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and we added your friend and colleague, morley safer. can see down there in the left. >> he says a worm can crack into a facebook account like morley's and send a message to anyone on his friend's list. we have a message from morley. a message i'm sure to open, since it comes from a trusted friend. click there, it says, "ha, ha, ha, check-- check out this hilarious video of you." >> that's right, so-- >> well, i would do that. i took the bait. and by clicking on the video link... >> something looks a little off. >> very off. am i already infected just by that? >> you're already infected. >> that quickly? >> that quickly. >> as trilling demonstrated on the second screen, the hacker owned me. >> from here on out, as we'll see, everything you do, gonna show up on the hacker's machine. >> so when i typed my username and password into a bank website, it appeared instantly on the hacker's screen, along with my bank account details. >> everything i type shows up here. >> every single keystroke you hit. in fact, if you make a mistake and hit a b
and we added your friend and colleague, morley safer. can see down there in the left. >> he says a worm can crack into a facebook account like morley's and send a message to anyone on his friend's list. we have a message from morley. a message i'm sure to open, since it comes from a trusted friend. click there, it says, "ha, ha, ha, check-- check out this hilarious video of you." >> that's right, so-- >> well, i would do that. i took the bait. and by clicking on the...
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i enjoy fashion, morley. i mean, i wouldn't be in this job if i didn't. >> why the sunglasses?, they're seriously useful. i mean, i can sit in a show, and if i'm bored out of my mind, nobody will notice, and if i'm enjoying it, nobody will notice. so i think, at this point, they've become, you know, really armor. >> wintour was born in london, the daughter of charles wintour, editor of the london evening standard. he was a tough-minded intellectual. anna dropped out of high school at 16. >> i wasn't academically successful, and maybe i've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that. >> your father, who i knew only slightly in england, had a tough reputation... >> yes, chilly charlie. >> not unlike yours. and his reporters were scared of him. >> yes, but look what he created. i mean, he created a great newspaper, and i certainly did learn this from him: people respond well to someone who's sure of what they want. >> and anna wintour is nothing but sure. that's most apparent when twice a year, her majesty takes her place at the ready-to-wear fashion shows in new york, par
i enjoy fashion, morley. i mean, i wouldn't be in this job if i didn't. >> why the sunglasses?, they're seriously useful. i mean, i can sit in a show, and if i'm bored out of my mind, nobody will notice, and if i'm enjoying it, nobody will notice. so i think, at this point, they've become, you know, really armor. >> wintour was born in london, the daughter of charles wintour, editor of the london evening standard. he was a tough-minded intellectual. anna dropped out of high school...
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governments sign up for permission to use drones in their jurisdictions joining me now is jefferson morley stuff writer for salon and also author of the book snow storm in august. hey there jefferson i want to talk to you about this talk to me a little bit about the purpose of surveillance drones and also some of in your opinion the worst case scenarios. well first of all what we're talking about what the f.a.a. is doing is opening up the airspace to drones of all sorts and public safety agencies get first. or are going to be the first in line to get permission they can fly aircraft up to twenty five pounds. when you talk to law enforcement people what they say they plan to use this. technology for is search and rescue missions and. watching fires. searching for missing people. that kind of thing so they i've talked to a lot of police departments and they pretty much all disavow any intention to use you know use these as a surveillance drones but they certainly have that capacity and the law as it now stands is a little unclear on what the privacy grounds are so you talk about a worst case
governments sign up for permission to use drones in their jurisdictions joining me now is jefferson morley stuff writer for salon and also author of the book snow storm in august. hey there jefferson i want to talk to you about this talk to me a little bit about the purpose of surveillance drones and also some of in your opinion the worst case scenarios. well first of all what we're talking about what the f.a.a. is doing is opening up the airspace to drones of all sorts and public safety...
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jeff morley from salon.com, way ahead on this story., jeff, for coming in this morning. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of ny eliot spitzer, joins the new news network. >>every night we will drill down on the days top stories in search of facts that inform. >> we don't stop until we get answers that are truthful, serious, and not based on simplistic answers. >>we're here because we're independent. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour now. it is the "full court press" here on this tuesday may 1. coming to you live from our nation's capitol and brought to you today in part by the international association of ironworkers, the good men and women of the ironworker's union who put that final beam up there on top of the world trade center yesterday in new york making it the tallest building in new york city. they do such great work under the leadership of president
jeff morley from salon.com, way ahead on this story., jeff, for coming in this morning. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of ny eliot spitzer, joins the new news network. >>every night we will drill down on the days top stories in search of facts that inform. >> we don't stop until we get answers that are truthful, serious, and not based on simplistic answers. >>we're here because we're...
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i spoke morley winograd and mike hais, they have written a look on this issue it's called "millennial momentum: how a new generation is remaking america." it started by defining what the minnenal generation is. >> the minnenal generation was born from 1982 to 2003. it is the largest american generation. 95 million minnenals are currently living -- >> really? >> yes. >> they beat out the boomers. >> there are nearly twice as many as generation x. >> why is it so big? >> well -- >> and why it is a generation? >> generations are a group of people who are born roughly within a 20-year period of one another. they are united by kind of common behavior, common attitudes, not that everybody in the generation march in lock step, but there are tendencies that show them going in one direction or another. and they have a sense of commonality. >> and there are a lot of them because boomer women waited to have children, and then those children got put right on top of the 20 year olds -- >> this is your second book about the millennial generation and my guess is you guys are not of that generation.
i spoke morley winograd and mike hais, they have written a look on this issue it's called "millennial momentum: how a new generation is remaking america." it started by defining what the minnenal generation is. >> the minnenal generation was born from 1982 to 2003. it is the largest american generation. 95 million minnenals are currently living -- >> really? >> yes. >> they beat out the boomers. >> there are nearly twice as many as generation x. >>...
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i'm morley safer. in this edition, we look at the effect of three disasters: the massive 2010 gulf oil spill, the chilean mine collapse that trapped 33 miners underground for weeks, and, in 2011, the massive earthquake in japan followed by a devastating tsunami. we begin with the bp oil spill and kenneth feinberg, the lawyer who is the go-to guy for thankless jobs, america's arbiter of human suffering. we first met him when he was adjudicating the fund for the almost 3,000 victims of 9/11. in the fall of 2010, we caught up with him again. he now has what in sheer numbers may be the biggest headache of all: compensating the thousands of angry people affected by the spill. feinberg held town meetings for weeks in the gulf states, where, armed only with his reputation and a $20 billion pot of money, he called for patience and accepted all blame. >> i don't care what bp did before. no more bp. blame me. don't blame bp anymore. >> feinberg may be perceived by most americans as the fairest in the land-- if n
i'm morley safer. in this edition, we look at the effect of three disasters: the massive 2010 gulf oil spill, the chilean mine collapse that trapped 33 miners underground for weeks, and, in 2011, the massive earthquake in japan followed by a devastating tsunami. we begin with the bp oil spill and kenneth feinberg, the lawyer who is the go-to guy for thankless jobs, america's arbiter of human suffering. we first met him when he was adjudicating the fund for the almost 3,000 victims of 9/11. in...
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morley, the deeds are his. he paid the piper and he caught all to the tin. >> the committee was even more damning about three of murdoch's colleagues. the former editor of news of the world come at the lead and affairs manager of the british newspaper and for decades mr. murdoch's right hand man. all accused of saying hacking was limited to the work of a single row reporter. all are facing the possibility that the whole house of commons may find them guilty of contempt. today in new york, he is still an editor for another organization. he in the two others have all rejected the damning verdict. it was a disclosure last year that the news of the world hacked the fun of a murdered teenager -- phone of a murder teenager that turned the story into one of national importance. the concern the people's privacy has been invaded by phone hacking has grown and grown. >> we used to not ever criticized murdoch or the press. to see this report has come as a bit of a shock. i thought, is it too much? has it gone too far? and
morley, the deeds are his. he paid the piper and he caught all to the tin. >> the committee was even more damning about three of murdoch's colleagues. the former editor of news of the world come at the lead and affairs manager of the british newspaper and for decades mr. murdoch's right hand man. all accused of saying hacking was limited to the work of a single row reporter. all are facing the possibility that the whole house of commons may find them guilty of contempt. today in new york,...
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>> wadhwa: morley, ideas are a dime a dozen. everyone has them. successful is being able to take that idea and turn it into an invention, and then... then turn that into a company. those skills you only gain through education. you're not born with them. there might be one mark zuckerberg out of a million entrepreneurs, but there aren't five mark zuckerbergs. >> safer: thiel's fellowship winners seem confident enough to take their chances... >> thiel: and we're going to pretend that we're at a networking event. >> safer: ...yet are geeky enough to have to take a short course in tough subjects like hand shaking and eye contact. >> hey, i'm bun. >> dan. nice to meet you. >> safer: they are skills that winners like jim danielson will need to get his idea on the road. he won his $100,000 when he electrified a junkyard porsche with a motor he says is cheaper and more efficient than what detroit has to offer. sujay tyle was an 18-year-old junior at harvard when he won a fellowship with a plan to create cheap biofuels. >> eden full: i'm developing a calle
>> wadhwa: morley, ideas are a dime a dozen. everyone has them. successful is being able to take that idea and turn it into an invention, and then... then turn that into a company. those skills you only gain through education. you're not born with them. there might be one mark zuckerberg out of a million entrepreneurs, but there aren't five mark zuckerbergs. >> safer: thiel's fellowship winners seem confident enough to take their chances... >> thiel: and we're going to pretend...
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morley, the dates are his. he paid the piper -- morally, the deeds are his. >> the former editor, the legal affairs manager for mr. murdoch's british newspaper, and mr. murdoch's right-hand man. all the accused of misleading mps, by telling them that hacking was limited to one reporter. today, in york, where he is still an editor for another organization. they have all rejected the damning verdict. it was the disclosure last year that the news of the world passed the phone of a murdered teenager that turned hacking into a story of national importance. >> we used to not ever been seen criticized murdoch or the press. to see this bhutto reports, it has come -- to see this brutal report, it has come as a bit of a shop. i think rupert murdoch has a lot of questions to answer. he has a lot to answer for. i think he is being held to account. >> but will be the impact of the verdict that rupert murdoch is not fit to run a major international company? i have just heard four members said they voted against that a verdic
morley, the dates are his. he paid the piper -- morally, the deeds are his. >> the former editor, the legal affairs manager for mr. murdoch's british newspaper, and mr. murdoch's right-hand man. all the accused of misleading mps, by telling them that hacking was limited to one reporter. today, in york, where he is still an editor for another organization. they have all rejected the damning verdict. it was the disclosure last year that the news of the world passed the phone of a murdered...
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. >> reporter: morley safer remembered playing a practical joke on mike. >> i was part of a group thated letter from the so-called genius sperm bank, inviting mike to join various noble prize winners in making a deposit or donation or whatever it's called. he roamed the hall brandishing that letter. >> reporter: chris wallace, now the host of "fox news sunday" remembered the last time he saw mike. shortly before his death. >> even in his diminished state there was no one who was more fun to be around. he was still mike wallace and that was still plenty. so long. ♪ and here's to you >> what a guy. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on president obama's unannounced trip to afghanistan. we'll get a wrap from the white house. >>> also, jack welch, legendary former ceo of general electric and his wife susie weigh in on the presidential politics. >>> plus, a preview of tonight's auction of the painting "the scream" expected to fetch $200 million. and a fascinating look at the life of britain's queen mother. we'll talk with the author of a new book. >>> and
. >> reporter: morley safer remembered playing a practical joke on mike. >> i was part of a group thated letter from the so-called genius sperm bank, inviting mike to join various noble prize winners in making a deposit or donation or whatever it's called. he roamed the hall brandishing that letter. >> reporter: chris wallace, now the host of "fox news sunday" remembered the last time he saw mike. shortly before his death. >> even in his diminished state there...
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as a bronze teenager being pursued by police moments before he was killed in new york city where morley graham was standing in his bathroom when he was shot in the chest by a plainclothes narcotics officer who forced himself into the home without a warrant the eighteen year old was not in possession of a gun or drugs and according to n.y.p.d. officials the thirty year old cop who pulled the trigger locks at the proper training to work in his assigned unit two months have passed and there have been no charges in connection with the killing but it's a lack of training in the situation as in a lack of respect for the community so you're patrolling that allows an officer to sort of act in a unauthorized and disciplined outside the guidelines manner which in essence is acting like a cowboy you know we're not in the wild west in a fatal police shooting of a sixty eight year old ex marine kenneth chamberlain sr was the u.s. war veteran who fell victim to unnecessary deadly police force last november but the sixty eight year old was tasered and shot by officers who responded to a false alarm fr
as a bronze teenager being pursued by police moments before he was killed in new york city where morley graham was standing in his bathroom when he was shot in the chest by a plainclothes narcotics officer who forced himself into the home without a warrant the eighteen year old was not in possession of a gun or drugs and according to n.y.p.d. officials the thirty year old cop who pulled the trigger locks at the proper training to work in his assigned unit two months have passed and there have...
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his distinctive voice, bellow out, "i see united is running late again." ( laughter ) >> pelley: morleyred playing a practical joke on mike. >> i was part of a cabal that sent a spurious letter ostensibly from the so-called genius sperm bank... ( laughter ) ...inviting mike to join various nobel prize winners... ( laughter ) ...in making a deposit, or donation or whatever it's called. he roamed the hall brandishing that letter. ( laughter ) >> reporter: chris wallace, now the host of "fox news sunday," remembered the last time he saw mike, shortly before his death. >> even in his diminished state, there was no one who was more fun to be around. he was still mike wallace, and that was still plenty. so long, dad. >> ♪ and here's to you... ( applause ) >> good evening i am alan martin >> and dean cain. it made a dissolves into mayhem as protest the way too chaotic clashes in san fransisco. protesters are fighting a violent turf war with police as they attempt to occupy a vacant building. and there has been at least four arrests in the east bay in oakland where demonstrators did their best
his distinctive voice, bellow out, "i see united is running late again." ( laughter ) >> pelley: morleyred playing a practical joke on mike. >> i was part of a cabal that sent a spurious letter ostensibly from the so-called genius sperm bank... ( laughter ) ...inviting mike to join various nobel prize winners... ( laughter ) ...in making a deposit, or donation or whatever it's called. he roamed the hall brandishing that letter. ( laughter ) >> reporter: chris...
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jefferson morley, you are on top of this, way out in front.n this morning. >> thanks for having me, bill. >> on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] let's hear yours. politically direct means no b.s. just telling you what's going on in politics today. >>at the only on-line forum with a direct line to bill press. >>it's something i've been waiting for a long time. >>join the debate now. hello. is this where we do that bundling thing? let's see what you got. rv -- covered. why would you pay for a hotel? i never do. motorcycles -- check. atv. i ride those. do you? no. boat. house. hello, dear. hello. hello. oh! check it -- [ loud r&b on car radio ] i'm going on break! the more you bundle, the more you save. now, that's progressive. while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ]
jefferson morley, you are on top of this, way out in front.n this morning. >> thanks for having me, bill. >> on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] let's hear yours. politically direct means no b.s. just telling you what's going on in politics today. >>at the only on-line forum with a direct line to bill press. >>it's something i've been waiting for a long time. >>join the debate now. hello. is this where we do that...
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the military defense contractors are the ones funding much of this research of guys with me is jeff morley writer for salon and author of the forthcoming book snow storm in august washington city francis scott key and the forgotten race riot of eight hundred thirty five thanks so much for joining us so what can we say here right how did we even find out i know that you. helped put some pressure on it but you know how do we find out exactly as it was only from the freedom of information lawsuit that they filed that we found out about the twenty five universities and so i wrote my story for salon about that because i thought that was very interesting even more more universities and police departments so this is really where the interest is strongest right now in using drugs and for the most part it seems unobjectionable in the state where they have you and me and aviation major they're helping the national guard develop in aerial technology to go into disaster areas where after tornadoes strike to see the damage and see where where rescue workers should go nobody would object to that that's
the military defense contractors are the ones funding much of this research of guys with me is jeff morley writer for salon and author of the forthcoming book snow storm in august washington city francis scott key and the forgotten race riot of eight hundred thirty five thanks so much for joining us so what can we say here right how did we even find out i know that you. helped put some pressure on it but you know how do we find out exactly as it was only from the freedom of information lawsuit...
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they think they think that maybe there's some action that might happen sooner you know jefferson morley who's a guest here on my show often he wrote about this in salon and he spoke with some people that point to the fact that they have friends they have family members that have been deported the obama administration has been deporting four hundred thousand people a year and so for them they feel like marco rubio is being more authentic. well that's that's that's essentially one of the issues right it seems to give some some false expectations and false hopes it seems more of the same more rhetoric it is not that long ago in fact is that you're going to have a gore two years when he declared that he absolutely would not support any dream act legislation. candidate romney has said that he would not support any dream act legislation so suddenly they see the numbers latino numbers you know pretty dismal for. republican ticket and they see a need to burnish those latino potential so they started talking about this potential dream act but if their own party is saying that there's absolutely
they think they think that maybe there's some action that might happen sooner you know jefferson morley who's a guest here on my show often he wrote about this in salon and he spoke with some people that point to the fact that they have friends they have family members that have been deported the obama administration has been deporting four hundred thousand people a year and so for them they feel like marco rubio is being more authentic. well that's that's that's essentially one of the issues...
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morley safer said to him, walter, they're lying to you in '65. walter befriended morley.eat frepsd. but by '68 ted offensive, cronkite went and talked to vietnamese people and homeless people and soldiers on the ground and recognized that not only was the war probably immor immoral, but johnson was lying to him. he famously went on tv, cbs news at night, not during his half hour broadcast it was called stalemate and the ripple effect was gigantic. lbj said to his press secretary, if i lost cronkite, i lost middle america. my policies were now not going to be effective. >> who was the walter cronkite you introduced us to that millions of americans did not see on television? >> well, first up, he was obsessed with news reporting. since a kid he was a paper boy in kansas city. he loved the wire service. one of his great skills, he was like a jaguar leaping to grab those wire reports. yu had to elbow walter to grab it. he wanted the first crack at all of those because you break news when you're doing that, but the real man, he was everything everybody thinks he was, debunk yo
morley safer said to him, walter, they're lying to you in '65. walter befriended morley.eat frepsd. but by '68 ted offensive, cronkite went and talked to vietnamese people and homeless people and soldiers on the ground and recognized that not only was the war probably immor immoral, but johnson was lying to him. he famously went on tv, cbs news at night, not during his half hour broadcast it was called stalemate and the ripple effect was gigantic. lbj said to his press secretary, if i lost...
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. >> morley safer takes a look at the plan >> peter is a billionaire venture capitalist who has been be seeking students to drop out of the university system's he says is broken. he puts his money where his mouth is and pays selected students $100,000 each to drop out and focus on ideas that will benefit themselves and the world at large. waiting for graduation, he says, is an expensive waste of time >> we have a bubble in education like we had in housing. everyone believed you had to have a house and they paid whatever it took an today everybody believes we need to go to college pay whatever it takes >> he says the degree has little more than smog power >> there are all sorts of vocational careers that pay extremely well today so the average plumber makes it much as the average doctor >> he is both a professor and an entrepreneur and says that his money has clouded his thinking >> he has made some much money that he is out of touch with the real world. he doesn't meet common people and doesn't understand their needs and doesn't understand how much import education for the masses is.
. >> morley safer takes a look at the plan >> peter is a billionaire venture capitalist who has been be seeking students to drop out of the university system's he says is broken. he puts his money where his mouth is and pays selected students $100,000 each to drop out and focus on ideas that will benefit themselves and the world at large. waiting for graduation, he says, is an expensive waste of time >> we have a bubble in education like we had in housing. everyone believed...
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it's a matter of some history whether he knew about the experiments by michelson and morley-- you read about that-- that told that light speed was the same for all observers. it's even questionable as to whether he knew about that experiment. but the more he thought about light, the more he realized that if you did travel with light, it would look just as if you were at rest and everyone ought to see the speed of light traveling the same, regardless of their motion. and here's some of the reasoning that kind of went into that. let's look at what speed is, by definition. what is speed? see, the speed of light's the same for everyone that measures it. what's speed? it's a distance compared to time. distance through what? space. okay. so, it's really space compared to time, see? we measure it kilometers per hour, okay, meters per second, okay, space per time. and einstein realized that the reason the speed of light is constant-- in some instance perhaps maybe more space should traveling, in which you travel through, then corresponding that more time will be taken. and if something happens
it's a matter of some history whether he knew about the experiments by michelson and morley-- you read about that-- that told that light speed was the same for all observers. it's even questionable as to whether he knew about that experiment. but the more he thought about light, the more he realized that if you did travel with light, it would look just as if you were at rest and everyone ought to see the speed of light traveling the same, regardless of their motion. and here's some of the...
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. >> safer: i'm morley safer. >> simon: i'm bob simon. >> cooper: i'm anderson cooper. >> pelley: i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on this special edition of "60 minutes." wow! who delivered these pizza dipping strips? oh, they're not delivery. they're new digiorno pizza dipping strips. with two sauces? who needs delivery? [ horn honks ] that guy. [ male announcer ] twelve pizza strips, perfect for dipping. it's not delivery. it's new digiorno pizza dipping strips. ♪ [ male announcer ] instead, try the new subway smokehouse barbecue chicken, big bbq taste 6 grams of fat. subway. eat fresh. is now within your grasp with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. e-trade 360 is the world's first investing homepage that shows you where all your investments are and what they're doing with free streaming quotes, news, analysis and even your trade ticket. everything exactly the way you want it, all on one page. transform your investing with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. transform your investing fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems t
. >> safer: i'm morley safer. >> simon: i'm bob simon. >> cooper: i'm anderson cooper. >> pelley: i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on this special edition of "60 minutes." wow! who delivered these pizza dipping strips? oh, they're not delivery. they're new digiorno pizza dipping strips. with two sauces? who needs delivery? [ horn honks ] that guy. [ male announcer ] twelve pizza strips, perfect for dipping. it's not delivery. it's new digiorno pizza...
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i'm morley safer. in this edition, we take a look at the impact of global expansion on american corporate tax loopholes, counterfeit drug trafficking, and the economic rise of brazil. we begin with the always taxing topic of taxation. companies searching out tax havens are nothing new. in the '80s and '90s, there was an exodus to bermuda and the cayman islands, where there are no taxes at all. when the government threatened to clamp down on tax dodging, many companies decided to leave the caribbean, but as lesley stahl first reported in march 2011, instead of coming back home, they went to safer havens like switzerland. >> several of these companies came to this tiny dot on the swiss map called zug, a small, quaint, medieval town. i don't think anybody's ever heard of zug in the united states. hans marti, who heads zug's economic development office, showed off the nearby snow-covered mountains. but zug's main selling point isn't a view of the alps. how low are the taxes here? >> it's something between
i'm morley safer. in this edition, we take a look at the impact of global expansion on american corporate tax loopholes, counterfeit drug trafficking, and the economic rise of brazil. we begin with the always taxing topic of taxation. companies searching out tax havens are nothing new. in the '80s and '90s, there was an exodus to bermuda and the cayman islands, where there are no taxes at all. when the government threatened to clamp down on tax dodging, many companies decided to leave the...
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i'm morley safer. in this edition, we look at two of the topics dominating the american economic landscape: jobs and taxes. first, we meet with president obama's so-called jobs czar. then we visit a struggling town in the heartland. and finally, we take a look at a controversial income tax initiative in washington state. in the first decade of the 21st century, big american firms cut around 3 million jobs in the u.s., while adding almost as many overseas. no company went global more aggressively than general electric, the conglomerate that makes everything from refrigerators to m.r.i. machines to jet engines. yet as lesley stahl reported in october 2011, when president obama was looking for someone to help get americans back to work, he recruited a most unlikely candidate: the republican ceo of general electric, jeff immelt. >> the mood is dark. people are pissed. why not try to do better? >> jeff immelt talked about his czarship at a gathering of g.e. managers. >> you know, i grew up in cincinnati, oh
i'm morley safer. in this edition, we look at two of the topics dominating the american economic landscape: jobs and taxes. first, we meet with president obama's so-called jobs czar. then we visit a struggling town in the heartland. and finally, we take a look at a controversial income tax initiative in washington state. in the first decade of the 21st century, big american firms cut around 3 million jobs in the u.s., while adding almost as many overseas. no company went global more...
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the man once described as both genius and jackass sat down with morley safer in 2008, shortly after the release of his memoir, to reflect on his tumultuous life. >> ted turner is one of the largest individual landowners in the united states, owning two million acres across 12 states. we caught up with him at one of his montana ranches. this lonesome cowboy, who hates his own company. you hate being alone. >> i don't like being alone. these are big places to be alone. i tell you, come out here and spend the night by yourself sometime. you know, the coyotes out there howling. ah-ooh! >> [chuckling] >> [chortles] it's pretty scary. >> out here at the snowcrest ranch, ted turner is not alone. he keeps company with bison, horses, and a stream full of ruby river trout. oh-ho! mama mia! that's a real nice fish. >> life is good for ted turner. he's not your average old age pensioner. this most restless of men jets around the world... >> here we go. >> promoting good causes, dreaming up new business ventures, and dropping in on his dozens of properties scattered about the hemisphere. and now as
the man once described as both genius and jackass sat down with morley safer in 2008, shortly after the release of his memoir, to reflect on his tumultuous life. >> ted turner is one of the largest individual landowners in the united states, owning two million acres across 12 states. we caught up with him at one of his montana ranches. this lonesome cowboy, who hates his own company. you hate being alone. >> i don't like being alone. these are big places to be alone. i tell you,...
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. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm byron pitts. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." sponsored by:. >> glor: good evening. gas prices have fallen 15 cents in the past month. "the avengers" turned in the biggest movie opening ever, $200 million. and america's largest corporations made record profits last year. the new fortune 500 list is revealed tomorrow on cbs "this morning." i'm jeff glor, cbs news. >> stahl: the shiniest jewel in the air force is its f-22 raptor, a sleek stealth fighter jet that the pentagon says can outgun and outmaneuver any combat plane anywhere in the world. but for all its prowess, the raptor has yet to be used in combat. it was designed to go up against an enemy with a sophisticated air force, which means it sat on the sidelines during the wars in iraq and afghanistan, leaving its 200 pilots to fly mainly training missions. but the raptor-- the most expensive fighter jet ever-- has been plagued by a mysterious flaw that causes its pilots to become disoriented while at the controls from a lack of oxygen.
. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm byron pitts. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." sponsored by:. >> glor: good evening. gas prices have fallen 15 cents in the past month. "the avengers" turned in the biggest movie opening ever, $200 million. and america's largest corporations made record profits last year. the new fortune 500 list is revealed tomorrow on cbs "this morning." i'm jeff glor,...