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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 3h

Stocks took a nosedive on Friday after President Trump threatened a big tariff hike on China. Until then, Wall Street had been at record highs for months, which is why we decided to check in with Andrew Ross Sorkin. cbsn.ws/4mXotn3

AI boom propping up economy as some guardrails are coming off, journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin warns

Stocks on Wall Street have rallied in recent months, but author Andrew Ross Sorkin sees a crash coming. The question is: when will the bubble pop, and how much will the market slump when it does?

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4h

News of a ceasefire — including the return of Israeli hostages — offers hope that the war ignited by Hamas will finally end. Gaza's Hamas-led Health Ministry says 67,000 people have been killed there.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4h

“Anyone who obstructs the lifting of sanctions on Syria is an accomplice to those who committed this crime,” says Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. cbsn.ws/47kUrVH

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4h

In Damascus, 60 Minutes found signs of normalcy and difficulty, uncertainty, and hope. Many Syrians have electricity and running water for only a few hours a day. cbsn.ws/48m4lrc

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4h

Ahmed al-Sharaa describes the experience of entering the presidential palace after overthrowing the brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad. cbsn.ws/471QjZs

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4h

“It’s very important that the period of liberation gives people new hope for their return and for reconstruction,” says Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

He believes he can rebuild the country during his children’s lifetime. cbsn.ws/4qpiESz

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4h

“I think it's hard to say we're not in a bubble of some sort. The question is always, when is the bubble going to pop?” says Andrew Ross Sorkin, author of “Too Big to Fail,” 1929, and co-creator of the show “Billions.”

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 5h

“If we don't dominate in this space, China gains advantage,” says Gen. Tim Haugh, who was formerly in charge of defending America from cyber threats. cbsn.ws/3J2BA8w

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 5h

Former NSA Director Gen. Tim Haugh says China has hacked into U.S. computer networks to an astonishing degree. He believes it’s designed to divert resources and make it more difficult for America to mobilize in a future crisis. cbsn.ws/4mXHiqp

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 6h

Tonight, 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl talks with Andrew Ross Sorkin, one of the most trusted financial reporters of our time, about his new book, “1929,” which examines the market crash a century ago.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 10h

Former al Qaeda member Ahmed al-Sharaa shocked the world when he led rebels to overthrow Syria’s brutal dictator. Now, as president, he’s trying to rebuild the country and urging the U.S. to lift crippling sanctions permanently. 60 Minutes, Sunday.

Syria’s newly installed president sits down with 60 Minutes for his first U.S. TV interview.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 13h

China is targeting not only the U.S. military and industry, but also Americans in their homes, warns retired General Tim Haugh. Sunday on 60 Minutes.

Retired General Tim Haugh warns that China is targeting America’s critical infrastructure, such as water, electrical power, and transportation.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 16h

Financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin says that a crash could be coming. The question is: when and how deep? Sunday on 60 Minutes.

Andrew Ross Sorkin warns that today’s stock market has some echoes of the one in 1929.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 1d

This Sunday, Andrew Ross Sorkin — one of the most trusted financial reporters of our time — discusses his new book, “1929,” which examines the market crash a century ago and explores whether history is about to repeat itself.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 1d

As the deal brokered by the Trump administration between Israel and Hamas raises hope for broader changes in the Middle East, Margaret Brennan interviews Syria’s new president Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda member, in his first U.S. television interview since taking office. Sunday.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 2d

In his first television interview since retiring, Gen. Tim Haugh warns that China has hacked into U.S. computer networks to an astonishing degree. And he believes he knows why. Scott Pelley reports, Sunday on 60 Minutes.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4d

Rob Reiner shows Lesley Stahl his new book about "Spinal Tap," and drops it on her foot. cbsn.ws/4qaN9vk

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4d

It's been more than 40 years since Rob Reiner made his first movie but the award-winning actor and director said he still has no idea if his films will work. cbsn.ws/46Uw2F4

Rob Reiner on his decades-long film career, from "This is Spinal Tap" to "Spinal Tap II"

Director Rob Reiner brought the band back for a "Spinal Tap" sequel decades after releasing the original, his first-ever film.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 5d

For many of us, Rob Reiner will forever be "Meathead," the liberal foil to Archie Bunker in CBS' "All In the Family." cbsn.ws/42tZsbL

Why Rob Reiner made a "Spinal Tap" sequel 41 years after releasing the cult classic

Rob Reiner's "This is Spinal Tap," now a cult classic, almost didn't get made. The director explains why, decades later, he made a sequel and what reuniting the actors was like.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 5d

Rob Reiner’s breakout role was “Meathead” from the 1970s sitcom "All in the Family."

When 60 Minutes interviewed Reiner in New York City’s Central Park in 1994, Steve Kroft asked: “How many people this week have come up to you, or stopped and shouted, "Hey, Meathead"?

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 6d

It sounds like a storyline straight out of Hollywood: two semitrucks carrying more than $1 million worth of Santo Tequila, a brand co-founded by Food Network star Guy Fieri and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar, vanish on their way to the warehouse.
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Two truckloads of Guy Fieri's tequila vanished last year. It shed light on a growing new crime.

Guy Fieri got a crash course in a new type of high-tech crime after two semitrucks carrying 24,000 bottles of tequila from his company vanished.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 6d

International crime groups have found new ways to infiltrate the global supply chain online to steal hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of goods. This sophisticated, high-tech crime ultimately affects consumers.cbsn.ws/431fp9B

By remotely redirecting cargo, thieves are stealing millions. This type of crime has increased 1,200% in four years.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 7d

There's no shortage of unbelievable stories that start with tequila, and this is one of them. cbsn.ws/3IJBF0W

How thieves stole 24,000 bottles of Guy Fieri's tequila in a highway heist

Trucks carrying Santo Tequila, a brand founded by Food Network host Guy Fieri and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar, vanished last year. This is how the sophisticated highway heist was pulled off.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 7d

In the mail this week: Scott Pelley shares what viewers had to say about last Sunday’s 60 Minutes. Some viewers praised it. Others were critical. 60Minutes.com

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 7d

The cult classic “This is Spinal Tap” is back with a sequel 41 years later. And just like the original, it’s all improvised or, as director Rob Reiner calls it, “schnadeling.” cbsn.ws/42rZcdl