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60 Minutes

3/15/2020: On The Frontline, Children of Flint, King of the Road

60 Minutes

CBS News

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

There's new evidence of a long-term health impact on the children of Flint Michigan. Sharyn Alfonsi reports. Driverless trucks being tested right now on public roads. Jon Wertheim climbs aboard for a look at the very near future of transportation and technology that could eliminate as many as 300,000 jobs. Those stories on this week's "60 Minutes."

Transcript

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0:00.0

Westchester County, New York has one of the highest concentrations of coronavirus infections in the nation.

0:15.0

That has left teams of courageous nurses visiting more than a thousand homes to track the virus and quarantine its victims.

0:24.6

We're asking you not to go to work, not to go to school,

0:27.6

not to go food shopping, really just to stay home.

0:30.6

We have been following public health nurses in Westchester County.

0:34.6

I wonder what you think of their effort. God bless them. God bless them.

0:41.7

God bless them. Oh, see how strong. Dr. Mona is a bit of a superhero herself here because she was the

0:52.7

first to link the water to high levels of lead

0:56.0

in the children of Flint.

0:58.0

The word lead when you're a physician or a pediatrician signals what in your brain?

1:04.0

There is no safe level of lead.

1:06.0

It impacts cognition, how children think, actually drops IQ levels.

1:11.5

It impacts behavior leading to things like developmental delays and it has these life-altering

1:17.3

consequences.

1:19.4

You've heard a lot about the future of driverless cars.

1:26.7

But what about this?

1:29.3

That's right, 18 wheels on the road and nobody in the driver's seat.

1:35.3

Don't be surprised to see this on American Highway soon.

1:39.3

How close are we to the day when these trucks have no driver?

1:42.3

We'll be operating on the public highways with real cargo, with a real fleet in 2021.

1:52.6

I'm Leslie Stahl.

1:54.3

I'm Bill Whitaker.

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