Guest host: Lee Cowan
COVER STORY: How Supreme Court conservatives are reshaping Americans’ rights
In overturning its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade on Friday, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has removed federal constitutional protections for women and turned the question of abortion rights over to state legislatures, precipitating bans on the procedure in many Republican-led states. CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford talks with law experts who say the conservative legal movement’s decades-long battle to upend the right to privacy underpinning Roe will not stop with abortion; and with an anti-abortion rights advocate who believes banning abortion will benefit women.
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ART: A true duck dynasty: Wildlife artists Jim, Robert and Joe Hautman
For his paintings of waterfowl, artist Jim Hautman has won the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual duck stamp contest a record six times. Close behind are his brothers, Joe Hautman (five-time winner) and Robert Hautman (three-time winner). Correspondent Conor Knighton talked to the self-taught artists about the siblings’ artistic rivalry.
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VIDEO: “Recess Therapy,” where little kids answer big questions
What is on the minds of kids ages 2-8? Armed with a microphone, Julian Shapiro Barnum finds out in his viral online series “Recess Therapy,” in which children discuss such weighty issues as climate change, money, and peeing in your pants. Correspondent Nancy Giles talks with Shapiro Barnum about why kids still say the darndest things.
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MUSIC: Toto on the many lives of “Africa”
Since 1982 the song “Africa” has become a worldwide sensation – one of a string of hits that Toto has had over the last 40+ years. The band’s founding members Steve Lukather and David Paich, along with longtime singer Joseph Williams – serious musicians who don’t take themselves too seriously – talk with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about a song that was almost dropped, and how Toto has continued to hold the line and supply the love.
To watch the official music video of “Africa” (because you can’t hear the song too many times), click on the player below:
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PASSAGE: In memoriam
DYI: Restoring a cruise ship with a storied past
Built in the 1950s to carry tourists on day trips from the German port of Hamburg, the cruise ship looked bound for the scrap heap, until Chris Willson found the Aurora for sale on Craigslist. Today, his 293-foot ship (which once played a Bond villain’s yacht) is parked in Stockton, Calif., surrounded by blueberry fields, and is being carefully restored. Correspondent Luke Burbank reports.
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HEADLINES: News of the week
SUNDAY’S BEST: The cool power of Peggy Lee
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Peggy Lee (1920-2002), known for such hits as “Fever” and “Is That All There Is,” demonstrated an alluring command over an audience with her sultry voice and precise stagecraft. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with biographer Peter Richmond and with Lee’s granddaughter, Holly Foster-Wells, about the singer’s artistry, and her rise from a painful childhood in North Dakota, to becoming a leading writer and vocalist of jazz, pop and torch songs. (This story was originally broadcast on February 6, 2022.)
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ART: Recreating Matisse’s “Red Studio”
Henri Matisse’s landmark painting “The Red Studio” documented the artworks displayed in his workspace just outside Paris as it existed in 1911. For the first time since then, almost all the individual pieces depicted in his painting have been reunited for an installation at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Correspondent Rita Braver reports.
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COMMENTARY: A court’s decision, and when a right becomes a crime
Columbia Law professor Carol Sanger says the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, which nullifies the precedent of Roe v. Wade, means women now face the imminent removal of an established right, touching on the most intimate aspects of family life – and face a new era of woman-shaming.
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ARCHITECTURE: The whimsical, living architecture of Tulum, Mexico
In Tulum, Mexico, the self-taught architect Roth created one of the area’s most popular resorts, the Azulik, and a nearby artists’ community, which were designed to incorporate the evolving natural world. Correspondent Manuel Bojorquez takes “Sunday Morning” on a tour.
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NATURE: Texas Hill Country
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“HERE COMES THE SUN”: Journalist and author Katy Tur and artist Joan Mitchell (Video)
Journalist and author Katy Tur sits down with Tracy Smith to discuss her upbringing and her new memoir, “Rough Draft.” Also, a new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art celebrates the life of abstract artist Joan Mitchell.
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