The U.N.’s International Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading climate scientists, say ” we’re likely living through the hottest period in the last 125,000 years,” Ben Tracy says. Source

According to a recent study, more than 7,500 pedestrians were killed by a vehicle in 2022, an average of 20 people a day – the highest number in 40 years. But experts say, more than the design of vehicles, the design of the roads themselves is to blame for the alarming rise in pedestrian fatalities. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with advocates who are pressing for improved designs of roadways that will better protect pedestrians. Source

Photojournalist Jacqueline Bouvier was fearless, charming, and single when she was introduced to a young Congressman from Massachusetts. And as told in the new book “Camera Girl,” Jackie was no shrinking violet when it came to pursuing Washington’s most eligible bachelor in the early 1950s. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with author Carl Sferrazza Anthony, and with Martha Bartlett, the Georgetown hostess who, along with her husband, Charles, was responsible for pairing up Bouvier with John F. Kennedy. Source

She’s always looked forward, as a poet, a mother of four, and the wife of “Sophie’s Choice” author William Styron. Now, at 95, Rose Styron has decided to look back, both in her new book, and as the subject of a documentary. Source

She’s lived as a poet, a founding member of Amnesty International, a mother of four, and the wife of “Sophie’s Choice” author William Styron. And at 95, Rose Styron, who’s always looked forward, has decided to look back on her life of adventures, both in her new book, “Beyond This Harbor,” and as the subject of a documentary by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Lapine, “In the Company of Rose.” Styron and Lapine both talk with correspondent Mo Rocca about her thirst for life which has yet to be quenched. Source

It’s summer, a time to relax. So, why is everyone intent on making plans, for trips far away from home? Comedian Jim Gaffigan, who likes to avoid stress, questions the logic of this. Source

It’s summer, a time to relax. So, why is everyone intent on making plans, for trips far away from home? Comedian Jim Gaffigan, who likes to avoid stress, questions the logic of this. Source

In the late 1960s “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” turned primetime TV upside-down. But folk singers-turned-comedians Tom and Dick Smothers challenged the powers-that-be, from the White House to CBS, until the network famously cancelled their top-rated counterculture hit back in 1969. Today the brothers, now in their 80s, are back for a live stage tour. They talk with correspondent Lee Cowan about sibling rivalries, censorship, and sharing a bond that’s outlasted their critics. (This story was originally broadcast on December 11, 2022.) Source

“Sunday Morning” recaps this week’s bestselling non-fiction and fiction titles, courtesy of The New York Times. Source

She was fearless, charming, and single when she was introduced to Washington’s most eligible bachelor. Biographer Carl Sferrazza Anthony, and Martha Bartlett, the Georgetown hostess who paired up Bouvier with John F. Kennedy, talk about Jacqueline Bouvier. Source