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COVER STORY: How protected is America from polio? | Watch Video
After many years of American kids routinely receiving polio vaccines, the virus that had doomed many to paralysis was almost eradicated in the USA. However vaccine avoidance immediately could enable the crippling illness to return. CBS Information chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook talks with David Oshinsky, writer of “Polio: An American Story,” and with violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, who contracted polio as a baby, about how dad and mom opting out of vaccinations for his or her kids may have an effect on polio charges right here.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Prolonged interview Itzhak Perlman (Video)
Famed violinist Itzhak Perlman talks with CBS Information chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook about his expertise after contracting polio as a baby, a number of years earlier than the event of a polio vaccine, and the obstacles in life to which he has needed to regulate due to his incapacity. He has recommendation for many who query taking the vaccine. He additionally talks concerning the impact of music on the mind, and the way he needs to be remembered.
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ALMANAC: February 22 (Video)
“Sunday Morning” appears again at historic occasions on this date.
ARTS: The legacy of the Studio Museum in Harlem (Video)
In 1968, a bunch of artists, activists, and group members based the Studio Museum in Harlem. It was an area not only for displaying works celebrating the contributions of African-American artists, but in addition to foster up-and-coming artists by means of a residency program. Now, following a seven-year, $160 million renovation, the Studio Museum has reopened. Nancy Giles pays a go to.
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SPORTS: The Winter Olympics wraps up
Seth Doane stories.
PASSAGE: Remembering Jesse Jackson, an American unique
Mark Whitaker appears again on the lifetime of The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Baptist minister, civil rights chief and social justice activist, whose trailblazing presidential campaigns, constructed on a message of financial help and faith-based compassion, fostered his so-called “Rainbow Coalition.”
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PASSAGE: In memoriam
“Sunday Morning” remembers a few of the notable figures who left us this week.
JOURNALISM: Seymour Hersh, a reporter’s reporter
For six many years, Seymour Hersh’s reporting for such publications as The New York Occasions and The New Yorker has modified public opinion and authorities coverage – from documenting the My Lai bloodbath in the course of the Vietnam Struggle, to uncovering torture by American service members on the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl talks with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist about his profession exposing corruption, and the place he believes America stands now. She additionally talks with Laura Poitras, co-director of a brand new documentary on Hersh, “Cowl-Up,” about placing the reporter with a repute for crankiness on digicam.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Seymour Hersh – The lifetime of a “Reporter” | Watch Video
A memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist recounts a blockbuster profession from the Golden Age of journalism. David Martin stories.
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- The documentary “Cowl-Up” is now streaming on Netflix
HEADLINES: Andrew’s arrest
Elizabeth Palmer stories.
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MOVIES: Rose Byrne on taking part in a girl on the finish of her rope in “If I Had Legs I might Kick You”
Australian-born actress Rose Byrne earned an Academy Award nomination for her highly effective efficiency within the drama “If I Had Legs I might Kick You,” taking part in a mom stretched to the boundaries. She talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about taking part in a girl shedding all sense of management. Byrne additionally discusses her early years in Hollywood and the assistance she acquired from fellow Aussie Heath Ledger; and the way she branched off from working in dramas just like the TV sequence “Damages,” to comedies like “Bridesmaids.”
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BOOKS: Norah O’Donnell on “We the Ladies,” concerning the unsung heroines of America
In her new guide, “We the Ladies,” CBS Information’ Norah O’Donnell tells the missed tales of girls who’ve helped form our nation, from the one feminine whose title seems on the Declaration of Independence, to the primary Black girl to argue a case earlier than the Supreme Court docket. O’Donnell talks with correspondent Mo Rocca about being shocked by how a lot she did not know of those girls’s contributions; the position of girls in journalism immediately; and why she is optimistic concerning the future.
READ AN EXCERPT: “We the Ladies” by Norah O’Donnell
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HEADLINES: Supreme Court docket ruling on Trump tariffs
Jo Ling Kent stories.
NATURE: Whitetail deer in New York
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Robert Duvall (Video)
Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall died on Feb. 15, 2026 on the age of 95. On this June 25, 2006 “Sunday Morning” profile, the star of such classics as “The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now,” and the TV miniseries “Lonesome Dove” talked with Rita Braver about his profession, together with the early days hanging out with Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman; his Oscar-winning efficiency as a rustic singer in “Tender Mercies”; and his love of westerns. He even gave a visiting reporter an impromptu tango lesson.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jesse Jackson’s political motion (YouTube Video)
Social justice activist The Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Feb. 17, 2026 at age 84. Watch these “Sunday Morning” stories from the Nineteen Eighties chronicling the Chicago minister as he ran twice for the presidency, whereas elevating a voice for these typically unheard within the political course of. Included:
- Oct. 1983 – David Culhane stories on Jackson’s choice about operating for the White Home as he campaigns on financial points; talks with Andrew Younger and Julian Bond
- July 1984 – Charles Kuralt and Bob Faw talk about Jackson’s influence on the 1984 race, and his future in politics
- March 1988 – David Culhane stories on the Jackson marketing campaign, his main victories, and his enchantment past minority voters; talks with John Lewis and political scientist Hugh Heclo
- Nov. 1988 – Simply days earlier than the election, Robert Pierpont stories on voter apathy over the Bush-Dukakis race, and the way Jackson is attempting to extend voter registration and participation
GALLERY: Notable deaths in 2026
“Sunday Morning” appears again on the esteemed personalities who left us this 12 months, who’d touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
MARATHON: UFOs and aliens (YouTube Video)
“The reality is on the market” – perhaps! Watch these “Sunday Morning” tales concerning the public fascination with UFO sightings and alleged alien visitations; theories about secrets and techniques hidden in Roswell, N.M.; and the seek for extraterrestrial life. Featured:
- Almanac: The primary official UFO sighting within the U.S. in 1947
- From 1995: Invoice Geist visits Rachel, Nevada, the undisputed UFO Capital of the World
- Almanac: The 1969 closing of Challenge Blue Ebook, the U.S. Air Drive’s probe into UFO sightings
- From 2007: The nation’s fascination with UFOs and aliens
- From 2021: David Pogue probes for solutions to the age old-question, “Are we alone within the universe?”
MARATHON: A love letter to New York Metropolis (YouTube Video)
From Manhattan to the Bronx, “CBS Sunday Morning” wanders the streets of the Huge Apple.
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