This week on "Sunday Morning" (Nov. 6)
Host: Jane Pauley
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COVER STORY: Election 2016 nears the end: How did we get here? | Watch Video
When it comes to the presidential election, there’s one thing many Americans can actually agree on: by Wednesday it should be over. The campaign has been ugly and divisive to a tremendous degree. But as Martha Teichner reports, that’s actually not at all unprecedented in American politics.
For more info:
- “Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America” by Douglas Brinkley (HarperCollins); Also available in Large Print, Trade Paperback, eBook and Unabridged Digital Audio Download formats
- Douglas G. Brinkley, Rice University
- S. Robert Lichter, Center for Media and Public Affairs, George Mason University
“Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns” by Joseph Cummins (Quirk Books)
HISTORY: Worst president ever? The ignominy of James Buchanan | Watch Video
Mo Rocca has a history lesson on President James Buchanan, whom many historians consider to be our nation’s worst chief executive.
For more info:
- James Buchanan’s Wheatland, Lancaster, Pa. (lancasterhistory.org)
- “Worst. President. Ever. James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents,” by Robert Strauss (Lyons Press).
- James Buchanan at whitehouse.gov
ART: Steve Penley’s palette of red, white and blue | Watch Video
Can art be partisan? Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” meets artist Steve Penley, the man who has been called the Republican Party’s favorite artist, to find out.
GALLERY: The very American art of Steve Penley
For more info:
ELECTION 2016: Humor, the last line of defense | Watch Video
Has Election 2016 been God’s gift to humorists? From late-night TV to satire and political cartoons, Lee Cowan takes note of what’s made this difficult year a laughing matter.
For more info:
- ”The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
- michaelpramirez.com
- The Borowitz Report (The New Yorker)
ELECTION 2016: The world watches | Watch Video
Seth Doane examines how a global audience is viewing America’s presidential contest.
PROPOSITIONS: Marijuana on the ballot | Watch Video
Barry Petersen looks at Americans’ changing attitudes towards marijuana and the implications of California’s Proposition 64, which would legalize the drug in the country’s largest state.
For more info:
- Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM): Preventing Another Big Tobacco
- Harborside
- yeson64.org
- noon64.net
- California Growers Association
- shopserra.com
HARTMAN: Family feud (Video)
Steve Hartman introduces us to a pair of brothers, each with a successful career in politics. The fly in the ointment? One is a Democrat, the other a Republican.
LEGENDS: Paul Simon: Expanding his "big bag of sounds" | Watch Video
The singer-songwriter is out with a new album, “Stranger to Stranger,” which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart. Lee Cowan stops by Paul Simon’s home and studio to try and find the secret to his success.
For more info:
- “Stranger to Stranger” by Paul Simon (Concord Records), available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iTunes
- paulsimon.com
ON THE TRAIL: Living in American Samoa | Watch Video
Conor Knighton continues his trek through our National Parks, visiting the only U.S. soil south of the Equator, where U.S. nationals born in the American territory in the South Pacific are only confirmed some rights.
For more info:
- National Park of American Samoa (nps.gov)
COMMENTARY: Bob Schieffer on our unsavory presidential campaign | Watch Video
The veteran CBS newsman and former host of “Face the Nation” shares his thoughts about this year’s election. Democracy at its finest?
ELECTION: The history of voting (Video)
Jane Pauley explores the history of ballots and voting machines at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
For more info:
- “Vote: The Machinery of Democracy” (Online exhibit)
- Exhibition: “Hooray for Politics” at the National Museum of American History (through November 14)
NATURE: Mount Rushmore (Video)
We leave you this Sunday morning in the company of past presidents - at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Videographer: David Bhagat.
WEB EXCLUSIVES:
NATURE UP CLOSE: Spiders!
Lean in for a good look at some Arachnids.
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