3/21/2021: Prosecuting the Riot, Race in the Ranks, Back to School

60 Minutes

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🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this week's "60 Minutes," David Martin interviews Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who weighs in on the racial bias he' has experienced throughout career. A Georgia school system is helping the CDC understand how the coronavirus spreads within schools. John Dickerson tells us more. And Scott Pelley interviews Michael Sherwin, the DOJ prosecutor who has been leading the investigation into the Capitol riots, the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Michael Sherwin has been in charge of the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history,
0:12.4	prosecuting the capital assault of January 6th.
0:17.5	We're over 400 criminal cases, which is a pretty amazing number, I think, in a very limited time frame.
0:24.6	400 defendants.
0:25.6	Correct, 400 defendants. And the bulk of those cases are federal criminal charges and significant federal felony charges,
0:32.6	five, 10, 20, or penalties.
0:36.6	It doesn't change as you climb the ladder.
0:40.3	There are always going to be people because of what you look like that will question your qualifications.
0:46.3	Lloyd Austin climbed every rung in the Army, starting at West Point and rising all the way to four-star general.
0:53.3	Many times breaking barriers as the first African-American ever to hold the job.
0:59.3	I would go someplace with my staff and we were wearing civilian clothes.
1:03.2	Somebody would come out to meet the general, and I wasn't the guy that they walked up to.
1:11.6	This is what going back to school looks like during a pandemic.
1:15.6	The CDC has been studying this school district to find out how the coronavirus spreads.
1:23.6	When we first started this project with the CDC, I was convinced that we were going to have more transmission in middle and high school classrooms than we had an elementary.
1:33.2	What surprised me as we worked through this is that it was actually the exact opposite.
1:39.0	I'm Leslie Stahl.
1:40.7	I'm Bill Whitaker.
1:42.0	I'm Anderson Cooper.
1:43.2	I'm John Dickerson. I'm Scott Pelly. Those stories and more
1:47.2	tonight on 60 Minutes. Until this past Friday, federal prosecutor Michael Sherwin was leading the largest
1:59.3	criminal investigation in U.S. history.
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