An ongoing investigation by ProPublica and BuzzFeed News found Amazon delivery drivers have been involved in more than 60 crashes causing injuries or death since June 2015. That joint investigation found that drivers reported feeling tremendous pressure to meet deadlines and that Amazon often contractually avoids liability for accidents. Mola Lenghi reports. Source
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Generation Equality: 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum
Participants in this discussion at the 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland, include: Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women; Patricia Milligan, Senior Partner and Global Leader of When Women Thrive and Multinational Client Group, Mercer; Afke Schaart, VP and Head of Europe, Russia and Eurasia at GSMA; Catherine Gotani Hara, Speaker of the Parliament, Malawi. Source
The case against Russian agents accused of interfering in the 2016 election
Twelve Russian military officers have been indicted for breaking into the Democratic Party’s computers, stealing compromising information and selectively releasing it to undermine candidates. Bill Whitaker reports on the case against them. Source
Reading minds with an MRI machine
Ten years ago, 60 Minutes met a team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University who had begun to decode simple thoughts inside the brain. Now they’ve moved on to identifying complex thoughts from spirituality to suicide Source
Netanyahu says fraud allegations are an attempted coup
Benjamin Netanyahu says he’ll fight to stay in power after becoming the first sitting prime minister in Israel’s history to be indicted on criminal charges. Netanyahu faces allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust. If convicted, he could serve up to 10 years in prison. Roxana Saberi reports. Source
Trump pushes back against impeachment inquiry after second week of public hearings
President Trump has pushed back against House Democrats in an interview on “Fox & Friends,” maintaining his position that he did nothing wrong concerning Ukraine. This comes after Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee made their closing arguments at the end of the second week of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes, CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang and CBS News legal analyst Kim Wehle joined CBSN to recap the week’s hearings. Source
Story behind photo of drowned father and daughter
A widely seen photograph of a father and his 23-month-old daughter who drowned trying to reach the U.S. was seared into memory this summer. Now, Tania Avalos, the wife and mother of the drowned migrants, is telling her story to 60 Minutes Source
Titans Explode on Offense in Second Half to Rout Jaguars, 42-20
The Titans scored three touchdowns in less than five minutes to start the second half and rolled to a 42-20 win over the Jaguars at Nissan Stadium. Source
Woman who lived with R. Kelly says he was abusive
Savage pleaded for people not to judge her, saying “imagine you being in my position” Source
Harry Morton, founder of Pink Taco, has died at 38
Morton was reportedly found by his younger brother at his Beverly Hills home Source