60 Minutes
Crisis In the Red Sea | Fake Electors | Finding Cillian Murphy
TV Flash files “Crisis In the Red Sea | Fake Electors | Finding Cillian Murphy” as hour 692 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 19, aired 2024-02-18, 60 min.
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This leaf is S56E19: listed hour 692 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 19 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2024-02-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Chairman Powell | A Hole in the System | The Mismatch” (S56E18). Next is “142 Days in Gaza | China” (S56E20). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Crisis In the Red Sea – As tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East and the Iran-allied Houthi militia launch strikes against commercial and U.S. Navy ships in the southern Red Sea, 60 MINUTES' Norah O'Donnell was the first journalist to report from the region in the air, on the water, and inside the 5th Fleet's command center at naval headquarters in Bahrain. O'Donnell speaks with the deputy commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper,and other Navy officers about a new kind of warfare on the high seas involving anti-ship ballistic missiles, as well as the disruption of international shipping traffic and whether an endgame is in sight. Keith Sharman and Roxanne Feitel are the producers. Fake Electors – In the aftermath of President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election, Republicans in seven states where he won, including Wisconsin, banded together and cast fake electoral votes for Donald Trump. Correspondent Anderson Cooperreports on Wisconsin's fake presidential electors and interviews Andrew Hitt, an attorney and former GOP state chair, who claims he and his fellow fake electors were tricked into signing the documents. Special counsel Jack Smith alleges the fake votes were part of a plan, orchestrated by Donald Trump and conspirators, to try to overturn the election. Sarah Koch is the producer. Finding Cillian Murphy – Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, correspondent Scott Pelleyjoins enigmatic actor Cillian Murphy in Ireland for a candid interview since being nominated for Best Actor in the blockbuster film "Oppenheimer." Pelley talks to the Oscar front-runner about how he transforms for roles, his secret to maintaining a low profile and more. Nicole Young is the producer.
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Where does Crisis In the Red Sea | Fake Electors | Finding Cillian Murphy sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E19 is listed hour 692 of 767 — hour 19 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 19.
When did 60 Minutes S56E19 air?
Crisis In the Red Sea | Fake Electors | Finding Cillian Murphy aired 2024-02-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 56
- S56E01 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado
- S56E02 CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On
- S56E03 The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
- S56E04 The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing
- S56E05 President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50
- S56E06 The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man