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Bill Whitaker
2 years
As you watch @60Minutes tonight, you might notice something a little different - @LesleyRStahl is introducing my piece. I, like millions of Americans, have tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, my symptoms have been mild. Thank you Lesley for helping out tonight.
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People are quitting jobs at an unprecedented rate and some are simply taking a “time out” from work entirely. Bill Whitaker reports on what some are calling the "Great Resignation," Sunday.
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2 years
The midterm elections are already underway. Why is the 2020 election still at the center of a political battle in Wisconsin? My report, from tonight’s @60Minutes .
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4 years
While the world awaits a vaccine, scientists and doctors are finding COVID-19 survivors whose plasma have virus-killing antibodies 10 to 50 times greater than other donors. Tune in tonight @60Minutes for an in-depth look at a promising plasma treatment.
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Bill Whitaker
6 years
Honored to receive the Bloomfield College Presidential medal of excellence. For the past 150 years, this college has had an amazing record lifting students up the economic ladder
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6 years
President Obama’s cyber czar says it’s possible the U.S. government “did not detect all of the potential Russian activity” that targeted state election systems in 2016
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8 years
He got lost in Calcutta when he was 5 years old. 25 years later, he found his family, with the help of Google Earth
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5 years
Last year, I presented @mariaressa with the Gwen Ifill @pressfreedom Award. This Sunday, we'll air our profile of her for @60Minutes
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4 years
In the birthplace of American democracy, Philadelphia, election officials performing their civic duty of counting ballots are recieving death threats. Tune in tonight.
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60 Minutes
4 years
Tonight on 60 Minutes, Bill Whitaker reports from Pennsylvania:
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Bill Whitaker
6 years
The Jennifer Lawrence you don’t usually see in the movies, Sunday on @60Minutes
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6 years
Fishing with Jennifer Lawrence. Catch the interview this Sunday on @60Minutes
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3 years
Last week, the CDC declared that racism is a serious public health threat in America. Tonight @60Minutes , we report on how discrimination has resulted in Black Americans being prone to more serious disease.
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6 years
The opioid epidemic has touched many families in America. Tonight, we meet children who have been neglected by addicted parents and their grandparents who are putting off retirement to rescue their grandchildren from dangerous situations
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6 years
Jennifer Lawrence wanted to be a movie star since she was 14. This is how she did it
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3 years
The Southwest is reeling from two decades of historically severe drought. We visited a dwindling Colorado River reservoir where water levels are down 50 feet this year alone. Find out what that means for the country, tonight, on @60Minutes .
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Bill Whitaker
9 years
Bob Simon: what a voice, what a writer, what a loss.
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3 years
This past July a gunman shot and killed Judge Esther Salas’ son Daniel. The gunman had been aiming for her and he had other jurists in his sights. Is it time to provide protection for federal judges? Tune in tonight @60Minutes .
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Bill Whitaker
9 years
Backstage with @Mistyonpointe ! Find out how she is changing the world of ballet: http://t.co/YsTWf3IyJg http://t.co/vlv67BDzqk
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4 years
This past week, the Trump administration placed a hold on a ban on TikTok ... for now. Tonight on @60Minutes we look at why national security experts and politicians view the Chinese-owned app as a threat for the U.S.
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60 MINUTES HAS REPORTED ON THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC FOR SEVERAL YEARS—INTERVIEWING GOVERNMENT WHISTLEBLOWERS, DOCTORS, AND AMERICANS WHO’VE GROWN DEPENDENT ON THE POWERFUL PAIN PILLS. WE HAVE NOT HAD A HIGH-RANKING PHARMACEUTICAL EXECUTIVE SIT BEFORE OUR CAMERAS ... UNTIL TONIGHT.
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3 years
The fallout from a far-reaching Russian cyberattack last year is ongoing. How did the hackers infect 18,000 private and U.S. government computer networks? Tune in tonight @60Minutes .
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4 years
In the cradle of our democracy, a contentious legal battle is being fought over one of the most basic rights in a democracy: the right to vote. Tune in tonight @60Minutes .
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9 years
The short-lived freedom, and the battle for compensation, of a man who was exonerated after 30 years on death row: http://t.co/idmkRmb56E
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7 years
In a joint @60Minutes - @WashingtonPost investigation, two DEA whistleblowers reveal how the biggest case the agency ever built against a drug company hit a brick wall in D.C.
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8 years
Her radical kidnappers found out the hard way, you don't mess with Mary Quin @60Minutes
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8 years
Great to be part of another big night for @60Minutes at the @newsemmys
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Bill Whitaker
6 years
Interesting conversation with @AprilDRyan at the Baltimore Book Fest today
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Baltimore Book Fest
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“If you’re an author when you come to Baltimore, you have to go to the @prattlibrary . And you have to come to the #BmoreBookFest .” Thanks for the love @AprilDRyan !
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7 years
Tonight on @60Minutes , find out how DEA investigators had their wings clipped at the height of the opioid crisis.
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8 years
In his "fourth quarter" of life, Denzel says he's focused on a project more important to him than any work he's done
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6 years
Far, far away from home!
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4 years
The fast-acting and addictive opioid, fentanyl, has seen an explosion of prescriptions due to the seedy sales practice adopted by a pharmaceutical company. Tune in tonight @60Minutes to see our year long investigation of the opioid playbook.
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7 years
How hundreds of millions of pain pills made their way to American towns -- and helped fuel the current opioid crisis
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Bill Whitaker
8 years
How did 271 pieces of Picasso's art wind up in the hands of the master's electrician? Find out tonight on @60Minutes
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8 years
Oklahoma has been hit with thousands of earthquakes since 2009. Find out what's giving Oklahoma the shakes, tonight on @60Minutes
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Bill Whitaker
9 years
We dropped in on a Hollywood scoring session for JJ Abrams’ @StarWars : #TheForceAwakens :
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Bill Whitaker
6 years
I've crawled through El Chapo's escape passageways, tunneled through a villa buried by Mt Vesuvius and hiked through the NY subway system. They were child's play compared to the South African mine I descend tonight. @60Minutes
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5 years
Sunday @60Minutes : We meet the first family of bronc riding - the Wrights. They are a force of nature.
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Bill Whitaker
8 years
In a remote part of Tanzania, we found the largest extended family we've ever seen
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Bill Whitaker
4 years
Is the fear of COVID-19 a good reason for Americans to be able to mail in their ballots? On tonight’s @60Minutes , we ask the Trump campaign about that question and about the president’s recent comments on voting by mail.
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4 years
That’s a wrap. Thanks for tuning in. #DemDebate
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Bill Whitaker
4 years
Rest In Peace John Lewis, Rest In Peace.
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8 years
A glimpse into life at the largest Syrian refugee camp in the Middle East. Watch tonight on @60Minutes
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Bill Whitaker
6 years
Honored to share this award with my colleagues at @60Minutes and the @WashingtonPost
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Tom Watson
6 years
For their landmark reporting on the opioid epidemic and corporate malfeasance, @BillWhitakerCBS and team from @60Minutes and @washingtonpost receives broadcast prize. #hillman2018
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Bill Whitaker
6 years
Happy to participate in the 20th college graduation ceremony at Sing Sing. 44 graduates, largest class so far. Congratulations, graduates!
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Bill Whitaker
7 years
At the DMZ, we spoke with the U.S. military about the threat posed by North Korea. Tonight's @60Minutes
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Bill Whitaker
4 years
Hello from Charleston, South Carolina! This morning I shared the stage with fellow moderators @GayleKing , @NorahODonnell , @margbrennan , @MajorCBS for @CBSThisMorning . Join us tonight at 8 PM ET for the @cbsnews Democratic Debate
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Bill Whitaker
6 years
Attorney Mike Moore went after big tobacco and won. He's now using the same strategy to go after the makers and distributors of opioids. Tonight on @60Minutes , he says he has powerful evidence that could result in a $100B verdict
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. @LoganPaul was on his college dean’s list, but he dropped out to be on the A-list of social media influencers
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8 years
This was at the top of my bucket list. Not a bad @60Minutes assignment!
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8 years
Inmate conditions at this "Five-Star Slammer" German prison south of Berlin would shock most Americans: @60Minutes
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6 years
A great day with some of the best journalists in the business
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6 years
"What we in this room do, investigative reporting, is vitally important right now." — @BillWhitakerCBS #IRE18
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4 years
The corona virus is ravaging university athletics. Football and basketball are suffering, but what’s happening to the other sports? See tonight on @60Minutes .
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Bill Whitaker
4 years
We asked the candidates if they would launch a retaliatory cyber attack against Russia for election interference.
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CBS News
4 years
If elected president, @JoeBiden says he would punish Russia if the country is found to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election and criticizes @realDonaldTrump . #DemDebate
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Bill Whitaker
5 years
Sunday, on @60Minutes , we'll take you to Rawabi in the West Bank. It's the first new planned Palestinian city in over 1,000 years.
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60 Minutes
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60 Minutes reports on Rawabi, the first planned Palestinian city in more than a thousand years, Sunday.
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8 years
The Syrian refugee debate is pitting America's tradition of altruism against fear of terrorism. Watch Sunday
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Bill Whitaker
6 years
Rest In Peace Aretha.
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Bill Whitaker
9 years
Inside El Chapo's drug trafficking tunnels under the U.S.-Mexico border. Watch our report on tonight's @60Minutes http://t.co/EM67RfnWog
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6 years
My office for the day
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8 years
El Chapo "was done in by very simple tastes," former DoJ official says. "Tacos, tequilas and chicas." @60Minutes
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Bill Whitaker
5 years
Sunday, on @60Minutes : We speak with @Annette_Taddeo , whose 2016 congressional bid was upended by Russian government hackers.
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Bill Whitaker
9 years
We sat in on a @StarWars editing session with JJ Abrams. Tonight on @60Minutes :
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Bill Whitaker
8 years
Honored to win the @NABJ award for our report on the embattled Cleveland PD. Congrats to the @60Minutes team!
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8 years
We went back to Ohio to see what the state is doing to battle the heroin epidemic. Our @60Minutes story tonight:
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Bill Whitaker
8 years
Meet the Mexican Marines who raided El Chapo's last hideout:
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6 years
As the U.S. deals with the aftermath of yet another devastating hurricane, we take a look at why the Netherlands, one of the most flood prone places in the world, almost never floods
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6 years
Two decades after they were carefully reintroduced to Yellowstone, the wolves are reclaiming the land they once roamed freely over a century ago. They’ve also had an impact that almost no one saw coming.
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10 years
"El Chapo," the notorious drug lord, used this tunnel to elude capture. Find out how he was finally caught, tonight http://t.co/89dCe3wpKg
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8 years
El Chapo's lawyer tells me the battle for the drug lord's extradition to the U.S. could take up to 20 years
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9 years
Congrats, @Mistyonpointe , on being named a principal dancer at @ABTballet . Way to go!
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9 years
When it comes to knock-offs of Italian classics – you probably think of fake Guccis or Pradas –not food. Think again
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The governor of Colorado tells me why he's no longer opposed to legalized marijuana for recreational use: http://t.co/6JFayMohy7
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8 years
A new form of advertising is trending on your phone – and you may not even know it's happening:
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8 years
Join me on @SundayMorning this first day of 2017.
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The NYC subway has fallen on hard times — delays, disruptions and derailments. How has it gotten so bad? And what can be done to fix it? Our @60Minutes story tonight
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9 years
Getting around the Google campus http://t.co/yCw0oJNvDu
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New planet in the neighborhood? The scientist who axed #Pluto says there may be another one out there. Find out tonight. @60Minutes
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JJ Abrams describes how the new @StarWars droid BB-8 was born -- tonight's @60Minutes :
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When El Chapo was captured last year, Mexican authorities vowed he'd never escape, but he did - for the 2nd time. See how @60Minutes Sunday
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Why would this convicted murderer compare life in a German maximum security prison to a "fairy tale?" @60Minutes
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I interviewed U.S. officials in 2015 as they toured German prisons, which prioritize rehabilitation and human dignity. Connecticut officials brought back a few ideas to try at a maximum security prison. We’ve been following their experiment for over a year
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10 years
When you go shopping this holiday season chances are your credit card info will be on some cyber thief's shopping list. @60Minutes Sunday.
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Some LA residents have no idea they have neighbors in the shadows up the hill
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9 years
Recording the intro to my story for the season premiere of @60Minutes http://t.co/VG91Xg4I9X
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9 years
Meet JJ Abrams, the new force behind @StarWars – Sunday on @60Minutes : #TheForceAwakens
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