Sunday night’s episode of 60 Minutes, presents four distinct and compelling segments. Reporting from the Appalachian Mountains, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi surveys the devastation left by Hurricane Helene in rural western North Carolina. With the storm having torn through six states, Alfonsi focuses on one of the hardest-hit areas, where the search for the missing continues and residents struggle to rebuild their lives without basic amenities and infrastructure.
In another segment, Lesley Stahl interviews Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison. This marks Yulia’s first U.S. interview, centered on her late husband’s posthumous memoir, a defiant account of his final years in a high-security prison. She details the clandestine writing process and the smuggling operation that brought the book to light, as well as her own campaign for justice.
Correspondent Jon Wertheim takes viewers to Door County, Wisconsin, an intriguing political microcosm. This bucolic coastal community has successfully voted for the winning candidate in every presidential election this century, making it the only swing state county with this distinction. Wertheim explores the unique political dynamics of the county and seeks to find the mystery voter who has voted for both Republican and Democratic candidates with unerring accuracy.
Lastly, Bill Whitaker reports on a little-known human tragedy from World War II: the bombing of the Cap Arcona, a former luxury ocean liner turned floating concentration camp by the Nazis. The attack, which took place in the closing days of the war, resulted in the deaths of thousands of prisoners. Whitaker sheds light on this overlooked chapter of history through interviews with historians and Holocaust survivors who witnessed the bombing.
60 Minutes: Relief, N.C. / Navalny / The Swingiest County / The Cap Arcona airs Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. on CBS.
