9/18/2022: President Biden, Ebrahim Raisi
President Joe Biden discusses inflation, Russia's war on Ukraine, U.S.-China tensions, the midterm elections and more; Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

President Joe Biden discusses inflation, Russia's war on Ukraine, U.S.-China tensions, the midterm elections and more; Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
Bill Whitaker takes a hard look at the U.S. electric grid – the largest machine in the history of the world, a hodgepodge of public and privately-owned companies cobbled together over generations – so essential to daily life that we literally couldn’t live without it. 60 MINUTES’ investigation into the threats facing the grid, from cyber-attacks to sabotage and physical assaults, are eye-opening and not reassuring. What’s more, no U.S. government agency, not even the Department of Energy, is tru...
On this edition of “60 Minutes,” Scott Pelley on the data mining operation in Europe trying to uncover and detail the war crimes in Ukraine committed by Russian forces. Anderson Cooper meets Justice Defenders, who are training 100’s of prison inmates to be paralegals and even get law degrees so they can help others get fair hearings. The results have been astounding! In Russia, ballet has always been entwined with politics. When Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian artists opposed to the war were lef...
On this edition of “60 Minutes,” Lesley Stahl speaks with parents of service members killed in training, and reports on why so many vehicle training accidents occur in the U.S. armed forces. Jon Wertheim takes us to a remote Canadian island that is trying to reinvent itself. Sharyn Alfonsi speaks with Jacob Smith, the first legally blind person to ski the Big Couloir.
On this edition of “60 Minutes,” Bill Whitaker investigates Deepfake technology which has come a long way in a short amount of time. Just how will it disrupt industries, society, and our perception of what’s real? Chinese dissident artist Badiucao talks with Jon Wertheim about criticizing the Chinese regime and his life in exile. Sharyn Alfonsi learned breathing techniques from free diving champion Alexey Molchanov.
Scott Pelley sits down with Reality Winner, who say she leaked classified information to serve the American people. Bill Whitaker looks at a chain of islands that turned disaster into hope. Anderson Cooper profiles Laurie Anderson, taking you inside the artist's exhibition on display at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum.
On this edition of “60 Minutes,” Scott Pelley investigates U.S. government officials reporting mysterious brain injuries. Bill Whitaker looks into wildfires raging through California.
Why do so many Russian oligarchs live in the UK? Bill Whitaker has that story. Sharyn Alfonsi investigates how one country went from democracy to dictatorship in one generation. Lesley Stahl sits down with comedian Trevor Noah about what he thinks is the secret to his success.
On this edition of "60 Minutes," Jon Wertheim talks with two men trying to end the longest running oil spill in U.S. history, spanning almost two decades. Anderson Cooper investigates the brutal past of Canada’s “residential school system.” Scott Pelley reports on the science behind what makes people heroic.
Following the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Scott Pelley revisits a 2018 report on AR-15-style weapons with rounds causing such devastating and often lethal wounds that first responders and emergency rooms are changing their protocols and preparing for the worst. Bill Whitaker reports on the longest-running cattle drive in America, begun 125 years ago and carried on today by the descendants of the original drivers. Anderson Cooper takes a look at the gardens of the Roman e...
On this episode of "60 Minutes," Leslie Stahl talks with the Miller family, who purchased a large house for family celebrations. Little did they know that property had a secret. Scott Pelley on the data mining operation in Europe trying to uncover and detail the war crimes in Ukraine committed by Russian forces.
On this Mother's Day edition of "60 Minutes" Wisconsin’s rate of adolescent self- harm and attempted suicide increased by nearly 200% since 2019. Sharyn Alfonsi speaks with families who’ve been impacted, and with doctors and therapists trying to make child mental health care more accessible. In his first interview before his book about his time in the Trump administration is published, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks with Norah O’Donnell. They discuss previously unreported events f...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells Scott Pelley “human values” are on the line and the war with Russia is entering a “new wave.” Sharyn Alfonsi reports from El Salvador, where one tiny town has become a great experiment for cryptocurrency.
Is it possible to speak with a Holocaust survivor who passed away years ago? With the help of artificial intelligence, Lesley Stahl finds out. Norah O'Donnell sits down with Dave Isay, founder of the "One Small Step" program. He hopes to bridge the political divide.
Head of the CDC Dr. Rochelle Walensky is cautiously optimistic that the U.S. may be entering a new phase of the pandemic and says “we have to be vigilant.” Scott Pelley reports from a getaway to and from the war in Ukraine. And legally blind Jacob Smith is shredding up the ski slopes.
On this week's "60 Minutes," as tensions with Russia intensify, Bill Whitaker investigates threats to the U.S. electric grid. Lesley Stahl reports on Americans unjustly imprisoned abroad by foreign governments with whom the U.S. has thorny relations. Jon Wertheim reports on a new threat faced by local newsrooms.
On this week's "60 Minutes," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells Lesley Stahl that Ukraine is not signaling abandonment of NATO plans. High-ranking Homeland Security officials in the Trump administration say they were overcome with feelings of vertigo, confusion and memory loss while on White House grounds and in their Washington, D.C.-area homes. The incidents and symptoms they describe are similar to the "Havana Syndrome" that has been reported by American diplomats in foreign countries since...
On this week's "60 Minutes Presents," Europe's wine industry being altered by climate change. Lesley Stahl reports. British pubs were on the decline before COVID-19 and the pandemic looked to be last call for these cornerstones of British community life. But as the pandemic winds down and England reopens, the British are realizing just how much they missed their locals. Jon Wertheim tells us more.
On this week's "60 Minutes," there's an ongoing problem with military service members. As Lesley Stahl reports, they are being killed -- not in combat -- but in vehicular accidents during training. Covid hospitalizations and staff shortages are pushing healthcare workers to to the brink. Sharyn Alfonsi reports. Last year, when archaeologists detected what they believed to be 200 unmarked graves at an old school in Canada, it brought new attention to one of the most shameful chapters of that nati...
On this week's "60 Minutes Presents," The Ritchie Boys. The Ritchie Boys were members of a secret U.S. military group whose mastery of German language and culture helped them provide battlefield intelligence that proved pivotal to the Allies’ victory. Jon Wertheim.
On December 10, one tornado generated winds as high as 190 miles per hour and left a path of devastation more than 165 miles long across Kentucky. Scott Pelley reports from Kentucky, By some estimates, more than half the impoverished, rural residents in one Alabama county have raw sewage running onto their property. One community advocate is turning the spotlight on this long-standing public health crisis. Bill Whitaker tells us more. "The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah grew up in South Africa dur...
On this week's "60 Minutes," Sharyn Alfonsi reports from Afghanistan where one of the worst humanitarian crisis' is happening. Scott Pelley tells us about the 10-billion dollar Webb Telescope, that NASA hopes will reveal the mysteries of the universe. Finally, Jon Wertheim travels to Fogo Island, where visitors feel like they have stepped into the 18th century.
On this week's "60 Minutes," Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is speaking out against a new Missouri law meant to protect the rights of the state's gun owners. He and a number of Missouri police, sheriffs, and prosecutors say the Second Amendment Preservation Act makes law enforcement think twice about cooperating with agencies like the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, to investigate crimes involving guns. Norah O'Donnell reports. A Louisiana firm has developed a ground-breaking c...
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 imprisoned men who were planning to oppose Ortega in next week's elections. Lesley Stahl reports on a group of architects inspired by a project in Rwanda to create a new model of design. And in an interview with Anderson Cooper, world-renowned author Yuval Harari warns humans will b...
On this week's "60 Minutes," Anderson Cooper talks to former defense secretary and CIA head Robert Gates, who touched on several other topics -- including the rise of China and the limits of America's military. Bill Whitaker reports on the Green River Drift, where ranchers push thousands of cows along the same 70-mile route their ancestors pioneered 125 years ago. And Jon Wertheim travels to Great Britain to report on the future of England's pubs -- after the coronavirus pandemic closed them to ...
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 Biden Administration estimates “somewhere between 1,000–1,500, maybe more,” of the children separated from families during the Trump Administration remain apart. Sharyn Alfonsi reports, Finally, Jon Wertheim's report on Deep Springs College, where a select group of students labo...
This week marks the 54th season premier of "60 Minutes, and 20 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2021. Firefighters who were at the World Trade Center that day share their stories with Scott Pelley.
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 intelligence on the Western Front during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal. Jon Wertheim has their story.
On this week's "60 Minutes." David Martin reports on the new efforts being put forth to address inequality in the military, this time under the watch of the country’s first Black secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin. Renowned sportswriter Dave Kindred has covered the biggest moments and brightest stars in sports for more than half a century, but now he tells Jon Wertheim he has found his most fulfilling work: writing about girls high school hoops in central Illinois. And a new volcano has erupted ...
On this week's "60 Minutes," after passengers on the Costa Luminosa cruise ship fell ill with COVID-19 in March 2020, Americans were flown to Atlanta after reaching Europe. Passengers say what happened next was nothing short of a nightmare -- Sharyn Alfonsi reports. In 46 prisons across Kenya and Uganda, the Justice Defenders organization is training hundreds of inmates, many of whom don't have their own lawyer, to become paralegals and attorneys -- Anderson Cooper has the story. Companies are a...