This week on "Sunday Morning" (September 10)
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Guest host: Lee Cowan
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COVER STORY: Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk | Watch Video
The bestselling biographer of such inventive personalities as Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs has written a new book about Elon Musk, the volatile billionaire who has built electric cars, launched rockets, and thrown wrenches into the war between Russia and Ukraine. Walter Isaacson talks with correspondent David Pogue about the ways in which Musk's companies are reshaping history, as well as the celebrity CEO's dramatic personality and his propensity to "go dark."
READ AN EXCERPT: "Elon Musk" by Walter Isaacson
For more info:
- "Elon Musk" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available September 12 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Follow Walter Isaacson on Twitter (X)
HEADLINES: Morocco earthquake death toll surpasses 2,000 (Video)
The government of Morocco announced three days of national mourning after what is being called the most powerful earthquake in the region in at least 100 years. Friday's quake shook the historic tourist town of Marrakesh and surrounding regions, but villages in the Atlas Mountains suffered the greatest damage and may be the hardest to reach, raising the specter of a humanitarian disaster. Lee Cowan reports.
ALMANAC: September 10 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks at important historical events on this date.
ARTS: Art on the Mall: American diversity on display (Video)
The first-ever curated exhibition on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., presents works from a diverse range of artists telling stories previously untold amid our nation's historic monuments. Correspondent Faith Salie reports on the installation "Beyond Granite: Pulling Together," which presents a more inclusive representation of America.
For more info:
- "Beyond Granite: Pulling Together: New Perspectives on the National Mall" (through September 18)
- Derrick Adams
- Vanessa German (Instagram)
- Tiffany Chung
- Ashon T. Crawley
- Wendy Red Star
- Paul Ramirez Jonas
- Monument Lab
- National Park Service
- Trust for the National Mall
ARTS: Michael Bloomberg on reviving lower Manhattan through the arts | Watch Video
The $500 million Perelman Performing Arts Center, opening later this month, is the final major piece of redevelopment at the World Trade Center site in New York City. Former mayor and major benefactor Mike Bloomberg gives correspondent Mo Rocca a tour of The PAC, and discusses the arts' power to transform a neighborhood and a city.
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PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including actor-comedian Arleen Sorkin, best known for playing Calliope Jones on "Days of Our Lives," and as the voice of Harley Quinn on "Batman: The Animated Series."
MUSIC: Maluma on dreaming big | Watch Video
The reggaetón hits of Colombian megastar singer Maluma, including "Borro Cassette" and "El Perdedor," have surpassed 50 billion streams worldwide. But his success has gone far beyond the world of music. Correspondent Lilia Luciano talked with the 29-year-old Maluma (a.k.a. Juan Luis Londoño Arias) about his skyrocketing career, and the arts foundation he created in Medellin for at-risk youth.
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HARTMAN: Paying it forward (Video)
Chesterfield, Pa., utilities worker Calvin Godette has been gifting strangers – buying them coffee, groceries or gas – without thinking about much in return. A few months ago, he spotted a woman behind him at a fast-food drive-through who seemed sad, and decided he'd pay for her order. His generosity inspired the recently-widowed Denise Walters to further acts of kindness. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports.
BOOKS: Oprah Winfrey and Arthur Brooks on charting a course for happiness | Watch Video
During the pandemic, Oprah Winfrey contacted Harvard professor Arthur Brooks, famed for his lessons on happiness, and proposed teaming up to write a book about finding enjoyment and meaning in your life. CBS News' Norah O'Donnell talks with Winfrey and Brooks about their collaboration, "Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier," and about the importance of accepting unhappiness in order to gain fulfillment.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Build the Life You Want" by Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey
PREVIEW: Oprah Winfrey: Envy is "the great destroyer" of happiness | Watch Video
For more info:
- "Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier" by Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey (Portfolio), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available September 12 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Arthur Brooks
- oprah.com
- Amy's Bread Café at the Museum of the City of New York
WORLD: Gen. Mark Milley on seeing through the fog of war in Ukraine | Watch Video
No American has been more deeply involved in the war in Ukraine than Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He took CBS News national security correspondent David Martin to a top secret Pentagon command center where his staff tracks Ukraine's counter-offensive against invading Russian forces. The U.S. is sharing battlefield intelligence with Ukraine, Milley said, but its military retains "target selection and authority to strike."
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FOOD: The secrets of chef Mario Carbone's Sunday sauce (Video)
For generations of Italian-American families, a pot of tomato sauce simmering for hours has been a tradition for bringing the family together. And for chef Mario Carbone, whose namesake New York City restaurant is what he calls a "red sauce joint," a Sunday sauce filled with ground beef, ground veal and pork sausage is a twist on his family's recipe. Correspondent Kelefa Sanneh gets a taste.
For more info:
- Carbone, New York City
- Carbone Fine Food
COMMENTARY: One peril facing job-hunters? Being ghosted | Watch Video
To those searching for work online, the job market can be frighteningly similar to online dating. Writer Brad Mislow offers advice to those facing a lot of potential employers swiping left.
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NATURE: Shorebirds in North Carolina (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us to the North Carolina coast, where shorebirds remind us that summer's not over yet! Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Record-holding sailor Bill Pinkney (YouTube Video)
Bill Pinkney, the first African American sailor to circumnavigate the globe solo along the treacherous southern route, died August 31, 2023 at age 87. In this "CBS Sunday Morning" profile that aired on July 9, 2000, Pinkney - a trustee of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut - talked with Charles Osgood about his solo voyage: "If one has no dreams, what future do they have?" He also talks about overseeing construction of a replica of the slave ship Amistad, and of piloting a voyage to Africa as a history lesson for schoolchildren about the slave trade.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Best of "Sunday Morning" Nature: Sea life - extended cut (YouTube Video)
Join "Sunday Morning" videographers as they encounter astonishing beauty and wonder in a world under the waves.
GALLERY: Notable deaths in 2023
A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
GALLERY: Summer music heats up 2023
Live performances are in full swing this summer. Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring pictures by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
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