A new edition explores military readiness, ocean mysteries, women’s baseball and stories of survival
Wertynews.com – The September 13 edition of the Emmy Award-winning Sunday program brings together reporting on the U.S. military’s missile supplies, the enduring pull of shipwrecks, the return of women’s professional baseball, and the preservation of Holocaust testimony. Jane Pauley hosts the broadcast, which airs on CBS beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET and becomes available on the CBS News app at 11:00 a.m. ET.
America’s missile stockpile faces pressure
More than six months after the war with Iran began, the conflict continues without a clear end in sight. During its opening phase, the United States used thousands of precision-guided, long-range missiles. The heavy pace of use has left the Pentagon confronting a major strategic concern: whether current supplies would be adequate during a future confrontation with a major military power such as China.
The Defense Department has directed industry to operate on what it describes as a wartime footing in order to rebuild inventories. Replenishing those weapons will require years of manufacturing work and billions of dollars in spending. National security correspondent David Martin visits facilities increasing production as the country seeks to restore a critical part of its military arsenal.
Why shipwrecks still capture the imagination
The sea holds both history and danger beneath its surface, and shipwrecks remain among its most compelling mysteries. Oceanographer Robert Ballard, whose 1985 discovery of the RMS Titanic wreck made him internationally known, discusses the impact of finding the famous vessel nearly 12,000 feet below the Atlantic Ocean.
Ballard also reflects on the work of Nautilus, his research vessel and ocean-exploration effort, which is helping map the seafloor. The ocean floor remains an immense frontier, and efforts to understand it can reveal geological features, marine environments and traces of human history that are otherwise inaccessible.
Correspondent Lee Cowan also speaks with Sophie Elmhirst, author of A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck. Her book examines people at their most exposed, when survival, devotion and obsession collide far from shore.
Women return to professional baseball
Women’s professional baseball in the United States has been mostly absent since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ended 72 years ago. A new chapter began last month with the debut of the Women’s Pro Baseball League, placing women back on the diamond in a professional league devoted to the sport.
Faith Salie speaks with Kelsie Whitmore, the league’s first overall draft selection; catcher Maggie Foxx; commissioner Justine Siegal; and chief executive Keith Stein. Their conversations examine the significance of the new league for athletes and for the wider sports landscape.
The league’s arrival carries historical weight. The earlier All-American Girls Professional Baseball League established a prominent place for women in baseball during its era, while the modern effort seeks to create a renewed professional opportunity for players who want to compete in the game at its highest level.
Remembering a Holocaust survival story
A project initially focused on recording the memories of World War II veterans uncovered a little-known account of liberation and survival. Former teacher Matthew Rozell organized oral-history interviews that brought attention to the April 1945 rescue of 2,500 Holocaust survivors from a so-called death train by American troops.
Seth Doane talks with Rozell, author of A Train Near Magdeburg; historian James Bulgin; and filmmaker Mike Edwards. Their discussion considers both the work of preserving veterans’ accounts and the continuing obligation to learn from events that must not be forgotten.
The story is also the subject of the forthcoming documentary A Train Near Magdeburg. As firsthand witnesses to World War II grow fewer, oral histories, archives and documentary records take on added importance for keeping personal experiences connected to the larger history of the Holocaust and the war.
Other moments in the broadcast
The program’s “Almanac” segment revisits notable events associated with September 13. Its weekly “Passage” memorial feature honors prominent people who died during the past week.
In Austin, Texas, a chance encounter involving an Indiana University backpack links recent IU graduate Jasper Steinmetz with Sampson James, a former Indiana University football standout. Their meeting becomes the focus of a story about how a familiar object can become a meaningful lifeline.
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