Westward. So how is it these days when something breaks, we find ourselves in a fix. Unable either to repair it on our own or find anybody else who can . A conundrum david pogue will explore this morning. Our machines are getting more complex to more expensive, from our phones to a trackers. So why dont the manufacturers want you to fix them when they break . Coming up on sunday morning. Pauley tomorrow is columbus day, the traditional day of pride for americans of italian heritage. But given all we know now, should christopher columbus, and some other historical figures, still be standingni tall . A controversial topic that mo rocca will explore. Reporter it has been a rough 2020 for christopher columbus. He has been protested, defaced, toppled, even beheaded. But the controversy of the italian explorer is just part of what has become a monumental reckoning. This is a wrestle over who gets to tell the nations history. Who gets to be at the top of that history. Reporter later on sunday morning, americas statues who stays, who goes . Pauley lee cowan is in conversation this morning with singersong writer jon bon jovi, whos latest album tries to face the challenges of this ye. Eporter durhis almost 40year career, jon bon jovi has matured, right along with his fans. Im not in a where are they now pile. Reporter so why do we find this rock and roller sweeping the floors . I wasnt made for 2020. Pauley tracy smith is at mom with the cuomos. The new york governor and his daughters. Well have the latest on the aftermath of hurricane delta. Ramy inocencio has the sunday journal from china, on that nations success in fighting covid19. Nicholas thompson looks into conspiracy theories on the internet and the campaign trail. Jim axelrod shows us president s finding Common Ground on the golf course. Plus commentary from John Dickerson and more, all on this sunday morning, the 11th of october 2020. Well be back in a moment. Im voting yes on prop 19. 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Were in agriculture, and were kind of born, raised, and bred that we like to fix all of our own stuff. And thats about the only way, especially a small family farmer, can make a living. Reporter you dont think of a tractor as hightech as everything else, but it has a touchscreen and computer. Reporter kyle weins is the founder and c. E. O. Of ifixit. It offers tools, parts, and repair manuals for thousands of gadgets. There is a special screw on the iphone that apple put on there just to keep you out. It is a drew n sew no one had seen before the iphone. Reporter he says the Big Companies are trying to stop you from fixing your stuff. Theyre shortening life spans, and forcing us to buy a new one rather than fixing the ones we have. They want to make as much money fixing things as possible. Reporter believe it or not, there was a time when manufacturers advertised how long their products lasted. Side by side or stacked, every fullsized maytag washer is built to last longer. This is the most difficulty to disassemble laptop ever. This is a disposable product. You use it for two years, throw it away, and buy a new one. I dont like that. Reporter but he doesnt just grumble; he is a leader of a National Movement called right to repair. They want laws that would allow you to fix your own electronics, or at least taking them to your own independent repair shops, rather than forcing you to use the manufacturers repair shops. But at this 2016 hearing for a massachusetts right to repair bill, a parade of representatives explain their objectives. Allowing unfettered access to untrained individuals will undermine the integrity of the equipment. This legislation has been filed in over 21 states, and no states have passed this legislation and thats for a reason. Reporter and it is true no state has yet passed a right to repair law. But the movement hasnt been a total bus dres starting next year it will offer repairmanualrepair manuals and r items. This years items are not only far more repairable, but microsoft touts it as a desirable feature. Jus can come off. Reporter last year microsoft offered an independent repair program that offers training to independent shops. They were going to release this independent repair program which i guess allowed to access for parts and manuals for independent repair shops. Reporter it seemed like just what teresa was hoping for. She runs a repair shop in middletown, vermont, a state where there are no apple stores. How long will it take . About an hour and a half. Reporter but in the end, she didnt sign up for the microsoft. The price was too high. In the meantime, kyle weins says the fight will go on. So this is a ground swell, where people across the country are saying, no, enough is enough. Were sick of throwing away things that are almost functional. Lets take the leap and fix them and push back on this throwaway culture. Cookie cutter portfolios . Nope. 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In fact, critics question whether he or some other historical figures should be standing tall at all. It is a list that moni rocca tells us seems to be growing. Reporter what do you think when you look at that statue . Its George Washington. It is the first president of the unitednr states. It is the leader of the American Revolution. But i also see a slaveholder. Reporter rutgers history professor Erica Armstrong dunbar has dedicated much of her career to telling the story of ona judge, one of the more than 300 black people enslaved by president George Washington and his wife, martha. George washington walked up and down this corridor, this area. Reporter ona judge managed to escape when the couple was living here in philadelphia, the Nations Capital during the 1790s. She was never captured, not the washingtons didnt try. The washingtons were very adamant that they wanted ona judge to return. And what is still very interesting is to think about george and Martha Washington relentlessly pursuing ona judge. He was using slave agents to collect Martha Washington on his property. And we have to reckon there is that side of washington, alongside of his contributions to the creation of the nation. Reporter and for dunbar, that reckoning may mean taking washington down from his pedestal, literally. Should some monuments to George Washington be removed . I think it makes sense to have monuments of remencrge washington in spaces where there is a direct connection to him. But do i need to see George Washingtons face in every park or places throughout cities . No, not necessarily, because for some people he is a reminder of the trauma of slavery. Reporter the longrunning battle over americas monuments came to a head in 2015, after a white supremacist murdered nine africanamericans at charleston, south carolinas mother emmanuel church. Since then, about 100 confederate statues have been dishorribly discharged. But since the death of george floyd, the list of statues as racist or oppressive, as expanded well beyond the south. Monuments are literally elevated above the people, right . This is a wrestle over power. This is a wrestle over who gets to tell the nations history. Who gets to be at the top of that history. Reporter but the power politics behind memorials arent always obvious. Christopher columbus has long been controversial. A brilliant navigator and a brutal colonialist. That means my people are less than human. Reporter but many columbus statues were erected in the early 20th century as symbols of pride for italianamericans, a group that had faced fierce prejudice, even lynchings in the 1890s. It is hittingvery Italian American in the face. For many, it was a way to demonstrate they contributed to making america, a way to say they were equal. Reporter as secretary of the smithsonian, lo lonnie bunch may be the closest thing america has to a national curator. He believes the monuments should reflect todays values. I think that what the columbus statue tells us is that it is a challenge to take something that was done 70 years ago and help it evolve. So my notion is that some of these statues can be pruned. We have to get rid of every racist monument in this country. It is history, part of history, and it should stay here. Reporter in general, are you heartened by all of these debates . Any time people talk about history, im a happy guy. And i think there is something powerful about a country perio period periodically debating. A tribute to an all black union regiment, graffitied. Even gandhi has been blooded. As a histor a history ren, do yu wonder if these people know their history . I know the vast majority of americans dont know their history. Reporter does that bother you . It horrifies me. But i also understand there is anger, there is rage, and sometimes there is collateral damage. There is a big element of antiamericanism in things, but the goodhe bad things because there are no good things. The whole history is corrupt. I think that is wrong. Reporter Richard Brookhiser things a little humility is in order. If youre only going to have statues of perfect a complicatedliha about ourselves and about the dead. Reporter he is the biographer of several founding fathers, including washington. Washington was a hero in the struggle for selfrule. And the struggle for selfrule is the big story of the last 250 years. It includes all of the other stories. It includes anticolonialism. It includes the struggle against racism. The American Revolution was the greatest experiment in human political history. And its crazy to throw that in the garbage can. I do not think you erase washington and jefferson, and, of course, now Everybody Loves hamilton. Reporter he sees it as contradictions we should strive to understand. It is almost like saying, how do you understand your parent if you only know a little bit about them. The more you know about them, the more you better understand who they were and then who you are. And thats what i would like us to see with some of the founding fathers, people understanding a little better who they once were and who they may be. It is a big moment in anyones life when they realize their parents arent perfect people. Youre right. And as you get older, you find theyre more perfect than you thought initially. Reporter perhaps the best way to bring peace to our memorial landscape is to add statues. In 2017,hilphia thi octavius catto. This gentleman fnally got his do. Seeing this statue gives you a feeling of. Pride. It lifts us up a little more. Its one of us. I can do something great like him. He was a great man. Were going to read more about him, okay . Reporter passions may continue flaring in the shortterm are you angry . Yes are you angry . Yes were mad. Reporter but as in all things historical, it is important to consider the long view. This isnt the first time in history that statues have been toppled. No. There was a statueopedk city in. A guilded statue of george the iii, which was put up when we all thought he was a good guy. Reporter the british monarc. The british monarch. And the story is it was made of led and the led was melted into bullets. Reporter are any of these things permanent . Nothing is permanent. Were all going to die. There will come a time when the United States doesnt exist anymore. Reporter some things last longer than others . Some things last longer than others, and lets hope the good things last longest. The possibilities ing even Something Like co2. Over the last decade, chevron has spent over 1 billion on Carbon Capture projects. And is investing in Startup Companies working to transform carbon into new forms of energy. Pauley the pandemic has forced Lifestyle Changes on families across the land, including the family of the man who, for many months, was the public face at the center of the covid outbreak. Tracy smith is at home with the cuomos. Okay. Who wants to say grace. I can. Reporter in this house, like so many other homes across america, sunday means dinner with the family. I got banned from meatball making once by grandma, making them two crummtoocrumby. Grandma takes it seriously. Reporter michaela, mariah, and cara kennedy cuom, all quarantining together wit cuomoirad. I actually remember when dad called me right at the beginning of this and said, this is going to be a big deal, and you should be here for it. Reporter governor, you kind of engineered this, getting all of your girls back together under one roof. Yeah. I dont know if you could say that i could engineer anything with my girls, but i was suggestive of the concept. I wanted them here. I wanted them with me. I needed them in many ways. Reporter for 111 days straight, Governor Cuomo held briefings about covid19. He says he tried to present just t but the facts were often grim. Governor the curve is actually increasing. Reporter on one day alone, april 8th, new york lost 799 lives to the virus. Governor that is so shocking and painful and breathtaking. I cant i dont even have the words for it. Sometimes he would come home, and you could see it on him. And you would hear sort of this big, deep breath that he takes. And then you would know that he is stressed. Reporter did he11 days. Reporter just lik his late dad, governor mario cuomo, these young women have activism in their blood. Their mom, and cuomo former wife, kerry kennedy, founded the robert f. Kennedy human rights project, named after their grandfather. So, of course, when the time came, the kennedy daughterkennedycuom daughters jumped right in. The governor marshaled public suppor