This week on “Sunday Morning” (Nov. 1)

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POLITICS: Midterm elections preview: How might this year’s vote change Washington? | Watch Video
Voters in this year’s elections will choose all 435 members of the House of Representatives, a third of our Senators, and 36 races for governor. Correspondent David Pogue looks at what midterm election results typically represent, and why – with inflation a key topic on voters’ minds, and a historically unpopular president – this year’s midterms may upend expectations.

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ALMANAC: November 1 (Video)
“Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date.

COVER STORY: Is the truth really out there? Studying UAP sightings | Watch Video
It’s been some 75 years since the term Unidentified Flying Object (or UFO) was coined to describe the mysterious airborne phenomena witnessed by pilots and the public. Now, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) are the focus of a new Scientific Advisory Council, led by Avi Loeb of Harvard, which is investigating the staggering number of first-person accounts, video and documents recently released by the government. Correspondent Luke Burbank looks at how scientists hope to study these sightings, to possibly answer the question: Are we alone? 

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POLITICS: The issue that could tip the scales in the Texas Senate race | Watch Video
All eyes are on the Senate race in Texas, the outcome of which may determine control of the Senate in Washington; and with more than half a billion dollars spent so far, the contest between Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic State Representative James Talarico is the most expensive non-presidential race in U.S. history. “Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa talks with the candidates’ supporters, and with local observers, about a race that has drawn interest from around the country, and how the rising cost of food, gas and housing could prove a tipping point for voters.

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BROADWAY: “The Lost Boys”: How a vampire musical brings the undead to life (Video)
In movies and TV, vampires – the blood-sucking undead – have held a firm grip on the public’s imagination. That popularity has now extended to Broadway. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with actors L.J. Benet and Ali Louis Bourzgui, and director Michael Arden, of “The Lost Boys,” which has avoided the stake in the heart that befell other Broadway vampire musicals. Smith also talks with film professor Rebekah McKendry about vampire lore in the media.

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PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including actor Sir Patrick Stewart, best known as Captain Jean Luc Godard in the “Star Trek” franchise.  

U.S.: The legacy of Milwaukee’s Socialist mayors | Watch Video
Beginning in 1910, Milwaukee—a city long associated with beer and bratwurst—elected three Socialist mayors who made parks, public housing and sanitation priorities of city government. Correspondent Mo Rocca examines the origins and record of Milwaukee’s “sewer socialism,” and what the city’s experience reveals about a political label that still provokes debate.

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GALLERY: The week in photos (Video)
“Sunday Morning” looks at some of the most evocative images captured the week of Oct. 25-31, 2026.

MOVIES: How movie star James Stewart became a war hero | Watch Video
During the Second World War, Academy Award-winning actor James Stewart answered his nation’s call, serving as a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He flew 20 successful missions, and came home from WWII a different man. Stewart’s fight to be able to fight despite his celebrity, and his emotional post-war return to the screen in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” are the subjects of the film “Jimmy.” Lee Cowan talks with actors K.J. Apa (who plays Stewart), and Max Casella (who plays director Frank Capra), and Stewart’s daughter, Kelly Stewart Hardcourt, about what the actor’s service did to his soul.

WEB EXTRA: Filming Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” kiss (Video)
In this web exclusive, Hollywood historian Sam Wasson, author of the biography “Frank Capra: A Life,” talks with Lee Cowan about Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed’s emotional performance in Capra’s 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and how the director created a timeless classic – even if it wasn’t the box office giant he’d hoped for.

READ AN EXCERPT: “Frank Capra: A Life” by Sam Wasson
Returning to movie screens after his service in World War II, Jimmy Stewart was nervous about appearing in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” – a film now acknowledged as one of his very best. Hollywood historian Sam Wasson writes of how Capra helped shepherd Stewart back into the public limelight in a role that was perfectly suited to Stewart’s talents – and in the process created a timeless classic.

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ARTS: A new Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit opens a window to unfamiliar works | Watch Video
An exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts is building a different picture of Georgia O’Keeffe, best known for her depictions of flowers and desert landscapes. “Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture” explores the artist’s paintings of buildings, from cityscapes to rural settings, and how O’Keeffe captured qualities of light, atmosphere and texture found in man-made structures. Jane Pauley reports.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Celebrating Georgia O’Keeffe in music (Video)
In a story that aired Aug. 30, 1981, “Sunday Morning” visited Georgia O’Keeffe, who became inextricably linked to the landscapes and desert flowers of New Mexico. To honor the artist, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival had commissioned and dedicated to O’Keeffe a piano quintet by composer John Harbison – music that, like O’Keeffe’s paintings, translates stark and unfilled spaces. Reported by Bruce Morton.

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WORLD: Larry the Cat, at home on Downing Street (Video)
One of the most famous addresses in the world, 10 Downing Street in London, is home not just to prime ministers, but also to a 19-year-old tabby cat named Larry. Correspondent Holly Williams looks at how the official pet of the British leader’s residence and Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office has become a favorite of the press – and a political fixture whose nine lives have so far outlasted six prime ministers.

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PASSAGE: Remembering Linda Mason (Video)
Jane Pauley remembers broadcast journalist Linda Mason, who died this week at age 87. For seven years Mason was executive producer of “Sunday Morning,” before becoming the first woman to serve as vice president at CBS News.

NATURE: Fall colors in Minnesota (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday awash in the colors of fall at Minneopa State Park in Mankato, Minnesota. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.     

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Patrick Stewart on “Star Trek” and Shakespeare (Video)
Sir Patrick Stewart, the classically-trained stage actor who was best-known for his roles in the “Star Trek” and “X-Men” franchises, died on Oct. 28, 2026 at age 86. In this “Sunday Morning” profile that aired May 24, 2020, Stewart talked with CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil about returning to the role of Captain Jean Luc Picard in the TV series “Star Trek: Picard,” and about how he sought an escape from the COVID pandemic through the Bard’s poetry.  

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen (Video)
In this “Sunday Morning” interview that aired Oct. 13, 2013, Stewart and fellow player Ian McKellen talked with CBS News’ Lesley Stahl about their deep friendship forged on stage and on the set of the “X-Men” series, as they rehearsed for Broadway productions of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” and Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land.” They also talked about the personal experiences that helped shape their careers.

MARATHON: Halloween hauntings V (YouTube Video)
Get into the spirit of the season with these spooky stories from the “Sunday Morning” crypt. Featuring:

• Lee Cowan explores horror films making a killing at the box office; with Jamie Lee Curtis (of the “Halloween” franchise), and Jason Blum (of the film production company Blumhouse) (2018);
• Anthony Mason dives into the mystery of the ghost ship Mary Celeste, whose crew and passengers mysteriously disappeared without a trace in the middle of the Atlantic in 1872; with Clive Cussler (2004);
• Tracy Smith studies the science of being scared with neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux and film professor Annette Insdorf (2004);
• In Bodie, Colorado, Barry Petersen steps into a haunting remains of an Old West ghost town (2014);
• Are nightmares good for you? Tracy Smith talks with experts on fear, including horror filmmaker Eli Roth (2021);
• Actor-director John Krasinski and actress Emily Blunt sound off on the making of their horror film “A Quiet Place,” and its effect on their marriage (2018)
• Rita Braver is gravely serious about a popular vacation theme: cemetery tourism! (2010)

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