60 Minutes (US) S56E12 - Chaos On Campus | Quantum Computing | Greta Gerwig
Summary:
Chaos On Campus –60 MINUTES' Bill Whitaker witnesses pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel student rallies at Columbia University and department-led campus forums at Dartmouth in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and ensuing Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Whitaker speaks with Jewish and Palestinian students, and Middle East studies professors, about the antisemitic and Islamophobic rhetoric that has raged across campuses, the continuing situation unfolding and a path forward. Marc Lieberman and Graham Messick are the producers.
Quantum Computing –Correspondent Scott Pelleyreports on the pioneering technology of quantum computing, a new kind of computer that could answer impossible questions in physics, chemistry, engineering and medicine. Pelley travels to California to see Google's quantum lab, visits one of the first quantum computers outside the lab at Cleveland Clinic and gets a first look at IBM's newest quantum computer, its most advanced to date. Denise Schrier Cetta and Katie Brennan are the producers.
Greta Gerwig – CorrespondentSharyn Alfonsiprofiles the brains behind "Barbie" – filmmaker Greta Gerwig, whose outside-the-box blockbuster smashed box office records this summer. Alfonsi speaks with Gerwig about pulling off a delicate balancing act: giving voice to the iconic Barbie doll while appealing to her fiercest critics, and details Gerwig's journey from indie darling to billion-dollar director. Nathalie Sommer is the producer.
