This week on "Sunday Morning" (June 29)
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COVER STORY: "When is cancer political?" Medical researchers, patients decry Trump admin's layoffs, budget cutsScientists conducting medical research are facing an existential crisis: Layoffs and budget cuts pushed by President Trump that, they say, jeopardize finding a cure for cancer. They tell "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel that what was once an issue receiving strong bipartisan support – cancer research – is now falling under the administration's budget axe. Koppel also talks with cancer patients taking part in clinical trials for treatments and vaccines, whose own contributions to finding a cure are imperiled.
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ALMANAC: June 29"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
WORLD: Scanning the heavens at the Vatican ObservatoryPerched in the hills outside Rome sits the Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the centuries-old lakeside summer home for popes, which is also home to the Vatican Observatory, established in 1891 to help bridge the chasm between religion and science. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with scientists and students for whom the Church's observations of the heavens are a means to unite people beyond faith.
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BUSINESS: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on being behind the wheelHe's the son of an immigrant family who fled Tehran and the Iranian revolution. He's also the chief executive officer of Uber, who has worked to change the culture of the company he took over in 2017, helping make it a leading transportation platform. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi talks with correspondent Jo Ling Kent about the road to high-tech success, and about unsettling times for a nation of immigrants.
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HARTMAN: Birds
PASSAGE: In memoriam"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week.
MUSIC: Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas on leaving the podiumFor more than half a century, conductor-composer Michael Tilson Thomas has graced the stages of concert halls with a swashbuckling style. Earlier this year, Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony in his last scheduled conducting performance due to the return of his glioblastoma – an aggressive brain tumor. He talks with "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl about how he was changed by conducting for the first time in junior high school, and about living a life in the arts.
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COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan on fireworks
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MOVIES: Look, up in the sky! A new "Superman" arrivesSuperman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, has been flying in comic books, radio, TV and movies for almost 90 years. And now, D.C. Studios is bringing him back to the big screen in the new movie, "Superman." Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz talks with director James Gunn about his re-imagining of the Man of Steel, and with actor David Corenswet about the challenges of taking on the role following Christopher Reeve's preeminent performance. Mankiewicz also talks with critic Elvis Mitchell about how – in an era of superhero movies – Superman is unique.
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"Superman" opens in theaters and in Imax July 11Thanks to the Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia
BOOKS: William Buckley and his drive to push America to the rightWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. was a leading commentator who had a vital role in elevating Joseph McCarthy, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, catalyzing a conservative movement that reshaped the Republican Party – and the country. "Sunday Morning" national correspondent Robert Costa talks with Sam Tanenhaus (author of the new biography, "Buckley: The Life and The Revolution That Changed America") about the "National Review" founder and "Firing Line" TV debater who drew acclaim and criticism, and how the celebrity intellectual paved the way for President Donald Trump.
READ AN EXCERPT: "Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America"
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NATURE: Glacier National Park in Montana
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Bill Moyers on rebuilding a South Carolina church (Video)Acclaimed TV journalist Bill Moyers died on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at age 91. In this story that aired on "CBS Sunday Morning" on Nov. 3, 1985, Moyers reported on the desecration, by racist vandals, of a small Baptist church in Dixiana, South Carolina, and about how Black and White members of the community joined together with "willing hands and hearts" to restore what had been a fixture of the town since 1857.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: OceanGate Titan sub tragedy (YouTube Video)"CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent David Pogue spoke with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush in 2022 about the company's submersible built for tours to see the wreckage of the Titanic. Rush and four others died in June 2023 after the vessel imploded during a dive in the Atlantic Ocean. Here's a look at our coverage of the submersible, including behind-the-scenes footage with Rush.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Great American Solar Eclipse (Video)NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak (also known as "Mr. Eclipse") died on June 1, 2025. In this 2017 "Sunday Morning" report, the "umbraphile" (or lover of shadows) talked with correspondent Martha Teichner about the astronomical awe engendered by eclipses.
MARATHON: Going off the grid and finding peace (YouTube Video)Join "CBS Sunday Morning" as they disconnect from technology, look back on retiring electronics and explore an unhooked rotary:
Jim Gaffigan on lessons of an uncharged phoneTuscan town without cellphonesCell phone inventor on his first public callLast call for the phone boothiPhone's 10th birthdayGoodbye to the BlackberryMaking calls to lost family
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