07/02/2023: The State of the Navy and Only in America
60 Minutes
CBS News
4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Norah O’Donnell is aboard the USS Nimitz, a United States Navy aircraft carrier operating southeast of Taiwan and China in the Western Pacific. She reports on the state of the Navy amid threats of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan - an important American ally - and speaks with the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral Samuel Paparo at sea. Florence’s ACF Fiorentina soccer team hasn’t won a championship in decades. The club’s fans ran their last owner out of town, but Rocco Commisso says he’s here to stay, on one condition – “I control, or no money from Rocco.” Sharyn Alfonsi reports.
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| 0:30.0 | What are the stakes between the U.S. and China right now? |
| 0:39.4 | There are few places better than the Western Pacific, on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz to find out. |
| 0:46.4 | Is the U.S. Navy ready? |
| 0:47.8 | We are ready. Yes. I'll never admit to being ready enough. |
| 0:52.5 | Tonight, the commander of the United States Pacific Fleet talks about the state of the U.S. Navy. |
| 0:58.1 | China's growing fleet and new long-range missile systems. |
| 1:04.0 | And what are top gun pilots are seeing in the sky? |
| 1:07.2 | How aggressive has China become in the air? |
| 1:10.4 | Aggressive. |
| 1:11.3 | Is it your hope that the power of the U.S. Navy, the force posture of the U.S. Navy, will deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan? |
| 1:21.3 | It's not my hope, it's my duty. |
| 1:23.9 | Rocco Camiso doesn't suffer fools. |
| 1:28.5 | But like most Italian soccer fans, he does suffer. |
| 1:36.1 | Four years ago, he bought the team in Florence, where Game Day is filled with more agony and ecstasy than a Puccini opera. |
| 1:47.6 | When Camiso bought ACF-Chorantina, it ticked two boxes. |
| 1:51.8 | First, it was a bargain for a European club. |
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