This week on "Sunday Morning" (March 7)
Host: Jane Pauley
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COVER STORY: COVID-19 after one year: What will the future bring? | Watch Video
It has been 12 months of loss since the coronavirus outbreak in the United States began. Correspondent Martha Teichner takes stock of what we've been through – and perhaps what's to come in the pandemic's fallout – with leaders in fields ranging from the economy and civil rights, to the food industry, psychology, urban planning and the arts.
For more info:
- Steven Pinker, Harvard University
- Richard Florida, Creative Class Group
- Laura Tyson, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
- José Andrés, World Central Kitchen
- Mary Frances Berry, University of Pennsylvania
- Renée Elise Goldsberry (Instagram)
CORONAVIRUS: Cut off from the rest of America, a small town endures lockdown | Watch Video
Point Roberts, Wash., on a peninsula jutting out from Canada beneath the 49th parallel, is a tiny piece of America separate from the U.S. mainland. Its isolation helped protect the community from the spread of COVID-19, but restrictions at the border have effectively trapped residents there, and kept visitors out. Correspondent Lee Cowan journeys to the isolated town suffering from the economic ripple effects of the pandemic.
For more info:
- Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce
- Point Roberts Marketplace
- Bald Eagle Golf Club at Point Roberts
- The Saltwater Cafe
- Point to Point Parcel, Point Roberts
DEFENSE: Extremism in the ranks: Veterans and the insurrection | Watch Video
A surprising number of people arrested for participating in the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are military veterans, whose skill sets were deployed to break through and overwhelm the Capitol Police, and occupy our seat of government. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin looks into the role of the extremist group Oath Keepers, and how the Pentagon is still coming to grips with veterans who become radicalized.
For more info:
- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
- Seamus Hughes, deputy director, George Washington University's Program on Extremism
MOVIES: Regina King on directing "One Night in Miami" | Watch Video
The Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress makes her directorial film debut with an acclaimed story, set in the 1960s, of a re-imagined meeting of four iconic Black men – Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke – discussing the civil rights movement. Regina King talks with CBS News' Michelle Miller about her artistic ambitions, her promotion of social justice, and the blessings of her fruitful career.
PREVIEW: Regina King: "God put me here to tell more of our stories"
To watch a trailer for "One Night in Miami" click on the video player below:
For more info:
- "One Night in Miami" is streaming on Amazon Prime
- Eso Wan Books, Los Angeles
- Photographer Juan Veloz
CORONAVIRUS: Bats and the search for COVID's origin (Video)
Correspondent Ramy Inocencio visits the Chinese province of Yunnan to investigate theories about the source of COVID-19, including the role of bats in its spread, and bats' migration patterns into nearby countries in Southeast Asia.
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including humorist Tony Hendra, editor of National Lampoon and Spy magazines.
SCIENCE: CRISPR and "The Code Breaker" | Watch Video
Visionary biochemist Jennifer Doudna shared the Nobel Prize last year for the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats), which has the potential to cure diseases caused by genetic mutations. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Doudna about the promises and perils of this technology; and with Walter Isaacson, author of the new book "The Code Breaker," about why the biotech revolution will dwarf the digital revolution in importance.
BOOK EXCERPT: Walter Isaacson's "The Code Breaker"
For more info:
- "The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race" by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound
- Walter Isaacson, Tulane University
- Doudna Lab, Berkeley, Calif.
- Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, Calif.
- CRISPR Therapeutics, Cambridge, Mass.
- Sarah Cannon, Nashville, Tenn.
ENTERTAINMENT: "Dear Bob": Bob Hope's correspondence with GIs at war | Watch Video
For decades comedian Bob Hope was a true war hero to American military stationed overseas, as he entertained the troops with his USO Tour. Less- known was the role he played as a correspondent, answering some of the thousands of letters he received each week from GIs. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Hope's daughter, Linda Hope, and with Martha Bolton, who together compiled a new book of wartime letters, "Dear Bob... : Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the GIs of World War II."
For more info:
- "Dear Bob... : Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the GIs of World War II" by Martha Bolton with Linda Hope (University Press of Mississippi), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound
- Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation
CORONAVIRUS: Italy's pandemic survivors, one year later | Watch Video
Correspondent Seth Doane visits the Northern Italian village of Nembro, whose residents were hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak last year – an experience that forced the townspeople to reexamine fundamental issues of life and death, solitude and solidarity. Now, how will the survivors in Nembro move on?
For more info:
- Nembro (Official site)
OPINION: Dana Perino on why "Everything Will Be Okay" | Watch Video
The political commentator and Bush administration press secretary offers life lessons learned at the knee of her Wyoming rancher grandfather.
For more info:
- "Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (From a Former Young Woman)" by Dana Perino (Twelve), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available March 9 via Amazon and Indiebound
- danaperino.com
NATURE: Baboons in Botswana (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us among the baboons at Chobe National Park in Botswana, Africa. Videographer: Justin Grubb.
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