This week on "Sunday Morning" (December 15)
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COVER STORY: Delivering the goods: Drones and robots are making their way to your door | Watch Video
Today, delivery is a bigger business than ever. With online shopping it's estimated the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and UPS will process, sort and deliver more than two billion packages between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve. Amazon's own fleet of delivery trucks is expected to handle 275 million holiday season shipments. John Blackstone got access to the testing of delivery drones that may replace many of those truck deliveries. And then there are the Kiwibots – four-wheeled robots that navigate sidewalks to bring food to hungry college students in Berkeley, Calif. Blackstone also witnessed something somewhat anachronistic in these times: organic dairy products delivered by a milkman.
For more info:
- Anne Goodchild, director, Supply Chain Transport & Logistics at the University of Washington
- Flirtey
- Kiwibot
- Bay Area milkman Eric McElligott (bayareamilkman.com)
ALMANAC: Saving the Leaning Tower of Pisa | Watch Video
On December 15, 2001, one of the world's most recognizable and beloved landmarks reopened to the public after an 11-year renovation aimed at preventing a catastrophe. Jane Pauley reports.
For more info:
- Tower of Pisa (Official Site, in English)
- towerofpisa.org
ART: For Mouth & Foot Painting Artists, anything really is possible | Watch Video
Lee Cowan introduces us to two amazing artists who paint without hands. They are members of Mouth & Foot Painting Artists, an association of about 800 artists who are empowered through their artistry despite disabilities.
For more info:
- Mouth & Foot Painting Artists
- Alana Tillman's ArtXcursion (Instagram)
- Brom Wikstrom (bromwikstrom.com)
MOVIES: Our fascination with Louisa May Alcott's enduring classic "Little Women" | Watch Video
Correspondent Rita Braver visits the Concord, Mass., home of Louisa May Alcott to explore the story behind her classic novel "Little Women," about the progressive and artistic March sisters. She also talks with director Greta Gerwig and actress Saoirse Ronan about the latest movie version of the beloved tale, and why we're still talking about "Little Women" after 150 years.
To watch a trailer for "Little Women" click on the video player below:
For more info:
- "Little Women" (Official site), opens in theatres December 25
- Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
- Concord Free Public Library, Concord, Mass.
- "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, available in editions by Dover, Penguin and Signet
- Anne Boyd Rioux, University of New Orleans
- "Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy: The Story of 'Little Women' and Why It Still Matters" by Anne Boyd Rioux (W.W. Norton), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
PASSAGE: Danny Aiello, Pete Frates and Paul Volcker (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers three notable individuals who left us this week: Pete Frates, who battled Lou Gehrig's Disease, and who helped inspire the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that raised hundreds of millions for research; Paul Volcker, who fought inflation as chairman of the Federal Reserve during the 1970s and '80s; and actor Danny Aiello, who earned an Oscar nomination for the Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing."
RETAIL: As department stories struggle, Nordstrom makes a play in New York City | Watch Video
At a time when department stories are struggling, Nordstrom has just opened its first-ever New York City flagship store. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks about Nordstrom's history and longevity with some of the fourth-generation family members who have been minding the store.
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"MOBITUARIES": Mo Rocca's book tour diary (Video)
One way to see the country is to write a book, so you can take a book tour. "Sunday Morning" correspondent Mo Rocca reports on the promotional tour he recently took for his new book, "Mobituaries," based on his popular podcast.
"MOBITUARIES:" How "Gloria" brought glory to a St. Louis hockey team
Fifteen years after the death of singer Laura Branigan, her '80s pop hit became an unlikely sports anthem for the Stanley Cup-winning Blues.
You can stream or download the "Mobituaries" podcast "Laura Branigan: Death of a Singer, Life of a Song" free at art19.com.
For more info:
- "Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving" by Mo Rocca, published by Simon & Schuster (a division of ViacomCBS), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
- "Mobituaries" (Simon & Schuster)
- Follow @MoRocca on Twitter
- laurabraniganonline.com (Official Laura Branigan website)
- St. Louis Blues (Official site)
MOVIES: Harvey Keitel on his uneasy relationship with Hollywood | Watch Video
Hollywood hasn't always considered Harvey Keitel, as he puts it, "bankable." But he's always memorable, in such films as Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver" and "The Last Temptation of Christ," "Thelma & Louise," "Bugsy" (for which he earned an Academy Award nomination), "Pulp Fiction," and his latest, a reunion with Scorsese in "The Irishman." Keitel talked with "CBS This Morning" co-host Anthony Mason about his journey from Brooklyn and the Marines to being a "really lucky" actor who is not, he contends, a star.
To watch a trailer for "The Irishman" click on the video player below:
See also:
- Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro on "The Irishman" ("Sunday Morning, 10/30/19)
- Review: "The Irishman" (CBS News)
- GALLERY: The films of Martin Scorsese
- "Irishman" producer Irwin Winkler on a life in movies ("Sunday Morning," 9/15/19)
'TIS THE SEASON: Holiday gift ideas from Techno Claus | Watch Video
Techno Claus, who looks suspiciously like "Sunday Morning" contributor David Pogue but sounds like no one else, delivers some gift suggestions for those on your holiday list who love gadgets.
COMMENTARY: Point-Counterpoint: Two views on impeaching the president | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" presents two opinions on the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, from New York Times opinion columnist Thomas L. Friedman, and Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of the political website Washington Free Beacon.
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CALENDAR: Week of December 16 | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE: Big horn sheep in Montana (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us near Gardiner, Montana, where for big horn sheep it's a sometimes challenging mating season. Videographer: Alex Goetz.
WEB EXCLUSIVES:
NATURE UP CLOSE: An unexpected gem of a museum
The New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources' Mineral Museum, in Socorro, has more than 5,000 different specimens on display.
TAKE FIVE: Arts and events around the U.S. (December 13)
Check out the "Sunday Morning" listings of events this coming week.
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