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“NOT FEASIBLE” TO CATCH EVERY TRUCK DANGEROUSLY PACKED WITH MIGRANTS, SAYS BORDER PATROL AT CHECKPOINT WHERE 10 MIGRANTS DIED IN AN 18-WHEELER SMUGGLING HUNDREDS, THIS SUNDAY ON “60 MINUTES”
Watch a Clip No one knows how many trucks dangerously loaded with smuggled migrants are getting through checkpoints near the U.S.-Mexican border. At a screening area in Laredo, Texas, where one such 18-wheeler made it through packed with more than 100 migrants – 10 of whom later died – border officials tell Scott Pelley it’s “not feasible” to catch all the trucks given the high traffic volumes they deal with. Pelley reports on a growing and dangerous method of smuggling migrants into the U.S. in a 60 MINUTES story to be broadcast Sunday, March 11 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Telev...
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“60 MINUTES” BEGINS A RECORD 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON SUNDAY, SEPT. 24, ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
The Golden Anniversary of Television’s Most Successful Primetime Broadcast To Be Honored with a Tribute at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards Oct. 5 Oprah Winfrey’s First Story as Special Contributor Will Appear on the 50th Anniversary Premiere 60 MINUTES will begin its golden anniversary season as the most successful, most watched and honored television broadcast in American history when it premieres for the 50th time on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, Sept. 24 (7:30-8:30 PM, ET/PT). The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will honor 60 MINUTES with a 50...
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SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY JEH JOHNSON SAYS “THOROUGH” REFUGEE VETTING PROCESS HAS BEEN AUGMENTED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA SEARCHES, THIS WEEK ON “60 MINUTES”
Thousands of Syrian Civil War Refugees Have Been Turned Away Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he has added social media and other database checks to bolster scrutiny of thousands of asylum seekers from the Middle East, most of them Syrian Civil War refugees who hope to live in the U.S. Sec. Johnson will be featured in a Bill Whitaker report about the refugee vetting process that follows three Syrian families that have been granted asylum in America. His report will be featured on 60 MINUTES, Sunday Oct. 16 (7:00-8:00PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Republica...
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“60 MINUTES” PRESENTS: A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2016
THE NEW FORCE BEHIND STAR WARS – J.J. Abrams was an 11-year-old boy when he watched the first Star Wars film. Now he is directing the latest installment in the Hollywood blockbuster franchise and takes Bill Whitaker behind the scenes of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Marc Lieberman is the producer. MICHAEL CAINE – The veteran British actor who’s made dozens of films and won two Oscars over 50 years is still going strong as a leading man at the age of 82. Lesley Stahl reports. Ruth Streeter and Kaylee Tully are the producers. AND THE NOMINEES ARE – The British director Danny Boyle and his...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2016
EL CHAPO – U.S. and Mexican authorities give Bill Whitaker the inside story of the hunt for and recapture of drug lord Joaquin “el Chapo” Guzman, the world’s most-wanted man, who escaped imprisonment for the second time last year. Howard L. Rosenberg and Ana Real are the producers. THE RESURRECTION OF ST. BENEDICT’S – A unique school in Newark, N.J., whose students’ race and religion reflect the inner-city neighborhood it’s located in has hit on a successful recipe that results in 85 percent of its graduates getting college degrees. Scott Pelley reports. Guy Campanile and Andrew Bast are t...
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LISTINGS FOR THE 47TH SEASON PREMIERE OF “60 MINUTES” TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, SEPT. 21, 2014
The following stories will be broadcast on the 47th season premiere of 60 MINUTES on Sunday, Sept. 21 (7:30-8:30 PM ET/7:00-8:00 PM PT) on the CBS Television Network. THE ISLAMIC STATE – Scott Pelley goes to the heart of the fighting against ISIS in the northern regions of Iraq, where he speaks with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who have battled ISIS, a detained ISIS member and some of the terrorist groups’ innocent victims. Henry Schuster and Rachel Kun are the producers. THIS IS A DOUBLE-LENGTH SEGMENT. THE TAX REFUND SCAM – All con artists need is a computer and an easily obtained list of...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2014
THE GIVING PLEDGE – A group of billionaires is pledging to give at least half their vast fortunes to charity in hopes of changing the world. Charlie Rose talks to some of them, including founding members Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer. RESCUE – In a true story that could be a Hollywood movie, a young assistant bank manager at a Saigon Citibank risks his life to save 105 Vietnamese people, spiriting them out of the besieged city in 1975 by duping the American military into thinking they were his own family. Lesley Stahl reports. Shachar ...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014
DISABILITY, USA – Steve Kroft reports on the alarming state of the federal disability program, which has exploded in size in the last four years and could become the first federal benefits program to run out of money. James Jacoby and Michael Karzis are the producers. LAMBORGHINI – After 50 years in the luxury, supercar business, Lamborghini is still making the kind of cars that dreams are made of. Scott Pelley reports at 155 mph. Nicole Young and Sabina Castelfranco is the producer. CATE BLANCHETT – The versatile Australian actress up for the Oscar for her role in “Blue Jasmine” is ...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2014
RIGGED – Steve Kroft reports on a new book from Michael Lewis that reveals how a group of unlikely characters discovered how some high speed traders work the stock market to their advantage. Draggan Mihailovich is the producer. FAST CARS AND ROCKET SHIPS – So many boys dream of fast cars and rocket ships, but few actually grow up to build them and change the world in the process like Elon Musk. Scott Pelley reports on the billionaire Silicon Valley entrepreneur. THE VIRTUOSO – Marcus Roberts lost his sight as a child, but gained such incredible insights into American music that his playin...
