Calendar: Week of January 14
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:
Monday is Ratification Day, marking the 235th anniversary of approval of our treaty with Britain that officially ended the Revolutionary War.
- Treaty of Paris ratified (Library of Congress)
Tuesday sees the start of Senate confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee William Barr.
- Who is William Barr, Trump's pick to be the next attorney general? (CBS News, 12/07/18)
- "A stain on U.S. history": Trump's attorney general pick used Guantanamo Bay to hold thousands of Haitian refugees (CBS News, 12/10/18)
- Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees Mueller probe, to leave Justice Department (CBS This Morning," 01/09/19)
On Wednesday, Americans can choose (or not) to toast the 100th anniversary of Prohibition becoming, temporarily, the law of the land.
- Prohibition: America's failed "noble experiment" ("Sunday Morning, 06/12/12)
- Celebrating the repeal of Prohibition (CBS News, 12/03/13)
On Thursday, actress Betty White turns 97.
- 5 reasons why Betty White is still hip (CBS News, 01/17/17)
- The white hot Betty White ("Sunday Morning, 06/04/12)
- Betty White meets her new wax figure (CBS News, 06/06/12)
- Betty White joins Instagram with a champagne toast (CBS News, 06/04/15)
Friday is the scheduled sentencing date for former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, convicted of second degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
- Jason Van Dyke trial: Chicago cop guilty of second-degree murder in Laquan McDonald death (CBS News, 10/05/18)
And Saturday's the night for the Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, honoring the best in movies and TV, with CBS's "The Amazing Race" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" among the nominees.
- Producers Guild of America Awards (January 19)
- Complete list of 2019 PGA Award nominees
- PGA to honor Jane Fonda with 2019 Stanley Kramer Award
Story produced by Julie Kracov.
