This week on "Sunday Morning" (Jan. 1)
Guest host: Bill Whitaker
HEADLINES: Search for gunman in Istanbul nightclub attack (Video)
Police in Istanbul are searching for a gunman who opened fire during New Year’s celebrations, killing 39 and wounding scores more. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
COVER STORY: Atlas Obscura: Mapping the world’s hidden wonders | Watch Video
The website and bestselling book revealing weird and wondrous places are travel guides like no other. Serena Altschul reports.
For more info:
- atlasobscura.com (website)
- “Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders” by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton (Workman); Also available in eBook format
- Follow Atlas Obscura on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
- Orfield Laboratories, Minneapolis, Minn.
- Luray Caverns, Luray, Va.
LOOK BACK: Top news stories of 2016 | Watch Video
“Sunday Morning” reviews some of the year’s biggest stories from home and abroad over the last 12 months.
BABIES: One doctor’s special deliveries | Watch Video
Parents in Virginia treasure Dr. Edward Wolanski, who has brought more than 10,000 babies into the world. Martha Teichner reports.
For more info:
- Dr. Ed Wolanski
- Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, Va.
- CVILLE Weekly
LOOK BACK: The year’s top books (Video)
IN MEMORIAM: Mother & daughter | Watch Video
Mo Rocca remembers the influence and careers of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. Mother and daughter died this past week within a day of each other.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Carrie Fisher’s open book (2004)
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Debbie Reynolds, ever and always a trouper (2013)
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The “Unsinkable” Debbie Reynolds (1994)
GALLERY: A New Orleans tribute to Princess Leia
LOOK BACK: The year’s top songs (Video)
STEVE HARTMAN: A chance encounter brings a new purpose in life (Video)
Correspondent Steve Hartman shows us how an 82-year-old widower in Georgia was touched by an innocent question from a little girl in the canned food aisle of a grocery store - and how it changed his life when he needed it most.
LOOK BACK: The year online (Video)
IN MEMORIAM: Hail and farewell to those we lost in 2016 | Watch Video
“Sunday Morning” pays tribute to the admirable and amazing men and women who made our world a little brighter for their being here. Jane Pauley reports.
LOOK BACK: The year’s top movies (Video)
ON THE TRAIL: A year on the trail | Watch Video
Conor Knighton looks back at his 12-month trek through all of America’s National Parks.
Click on the video player below to hear Conor Knighton sing “America the Beautiful” in EVERY National Park!
LOOK BACK: The year’s top TV (Video)
NATURE: Monarch butterflies (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday Morning marking New Year’s among the Monarch butterflies at Lighthouse Field State Beach in Santa Cruz, California. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
WEB EXCLUSIVES:
NATURE UP CLOSE: Adélie Penguins
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