From the U.S. working to bring violence to a standstill with a five-day ceasefire, to Democrats pouncing on White House officials as the impeachment process heats up. This was the week that was in Washington. Source
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Playing an escape room
Correspondents David Pogue, Martha Teichner and Nancy Giles, along with “Sunday Morning” intern Cory Peeler, face a difficult challenge: Find their way out of a room before a bomb goes off! It’s just one of many examples of the big business in escape rooms – immersive adventures in which people must solve puzzles in order to extricate themselves. Source
Tracing the remarkable life’s path of Harriet Tubman
The abolitionist who rescued enslaved people via the Underground Railroad also led U.S. troops in a raid that freed hundreds during the Civil War Source
Harriet Tubman’s road to freedom
Harriet Tubman, a tiny woman who could neither read nor write, pulled off superheroine-like exploits in the years before the Civil War. With the help of the Underground Railroad, she not only escaped from a Maryland plantation to freedom in the North, she went back, 13 times over 10 years, to guide more than 70 enslaved people to freedom. And during the war, she became the first American woman to lead troops into battle, near Beaufort, S.C. Martha Teichner visits historic sites that were part of Tubman’s remarkable life story, and with actress Cynthia Erivo, who plays the iconic figure in a new biopic, “Harriet.” Source
“The Irishman”: Scorsese, Pacino and De Niro together, finally
Director Martin Scorsese and actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro talk with correspondent Lee Cowan about their first-ever collaboration, “The Irishman,” the true story of Frank Sheeran, a hit man for a Philadelphia crime family. The mob epic, which spans decades, was created using cutting-edge technology to “de-age” its cast, as it traces a story of loyalty and corruption, and explores the fate of Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa. Source
Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro on “The Irishman”
Their first-ever collaboration is an affecting mob epic of loyalty and corruption, about a hit man for a Philadelphia crime family and the fate of Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa Source
Passage: Bill Macy and Elijah Cummings
“Sunday Morning” remembers an actor famed for playing the long-suffering TV husband of Bea Arthur in the ’70s sitcom “Maude,” and a fiery orator of the House and untiring champion of civil rights. Jane Pauley reports. Source
Escapism: The immersive adventure of escape rooms
A “Sunday Morning” team faces a difficult challenge: Find their way out of a room before a bomb goes off! It’s just one example of the big business in which trapped people have fun trying to save themselves Source
Passage: Elijah Cummings and Bill Macy
“Sunday Morning” remembers a fiery orator of the House and untiring champion of civil rights, and an actor famed for playing the long-suffering TV husband of Bea Arthur in the ’70s sitcom “Maude.” Jane Pauley reports. Source
The life and music of Janis Joplin
A new book about the rock and blues singer presents a portrait of a gifted, complex and challenging artist who became an iconic trailblazer during her 27 years. Anthony Mason talks with music journalist Holly George-Warren about her biography, “Janis: Her Life and Music.” Source