Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: The military newspaper Star and Stripes, actor J.K. Simmons, "Little House on the Prairie" returns to screens, Founding Father Thomas Paine, a visit to George Washington's Mount Vernon, and hifi listening bars.

This special broadcast includes Mo Rocca’s look at the Founding Fathers, Lee Cowan’s trip along Route 66, Luke Burbank’s exploration of America’s food melting pot and David Pogue’s story on how the railroad changed the country. Special correspondent Susie Essman sits down with her friend Larry David to talk about his new series “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,” Martha Teichner reports on women’s rights, Faith Salie visits with the multi-generational Italian family doing the fireworks for the nation’s Washington celebration and Nancy Giles has a slightly different look at abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass.

NOTE: the songbook performances were not included in the podcast due to content restrictions. Learn more about Sunday Morning's Essental American Soundbook here: https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/sunmo-american-songbook/

Mo Rocca reports on the issue of birthright citizenship, what it is and why some are trying to restrict it, which is currently before the Supreme Court. Tracy Smith catches up with comedian and actor John Mulaney. Lee Cowan visits the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, which has been 107 years in the making.

In the United States, the percentage of obese adults is about ten times what it is in Japan, even though fast food, junk food, pizza and donuts are popular. Correspondent Adam Yamaguchi looks at what differentiates the Japanese diet.

Actor Bill Mumy first became known for his childhood appearances on classic series such as "The Twilight Zone", and later as Will Robinson on "Lost in Space". Correspondent Jim Axelrod discovers how Mumy, now 72, avoided the dangers that other child actors faced while pursuing a Hollywood career.

Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, are expecting their fourth child. They talked with "Sunday Morning" national correspondent Robert Costa about family, his conversion to Catholicism, and his book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith".

Seth Doane heads to Barcelona for a visit to La Sagrada Família, the largest unfinished Catholic Church in the world, designed by the late pioneering architect Antoni Gaudí, which has been under construction since 1882. Ben Mankiewicz talks with legendary director Steven Spielberg about his new film “Disclosure Day,” his career, and Spielberg's belief that there are aliens among us. Mo Rocca goes behind the scenes of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical “Ragtime,” based on the bestselling novel by E.L. Doctorow.

In her new memoir, "View from the East Wing", former first lady Jill Biden discusses her four years in the White House. She sits down with correspondent Rita Braver to talk about the legacy of her husband's presidency, as well as the challenges that Joe Biden faced, from the January 6 insurrection by Trump supporters aimed at overturning his 2020 election victory, to a 2024 debate performance that led to Biden ending his reelection bid. She also discusses her husband's prostate cancer diagnosis; his pardon of son Hunter Biden; and the demolition of the White House's East Wing by President Trump to erect a ballroom.

In her new memoir, "View from the East Wing", former first lady Jill Biden discusses her four years in the White House. She sits down with correspondent Rita Braver to talk about the legacy of her husband's presidency, as well as the challenges that Joe Biden faced.

Norma Jeane Baker, known to the world as Marilyn Monroe, died in 1962 at age 36. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with those studying the sex symbol's life and career, and those who are preserving her film persona.

More than 6,300 children under 18 – some as young as two months old, and almost all with no criminal record – have been arrested by federal immigration authorities during President Trump's second term. "Sunday Morning" correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with a family that was held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, outside San Antonio, Texas, for almost four months.

Lee Cowan visits The Concours d’Elegance, widely considered the most prestigious car show in the world, and The Concours d’Lemons, which celebrates the unloved, the junkers and the failures of the automotive world. Both events happen on the same weekend, a few miles apart in California.

Tracy Smith catches up with legendary singer Patti LaBelle, who has been performing for six decades.

Faith Salie catches up with Elisa Sunga, who never saw a cake in her life until she was 14 years old. Today, she’s behind an international touring cake picnic, where hundreds to thousands of cakes are often brought to the table.