i've fired companies for that. >> pelley: you fired them?s, you're too bottom- line oriented. maybe we're not right for you. >> pelley: the sponsors, which include lego, the toy maker; toshiba; exxonmobil and general electric, get first crack at inventions. the lab holds 302 patents, and counting. >> caleb harper: we're inside of the lab. >> pelley: caleb harper's idea is so big, it doesn't fit in the building. so, m.i.t. donated the site of an abandoned particle accelerator for this trained architect, who is now building farms. >> welcome to the farm. >> pelley: he calls these "food computers"-- farms where conditions are perfect. >> harper: they're all capable of controlling climate. so they make a recipe. this much co2, this much o2, this temperature. so we create a world in a box. most people understand if you say, oh, the tomatoes in tuscany on the north slope taste so good, and you can't get them anywhere else. that's those genetics under those conditions that cause that beautiful tomato. so we study that inside of these boxes with sen

( laughs ) >> pelley: happy easter and happy passover. i'm scott pelley.an you need for everyday little messes? it's kinda like paying more for...gourmet chicken nuggets. gourmet chicken nuggets? poulet croquettes with a locally sourced heirloom tomato compote. i don't want to do that. then try sparkle. spend less on your everyday little mess. sounds pretty bright to me. oh, that's good! can i use that? okay! sparkle. make the bright choice. and au revoir to stubbornre belly fat. let the tender tap of these hooves melt those extra inches away. start the journey at moosespa.com captioning funded by cbs and ford. we go further, so you can. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org not too long ago,name is d. i was an operative in the cia known as agent reinhart. when i left the agency and started teaching, i became professor reinhart. i wrote a book about abnormal behavior and criminals, which was so successful a serial killer used it as clues for his murders. that's when the new york police department reached out to me to help catch him. which

like two seconds in, there it was. >> pelley: what intimidated you?in: the school looked like hogwarts. >> toyin: hmm, it's true. >> tylor: true. >> jaylin: and i had never been in an institution that looked so expensive and old in my life. it just seemed like everyone was so much more capable. and it made me feel very small. >> pelley: but jaylin figures she's part of a new community, the "flis"-- that's short for first-generation, low income. you're sitting here wearing a "fli is fly" t-shirt. what does the shirt mean? >> jaylin: so, "fli is fly" is a campaign educating princeton students on the resources available to first-generation, low-income students, and also working to destigmatize the sort of first-generation, low-income, low-socioeconomic status. >> pelley: princeton helps these students succeed with summer programs, and seminars on public speaking, resume writing and networking. >> networking seminar leader: we really want to develop your fluency, in what's essentially relationship building, right? >> toyin: i feel like a lot of our peers

. >> pelley: back in the 1980s, a laboratory of misfits foresaw our future. touch screens, automated driving instructions, wearable technology and electronic ink were all developed at the massachusetts institute of technology, in a place they call the media lab. it's a research lab and graduate school program that long ago outgrew its name. today, it's creating technologies to grow food in the desert, control our dreams, and connect the human brain to the internet. come have a look at what we found in a place you could call the "future factory." to arnav kapur, a graduate student in the media lab, the

i'm steve kroft. >> i meredith vieira. >> i am scott pelley. >> i am katie couric.aura logan. >> i am anderson cooper. >> i am david martin. i'm sharon auntie. >> i am oprah winfrey. >> i am bill whitaker. tonight 50 years of 60 minutes. [ticking] [applause] michael: so 50 years later, don hewitt's creation is still on top, the most successful program in broadcasting history. just two nights ago 60 minutes garnered its highest ratings in 10 years with its stormy daniels interview. so tonight we print the legend, and we begin with jeff fager, executive producer of 60 minutes, former chairman of cbs news. as hewitt tutored under murrow, fager tutored under hewitt. tell us about don hewitt and what you learn from him. jeff: i learned so much. don was an open book. and he was a great teacher, and he taught so much of what he learned from murrow and fred friendly, the president who did fire him. they did not like each other at all. it was an amazing thing because i think don because he got fired and realized it and eventually talked everybody into this new program, spent

. >> i am scott pelley with 60 minutes. >> i want to ask you about the tweeting. >> not really popularn the country to be frank. >> i don't care what they say. >> i shouldn't be speaking. >> mr. president. >> they are not happy with the way you are doing your job. >> this is a tough business. >> why is it taking so long? >> right here across the bridge you can see the black flag of isis. >> so this is what you can expect in mosul. >> most people think you are the face of evil. >> and i am going to jail? >> only the stupid ones go to jail. >> you must know. >> i trust in him. ♪ >> hamilton certainly changes my life. ♪ [laughter] >> oh. >> you want to talk about that? 60's swinging minutes. >> bride. [laughter] >> whoa. >> how did you get around? >> that is a good question. no problem asking that question. >> i'm expecting an answer. come on. >> whoa. >> how did you get around? >> that is a good question. >> come on. >> come on. >> why? >> 60 minutes. >> 60 minutes. >> i am mike wallace. >> i am dan rather. >> i am ed bradley. >> i am diane sawyer. >> i meredith vieira. >> i am scott pel

. >> pelley: we first met army sergeant first class brian mancini seven years ago after he recovered a roadside bomb blast. >> my whole face has been rebuilt. i used to look like brad pitt. ( laughter ) this is what i got stuck with. >> pelley: last year, mancini committed suicide, after years of pain and depression. his life had been devoted to country. now, his brain has been donated to science, and what researchers have found may be very important. so, what you and your colleagues have discovered, is something new? >> this has changed thinking about blast exposure and its consequences. ( ticking )

she would continue to be hostess at mont pelley air. -- moont pelley are ntpelier. many people flocked to montpellier because james madison stayed literally involved in politics to the day he died. and montpellier was filled with visitors during that time. international visitors like the marquis lafayette. dolly might entertain a hundred people in the back lawn and think nothing of having 30 people stay night after night after night. on rainy days, sometimes she and james would raise each other under the front portico. and visitors reported seeing dolley madison giving james madison a piggyback ride. [laughter] and then there was polly the parrot who would swoop through the hallways, swearing and friends, and terrorizing the young madison clan. you could tell that it was this lively, lively country place. and while dolly clearly missed d.c., she had her hands full and took on decorating montpelier. she did have a sad portion of her life. her son is now in his 30's, he never settled in his life. he was called by some the snake in the garden of eden. which is a sad th

. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: engine trouble forces another mrms. >> this time lofnednd jet liner returns to atlanta as smoke pours out. also, a heez roar that pulled out a tripled southwest plane. and the secret meeting that set the stage. new details, on many the plans for a meeting with the north korean leader. >> this has been a long time of sustained solid growth. how long can it go for before the next recession? >> glor: emergency in paradise, evacuations in flood ravaged hawaii, more rain is pouring

♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: engine trouble forces another mrms. >> this time lofned bound liner returns to atlanta as smoke pours out. also, a heez roar that pulled out a tripled southwest plane. and the secret meeting that set the stage. new details, on many the plans for a meeting with the north korean leader. >> this has been a long time of sustained solid growth. how long can it go for before the next recession? >> glor: emergency in paradise, evacuations in flood ravaged hawaii, more rain is pouring in. >>> they're calling this a tectonic time bomb. >> not if but when. >> a 70 year love affair with joarnlg and barbara bush. >> i love you >> i love you, precious, with all my heart. to know you love me means my life. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> this is cbs news with jeff glor. >> for the second time in two days a jet liner was forced to make a emergency landing because of an emergency. flight 30 had just taken off from london where the crew got an indicator warning of an engine issue. the pilot turned around and landed back in atlanta. no injuries

at a report for "60 minutes," scott pelley finds out what bill and melinda gates have learned from theirip program. >> i'm bill. hi, how are you? >> reporter: imagine having a couple of billionaires walk into your life and make the seemingly impossible possible. >> hi, kyra. nice to meet you, kyra. >> reporter: that's what bill and melinda gates did for these students at the university of central florida. they're among nearly 20,000 students nationwide whose tuition and expenses were paid in full. when you were notified that you received the scholarship, was that a letter, an e-mail, a phone call? how did that come to you? >> a letter. >> reporter: it came as a letter-- snail mail? ( laughter ) really? >> i think it was priority. ( laughs ) >> reporter: the founder of microsoft and you got a snail mail acceptance letter. ( laughter ) >> reporter: when you got that letter, what did you think? >> my mom, she opened my mail, and then that's when she broke the news to me that i got the scholarship-- ( cries ) i'm sorry. >> reporter: nearly 70% of americans don't have a degree. and kaira kell

. >> pelley: there is a new kind of affirmative action happening on college campus, and stus

scott pelley find out what bill and melinda gates have learned from their scholarship program. >> i'ml. >> hi. >> how are you? >> imagine having a couple billionaires walk into your life and make the seemingly impossible possible. >> hi. nice to meet you. >> that's what bill and melinda gates did for the students at university of central florida. they're among 20,000 nationwide whose tuition and expenses were paid in full. >> when you were notified you received the scholarship was that a letter an e-mail, phone call, how did that come to you? >> a letter. >> snail mail? >> yeah. >> really? >> it was priority. >> the founder of microsoft and you got a snail mail acceptance letter. when you got that letter, what did you think? >> my mom, she opened my mail. and then that's when she broke the news to me that i got the scholarship. >> i'm sorry. >> nearly 70% of americans don't have a degree. and kyra kelly was destined to be one of them. she grew up in poverty and today she wastes nothing. because as a child, she often had only one meal a day. the free lunch at school. >> i guess i never

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scott pelley and bill owens. look, we care about science stories and we try to stay on top of them and oftentimes they're driven by an individual. that was the early days of climate change study, and those core samples showed a significant change in the past 50 years compared to a million years, and you know, that became important reporting, but at the same time i've loved our stories about elon musk, you know? and sometimes it's driven by an incredible character who, like elon musk, is just such a brilliant entrepreneur and visionary. so you know, i -- i think it's interesting in the different subsets of stories like business, science and sports you find ways to tell the stories that are compelling and interesting, and i think, by the way, that is the discipline from our perspective on every story we choose to do, you know. figure out how to tell it well and get the audience interested. >> okay. ? hi, my name is jennifer raysean. though i wonder how you could tell us how you attack an interview? what is your str