60 Minutes 7/11

60 Minutes 7/11

Author: lee hendriks July 12, 2021 Duration: 47:09
On this week's "60 Minutes," evidence of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime's legacy of war crimes. Scott Pelley reports on the effort to gather and maintain evidence against President Assad, for the acts of terror he perpetrated against his own people during Syria's civil war. Ten year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami caused a massive nuclear meltdown in the Daiichi Power Plant, Lesley Stahl reports on the unprecedented cleanup efforts. And two-time Pulitzer-winner Colson Whitehead opens up to John Dickerson about his writing process, his wide variety of interests, getting rejected and "the space of very little hope" he found himself working in when he wrote "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys."

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60 Minutes 10/31 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:04
On this week's "60 Minutes," Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega has tightened his grip on power by making dozens of arrests of political opponents, journalists and protesters. Sharyn Alfonsi speaks to the wives of two imp…
60 Minutes 10/24 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:04
On this week's 60 Minutes," former Saudi intelligence official, Saad Aljabri, tells Scott Pelley that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman plotted to kill him. Some water used in the Southwest will be curtailed next ye…
60 Minutes 10/10 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:03
On this week's "60 Minutes," Bill Whitaker reports on a technology that the U.S. government has grown increasingly concerned about due to its potential to be used to spread disinformation or commit crimes: deepfakes. The…
60 Minutes 10/3 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:47
On this week's "60 Minutes," Lesley Stahl sits with members of the military to expose the broken promise of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. They say confounding rules and red tape make the program almost imp…
60 Minutes 9/26 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:53
On this week's "60 Minutes," overworked and under-resourced fire chiefs battling wildfires are getting backup from new hi-tech helicopters that can fight fires 24/7. Bill Whitaker tells us more. In an interview with Lesl…
60 Minutes 9/5 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:46
On this week's "60 Minutes," Bill Whitaker reports on the Pentagon projects that helped combat COVID-19 and may help end pandemics forever. The Ritchie Boys were responsible for uncovering more than half the combat intel…
Sunday, October 28, 2018 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:43
The New York Philharmonic has a new maestro. Here's Lesley Stahl with an introduction. Holly Williams shares the story of a woman who is helping Raqqa rebuild after the air strikes on ISIS. Sex abuse within the A Buffalo…