This week on "Sunday Morning" (Sept. 21)
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COVER STORY: An artist's remarkable new vision for St. Patrick's Cathedral | Watch Video
When asked to create a mural for the entrance of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, artist Adam Cvijanovic depicted a celestial apparition that points both to the Church's history and to America's tradition of immigration. Mo Rocca talks with Cvijanovic, and with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, about a mural that asks us to treat everyone with decency and respect.
For more info:
- Mural: "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding" by Adam Cvijanovic, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City
- Adam Cvijanovic, Saatchi Gallery
- His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan
ALMANAC: September 21 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
NATURE: Webcams in the wild: Windows into nature that "soothe the soul" (Video)
This summer, as salmon swimming up the Katmai National Park's Brooks Falls became an all-you-can-eat buffet for bears, more than 15 million people watched via explore.org, which runs live-streaming webcams in nature settings around the world. Conor Knighton talks with the site's founder Charlie Annenberg Weingarten, who says the portals into nature provide viewers with an "antidote to stress."
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THESE UNITED STATES: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | Watch Video
In December 1953, Thurgood Marshall, an attorney who headed the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that racial segregation in America was an attempt to keep the formerly enslaved in "as near that stage as is possible." Bill Whitaker reports on how a long-standing legal doctrine was ended.
See also:
- More from These United States
MOVIES: Dwayne Johnson on tackling a dramatic role in "The Smashing Machine" | Watch Video
Action movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says he tapped into some childhood trauma to play mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr in the new film "The Smashing Machine." He reveals to Tracy Smith that he told costar Emily Blunt and director Benny Safdie he was scared to take on the role, and talks about where he finds peace nowadays: his own fishing hole.
EXTENDED INTERVIEW: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Video)
In this web exclusive, the actor and former wrestler talks with Tracy Smith about his new film, "The Smashing Machine."
To watch a trailer for "The Smashing Machine" click on the player below:
For more info:
- "The Smashing Machine" opens in theaters Oct. 3
PASSAGE: Robert Redford - An appreciation | Watch Video
Lee Cowan looks back on the actor, director, independent film advocate and environmental activist, who died this past week at age 89.
GALLERY: Robert Redford 1936-2025
A retrospective look at the actor, director, producer, and founder of the Sundance Institute.
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including musician and songwriter Sonny Curtis.
HEADLINES: Charlie Kirk's memorial, and the wake of political violence (Video)
As a memorial is held this weekend for Charlie Kirk, who espoused views that both rallied fierce support and drew forceful criticism, his murder has been a catalyst for a national dialogue about political violence and free speech. Robert Costa reports.
HARTMAN: A Texas police recruit stands tall (Video)
At 7'3", 24-year-old Jordan Willmore has always had lofty goals – and basketball wasn't one of them. Instead, it was helping people, and that's why he became the tallest recruit at the Kemah, Texas, Police Department. Steve Hartman reports.
BOOKS: "Softly, as I Leave You": Priscilla Presley writes about her life after Elvis | Watch Video
In her new book, "Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis," Priscilla Presley writes what she calls her final telling of what it was like to be a queen to the King, and what came after. She talks with Lee Cowan about why she and Elvis Presley divorced when she was 28 years old. She also discusses acting in "Dallas" and "The Naked Gun" films, and losing Lisa Marie Presley, the only child she had with Elvis.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis" by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Extended interview - Priscilla Presley (Video)
Priscilla Presley talks with Lee Cowan about writing her memoir, "Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis," in which she recounts her life following her divorce from Elvis Presley.
For more info:
- "Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis" by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Mary Jane Ross (Grand Central Publishing), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available Sept. 23 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Priscilla Presley on Instagram
- Graceland (Official site)
ANALYSIS: NY Times writer Jim Rutenberg on the future of free speech in America (Video)
In his second Inaugural Address, President Trump, who had campaigned against "cancel culture," vowed to prohibit "government censorship" and promote "free speech." This week, the president celebrated ABC's indefinite suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's show. New York Times writer-at-large Jim Rutenberg analyzes the Trump administration's attack against critical voices.
MUSIC: Doja Cat: "I'm very proud of the music I'm making now" (Video)
The 29-year-old Grammy-winner known as Doja Cat is once again mixing up her look and her sound. She talks with Michelle Miller about her new album, "Vie"; how she was inspired to create music while growing up in an ashram; and how this "rapper that makes pop music" doesn't cut herself a break.
To hear Doja Cat perform "Jealous Type," from her new album 'Vie," click on the video player below:
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Extended interview - Doja Cat (Video)
The rapper and singer known as Doja Cat talks with Michelle Miller about her new album "Vie." She also discusses her social media presence and admits she is "a bit of an oversharer."
For more info:
- Doja Cat (Official site) | Tour info
- "Vie" by Doja Cat, to be released September 26
- Outside Lands Music Festival, San Francisco
COMMENTARY: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on Rosh Hashanah, and a return to "our better selves" | Watch Video
As the Jewish calendar marks Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl says our nation can collectively benefit from commemorating the New Year much as the individual does: by returning to the best in ourselves, and turning to goodness, compassion and generosity.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl with a song for Rosh Hashanah (YouTube Video)
As the Jewish calendar marks Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, of the Central Synagogue in New York City, offers "Sunday Morning" viewers a performance of the song "Return Again" by Shlomo Carlebach.
For more info:
- "Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging" by Angela Buchdahl (Pamela Dorman Books), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available Oct. 25 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Central Synagogue, New York
NATURE: Piping plovers in Maine (Extended Video)
We leave you this last Sunday of summer with piping plovers nesting on Higgins Beach in Maine. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Three interviews with Robert Redford (Video)
Academy Award-winning actor, director and activist Robert Redford died Sept. 16, 2025 at age 89. We look back at three "Sunday Morning" interviews with Redford over the years: From 1994, with Charles Kuralt, who visited Redford's home in Utah and talked about his early career, and his advocacy of Native American art and culture; from 2006, with Rita Braver, discussing his iconic roles in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the President's Men," and how he nurtures young filmmakers through the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival; and from 2018, with Lee Cowan, at the actor's ranch in New Mexico, where – at age 82 – he discussed why he doesn't like watching himself on screen.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Olive Garden reviewer Marilyn Hagerty (Video)
Grand Forks, N.D. restaurant critic Marilyn Hagerty, who died Sept. 16, 2025 at age 99, went viral in 2012 when she wrote a glowing review of the local Olive Garden, which led to internet fame and a book deal with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. In this Jan. 19, 2014 "Sunday Morning" report, she spoke with Bill Geist about becoming an online sensation in her mid-80s.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Sonny Curtis – from Buddy Holly to Mary Tyler Moore (Video)
Musician and songwriter Sonny Curtis, who was an early bandmate of Buddy Holly, and who penned "Love Is All Around" (the theme song of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), died on Sept. 19, 2025 at age 88. In this Jan. 9, 2022 "Sunday Morning" profile, Mo Rocca talked with Curtis about a career during which he truly made it after all.
MARATHON: All things chocolate (YouTube Video)
Indulge your sweet tooth with this "CBS Sunday Morning" compilation of all things chocolate and candy, featuring:
- Bittersweet reality behind chocolate
- History of fudge
- Chocolate Easter eggs
- Faith Salie: Give me chocolate, sweet chocolate
- Nuts for Nutella
- Kitto Katto:Japan's candy obsession
- Milton Hershey
- Inside chocolate workshop
- Peanut butter goes a step beyond
- Josh Seftel's mom on chocolate eclairs
- From factory to Halloween bag
- Dylan's Candy Bar
- Boston cream pie
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