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60 Minutes: Director of the FBI | Examining the Bin Laden Papers | Mayor Adams (S54EP27 CBS Sun April 24, 2022)

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April 23, 2022

Alastair James

Director of the FBI – FBI Director Christopher Wray sits down for a wide-ranging interview with 60 MINUTES’ Scott Pelley to discuss how the FBI is assisting in Ukraine’s cyber defense, the ongoing cyber threats to the homeland from nation-states Russia and China, preventing another attack on the U.S. from domestic and international terrorists,f and more.

Examining the Bin Laden Papers – In her first global television interview, author and Islamic scholar Nelly Lahoud sits down with 60 MINUTES’ Sharyn Alfonsi to discuss her new book, The Bin Laden Papers, and shares a rare look at the inner workings of Al Qaeda. On May 1, 2011, American special forces raided the compound of Osama Bin Laden, where they killed the terrorist leader and gathered intelligence that included a treasure trove of Bin Laden’s personal documents, handwritten journals, and internal Al Qaeda communications. Most of those documents were declassified in 2017 when Lahoud gained access and spent five years poring over the thousands of pages, opening up a whole new world of insight on the infamous leader and Al Qaeda.

Mayor Adams – 60 MINUTES’ Anderson Cooper profiles New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Following the Brooklyn subway shooting, Adams discusses how he intends to tackle the daunting challenges facing the city, including police reform, economic recovery, the rise in crime, and new COVID outbreaks. Cooper speaks with Adams about how he was a victim of police brutality as a teenager and then became a police officer for 22 years.

Airdate: Sun April 24, 2022 at 19:00 on CBS

Season 54 Episode 27

60 Minutes has been on the air since 1968, beginning on a Tuesday, but spending most of its time on Sundays, where it remains today. This popular news magazine provides both hard hitting investigations, interviews and features, along with people in the news and current events. 60 Minutes has set unprecedented records in the Nielsen’s ratings with a number 1 rating, five times, making it among the most successful TV programs in all of television history. This series has won more Emmy awards than any other news program and in 2003, Don Hewitt, the creator (back in 1968), was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy, along with the 60 Minute correspondents. Added to the 11 Peabody awards, this phenomenally long-lived series has collected 78 awards up to the 2005 season and remains among the viewers top choice for news magazine features.