this was designed for me. >> lee cowan on food patrol. stay with us.ave an eye disease that causes blindness. i have moments where i get a little bit sad because i just can't see things that i used to. dr. stanley taught me to trust in the lord even when you don't want to. god is such a faithful father. nothing that happens to us isn't without his eye upon it. >>> it's friday, january 10th, 2025. this is "cbs news mornings." a living hellscape. the l.a. wildfires, an unprecedented disaster

. >>> i'm lee cowan. join us when our trumpet sounds again next "sunday morning." enjoy the rest of your weekend. ♪ >>> i'm margaret brennan in washington, and this week on "face the nation," the nation's capitol unprecedented in the new year amid growing threats to our nation's security. as washington prepares to certify the 2024 presidential election to bid a former farewell to the 39th president, and make way for the return of the 45th who becomes the 47th to the oval office. >>> extraordinary security arrangements are under way. all this as the struggle to make sense of the horrifying new year's attack in new orleans and the incident in las vegas continues. >>> we'll sit down with the heads of the house intelligence committee, ohio's mike turner and connecticut's jim himes. >>> on capitol hill, speaker mike johnson's job is safe for now, and in the senate, republicans take control with a new leader. south dakota's john thune. he's responsible for getting president-elect trump's ambitious agenda through the senate. >> will you tell him when you think he's wrong?

and this week, as lee cowan will tell us, the entertainment world's attention is focused on a famousival some 700 miles away. >> let's go. >> ready for nominees? >> it's officially underway for who will tang home an oscar at this year's academy awards. one path has been through the wasatch mountains of utah. >> carmen action. >> reporter: for more than four decades robert redford's sundance institute has been given independent filmmakers a leg up. >> my definition of an independent film is a movie that almost doesn't get made. >> reporter: the stars at sundance later on "sunday morning." >>> when it comes to hurling insults at larry david on "curb your enthusiasm," susie essman is famously loud and proud. this morning essman's assignment finds her very much closer to home back in the place where it all began. >> this is arthur avenue. >> i was born a block down. >> if you ask me, and you should, there is no place like the bronx. >> i honestly believe you could make it here, you could make it anywhere. >> reporter: it's big, beautiful, complicated. so move over, manhattan. let's show

i'm lee cowan and this is "sunday morning."e calendar turning to 2025 this past week, we are all looking forward with great anticipation to just what this year could bring for a very unusual and rare group of us, though, the future is very much now. child prodigies, those youngsters who are precocious, curious and driven to succeed well beyond their years. this morning susan spencer introduces us to a few of these talents who could someday change our world. >> reporter: meet 12-year-old mat prodigy suborno bari. >> it's not that hard -- >> reporter: he scored a 1,500 on his s.a.t., started college in september, and plans to get a ph.d. by 16. >> math is one of the most beautiful things. probably the most beautiful thing that i have encountered in my life and i never want to stop doing it no matter what other people say. >> reporter: can you imagine life without math and science? >> nope. honestly, no. > reporter: the brilliant unique world of prodigies ahead on "sunday morning." >>> we will be hearing from a pair of oscar-winni

we will have reports from jonathan vigliotti and our lee cowan.n one week from tomorrow donald trump assumes the presidency for the second time. poised to take the nation's economic policies in a very different direction. but just where will those policies take us? one person with some informed opinions, very informed opinions, is jamie dimon, ceo of one of the world's largest and most powerful banks. he shares some of those views with lesley stahl. >> did you say, when i grow up i want to be banker? >> no. >> reporter: no? his company, jpmorgan chase, has $10 trillion a day and banks people, industries and countries. we have unbelievable numbers of billionaires come up. billionaires. what's out of whack here? >> you have to be careful to say what's out of whack. >> reporter: jamie dimon ahead on "sunday morning." >>> brooke shields, whose modeling career famously began when she was just a baby, has been in the spotlight nearly her entire life. with her 60th birthday approaching, being allowed to age gracefully so very much on her mind. she'll tel

lee cowan reports. ♪ yo-ho ♪ >> reporter: unlike happy-go-lucky leprechauns, their close cousins thes are usually depicted in a less flattering light. ugly, brainless, with big noses and fat bellies. ♪ they are mythical beings that have now gone the way of the fire-breathing dragon, or have they? if seeing really is believing, what are we to make of this? what about her? what about him? >> he's a happy troll, but he is also really serious troll because you need to take responsibility. and that's why he is pointing you. it's your fault. are you one of the good guys or one of the evil guys? >> reporter: oscar the bird king is a fairy tale that was just coming to life when we visited these woods on vashon island near seattle. his architect, danish artist thomas danbell wanted to craft this 10,000 pound creature to be both imposing and inviting. >> he felt a little bit too human before. the trolly and the big branches and the fur and the big beard. i don't want people to think it's like human. >> right, right. nope. he looks like a troll now. that's for sure. >> yeah. >> reporter: oscar