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60 Minutes

Sunday, October 27, 2019

60 Minutes

CBS News

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Presidential candidate Joe Biden talks to Norah O'Donnell about the 2020 race to the White House -- and revisits his October 2015 interview -- where he said he would NOT run for president in 2016. Nearly three years after California legalized marijuana, the profit outlook for this budding business looks cloudy. Sharyn Alfonsi reports. A partnership between superpowers is helping to save giant pandas from the brink of extinction. Scott Pelley has the story. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.

0:03.9

Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,

0:07.0

a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars

0:11.0

in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.

0:14.6

Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you catch your podcasts.

0:26.0

The Democratic Party has had Jack Kennedy, Bill Clinton,

0:29.7

Barack Obama. This is your third run for president. Why Joe Biden?

0:34.2

We need somebody who, on day one, knows exactly what to do.

0:37.9

Can command the world stage. No one wonders whether I know a great deal about

0:42.2

these issues in foreign policy and domestic policy, there's things I've done.

0:46.5

President Trump has said publicly,

0:48.6

Joe Biden and his son are stone-cold corrupt,

0:51.8

and chances are he's watching this interview. Anything you want to say to him?

0:55.6

Yeah, Mr. President, release your tax returns. Let's see how straight you are, okay, old buddy.

1:03.2

It's hard this season for California's 11 billion dollar cash crop, marijuana.

1:10.8

But to understand its problems, you have to get high.

1:14.8

See all those shiny, straight things? Those are all marijuana growers.

1:17.9

There's so much marijuana being grown in the state that there is a massive surplus.

1:23.2

We found a lot of it is being smuggled east.

1:26.0

The state's words yet to be legalized. A 300-pound load stopped in Missouri,

1:31.8

800 pounds in Idaho, 3400 pounds in Texas.

1:36.4

Dude, this all happened too fast. Oh my goodness, of course it did.

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