Kris Van Cleave Kris Van Cleave CBS News Kris Van Cleave is a congressional correspondent for CBS News based in Washington, DC. Previously, Van Cleave spent more than five years as the CBS News' transportation correspondent beginning in September 2015, and before that, he served as a correspondent for CBS Newspath, the Network's 24-hour television newsgathering service for CBS stations and broadcasters around the world. Most recently, Van Cleave reported on how the travel industry adjusted to a COVID-19 world; a CBS News years-long investigation on a dangerously outdated safety standard for vehicle seats that sparked a congressional investigation; the helicopter crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant and others; on Black Lives Matter protests in Washington; and the January 2021 siege on the U.S. Capitol. His coverage of auto-safety issues earned him an Emmy nomination for investigative reporting.