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60 Minutes

Drought Crisis, Chicago’s Hope, Eurovision

60 Minutes

CBS News

Cbs, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, News

42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On this edition of “60 Minutes,” Bill Whitaker investigates what happens when the main source of water for the US southwest begins to run dry. Scott Pelley goes to a school in the southside of Chicago to see an act of kindness so profound it can change the lives of those students forever. Jon Wertheim reports from Iceland, which erupts in excitement every year over the musical competition that boasts ABBA and Celine Dion among its most famous winners. 

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1:07.3

What happens when the main water source for the southwest begins to run dry?

1:12.1

The Colorado River serves 40 million people their drinking water, powers their homes,

1:17.5

and irrigates 90% of the nation's winter-formed greens. To all those demands, add the stress of a

1:25.8

22-year drought and you have the makings of a crisis. These white bathtub rings. Is this where the

1:34.0

water used to be? Absolutely. In need of some hopeful news, so were these students and their families.

1:43.7

Good afternoon, Johnson College Preb. We went to the south side of Chicago to witness an act of

1:51.2

kindness so profound. It could lift the dreams of thousands for generations.

2:01.5

I'll remember this day for the rest of my entire life. I'll never forget this day.

2:05.6

What's Eurovision? Well, it rivals any major European sporting event.

2:16.7

Hitting nation against nation with most of the continent tuning in on the final night.

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