Airdate: 11/16/08 In his first interview since the election, President-elect Barack Obama -- the 44th President of the United States -- talks with Steve Kroft about the challenges he'll face on his first day in office, including a crumbling economy and two wars. In part two of this DVD, Barack and Michelle Obama discuss the prospect and challenges of raising their daughters (and the dog) in the ...
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How does a poor girl from Uganda wind up at a college in New England? Bob Simon tells the surprising and inspiring story of a girl named Beatrice, who made it out of her tiny village and into a school in America -- thanks to a goat from an Arkansas charity called Heifer International.
Airdate: 08/31/08 When Sen. Barack Obama accepted the nomination as the democratic candidate for the presidency, more Americans saw his speech than watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics. In their first interview together as running mates, Sen. Obama and his vice-presidential choice, Sen. Joseph Biden, discuss their roles and strategies for the upcoming presidential election. And Sen. Obama ...
Airdate 11/11/07 The babies of the baby-boomers are now in the workforce, and they're not playing by the old rules. They are tech savvy; they multitask with ease; and they don't plan to stay long on a job that doesn't quickly recognize their unique talents. They want a job that deserves them, and not vice versa. It's an attitude that's turning corporate America inside out to figure out how to ...
Airdate 11/9/2008 Where do our millions of cast-off computer monitors, cell phones, and other electronic refuse end up? In this investigative report, Scott Pelley finds that some of it is shipped illegally from the United States to China, where toxic "e-waste" is harming both the environment and the desperate people who salvage its valuable components.This product is ...
Airdate: 02/17/08 Who's the world's most precocious conductor? It's got to be Gustavo Dudamel, that shaggy haired prodigy from Venezuela who has become classical music's newest rock star. Aside from the hair, the first thing you might notice about Dudamel is the joy, the exuberance, the passion, and the sheer energy with which he leads the orchestra. Bob Simon reports.This product is ...
Airdate: 10/26/08 Steve Kroft digs deeper into the unregulated financial instruments called "credit default swaps" that have had such a huge role in the country's economic downturn. These swaps started out as a way for bondholders to insure against loan defaults, but became a floating game of craps in which it wasn't necessary to own the bonds in order to buy the swaps on them. In other ...
Airdate: 11/02/08 People who are completely paralyzed used to be considered "locked in" -- unable to move or to communicate in any way. Now, new technology allows a computer to be directly linked to their brain, allowing them to express their thoughts and needs. If such technology allows them to express themselves, can it one day get them mobile again? Scott Pelley reports on this great merging ...
Airdate: 10/14/07 Dubai is a Middle East success story, an island of stability and prosperity in a region torn by conflict. In less than a decade, Dubai has gone from desert to metropolis, with $300 billion worth of construction projects including luxury hotels and some of the world's tallest buildings. It is all the vision of one endlessly ambitious man: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, ...
Airdate: 3/4/07 - David Walker says: beware, the end is near, but he is neither a nut nor a prophet. Walker is the Comptroller General of the United States, and his job is to audit the country's books. Walker predicts that unless the U.S. changes its fiscal course, it could go bankrupt when its 78 million baby boomers become eligible for Social Security and Medicare. The nation's chief accountant ...
