This week on "Sunday Morning" (December 11)

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COVER STORY: "Pelosi in the House": Examining power, both public and private | Watch Video
A new HBO documentary by filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, "Pelosi in the House," traces the pioneering career of her mother, Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the House. Alexandra talks with CBS News' John Dickerson about her not-quite-authorized film that observes her mother's public and private worlds, leading up to the insurrectionists' attack on Congress on January 6, 2021. She also talks about her father, Paul; his recovery from a brutal assault by an intruder in her parents' San Francisco home; and how Paul feels about his wife's career.

PREVIEW: Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi on her father Paul Pelosi's recovery: "The emotional scars, I don't know if those ever heal" | Video

To watch a trailer for "Pelosi in the House," click on the video player below:

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"Pelosi in the House" debuts December 13 on HBO and HBO Max

POSTCARD FROM JAPAN: Tokyo says goodbye to an ultra-modern architectural marvel | Watch Video
Completed in 1972, Tokyo's Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture – 140 stacked, prefabricated apartment pods in the heart of downtown. But now the tower is being demolished, its pods now time capsules of the ultra-modern 1970s. Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports.

'TIS THE SEASON: Holiday gift ideas from Techno Claus | Watch Video
Techno Claus (who looks suspiciously like "Sunday Morning" correspondent David Pogue) offers gift suggestions for those on your holiday list who love gadgets, for work and play.

MUSIC: Charlie Puth on his latest music: "I'll be telling the truth from here on out" | Watch Video
The musical prodigy's fame rose with his spectacularly successful 2015 collaboration with rapper Wiz Khalifa, "See You Again." But in early 2020, Charlie Puth put on the brakes. He talks with "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil about falling in love with music; how a chance encounter with Elton John led to a reappraisal of his career; and about the 31-year-old's third album, "Charlie," which he says feels like his first.

You can stream Charlie Puth's new album "Charlie" by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full):

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charlieputh.com

     
PASSAGE: The "Boy in the Box" mystery, solved (Video)
He became known as the "Boy in the Box," when the child's badly-bruised body was found stuffed in a cardboard box in a Philadelphia neighborhood in 1957. For decades his name and tragic story were unknown. But this week it was announced that detective work and DNA tracing has brought the mystery of the boy's identity to an end. Jane Pauley reports.

FOOD: The unsavory stigma surrounding MSG | Watch Video
Ever since a letter in a medical journal identified monosodium glutamate as the source behind unpleasant health effects dubbed "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome," MSG has been tagged as an unwelcome addition to cooking. However, advocates of MSG say there is no proof that it's a hazard. National Public Radio correspondent Allison Aubrey investigates why MSG's reputation can still be tough to swallow.

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Biochemist Thomas Sherman, Georgetown UniversityEast Wind Snack Shops, Brooklyn, N.Y.MSG (Monosodium Gluamate) from AjinomotoQuestions and Answers on Monosodium glutamate (MSG) from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration

   
HARTMAN: Dancing Grannies return one year after parade tragedy (Video)
On November 21, 2021, a red SUV tore through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six and injuring more than 60 others, including Betty Streng, a member of a dance team, the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies. The group lost three members. This week, Streng and others returned to walk the same parade route. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports.

SUNDAY PROFILE: The Smothers Brothers are back, taking their show on the road | Watch Video
In the late 1960s "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" turned primetime TV upside-down. But folk singers-turned-comedians Tom and Dick Smothers challenged the powers-that-be, from the White House to CBS, until the network famously cancelled their top-rated counterculture hit back in 1969. Today the brothers, now in their 80s, are back for a live stage tour. They talk with correspondent Lee Cowan about sibling rivalries, censorship, and sharing a bond that's outlasted their critics.

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Smothers Brothers tickets available via Ticketmaster

    
COMMENTARY: "Stranger at the Gate," on how love conquered hate (Video)
Filmmaker Joshua Seftel talks about his new documentary film about a former Marine who planned to attack Muslims, until he met them, and experienced the life-changing power of acceptance, forgiveness and love.

To watch the New Yorker documentary film "Stranger at the Gate" click on the video player below:

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seftel.com

MUSIC: Killer Mike: "I believe in being able to do it all" | Watch Video
The rapper Michael Render, a.k.a. Killer Mike, is known for intense music as part of Run The Jewels – and also for "Love and Respect," his PBS talk show, in which he turns down the volume while building conversational bridges. He talks with CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa about balancing music, activism and TV, including "Clark Kenting it" as a Black business owner in Atlanta.

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killermike.comFollow Killer Mike on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube"Love and Respect w/Killer Mike" on PBS   

NATURE: Fall in Montana (Extended Video)
We leave you this morning amid the Aspens of autumn, in south-central Montana. Videographer: Brad Markel.   

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HERE COMES THE SUN: Actor Jamie Lee Curtis and Vermont leaf peepers (Video)
Jamie Lee Curtis sits down with Tracy Smith to discuss her career, her sobriety, and what she has learned from her parents. Then, Conor Knighton travels to Vermont to learn about the 251 Club.      

GALLERY: Notable Deaths in 2022
A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.

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