This week on "Sunday Morning" (September 6)
Host: Jane Pauley
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COVER STORY: Maintaining a perfect lawn in a world turned upside-down | Watch Video
According to recent studies, Americans spend $40 billion a year tending to their 40 million acres of grass. So, no surprise coronavirus has made quarantined Americans lawn-care crazy. Correspondent Martha Teichner looks at why both lawn nuts and novices are keeping their patches of green neat and tidy during the pandemic.
For more info:
- For more on the Chicago penthouse, please send enquiries to exclusive listing agents Mark Icuss and Cheryl Prosperi at icussgroup@compass.com
- Lawn Flag Landscaping, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
- Theodore Steinberg, professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
- "American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn" by Ted Steinberg (WW Norton), in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon
- ScottsMiracle-Gro
ECONOMY: Income inequality, and coronavirus' economic fallout | Watch Video
Two-thirds of the nation's wealth is owned by the richest five percent of Americans, while at the same time more than 38 million Americans live in poverty. The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer has been the story of economic inequality for the last 50 years, and COVID-19 appears set to continue the trend. Correspondent Jill Schlesinger looks at the downside – and what one business figure calls the upside – of income disparity.
For more info:
- KC Tenants, Kansas City, Mo.
- "Capital In the Twenty-First Century" by Thomas Piketty (Belknap Press), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
- Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics
- The documentary "Capital In the Twenty-First Century" (Kino Lorber), now screening in virtual cinemas
- Valerie Wilson, director Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
- edwardconard.com
- "The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class" by Edward Conard (Portfolio), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
SPORTS: Vin Scully's treasures of baseball | Watch Video
Over the years Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully accumulated a museum's worth of baseball memorabilia. Now, he's decided to auction off much of his prized collection, with the proceeds going to his kids and grandkids, and to charity. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with the legendary announcer who shares the stories behind some of his unique artifacts of baseball history.
For more info:
- 16th Annual All-Star Live Auction, featuring the personal collection of Vin Scully, Sept. 23, via Hunt Auctions
- Follow @thevinscully on Twitter and Instagram
- Footage courtesy of Major League Baseball
SNAPSHOT: How Americans spent their summer (Video)
"Sunday Morning" presents a photo album of Summer 2020, featuring the work of Brad Jones, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Gabrielle Lurie, staff photographer of the San Francisco Chronicle; and Houston Chronicle staff photographer Marie D. De Jesús. Music: "Summer Madness" by Kool and the Gang.
For more info:
- Brad Jones, Brooklyn, N.Y, (Instagram)
- Gabrielle Lurie, staff photographer, San Francisco Chronicle (Instagram)
- Marie D. De Jesús, staff photographer, Houston Chronicle (Instagram)
BUSINESS: How Netflix reinvented entertainment - and corporate culture | Watch Video
In his new book, "No Rules Rules," Reed Hastings, the co-founder and co-CEO of Netflix, spells out his highly-unorthodox management style, a radical candor inspired by his marriage counseling. In their first joint television interview, Hastings and his co-CEO, Ted Sarandos, talk with Lesley Stahl of "60 Minutes" about Netflix's innovative company culture whose "honesty is the best policy" creed has helped catapult the streaming service to exponential growth as a leading film and TV production studio.
BOOK EXCERPT: "No Rules Rules" by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
For more info:
- "No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention" by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer (Penguin Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available September 8 via Amazon
- netflix.com
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at some of the notable figures who have left us, including New York Mets pitching great Tom Seaver; bestselling biographer and journalist Gail Sheehy; and legendary Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson.
JUSTICE: "Compromised": Peter Strzok on investigating the Trump campaign | Watch Video
In the summer of 2016 FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok led the bureau's investigation into the Trump campaign's connections with Russian officials, which brought forth criminal convictions of Paul Manafort and George Papadopoulos; Michael Flynn also plead guilty for lying to the FBI. But Strzok's personal conduct also led to his dismissal from the FBI, and raised questions over the integrity of his work. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin sits down with Strzok, author of the new book, "Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump."
BOOK EXCERPT: "Compromised" by Peter Strzok
For more info:
- "Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump" by Peter Strzok (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available September 8 via Amazon
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report: Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election (pdf)
HARTMAN: A race track for one (Video)
When Dave Palazzolo's security camera captured someone repeatedly trespassing on his property – a four-year-old on a bicycle making loops on his driveway – the Salt Lake City homeowner knew just what to do: create a chalk-lined race track for the young rider. Steve Hartman reports.
CELEBRITY: The real Paris Hilton | Watch Video
Socialite and social media influencer Paris Hilton has been a fixture on TV and online for so long that most people think they know her. But, as she tells correspondent Tracy Smith, they don't know about a chapter in her life that, Hilton says, has been too painful to talk about … until now.
To watch a trailer for the documentary "This Is Paris," debuting on Youtube September 14, click on the player below:
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COMMENTARY: The smile behind the mask | Watch Video
Sharing smiles may be more important than ever in these difficult times, but doing so is even more difficult while wearing a mask. Correspondent Jim Axelrod faces up to a challenge of the COVID-19 era, with advice on how we can all find other ways to smile at each other.
BETWEEN THE LINES: Cartoons from The New Yorker (Video)
"Sunday Morning" sends you off to the rest of your Sunday with a smile, courtesy of recent cartoons from The New Yorker, from cartoonists Brooke Bourgeois, Ali Solomon, and Elisabeth McNair.
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NEWS: Updates for "Sunday Morning" viewers (Video)
Jane Pauley has a few loose ends to attend to in these waning days of summer, including updates on stories and messages from our viewer mailbag.
NATURE: Woodpeckers in Florida (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us among the sounds of pileated woodpeckers pecking away at the Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area in Florida. Videographer: Doug Jensen.
For more info:
- Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, Christmas, Fla.
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