Jane Pauley is back at the desk for CBS’s Emmy-winning “Sunday Morning,” which airs Sundays at 9:00 a.m. ET. The program also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Immigration judges and the promise of “day in court”
Misryoum newsroom reporting and editorial team stated that the segment looks at how more than 200 immigration judges—who adjudicate asylum and immigration cases—have been fired, forced out or retired.
In their place, the program points to what are being advertised as “deportation judges.” In interviews with former immigration judges, senior contributor Ted Koppel asks what this shift means for defendants’ access to court, with the judges saying the current practices deny people their day in court and run counter to the law.
There’s a grim irony in the premise: the process meant to decide fates is, in their view, being reshaped so the outcome arrives faster than the facts can.
Earth Day triptychs: waves, bread and biocement
One quiet image lingers as the idea comes into view: the sound of surf against pilings, constant and indifferent, while servers churn somewhere out of sight.
Misryoum editorial desk noted that, at least in the show’s framing, the ocean becomes less a backdrop and more an infrastructure—like we’ve run out of real estate on land, and the solution is to move the bill for electricity somewhere else.
Next up is “Earth Day Triptych #2: Breeding a better bread.” Over the past century, cultivation and processing of wheat have produced strains of grain that are less nutritious, less flavorful, and more vulnerable to climate change.
Researchers at Breadlab, at Washington State University, are trying to breed varieties of whole grains that are better for farmers, consumers and taste buds.
(It’s hard to say you can taste policy, but the segment clearly wants you to try.)
“Earth Day Triptych #3: Cementing a more sustainable alternative to concrete” closes out the theme.
The show points to the process of making 30 billion tons of concrete every year, which produces more carbon pollution than all the world’s ships and planes put together.
Biomason, based in North Carolina and Denmark, is using biotechnology—naturally-occurring microbes—to create “biocement” that’s said to be just as sturdy while emitting much less CO2.
Between those environmental features, there’s also room for arts and culture.
Mo Rocca speaks with Mira Nakashima about continuing the legacy of woodworker George Nakashima.
Michael Shane Neal talks about painting a living president—a long-held ambition involving a portrait of former President Joe Biden.
On Broadway, Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri make their debuts in “Proof,” and discuss the parent-child dynamics of the story and what carries over off-stage.
The rest of the lineup includes “Almanac,” “Passage” in memoriam, and “Business” with an opera singer’s detour into car sales in Cocoa, Florida.
There’s also a “U.S.” segment on trucking accidents, where safety advocates say a new proposed law would strengthen enforcement against truck drivers but do little against freight brokers—middleman companies that often hire firms with poor safety records.
And tucked in the schedule are “Stage” and additional web exclusives tied to modern technology stories—plus a marathon described as charting the rise of the digital age.
For viewers, it’s a lot; for one hour of attention, it might feel like trying to carry three different conversations at once.
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