Sunday 9AM ET on CBS
11AM ET on the CBS News app
Sunday 9AM ET on CBS
11AM ET on the CBS News app
Watch CBS News
Life these days is pretty sweet for James Taylor, the musician-songwriter famed for such hits as "Fire and Rain," "Carolina In My Mind" and "Sweet Baby James." At 71 he is as busy as ever, looking back in a new audio memoir on his early days in North Carolina, and exploring the songs he loved growing up in an upcoming album, "American Standard." Jane Pauley visited Taylor at his home in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, where he talked about his turbulent youth and the revitalizing rewards of going back on tour.
Among the more unsettling images of the week past was of billions of locusts ravaging Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia in East Africa, devouring crops and threatening the food supply of millions of people. Jane Pauley reports.
New Zealand writer-director Taika Waititi's rollicking World War II satire centers on a German boy, an aspiring young Nazi, who fantasizes about his best buddy Adolf Hitler while discovering his mother is harboring a Jewish girl in their house. Audacious and touching, the film has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Tracy Smith talks with Waititi and with Oscar-nominee Scarlett Johansson.
An archaeologist of antiques, Mike Wolfe has taken viewers on a nationwide scavenger hunt for historic finds via his History Channel series, "American Pickers." But he's not just about buying up the past; he's also helping preserve it, by restoring old Main Street buildings in Le Claire, Iowa, and elsewhere. Lee Cowan talked with Wolfe about his passion for relics of history.
On February 2, 1925, the Siberian Husky led his relay team of sled dogs to the end of a 674-mile journey, delivering desperately-needed serum to the children of Nome, Alaska. Jane Pauley reports.
As voters in Iowa head to the state's caucuses on Monday, polls show a majority of Democrats have one thing on their minds: defeating President Trump in November. But just how to succeed at defeating the incumbent Republican is proving divisive. Will Iowans back a candidate who promises fundamental change – a progressive figure like Bernie Sanders of Elizabeth Warren – or one who will bring politics "back to normal" – a moderate such Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg or Amy Klobuchar? Nicholas Thompson, the editor-in-chief of Wired, talks with candidates on the trail; Waleed Shahid, of the progressive group Justice Democrats; and Ed Rendell, the former governor of Pennsylvania, about matters of electability, practicality, and motivating people to get out and vote.
In this web exclusive, Mandy Patinkin, the star of "Homeland," explains to correspondent Holly Williams the basis of his "difficult" reputation as an actor, and how he was "blessed" to have transformed his self-critical nature.
For the past five years, Mandy Patinkin, the star of "Homeland," has served as an ambassador for the humanitarian organization International Rescue Committee. He spoke with correspondent Holly Williams in Jordan, near the Syrian border, about the urgency needed for the United States and other nations to give support to refugees fleeing conflict in their home countries.
In this web extra, Tony-, Grammy- and Emmy-winning actor Mandy Patinkin talks about his first love with correspondent Holly Williams.
One of actor Mandy Patinkin's most popular roles was the 1987 fantasy, "The Princess Bride," in which he played a man bent on revenge ("Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die"). In this web exclusive he talked with correspondent Holly Williams about the legacy of his character.
