>> stahl: how does it?t love they say, "i carry the person with me. i carry their image with me." i don't carry their image. does that mean i experience it differently? and how would i ever know? i don't know. >> hodes: there's a long tail of stuff that happens that you're missing, connections you're not making. >> stahl: still? >> hodes: oh, yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> novotny: at least now we understand why. >> hodes: yeah, right. >> novotny: and it's therapeutic, but it doesn't fix >> go to 60minutesovertime.com to take a test to see if you're a super-recognizer. sponsored by viagra. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you've learned a thing or two. this is the age of knowing what needs to be done. so, why would you let something like erectile dysfunction get in your way? isn't it time you talked to your doctor about viagra? 20 million men already have. with every age comes responsibility. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for ch

>> dagan: dozens. >> stahl: not four? four. >> stahl: so if israel were to go and have their strike, they'd have to have a dozen hits? >> dagan: you'll have to deal with a large number of targets. >> stahl: here's something that i saw that you said-- you said, "there's no military attack that can halt the iranian nuclear project. it could only delay it." >> dagan: yes, i agree. >> stahl: it's ironic that the man arguing that israel show restraint built his reputation on brute force. dagan is legendary in israel, with a 44-year resume as an effective killing machine. before mossad, he ran undercover hit squads, executing p.l.o. operatives in gaza, then shiite militias in southern lebanon. former prime minister ariel sharon used to say dagan's expertise was "separating an arab from his head." >> dagan: i never, ever killed nobody or we were engaged in killing somebody who was unarmed. >> stahl: here are some of the things that have been said and written about you-- "hard- charging." "stop at nothing." somebody who "eats ara

. >> stahl: most of us take for granted that we can instantly recognize people we know by looking at>> stahl: ...couldn't recognize yourself in a mirror. >> this is the problem i had been having... >> stahl: faces. >> yeah, faces. >> stahl: that's what life is like for people who suffer from a mysterious neurological condition called face blindness, or prosopagnosia. does anybody know who that is? it's someone in your family. it's your daughter. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm byron pitts. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." -one. -two. -three. -one. two. three. one. -two. -three. -one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% back on groceries. and 3% back on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. -it's as easy as...1. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] 1, 2, 3 percent cash back for the things you buy most. the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. in here, the landscaping b

as he told leslie stahl in march of 2008, carl icahn looks to pounce while everyone else is losing their shirts. >> the day we visited icahn enterprises, the stock market was swinging wildly, at one point, dropping 300 points. so has this been a bad day? this is not a great day. >> tough day, tough day. >> wow, this is beautiful. look at your view. icahn works in a skyscraper suite overlooking new york's central park. >> i think i lost today. >> you did? >> yeah. >> actually, he lost big. well over $150 million that one afternoon. but when we spoke with him a few days later, icahn told me, "no big deal." he lives by the mogul's credo: never let 'em see you sweat. >> i was buying that day. i mean, seriously, i was very happy about that. >> you looked like you were-- >> i'm not-- >> frazzled and--'cause you were-- >> well, i'm always frazzled. i mean, i look good now-- i combed my hair-- but i'm always--got so much going on, and i enjoy that. [bell clanging] >> one of his biggest holdings, motorola, plunged 19% that day. but icahn, the ultimate risk taker, was gobbling up more shares in th

he told "60 minutes" correspondent lesley stahl that military action before all diplomatic actions are exhausted would be foolhardy. >> you have said publicly that bombing iran now is the stupidist idea you've ever heard. that's a direct quote. >> an attack on iran before you exploring all other approaches is not the right way how to do it. >> the dispute seems to come down, though, to whether you are at the end of everything that you can try or whether you have a lot of time left to try other things, which seems to be your position. >> i never said that it's a lot of time. >> well, more time. >> more time. >> for nearly a decade buying more time was meir's job. the iranians say he had computer viruses, faulty equipment to sabotage their program. aum the all the while, he was poring over the iranian regime gaining insights and a surprising appreciation. >> the regime in iran is a very rational regime. >> do you think ahmadinejad is rational? >> the answer is yes. not exactly our rational but i think that he is rational. >> do you think they're rational enough that they're capable of ba

. >> pelley: the former head of israel's mossad talks to lesley stahl. the most viral video ever.en tracy on who's behind it and what the motive might be. gas prices continue to rise. anthony mason tells us what and who is driving them up. and one year after the tsunami. bill whitaker takes us back to japan where the healing has barely begun. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this week, president obama and the israeli prime minister discussed when and whether to go to war to stop iran from building a nuclear weapon. well, today, six nations, including the u.s., russia, and china, urged iranian president mahmoud al ahmadinejad to open s nuclear facilitie facilities to inspectors. tonight we're going to hear from a man who usually knows the most and says the least. he's mire debegan, the former head of israeli intelligence. in a rare interview for "60 minutes," lesley stahl asked him about the question of war. >> reporter: you have said publicly that bombing iran now is the stupidest idea you've ever heard. that's

we'll see part of lesley stahl's explosive "60 minutes" interview with the former spy chief of israel. he said it would be reckless to attack iran now. >>> i'm gayle king. it's one of the unlikeliest stories of the world. a short film condemning an african warlord, the controversy, the charity behind "kony 2012." when i see you at 8:00, ewan mcgregor stops by. >>> i'm erica hill. prince harry finishing up his tour in brazil. we have a live report from rio. the five things rental car companies don't want you to know. >>> first as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 second. >>> you think ahmadinejad is rational? >> the answer is yes. not exactly our rational. but i think that he is rational. >> the u.s. pushes for a diplomatic solution. >> president obama had delayed israel's plans to strike iran this spring. >> israel warns an attack on iran could come within months. >> i'm learning to say y'all. i like grits. things are -- strange things are happening to me. >> the gop race takes a southern swing. >> four more years of barack obama would b

i'm lesley stahl. in this edition, we examine the american work force and we discover what stimulates new homebuyers. but we begin with steelworkers. steel, the so-called backbone of america, is suffering. at the beginning of 2009, steel plants across the country were hanging on for the stimulus package to kick in, with its over $100 billion for building things like highways and bridges. as i first reported in february 2009, the package included a "buy american" clause that the steel industry had fought hard for. it says any infrastructure project paid for with stimulus dollars must use steel made in the u.s.a., not cheaper imports. >> the whole purpose of your stimulus package-- and it's the right purpose-- is to stop the bleeding of jobs and to create new jobs here in america, not overseas, not in china, not in europe. >> dan dimicco is the c.e.o. of nucor, the biggest steelmaker in the united states, with 18 plants all across the country, including this one outside blytheville, arkansas, along the m

the americans will do it. >> joining us now, lesley stahl. good morning. >> good morning. >> tell us the significance of this coming from this man. why is he so relevant to the question? >> well, he was running the massad through most of the period of the iranian nuclear development. we assume he was seeing intelligence reports. his actual mission was to prevent this nuclear bomb from ever coming to fruition. that was his mainly singular assignment for his eight years running massad. we assume he knows a lot. we know he knows a lot. he's also a hero in israel. he's a war hero. not a war hero but an army hero. so he's greatly respected in the country. >> and what is he most concerned about? >> he's most concerned about a retaliation more than anything else. he feels that if israel launches an attack, the bombardment will devastate the country. if the united states launches the attack, they get hit whatever happens, but it won't be as bad. it's not that he wouldn't like to see these facilities destroyed, but he says flat out that they can't be

lesley stahl first talked with mark zuckerberg in 2008, and three years later, we sat down with mark again. he gave us a preview of his site's new profile page, a change that would affect the 500 million people who were then using facebook, an idea that zuckerberg had cooked up in his dorm room at harvard. >> when you first thought about this--19 years old--is this what you had in mind? did you see this far into the future, or is it way beyond what you dreamed? >> well, it's funny. i mean, when i was getting started, you know, with my roommates in college, you never think that you could build this company or anything like that, right? because, i mean--it just--and we were college students, right? >> yeah. >> i mean, we were just building stuff because we thought it was cool. i do remember having these specific conversations with my friends where we thought, "you know, someone is gonna build this. someone is gonna build something that makes it so that people can stay connected with their friends and their family," but no way would we be the ones who were contributing to kind of leadin

i find it interesting that makes me recall the leslie stahl devastating piece about ronald reagan manyd she got a call from the white house thanking her, and she thought, wait a minute, that was pretty hard hitting. it turned out that people didn't pay as much attention to the words as the flags and -- >> famous leslie stahl story. >> sfams story. >> this is a beautiful piece. obviously nar rated by tom hanks. it would be interesting if the absorption by the public is substance. we'll debate it all day long, or if it comes across as the beautiful production piece that's been delivered. >> 20 seconds. anybody think a 17 ad by -- >> the reason this is so good is it doesn't look like a campaign ad. it looks like a media entertainment production. it's very well done. >> certainly mitt romney has the money to put together a 17 minute ad. >> we'll find out when he produces his long-time -- catherine, david, matt, thanks so much. after the break, me and actress ali wentworth on her new on-line venture with yahoo. why she thinks washington is a snooze, and what she chooses to reveal. ...[ whis

in a rare interview for "60 minutes," lesley stahl asked him about the question of war. >> reporter: you have said publicly that bombing iran now is the stupidest idea you've ever heard. that's a direct quote. >> an attack on iran before you explore all other approaches is not the right way how to do. >> reporter: the dispute seems to come down, though, to whether you are at the end of everything that you can try or whether you have a lot of time left to try other things, which seems to be your position. >> i never said that it's a lot of time, but i think that -- >> reporter: well, more time. >> more time. >> reporter: for nearly a decade, buying more time was his job. the iranians say degan dispatched assassins, faulty equipment, and computer viruses to sabotage their nuclear program. all the while, he was poring over the most secret dossiers over the iranian regime gaining insight and a surprising appreciation. >> the regime in iran is a very rational regime. >> reporter: do you think ahmadinejad is rational? >> sometimes, yes. not exactly our rational, but i think he is rational.

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. >> pelley: the former head of israel's mossad talks to lesley stahl. the most viral video ever. tracy on who's behind it and what the motive might be. gas prices continue to rise. anthony mason tells us what and who is driving them up. and one year after the tsunami. bill whitaker takes us back to japan where the healing has barely begun. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this week, president obama and the israeli prime minister discussed when and whether to go to war to stop iran from building a nuclear weapon. well, today, six nations, including the u.s., russia, and china, urged iranian president

with the internet and dvds, the movie piracy business has exploded, and as leslie stahl reported in november of 2009, law enforcement is struggling to keep up. [clanking] >> los angeles police department. we got a search warrant. open up the door. >> every month, a special unit of the los angeles police department mounts two or three raids looking for pirates. [men speaking spanish] at a raid on this warehouse in downtown los angeles, they arrested two men who they say have been filling orders for counterfeit dvds for years. >> that's a pretty significant amount there. >> detective rick ishitani found one of their order books. >> these are all movie titles that recently came out. angels & demons, they ordered 100 movies. we got terminator. >> police say the suspects were wholesalers who acted like mobsters. they would pick up customers in this van and drive them around blindfolded before bringing them here to fill their large orders. the dvds are made by pirates who often sit in the back row of theaters and record movies with tiny cameras. illinois police say this man, gerardo arellano, did

i'm leslie stahl. oil is the engine that drives our economy. and as oil becomes scarcer, the push to discover and develop new sources becomes increasingly dangerous. this edition examines two recent disasters in the oil industry with a great deal in common: the deepwater horizon rig in the gulf of mexico and the refinery at texas city, which suffered explosions five years apart. they were both operated by bp. and in both cases, 60 minutes looked at whether bp's cost saving measures may have had deadly consequences. first we'll look at the biggest off shore oil spill in history, the blowout of the deepwater horizon drilling rig in 2010. critical revelations in the disaster have come from one of the last crewmen to escape the rig, mike williams, who first told his story to scott pelley in may, 2010. williams said the blowout was the result of a series of mishaps that started weeks before. the night of the disaster, he was in his workshop when the engines that power the rig's generators began to run wild. it was the first sign that explosive gas w

i'm lesley stahl. in this edition, we examine the boardroom intrigue at hewlett-packard between 2005 and 2007. it was a tumultuous saga that led to criminal charges, executive firings, accusations of sexism, and lots and lots of finger-pointing. and in the midst of it all, three of the protagonists told me their sides of the story -- pattie dunn, thomas perkins, and carly fiorina. we begin with pattie dunn. it was 2005, and she was appointed chairman of hewlett-packard. yet just 20 months later, dunn was gone from hp due to her participation in an internal investigation that involved spying on members of the board. less than a month later, dunn was charged with four felony counts for her role in that investigation. in october 2006, only hours after the criminal charges against her were announced, pattie dunn sat down with me to talk about what happened at hewlett-packard. let me ask you the obvious question that i think every lawyer who's watching this is asking himself or herself. why are you giving u

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 15% and 16%. >> and in the united states, it's 35%. >> i know. it's half, half price. >> and do you have the lowest tax rate in switzerland? >> most probably, yes. >> most probably, yes. so you're kind of a tax haven within a tax haven. >> [laughs] maybe, yes. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> the population of the town of zug is 26,000. the number of companies in the area: 30,000 and growing. but many are no more than mailboxes. texas democratic congressman lloyd doggett questions whether the moves of several c

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lesley stahl asked dagan about iran. >> the regime in iran is a rational regime. >> do you think ahmadinejadhow rational, but i think that he's rational. >> you think they're rational enough that they are capable of backing down from this? >> no doubt that the iranian regime maybe not exactly rational based on what i call western thinking. but no doubt that they are considering all the implications of direction. >> other people think they're not going to stop until they have this capability. >> they have to pay dearly in all the consequences for it and i think at this point in time, they're going very careful. they're not running. >> if they're that rational as you suggest, that logical, then why can't you, israel and the world live with a nuclear iran? in the israeli case, they say they want to destroy israel. >> here is israel's ambassador to the united states. welcome. >> good morning, charlie. >> what do you disagree with what meir dagan said. >> he's been -- i of course have the highest regard for meir dagan. he's given his life to israel's security. other people have given their lives