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51 Episodes 2020 - 0
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 20, 2020 60 mins
60 minutes reports on the battle over rules for mail-in voting in the swing state of Pennsylvania. In his first interview about his new book, the president's former national security advisor retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster sounds the alarm on China, cautions against a hasty troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, and says challenges to U.S. national security are growing, making the country less safe. Ed Orgeron faces a pandemic as he attempts to defend the national college football championship title.
Episode 2
Sun, Sep 27, 2020 60 mins
Lesley Stahl reports on the legal and political fight over the voting rights of 1.4 million felons in the crucial swing state of Florida. Sharyn Alfonsi investigates how a company with a checkered past convinced the Trump Administration to give it billions in border wall contracts. The wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough warns in his latest documentary that humanity has committed a crime against the natural world by causing climate change.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 4, 2020 60 mins
Record-high temperatures and drought in the West have contributed to thousands of fires in California that have killed 29 people and burned nearly 4 million acres. A group of longtime Republican strategists have turned against the party and formed a Super PAC aimed at unseating President Trump. The legendary comedian talks about writing comedy, his family and his beloved New York City post-pandemic.
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 4, 2020 60 mins
A spotlight on a woman who survived the genocide by the ISIS and won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work against sexual violence as a weapon of war; A story of an architect who continued his work despite losing his sight; Featuring a family in Southern Utah that has gained five world rodeo titles from nine cowboys in their family.
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 11, 2020 60 mins
The latest therapies being developed to treat the covid virus. A group of longtime Republican strategists have turned against the party and formed a Super PAC aimed at unseating President Trump. Thanks to conservation efforts, the giant predators are returning to Montana in numbers not seen in 150 years. But human populations are also growing near the areas where the grizzlies are recovering in the greatest numbers.
Episode 6
Sun, Oct 11, 2020 60 mins
A successful clinical trial for a gene therapy for sickle cell anemia may be a cure for the painful, chronic and often deadly disease; Sesame Street is bringing a new gang of Muppets to the Middle East. The creators of the legendary children's show and the International Rescue Committee have joined forces to address the needs of Syrian child refugees; Blind and truly gifted, Matthew Whitaker is wowing audiences all over the world at just 18 years old.
Episode 7
Sun, Oct 18, 2020 60 mins
The Russian opposition leader claims President Vladimir Putin poisoned him with a banned nerve agent that's said to be 10x more powerful than sarin. The director of the NIAID gives the latest information on how the U.S. is faring in the pandemic. Early in the pandemic, dozens of cruise ship passengers sick or infected with COVID-19 returned to the U.S. on a hellish charter flight. They were inexplicably allowed by the CDC in the world's busiest airport and risk spreading the virus.
Episode 8
Sun, Oct 25, 2020 60 mins
The 2020 presidential candidates and their V.P.s appear in this pre-election edition. Lesley Stahl interviews President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.Norah O'Donnell interviews the Democrats, Joe Biden, the former vice president, and his running mate California Sen. Kamala Harris.
Episode 9
Sun, Nov 1, 2020 60 mins
Scott Pelley travels to Ohio to speak with voters, the Buckeye State has picked the right presidential candidate in every race since 1964; John Dickerson gets an inside look at how early voting is tabulated in Arizona in a presidential election year where early voting will play its biggest role ever; Bill Whitaker reports from the skilled nursing facility in Kirkland WA., the first COVID-19 hot-zone.
Episode 10
Sun, Nov 8, 2020 60 mins
The presidential election count and legal challenges the Trump Campaign has raised. The progress of Operation Warp Speed, where the government's mission is to produce and deliver enough vaccine doses to inoculate 300 million Americans against the coronavirus. Scott Pelley profiles filmmaker Ken Burns. His epic documentaries have told the story of America through the tales of its towering figures and cultural touchstones.
Episode 11
Sun, Nov 15, 2020 60 mins
The 44th president speaks to Scott Pelley in his first interview about his much-anticipated memoir in which he reflects on his historic tenure in the White House. Many of the 100 million American users of the wildly popular Chinese-owned app aren't aware that the data it collects from them could be accessed by the country's communist government.
Episode 12
Sun, Nov 22, 2020 60 mins
Americans infected with the Coronavirus, who seemingly recovered, are still experiencing symptoms, some very debilitating. Enrollment data from the largest school districts in the U.S. compiled by 60 Minutes this fall found unprecedented numbers of students unaccounted for when school started. Lesley Stahl returns to a retirement community where it first reported on a landmark study of people over the age of 90, where half of the people she interviewed six years ago still alive.
Episode 13
Sun, Nov 29, 2020 60 mins
Chris Krebs speaks to Scott Pelley in his first interview since his dismissal. The last known slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to America was recently discovered in an Alabama river. Anderson Cooper speaks with the descendants of those on board who are trying to preserve their ancestors' legacy in a small Alabama town. Bill Whitaker profiles James Corden.
Episode 14
Sun, Dec 6, 2020 60 mins
Lesley Stahl reports on one a company that faced criminal and congressional investigations as companies leaped to fill PPE equipment due to high demand. Sports like gymnastics, swimming and tennis are being cut across the U.S. even while those colleges fight to keep big revenue-producing, televised sports like football and basketball on-air. The Emmy, Oscar and Tony winning actor talks about playing blues singer Ma Rainey in an upcoming Netflix film and reflects on her career.
Episode 15
Sun, Dec 13, 2020 60 mins
Saudi citizens accused of crimes in the U.S. have fled back to their home country before trial. Victims of those crimes want to know whether Saudi Arabia is helping them evade justice. One California hospital chain got so big and its prices so high, that it led to a landmark lawsuit against the company the state's attorney general said will help curb the soaring costs of healthcare. The "excited delirium," a controversial syndrome mentioned in many cases of deaths in police custody.
Episode 16
Sun, Dec 20, 2020 60 mins
Pfizer labs to tell the story of the first emergency use authorization for a vaccine in the U.S. Anderson Cooper reports from Kenya on an organization enabling justice and changing lives by providing legal education and counsel to thousands of inmates, most of whom have not been represented by a lawyer. 60 MINUTES cameras capture the century-old Christmas Eve spectacle of nearly 200,000 Christians massing on the site of 11 churches carved from rock 800 years ago.
Episode 17
Mon, Dec 28, 2020 60 mins
The multiple Grammy-winning singer strives for a perfection she admits is impossible. Bill Whitaker profiles Shakira. 60 MINUTES cameras capture the pageantry of Japan's centuries-old theater art marked by elaborate make-up and stylized dances. Blind and truly gifted, Matthew Whitaker is wowing audiences all over the world at just 19-yrs.-old. Sharyn Alfonsi profiles the emerging jazz pianist who continues to develop his prodigious talent.
Episode 18
Sun, Jan 3, 2021 60 mins
Sandy Hook parent Lenny Pozner faced threats from conspiracy theorists online and now he's helping others fight back online. Tried six times for a quadruple murder in which no fingerprints, DNA or weapon linked him to the crime, Curtis Flowers' last conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. German piano star Igor Levit found a way to overcome the pandemic's effects on him and ease people's loneliness at the same time.
Episode 19
Sun, Jan 10, 2021 60 mins
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks to Lesley Stahl about the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters, the upcoming presidency of Joseph Biden and her Democratic Party's new majority in Congress. Richard Bonin is the producer. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger tells Scott Pelley about his call from President Trump and why the claims made by the President and his supporters of alleged voting fraud in Georgia are wrong. Henry Schuster is the producer.
Episode 20
Sun, Jan 17, 2021 60 mins
Scott Pelley reports on the efforts to protect the presidential inauguration of Joseph Biden from the kind of organized assault suffered by the U.S. Congress in the Capitol last week.
Episode 21
Sun, Jan 31, 2021 60 mins
More than 400,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, affecting the lives of their families and friends forever. Scott Pelley speaks with some of the family members they left behind. Medical data, especially DNA, has become a valuable commodity and the key to controlling the future of healthcare. Millions of Americans willingly give their DNA to companies, including genealogy firms.
Episode 22
Sun, Feb 14, 2021 60 mins
Bill Whitaker investigates the Russian cyberattack on the digital files of the U.S. Government and some of America's largest corporations. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates focuses his formidable resources on the global warming crisis, which the tech titan says will be the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. Sharyn Alfonsi profiles Simone Biles as she continues to train for the Summer Olympics- already postponed once.
Episode 23
Sun, Feb 21, 2021 60 mins
Threats against federal judges have risen 400 percent over the past five years, including the recent attack on a U.S. District judge's family, killing her son and wounding her husband. A prosecutor tells Scott Pelley he has strong evidence to convict Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of terrible war crimes. Lesley Stahl reports on the QAnon conspiracy movement, which attracted new scrutiny after some of its believers participated in the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol.
Episode 24
Sun, Mar 7, 2021 60 mins
Scott Pelley reports on the low-wage earners who are bearing most of the brunt of the pandemic's economic impact; Sharyn Alfonsi tells the surprising story behind research on Fluvoxamine, a 40-yr.-old antidepressant, that is being tested in a large clinical trial in the US and Canada as a possible early treatment for COVID; Bill Whitaker reports on NASA's efforts to return people to the Moon after nearly half a century.
Episode 25
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 60 mins
Dr. Jon LaPook reports on the coronavirus variants formed when the virus mutates, causing more infectious strains and increasing the need to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible.
Episode 26
Sun, Mar 21, 2021 60 mins
Prosecutor Michael Sherwin talks about his investigation regarding the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6; David Martin reports on alleged racism within America's armed forces; and John Dickerson visits one of the first school districts in the U.S. to help researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study how coronavirus is transmitted within schools.
Episode 27
Sun, Mar 28, 2021 60 mins
Lesley Stahl reports on the inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 virus led by the World Health Organization; Anderson Cooper gets access to the Boston Dynamics workshop to explore some cutting-edge machines; and Jon Wertheim tells the story of sportswriter Dave Kindred's retirement beat covering a local girl's high school basketball team and how it helped him overcome life's challenges.
Episode 28
Sun, Apr 4, 2021 60 mins
Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the chaotic vaccine rollout in Palm Beach County, Florida and investigates allegations that Governor Ron DeSantis made decisions about Covid vaccine distribution which favored wealthy and connected individuals.
Episode 29
Sun, Apr 11, 2021 60 mins
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell updates Scott Pelley on the state of the economy more than a year into the global pandemic; Bill Whitaker reports on the efforts of the scientific community and the military to prevent future pandemics; more than a decade after he recorded it and nearly five years after his death, the music of Prince still crackles with relevance.
Episode 30
Sun, Apr 18, 2021 60 mins
Sharyn Alfonsi profiles the Oath Keepers, sitting down with one chapter's members who are sharply criticizing their national leader for what happened the day of the Jan.6 attack on the Capitol.
Episode 31
Sun, Apr 25, 2021 60 mins
Attorney Keith Ellison and prosecutors Steve Schleicher and Jerry Blackwell are spotlighted.
Episode 32
Sun, May 2, 2021 60 mins
Three months into the Biden presidency, new Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks about U.S. foreign policy. Then, a shortage of semiconductors – the microchips at the core of nearly every modern device – underscores a disturbing fact: the U.S., which used to lead in this key sector, is increasingly trailing behind Asia. Last, a group of doctors and scientists who saw the pandemic coming and tried to sound the alarm tell their stories in a new book, "The Premonition," by Michael Lewis.
Episode 33
Sun, May 9, 2021 60 mins
Anderson Cooper goes inside the dramatic missions to Mars by the tiny helicopter Ingenuity and the rover Perseverance. Andy Court is the producer; Jon Wertheim tells the little-known story of the Jews who escaped the Nazis during World War II and returned to fight Hitler as part of a secret American military intelligence group trained in espionage and psychological warfare.
Episode 34
Sun, May 16, 2021 60 mins
Anderson Cooper investigates facial recognition technology; Bill Whitaker reports on how the U.S. government is formally addressing the unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs, commonly known as UFOs; and professional tennis player Rafael Nadal takes Jon Wertheim back to his hometown on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Episode 35
Sun, May 23, 2021 60 mins
Lesley Stahl reports on transgender healthcare.
Episode 36
Sun, May 30, 2021 60 mins
Threats against federal judges have risen 400 percent over the past five years, including the recent attack on a U.S. District judge's family, killing her son and wounding her husband.
Episode 37
Sun, Jun 6, 2021 60 mins
Lesley Stahl reports on the inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 virus led by the World Health Organization. It's an increasingly common and lucrative cybercrime: governments, hospitals and businesses have their data held hostage by crooks seeking a payoff. They're using a type of malware called ransomware. The FBI tells Scott Pelley the criminals could come for phones next. The wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough warns in his latest documentary that humanity has committed a crime.
Episode 38
Sun, Jun 13, 2021 60 mins
AR 15-style weapons, which have been used in the deadliest of mass shootings; the discovery in an Alabama river of the last known slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to America. Also: a profile of Olympic gymnast Simone Biles.
Episode 39
Sun, Jun 20, 2021 60 mins
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and special prosecutors Jerry Blackwell and Steve Schleicher talk about the conviction of Derek Chauvin.
Episode 40
Sun, Jun 27, 2021 60 mins
American officials working in Cuba and now China have developed serious brain injuries that they say are the result of secret, insidious attacks. Ben Ferencz, 101, is the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials after World War II. He tells Lesley Stahl in vivid detail how he prosecuted Nazi commanders for the murders of more than a million people, the largest killings outside the concentration camps.
Episode 41
Sun, Jul 4, 2021 60 mins
Bill Whitaker investigates the Russian cyberattack on the digital files of the U.S. Government and some of America's largest corporations. His epic documentaries have told the story of America through the tales of its towering figures and cultural touchstones. Scott Pelley profiles filmmaker Ken Burns. COVID cancelled Mardi Gras, but the big sound of the St. Augustine H.S. Marching Band practicing in the streets of New Orleans signals good times will return to the city.
Episode 42
Sun, Jul 11, 2021 60 mins
A prosecutor tells Scott Pelley he has strong evidence to convict Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of terrible war crimes. The world's worst nuclear disaster to clean up is in Fukushima, Japan. Seven years after a massive meltdown in the Daiichi Power Plant, Lesley Stahl reports on efforts that will depend on state-of-the-art robots. The only author to win two consecutive Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction for his novels, "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," is profiled by John Dickerson.
Episode 43
Sun, Jul 18, 2021 60 mins
More than 600,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. Scott Pelley speaks with some of the family members they left behind. Some people on the autism spectrum have conditions that preclude them from working or caring for themselves, but many have unique talents and capabilities. Anderson Cooper speaks to adults on the autism spectrum. Holly Williams reports the story of six teens who were shipwrecked on a deserted island in the South Pacific for 15 months
Episode 44
Sun, Jul 25, 2021 60 mins
Tried six times for a quadruple murder in which no fingerprints, DNA or weapon linked him to the crime, Curtis Flowers' last conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Sharyn Alfonsi speaks to him in his first television interview.
Episode 45
Sun, Aug 1, 2021 60 mins
Anderson Cooper goes inside the dramatic missions to Mars by the tiny helicopter Ingenuity and the rover Perseverance.
Episode 46
Sun, Aug 8, 2021 60 mins
U.S. servicemembers on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq describe being under the largest ballistic missile attack ever on Americans, launched by Iran in retaliation for the American drone strike that killed its most powerful general. Robotic engineers have made great leaps and strides - literally - in their attempts to make robots that can move like humans and animals.
Episode 47
Sun, Aug 15, 2021 60 mins
Sharyn Alfonsi reports on how passengers sick with COVID-19 have been allowed to mingle with unsuspecting travelers in the world's busiest airport.
Episode 48
Sun, Aug 22, 2021 60 mins
It's been 70 years since America's armed forces were integrated. Yet today, many servicemembers across all ranks experience racism reports David Martin. 60 MINUTES cameras capture the fire and fury of the world's newest volcano in the southwest of Iceland. Jon Wertheim tells the story of much-honored sportswriter Dave Kindred's retirement beat covering a local girls high school basketball team
Episode 49
Sun, Aug 29, 2021 60 mins
A shortage of semiconductors – the microchips at the core of nearly every modern device – underscores a disturbing fact: the U.S., which used to lead in this key sector, is increasingly trailing behind Asia. After years of documented sightings by U.S. service members, unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs – commonly known as UFOs – have been formally addressed by the U.S. government in an intelligence and defense report.
Episode 50
Sun, Sep 5, 2021 60 mins
Bill Whitaker reports on the efforts of the scientific community and the military to prevent future pandemics. Then, Jon Wertheim tells the little-known story of the Jews who escaped the Nazis during World War II and returned to fight Hitler as part of a secret American military intelligence group trained in espionage and psychological warfare.
Episode 51
Sun, Feb 28, 2021 60 mins
Bill Whitaker looks into why more Americans have not received a COVID vaccine and what it's going to take to get more shots in arms. Then, U.S. servicemembers on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq describe being under the largest ballistic missile attack ever on Americans. Lastly, The only author to win two consecutive Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction for his novels, "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," is profiled by John Dickerson.