This week on "Sunday Morning" (Sept. 13)

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"CBS News Sunday Morning," hosted by Jane Pauley and airing Sundays at 9:00 a.m. ET, features a cover story on the U.S. military's depleted missile arsenal due to prolonged conflict with Iran and potential challenges against China. CBS correspondent David Martin reports from defense industry plants gearing up for increased production under a "wartime footing." The show also includes segments on oceanographer Robert Ballard’s work mapping the sea floor and shipwrecks, an interview with author Sophie Elmhirst about her book “A Marriage at Sea,” and a segment remembering Holocaust survivors rescued by American troops.
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The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" broadcast on September 13 covered the ongoing military conflict between the United States and Iran. The episode highlighted that since the start of the conflict over six months ago, the U.S. has launched thousands of precision-guided missiles. Now facing depleted weapon stockpiles, particularly for high-tech weapons needed against a powerful adversary like China, the Pentagon is under pressure to replenish its arsenal. This will necessitate significant financial investment and extended manufacturing timeframes costing billions of dollars. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reported on defense industry plants gearing up for increased production to rebuild America's military capabilities.

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For more info: - "A Train Near Magdeburg: A Teacher's Journey Into the Holocaust, and the Reuniting of the Survivors and Liberators, 70 Years On" by Matthew A. Rozell (Woodchuck Hollow Studios Incorporated), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Large Print, Young Adult, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org - matthewrozellbooks.com - TeachingHistoryMatters.com - Documentary: "A Train Near Magdeburg" (coming soon) - Imperial War Museum - London - Historian James Bulgin, Head of Public History at IWM (Instagram) Photos courtesy of: - Tauber Holocaust Library and Archives of the JFCS Holocaust Center at Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma Counties - The George Gross Collection/Matt Rozell - Mike Edwards HARTMAN:
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🔮 That will cost billions of dollars and require years of manufacturing.
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The Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. asserted
Morning → win → ET
"Sunday Morning" also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. asserted
Morning → stream → ET
(Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley COVER STORY: Missile crisis - The hard truths about America's military arsenal The war with Iran was launched more than six months ago, and shows no signs of ending. asserted
war → download → signs
In the early days of the conflict, the United States fired off thousands of long-range, precision-guided missiles. asserted
States → fire → missiles
Now, with its arsenal depleted, the Pentagon is faced with the stark prospect of not having enough high-tech weapons to sustain a conflict against a true military power like China, and has ordered the defense industry onto a "wartime footing" to replenish its stockpiles. asserted
Pentagon → deplete → stockpiles
That will cost billions of dollars and require years of manufacturing. asserted
That → cost → manufacturing
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin visited some of the plants now ramping up production to rebuild America's military arsenal. asserted
Martin → visit → arsenal
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date. asserted
Morning → look → date
Shipwrecks and the tantalizing allure of the sea Shipwrecks have long fascinated oceanographer Robert Ballard, who became renowned for locating the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985. asserted
who → fascinate → 1985
He talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about how that discovery 12,000 feet beneath the Atlantic changed him, and about the efforts of his research vessel Nautilus to map the ocean floor. asserted
discovery → talk → floor
Cowan also talks with Sophie Elmhirst, author of the bestseller "A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck," about human beings at their most vulnerable. asserted
Cowan → talk → vulnerable
Anthropic CEO says he didn't appreciate how fast AI would progress (Video) asserted
AI → say → Video
In this preview, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News that he didn't fully anticipate the effects of rapid artificial intelligence development, while also encouraging the public not to panic. asserted
he → tell → public
Jo Ling Kent reports. asserted
Kent → report → ?
In memoriam "Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week. asserted
who → remember → us
WORLD: Uncovering a Holocaust survival story An oral history project organized by former schoolteacher Matthew Rozell to interview World War II veterans uncovered little-known stories from the conflict, including the liberation by American troops of 2,500 Holocaust survivors from a so-called "death train" in April 1945. asserted
project → uncover → April
Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Rozell (author of "A Train Near Magdeburg"), historian James Bulgin, and filmmaker Mike Edwards about preserving the memories of WWII vets, and the importance of society learning the stories we must never forget. asserted
we → talk → stories
For more info: - "A Train Near Magdeburg: A Teacher's Journey Into the Holocaust, and the Reuniting of the Survivors and Liberators, 70 Years On" by Matthew A. Rozell (Woodchuck Hollow Studios Incorporated), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Large Print, Young Adult, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org - matthewrozellbooks.com - TeachingHistoryMatters.com - Documentary: "A Train Near Magdeburg" (coming soon) - Imperial War Museum - London - Historian James Bulgin, Head of Public History at IWM (Instagram) Photos courtesy of: - Tauber Holocaust Library and Archives of the JFCS Holocaust Center at Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma Counties - The George Gross Collection/Matt Rozell - Mike Edwards HARTMAN: asserted
Photos → come → Francisco
A former football star's backpack becomes a lifeline asserted
backpack → become → ?
In Austin, Texas, recent Indiana University graduate Jasper Steinmetz approached a man sporting something familiar: an IU backpack. asserted
Steinmetz → approach → something
The man turned out to be Sampson James, a former Indiana University football star who had fallen on hard times, following a knee injury and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. asserted
who → turn → disorder
Steve Hartman reports on what happened when the connection made by these two Hoosiers fostered a fresh start. asserted
connection → report → start
FASHION: Diane von Furstenberg on life, love, and a wrap dress Diane von Furstenberg has been one of the most important names in fashion for nearly 50 years, whose brand has long empowered women, with practical, feminine clothing (most famously embodied by her '70s wrap dress). asserted
brand → empower → dress
In Venice, correspondent Alina Cho visits with von Furstenberg, who talks about her life's journey, which she calls a miracle thanks to a mother who survived the Holocaust. asserted
who → visit → Holocaust
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Diane von Furstenberg on "Sunday Morning" (YouTube Video) Watch these interviews with fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg from the "CBS Sunday Morning" vault, including: - a 2003 profile by Rita Braver, in which DVF talks about her decades-long career; - a 2011 profile by Anthony Mason, in which she discusses life, love, and fashioning a brand; and - a 2021 Martha Teichner story about New York's Little Island, an oasis along Manhattan's shoreline created by von Furstenberg and her husband, Barry Diller. asserted
she → watch → Furstenberg
HEADLINES: Testing the ethical boundaries of surrogacy In the United States, commercial surrogacy — paying a woman to have fertilized eggs implanted in her uterus so she can carry a pregnancy to term — is widely assumed to be closely regulated. asserted
she → test → term
But a yearlong CBS News investigation found that few, if any, meaningful protections exist for surrogates. asserted
protections → find → surrogates
Correspondent Katrina Kaufman examines the extraordinary cases of surrogates who say they experienced troubling practices in the booming U.S. industry. asserted
they → examine → industry
A visit to the pumpkin capital of the world In Morton, Illinois, home to the annual Pumpkin Festival, and site of the Libby's factory responsible for 85 percent of the world's canned pumpkin, correspondent Nancy Giles gets a taste of the local produce and finds out why, in Morton, orange is always in season. asserted
orange → can → season
During the course of his life, New York photographer Jay Maisel, who died last month at age 95, photographed the World Trade Center thousands of times – including on 9/11, when they were destroyed. asserted
they → die → 9/11
In this "Sunday Morning" report that aired Sept. 16, 2011, Maisel talked with correspondent Richard Schlesinger about the hold the Twin Towers had on the imagination, and on his camera's lens. asserted
Towers → air → lens
FROM THE ARCHIVES: How one N.J. town suffered loss on 9/11 (Video) asserted
town → suffer → Video
In this story that aired on "Sunday Morning" Sept. 16, 2001, correspondent Bill Geist reported on how his hometown of Ridgewood, N.J., was devastated by the terror attacks on Lower Manhattan, just a short commuter train ride away, and how his friends and neighbors responded to the loss of a dozen members of their community. asserted
friends → air → community
FROM THE ARCHIVES: 9/11, Osama bin Laden, and a safe haven in Afghanistan (Video) After terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, America's attention turned fully to the group's leader, Osama bin Laden, and his Al Qaeda network, which had found protection in Afghanistan. asserted
which → attack → Afghanistan
Correspondent Allen Pizzey reports on a country already devastated by more than 20 years of continuous warfare, which was anticipating further retaliation by Washington, in a story that originally aired Sept. 16, 2001. asserted
that → report → story
Pizzey also talks with Vicky and Mark Timlin, of the charity Hope Worldwide, whose head office ordered them to leave Afghanistan following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. asserted
office → talk → Center
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Jazz artist Cassandra Wilson (Video) Two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died on Sept. 1, at age 70. asserted
Wilson → win → age
In this 1997 "Sunday Morning" profile, Wilson talked with correspondent Billy Taylor about her early influences, from her parents, to singers like Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens. asserted
Wilson → talk → Mitchell
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Gloria Steinem on "CBS Sunday Morning" (YouTube Video) Gloria Steinem, a trailblazing figure in the women's liberation movement, died on Sept. 2, at age 92. asserted
Steinem → trailblaze → age
Watch these "Sunday Morning" stories about Steinem's impact on feminism, including: A 2006 profile by Erin Moriarty; a 2023 interview by Rita Braver, in which Steinem and executive editor Katherine Spillar discuss the origin and influence of Ms. Magazine; and a 2020 Erin Moriarty report about a TV series, "Mrs. America," that dramatizes the political conflict pitting proponents of equal rights for women (such as Steinem) against conservative lawyer Phyllis Schlafly. asserted
that → watch → Schlafly
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