This week on “Sunday Morning” (July 6)

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Guest host: Mo Rocca

COVER STORY: How Lady Liberty became a beacon for immigrants
The Statue of Liberty, France’s gift to the United States, was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma Lazarus reimagined Lady Liberty as a “mother of exiles,” welcoming immigrants to the shores of America. Correspondent Mo Rocca looks at how the opening of Ellis Island, the end of restrictive immigration quotas, and John F. Kennedy’s evocation of the United States as “a nation of immigrants” transformed our country, in this entry in the “Sunday Morning” series “These United States.”

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• Statue of Liberty (National Park Service)
• Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
• “Our Shared Future: 250” (Smithsonian event schedule)
• “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965” by Jia Lynn Yang (W.W. Norton & Company), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org
• Jia Lynn Yang, national editor, The New York Times

     
ALMANAC: July 6
“Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date.

     
SPORTS: The world of Rubik’s speed cubing
There are 43 quintillion possible permutations on a Rubik’s cube – that’s 43 billion billion! But for some, solving a cube is child’s play, as correspondent David Pogue discovered when he met with some speed cubers – including a pair of remarkable world-record holders who are only eight years old.

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FOOD: Ketchup’s sweet and sour history
There’s a lot you don’t know about that most popular of condiments, ketchup – its origin, its manufacture, and (as correspondent Luke Burbank finds out) why some people who spot a ketchup bottle see red. [Originally aired Nov. 19, 2017.]

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MUSIC: Sabrina Carpenter on the biggest misperceptions about her
“Manchild,” the new single from Sabrina Carpenter’s upcoming album “Man’s Best Friend,” debuted last month at #1. It’s the latest milestone for the singer-songwriter, whose road to superstardom exploded, in part, because of COVID. Carpenter talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about her “Short n’ Sweet” tour; the advice her mother gave her; and how she deals with pressure (caffeine helps). [An earlier version of this story originally aired October 6, 2024.]

To hear Sabrina Carpenter perform “Manchild” click on the video player below:

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PASSAGE: In memoriam
“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week.

FOOD: A museum that truly cuts the mustard
In 1991, Barry Levenson quit his job as an assistant attorney general in Wisconsin to follow his true passion: mustard. Founder of the National Mustard Museum, in Middleton, Wis., Levenson’s collection of mustards has grown to more than 7,000 varieties from around the world. Correspondent Luke Burbank meets a man captivated by a beloved condiment.

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BOOKS: Ron Chernow on the life of Mark Twain
Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, not only redefined American literature in the 1800s; he helped create the very idea of what it meant to be an American. “Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa visits Twain’s boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, and sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow to discuss his latest book, “Mark Twain,” which delves into the life, complexities and sardonic humor of a man who remains a vital presence in American culture.

For more info:

• “Mark Twain” by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, Hannibal, Mo.
• Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford, Conn.
• Mark Twain Riverboat, Hannibal, Mo.
• Twain on Main Festival. Hannibal, Mo.
• Mark Twain Papers & Project, University of California, Berkeley Library
• Sixth & I, Washington, D.C.

MOVIES: Inside “Jaws”: Making the film classic
Fifty years ago, a monumental movie premiered that forever changed Hollywood: Steve Spielberg’s “Jaws,” adapted from Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel, which became the highest-grossing film of its time. Richard Dreyfuss returned to Martha’s Vineyard, which hosted the film production in 1974, and talked with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about the notoriously difficult shoot that nonetheless birthed a blockbuster. Mankiewicz also talks with actress Lorraine Gary and screenwriter Carl Gottlieb about their experiences working with Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and a young director making his first big-budget studio film.

For more info:

• Where to stream “Jaws” | Watch on Peacock
• “Jaws” 50th anniversary screenings beginning August 29 (AMC, Atom, Cinemark, Fandango, Regal)
• “Jaws” on 4K and Blu-ray (Universal Home Entertainment)
• The Daily Jaws
• “The Jaws Log: Expanded Edition (with shooting script)” by Carl Gottlieb (Dey Street Books), in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• “Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard” by Matt Taylor (Titan Books), in Hardcover format, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• “Jaws: The Exhibition” at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles (Sept. 14, 2025-July 26, 2026)

      
COMMENTARY: To tip or not to tip: That is David Sedaris’ question
The humorist has some thoughts about gratuities, especially when they’re pre-programmed onto a screen.

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FOOD: Emulsifying the truth behind mayonnaise
Eggs, oil and vinegar come together to form a contested condiment: Mayonnaise, long thought to have been improvised by an 18th century French military chef who was short on cream. But some believe mayo dates back to the Spain of antiquity. Correspondent Luke Burbank seeks to spread a little light on mayonnaise’s origins.

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NATURE: TBD

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: The infamous 1916 shark attacks that inspired “Jaws” (Video)
The scariest word at any beach has to be the warning: “SHARK!” Although attacks by the sea predator are rare, they nonetheless create fear among beachgoers. Correspondent Anna Werner looked back at a fateful string of shark encounters along the New Jersey shore a century ago that stirred the public imagination, and inspired Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel “Jaws,” in a “Sunday Morning” report that originally aired June 12, 2016.

GALLERY: Notable deaths in 2025
A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who’d touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.

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