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COVER STORY: Good news you may have missed in 2024 | Watch Video
You may remember 2024 as a year of bad news – and you’d be right! But it was also a year of GOOD news, and not all of it made headlines. Correspondent David Pogue reports on some of the year’s best underreported stories, from the eradication of murder hornets in the U.S., to how artificial intelligence is rewriting the study of proteins to help conquer diseases.
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LOOK BACK: Top news headlines of 2024, month-by-month | Watch Video
From Boeing’s turbulence and a catastrophic hurricane, to Trump’s election victory, “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a year that was monumental.
LOOK BACK: Top music of 2024 (Video)
“Sunday Morning” checks out Spotify’s top streaming hits of the past year.
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FOOD: How Japanese mochi brings communities in America together (Video)
Mochi, a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice, is more than just a nostalgic taste of Japan; the very act of making mochi – a “mochitsuki” – takes on special significance on New Year’s Day. Correspondent Conor Knighton reports.
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SUNDAY PROFILE: Nikki Glaser takes on the Golden Globes | Watch Video
On January 5, Nikki Glaser will host the Golden Globes on CBS – her biggest audience to date. Correspondent Luke Burbank follows the comedian, who says she thrives on anxiety, as she prepares for the big night with her writing team. The Golden Globes gig caps a year that saw the release of Glaser’s acclaimed comedy special, “Someday You’ll Die,” and her fierce roasting of Tom Brady.
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A LOOK AHEAD: Prospects for Russia’s continued war on Ukraine | Watch Video
With the election of Donald Trump, Ukrainians are worried that the next U.S. president will stop the supply of weapons being used to defend themselves against Russia’s invasion, and pressure Kyiv into surrendering territory to Vladimir Putin. Correspondent Holly Williams looks at how the war (which in February would enter its fourth year) may be determined by whether the resolve of Western nations to push back against Moscow remains strong – or falls apart.
A LOOK AHEAD: Seismic changes in the Middle East | Watch Video
Following Hamas’ terror attack on Israel in October 2023, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, have humiliated the anti-Israel government in Iran, while the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the return of Trump are stirring uncertainty in the region. Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports.
A LOOK AHEAD: Trump’s agenda vs. Congress | Watch Video
Donald Trump is getting ready to battle Congress as he returns to the White House. But Washington has a way of pushing back against presidents. New York Times chief Washington correspondent Carl Hulse sits down with CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa to discuss the prospects of “governing by crisis,” and what Republicans are telling him in private about Trump supporter Elon Musk.
EXTENDED INTERVIEW: New York Times reporter Carl Hulse (Video)
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LOOK BACK: Top movies of 2024 (Video)
“Sunday Morning” checks out the top-grossing films of the past year.
LOOK BACK: “Hail and Farewell”: A tribute to those we lost in 2024 | Watch Video
“Sunday Morning” correspondent Lee Cowan remembers some of the newsworthy men and women who passed away this year – musicians and storytellers who surpassed the ordinary, athletes who defied expectations, and activists who defied injustice, all touching us with their creativity and humanity.
COMMENTARY: Faith Salie on the real meaning of resolutions | Watch Video
It’s New Year’s, a time for us to consider what resolutions mean to us. “Sunday Morning” correspondent Faith Salie talks about how to stay present in our lives as time marches on.
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THE BOOK REPORT: Ron Charles on the best books of 2024 | Watch Video
The Washington Post book reviewer offers his picks for some of “the best of the best” fiction and non-fiction of the year.
Book excerpt: “The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World” by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Book excerpt: “I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition” by Lucy Sante
Book excerpt: “Playground” by Richard Powers
Book excerpt: “James” by Percival Everett
Book excerpt: “This Strange Eventful History” by Claire Messud
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LOOK BACK: Photos of 2024 (Video)
“Sunday Morning” presents some of the most mesmerizing images captured during the past year.
NATURE: Sunrise in Texas (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday with the sun rising at John Bunker Sands Wetland Center in Combine, Texas. Videographer: Scot Miller.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Images of rock legends from Laurel Canyon (Video)
This week in Los Angeles, the former Morrison Hotel, made famous by a Doors album cover, was destroyed by fire. Join Anthony Mason in this picturesque 2015 tour of L.A.’s iconic Laurel Canyon, home to rock ‘n’ roll royalty, and to the site of the Morrison Hotel, with rock’s royal photographer Henry Diltz.
EXTENDED INTERVIEW: Werner Herzog (YouTube Video)
In this extended conversation with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Werner Herzog, heralded for such features as “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” and for documentaries like “Grizzly Man,” talks about his memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All.” He discusses growing up in Germany and his fascination with America; his attraction to stories about visionaries; his collaborations with actor Klaus Kinski, and the difficulties he faced while shooting his epic “Fitzcarraldo”; and how he learned the craft of cinema from watching “very, very mediocre films.”
MARATHON: Secret Santa surprises that will bring you tears of joy (YouTube Video)
Every year, an anonymous, wealthy businessman plays the role of St. Nick, giving away money to total strangers. Steve Hartman has gone “On the Road,” sharing stories of generosity and kindness from the mystery “Secret Santa” and his helpers for over a decade.
MARATHON: Laughing Matters (YouTube Video)
Enjoy these past “Sunday Morning” interviews with some of the most brilliant and outrageous comic talents of our era. Featuring: Jerry Seinfeld, Joan Rivers, George Carlin, the team behind “The Simpsons,” Jim Gaffigan, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Lewis, Sarah Silverman, Louie Anderson, Gilbert Gottfried, Billy Crystal, John Cleese and Chris Rock.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Hollywood Legends IV (YouTube Video)
Watch more classic “Sunday Morning” interviews with some of the film industry’s most luminous stars. From 2014, Leonardo DiCaprio talks about the making of “The Wolf of Wall Street”; from 2012, Jane Fonda discusses what she calls her “third and final act”; from 2015, Russell Crowe talks about his first film as a director, “The Water Diviner”; from 2010, Harrison Ford describes stardom and his responsibility to his audience; and from 2018, Denzel Washington discusses his career on screen and on stage, as he appears in a Broadway revival of the Eugene O’Neill classic, “The Iceman Cometh.”
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