This week on "Sunday Morning" (Feb. 1)

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COVER STORY: On the hunt
Thanks to decades of conservation efforts, achromatic carnivore populations are rebounding crossed the United States. Senior contributor Ted Koppel travels to the Arkansas Ozarks to articulation a radical of hunters connected their yearly achromatic carnivore hunt — a signifier they admit is analyzable and contentious, yet cardinal to their mode of life.

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ALMANAC: February 1
"Sunday Morning" looks backmost astatine humanities events connected this date.

ilia-malinin-jonathan-vigliotti-on-ice-1920.jpg U.S. Olympic squad fig skater Ilia Malinin with analogous Jonathan Vigliotti.  CBS News

SPORTS: Ilia Malinin connected the pursuit of perfection
Four-time nationalist fig skating champion Ilia Malinin, the lone idiosyncratic successful the satellite to person landed a quad axel successful competition, is the dense favourite for golden astatine this year's Winter Olympics. The 21-year-old from Virginia talks with analogous Jonathan Vigliotti astir his record-breaking skills which person made him a superstar successful the sport.

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HARTMAN: TBD

     
MUSIC: Name that tune! TV taxable songs
The introductions of TV shows diagnostic immoderate of the astir memorable tunes ever written, successful bid to drawback your attraction and present a show's communicative and characters. David Pogue talks with composers Charles Fox ("Wonder Woman," "Laverne & Shirley") and Theodore Shapiro ("Severance"), and movie euphony student Jon Burlingame, astir what makes a palmy TV taxable opus – and however the dreaded "Skip Intro" fastener should beryllium abolished.

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PASSAGE: In memoriam
"Sunday Morning" remembers immoderate of the notable figures who near america this week.

jeff-tweedy-with-anthony-mason-a.jpg Musician and songwriter Jeff Tweedy with analogous Anthony Mason.  CBS News

MUSIC: Jeff Tweedy: "Music is my savior"
Jeff Tweedy has released much than 2 twelve records successful his career, some arsenic a solo creator and arsenic frontman of the stone set Wilco. But helium whitethorn person outdone himself with his latest triple-album, "Twilight Override." He talks with Anthony Mason astir the value of euphony successful chaotic times; his workmanlike attack to songwriting; and the work helium feels to fans.

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mel-robbins-1280.jpg Author and podcaster Mel Robbins.  CBS News

BOOKS: Mel Robbins connected leaning in
Mel Robbins' podcasts, TED Talk and bestselling books, including "The 5 Second Rule" and "The Let Them Theory," person shared her inspirational messages astir positivity and empowerment. The erstwhile lawyer talks with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell astir however she overcame her ain consciousness of nonaccomplishment to go a beingness manager and motivational speaker, and wherefore the 57-year-old parent of 3 appreciates occurrence aboriginal successful life.

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Jesse Welles performs connected "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Nov. 19, 2025. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images

MUSIC: Jesse Welles: Keeping the tone of American people euphony alive
In an uncertain time, people instrumentalist Jesse Welles is reinvigorating the tone and relevance of the protestation song, spreading messages connected specified topics arsenic wellness security and ICE agents. The four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas, talks with "Sunday Morning" nationalist analogous Robert Costa astir this almighty signifier of code and opus that tin talk crossed generations.

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Early Berliner Gramophone. An aboriginal mentation of Emile Berliner's Gramophone. Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL/Getty Images

THESE UNITED STATES: How the gramophone changed music
While Thomas Edison's cylinders were the archetypal to play recorded sound, they were impractical – starring Emile Berliner to travel up with a amended mode to play music: The gramophone, invented successful 1887, which played level discs. Jane Pauley reports.

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NATURE: TBD
     


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From 2024: Ralph Macchio connected playing "The Karate Kid" 10:56

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ralph Macchio connected playing "The Karate Kid" (Video)
On Jan. 29, 2026, the Library of Congress named "The Karate Kid" – a beloved 1984 communicative of a young lad learning important beingness lessons from his mentor, a martial arts teacher – to the National Film Registry, to beryllium preserved for aboriginal generations. In this 2024 interrogation with "Sunday Morning" analogous Lee Cowan, "Karate Kid" prima Ralph Macchio talked astir auditioning for the role; his narration with co-star Pat Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi; and wherefore helium believes the movie has resonated with audiences.

nfr-additions-inception-karate-kid-white-christmas-the-thing-glory-clueless-incredibles-grand-budapest-hotel.jpg Among the latest additions to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry are (clockwise from apical left): Christopher Nolan's head-tripping thriller "Inception"; "The Karate Kid," starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita; the Irving Berlin philharmonic "White Christmas," starring Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen and Bing Crosby; "The Thing," with Kurt Russell; "The Grand Budapest Hotel," with Ralph Fiennes and Saoirse Ronan; "The Incredibles"; Alicia Silverstone successful "Clueless"; and Denzel Washington successful "Glory." Warner Brothers; Columbia Pictures; Paramount Pictures; Universal Pictures; Fox Searchlight; Disney/Pixar; TriStar Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images

MOVIES: "Inception," "The Karate Kid," "The Incredibles" among films recently named to National Film Registry
Among the 25 films selected by the Library of Congress to beryllium preserved for aboriginal generations are "The Big Chill," Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel," the Civil War play "Glory," and John Carpenter's "The Thing."

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cookie-queens-to-hold-a-mountain-knife-nuisance-bear-sundance.jpg Documentaries premiering astatine Sundance see (clockwise from apical left) "Cookie Queens," astir Girl Scouts competing successful selling cookies; "Nuisance Bear," astir however the nonaccomplishment of situation affects polar bears; "Knife," astir the attempted execution of writer Salman Rushdie; and "To Hold a Mountain," astir a teenage shepherd successful Montenegro. Sundance Film Festival

MOVIES: Sundance Film Festival 2026 opens for its last twelvemonth successful Park City, Utah. Here are immoderate of the highlights
The celebrated Sundance Film Festival, present moving successful Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, includes films starring Natalie Portman, Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen and Charli XCX, positive a wide scope of documentaries. (Available online done Feb. 1.)


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