
Encountering ICE: A "David vs. Goliath" moment
In city after city, the Trump administration has been testing limits of the law in apprehending and detaining people suspected of being undocumented, many of whom have no criminal record.
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Lee Cowan is an Emmy-award-winning journalist serving as a national correspondent and substitute anchor for "CBS News Sunday Morning." His reporting also appears on all CBS News broadcasts and platforms.
Based in Los Angeles, Cowan has conducted interviews with a variety of news and entertainment personalities including first lady Michelle Obama, pop star Bruno Mars, comedy great Carol Burnett and tennis legend Billie Jean King. In addition, he's covered issues ranging from the nation's public defender system, the water crisis on the Navajo Nation and childhood hunger.
Cowan has spent more than two decades of his nearly 30-year career at CBS News spread over two periods.
For CBS he's covered the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks; the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2006 conflict in Beirut and the 2006 tsunami in Indonesia.
As a national correspondent for NBC News — where he was reporting for the "NBC Nightly News," "Today" and MSNBC — Cowan was assigned to cover the campaign and election of President Barack Obama; the tsunami in Japan in 2011, the crisis in Libya and the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
Previously, Cowan served as a correspondent for CBS Newspath, CBS News' 24-hour news service, and was a researcher for CBS News' "CBS News Nightwatch" and then for the "CBS Evening News" in Washington, D.C.
His reporting career started in local news, serving as an anchor and reporter for WLWT-TV in Cincinnati. Prior to that, he was an anchor and reporter WWMT-TV, in Kalamazoo, Mich., and a weekend anchor for KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, Calif. Before joining KCOY-TV, Cowan held positions as news director and anchor at NBC affiliate KIEM-TV in Eureka, Calif.
Born in Salt Lake City, Cowan graduated from the University of Washington with a double major in communications and speech communications in 1988. He is married to Molly Palmer, a producer on NBC's "Today," and together they have a son, Kevin Cowan, born in 2014.
In city after city, the Trump administration has been testing limits of the law in apprehending and detaining people suspected of being undocumented, many of whom have no criminal record.
The actress talks about playing a screen goddess in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman"; her love of movie musicals; and her long road from the Bronx to Hollywood.
In her new book, Priscilla Presley writes what she calls her final telling of what it was like to be a queen to the King, and what came after.
Lee Cowan looks back on the actor, director, independent film advocate and environmental activist, who died this past week at age 89. [Watch our interviews with Redford from 1994, 2006 and 2018.]
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His mother is a member of the Kennedy clan; his father was the Terminator. Now, actor Patrick Schwarzenegger, a standout in the HBO Max series "The White Lotus," talks about how he chose to pursue a career while carrying the weight of a famous Hollywood name.
Vintage machines are gaining popularity, driven by a wave of support from celebrities like Taylor Swift and Tom Hanks.
Known as a thriving hub for art, culture and cuisine, New Orleans has also faced its share of challenges — and survived.
When Alex Matisse founded East Fork Pottery, in Asheville, N.C., he didn't want to use the name of his great-grandfather, artist Henri Matisse. But after business took off, Alex decided it was time – and now graces his ceramics with the imagery of his famous forebear.
In 1925, a tragic tale of striving featuring an enigmatic millionaire was published – and it bombed. Since then, its reputation has only grown, to where many consider "The Great Gatsby" the Great American Novel.
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In the world of alpine skiing, few have been more decorated. Fast, fearless and resilient, Lindsey Vonn fought her way back after every crash, until she retired at 34. But now, with a titanium knee replacement, she is eyeing one more trip to the Olympics.
Photographer Gillian Laub has been taking photos of as many Holocaust survivors as she can – models of courage, fortitude and grace who bear witness to the horrors they experienced, and to the antisemitism they see today in America.
The Harvard dropout revolutionized the computer industry and, later, the world of philanthropy. Now he has been looking back at his childhood, with the first of a three-part autobiography fittingly titled, "Source Code: My Beginnings."
This month, the Sundance Film Festival is once again providing a showcase for independent filmmakers and documentarians from around the world. But that isn't all that Sundance does. "Sunday Morning" goes behind the scenes.