we go further, so you can. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm steve kroft. >> you look like that guy that does that "60 minutes" thing on tv... >> steve kroft? >> yeah! >> of all the problems that... >> steve kroft won't be opening "60 minutes" this season. but tonight, we are going to look back-- >> it's so insane. >> --at 30 years of kroft's most memorable stories... >> what did you plead guilty to? >> racketeering. >> very invasive! >> congressman? congressman! >> ...the investigations... >> do you mind if i ask you a couple of questions? >> ...the obama interviews. >> what else you got? >> can you hear me now? >> his love for an outrageous character. >> it's not exactly legal, no. ( laughs ) >> and his elegant writing, that could always unpack the most difficult story. >> my favorite stories are government stories, where you say "you're not going to believe this is going on. it's been going on for a long time, and nothing has ever been done about...