CBS Mornings Plus S2025E59: Kit Darby, Gregory Maguire

Overview

With mobile betting reaching a $93 billion market and fans expected to wager $3.1 billion during March Madness, scammers are circling. CBS News consumer correspondent Ash-har Quraishi shares tips on how to protect your money during the tournament frenzy. From canned peas to salami, artificial food dyes are in everyday items—and now, West Virginia has passed the most sweeping state-level ban on seven of them. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder joins us to explain what this could mean for your grocery list and your health. With anxiety over flying on the rise after recent airplane incidents, CBS News Confirmed investigates what's real and what's not. Retired pilot and aviation consultant Kit Darby joins us to explain just how safe air travel really is—and what passengers should know before their next flight. Before she defied gravity, she was just Elphie Thropp. Best-selling author Gregory Maguire is back with "Elphie: A Wicked Childhood," a new prequel that explores the early life of Elphaba—the girl who would become the Wicked Witch of the West.