CNN’s Jake Tapper Reports in “Ben Sasse Is Going Home”

Subscribe to CNN Press Room Email Updates NEW EPISODE PREMIERES SUNDAY, JULY 26 AT 8PM ET/PT NEW YORK, NY – (July 20, 2026) – The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, a seven-time Emmy® Award-winning CNN Original, returns with an intimate and deeply personal portrait of life, faith, and love in the face of mortality, through the eyes of former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, who is living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at the age of 54. “Ben Sasse is Going Home: Lessons on Life and Death” premieres Sunday, July 26 at 8pm ET/PT and will be available to stream the following day at CNN.com/watch and on the CNN app for CNN streaming subscribers. In this special hour, Tapper, who has known and interviewed Sasse for more than a decade, travels to Sasse’s beloved home of Nebraska to spend time with Sasse and his family as they navigate this uncertain, yet profound, chapter of life together. Their candid conversations explore how Sasse has approached the weight of a terminal diagnosis, how his perspective on life and death has evolved, and the unexpected moments of joy and gratitude that remain. “We’ll all face our own mortality one day, but most of us will never do it as publicly and openly as