60 Minutes - Season 47

Run Time: 44 mins
Air Date: Sun, 21 Sept 2014
Average Rating: ⭐ 6.591 (77 votes)
CBS52 Episodes

The Islamic State; The Tax Refund Scam
Season 47 - Episode 1
Scott Pelley reports from the front lines in the fight against ISIS in northern Iraq, and con artists have been filing bogus tax returns and...

President Obama; Chairman Ma
Season 47 - Episode 2
The president sits down with Steve Kroft to discuss the current strategy in the Middle East to combat ISIS; and, Lara Logan speaks with the ...

The Director, Cancer Drugs, Smartest Dog
Season 47 - Episode 3
In his major first television interview, FBI Director James Comey speaks with Scott Pelley about the current threats to the U.S.; and, Ander...

FBI Director on Privacy, The War on Leaks, The Arrest of El Chapo
Season 47 - Episode 4
FBI Director James Comey talks about right to privacy and electronic surveillance, The Obama administration relentlessly pushes journalists ...

Ending Life, Gold Rush, Saving History
Season 47 - Episode 5
Barbara Mancini was arrested and charged with helping her dying father kill himself. Anderson Cooper has her story and more on the end-of-li...

Treating Ebola, Breeding Out Disease, Foo Fighters
Season 47 - Episode 6
The medical staff who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S., tell the inside story to Scott Pelley; and,...

Campaigning for ISIS, SEAL under fire, Blake Shelton
Season 47 - Episode 7
Clarissa Wards speaks with Islamic radicals in London about accusations they recruit British citizens for battlefields in Syria and Iraq; an...

The Ebola Hot Zone, Cleaning up the VA, Steve Carell
Season 47 - Episode 8
Lara Logan travels to Liberia to report on Americans working on the frontline of the Ebola outbreak; and, Steve Kroft talks with the gifted ...

Water, Cardinal Se n, Mandy Patinkin
Season 47 - Episode 9
Lesley Stahl reports on disturbing new evidence that our planet's groundwater is being pumped out much faster than it can be replenished; an...

Falling Apart, Chernobyl, Forgotten Corner of Hell
Season 47 - Episode 10
Steve Kroft reports on structurally deficient roads and bridges in the U.S.; Bob Simon visits Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of a 1986 nuclear...

United Nations World Food Programme; Kevin Richardson's efforts to save lions raised in captivity
Season 47 - Episode 11

The Spill at Dan River, Disrupting Cancer, The City of Music
Season 47 - Episode 12
Lesley Stahl reports on how the nation's biggest energy company is handling 100 million tons of coal ash waste in North Carolina; Sanjay Gup...

Denied, Inside Homs, Mindfulness
Season 47 - Episode 13
Treatment for the mentally ill; video and eyewitness accounts from Homs, Syria.

Diplomatic relations reopened between U.S. and Cuba; Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-Okla.) retirement; actress and producer Reese Witherspoon
Season 47 - Episode 14
Scott Pelley reports on the restoration of diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Cuba; Lesley Stahl interviews retiring Oklahoma senator Tom ...

Inside the Vatican
Season 47 - Episode 15
Scott Pelley profiles Pope Francis, a pontiff who is surprising the world by spurning tradition; and, Morley Safer gets a rare look inside t...

U.S. Gen. John Campbell and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
Season 47 - Episode 16
U.S. Gen. John Campbell and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani talk about the future of Afghanistan; a choir in Harlem for mature adults.

Colorado's Legal Marijuana; Affordable Care Act; Veterans Mountain Climbing
Season 47 - Episode 17
The results of Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana; the Affordable Care Act; veterans using mountain climbing to overcome disa...

The Republican Leaders, The Cleveland Division, Li Na
Season 47 - Episode 18
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sit down for their first joint interview since the new Republican majo...

60 Minutes Presents: The Many Sounds of Music
Season 47 - Episode 19

DARPA Dan, The Swiss Leaks, Selma
Season 47 - Episode 20
Lesley Stahl reports on DARPA Dan's fight to secure the Internet; then, Bill Whitaker investigates the biggest leak in Swiss banking history...

ZMapp, A New Kind Of Terrorist, Bradley Cooper
Season 47 - Episode 21
Bob Simon reports on the development of ZMapp, a promising drug to combat Ebola; Clarissa Ward reports on the French neighborhood and prison...

Remembering Bob Simon
Season 47 - Episode 22
A tribute to correspondent Bob Simon (1941-2015) includes interviews with his "60 Minutes" colleagues, clips of his life's work and three of...

The Storm after the Storm, Lumber Liquidators, Larry David
Season 47 - Episode 23
An interview with Larry David; an investigation into allegations that thousands of homeowners were denied their flood insurance claims follo...

Argentine Prosecutor Assassination; Golf Company Reunion; James Levine; Laminate Flooring Update
Season 47 - Episode 24
Lesley Stahl reports on the untimely death of Alberto Nisman; Scott Pelley reports on combat Marines adjusting to civilian life; and, a prof...

Dead or Alive; A Few Good Women; Back to the Wild
Season 47 - Episode 25
Scott Pelley reports on how errors to the SSA's Death Master File can result in fraudulent payments and identity headaches; David Martin rep...

Iraq's Christians, Rare Earth Elements, Starstruck
Season 47 - Episode 26
Lara Logan reports on Iraq's Christians; Are modern life's devices under China's grip? Lesley Stahl reports; then, Charlie Rose profiles ast...

Bashar al Assad, Killing Cancer
Season 47 - Episode 27
Charlie Rose interviews Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as Syria's four-year-old civil war drags on; and, 60 Minutes follows brain cancer p...

Homeland Security, The Good Friday Agreement, Wikimania
Season 47 - Episode 28
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson talks about the evolving role of his department?s massive security efforts; then, a rare interview w...

The Attack on Sony, Ambassador Kennedy, Rush to Judgment
Season 47 - Episode 29
Steve Kroft reports on the Sony Pictures cyberattack; Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy talks with Norah O?Donnell; and, former Duke lacr...

A Crime Against Humanity, TED Talks, Hoop Dreams
Season 47 - Episode 30
Scott Pelley reports on the 2013 sarin gas attack in Syria; then, Charlie Rose reports on the popular lecture series TED Talks; and, Lesley ...

Death in the Mediterranean, The Battle Above
Season 47 - Episode 31
Desperation fuels the largest mass migration since WWII in which thousands have died trying to reach Europe by sea; then, David Martin gives...

The Lesson of War, All-American, Whisky Island
Season 47 - Episode 32
Scott Pelley explores the effects of war on children; then, Morley Safer profiles ?patriotic philanthropist? David Rubenstein; and, Steve Kr...

An Unlikely Informant, The Unknown America, King of Crossfit
Season 47 - Episode 33
Anderson Cooper interviews undercover informant Michael Blutrich, one of the most effective informants ever, according to authorities; then,...

A Monumental Project, Child Suicide Bombers, Falling Apart
Season 47 - Episode 34
Scott Pelley reports on the building of a national museum dedicated to African-American history and culture; Lara Logan reports on child sui...

War Stories
Season 47 - Episode 35
This Memorial Day, join 60 Minutes as veterans recount wars long past and those just beginning.

The Cleveland Division, Water, Who is Larry David?
Season 47 - Episode 36
Bill Whitaker reports from the Cleveland PD on the hot-button issue of policing in America; Lesley Stahl reports on depleting groundwater; a...

Colorado Pot, The Storm after the Storm, Bradley Cooper
Season 47 - Episode 37
Bill Whitaker checks in on Colorado after becoming the first state to legalize recreational pot; Sharyn Alfonsi investigates allegations tha...

Recruiting for ISIS, The Spill at Dan River, The Smartest Dog in the World
Season 47 - Episode 38
Clarissa Ward reports on accusations that Islamic radicals are campaigning for ISIS in the West; then Lesley Stahl reports on how Duke Energ...

The Director, The Cost of Cancer Drugs, Saving History
Season 47 - Episode 39
Scott Pelley interviews FBI director James Comey; Lesley Stahl investigates the high cost of cancer drugs; Morley Safer reports on iconic ar...

The Tax Refund Scam, Cleaning up the VA, Foo Fighters
Season 47 - Episode 40
Steve Kroft reports on a tax refund scam that's costing millions; then, hear from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on his personal mission ...

Dead or Alive, Breeding Out Disease, Steve Carell
Season 47 - Episode 41
Scott Pelley reports on costly errors in the SSA?s Death Master File; then, Norah O?Donnell reports on a controversial genetic procedure; an...

The Swiss Leaks, Alive and Kickin?
Season 47 - Episode 42
Bill Whitaker investigates the biggest leak in Swiss banking history; and, Lesley Stahl reports on a musical production in Harlem with a cas...

Rare Earth Elements, Ending Life, All-American
Season 47 - Episode 43
Modern life's devices under China's grip? Lesley Stahl reports; then, Anderson Cooper on the end-of-life debate and a controversial case; an...

The Gaskos, Wikimania, Star-Struck
Season 47 - Episode 44
The Gaskos - FBI agents tell Steve Kroft about their 16-year search and eventual capture of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger, once No. 1 on the ...

Denied, The Battle Above
Season 47 - Episode 45
Scott Pelley reports on what can happen when insurance companies deny the mentally ill the treatment their doctors prescribe; and, David Mar...

War and Hunger, TED Talks, Back to the Wild
Season 47 - Episode 46
Scott Pelley reports on men and women risking their lives to save Syrians from starvation; then, Charlie Rose reports on the popular lecture...

Lumber Liquidators, A Monumental Project, The Unknown America
Season 47 - Episode 47
60 Minutes examines the safety of Lumber Liquidators? Chinese-made laminate flooring; then, a look at a new museum dedicated to African-Amer...

President Rouhani, Pope Francis
Season 47 - Episode 48

Crime Against Humanity, Senator Tom Coburn, Misty Copeland
Season 47 - Episode 49
Scott Pelley reports on the 2013 nerve gas attack in Syria; Lesley Stahl interviews Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.); Bill Whitaker profiles baller...

The Spy Among Us, Li Na
Season 47 - Episode 50
Steve Kroft interviews Jack Barsky, a former Soviet spy who posed as an American during the Cold War; Lesley Stahl profiles Chinese tennis p...

Iraq?s Christians, The Shooting at Chardon High, King of CrossFit
Season 47 - Episode 51
ara Logan reports on Christians who are being forced by ISIS to flee Northern Iraq; Scott Pelley interviews Frank Hall, who saved countless ...

President Rouhani, Pope Francis, The Smartest Dog in the World
Season 47 - Episode 52
Steve Kroft interviews Iran's president Hassan Rouhani; Scott Pelley visits Pope Francis at the Vatican; Anderson Cooper reports on a dog th...