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Face the Nation: Himes, Russell, Brennan

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut tells "Face the Nation" that while President Biden "did not perform the way we would have liked to have seen him perform," Himes said he is "not so cynical as to believe that the American people are going to choose a president based on a 90-minute debate rather than a four-year record" and French citizens are voting Sunday after centrist President Emmanuel Macron called for a snap election after his party was trounced by the far right in recent European elections — signaling once again the uncertainty about the change ahead.

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Island-Hopping: A bit of France closer to home

They may appear on the map to be a part of Canada. But for more than a century, the tiny islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, located off Newfoundland, passed back and forth between French and British control until, finally, the islands became permanently French. Conor Knighton visits the islands that were originally made wealthy by cod fishing (and later profited off of American Prohibition), and which today are experiencing a tourism boom among Americans seeking an authentic taste of France on the western shores of the Atlantic.

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