-        title = item.get('articleTitle') or item.get('hed')
-        duration = item.get('duration')
-        thumbnail = item.get('mediaImage') or item.get('thumbnail')
+        guid = item['mpxRefId']
+        return self._extract_video_info(guid)
+
+
+class CBSNewsLiveVideoIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'cbsnews:livevideo'
+    IE_DESC = 'CBS News Live Videos'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?cbsnews\.com/live/video/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'
+
+    # Live videos get deleted soon. See http://www.cbsnews.com/live/ for the latest examples
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/clinton-sanders-prepare-to-face-off-in-nh/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'clinton-sanders-prepare-to-face-off-in-nh',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Clinton, Sanders Prepare To Face Off In NH',
+            'duration': 334,
+        },
+        'skip': 'Video gone',
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        video_info = self._download_json(
+            'http://feeds.cbsn.cbsnews.com/rundown/story', display_id, query={
+                'device': 'desktop',
+                'dvr_slug': display_id,
+            })