Military members promised student debt relief in exchange for ten years of public service say promise is often broken
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program was meant to erase student loan debt for borrowers who spent a decade as public servants. But the program has come up woefully short for members of the military. Lesley Stahl reports.
cbsnews.comMilitary borrowers express frustration over Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program was meant to wipe clean students' debt in return for a decade of public service. But in practice, a group of military lawyers tell Lesley Stahl they got lost in a maze of bureaucracy. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.
cbsnews.comChip shortage highlights U.S. dependence on fragile supply chain
Seventy-five percent of semiconductors, or microchips — the tiny operating brains in just about every modern device — are manufactured in Asia. Lesley Stahl talks with leading-edge chip manufacturers, TSMC and Intel, about the global chip shortage and the future of the industry.
cbsnews.comChip shortage highlights U.S. dependence on fragile supply chain
Seventy-five percent of semiconductors, or microchips -- the tiny operating brains in just about every modern device, are manufactured in Asia. Lesley Stahl talks with leading-edge chip manufacturers, TSMC and Intel, about the global chip shortage and the future of the industry.
cbsnews.comMark Liu, chairman of TSMC, the world's most advanced chipmaker, gives first TV interview to 60 Minutes
The demand for microchips in the U.S. is growing, but fewer and fewer are being manufactured domestically. Sunday, on 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl reports on the global shortage of chips and speaks with Pat Gelsinger, the new CEO of Intel, and Mark Liu, Chairman of TSMC, the Taiwanese company leading the world in advanced chip production.
cbsnews.com"Sunday Morning" Full Episode 4/11
Hosted by Lee Cowan. In our cover story, Erin Moriarty reports on the Sackler family, whose name has become a controversial flashpoint in the opioid epidemic. Also: John Dickerson sits down with former House Speaker John Boehner, who has written a scorching memoir, "On the House"; Mark Whitaker interviews documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about their PBS series on Ernest Hemingway; Lesley Stahl talks with Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty about her new biography of first lady Nancy Reagan; Michelle Miller interviews Jamie Foxx and his daughter, Corinne, who are collaborating on a new Netflix comedy series, "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!"; and Mark Phillips looks back on the life of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died this week at age 99.
cbsnews.comThe devotion of Nancy Reagan
Throughout their 52-year marriage, Nancy Reagan was President Ronald Reagan's staunchest supporter. But one of the great mysteries is that a woman who was so attuned to and protective of her husband's public image could be unaware of her own. "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl talks with Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty, author of the new book "The Triumph of Nancy Reagan," and with former Reagan White House chief of staff James Baker, about the complicated persona of the woman who had the most significant influence on President Reagan.
cbsnews.comWashington Post editor Marty Baron on our nation's "wake-up call"
The retiring leader of the Washington Post's newsroom talks with "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl about the changing world of newspapers; how Jeff Bezos' purchase of the Post reinvigorated the paper; and how events of the past several years have shined a light on the fragility of democratic institutions and the importance of a free press.
cbsnews.com"Chibok Girls" update: Survivors of Boko Haram kidnapping receive medical care in New York
In Nigeria, Lesley Stahl met a group of young women who had been kidnapped, held captive and abused for years by the terrorist group Boko Haram. After being freed, the women continued their education and therapy at a special school designed for them at the American University of Nigeria. A few weeks ago, Grace and her fellow student Rebecca Mallum arrived in New York for specialized medical care for their injuries. On Wednesday, Grace had orthopedic surgery, which doctors hope will help her walk again without a cane. Watch the full report, "The Chibok Girls" which aired February 17, 2019, below.
cbsnews.comQAnon's corrosive impact on the U.S.
There's a new one that March 4th-- March 4th is the day that President Trump is gonna return. Neumann resigned in April because, she says, President Trump kept pouring fuel on the rising threat of homegrown extremism. Former President Trump in White House Briefing: I don't know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much. Joel Finkelstein: QAnon doesn't describe itself as a game but it has all the hallmarks of being an alternative reality game. In Ohio, Pastor Kubilus started a podcast to reach out to those impacted by QAnon- after discovering adherents in his own family.
cbsnews.comQAnon's corrosive impact on the U.S.
There's a new one that March 4th-- March 4th is the day that President Trump is gonna return. Neumann resigned in April because, she says, President Trump kept pouring fuel on the rising threat of homegrown extremism. Former President Trump in White House Briefing: I don't know much about the movement other than I understand they like me very much. Joel Finkelstein: QAnon doesn't describe itself as a game but it has all the hallmarks of being an alternative reality game. In Ohio, Pastor Kubilus started a podcast to reach out to those impacted by QAnon- after discovering adherents in his own family.
cbsnews.com'60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewers
FILE - "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl poses for a photo in her office at the "60 Minutes" offices, in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. It's not the first time that's been said about “60 Minutes” since its 1968 debut. After executive producer Bill Owens turned the show primarily over to COVID-19 coverage last spring, “60 Minutes” has returned to its traditional format while being focused on being timely. “60 Minutes” this fall has featured interviews with fired government cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs, former President Barack Obama and poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Original executive producer Don Hewitt often ran “60 Minutes” as an island unto itself.
If Trump wanted people to avoid '60 Minutes,' it didn't work
Behind the World Series, Fox was the most popular broadcast network in prime time, averaging 8.2 million viewers. NBC had 5.8 million viewers, ABC had 4.6 million, CBS had 4.4 million, Ion Television had 1.2 million, Univision had 1.1 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 620,000. ABC's “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.6 million viewers. NBC's “Nightly News” had 7.2 million viewers and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.3 million. World Series, Game 3: L.A. Dodgers vs. Tampa Bay, Fox, 8.16 million.
Trump posts unedited '60 Minutes' interview before it airs
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Gastonia, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump posted his full, unedited interview with “60 Minutes” on Facebook before the show’s scheduled Sunday broadcast. “Look at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS,” Trump wrote Thursday as he tweeted the Facebook link. As Stahl comments at one point that Trump is offering attack after attack, Trump responds: “It's not attack, it's defense. At the end of the nearly 40 minutes, Trump complained: “Are you ready for tough questions. “60 MINUTES,” it continued, "is widely respected for bringing its hallmark fairness, deep reporting and informative context to viewers each week.
The Latest: Trump tells rally about '60 Minutes' interview
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):7:50 p.m.President Donald Trump is keeping up a public feud with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl, who he says took him too seriously after he pleaded for suburban women to love him. Stahl interviewed Trump at the White House on Tuesday for Sunday’s edition of the news magazine. Addressing a campaign rally Wednesday in Gastonia, North Carolina, Trump says Stahl pressed him on his plea for love from suburban women, many of whom have turned away from the president. ___HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE:President Donald Trump was campaigning in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Wednesday night. His Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, dispatched his ex-boss, former President Barack Obama, to make a pitch for him in Philadelphia.
Trump tends to his electoral map, Biden eyes Obama boost
It comes a day after Trump, trailing in polls in many battleground states, stopped in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Trump was bound for North Carolina on Wednesday as he delivers what his campaign sees as his closing message. “This is an election between a Trump super recovery and a Biden depression," the president said in Erie, Pennsylvania. Before leaving the White House for Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Trump taped part of an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that apparently ended acrimoniously. Also trailing in fundraising for campaign ads, Trump is increasingly relying on his signature campaign rallies to maximize turnout among his GOP base.
William Small, 'hero to journalism' at CBS, NBC, dies at 93
Small, who led CBS News' Washington coverage during the civil rights movement, Vietnam War and Watergate and was later president of NBC News and United Press International, died Sunday, CBS News said. Impressed by Small's work in Louisville, CBS executives hired him in 1962 to be assistant news director of the network's Washington bureau. Small didn't leave the bureau for four days, from the shooting to the burial, he told The Associated Press in 2013. Small defected to NBC in 1979, becoming president of the network's news division and hiring away several CBS reporters, including Mudd and Marvin Kalb. In 2014, the organization honored Small with its lifetime achievement award.
Virus tests Lesley Stahl and CBS' '60 Minutes' on, off air
This image released by CBS News shows "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl. At the same time, “60 Minutes” has dove into a breaking news story in ways that it seldom has before. She wasn't alone with coronavirus at “60 Minutes.” Owens declined to say how many others had it, but said everyone was well now. “60 Minutes” is no stranger to news, and became more topical when Jeff Fager replaced original producer Don Hewitt. Traditionally, “60 Minutes” essentially shuts down at the end of May for vacations and to prepare for next season's stories.
'60 Minutes' correspondent Stahl says she fought coronavirus
NEW YORK – CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl said Sunday that she's finally feeling well after a battle with COVID-19 that left her hospitalized for a week. She joined “60 Minutes” in March 1991, and before that was moderator of the Sunday talk show “Face the Nation” and a Washington correspondent. Stahl said there was a cluster of “60 Minutes” employees with the virus. 60 Minutes declined to name the hospital involved. CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Brooke Baldwin have tested positive, the former continuing his prime-time show while fighting symptoms.