This week on "Sunday Morning" (August 4) (2024)

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COVER STORY: The "Olympics of hula" (Video)
Seventy-five hundred miles away from Paris, on the Big Island of Hawaii, another competition recently took place featuring the best hula dancers in the world, competing in the categories of traditional and modern hula. Correspondent Lee Cowan talked with teachers and students of the art of hula – an ancient form of storytelling that preserves the culture and grace of the Hawaiian people.

For more info:

• Merrie Monarch Festival
• Hula master Patrick Makuakāne, of Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, San Francisco
• Hula master Kasie Kaleohano, of Hālau Ka Lehua Pua Kamaehu, Hilo, Hawaii
• Waikoloa Beach Marriott, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

ALMANAC: August 4 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.

POLITICS: Nancy Pelosi opens up about traumatic attack on her husband, and her advice for Kamala Harris on running against Trump | Watch Video
There is no denying the impact that Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, the 19-term Democrat from California, has had on Congress and the country, as she details in her new book, "The Art of Power." Pelosi talks with "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl about her role in President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the presidential race; the near-fatal attack on her husband by an assailant at their San Francisco home (she was the intended target); the violence of the January 6 Insurrection at the Capitol; her advice for Vice President Kamala Harris as she runs against former President Donald Trump; and how she considers Trump's pick for running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance.

READ AN EXCERPT: Nancy Pelosi on "The Art of Power"

For more info:

• "The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House" by Nancy Pelosi (Simon & Schuster), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available August 6 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble andBookshop.org
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

PROFILE: Philippe Petit looks back on his phenomenal 1974 Twin Towers walk | Watch Video
Fifty years ago, on August 7, 1974, French highwire artist Philippe Petit walked a VERY high wire illicitly strung between the Twin Towers of New York City's World Trade Center. He talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about the feat that captured the imagination of the world, and about his passion for wire-walking which, he says, has never changed.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Philippe Petit's Twin Towers walk (YouTube Video)

For more info:

• FollowPhilippe Petit on Instagram
• "Philippe Petit: TOWERING!!" August 7, 8 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City

SUNDAY JOURNAL: What the historic prisoner swap might mean for the future | Watch Video
On Thursday 16 political prisoners, including former U.S. Marine Paul Wheelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, were released in a historic exchange with Russia that also freed 8 Russians held in other countries (including an assassin working for the Russian state who was convicted and jailed in Germany). Correspondent Seth Doane talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan, who says Vladimir Putin, and other authoritarians, may be emboldened to wrongfully detain Americans abroad if they can benefit from prisoner swaps in the future.

For more info:

• "Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West"by John J. Sullivan (Little, Brown & Co.), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available August 6 viaAmazon,Barnes & NobleandBookshop.org

PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including contemporary classical composer Wolfgang Rihm.

POLITICS: How Washington has changed since Watergate | Watch Video
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon – facing impeachment and removal from office amid charges of abuse of power, obstructing justice, and contempt of Congress – was visited by leading members of his own party, which had abandoned him; he resigned. But if Watergate happened today, with today's polarized politics and hot-button media environment, would a President Nixon survive? CBS News' John Dickerson talks with Garrett Graff, author of "Watergate: A New History," and historian Brian Rosenwald about a political climate change.

For more info:

• brianrosenwald.com
• "Watergate: A New History" by Garrett M. Graff (Simon & Schuster), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

HEALTH: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launch Parents' Network to address the dangers of online harm | Watch Video
The Duke and duch*ess of Sussex's Archewell Foundation is launching a new initiative, the Parents' Network, to support parents whose children have been victimized by online bullying. "Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley talks with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle about the dangers of social media and suicide ideation; and with parents in the foundation's pilot program, who open up about how it has helped in their healing process after their child took their own life.

PREVIEW:Prince Harry and Meghan Markle open up about online bullying and social media

If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis, you can reach the988 Suicide & Crisis Lifelineby calling or texting 988. You can alsochat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline here.

For more information aboutmental health care resources and support, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or email info@nami.org.

For more info:

• The Parents' Network
• Archewell Foundation

BOOKS: New York Times bestsellers, fiction and non-fiction

MUSIC: The journey of rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll (Video)
The artist known as Jelly Roll is a 39-year-old former rapper whose songs tell of the troubled life he used to lead. He's now one of the biggest names in country music, with two Grammy nominations this year. With correspondent Kelefa Sanneh, we go with Jelly Roll to one of the jail cells he lived in, where he wrote songs and hatched his plans to make it in music—eventually finding himself on the "holy ground" of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. (This story was originally broadcast on January 7, 2024.)

You can stream the Jelly Roll album "Whitsitt Chapel" by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full):

For more info:

• Jelly Roll (Official site)
• Album: "Whitsitt Chapel" by Jelly Roll, on CD and Vinyl

MILEPOST: Farewell, "Sunday Morning" producer Alan Golds (Video)
We send our best wishes to longtime CBS News and "Sunday Morning" producer Alan Golds, who retired this week after a 40-year career at the network. Thank you, Alan!

NATURE: Wildflowers in Ohio (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday morning surrounded by wildflowers near Toledo, Ohio. Videographer: Alex Goetz.

WEB EXCLUSIVES:

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Philippe Petit's Twin Towers walk (2009)
On August 7, 1974, French highwire artist Philippe Petit stunned the world when he walked a wire illicitly strung between the Twin Towers of New York City's World Trade Center. In this "Sunday Morning" profile that aired on February 22, 2009, Petit, the subject of the documentary "Man on Wire," talked with correspondent Anthony Mason about the birth of his dream to take his "profound" walk a quarter-mile in the air.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Democracy and the Ballot Box (YouTube Video)
Watch stories from the "Sunday Morning" archives about the history of America's elections, the power of one's vote, and the fight to protect democracy. Featured: Mo Rocca on the original "birther" controversy of President Chester Alan Arthur, the "worst" president ever, the disputed election of 1876, and a classroom lesson on the Electoral College; Scott Simon on the violent 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Richard Schlesinger on the return of Richard Nixon; Anthony Mason on Bush v. Gore; Nancy Giles on the election of Barack Obama; Steve Hartman on a family split by competing political allegiances; Lee Cowan on how late-night comedians tackled the 2016 race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and how Trump attempted to overturn his 2020 election loss; David Martin on the violence of the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol; Seth Doane on how the world's media reacted to scenes of political violence in America; and John Dickerson on the importance of the congressional committee investigating a president who fought against the peaceful transfer of power.

"HERE COMES THE SUN": Katie Ledecky and sneakers (Video)
Swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky sits down with Elaine Quijano to discuss her memoir "Just Add Water: My Swimming Life" and the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Then, Kelefah Sanneh learns more about the popular sneaker brand New Balance.

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