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We leave you this Sunday Morning at Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah. Videographer: Judith Lehmberg.
In 1942, German U-boats dominated the East Coast's shipping lanes, sinking hundreds of merchant vessels. More than 80 cargo ships were sunk, and 1,600 lives lost, in the waters off North Carolina alone. Mark Strassmann rides in a submersible 715 feet down to the ocean floor, just 35 miles from Cape Hatteras, to the recently-discovered wreckage of U-576.
Starlings, an invasive species that first appeared in Northern California in the 1930s, have been a headache for the area's vineyards. At first, Rams Gate Winery in Sonoma tried traditional methods to ward off pests; none of them worked well. So they brought in reinforcements: falcons, which have been put to work also at airports and golf courses that have bird pest problems. John Blackstone reports on what happens when nature is used against nature.
The 59-year-old actor has won two Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes for "30 Rock." And with his gift for mimicry, Alec Baldwin has made a huge impression with his appearances as President Trump on "Saturday Night Live." He talks to Rita Braver about his new memoir, "Nevertheless," in which he discusses the highs and lows of his life and career, and the highs of his new family.
Mary Higgins Clark was no overnight success; the writer was 43 when she had her first hit, the 1975 novel "Where Are the Children?" Since then the New York Times bestselling author has written more than 50 books, from mysteries and historical novels to short stories, children books and a memoir. The "Queen of Suspense" talks with Erin Moriarty about her career, and how she never takes her readers for granted.
"Sunday Morning" remembers two men whose artistic visions left indelible impressions: Gilbert Baker, who created the rainbow banner of the gay rights movement; and New Yorker cartoonist Jack Ziegler.
On April 2, 1513, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon first arrived in what is now Florida, the start of a quest for a miraculous spring whose waters could reverse aging. Jane Pauley reports.
On an island about halfway between Oslo and the North Pole is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an international effort to safeguard the sources of the world's food supply. The complex, built underneath the Arctic tundra, holds more than half a billion seeds, and is known as the "Doomsday Vault," protecting mankind's food supply against natural catastrophes. Seth Doane reports from Svalbard, Norway, and discovers an Iowa family whose heirloom seeds are also preserved there.
There's a frantic search for survivors in Colombia after an avalanche of mud and water swept through the city of Mocoa, sparing few in its path. More than 200 are reported dead. Manuel Teodoro reports from Bogota.
In 1992 Alan Baldwin starred in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," playing the volatile Stanley Kowalski. In this web exclusive, he tells "Sunday Morning" correspondent Rita Braver about the painful fallout from an on-stage injury, and the acting lessons he got from Broadway stagehands as a result.
