He had a nine-year run starring in the CBS sitcom “The King of Queens,” and topped the box office charts with the comedy “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.” But comedian Kevin James reserves his greatest affection for stand-up, which the college dropout honed while moonlighting at Long Island comedy clubs. James talks with correspondent Jim Axelrod about why he’s thankful he bombed his audition for “Saturday Night Live,” and why he keeps going back to his stand-up roots, now on view in the Amazon Prime special, “Kevin James: Irregardless.” Source

When he was 12, Sam Cunningham was diagnosed with leukemia. Soon after, Auburn University basketball coach Bruce Pearl recorded an inspirational video for Sam, telling him, “Cancer picked the wrong hombre.” And Pearl did more than just inspire a cancer patient: he made a promise to the young man, a promise he has since kept, now that Cunningham is a freshman at Auburn. Steve Hartman reports. Source

Later this month the former president will stand in the first of four state and federal criminal trials. Trump’s defenders call the prosecution “election interference,” but legal experts call the trials of an ex-president a defining moment in the rule of law. Source

“Sunday Morning” remember a fashion trendsetter, stand-up comedian and actor, and veteran CBS News journalist. Source

The award-winning director and producer of such films as “Glory” and “Blood Diamond” plumbs his 40-year movie and TV career for a memoir that offers an unvarnished take on the industry. Source

He’s the Emmy- and Oscar-winning producer and director of such films as “Glory” and “Blood Diamond” and the TV series “thirtysomething.” Now, Ed Zwick plumbs his 40-year career for a memoir that offers an unvarnished take on the industry and his own experiences on the front lines of entertainment, “Hits, Flops and Other Illusions.” He talks with correspondent Luke Burbank about the heroes and villains, the art of compromise, and the vagaries of success. Source

A new CBS News poll finds Trump leads Biden by four points nationally. Source

His abstract expressionist canvases are among the most recognizable of all 20th century art. But Mark Rothko also produced nearly 3,000 works on paper. An exhibition at Washington’s National Gallery of Art explores the remarkable paper trail he left behind. Source

Pisa, in Italy’s Tuscany region, is renowned for its photogenic Leaning Tower, which snapshot-eager tourists position themselves to “support.” But Italy has another leaning tower, the 150-foot high Garisenda, a 12th century structure in Bologna that was recently closed while engineers rush to prevent its collapse. Correspondent Seth Doane looks at efforts to save these historic sites. Source

His abstract expressionist canvases are among the most recognizable of all 20th century artists’ works. But Mark Rothko (1903-1970) also produced nearly 3,000 pieces on paper – smaller in scale but just as innovative. CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa visits an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., that explores the trail of paper works the artist left behind, and talks with curator Adam Greenhalgh, and with the artist’s children, Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, about Rothko’s remarkable vision. Source