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Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
This week on "Sunday Morning" (June 29)
The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Guest host: Lee Cowan 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. For more info: National Cancer InstituteNational Institutes of HealthSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, BaltimoreAmerican Association for Cancer Research 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. For more info: Vatican ObservatoryCastel Gandolfo (Vatican Museums)The Galileo Museum, Florence, ItalyVera C. Rubin Observatory, Chile 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. For more info: UberUber EatsWaymo 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. You can stream the album "Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas" by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full): For more info: Michael Tilson ThomasSan Francisco SymphonyNew World Symphony, Miami COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan on fireworks For more info: 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. To watch a trailer for "Superman," click on the video player below: For more info: "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" For more info: "Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America" by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Gingrich on Instagram NATURE: Glacier National Park in Montana WEB EXCLUSIVES: 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 The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. Executive producer is Rand Morrison. DVR Alert! Find out when "Sunday Morning" airs in your city "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Full episodes of "Sunday Morning" are now available to watch on demand on and Paramount+, including via Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV/FireTV stick and Xbox. Follow us on Twitter/X; Facebook; Instagram; YouTube; TikTok; Bluesky; and at You can also download the free "Sunday Morning" audio podcast at iTunes and at Now you'll never miss the trumpet! Breaking down major Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez set for star-studded wedding in Venice Last living WWII Army Rangers awarded Congressional Gold Medal
CBS News
26-06-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
This week on "Sunday Morning" (June 29)
The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Guest host: Lee Cowan COVER STORY: "When is cancer political?" Medical researchers, patients decry Trump admin's layoffs, budget cuts Scientists 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. For more info: ALMANAC: June 29 "Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date. WORLD: Scanning the heavens at the Vatican Observatory Perched 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. For more info: Correspondent Jo Ling Kent with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. CBS News BUSINESS: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on being behind the wheel He'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. For more info: HARTMAN: Birds PASSAGE: In memoriam "Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week. Conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas with CBS News' Lesley Stahl. CBS News MUSIC: Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas on leaving the podium For 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. You can stream the album "Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas" by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full): For more info: COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan on fireworks For more info: David Corenswet stars as the Man of Steel and his alter ego Clark Kent in "Superman." D.C. Studios/Warner Brothers MOVIES: Look, up in the sky! A new "Superman" arrives Superman, 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. To watch a trailer for "Superman," click on the video player below: For more info: "Superman" opens in theaters and in Imax July 11 Thanks to the Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia Political commentator William F. Buckley, Jr (1925-2008) is pictured during a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the William Buckley and his drive to push America to the right William 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. For more info: NATURE: Glacier National Park in Montana WEB EXCLUSIVES: 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 phone Tuscan town without cellphones Cell phone inventor on his first public call Last call for the phone booth iPhone's 10th birthday Goodbye to the Blackberry Making calls to lost family The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. Executive producer is Rand Morrison. DVR Alert! Find out when "Sunday Morning" airs in your city "Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Full episodes of "Sunday Morning" are now available to watch on demand on and Paramount+, including via Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV/FireTV stick and Xbox. Follow us on Twitter/X; Facebook; Instagram; YouTube; TikTok; Bluesky; and at You can also download the free "Sunday Morning" audio podcast at iTunes and at Now you'll never miss the trumpet!
New York Times
08-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Kenneth Walker Dies at 73; His Journalism Bared Apartheid's Brutality
Kenneth Walker, an Emmy Award-winning journalist whose reporting for the ABC News program 'Nightline' helped bring the brutality of South Africa's racist apartheid system to the attention of the American public, propelling it onto the agenda of U.S. policymakers, died on April 11 in Washington. He was 73. His cousin and executor, Jeff Brown, said his death, in a hospital, was caused by a heart attack, It was not widely reported at the time. Mr. Walker's weeklong coverage of South Africa's often brutal policy of racial segregation — produced for 'Nightline' with Ted Koppel, the program's anchor, and a team of reporters — won a 1985 Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding analysis of a news story. It was also awarded an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Gold Baton. 'In the way that only television can, 'Nightline' revealed for viewers the pain, anguish and rage that suffuses the struggles of this divided country,' the duPont-Columbia citation said. 'Masterfully executed and exquisitely produced, it was perhaps the most powerful, certainly the most extraordinary, television of the year.' The National Association of Black Journalists named Mr. Walker journalist of the year in 1985 for that reporting. The association had already given him an award for his work in print journalism — for his four-part series on apartheid for The Washington Star — and when he won the association's top award for radio journalism in 2001, he became the first person to receive its highest honors for print, television and radio. The association later honored him further, with its Frederick Douglass Lifetime Achievement Award. During his four-decade career, Mr. Walker was a reporter for The Washington Star (from 1969 to 1981, when it folded), for 'Nightline' (from 1981 to 1988) and for NPR, where he served as Africa bureau chief from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Koppel recalled in an interview that Mr. Walker 'was one of a number of African American staffers at 'Nightline' who were gently, and not so gently, pushing for more attention being paid to Nelson Mandela when he was still in jail and was anything but a hero to millions of people, including the president of the United States' (Ronald Reagan at the time). Mr. Walker helped persuade ABC executives to spend about $1 million to send the 'Nightline' production crew to South Africa for several weeks, Mr. Koppel said: 'His legacy is that he was instrumental in helping to convince us that is something we ought to do. The program changed minds in the United States and South Africa, and won more awards than just about any program we've ever done.' But Mr. Walker didn't limit his criticism to other countries. He was also outspoken about racism in America and the special responsibility of Black journalists. In 2021, at the annual round table held by Richard Prince, the former Washington Post reporter and editor who writes the online column Journal-isms, Mr. Walker described the United States as an 'active crime scene' that warranted a United Nations investigation into crimes against humanity because of numerous racist incidents that 'the media, including most Black journalists, are ignoring.' He favored reparations for slavery, and he criticized the negative portrayal of Black people on television and in popular music. He also lamented the scarcity of Black reporters; he wrote in a 2022 Facebook post that racist hiring practices had 'made it impossible for the media to keep the public informed.' Kenneth Reginald Walker was born on Aug. 17, 1951, in Washington. His father, William, was a cabdriver; his mother, Lillie, was a government clerk. After graduating from Archbishop Carroll High School in 1969, he worked at The Washington Star as a copy boy while attending the Catholic University of America on a scholarship. He left school before graduating to support his growing family and became a reporter at The Star. Mr. Walker is survived by two stepsisters, Tabia Berry and Vikki Walker Parson, and three grandchildren. His marriages to Jacquelyn DeMesme and Ra'eesah Moon ended in divorce. A daughter from his first marriage, Maisha Hunter, died in 2017. As a reporter for The Star, Mr. Walker covered the White House and the Supreme Court, and also served as a national and foreign correspondent. While he was still at The Star, he began to work in TV, as the host of a weekend public affairs show on the ABC affiliate in Baltimore, focusing on issues of particular interest to Black viewers. After The Star folded in 1981, he was hired at ABC as general assignment reporter. He went on to cover the White House and the Justice Department for the network. When '60 Minutes' broadcast a segment on apartheid in December 1984, Mr. Walker prodded ABC to also cover racial segregation in South Africa. (The 'Nightline' team that eventually won an Emmy for that coverage included the executive producer, Richard Kaplan; three senior producers, William Moore, Robert Jordan and Betsy West; and two reporters, Mr. Walker and Jeff Greenfield.) 'Blacks in the U.S. wrote and called ABC and the other networks en masse, something that doesn't happen very often,' Mr. Walker was quoted as saying in 'Black Journalists: The NABJ Story' (1997), by Wayne Dawkins. 'Also, Black South African resistance had escalated to the point where it could no longer be ignored.' Mr. Walker later briefly anchored 'USA Today: The Television Series'; produced 'The Jesse Jackson Show,' a syndicated talk show that aired in 1990 and 1991; and founded Lion House Publishing, whose books included 'Black American Witness: Reports From the Front' (1994) by Earl Caldwell, a former reporter for The New York Times. After leaving NPR, Mr. Walker remained in South Africa, where he served as communications director for the humanitarian organization CARE. He returned to Washington in 2015, in need of a kidney transplant. A high school classmate, Charlie Ball, with whom he connected through an alumni group, proved a match and donated a kidney. 'Charlie's gift has also been as much a gift of spirit as one of life,' Mr. Walker said in 2019. 'As a member of the last generation of the civil rights movement, I have spent my life on the front lines of America's continuing struggle with its formerly enslaved citizens. Sometimes it seems as if that struggle is being won. Sometimes not. In my lifetime, it has never seemed more out of reach than it is today, when white supremacist terrorism is growing steadily.'
