 comes to a close, CBS News contributors Samantha Vinograd and Christopher Krebs discuss top national security threats in 2026. Plus, our correspondents' panel on the biggest stories of 2025 and their predictions for 2026.
First, a look at the booming, bourbon-driven barrel business. Then, Guy Fieri and 24,000 missing tequila bottles. And, how mezcal traditions are preserved as demand grows.
Winter weather is hammering the Northeast U.S. after slamming the Midwest over the weekend. Meanwhile, President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at Mar-a-Lago Sunday over a possible peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.
French politicians were divided on Monday over how to pay tribute to the late Brigitte Bardot who, despite her screen legend, courted controversy in later life with her far-right views.
Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: "Hail and Farewell," our annual tribute to those we lost in 2025; the best underreported good news stories of the year; artist Thomas McKean, whose medium is New York City Transit MetroCards; a Gingerbread City exhibit in London; and a brand-new centerpiece for the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop.
