This week on "Sunday Morning" (April 2)

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Host: Jane Pauley

       
COVER STORY: Senator John Fetterman
Jane Pauley reports.

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BUSINESS: Pendleton blankets: A thread to the past
Pendleton Woolen Mills, in Pendleton, Ore., has been part of the fabric of the community since the early 1900s. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at how the company's products, including its signature blankets, tell the story of the American West, as well as feature patterns honoring Native American traditions.

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SOCIAL MEDIA: Why TikTok faces bans In the U.S.
Every day about 150 million Americans use TikTok, a social media app that was developed in China. And that has security experts and lawmakers worried, because of how user data might be accessed by the Chinese Communist Party. Correspondent David Pogue looks at why plans to limit (or ban outright) TikTok are being debated – and how far they might go.

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• TikTok
• ByteDance
• Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.)
• Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.)
• "TikTok and U.S. National Security" by Dr. Milton L Mueller and Dr Karim Farhat, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Public Policy (Internet Governance Project)

        
STAGE: Country music and corn: Inside the new musical comedy "Shucked"
For singer-songwriters Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, it's been a perfectly natural road from Nashville to Broadway, as they bring country music and "Hee Haw"-style humor to the Great White Way in the new musical comedy "Shucked." Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Clark and McAnally; book writer Robert Horn; and stars Caroline Innerbichler and Alex Newell about collaborations, storytelling, and sharing joy and corny jokes with audiences.

To hear Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally perform "Maybe Love" from "Shucked," click on the video player below:

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• "Shucked," now in previews at the Nederlander Theatre, New York City | Ticket info
• brandyclarkmusic.com
• Shane McAnally on Twitter and Instagram
• carolineinnerbichler.com
• Alex Newell on Twitter and Instagram

     
PASSAGE: In memoriam

        
FOOD: Re-creating the taste of a childhood lost in the Holocaust
Researching dishes in the archives of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, James Beard Award-winning chef Alon Shaya found recipes scribbled on bits of paper, retrieved from Jewish ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust. Among the items rescued was a Hungarian family cookbook whose recipes brought back memories for Holocaust survivor Steven Fenves. Shaya and Fenves talk with correspondent Lee Cowan about how food can offer solace in the midst of suffering, and provide the imperative to remember.

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MUSIC: Neil Diamond on "A Beautiful Noise," Parkinson's, and being thankful
The life of singer-songwriter Neil Diamond has been dramatized, "warts and all," in the Broadway musical "A Beautiful Noise." Diamond, now 82, talks with correspondent Anthony Mason about continuing to sing; his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (a condition for which he was, he says, long in denial); and about the calm that has moved in – finally - on "the hurricane of my life."

To listen to the Original Broadway Cast Album of "A Beautiful Noise" click on the audio player below:

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• "A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical," at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York City | Ticket info
• Original Broadway Cast Album: "A Beautiful Noise" (Ume)
• neildiamond.com

COMMENTARY: Historian Yuval Noah Harari on the threat of dictatorship in Israel
In Israel, only the Supreme Court exists as a check against abusive government power. Now, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes moves to limit the Supreme Court's authority, Israelis are rising up to protect democracy. Historian Yuval Noah Harari, author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind," discusses the crisis of authoritarian rule facing Israel today – and its potential fallout for America.

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ART: Treasures of comic strip art
Bill Blackbeard was something of a superhero. During his lifetime, he collected and preserved 2.5 million ephemeral artifacts of comic strip art, including newspapers and Sunday color sections dating as far back as 1893. Treasures from his collection are now featured in a new exhibit, "Man Saves Comics," at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University. Correspondent Luke Burbank reports.

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NATURE: TBD
        

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"HERE COMES THE SUN": Actor Woody Harrelson and Venetian carnival masks (Video)
Actor Woody Harrelson sits down with Ben Mankiewicz to discuss his current projects, his religious upbringing, and his love for television. Then, Seth Doane travels to Venice, Italy, to learn about Venetian carnival masks.
      

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