This week on "Sunday Morning" (October 11)
Host: Jane Pauley
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SUNDAY SUMMARY: Trump, COVID in Europe, Hurricane Delta (Video)
Jane Pauley presents the headlines this morning, from President Trump's rally on the grounds of the White House, to Europe's feared second wave of coronavirus infections, to the 10th named storm to hit the U.S. mainland this year: Hurricane Delta.
COVER STORY: Fighting for the right to repair your own stuff | Watch Video
Big electronics makers have made it difficult for consumers to fix their devices – from smartphones to computers – when they break down, or simply need a new battery. Correspondent David Pogue reports on the Right to Repair movement, a coalition of consumer advocates, digital rights activists and environmental groups that is fighting for laws that will help combat our throwaway culture.
For more info:
- Right to Repair (repair.org)
- Right to Repair: Take Action (U.S. Public Interest Research Group)
- iFixit
- Tech Medic, Middlebury, Vt.
HISTORY: A monumental reckoning | Watch Video
Since protests erupted over the death of George Floyd, the range of public monuments removed or vandalized has expanded well beyond those honoring the Confederacy. Criticized as racist or oppressive, statues depicting historic figures from Christopher Columbus to George Washington are now getting a second look. Mo Rocca reports.
For more info:
- Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
- Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, Smithsonian Institution
- richardbrookhiser.com
CORONAVIRUS: Andrew Cuomo & daughters on life during the pandemic | Watch Video
Like so many other homes across America, the Governor's Mansion, in Albany, N.Y., has been a base for a family locked down during the COVID-19 outbreak. It's where Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his three adult daughters, Michaela, Mariah and Cara Kennedy Cuomo, have been quarantining together. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with the Cuomo clan about giving each other support during the nation's monumental public health (and political) crisis.
PREVIEW: Andrew Cuomo on the pandemic: "The game isn't over; this is halftime" (Video)
For more info:
- "American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Andrew Cuomo (Crown Books), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available October 13 via Amazon
SUNDAY JOURNAL: China emerges from the pandemic | Watch Video
Less than a year since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China's Wuhan Province, something nearly unthinkable has happened in this nation of 1.4 billion: a return to normalcy, or at least what looks like a "post-COVID new normal." Correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports from Shanghai.
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including guitar virtuoso Eddie Van Halen and baseball great Whitey Ford.
SPORTS: Presidential golf: A bipartisan tradition | Watch Video
Regardless of party or ideology, many presidents past and present share common ground – on the links. Correspondent Jim Axelrod tees up a look at our presidents' fascination with golf, and why their love of the game is par for the course.
For more info:
- Rand Jerris, United States Golf Association
- Thanks to the USGA Golf Museum, Liberty Corner, N.J.
- Michael Bamberger, senior writer, Golf Magazine
- Cornell Belcher, Harvard University
COMMENTARY: Paul Mecurio on Trump's coronavirus "blessing in disguise" | Watch Video
After President Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus and hospitalized, he released a video in which he stated, "This was a blessing from God that I caught it. This was a blessing in disguise." Emmy-winning writer and comedian Paul Mecurio, who also suffered symptoms from COVID, begs to differ.
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MUSIC: Jon Bon Jovi on "2020" - the year, the music | Watch Video
The pandemic upended plans for a tour this year, but Jon Bon Jovi has doubled-down on 2020, writing songs that speak to the state of our union today, and contributing to a Long Island food bank program to help feed the food-insecure. Correspondent Lee Cowan reports.
You can stream Bon Jovi's album "2020" by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full):
For more info:
- Jon Bon Jovi
- JBJ Soul Kitchen
- Springs Food Pantry, East Hampton, N.Y.
- Follow photographer Mark Weiss on Instagram and Facebook
- "The Decade That Rocked: The Photography of Mark Weiss" (Insight Editions), available in Hardcover via Amazon
- Photographer Clay Patrick McBride
SOCIETY: Q and the ABCs of spreading conspiracy theories | Watch Video
Followers of the online conspiracy theorist "QAnon" have propagated outlandish disinformation about secret plots by a "deep state" cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic child-traffickers out to "get" President Trump. How do these anonymous accusations spread, and what happens if Q believers are elected to office? Wired magazine editor-in-chief Nicholas Thompson reports.
For more info:
- Whitney Phillips, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University
- "You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape" by White Phillips and Ryan M. Milner (MIT Press), in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon
- Joseph Uscinski, University of Miami
- "Conspiracy Theories: A Primer" by Joseph E. Uscinski (Rowman & Littlefield), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon
- Mike Cargile for Congress
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.)
COMMENTARY: Where does the buck stop now? | Watch Video
"60 Minutes" correspondent John Dickerson says the standard for judging presidential decision-making may be shifting, depending upon which president you've asked.
For more info:
- Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, Independence, Mo.
NATURE: Black Hills of South Dakota (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" shares the sights and sound of autumn at Spearfish Canyon, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.
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"SUNDAY MORNING" MATINEE: "Left Alone" (VIDEO)
In honor of World Suicide Prevention Day last month, American Ballet Theatre principal James Whiteside and The Trevor Project (a leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ people under 25) launched a casting call for a music video, "Left Alone," featuring a song Whiteside wrote of his own coming out story and the challenges he faced as a young, gay male dancer. Dancers from more than 20 states and five countries submitted entries, which have been edited together into this presentation for "Sunday Morning" viewers.
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