This week on "Sunday Morning" (June 5)
Host: Jane Pauley.
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HEADLINES: Pomp and circumstance at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Watch Video
Correspondent Mark Phillips reports on the weekend's festivities as Britain honors the beloved 96-year-old monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
For more info:
- Her Majesty the Queen (royal.uk)
- "Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II" by Robert Hardman (Pegasus Books), in Hardcover, Large Print, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Indiebound
- robertlacey.com
- "The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 2: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle, and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II (1956-1977)" by Robert Lacey (Crown), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Indiebound
- The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons
EXHIBIT: Beatles exhibit captures the magic behind the music | Watch Video
A Beatles exhibition at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, featuring one-of-a-kind artifacts and instruments, explores the creation of some of pop's most indelible songs, during the period leading up to the band's breakup. "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley reports.
For more info:
- "The Beatles: Get Back to Let It Be" at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland
- "The Beatles: Get Back" on Disney+; also available on Blu-ray
- thebeatles.com
- The Beatles' "Let It Be" Special Edition Album
- "The Beatles: Get Back" companion book
- © Apple Corps Limited
HEADLINES: Russia's invasion after 100 days: Ukraine continues to fight back | Watch Video
The war for Ukraine has turned into a slugfest of dueling artillery, with heavy losses by both Russian and Ukrainian forces. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with retired Gen. David Petraeus, and with American veteran volunteer Mark Hayward, about control on the ground and the Ukrainian offensive to retake Russian-occupied territory.
SPORTS: Baseball that's gone bananas (Video)
There's no crying in baseball, but there are a lot of laughs, when the Savannah Bananas bring their circus antics to the ballpark. The Georgia-based Coastal Plain League team has attracted millions of fans with their TikTok videos, which show batters on stilts or players in kilts. Correspondent Kris Van Cleave checks out the playful play-by-play.
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NEWS: Rep. Liz Cheney describes Jan. 6 "conspiracy" as "extremely broad … well-organized" | Watch Video
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, one of two Republicans on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and its attempt to overturn Donald Trump's election loss, talks with CBS News' Robert Costa about what the upcoming hearings will reveal to the American people about the threat to democracy. She also says there is a GOP "cult of personality" around Trump, and that there are too many people in the Republican Party "who are not taking their responsibilities seriously."
For more info:
- Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.)
- Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Ann Turner Cook, who in 1931 became world famous as the first "Gerber Baby."
BROADWAY: Playwright Michael R. Jackson on "A Strange Loop" | Watch Video
The musical nominated for 11 Tony Awards features an unlikely protagonist: A young, queer Black man working as an usher in a Broadway theater, writing a musical about a young, queer Black man working as an usher in a Broadway theater. The show's writer and composer, Michael R. Jackson, talks with correspondent Rita Braver about mining his own life for a tale of change and self-acceptance.
Don't miss the 75th annual Tony Awards, broadcast on CBS and Paramount+ live on June 12!
For more info:
- "A Strange Loop" at the Lyceum Theatre, New York City | Ticket info
- "A Strange Loop" Original Broadway Cast Recording (Sh-K-Boom Records), available June 10
HARTMAN: An Afghan family reunion years in the making (Video)
Six years ago correspondent Steve Hartman first met Baset Azizi, a musician from Afghanistan, who fled to the U.S. as a teenager. Since then, Azizi has interned on Capitol Hill, and graduated from college with honors. All that time, his family was back in Afghanistan, until they fled following the fall of Kabul. Finally, just a few weeks ago, Azizi's family arrived in the U.S. for an emotional reunion.
SUNDAY PROFILE: Jeff Bridges on surviving cancer and COVID | Watch Video
The Oscar-winning actor, who'd led a seemingly charmed life as the star of such hits as "Crazy Heart" and "The Big Lebowski," talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about his terrifying health crises – from his diagnosis for lymphoma, to spending five weeks in the hospital with COVID-19 contracted while undergoing chemo – and how he emerged with a greater feeling of connection.
To watch a trailer for the new series "The Old Man" click on the video player below:
For more info:
- "The Old Man" premieres on FX and Hulu June 16
- jeffbridges.com
- Follow Jeff Bridges on Instagram
FAST FOOD: A fix for McDonald's soft-serve machines? | Watch Video
As broken McDonald's soft-serve ice-cream machines became a national punchline, tech startup Kytch developed a device that helped McDonald's franchisees get their machines back online. And that's when the fight over soft-serve began to really heat up. Correspondent David Pogue has the story of how McDonald's ice cream machines became the center of a multi-million-dollar lawsuit.
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SCIENCE: "Oceans Give, Oceans Take": Their role in climate change (Video)
As greenhouse gases warm the Earth, our oceans play a significant role in absorbing heat that helps regulate rising temperatures. But as writer and narrator Robert Krulwich explains, there is a huge price to pay for heating the oceans. He explains why in this first of a series of "CBS Sunday Morning" video essays, based on the work of Aatish Bhatia. Animation directed and designed by Nate Milton. Music by Buck St. Thomas.
For more info:
- "Oceans Give, Oceans Take," 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
- United Nations World Oceans Day (June 8)
COMMENTARY: January 6 hearings: Can our Union survive? | Watch Video
Never before had a U.S. president pushed to overturn an election. The Select Committee hearings into the violent attack on Congress by Trump supporters, and about the ongoing struggle between the will of the voters and election deniers, may determine whether forces of democracy or of chaos prevail. CBS News' John Dickerson reports.
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NATURE: Loons in Massachusetts (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" leaves us with the call of the loons on a lake in Hubbardston, Massachusetts. Videographer: Doug Jensen.
WEB EXCLUSIVES:
"HERE COMES THE SUN": "POTUS" on Broadway and doughnut shops (Video)
Rita Braver sits down with the cast of the Broadway play "POTUS." Also, Elaine Quijano explores the roughly 80% of doughnut shops in Southern California that are owned by Cambodian refugee families.
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