This week on "Sunday Morning" (February 23)
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COVER STORY: Are we heading toward a constitutional crisis? | Watch Video
President Trump, who tried to overturn the 2020 election result, has been shattering norms upon returning to the Oval Office. Since the nation's founding, the guardrails that have kept presidents in check have been in the courts and Congress. But will they hold? "Sunday Morning" national correspondent Robert Costa talks with legal analysts about constitutional order and the limits of executive power.
For more info:
- National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
- Gillian Metzger, Professor of Constitutional Law, Columbia University
- Donald McGahn, Jones Day
ALMANAC: February 23 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
ARTS: Gallery owner Larry Gagosian on the "blood sport" of the art world | Watch Video
He's been called "the biggest art dealer in the history of the world." With 18 galleries around the globe, Larry Gagosian has more exhibition space than most museums. He talks with correspondent Anthony Mason about his estimated billion-dollar-a-year business; New York's competitive art world; spotting the talent of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat; and why, at age 79, he thinks resting is "overrated."
For more info:
- gagosian.com
- Images © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York
- Images courtesy Gagosian
- © Jean Pigozzi, courtesy Gagosian
- © Cy Twombly Foundation, courtesy Gagosian
HISTORY: President William McKinley's America | Watch Video
President Trump has repeatedly expressed admiration for one predecessor in particular: William McKinley, our 25th president, who loved tariffs, and oversaw an expansion of U.S. territory around the globe. But McKinley is best remembered as being one of the four presidents that was assassinated, and for having his name attached to a mountain in Alaska. Correspondent Mo Rocca visits America's heartland in search of the legacy of the Gilded Age chief executive.
For more info:
- McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Canton, Ohio
- Presidential historian Kevin Kern, University of Akron
NATURE: Why does a big elk sound so puny? (Video)
In this animated video essay, "Sunday Morning" contributor Robert Krulwich and animator Nate Milton go inside one of Nature's mysteries, to examine why an adult male elk, weighing around half a ton, makes such an uncharacteristically high-pitched sound.
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PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Ron Travisano, the creator of award-winning commercials, including for Meow Mix.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bearing witness: Portraits of Holocaust survivors | Watch Video
It's estimated that of the 200,000 survivors of the Holocaust still with us, half will be gone in the next 5-7 years, which is why photographer Gillian Laub has been taking photos of as many Holocaust survivors as she can – more than 300 portraits so far. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with Laub about her project, called "Live2Tell." He also talks with some survivors – models of courage, fortitude and grace – who bear witness to the horrors they experienced, and to the antisemitism they see today in America. As 89-year-old Stella Sonnenschein says, "We have a job to do."
For more info:
- Photographer Gillian Laub
- Follow Live2Tell on Instagram
- Follow Gillian Laub on Instagram
- Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City
- Claims Conference
HARTMAN: Home team (Video)
In 2021, Ama Tening Sow, a young boy from Dakar, Senegal, had dreams of playing basketball in the United States. A private high school in Pennsylvania sponsored him, but in 2022, the school went out of business, leaving the 15-year-old homeless and penniless, with nowhere to go. Enter Dave McComb, who was asked if he would take in Ama. Steve Hartman reports on an atypical host family.
TV: Behind the scenes of "Survivor" Season 48 | Watch Video
A pioneer of reality TV, the CBS show "Survivor" celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The game is simple: can one player outwit, outplay and outlast 17 others isolated on a South Pacific island to win the $1 million prize? "Sunday Morning" goes behind-the-scenes, as correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti visits Fiji, site of the "Survivor" challenge, to talk with host and showrunner Jeff Probst, along with cast and crew members, before the start of Season 48. Vigliotti also tests his stamina by taking part in a challenge rehearsal. Will he be voted out?
EXTENDED INTERVIEW: "Survivor" host and showrunner Jeff Probst (Video)
In this web exclusive, Jeff Probst, the host of the reality series "Survivor" since its debut in 2000, talks with "Sunday Morning" correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti in Fiji about the social experiment in which strangers stranded on an island must work together – and compete against each other – to win a $1 million prize. Probst, who is also the series showrunner, discusses the improvisational nature of the series as a study of human behavior; the unseen operations of the base camp behind the scenes; how psychology plays into the show's storytelling, including borrowing tactics used in police interrogation videos in his role as host; and the strength of diversity in the show's casting process.
To watch a preview of "Survivor" click on the video player below:
For more info:
- Season 48 of "Survivor" premieres February 26 on CBS and Paramount+
- Follow Jeff Probst on Instagram
- Follow "Survivor" on Facebook
- "Survivor" merch (Paramount Shop)
- Mattel's "Survivor Outwit Outplay Outlast Game"
BOOKS: "Resolute": Benjamin Hall on embracing the challenge of recovery | Watch Video
Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall and his crew were covering the war in Ukraine on March 14, 2022, when their car was struck by Russian missiles. Critically wounded, Hall was the only survivor. He wrote about the efforts to rescue him in his bestseller, "Saved." Now, he writes about his long road to recovery in his latest book, "Resolute: How We Humans Keep Finding Ways to Beat the Toughest Odds." Hall talks with correspondent Seth Doane about the importance of conflict reporting, and the tragedy he carries with him.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Resolute" by Benjamin Hall
For more info:
- "Resolute: How We Humans Keep Finding Ways to Beat the Toughest Odds" by Benjamin Hall (Harper Influence). In Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available March 18 via Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble and Amazon
- Follow Benjamin Hall on Instagram
NATURE: Arches National Park in Utah (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday morning taking in the sights at Arches National Park in Utah. Videographer: Brad Markel.
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HEALTH: "Weathering" and its effect on poor health and life expectancy | Watch Video
Arline Geronimus' research shows how societal pressures like institutional racism, classism, financial stressors or the environment can impact not just the length of life, but also the quality of life for marginalized communities suffering chronic diseases. She talks with correspondent Nancy Giles about her book, "Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society."
For more info:
- "Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society" by Dr. Arline T. Geronimus (Little, Brown Spark), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Arline T Geronimus, University of Michigan School of Public Health
- Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Henry Ford Health
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Illustrator Edward Gorey (YouTube Video)
The prolific author and illustrator of morbidly funny books Edward Gorey, who departed this life in 2000, was born 100 years ago, on February 22, 1925. His darkly comic drawings depicted odd creatures and unfortunate events, and were popularized in the opening titles of the PBS series "Mystery." In this "Sunday Morning" profile that aired April 20, 1997, correspondent Martha Teichner visited Gorey at his Cape Cod home, where the eccentric artist's obsessions were piled high. She also talked with Clifford Ross and Karen Wilkin, authors of "The World of Edward Gorey."
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Presidential History with Mo Rocca (YouTube Video)
Watch as correspondent Mo Rocca delves into the lives of American presidents with his entertaining stories of some of history's best- (and least-) remembered leaders.
"HERE COMES THE SUN": Adrien Brody and live movie music (Video)
Actor Adrien Brody sits down with Tracy Smith to discuss his latest film "The Brutalist." Then, David Pogue learns about symphony orchestra concerts where a film coincides with a live performance of the music found in the movie.
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