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In 2013 country singer Randy Travis suffered a massive stroke, which paralyzed his right side and damaged an area of his brain that controls speech and language. He has not quite recovered the ability to sing, but working with singer James DuPre and a computer program that creates an AI-generated version of his voice, Travis and his longtime producer Kyle Lehning have created a new song, "Where That Came From," that captures Randy's country heart. Lee Cowan reports.
In 2013 country artist Randy Travis suffered a stroke, which robbed him of his singing voice. In this preview of a feature to be broadcast on "CBS Sunday Morning" May 5, Travis' longtime record producer Kyle Lehning discusses with correspondent Lee Cowan the process of using AI to create Travis' first song in more than a decade, "Where That Came From."
We leave you this Sunday surrounded by spring wildflowers at the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. Videographer: Scot Miller.
2024 marks the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, the longest continuously-held sporting event in America. Correspondent Jim Axelrod visits Churchill Downs to explore the history and spectacle of the "Run for the Roses."
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Animal Farm, a small zoo on the grounds of a detention facility in Key West, was started by accident in the mid-1990s when word got out that the sheriff had rescued some ducks from a nearby road. Since then, many animals – abandoned, abused, confiscated or donated – have been brought to the farm, which is maintained by a small team of people incarcerated there. Correspondent Conor Knighton reports on a zoo that is making a difference in the lives of those incarcerated as well as the more than 100 animals currently residing there.
It's been almost 20 years since Dan Rather signed off as anchor and managing editor of the "CBS Evening News," at the network where he spent 44 years covering wars, politics, and the assassination of JFK – and where he mentored a young correspondent named Lee Cowan. Rather, now 92, talks with Cowan about his illustrious career; about the story that gave him (and CBS) a black eye; and his post-CBS years, writing books and finding a new, younger audience on social media.
Twenty-four years ago, Gene Eyster, then with the South Bend, Ind., police department, received a call about a newborn baby found abandoned in a cardboard box. For more than two decades, Eyster wondered what became of that boy. A few weeks ago, he found out, perhaps when he needed to most. Steve Hartman reports.
Beginning on April 12, 1861, over the course of two days, more than 3,300 shells and cannon balls rained across Charleston Harbor towards Fort Sumter, the first shots fired in the Civil War. Correspondent Anthony Mason visits the fort with bestselling author Erik Larson, whose latest book, "The Demon of Unrest," explores the events leading up to the bombardment and what Larson calls "the single most consequential day in American history."
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who recently left us, including keyboardist Mike Pinder, of The Moody Blues.
