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Operation Lone Star | 97 Books | Artemis
TV Flash files “Operation Lone Star | 97 Books | Artemis” as hour 694 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 21, aired 2024-03-03, 60 min.
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This leaf is S56E21: listed hour 694 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 21 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2024-03-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “142 Days in Gaza | China” (S56E20). Next is “The Capital of Free Russia | Healing Justice” (S56E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Operation Lone Star – After President Biden and former President Trump's visits to the Texas-Mexico border this past week, correspondent Cecilia Vegareports from Eagle Pass, Texas, where she interviewed Governor Greg Abbott. The governor's controversial border enforcement effort, known as Operation Lone Star, has led to a showdown with the federal government. Andy Court is the producer. 97 Books – Correspondent Scott Pelleyreports on the battle to ban 97 books in one South Carolina public school district and the role played by the national movement for "parental rights" inspired by a group called Moms for Liberty. The group says it is "fighting for the survival of America" but the book banning attempt was met with strong opposition in Beaufort, S.C. Henry Schuster and Sarah Turcotte are the producers. Artemis – Bill Whitakerreports on NASA's plans to send Americans back to the moon with hopes of building a lunar outpost and traveling onward to Mars. With a stated target date of late 2026, Whitaker reports from Kennedy Space Center, interviews NASA's top watchdog, and visits one of its contractors, Blue Origin, where he asks tough questions around costs and timeline as they work towards this historic undertaking. Rome Hartman is the producer.
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S56E21 is listed hour 694 of 767 — hour 21 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 21.
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Operation Lone Star | 97 Books | Artemis aired 2024-03-03 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