Open: This is “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” March 8, 2026

This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” as the U.S. and Israeli forces stepped up their bombing campaign through the weekend, Margaret Brennan speaks to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter and Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine.

2/1: Face The Nation – CBS News

This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” we speak to mayors from cities across the country as anger at ICE persists across the country, plus our interview with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado.

Extended interview: Viola Davis – CBS News

In this web exclusive, Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis talks with Tracy Smith about co-authoring her first novel in collaboration with James Patterson, “Judge Stone.” In her discussion of writing, acting and art, she notes that discomfort and awkwardness are “how we make the greatest discoveries in life.”

Viola Davis and her latest co-star, author James Patterson

On yet another sunny winter day in southern California, Viola Davis is home, and happy to be here. She says she’s a homebody: “Homebody, totally. I’m total introvert,” she said. What does she like about being at home? “I like just being,” she said. “I just like to be regular. I don’t want to put …

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The persistence of hunger in America

For some 30 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an annual report on the number of Americans living with food insecurity. The Trump administration ended that report, calling it “redundant” and “politicized.” But getting rid of the data doesn’t erase the problem – or the desire to fix it. At the Community Food Share …

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Passage: In memoriam – CBS News

Passage: In memoriam – CBS News Watch CBS News “Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including veteran CBS News producer George Osterkamp.

“Framed”: Highlighting the art that surrounds art

A current show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art puts the spotlight on a rarely-appreciated component of art: the picture frames that border it. Faith Salie explores the history of framing art, and talks with curator Tara Contractor and frame conservator Chris Ferguson about a craft bordering on exquisite.

Uncertainty deepens over Iran as U.S. and Israeli attacks continue

American and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran that killed the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, prompting retaliatory strikes across the region, are the latest chapter in a nearly half-century stand-off between Tehran and Washington. “Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa talks with New Yorker writer Robin Wright about Iran’s history and ambitions, and about …

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How Trump and Netanyahu launched attacks on Iran

Last June, President Donald Trump announced U.S. strikes on Iran had “completely and totally obliterated” key facilities of that country’s nuclear program. Now, Trump has attacked Iranian territory again, in conjunction with strikes ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with retired general and CBS News contributor …

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