This week on "Sunday Morning" (July 3)
Guest host: Lee Cowan
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COVER STORY: Welcome to a summer of travel hell | Watch Video
After two years of the pandemic, airlines are struggling to keep up with pent-up demand, as staff shortages, canceled flights and bad weather make Summer 2022 a miserable time for air passengers. CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave talks with aviation experts and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about why the airline sector is not meeting public expectations.
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HISTORY: Heads of state - A walk among giant presidential busts | Watch Video
Dropped onto a swampy field in Croaker, Va., they've become an accidental tourist attraction: gigantic, decaying busts – some 20 feet tall, and weighing several tons each – of every U.S. president from George Washington to George W. Bush. Correspondent Rita Braver visits the giant presidential sculptures that are turning a lot of people's heads.
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NEWS: Sherri Chessen on her 1962 abortion, and the fate of Roe: "We can't go back to willow sticks and knitting needles" | Watch Video
Years before Roe v. Wade protected a woman's right to choose, an Arizona mother of four faced giving birth to a child with a congenital disorder after having taken thalidomide. With abortion unavailable to her, Sherri Chessen traveled to Sweden for the procedure, her every move followed by a breathless media. Now 89, Chessen talks with CBS News correspondent Major Garrett about her choice (which she said "any mother would do to save her own child from suffering"), and her belief that the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe is awakening "a great dose of anger" among women.
NATURE: Remarkable friendships from the animal world | Watch Video
Correspondent Lesley Stahl visits Funny Farm Rescue, a not-for-profit New Jersey sanctuary for retired, abused or neglected animals, where interspecies friendships are formed and predators become pals.
For more info:
- Funny Farm Rescue, Mays Landing, N.J.
- "Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals" by Laurie Zaleski (Macmillan), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound
- "Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom" by Jennifer S. Holland (Workman), in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including artist Margaret Keane, known for her paintings of children with "big eyes."
GALLERY: Notable Deaths in 2022
VETERANS: Remembering WWII Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams | Watch Video
During the Battle of Iwo Jima, in the face of powerful enemy resistance, Marine Cpl. Hershel "Woody" Williams succeeded in destroying several heavily-defended machine-gun pillboxes, and was awarded the Medal of Honor. But his service to his country, and his gallantry, did not end there. In this "Sunday Morning" profile that originally aired on May 30, 2021, Williams (who died on June 29 at the age of 98) talked with CBS News national security correspondent David Martin about his efforts for Gold Star families.
For more info:
- Hershel Woody Williams Medal of Honor Foundation
- Woody Williams Foundation
- Congressional Medal of Honor Society: Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams
HARTMAN: A first birthday (Video)
Abraham and his brother, James, found their way from a Sierra Leone orphanage to their new family outside Charlotte, North Carolina, and have been wide-eyed with wonder ever since. But 12-year-old Abraham says his first birthday in America means much more. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports.
MUSIC: The Doobie Brothers: "These are the better days" | Watch Video
The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers, who've been playing together for more than half a century, don't let old resentments get in the way of a new album and tour. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with members of The Doobie Brothers – Michael McDonald, Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and John McFee – about the band's longevity, and about their first studio album in more than a decade, "Liberté." (This story was originally broadcast on October 3, 2021.)
For more info:
- thedoobiebrothers.com | Tour schedule
- "Liberté" by The Doobie Brothers, available on Island Records
SCIENCE: "Engine Trouble": How greenhouse gases threaten our world (Video)
The Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to strictly regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants makes the effort to counter climate change much more difficult. In this "CBS Sunday Morning" video essay, writer and narrator Robert Krulwich explains why rising levels of carbon dioxide in our air since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution pose an existential threat to us and our planet. Based on the work of Aatish Bhatia. Animation directed and designed by Nate Milton. Music by Buck St. Thomas.
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- "Engine Trouble," supported by "This American Life"
- Written and narrated by Robert Krulwich, based on the work of Aatish Bhatia
- Animation directed and designed by Nate Milton
- Music by Buck St. Thomas
COMMENTARY: Douglas Brinkley: Let us celebrate patriots who put country over party | Watch Video
With Independence Day upon us, the presidential historian says truth-tellers are what guard our Constitution, as demonstrated by January 6 Committee vice chair Liz Cheney, and former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, whose testimony this week speaking out against fellow Republicans' actions during the insurrection is helping protect our nation from the enemies of democracy.
For more info:
- douglasbrinkley.com
- Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol
NATURE: Red wolves (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us among red wolves, a critically endangered species, near Pamlico Sound in eastern North Carolina. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
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"HERE COMES THE SUN": Professor and author Ibram X. Kendi and artist Romero Britto (Video)
Professor and author Ibram X. Kendi sits down with Nancy Giles to discuss the importance of being anti-racist. Also, Faith Salie talks with artist Romero Britto about his incredible works of art.
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