This week on "Sunday Morning" (February 14)
Host: Jane Pauley
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HEADLINES: Republican Senators acquit Trump for role in Jan. 6 insurrection | Watch Video
The yeas were 57, ten votes short of the 67 required in the Senate to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting the deadly January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett reviews this week's historic trial, in which most Senate Republicans, including GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, chose to acquit Mr. Trump, even as McConnell excoriated him for election fraud lies and the violence that spread into the very halls of Congress.
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COVER STORY: Suleika Jaouad's journey "Between Two Kingdoms" | Watch Video
Given a one-in-three chance of survival, Suleika Jaouad overcame leukemia in her 20s, documenting her nearly-four-year endurance of chemotherapy and her desire to live a normal life in a New York Times column, "Life, Interrupted." She followed with a 15,000-mile road trip to meet 22 of the many strangers who had written to her with stories of their own, a journey which became her new book, "Between Two Kingdoms." Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with Jaouad, and with her partner, musician Jon Batiste, about life after cancer.
BOOK EXCERPT: "Between Two Kingdoms" by Suleika Jaouad
For more info:
- "Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted" by Suleika Jaouad (Random House), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound
- Suleika Jaouad's "Life, Interrupted" columns in The New York Times
- suleikajaouad.com
- Follow Suleika Jaouad on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
VALENTINE'S DAY: How 21st-century diamonds are born (Video)
Have you ever wondered where a diamond comes from? The diamond industry has changed dramatically since conflict diamonds (or "blood diamonds") made headlines at the start of the century. Correspondent David Pogue explores the life of a diamond, from mines in the Canadian subarctic, to the laboratories of the Pacific Northwest.
For more info:
- Diavik diamond mine (Rio Tinto), Northwest Territories, Canada
- DeBeers
- Lightbox - Laboratory-Grown Diamonds
- Lucara Diamond
- Vrai
POLITICS: LGBTQ rights advocate Sarah McBride | Watch Video
Newly-inaugurated Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride talks with correspondent Rita Braver about her road to becoming America's highest-ranking transgender elected official.
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PASSAGE: Three American originals | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" looks back at the lives of singer Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes; innovative jazz keyboardist Chick Corea; and Larry Flynt, the publisher of pornography who became a free-speech champion.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Innovative keyboardist Chick Corea (Video)
Multiple Grammy Award-winner Chick Corea, whose musicianship spanned genres from jazz, Latin and rock to classical, died on February 9, 2021, at age 79. In this interview originally broadcast on "CBS Sunday Morning" on July 22, 1990 (which featured performances by the keyboardist in Boston and Los Angeles), Corea talked with correspondent Billy Taylor about his exploration of electronics, his musical influences, and the art of creation.
HARTMAN: True love, separated by the border (Video)
When COVID closed all land crossings at the U.S.-Canada border to non-essential travel, Karolyn Gagnier, of Windsor, Canada, and Scott Meyers, just across the river in Detroit, Michigan, found themselves in one of the shortest long-distance relationships in North America. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports on the lengths Myers and Gagnier have gone to, to reunite.
VALENTINE'S DAY: Martha Stewart's Valentine's Day brunch (Video)
The lifestyle entrepreneur and cookbook author demonstrates how to make French Toast with Grand Marnier, topped off with a blood orange Mimosa, for the perfect holiday brunch.
RECIPE: Martha's French Toast with Grand Marnier (at marthastewart.com)
RECIPE: Blood Orange Champagne Cocktails (at marthastewart.com)
WINE: Georges Vigouroux Hommage Blanc de Blancs (at Martha Stewart Wine Co.)
For more info:
- For more information on "Martha Stewart's Very Good Things" visit marthastewartgoodthings.com
- "Martha Stewart's Very Good Things: Clever Tips & Ingenious Ideas for an Easier, More Enjoyable Life" by Martha Stewart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon and Indiebound
SUNDAY PROFILE: Kate Winslet on "Ammonite" and life during COVID | Watch Video
Kate Winslet has some familiarity with the dangers of viral outbreaks, having starred in the 2011 thriller "Contagion." Now, COVID-19 has affected how the Oscar-winning actress is promoting her latest film, "Ammonite" by eliminating travel. And that, she tells socially-distanced correspondent Mark Phillips, is not a bad thing.
To watch a trailer for "Ammonite," click on the video player below:
For more info:
- "Ammonite" (Neon) is now playing in theaters, and available On Demand
PRESIDENTS DAY: Mo Rocca with lively thoughts about our deceased presidents (Video)
The "Sunday Morning" presidential scholar-in-residence visits the final resting places of our former chief executives.
For more info:
- PLAYLIST: Presidential history from Mo Rocca
COMMENTARY: Preserving childhood magic in a time of COVID | Watch Video
CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook on how a child's sense of wonder can be fostered even when a pandemic may get in the way of the Tooth Fairy.
For more info:
- Hart Highlands Elementary School, Prince George, British Columbia
NATURE: Trumpeter swans (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us this Valentine's Day to (where else?) Valentine, Nebraska, at the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge ... a stopover for Trumpeter Swans.
For more info:
- Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, Valentine, Neb.
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