11/6/2022: Angry in America, Buses from the Border, Ready or Not

60 Minutes

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🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this edition of “60 Minutes,” in the final days before the midterm elections, Republicans are attacking Democrats, and Democrats are returning fire. A lot of this is happening on social media. Bill Whitaker explores the impact social media is having on American life. Anderson Cooper examines how New York City has been dealing with the influx of migrants arriving on buses from Texas, and some of the glaring systemic problems the crisis exposed. No longer the sole province of militants and conspiracy theorists, prepping has gone mainstream. Jon Wertheim travels throughout the US and meets with preppers who are trying to ensure they are prepared for any disaster situation that may arise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.0	With midterm elections in just two days, America is in a very angry moment.
0:43.3	Republicans attack Democrats, and Democrats return fire.
0:47.3	Social media is a showcase of our anger, and it's everywhere, including America's schools.
0:56.4	As a professor, what do you do?
0:58.0	I just avoid controversial topics.
0:58.8	Really?
0:59.2	Yes.
1:00.6	Isn't that what college is for?
1:01.3	It used to be.
1:08.0	This summer, buses largely paid for by the state of Texas and the city of El Paso started arriving in Manhattan, filled
1:11.9	with thousands of Venezuelans who hoped to be granted asylum.
1:16.0	But they were stepping into a city still struggling with COVID, crime, and an unstable
1:20.4	economy, and an asylum system that's desperately backlogged and broken.
1:26.0	Is this a democratic failure, a Republican administration failure?
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