This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 29)
Host: Jane Pauley
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HEADLINES: Hurricane Ida nears Gulf Coast (Video)
The storm is expected to make landfall Sunday as a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane. CBS News meteorologist Jeff Berardelli has the latest.
HEADLINES: Louisiana prepares for Hurricane Ida landfall (Video)
As Hurricane Ida bears down on Louisiana, residents are preparing for a potentially catastrophic storm with life-threatening storm surges and flooding. Correspondent Omar Villafranca reports on preparations in New Orleans.
AFGHANISTAN: The deadline nears (Video)
Correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports on a time of turmoil and tragedy in Kabul, leading up to this Tuesday's deadline for U.S. forces to leave the country.
COVER STORY: An Iowa town goes to battle for Afghan immigrant | Watch Video
As an interpreter for American and Allied forces in eastern Afghanistan, Zalmay Niazy became a target of the Taliban – and applied for asylum in the U.S., where he'd settled among the cornfields of Iowa. But when immigration officials turned down his application, the townspeople of Iowa Falls fought back. Correspondent Lee Cowan reports.
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ART: Latinx art today | Watch Video
"Estamos Bien - La Trienal 20/21," an exhibition at El Museo del Barrio, is the New York City museum's first large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art, featuring the work of more than 40 U.S. and Puerto Rican artists. Correspondent Lilia Luciano visits this celebration of color, culture and identity.
For more info:
- El Museo del Barrio, New York City
- Exhibition: "Estamos Bien – La Trienal 20/21" at El Museo del Barrio (through September 26)
- luciahierro.com
- Hiram Maristany Photography (Facebook)
SUNDAY PROFILE: Padma Lakshmi on turning pain into power | Watch Video
A woman who started out as a model has become a role model. Padma Lakshmi – bestselling author, host of "Top Chef" and "Taste the Nation," and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador – talks with correspondent Faith Salie about overcoming the traumas of sexual assault, the injuries of a serious car accident, and a diagnosis of endometriosis, and about how "your scars really make you who you are."
For more info:
- padmalakshmi.com
- "Tomatoes for Neela" by Padma Lakshmi, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal (Viking Books for Young Readers), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound
- Indochine, New York City
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.
U.S.: Gun violence: America's other epidemic | Watch Video
In Baltimore, as in so many other cities, gun violence is an epidemic, as young people with weapons perpetuate cycles of violence and retaliation. "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel talks with officials and advocates who are working to stop the contagion of violence.
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- Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael S. Harrison
- Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy
- Catholic Charities: Safe Streets of Sandtown-Winchester
- Little Hearts United
HARTMAN: Doin' the Hokey Pokey (Video)
Phyllis Brinkerhoff, of Prairie Village, Kansas, is obsessed with a dance song she describes as "fun, joyous." And she's not afraid to share her love of the "Hokey Pokey" to her neighbors. So, on Brinkerhoff's 93rd birthday, her neighbors decided to put their whole selves in. Steve Hartman reports.
MUSIC: David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash speak | Watch Video
Half a century ago, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released one of the greatest albums of the rock era, "Déjà vu." The record would sell eight million copies, but the band, and the friendships, did not endure. "CBS This Morning" co-host Anthony Mason talks with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash about their shared history and the timeless music they produced, as "Déjà vu" gets a delayed 50th-anniversary expanded release. (This story was originally broadcast on May 23, 2021.)
You can stream the 50th Anniversary Edition of "Déjà vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full):
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COMMENTARY: Billie Jean King on achieving true equality | Watch Video
The tennis great says female leaders of social justice movements fighting for equality for every human being should not be discriminated against because of their gender.
For more info:
- billiejeanking.com
- "All In: An Autobiography" by Billie Jean King, with Johnette Howard and Maryanne Vollers (Random House), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound
WAR: Eddie Gallagher and the changing story of a death in Iraq | Watch Video
In 2018 members of Alpha Platoon did the unthinkable: they broke the "code of silence" and accused their Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher, a man they once revered, of war crimes in Iraq. Gallagher would be acquitted of killing a young ISIS prisoner, but the controversy over what happened in Mosul has not ended. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
For more info:
- "Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs" by David Philipps (Crown), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound
- "The Line" with Dan Taberski (Apple Podcast)
- theeddiegallagher.com
NATURE: Butterflies in the summer sun (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us to a meadow near Princeton, Massachusetts, a prime spot for butterflies. Videographer: Doug Jensen.
Coming up on Friday, September 3 in prime time: A rebroadcast of the "Sunday Morning" special, "The Pet Project," a one-hour special celebrating America's love of animals in all shapes and sizes. Airing at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS, and streaming on cbsnews.com and Paramount+.
The Emmy Award-winning "CBS Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. Executive producer is Rand Morrison.
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