Sunday, September 4, 2016
Professional hackers show Sharyn Alfonsi how easy it is to hack someone's cell phone.

Professional hackers show Sharyn Alfonsi how easy it is to hack someone's cell phone.
The U.S. has become one of the most popular places for foreigners to hide dirty money.
Halyard Health officials are denying allegations that they provided faulty surgical supplies to hospitals across the United States.
Scott Pelley shares the story of three unjustly convicted men as they describes what life is like after being on death row.
Hillary Clinton tells Scott Pelley that she will not engage in the same mudslinging as her Republican rival, Donald Trump.
Lesley Stahl sits down with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his newly announced running mate Governor Mike Pence.
One week has passed since the Orlando massacre.
Scott Pelley reports on El Faro.
Scott Pelley sits down with CIA Director John Brennan to discuss whether there could be an ISIS attack on American soil.
Morley Safer visits the more than the five thousand acres of vineyards farmed by the Antinori family in Italy. Bill Whitaker takes listeners into the secretive, illegal, and lucrative world of insider trading. And Norah O'Donnell sits down with Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Obama.
Scott Pelley follows patients in a clinical trial of a new cancer therapy with results promising enough to make the treatment a breakthrough. Bill Whitaker reports on innocent American citizens accused of espionage-related crimes as the government steps up the fight against Chinese theft of U.S. trade secrets and intellectual property.
At the height of the Ebola outbreak, 60 Minutes received a tip that a major American manufacturer had knowingly provided defective protective equipment to health care workers in the U.S. and abroad. Anderson Cooper investigates. Patrick and John Collison are among a vanguard of entrepreneurs trying to make the movement of money online as easy as sending photos or videos. The young founders of Stripe, a $5 billion payments startup, appear in a Lesley Stahl report on the burgeoning industry known ...
Ohio has been hit hard in the heroin epidemic and is taking extra measures, including drug courts, to reduce the deaths and the incarcerations caused by the drug. Bill Whitaker talks to former users and law enforcement. Congressmen rail against the tedious task of fundraising, which many feel compelled to do to raise enough money to be re-elected. Some of them have sponsored a bill to outlaw members of Congress from personally asking for donations. Norah O’Donnell reports. People who have lost l...
Lesley Stahl investigates the life insurance industry; then, Bill Whitaker reports on a disturbing pattern of neglect and excessive force at Rikers Island; and, everything is hackable -- including your phone.
Steve Kroft reports on possible Saudi support for 9/11 hijackers; Holly Williams looks at China's fast-growing film industry; Lesley Stahl profiles Harvard swimmer Schuyler Bailer, the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an NCAA Division I men's sport.
Bill Whitaker meets some of the people behind the popular organization that grants the wishes of seriously ill children; Then, Scott Pelley meets nurse practitioners who are providing badly needed health care to the uninsured, working poor in Appalachia; and, Charlie Rose reports on new club for billionaires.
Scott Pelley reports on the making of a Smithsonian museum dedicated to African-American history and culture. Morley Safer takes a look at how the fashion business is rescuing Italy's most iconic sites, such as The Colosseum in Rome. Lara Logan brings listeners to the Sagrada Familia, a church in Spain that has become the longest running architectural project on Earth.
The United States is becoming known as a go-to place for crooked foreigners, like corrupt officials, to launder their ill-gotten money. When non-profit watchdog Global Witness wanted to see how easy it was to move questionable funds, they sent their investigator posing as a representative of a fictitious African government minister into the offices of American lawyers to see if they would be willing to assist. Steve Kroft reports. Sharyn Alfonsi goes to the top of the world to report on scientis...
Economic espionage sponsored by the Chinese government is costing U.S. corporations money and jobs; then, Sean Penn on his controversial meeting with the drug kingpin known as "El Chapo"; and Los Angeles is the only megacity in the world where mountain lions live side-by-side with humans
Bill Whitaker reports from inside the Syrian base where Russia is launching air strikes in support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad; Scott Pelley interviews three people who were unjustly imprisoned; Charlie Rose takes a look at the Broadway musical "Hamilton".
Correspondent Lesley Stahl investigates the controversial use of young, small-time drug dealers as untrained undercover informants in the war on drugs. And correspondent Anderson Cooper reports on bonobos, a unique species of great apes that live in female-dominated groups.
Alan Gross tells correspondent Scott Pelley about his five years as a prisoner in Cuba and his activities that led up to his arrest in his first interview. Correspondent Bill Whitaker examines the execution of Joseph Wood, who died by lethal injection after nearly two hours, and the drugs being used in the procedure. And correspondent Anderson Cooper visits the Eiger of the Swiss Alps to witness a new breed of daredevil, plunging down mountains instead of climbing them.
Correspondent Scott Pelley takes a look at Aaron Alexis, who hunted employees in a U.S. Naval office in 2013, and how he was granted a U.S. government security clearance. Correspondent Lesley Stahl visits the Large Hadron Collider, a machine hundreds of feet beneath Switzerland and France, that smashes subatomic particles together. And correspondent Charlie Rose reports on "Hamilton", a Broadway musical about the life and times of founding father Alexander Hamilton and his contemporaries.
Correspondent Bill Whitaker heads to Columbus, Ohio to examine the heroin epidemic in suburban America. Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports on smart guns, firearms that only work when they're fired by their owner. And correspondent Scott Pelley reports on Lonnie Bunch, the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and his mission to launch the institution with the remains of a slave ship.
Correspondent Norah O'Donnell interviews Vice President Joe Biden about his decision not to run, his thoughts about Hillary Clinton, the Republicans and how his son's death affected his family and his decision. Correspondent David Martin takes "60 Minutes" inside the air war against ISIS, visiting the Middle East command center. And correspondent Bill Whitaker goes to the Burmese capital of Naypyidaw, with grandiose buildings, deserted ten-lane highways; and most bizarre, almost no people....
Correspondent Steve Kroft interviews President Barack Obama about politics, Putin, Trump, Hillary's e-mails and a lot more. And correspondent Bill Whitaker examines the case of Glenn Ford, who spent 30 years on death row before being exonerated.
Lara Logan reports on the persecution of Iraq's Christians by ISIS; then, Ohio HS coach Frank Hall talks with Scott Pelley about the school shooting he helped stop; and, meet the former gymnast who created the popular CrossFit workout.
Steve Kroft investigates North Korea's cyberattack on Sony Pictures; then, Norah O'Donnell interviews the archbishop of Boston; and, Anderson Cooper discovers what it's like to be "in the moment".
Scott Pelley reports on the 2013 sarin gas attack in Syria; Lesley Stahl profiles retired Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn; and Bill Whitaker profiles Misty Copeland, an unlikely ballerina.
Scott Pelley reports on what can happen when insurance companies deny the mentally ill the treatment their doctors prescribe; and, David Martin gives viewers a rare look at a branch of the U.S. Air Force called Space Command.