This week on "Sunday Morning" (September 1)

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COVER STORY: Road closure: Keeping California's scenic Highway 1 open | Watch Video
Drivers on Highway 1, a ribbon of road that hugs the California coastline, are afforded spectacular views as mountains cascade into the sea. But in recent years, fierce storms, landslides and wildfires have closed sections of the highway, blocking access to communities like Big Sur. Correspondent Ben Tracy looks at what might be involved in keeping this highway – a destination in itself – open to traffic.

For more info:

• Highway 1 conditions in Big Sur (Big Sur Chamber of Commerce)
• California Department of Transportation
• Nepenthe Restaurant, Big Sur, Calif.
• Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur, Calif.

      
ALMANAC: September 1 (Video)
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.

TV: The multi-faceted Natasha Lyonne (Video)
Actress, writer, director and producer Natasha Lyonne, who earned Emmy nominations for "Orange Is the New Black," "Russian Doll" and "Poker Face," has been an infectious presence on-screen for decades, playing characters who tend to be funny, perceptive, and a little weird. Lyonne talked with "Sunday Morning" contributor Kelefa Sanneh about bringing her magnetic talent to the new film "His Three Daughters," and about how her chaotic childhood may have prepared her for a life being, as Time magazine put it, "the coolest person in the room."

For more info:

• Follow Natasha Lyonne on Instagram
• "His Three Daughters" is currently streaming on Netflix
• "Russian Doll" Season 2 (Netflix)
• "Poker Face" is streaming on Peacock

HISTORY: Creating a memorial to the horrors of World War I | Watch Video
Washington, D.C., is home to numerous monuments, with a conspicuous omission: there has been no national memorial to the soldiers who'd fought and died in the First World War. After more than eight years of preparation, the completed World War I Memorial will be unveiled at a September ceremony – 106 years after the armistice ending the war was signed. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Joseph Weishaar, who was a 25-year-old architectural intern when his design for the memorial beat out more than 360 applicants from over 20 countries; and with artist Sabin Howard, for whom devising and sculpting the 60-foot-long sculpture dramatizing the horrors of war, titled "A Soldier's Journey," was itself a battle between those frequent belligerents: artist and bureaucracy. 

For more info:

• National World War I Memorial, Washington, D.C. (National Park Service)
• Sabin Howard (Official site)
• Joe Weishaar (Official site)

SUNDAY PROFILE: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Supreme Court ethics, presidential immunity | Watch Video
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, has a new memoir out Tuesday called "Lovely One." In her first broadcast interview since joining the nation's highest court, Jackson talks with "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell about her historic ascension; the controversy over ethics involving Supreme Court justices; her dissent in the case of presidential immunity involving former President Donald Trump; and how she learned to persevere from parents who grew up in the segregated South.

WEB EXTRA: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Supreme Court's affirmative action rulings (Video)
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talks about her dissent in the Supreme Court's recent rulings that struck down the use of race as a factor in U.S. college admissions.

Also: 

• Highlights from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's first interview since joining the Supreme Court
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she's open to enforceable ethics code for Supreme Court

For more info:

• "Lovely One" by Ketanji Brown Jackson (Random House), in Hardcover, Large Print, eBook and Audio formats, available September 3 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

     
PASSAGE: In memoriam (Video)
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who recently left us, including French actor Alain Delon, star of such classics as "Le Samouraï" and "The Leopard."

TV: Ryan Seacrest takes a spin as new host of "Wheel of Fortune" | Watch Video
After more than 40 years, the game show "Wheel of Fortune" has a new host, someone with a long resume of popular TV and radio programs: Ryan Seacrest. He talks with correspondent Luke Burbank about his improbable life's journey from Dunwoody, Ga., to Hollywood, and hosting a TV institution. Burbank also talks with "Wheel" regular Vanna White about finding the chemistry with her new hosting partner.

For more info:

• "Wheel of Fortune" welcomes Ryan Seacrest as host September 9
• Follow Ryan Seacrest on Instagram
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Ryan Seacrest Foundation

ARTS: Elephant sculptures make their way across the U.S. (Video)
An exhibition of giant creatures is currently touring the country, spreading a message of coexistence between humans and the animal world. Correspondent Nancy Giles reports on "The Great Elephant Migration," which features sculptures depicting a herd of elephants, created by artists in India to benefit both indigenous artisans and conservation efforts. 

For more info:

• The exhibition "The Great Elephant Migration" will be in Newport, R.I. (through September 2), New York City (Sept. 7-Oct. 20), Miami Beach (December), Browning, Mont. (May-June 2025), and Los Angeles (July 25)
• The Real Elephant Collective
• Elephant Family USA
• Art & Newport
• Salve Regina University, Newport, R.I.

       
COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan works out his Labor Day weekend complaints | Watch Video
On a holiday weekend, most of us enjoy an extra day to relax. Comedian Jim Gaffigan is not most people.

For more info:

• jimgaffigan.com
• Pre-order Jim Gaffigan's album "The Prisoner," available August 30 

STAGE: Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow: Pals, and now co-stars on Broadway | Watch Video
Patti LuPone, the star of "Evita" and "Gypsy," is returning to Broadway alongside her longtime friend Mia Farrow in a new play, "The Roommate," which explores the strength, depth, humor and surprise found in women of a certain age. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with LuPone about the power of women with experience, and of an actor's longevity; and with Farrow about how she views her career, from the 13 films she made with director Woody Allen, to what she views as the best part she's ever been offered.

For more info:

• "The Roommate," at the Booth Theatre, New York City | Ticket info
• Patti LuPone (Official site)
• Follow Mia Farrow on Instagram and Twitter/X

DIVERSIONS: All aboard! at the Greyhound Bus Museum (Video)
In Hibbing, Minnesota, the birthplace of the bus industry, one man's fascination with the rise of the ubiquitous Greyhound bus has led to the creation of a monument to the iconic mode of transportation that helped connect all corners of America. Correspondent Jennifer Mayerle, of CBS Station WCCO in Minnesota, visits the Greyhound Bus Museum, as part of the "Sunday Morning" series "Diversions."

For more info:

• Greyhound Bus Museum, Hibbing, Minn.
• Greyhound.com
• WCCO/CBS News Minnesota

NATURE: Sand Dollar Beach (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday overlooking Sand Dollar Beach in Monterey County, California. Videographer: Ed Givnish.

WEB EXCLUSIVES: 

GALLERY: Notable Deaths in 2024
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.

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