60 Minutes
Deportation | Sanctions | Surfmen
TV Flash files “Deportation | Sanctions | Surfmen” as hour 711 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 57, episode 7, aired 2024-10-27, 60 min.
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This leaf is S57E07: listed hour 711 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 7 of 31 in season 57. It aired 2024-10-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Relief, N.C. | Navalny | The Swingiest County | The Cap Arcona” (S57E06). Next is “Election Truth | Unintended Consequences | The Land of Novo” (S57E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Deportation: Cecilia Vega examines former President Donald Trump's campaign promise to conduct the largest deportation in American history. She goes out with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Maryland as they arrest undocumented immigrants with criminal records, and she talks with one of the people Trump is likely to ask to oversee the mass deportations if he's elected: Tom Homan, who led ICE when the Trump administration separated about 5,000 migrant children from their parents at the southern border. Andy Court, Annabelle Hanflig and Camilo Montoya-Galvez are the producers. Sanctions: More than two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the fighting continues, and despite thousands of economic sanctions, Russia's wartime economy is expected to grow. Sharyn Alfonsi sits down with Daleep Singh, the architect behind the U.S. sanction strategy, to discuss his past predictions and uncover new details about what's fueling Russia's economy. Her investigation leads to waters off the coast of Greece, where she tracks Russian oil tankers evading sanctions and raises questions about how Russia is making its money. Lucy Hatcher is the producer. Surfmen: Bill Whitaker ventures out to one of the most dangerous inlets in America, nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific, at the mouth of the Columbia River. The mission? Document the training of elite members of the U.S. Coast Guard determined to graduate from the National Motor Lifeboat School and earn the coveted title of certified Surfmen. Whitaker speaks with some of the best water rescue professionals in the country as they push their limits, tackling the roughest waters and toughest test, to hear firsthand what it takes to operate in huge breaking surf in order to save lives. Rome Hartman is the producer.
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Where does Deportation | Sanctions | Surfmen sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S57E07 is listed hour 711 of 767 — hour 7 of 31 in season 57, season 57 episode 7.
When did 60 Minutes S57E07 air?
Deportation | Sanctions | Surfmen aired 2024-10-27 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 57
- S57E01 The Prosecution of Jan. 6 | Danger in the South China Sea | Dua Lipa
- S57E02 Scourge of Our Time | The Trustbuster | Inside the Archives
- S57E03 After the Hurricane | Vladimir Kara-Murza | Welcome to the W | The Mezcaleros
- S57E04 The 2024 Presidential Ticket | Belief in the Ballot
- S57E05 Pennsylvania Counts | The Vatican's Orphans | Ballmer's Ballgame
- S57E06 Relief, N.C. | Navalny | The Swingiest County | The Cap Arcona