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Guest host: Lee Cowan
The archetypal rebuilt location successful Pacific Palisades, Calif., to person received a certificate of occupancy aft the erstwhile operation connected Kagawa Street was destroyed by the Palisades Fire, Nov. 21, 2025.
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COVER STORY: One twelvemonth aft Calif. wildfires, advancement is dilatory successful rebuilding
A twelvemonth aft wildfires decimated overmuch of Pacific Palisades and Altadena, California, operation has begun connected astir 500 of the much than 16,000 structures lost. Jonathan Vigliotti talks with immoderate of the residents, businessowners and officials navigating the analyzable web of permits, security payouts, rising operation costs, and stalled national assistance that is slowing the way to rebuilding a amended and safer community.
For much info:
- Betsy, Altadena, Calif.
- Los Angeles County Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger
- Karen Martinez (palisadesfirerebuild) connected Instagram:
ALMANAC: January 4
"Sunday Morning" looks backmost astatine humanities events connected this date.
New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, May 31, 1941.
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U.S.: How Mayor Fiorello La Guardia made New York the top metropolis successful the world
After helium took bureau successful the mediate of the Great Depression, New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia reshaped the metropolis done monolithic nationalist works projects (like housing, bridges, schools and hospitals) portion championing immigrants and the moving class. Mo Rocca talks with historiographer Kenneth T. Jackson astir however La Guardia – a 5'2" bundle of dynamite and inveterate PR hound – changed the relation that authorities plays successful people's lives, and became the politician that made New York great.
For much info:
- Kenneth T. Jackson, prof emeritus of history, Columbia University
- "The Encyclopedia of New York City (Second Edition)," edited by Kenneth T. Jackson (Yale University Press), successful Hardcover and eBook formats, disposable via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- New York City Center
- La Guardia and Wagner Archives, CUNY
WORLD: Look up to 2026: Prospects for bid successful Ukraine
Last February, American argumentation connected Ukraine took an unexpectedly crisp crook aft President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance publically criticized Volodymyr Zelenskyy astatine the White House erstwhile the Ukrainian president pressed for continued U.S. enactment against the Russian invasion. As Putin's battle continues, Holly Williams reports connected the advancement of bid talks, and the war's interaction connected Ukrainians.
Filming the HBO Max aesculapian play "The PItt."
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TV: Behind the scenes of "The Pitt"
The Emmy-winning HBO Max play "The Pitt" immerses viewers successful the hour-by-hour struggles faced by the overworked-yet-superhuman exigency country unit astatine the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. CBS News main aesculapian analogous Dr. Jon LaPook visits the series' hyper-realistic acceptable astatine Warner Brothers Studios successful Burbank, Calif. (where formed members acquisition a two-week aesculapian footwear camp), and talks with star, writer, manager and enforcement shaper Noah Wylie astir wherefore the erstwhile "ER" histrion returned to the aesculapian play genre.
To ticker a trailer for Season 2 of "The Pitt" click connected the video subordinate below:
The Pitt Season 2 | Official Trailer | HBO Max by HBO Max on YouTube
For much info:
- Season 2 of "The Pitt" begins streaming January 8 connected HBO Max
- Noah Wylie connected Instagram
PASSAGE: In memoriam
"Sunday Morning" remembers immoderate of the notable figures who near america this week.
U.S.: Look up to 2026 - Shifting views of Washington
As America enters its 250th twelvemonth since declaring independence, longtime governmental writer Dan Balz says the state is taking banal and measuring the consequences of the Trump administration's actions to drastically reshape the government. He talks with Robert Costa astir the governmental scenery successful 2026, including the disruptions caused by authorities layoffs; President Trump's age; and the prospects for Republicans successful November's midterm elections.
For much info:
- Dan Balz, The Washington Post
- Pines of Rome, Bethesda, Md.
Norah O'Donnell and Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, writer of "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules For a Long and Healthy Life."
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HEALTH: Doctor's orders: Eat crystal cream, and different tips for a agelong and steadfast life
In his caller wellness book, "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules For a Long and Healthy Life," Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a salient oncologist and wellness argumentation expert, goes beyond the basics of eating, workout and sleep. He talks with Norah O'Donnell astir the value of being happy, societal engagement, and recommended behaviors (like "don't beryllium a schmuck") that tin payment longevity.
For much info:
- Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D.
- "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life" by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D. (W.W. Norton & Co.), successful Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, disposable via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Thanks to Dolcezza Gelato & Coffee
Tracy Smith interviews histrion Michael B. Jordan, prima of Ryan Coogler's "Sinners."
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MOVIES: Michael B. Jordan connected "Sinners"
Michael B. Jordan, who plays duplicate brothers successful "Sinners," says shooting Ryan Coogler's fearfulness movie acceptable successful the Depression Era South – a play that melds Jim Crow racism with vampires – is besides a testament to the powerfulness of family. He talks with Tracy Smith astir portraying the characters Stack and Smoke; his ties to his parents; and what it took for him to retrieve from playing the villain Killmonger successful "Black Panther."
To ticker a trailer for "Sinners" click connected the video subordinate below:
Sinners | Official Trailer by Warner Bros. on YouTube
For much info:
- "Sinners" is present streaming connected HBO Max
- First Baptist Church of Venice Historic Cultural Monument
WORLD: Look up to 2026 - Europe arsenic a frenemy to Trump
In the decades since World War II, the narration betwixt the United States and its European allies has been solid, cooperative and cordial – until President Trump took office. Elizabeth Palmer talks with European information adept Camille Grand astir Trump's attacks connected the European Union, and however the EU hopes to sphere its confederation with America, adjacent arsenic Washington takes a much assertive posture toward Europe.
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Mt. Washington is the highest highest successful New Hampshire - and a gully for "Highpointers" aiming to acme the highest points successful each U.S. state.
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U.S.: Peak question - Viewing the U.S. from each state's highest point
"Highpointers" are radical with a quirky goal: summiting the highest constituent successful each of the 50 states, from Denali successful Alaska (elevation: 20,310 feet supra oversea level), to Florida's Britton Hill (elevation: 345 feet). Conor Knighton talks with immoderate intrepid travelers whose ngo is to presumption the United States from the unsocial position of each state's tallest peak.
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SCIENCE: How iNaturalist app users person amusive portion aiding science
The iNaturalist cellphone app not lone helps users place plant, carnal and insect species; it besides provides invaluable information to scientists studying biodiversity, taxon decline, and situation loss. It besides provides opportunities for fun: David Pogue joins iNaturalist instrumentality Martha Stewart successful a "bio blitz" – a timed contention with different users to spot and ID species.
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U.S.: Heartwarming follow-ups to "Sunday Morning" stories
Lee Cowan revisits immoderate of the astir impactful "Sunday Morning" stories of 2025, with updates connected the affirmative outcomes since they aired.
NATURE: TBD
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Those we mislaid successful 2025 by CBS Sunday Morning on YouTube
MARATHON: Those we mislaid successful 2025 (YouTube Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks backmost connected our conversations with immoderate of the noted celebrities, newsmakers, and originative figures who near america this past year, including:
- Filmmaker David Lynch
- Actor and novelist Gene Hackman
- Boxer and grill pitchman George Foreman
- Photographer Sebastião Salgado
- Estée Lauder CEO and creation collector Leonard Lauder
- Political commentator David Gergen
- Novelist Martin Cruz Smith
- Secretariat jockey Ron Turcotte
- Fashion decorator Giorgio Armani
- Actor and manager Robert Redford
- Olive Garden reviewer Marilyn Hagerty
- Musician and TV taxable opus composer Sonny Curtis
- Naturalist Jane Goodall
- Actress Diane Keaton
- Former Vice President Dick Cheney
- Actress Diane Ladd
- Playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard
- Actor and manager Rob Reiner
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MARATHON: Stories from New England (YouTube Video)
"CBS Sunday Morning" travels done New England successful this marathon, exploring quaint towns, agrarian stores and breathtaking landmarks:
- Visiting each municipality successful Vermont
- Becorns successful Rhode Island
- Towns for merchantability
- Uncovering a Connecticut dumpster worthy millions
- Rescuing oversea turtles
- A caller breed of frontier household
- A abstracted bid
- How Erin French recovered herself astatine The Lost Kitchen
- Saving agrarian wide stores
- A 101-year-old lobster woman
- Oysters, the pearls of Cape Cod
- A unsocial cross-border instauration
- Maine's astir celebrated young beekeeper
- The pick of the harvest successful food
- Dog Mountain
- Two Maine seniors and their precise unusual honeymoon
- Hunting treasures connected Block Island
- Art by the incarcerated
- Store proprietor gets immoderate assistance
- Abandoned houses
- A lobsterman's person
- Alex Katz spotlights his favourite artists
- The small patriot
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