This week on "Sunday Morning" (July 26)
Host: Jane Pauley
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COVER STORY: Invasion! The threat from Asian giant hornets | Watch Video
They can grow as large as two-and-a-half inches and can slaughter a colony of thousands of honeybees in a matter of hours. And their sting? It's one of the most painful known to humankind. Vespa mandarinia, dubbed by The New York Times as "murder hornets," are the nation's latest invasive species, and correspondent Luke Burbank talks with entomologists and a beekeeper about the threats these insects pose and what's being done to keep them from establishing themselves in the United States.
For more info:
- McFall Beeyard, Custer, Wash.
- Mt. Baker Beekeepers Association
- Invasive Hornets (Washington State Department of Agriculture)
- Asian Giant Hornet (USDA)
- In Washington State: Report an Asian giant hornet. If you are outside Washington, report hornets to your state's apiary inspector (see list)
- Asian giant hornet watch (Facebook group)
- "CBS Sunday Morning" would like to thank the generous efforts of Prof. Doug Yanega of the University of California, Riverside, and Prof. Lynn Kimsey, of the University of California, Davis
POLITICS: The state of our Union | Watch Video
1968 was a year that saw America tested over issues of race and war. In 2020, the country is being tested over issues of race and the pandemic. "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel talks with noted political figures and writers – former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Senator Tom Daschle, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers Kathleen Parker and Anna Quindlen – about government dysfunction; the dangers of the Twitterverse; and the leadership needed to unite these United States.
For more info:
- Tom Daschle, The Daschle Group
- Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post
- Follow Colin Powell on Twitter
- Anna Quindlen (annaquindlen.net)
PASSAGE: Honors for John Lewis (Video)
This weekend Rep. John Lewis, who died July 17 at the age of 80, will be taken by a horse-drawn carriage one last time across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Ala., the same bridge where his peaceful protest for voting rights in 1965 was met with a violence that has become seared in our nation's collective memory. Later, his body will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS: Danny Meyer on the key takeaway for rescuing restaurants | Watch Video
Danny Meyer is one of New York City's most successful and influential restaurateurs. In mid-March he closed all 20 of his restaurants and laid off nearly 2,100 employees. Meyer, and his top executive, Chip Wade, president of the Union Square Hospitality Group, tell correspondent Martha Teichner how they plan to rebuild their business – and how the entire restaurant industry must evolve – in order to survive not only the pandemic, but a changing economy and changing tastes.
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Danny Meyer on overcoming threats to business success
Danny Meyer, whose restaurant business laid off hundreds of employees because of the coronavirus pandemic, explains to correspondent Martha Teichner how his father's business experience, including two bankruptcies, informed his efforts to survive a wrenching blow to the hospitality industry.
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BREAK: Rethinking the design of restrooms | Watch Video
As COVID becomes a fixture of life, new thought is being given to another fixture – the public restroom – and how to maintain social distancing in the most private of public places. Richard Schlesinger reports.
For more info:
- American Restroom Association
- American Standard
- Bradley International Airport, Hartford County, Conn.
- Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Conn.
- Physics of Fluids: American Institute of Physics
MILEPOST: Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George Bush on this day 30 years ago. The civil rights legislation prohibits discrimination and provides improved access to employment, goods and services and public facilities for millions with disabilities.
PROTESTS: The battle over federal forces on the ground in Portland | Watch Video
In addition to tear gas, there has been more than a whiff of politics in the air as armed men in camouflage have filled the streets of Portland, Oregon, setting off a pandemic of confusion and outrage. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin looks into the Department of Homeland Security's Border Patrol agents (who usually go after drug smugglers along the southwest border), who have been confronting and detaining protesters. Current and former government officials discuss what some decry as a "rogue police force."
WEB EXTRA: Christopher David: "Our city has been turned into a war zone intentionally" | Watch Video
In this web-exclusive commentary, the Navy veteran who stood up to a beating by camouflage-wearing officers at a Portland Black Lives Matter demonstration says federal forces are violating their oath to the Constitution.
For more info:
- Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf
- Mark Morgan, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
- Follow Christopher David (@Tazerface16) on Twitter
- Paul Rosenzweig, George Washington University School of Law, Washington, D.C.
MUSIC: Jimmy Buffett: "Everybody needs to take a little breath" | Watch Video
The "Margaritaville" singer who's provided a summer soundtrack for decades, and who has a new album out ("Life on the Flip Side"), has cancelled his annual summer tour because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But despite the dour news and shuttered concert scene, Jimmy Buffett is one to turn lemons into lemonade, by performing online concerts for first responders. Correspondent Tracy Smith catches up with the singer about making music that meets the challenge of the times.
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Jimmy Buffett performs "Slack Tide"
The singer-songwriter famed for "Margaritaville" has cancelled his annual summer tour, but fans who are isolating at home can take solace in his new album, "Life on the Flip Side." In this web exclusive for "CBS Sunday Morning," Jimmy Buffett performs a song from the album, "Slack Tide."
You can stream Jimmy Buffett's latest album "Life on the Flip Side" by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full):
For more info:
- margaritaville.com (Jimmy Buffett's official site)
- Follow Jimmy Buffett on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
- "Life on the Flip Side" by Jimmy Buffett (Mailboat Records), available on CD (Amazon, Barnes & Noble), Vinyl (Amazon, Barnes & Noble), digital download (Amazon, Google Play, iTunes) and Streaming (Spotify)
PASSAGE: Remembering Regis Philbin (Video)
Talk show host Regis Philbin, who held the Guinness World Record for most hours on TV, died Friday, July 24 at the age of 88. "Sunday Morning" takes a look back at a perennially winning television personality.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: The iconic Regis Philbin (VIDEO)
TV legend Regis Philbin died Friday, July 24 at the age of 88. In this "Sunday Morning" profile originally broadcast December 25, 2005, Charles Osgood visited the set of Philbin's syndicated morning show, "Live with Regis and Kelly," and accompanied him on the piano, as Philbin talked about the hosting jobs, late-night guest appearances and recordings of one of TV's brightest personalities.
BOOKS: New York Times bestseller lists
"Sunday Morning" recaps this week's bestselling fiction and non-fiction titles, courtesy of The New York Times.
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LIFE: Without water | Watch Video
The simple act of hand-washing became the first line of defense against the spread of the coronavirus. But millions of Americans have had to live through this pandemic with no safe running water, or even plumbing, in their homes. Correspondent Lee Cowan examines the lives of 21st century Americans with no easy access to water.
See also:
- From 2015: The Navajo Water Lady
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: One West Virginia food bank's most-requested item: Water
Linda McKinney, director of the Five Loaves & Two Fishes Food Bank in Kimball, W.Va., describes to correspondent Lee Cowan the difficulty people in her community have in accessing a very scarce commodity: clean drinking water.
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: The scarcity of clean water
Mayra Carrillo grew up in California's Central Valley, in a home that did not have clean water to drink – and neither did her own children. She talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about when she realized living without access to safe drinking water was not "normal."
For more info:
- DigDeep
- U.S. Water Alliance
- City of Keystone, W.Va.
- Ed Evans, West Virginia House of Delegates
- Ryan Jensen, Community Water Center, Visalia, Calif.
- Appalachia Mountain Flows
- Appalachia Water Project
- Five Loaves & Two Fishes Food Bank
- Navajo Nation
- Navajo Water Project
BETWEEN THE LINES: The New Yorker Cartoons (Video)
For some 95 years, cartoons in The New Yorker magazine have captured the spirit of their times. This time is no exception. "Sunday Morning" presents a recent sampling.
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NATURE: Frogs and tadpoles in Catonsville, Md. (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us to a pond near Catonsville, Maryland. Videographer: Videographer: Ken Kerbs.
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"SUNDAY MORNING" MATINEE: Celebrating Rodgers & Hart (Video)
2020 marks the centenary of the Broadway debut of the first professional collaboration by one of musical theater's most legendary duos, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. To honor their songwriting legacy, Broadway stars Jelani Alladin ("Frozen," "Hercules") and Christiani Pitts ("King Kong," "A Bronx Tale"), along with dancer Richard Riaz Yoder ("Hello, Dolly!," "Shuffle Along"), present a modern take on the Rodgers & Hart standard "The Lady Is a Tramp," recorded especially for the "Sunday Morning" audience. Music direction and arrangements by drummer Bryan Carter, who performs alongside bassist Russell Hall.
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