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Jay Carney, Amazon's senior VP of global corporate affairs, describes the company's growing role during the coronavirus outbreak and how it is trying to keep its workers safe.

Labor organizing surged last year, led by Amazon and Starbucks. A Gallup poll found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.

If you're a takeout or delivery customer, websites like Seamless and Grubhub are a marvel. Just type, click your order and the food is on its way. But if you're a restaurant, this shift to the web may not sit so well with you.

Also: Attorney General Lynch will testify before a House panel today; a report finds problems with small SUV headlights; and a Russian balloonist is trying to set a record floating around the world.

Also: China launches a mission to the moon; officials in the Philippines increase the typhoon's death toll; Thailand's prime minister won't resign in face of continued protests; and the 12 Days of Christmas are more expensive thanks to the pricey "nine lords-a-leaping".

The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and improve health care plan satisfaction for employees.

We examine two of the most crucial issues of normalizing U.S.-Cuba relations: The exchange of political prisoners and the future of the Internet in Cuba.

What if the Web had been patented?

Attention on the union vote in Bessemer, Alabama, has also renewed criticism of Amazon's business practices — irritating company executives including CEO Jeff Bezos, according to a new report from Recode.

Also: A hitchiker who became famous online for stopping an assault is now accused of murder; The National Weather Service now says 16 tornadoes struck Texas this week; Venezuela is forced to import toilet paper; and Candice Glover wins American Idol, she's the first woman to do so in six years.