8/5/2018: The Wounds of War, The Leaning Tower of San Francisco, Jennifer Lawrence
60 Minutes
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3.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
A Chicago surgeon is putting his life on the line in Syria -- to help save victims of Syria's civil war. Scott Pelley shares his story. Jon Wertheim travels to San Francisco -- where a 645-foot skyscraper has been sinking and leaning since it was built in 2006. Actress Jennifer Lawrence has an Oscar, a Golden Globe and many nominations -- but you may be surprised to know that she does not have a high school diploma. Bill Whitaker has her story 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 hospital during the siege of Aleppo. |
| 0:10.0 | From the looks of it may be an exhausted father, a distraught mother, and a child at left |
| 0:16.0 | curled up on a gurney. That was an airstrike. This hospital was hit 14 times in six months. |
| 0:23.6 | You work with the understanding that you might find yourself dead or crippled or dismembered |
| 0:29.6 | on the floor next to the people you're trying to save. |
| 0:36.6 | When the fog rolls in over San Francisco, the skyscrapers live up to the name. |
| 0:41.9 | Among them, the Millennium Tower, 58 stories of opulence. |
| 0:46.2 | Opened in 2009, it was the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi. |
| 0:51.1 | Though priced in the millions, inventory moved quickly, attracting tech barons, bankers, |
| 0:56.4 | and San Francisco football hero, Joe Montana. Yet for all its curb appeal, the building has one |
| 1:02.2 | major fundamental problem. It's sinking into mud and tilting toward its neighbors. |
| 1:10.0 | How did you get from Kentucky to the top of Hollywood? |
| 1:17.0 | Desperation. |
| 1:18.3 | At just 27, Jennifer Lawrence has already been nominated for four Academy Awards, |
| 1:24.6 | winning one. |
| 1:25.8 | You are not a stand-up guy right now. |
| 1:28.2 | She has starred in a range of movies. |
| 1:30.9 | But in her latest, she does something she had always avoided. |
| 1:36.0 | Nudity. |
| 1:37.0 | It's my body, and it's my art, and it's my choice. |
| 1:40.2 | And if you don't like boobs, you should not go see Red Sparrow. |
| 1:45.8 | I'm Steve Croft. |
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