10/7/2018: The Kavanaugh Vote, John Green, The Pavarotti of Pasta
60 Minutes
CBS News
3.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The controversial Senate vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was mostly partisan and set the stage for the upcoming midterm elections. Scott Pelley sits down with two female senators from both parties to talk about their crucial undecided votes that could threaten their careers. Author and YouTuber John Green has reminded his young audience across the globe "don't forget to be awesome." He opens up about living with obsessive-compulsive disorder and how he copes with it. Plus, Chef Massimo Bottura introduces Lesley Stahl to the world class menu offered at his restaurant Osteria Francescana on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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| 0:00.0 | This is a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court. |
| 0:10.1 | There's no do-overs. |
| 0:11.8 | The important thing for me is to be able to get up in the morning, |
| 0:15.9 | look in the mirror, and know that I didn't take a shortcut, |
| 0:19.0 | that I didn't do what was politically expedient. |
| 0:22.5 | Two senators, known for weeks as undecided, cast their votes yesterday, |
| 0:27.7 | ending uncertainty over Judge Kavanaugh's fate, but leaving questions about their own political futures. |
| 0:34.8 | Senator, you came to this interview on Capitol Hill with a security detail. |
| 0:39.0 | This has been unlike anything I've ever been through. |
| 0:44.6 | I love the book. |
| 0:45.7 | It's amazing. |
| 0:46.3 | Oh, thank you so much. |
| 0:47.6 | If you don't know John Green, the teenagers in your life do. |
| 0:51.1 | Hi. |
| 0:51.9 | As an author, he dominates the young adult bestseller list. |
| 0:55.0 | Good morning, Hank. It's Tuesday. |
| 0:57.0 | Online, he has millions of YouTube subscribers. |
| 1:00.0 | But here's what some John Green fans don't know and we'll learn tonight. |
| 1:05.0 | He has a serious mental health condition. |
| 1:08.0 | I had a lot of self-destructive impulses, and I felt scared all the time. |
| 1:12.5 | What were you scared of? |
| 1:13.7 | The short answer is everything. |
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