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60 Minutes

Sunday, November 17, 2019

60 Minutes

CBS News

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Several sheriffs in Colorado are digging in their heels against a gun law allowing temporary confiscation of firearms -- if a gun owner shows dangerous or threatening behavior. Scott Pelley reports. China and other countries -- minus the United States -- are racing to be the first to mine trillions of dollars worth of metals used in cell phones, supercomputers and more. Bill Whitaker has the story. And "Sesame Street" launches a new program for Syrian refugee children. Lesley Stahl has the story on this week's "6o Minutes."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

We've got an active shooter, Sergeant High School.

0:13.0

Thursday's high school shooting

0:15.0

renews the debate over gun legislation.

0:18.0

17 states believe one answer is the red flag law.

0:23.0

It's a temporary intervention to get the guns out of someone's hands who's in crisis.

0:28.0

You may be surprised by those who oppose it.

0:32.0

There are portions of the law I just flat out can't and won't do.

0:35.0

This is a law that was passed by the legislature.

0:38.0

It's signed by the governor. Nobody asked you.

0:43.0

It looks like a lunar landing, but it's actually three miles deep in the Pacific.

0:49.0

And while those may look like moon rocks, they're called nodules and they're worth trillions of dollars.

0:56.0

What makes them so valuable? What is in that?

0:59.0

Well, that is a electric vehicle battery in Iraq.

1:04.0

The world's most powerful countries are preparing to harvest them.

1:09.0

So why isn't America? That's our story tonight.

1:15.0

Nearly half of all Syrian refugees are children, more than three million of them.

1:21.0

How old are you guys?

1:23.0

We visited refugee camps in Jordan when it was 111 degrees.

1:29.0

There was no running water, no indoor plumbing.

1:33.0

But there was a brand new Sesame Street produced with characters that these young refugees can learn from as so many kids in America have for years.

1:45.0

I'm Leslie Stahl.

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