01/12/2025: The Fires, The FBI Director, The Gaza Policy

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🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Bill Whitaker covers the catastrophic Los Angeles fires from the ground and the air.

As Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray prepares to step down before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, correspondent Scott Pelley speaks with him for his only broadcast exit interview. Wray, whom Trump nominated in 2017, reflected on his decision to depart early, the Bureau's future, and the threats America faces.

Former State Department officials criticize the U.S. handling of the war in Gaza. Officials told Cecilia Vega that U.S. policy runs counter to American values and threatens national security.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to this podcast, ad-free, right now.
0:04.4	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondery app today.
0:14.6	Wow.
0:15.8	From the air and on the ground.
0:19.6	60 minutes surveyed the catastrophic wildfires around Los Angeles.
0:27.0	Tonight, we'll introduce you to some of the heroes who continue to fight them.
0:31.9	Global nightmare.
0:33.1	And people who just barely escaped with their lives.
0:37.1	Oh, my God.
0:38.3	My house is weird.
0:45.3	The FBI director is being forced out by President-elect Trump.
0:53.3	Christopher Ray spoke with us about imminent security
0:57.2	threats most Americans don't know about, and the investigations that made Trump and Biden livid.
1:05.2	Investigations have to be driven by the facts and the law, not by the outcome somebody
1:09.5	wants it to have. You know, truth is truth, not by the outcome somebody wants it to have.
1:15.2	You know, truth is truth, not necessarily what either side wants it to be.
1:23.9	Tonight, meet the veteran State Department officials who quit their jobs over the U.S. government's support of Israel's war in Gaza.
1:26.7	You believe that this has put a target on America's back, you've said.
1:30.2	100%.
1:30.8	Those are strong words.
1:32.0	Yes. I don't say them lightly.
1:36.4	I'm Leslie Stahl.
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