. >> 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 it." >> ready! >> is everybody rolling? >> set! >> we have speed? >> go! >> on the eve of our 52nd season, "60 minutes" salutes one

. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm steve kroft. >> you look like that 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 )

steve kroft will join me to talk about cbs, politics, and why he's stepping down. >>> plus, biden and trump. how these two men are covered, it's very different depending on which media you're watching. >>> and a milestone, something we've been missing for the past six months. >>> but first, a reality check. to understand why the president is posting cat videos, actually celebrating his own ignorance about alabama and hurricane dorian, we have t

steve kroft joining me. retirement day, this is the evening that "60 minutes" is paying tribute to you later today. thank you for joining me. >> my pleasure. my pleasure. how has "60 minutes" changed over your three decades and how has television changed over your career? >> how has everything changed? i mean, i look at now and every industry, every walk of life has changed. but mostly, i think that "60 minutes" has probably changed the at least of almost anything in the culture in terms of it's, you know, some people say it's still a little old fashioned, but it's still doing good journalism and still basically following the bankrulueprint thn hewitt set 50 years ago. >> and still the most watched. >> yeah. >> i mentioned your obama interview, certainly in recent years, that's what you've been best known for. what do you think it is about that kind of interviewing, presidential interviewing that people should learn from or people should take away? >> well, that's a good question. when i first started doing

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we're joined now by tiffany kroft, co-founder of the bbc as well as michael singleton. so, friend, beto o'rork is doing something very interesting. he's taking the fear off the table for democrats. >> right. how does that change the way democrats communicate on the gun issue, because it hasn't changed much for some of these senators. >> i think he's pushing the lever. it needs to be pushed. he's not running scared. you just heard from senator chris coons say, that's going to be played at pro gun rallies. who is running to get those votes? they're not going to vote for democrats, anyway, so why are you shaping your lejgislation ad political courage on what they might find offensive. beto said he doesn't care if it's popular or not. when he was speaking to the majority of the country, he was saying, this is what we want. when you play that clip next to beto o'rourke and you hear chris coons say he's worried about what people will say at gun rallies, it doesn't look good for the party. beto looks like he has courage, chris coons does not. >> the question of fear is relevan

. >> reporter: kroft is part of a team here trying to unravel the hundreds of otherwise healthy young sick. they are using this vaping machine to figure out just what the oil in cannabis products for e-cigarettes does inside the bo body. new york state health department officials are zeroing in on vitamin e in cannabis products as a potential cause with similar injury to the lungs, trying to clear the air around this surging health emergency. anne thompson, nbc news, rochester, new york. >>> it is opening with a bang tomorrow night, metallica and the san francisco symphony will be rocking chase center. it's the first major event at the warriors new san francisco arena. the videos from the ribbon cutting earlier this week, along with celebrating the venue, metallica and the symphony are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their collaborative album, snm. up next, we continue to follow the latest developments in the verdict for the ghost ship warehouse fire case. >>> a story you'll only see on nbc bay area, county employees accused ofting in a >>> right now at 9:30 after a lengthy trial

that i've observed over the last two years going around the country doing focus groups for the ash krofta project is republican voters are tolerating donald trump, but they definitely would flirt with another option. sometimes you wonder, oh, maybe this is just because we're in new hampshire and we're hearing that and they're used to having so much undue influence on the primary process. but then going across the country heard it in minnesota, you're hearing it in iowa, you're hearing it in arizona. and so i think there is a level of fundamental dissatisfaction with donald trump's personal attributes that's tolerated as long as the economy's strong. and i hope that there isn't a recession, but if i had to look at the economic indicators right now, i would say that it's probably the economy's as good as it's going to get during trump's presidency. i really hope i'm wrong on that projection and that the economy grows and grows and grows. but, if you're looking at historical trends and cycles, it's probably not going to get any better than this. so donald trump further makes the economic --