This week on "Sunday Morning" (October 27)
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COVER STORY: Kamala Harris says her first priority as president is to "stop this pain" resulting from abortion bans | Watch Video
"CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell traveled with Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail over two days, in Texas and Michigan. They talked about what Harris calls her first priority if elected president: signing into law the protections of Roe v. Wade. Harris also discussed what she says are Donald Trump's intentions for Social Security and Medicare, and what the Project 2025 blueprint means should Trump return to the White House.
After airing on "CBS Sunday Morning," additional excerpts of the interview will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," "CBS Mornings," the "CBS Evening News," and the CBS News 24/7 Streaming Network.
ALMANAC: October 27 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
TV: Portrait of a genius: Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci | Watch Video
Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, renowned for his documentaries on such topics as the Civil War, baseball, jazz and the Statue of Liberty, has now focused on 15th century Italian artist and intellectual Leonardo da Vinci. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Burns and his producing partners, daughter Sarah Burns and son-in-law David McMahon, about their PBS documentary on the man Burns calls "one of the most incredibly interesting human beings who has ever walked the Earth."
WEB EXTRA: Ken Burns on the "incredibly modern" Leonardo da Vinci (Video)
To watch a trailer for the Ken Burns documentary "Leonardo da Vinci" click on the video player below:
For more info:
- "Leonardo da Vinci" debuts on PBS November 18
- kenburns.com
- Thank you to the American Museum of Natural History, New York City
- Clos Lucé, Val de Loire, France
See also:
- The genius of Leonardo da Vinci ("Sunday Morning")
- BOOK EXCERPT: Walter Isaacson's "Leonardo da Vinci"
- WEB EXTRA: Leonardo da Vinci and Renaissance painting ("Sunday Morning")
WORLD: Master of mazes (Video)
British designer Adrian Fisher has created hundreds of mazes around the world – works of art that tantalize and confound those who try to navigate through hedgerows, corn stalks, yew trees, or lights. Correspondent Seth Doane gets lost in our fascination with puzzling mazes, and sets out to complete Fisher's monumental maze on the grounds of Leeds Castle in Kent, England, where there is no Google Maps to help you find your way out.
For more info:
- Maze designer Adrian Fisher
- The Maze & Underground Grotto, Leeds Castle, Kent, England
MOVIES: Ralph Fiennes on choosing acting roles: "I like characters that have contradictions inside them" | Watch Video
Oscar-nominated actor Ralph Fiennes is returning in two new acclaimed films. In "Conclave," about the intrigue of papal politics, he plays a Vatican insider who oversees a gathering of cardinals who must elect a new pope. In "The Return," Fiennes – reunited with his "English Patient" costar Juliette Binoche – plays Odysseus, who has returned home following the Trojan War. Fiennes talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about the draw of playing characters with contradictions, and the thrill of finding a new role.
To watch a trailer for "Conclave" click on the video player below:
For more info:
- "Conclave" opens in theaters October 25
- "The Return" opens in theaters December 6
- Villa Medici, Rome
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Phil Lesh, a founding member of The Grateful Dead.
U.S.: One Texas border town's split identity (Video)
Most of the 30,000 residents of the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, are of Latino or Mexican descent, and are proud of the town's bi-national, bi-cultural, bi-lingual traditions. But the city has also become a flashpoint in the national conversation about immigration. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with locals who have seen their town become a draw for migrants, politicians, and Texas National Guard.
For more info:
- City of Eagle Pass, Texas (Official site)
- City of Eagle Pass Art & Culture Center, Eagle Pass, Texas (Facebook)
- Eagle Pass Border Coalition (Facebook)
- Operation Lone Star (Texas Governor's Office)
HARTMAN: Clemson frat opens its arms to student with special needs (Video)
At Clemson University in South Carolina, the ClemsonLIFE program gives students with intellectual disabilities a chance to learn life skills for independent living. One student, Charlie McGee, a young man with Down syndrome, wanted the whole college experience, including joining a fraternity. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports on what McGee, and the members of Phi Kappa Alpha, learned after McGee was welcomed into the brotherhood.
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MUSIC: Stevie Nicks on "The Lighthouse," her rallying cry for women's rights | Watch Video
Stevie Nicks became a superstar as lead singer and songwriter for the '70s band Fleetwood Mac, and a platinum-selling solo artist. She talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about composing her latest song, "The Lighthouse," that was inspired by her own experience with abortion, and a strong desire to "do something" following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. She also discusses the loss of her bandmate Christine McVie in 2022, and how she continues to pay tribute to her.
To watch Stevie Nicks perform "The Lighthouse" click on the video player below:
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SPORTS: A visit with "Mr. Baseball" Bob Uecker | Watch Video
During six undistinguished seasons in the major leagues, Bob Uecker never played an inning for the Milwaukee Brewers. But during more than half a century as the team's play-by-play announcer, he has become a mascot for the game – and for the city of his birth. He talks with "60 Minutes" correspondent Jon Wertheim about his love for baseball, and how it has manifested in his adjacent careers as actor, commercial pitchman, and TV talk show guest.
For more info:
- Bob Uecker, Milwaukee Brewers
- Photo courtesy Scott Paulus/Brewers
NATURE: Howler monkeys in Belize (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday with howler monkeys in Belize. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
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HEADLINES: Remembering Grizzly Bear 399 (Video)
At seven feet and weighing 400 pounds, Grizzly Bear 399 may have been one of the most photographed grizzlies of all time as she roamed Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. But this week she met a tragic end. "Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley reports.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ralph Fiennes on playing villains you love to hate (YouTube Video)
In "The Duchess," he was a philandering, cold and cruel 18th century English aristocrat. He was a murderer in "Prime Suspect," a Nazi in "Schindler's List," and in the "Harry Potter" films, he was the personification of evil as Voldemort. Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes talked with correspondent Mark Philips about why he is drawn to the complexities found in "bad guy" characters, in this "Sunday Morning" profile that was originally broadcast September 14, 2008.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Why scary movies thrill us (YouTube Video)
From 2018: Lee Cowan talks with actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who returned to the horror genre in a new entry in the "Halloween" franchise, to once again face off against the masked Michael Myers, and she admits she doesn't like scary movies! Cowan also talks with Vulture film critic Jordan Crucchiola about the popularity of horror films; sociologist Margee Kerr, who studies what happens to our brains when we experience fear in the theatre; and with Jason Blum, whose Blumhouse Productions was behind such horror hits as the Oscar-winning "Get Out."
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The immortal "Frankenstein" turns 200 (YouTube Video)
From 2018: Two centuries ago, at a storm-tossed villa in Switzerland rented by Lord Byron, a young girl named Mary Shelley accepted a challenge to write a ghost story, and created what would become one of the most famous names in horror: Frankenstein. Roxana Saberi looks at the creation of Shelley's mythic tale, published in 1818, and what her story of a scientist who harnesses life itself has to teach audiences today.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Horror movie master John Carpenter (YouTube Video)
From 2017: The filmmaker who is king of things that go bump in the night is a musical master of horror as well. Lee Cowan talks with director-composer John Carpenter, whose next film is a "real" sequel to his classic 1978 horror film "Halloween," with returning star Jamie Lee Curtis.
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