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Targeting Americans | Indian Relay
TV Flash files “Targeting Americans | Indian Relay” as hour 697 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 24, aired 2024-03-31, 60 min.
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This leaf is S56E24: listed hour 697 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 24 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2024-03-31 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Right to Be Wrong | AMLO | Law of the Sea” (S56E23). Next is “Dr. Kuznetzov | Your Chatbot Will See You Now | The Ring” (S56E25). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Targeting Americans – In the fourth installment of a five-year investigation into potential attacks on American government officials and a condition, known as Havana syndrome, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on the intriguing case of an FBI official who says she was targeted inside the U.S., and on new information about the Pentagon's global investigation into these mysterious incidents. For the first time, sources tell 60 MINUTES they have evidence that a U.S. adversary may be involved. This is a double-length segment. Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados are the producers. Indian Relay – 60 MINUTES correspondent Bill Whitaker reports from the chaotic and high-speed racetrack of "America's original extreme sport" – Indian Relay. As horse nation tribes unite for an exciting and dangerous bareback horse race, Whitaker looks at how the sport continues to grow and offer new opportunities of pride to the next generation of Native American youth. Rome Hartman is the producer.
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Where does Targeting Americans | Indian Relay sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E24 is listed hour 697 of 767 — hour 24 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 24.
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Targeting Americans | Indian Relay aired 2024-03-31 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