60 Minutes 57x2 - Scourge of our Time, The Trustbuster,Inside the Archives
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SCOURGE OF OUR TIME – The synthetic opioid fentanylwasdesigned to help patients in unbearable pain. But after makingits way from hospitals to communities in every corner of thecountry, it has ignited the worst drug crisis in U.S.history, killing more than 70,000 Americans last year alone.Bill Whitaker investigates the root causes, from prescriptionopioids peddled by some of America's largest drug companies tothe Mexican cartels' takeover of the illicit fentanyl market,and questions top U.S. officials about what's being done tostem the deadly tide. THE TRUSTBUSTER – Lesley Stahlinterviews the youngest-ever chair of the Federal TradeCommission, Lina Khan. The powerful and polarizing trustbusterdiscusses her determination to enforce antitrust policies aspart of the Biden administration's breaking away from 40 yearsof a hands-off approach. INSIDE THE ARCHIVES – After formerPresident Donald Trump and then-Vice President Biden held ontodocuments that should have been turned over to the NationalArchives, the small federal agency that is supposed tosafeguard America's past was thrust into the nationalspotlight. 60 MINUTES spent several months inside theArchives, where Norah O'Donnell was granted rare access notjust to the nation's founding documents, but restricted vaultsand priceless artifacts, including Revolutionary War-era oathsof allegiance signed by George Washington and AlexanderHamilton, Adolf Hitler's will and President Nixon'sresignation letter. O'Donnell also spoke to the recordkeepersresponsible for preserving presidential papers about why thatmission is so vital. The story covers the Archives' past,present and also contains some news about a major change in itsfuture: the Emancipation Proclamation and 19th Amendment willgo on permanent display in the Archives' Rotunda in Washingtonin 2026, joining the Declaration of Independence,Constitution and Bill of Rights in time for America's 250thbirthday. Keith Sharman and Roxanne Feitel are the producers.
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