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Big Tech's big bet on nuclear power

Faced with increasing demand for energy to fuel artificial intelligence, and the need to cut down on carbon emissions, companies like Microsoft, Google and Amazon have announced major investments in nuclear power. Correspondent David Pogue visits Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, where a reactor is expected to be restarted; and Oak Ridge, Tenn., where a demonstration "modular" power plant is being built, to find out if nuclear power can help fuel the AI revolution.

• Mar 9
• 07:30

From the archives: Living near Three Mile Island

In 1980, one year after the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania, citizens at a town hall protested plans to release radioactive krypton gas still trapped in a containment building. In this "Sunday Morning" report that originally aired March 30, 1980, correspondent Richard Wagner talked with nearby residents about the uncertainty, anxiety, anger and sense of loss they experienced in their lives following the accident, as well as distrust with the government and utility officials over the future of the plant. [The remaining working reactor at Three Mile Island was shut down in 2019. There are plans to bring it back online in three years.]

• Mar 9
• 13:00

Lindsey Vonn on skiing the comeback trail

In the world of alpine skiing, few have been more decorated than Olympian and World Cup Champion Lindsey Vonn. Fast, fearless and resilient, she fought her way back after every crash, until she retired at 34. But now, with a titanium knee replacement, Vonn is eyeing one more trip to the Olympics, in 2026. She talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about her love of the sport, and her goal to fly high once again.

• Mar 9
• 07:55

Extended interview: Lindsey Vonn on her return to competitive skiing

In this web exclusive, Olympic downhill skier Lindsey Vonn discusses the reasons behind getting a knee replacement; what she discovered about herself upon retirement; the preparations necessary to re-enter competitive racing after several years away from the sport; the mental vs. physical aspects of downhill skiing; and her joy from her ski run after surgery: "I could do the thing that I loved the most in the world without pain."

• Mar 9
• 39:47

John Mulaney on "Everybody's Live," sobriety and fatherhood

The Emmy Award-winning comedian and former "SNL" writer John Mulaney became a superstar as a stand-up. And now, he's sitting down, as host of a talk show on Netflix. He talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about "Everybody's Live with John Mulaney." He also discusses when he first realized he was funny; a 2020 intervention which he describes as "star-studded"; how he deals with sobriety today; and how fatherhood has changed his outlook.

• Mar 9
• 08:07

Extended interview: John Mulaney on his standup persona

In this web exclusive, standup comedian John Mulaney talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about his earliest experience learning about jokes; developing his on-stage persona (and why it involves a suit); why he's happiest writing for other people; and how he approaches his sobriety after having gone through rehab and becoming a father of two children.

• Mar 9
• 21:59

"Buena Vista Social Club" serenades Broadway

In 1996, a group of elderly, mostly forgotten Cuban musicians recorded an album that became a critical and commercial phenomenon worldwide. Now, the Grammy Award-winning "Buena Vista Social Club" has inspired a Broadway musical. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Cuban bandleader Juan de Marcos González about assembling the original players; writer Marco Ramirez and director Saheem Ali, about creating the imagined origin story of the musicians and their Havana nightclub; and journalist Judy Cantor-Navas, about how the infectious music of Cuba crosses boundaries.

• Mar 9
• 08:28

A Baltimore doctor's patients come to his aid

Dr. Michael Zollicoffer is a 66-year-old private family practitioner in Baltimore. His spirit is infectious, and his patients have been on the receiving end of his generous care for years. But after Zollicoffer was diagnosed with two cancers, it was his patients who were doing the giving. Steve Hartman reports.

• Mar 9
• 03:15

Fighting for the return of Nazi-looted art

New guidelines agreed to last year by 21 nations (including the United States), and a recent law unanimously approved by the French Parliament, may make it easier for Jewish families to claim ownership of artworks that they believe were sold under duress as the Nazis took over Europe. Correspondent Barry Petersen talks with art experts about the challenges of authenticating the provenance of Nazi-looted art; and with Jewish family members for whom restitution, eight decades after the Holocaust, is a form of "belated justice."

• Mar 9
• 06:31

Treasures of San Gennaro

Devotional objects made of gold and gems, donated over the past five centuries to honor San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, are kept in a vault-like museum in the southern Italian city. Correspondent Seth Doane gets a glimpse of the priceless jewels, and talks with those charged with safeguarding this incalculably valuable treasure.

• Mar 9
• 05:30

Prison labor, an invisible workforce of the U.S. economy

Incarcerated workers produce $2 billion in goods and $9 billion in services every year. But not all of the incarcerated are paid for their labor, which can benefit people inside and outside a prison's walls. Correspondent Luke Burbank looks at ways in which indentured servitude is still legal in the U.S., and talks with incarcerated workers at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution who make the popular denim workwear brand Prison Blues.

• Mar 9
• 07:04

The Book Report: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (March 9)

The "Sunday Morning" book reviewer offers his picks from this month's new fiction and non-fiction titles, including novels by Eric Puchner, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Karen Russell.

• Mar 9
• 02:35

Almanac: March 9

"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.

• Mar 9
• 00:46

Passage: In memoriam

"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including jazz vibraphonist Roy Avers.

• Mar 9
• 00:59

Nature: Sandhill cranes in Nebraska

We leave you this Sunday morning amid the sights and sounds of the great spring migration of sandhill cranes in Grand Island, Nebraska. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.

• Mar 9
• 02:13

From 1998: John Lewis on Bloody Sunday

More than 30 years after the infamous “Bloody Sunday” march, Congressman John Lewis returned to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and talked with "Sunday Morning" correspondent Rita Braver about that and other landmarks of the civil rights movement. Braver also talked with writer David Halberstam about Lewis’ legacy. (Originally broadcast on June 28, 1998.)

• Jul 19, 2020
• 10:07

The hidden side of Johnny Carson

As host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV – the pre-eminent Hollywood talent broker, monologist, and national taste-maker. But the public rarely saw the private side of the man who helped tuck tens of millions of Americans into bed each night. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with Mike Thomas (co-author, with Bill Zehme, of "Carson the Magnificent") about the late-night host's enduring impact and private difficulties; comedians Robert Klein and George Wallace, who describe a "Tonight Show" appearance as comedy's Mt. Everest; and actress Dyan Cannon, who says of Carson, "There was nobody as big a star."

• Mar 2
• 09:35

John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush talk horror in "The Rule of Jenny Pen"

Many actors have launched their careers in horror movies. But two of our most established and acclaimed stars, John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush (who have an Oscar, three Tonys, seven Emmys and four Golden Globes between them), are now headlining a low-budget horror film: "The Rule of Jenny Pen," in which a psychopath terrorizes his fellow nursing home residents with a sinister doll puppet. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with them about playing once-in-a-lifetime characters; aging into their roles; and when awards season "doesn't make sense."

• Mar 2
• 08:07

Trump and Zelenskyy at a crossroads over Russia

In the wake of Friday's unprecedented, seemingly made-for-TV Oval Office exchange among President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy, America's alliance with Ukraine as it defends against Russia appears ruptured. "Sunday Morning" national correspondent Robert Costa talks with Matthew Continetti (author of "The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism") about the way many on the American right view Russia today, and what Trump's tactics might spell for the prospect of peace.

• Mar 2
• 02:58

Warren Buffett on legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham

Katharine Graham's journey from housewife, to Washington Post publisher, to the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, is told in a new documentary, "Becoming Katharine Graham." CBS News' Senior Correspondent Norah O'Donnell talks with one of Graham's closest friends, investor Warren Buffett, about the woman who became a pivotal figure in Washington politics through her newspaper's landmark reporting.

• Mar 2
• 08:27