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Jesse Cole says he sold his house and emptied his savings to create the Savannah Bananas. When the team's name was announced, people booed and called it an embarrassment to the city. Today, the team is selling out Major League Baseball (MLB) stadiums, including Fenway Park. With clips of dances going viral, the Bananas now have more TikTok followers than all 12 of last year's MLB playoff teams combined. https://lnkd.in/eav96P-s #60Minutes #SavannahBananans #BananaBall #MLB

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes the war could escalate into a world war: “If we do not stand firm, [Putin] will advance further. It is not just idle speculation; the threat is real. Putin's ultimate goal is to revive the Russian Empire and reclaim territories currently under NATO protection.” The president faces a critical moment in his alliance with the United States. In an interview this past Friday, Zelenskyy invited President Trump to Ukraine to see how Russia's unprovoked invasion, three years ago, continues to threaten the peace of the Western world. Zelenskyy is navigating a sharp turnabout in Washington. The United States had been leading NATO in arming Ukraine and isolating Russia, but since taking office, President Trump has praised the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and criticized Zelenskyy. This past Friday, a Trump official met Putin in Russia at about the same time we sat down with Zelenskyy in his hometown. https://lnkd.in/epeGYcay #60Minutes #Zelenskyy #Ukraine

How do tariffs work? President Trump says, “A tariff is a tax on a foreign country,” but most importers or economists will tell you that’s not how it works. Tariffs are not a tax on a foreign country. The tax is paid by the importer in the United States. For example, Walmart imports goods from China, and when those goods cross into the United States, Walmart pays the tariff. If Walmart decides to pass the cost to consumers, then, you paid the tariff — not China. https://lnkd.in/ed97kyrW #60Minutes #Tariffs

Tests revealed arsenic in Lynn McIntyre's home, which survived the Palisades wildfire. Lead levels 22 times higher than what the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers safe were also discovered. McIntyre’s insurance company says it will not cover cleanup costs because the damage to her home does not constitute a “direct physical loss.” She is now living in an apartment out of town, anticipating that the road home will be long. https://lnkd.in/ejMHYvuN #60Minutes #wildfire #Palisades

Launched in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, Voice of America has been effectively shut down after President Donald Trump signed an executive order. The White House claims the U.S.-funded broadcaster is “radical propaganda.” https://lnkd.in/edfASZyG #VOA #VoiceofAmerica #Journalism #News

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on veterans' invisible wounds, the previously unknown brain injuries suffered by those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. What is remarkable about these injuries is that they were not caused by large blasts from roadside bombs. New research suggests the troops were wounded by repeated, low-level, blast pressure from their own weapons. One of those injured fighters was Ryan Larkin, an elite Navy SEAL who joined right out of high school and served in four combat deployments before severe depression led him to take his own life. "This was so disturbing because here he was a highly revered and decorated SEAL operator that suddenly is coming apart at the seams," Ryan's father, Frank Larkin, said. https://lnkd.in/eBEj8C8a #60Minutes #InvisibleWounds #MilitaryMentalHealth #Veterans

CBS News history takes the Broadway stage In March 1954, Edward R. Murrow and a team of CBS News journalists sat in a dark screening room. The mood was tense. They watched an almost-final cut of an upcoming episode of their show, "See It Now," that would take direct aim at Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who had whipped up anti-communist hysteria in America. The staff was nervous to put it on the air. Murrow told them, "The terror is right here in this room. No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." On March 9, 1954, Murrow and his team made history. In the final monologue of their broadcast, Murrow spoke directly to the camera and said these now-famous words. "We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our own history and our doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men." Hollywood actor George Clooney will make his Broadway debut this month playing Murrow in the theatrical adaptation of "Good Night, and Good Luck," the 2005 film he co-wrote and directed about the Murrow and McCarthy saga. https://lnkd.in/ep9S-Wap #Broadway #60Minutes

Creating fake permits and lock-picking: What Herzog teaches his film students Last September, 60 Minutes joined Herzog as he taught aspiring filmmakers on the Spanish island of La Palma off the west coast of Africa; it's covered in volcanic rock and ash from an eruption three years ago. It's an 11-day workshop, which he refers to as a "film school for rogues," that's less about the fundamentals of filming, and more about poetic vision and grit. "For the rogues, I also say, 'You are able-bodied. Earn money to finance your first films. But don't earn it with clerical works in an office,'" Herzog said. "Go out and work as a bouncer in a sex club. Work as a warden in a lunatic asylum. Go out to a cattle ranch and, and learn how to milk a cow. Earn your money that way, in real life." "You do not become a poet by being in a college," he said. He teaches his "rogues" how to forge a shooting permit — something Herzog said he's done himself. "And I teach lock picking. You…have to be good at that," he said. Herzog also advises his "rogues" to carry bolt cutters everywhere. "It's not for the faint-hearted," he said. https://lnkd.in/ePu4in4T #60Minutes #Filmmaker #Documentary #FilmSchool

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Bill Whitaker reports on drone incursions that have pierced the skies above significant military and infrastructure sites around the United States over the last six years. No one seems to know where the aircraft are coming from or who is operating them, including three four-star generals, a senior member of Congress, and a Biden White House senior administration official that 60 Minutes spoke with. "We should be concerned that we don't know what these are," said Gen. Glen VanHerck, the former chief of NORAD and NORTHCOM, the agencies that protect U.S. airspace. "And the question that needs to be asked is 'Why don't we know what these are?' And I think you'll see that there are gaps in capability, there are gaps in policy, and there are gaps in law that need to be addressed." One of the most significant recent drone incursions happened in December 2023, when dozens of what the military calls unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, invaded the skies above Langley Air Force Base in Virginia over 17 nights. The incursions were so persistent, the Air Force moved some of the F-22s stationed at Langley to a nearby air base to protect them from being damaged. The nightly incursions at Langley were just one of many recent brazen drone swarms over military sites. https://lnkd.in/eA8Dum8j #60Minutes #Drones

Last year, a group of musicians auditioned and were chosen for the opportunity of their young lives: playing a concert with "The President's Own," the United States Marine Corps Band. The teens were all part of Equity Arc, a nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and support for young musicians of color, and the concert was set for this coming May. But last month, that opportunity was taken away. An executive order signed by President Trump banned programs for diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the federal government and military. When the president's orders rendered the "President's Own" unable to perform with the students, a group of veteran military musicians answered Equity Arc's call to step in. Retirees from the bands of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, Westpoint, and the Naval Academy got together last weekend to mentor the students of Equity Arc. 60 Minutes brought the teens to Washington to ask about the canceled concert — and they answered in song. The set list was similar to the one they would have performed with "The President's Own" in May. Here is that performance in full: https://lnkd.in/esccNePn #MarineBand #60Minutes #Musicians