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The following is the transcript of an interview with Rep. John James, Republican of Michigan, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on March 2, 2025.
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Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the heated Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a “dumpster fire of diplomacy” after Zelenskyy was “cornered” and “bullied.”
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the economic deal with Ukraine is off the table after the heated Oval Office meeting — which Bessent attended — between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Pete Rose, baseball’s late career hits leader, was banned from MLB and the Hall of Fame for sports betting.
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TV funnyman Conan O’Brien takes the reins as host of the Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest night. Here’s more on plans for the 2025 Academy Awards.
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As host of “The Tonight Show” for 30 years, Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV – the pre-eminent Hollywood talent broker, monologist, and national taste-maker. But the public rarely saw the private side of the man who helped tuck tens of millions of Americans into bed each night. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with Mike Thomas (co-author, with Bill Zehme, of “Carson the Magnificent”) about the late-night host’s enduring impact and private difficulties; comedians Robert Klein and George Wallace, who describe a “Tonight Show” appearance as comedy’s Mt. Everest; and actress Dyan Cannon, who says of Carson, “There was nobody as big a star.”
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We leave you this Oscar Sunday … where else? … in the Hills of Hollywood. Videographer: Brad Markel.
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Two of our most celebrated stage and screen actors, Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow, are starring in a new horror film, “The Rule of Jenny Pen,” about a psychopath who terrorizes his fellow nursing home residents with a sinister doll puppet. In this extended conversation, correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Rush and Lithgow about the theatrical, and horrific, aspects of their film; what it was like to be the youngest members of their cast; and the family life of actors.
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Watch scenes from the films nominated for best picture at the 97th annual Academy Awards, as well as interviews with the nominees. The 2025 Oscars will be presented on Sunday, March 2.
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“Sunday Morning” looks back on the brilliant career of Gene Hackman, and talks with Brad Dourif (Hackman’s co-star in “Mississippi Burning”) and Hollywood Reporter chief film critic David Rooney about a star who refused to be typecast.
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