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60 Minutes

Sunday, June 9, 2019

60 Minutes

CBS News

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

At 70 years old, actor Samuel L. Jackson has no plans on slowing down, as he tells Steve Kroft. From smartphones to cars and defense missiles, modern U.S. life depends on rare earth elements. As Lesley Stahl reports, China dominates the industry. And -- Jon Wertheim introduces us to the couple who won millions of dollars, by cracking the code on lottery games. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.9

The F-35 fighter jet is the most technologically advanced weapon system in history.

1:17.7

Each one contains nearly a half a ton of what's called rare earth elements, almost all of which come

1:24.7

from China. The guidance systems on weapon systems and Tomahawks cruise missile, any of the smart

1:30.7

bombs of rare earths in them. I'd be hard pressed to name anything that we consider worth building

1:37.6

today and going forward that would not have a rare earth component. Because of this, because of

1:42.2

the monopoly on rare earths, does China threaten our national security? Unchecked, yes.

1:51.0

For years, high school sweethearts Jerry and Marge Selby lived a quiet life in Everton, Michigan.

1:57.2

A single stoplight factory town that collapses in the folds of the map, which is why investigators

2:03.2

took note when Jerry and Marge made $26 million winning various state lottery games dozens of times.

2:10.4

You went into this looking for organized crime, were you surprised by what you found?

2:14.0

I wasn't surprised. I was dumbfoundedly amazed that these math nerd geniuses had found a way,

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