1 00:02:00,453 --> 00:02:07,760 >>> IT'S RARE FOR A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BECOME WELL-KNOWN NATIONALLY, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE IN ONLY THEIR 2 00:02:07,827 --> 00:02:15,702 SECOND TERM. BUT MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, MTG, IS AS FAMOUS AS THEY GET. SHE'S GAINED HER NATIONAL 3 00:02:15,768 --> 00:02:25,745 CELEBRITY, SOME SAY NOTORIETY, WITH A SHARP TONGUE AND SOME PRETTY RADICAL VIEWS LIKE HER PROPOSAL FOR A NATIONAL DIVORCE 4 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:34,220 WHERE RED AND BLUE STATES WOULD GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS. BUT SHE HAS MANAGED IN JUST TWO YEARS IN CONGRESS TO ACCUMULATE 5 00:02:34,287 --> 00:02:42,629 REAL POWER, LANDING ON IMPORTANT COMMITTEES, AND INFLUENCING THE DIRECTION OF REPUBLICAN POLICIES. 6 00:02:42,695 --> 00:02:50,503 BEFORE CONGRESS, SHE HELPED RUN THE FAMILY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN GEORGIA, KNOWN TO BE SMART AND FEARLESS, AND HAS A HISTORY 7 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:56,309 OF BELIEVING IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES. WE INTERVIEWED HER EARLIER THIS WEEK BEFORE FORMER PRESIDENT 8 00:02:56,376 --> 00:03:05,318 TRUMP WAS INDICTED. >> WE LOOKED UP SOME WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT YOU. >> OKAY. 9 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:17,530 >> CRAZY, Q-CLOWN, LOONEY TUNE, UNHINGED, MORON. PRETTY UGLY STUFF. >> LOOKS LIKE THE AVERAGE TROLL 10 00:03:17,597 --> 00:03:23,770 IN MY TWITTER FEED SO I DON'T REALLY CARE. >> YOU'RE USED TO IT? >> I DON'T LET NAME CALLING 11 00:03:23,836 --> 00:03:29,576 BOTHER ME OR OFFEND ME. I JUST DON'T. >> HOW MUCH YOU HAVE STYLED YOURSELF AFTER DONALD TRUMP? 12 00:03:29,642 --> 00:03:35,848 >> HMM. >> PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU ARE TRUMP IN HIGH-HEELS. >> I DIDN'T INTENTIONALLY STYLE 13 00:03:35,915 --> 00:03:42,689 MYSELF AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT I CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE DRAW THOSE SIMILARITIES. WE BOTH CAME FROM THE SAME 14 00:03:42,755 --> 00:03:51,097 INDUSTRY, CONSTRUCTION. I ALSO HAVE PRETTY MUCH A PLAIN-SPEAKING STYLE AND SO DOES HE. 15 00:03:51,164 --> 00:04:01,674 >> BUT ALSO HE'S OFTEN IN ATTACK MODE AND YOU APPEAR TO BE. >> YEAH. I THINK, BUT I THINK OUR 16 00:04:01,741 --> 00:04:05,378 GOVERNMENT DESERVES IT, THEY DON'T REALLY DESERVE TO BE RESPECTED THAT MUCH. >> INCLUDING FOR HER, THE 17 00:04:05,445 --> 00:04:14,320 PRESIDENT. WHILE MANY CONSIDER MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S BEHAVIOR OUTLANDISH, EVEN THUGGISH, MAGA 18 00:04:14,387 --> 00:04:20,093 ACTIVISTS AND RIGHT-WING MEDIA EAT IT UP. >> BLESS YOU GUYS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 19 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:31,204 >> THANK YOU. >> IN JUST TWO YEARS, GREENE AT AGE 48 HAS MOVED FROM THE FRINGE OF THE PARTY TO THE FRONT ROW. 20 00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:39,679 >> THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER. >> WITHOUT CHANGING EITHER HER STYLE OR HER VIEWS. >> ON AN ISSUE, WHEN I'M 21 00:04:39,746 --> 00:04:42,315 OUTSPOKEN ABOUT IT, AND I TAKE MY STAND OR MY POSITION, THE FIRST REACTION IS MARJORIE'S CRAZY. 22 00:04:42,382 --> 00:04:48,655 MARJORIE'S EXTREME. MARJORIE'S A RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST. AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS MY 23 00:04:48,721 --> 00:04:53,426 COLLEAGUES WILL GO BACK HOME TO THEIR DISTRICT AND THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS ARE COMING UP AND SAYING, ARE YOU SUPPORTING 24 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:58,164 MRJORIE? DO YOU AGREE WITH MARJORIE? HAVE YOU CO-SPONSORED MARJORIE'S BILL? 25 00:04:58,231 --> 00:05:03,002 AND THEN THEY FIND OUT, OH, MAYBE SHE'S NOT CRAZY. AND THEN THEY END UP AGREEING WITH ME. 26 00:05:03,069 --> 00:05:07,774 >> HI. GOOD MORNING. >> THIS IS FUELLING HER CLOUT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 27 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:17,817 AS IS HER RECORD AS A TOP FUND-RAISER AND A CLOSE ADVISER TO KEVIN McCARTHY. AFTER MTG HELPED HIM WIN THE 28 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:26,259 SPEAKERSHIP, HE REWARDED HER WITH POSITIONS ON TWO POWERFUL COMMITTEES, HOUSE OVERSIGHT, THAT'S INVESTIGATING THE BIDEN 29 00:05:26,325 --> 00:05:34,133 FAMILY BUSINESS DEALINGS, AND HOMELAND SECURITY. NOW, WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT THE ISSUES MATTERS, LIKE PREVENTING 30 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:41,507 THE GOVERNMENT FROM GOING INTO DEFAULT BY RAISING THE DEBT CEILING. JANET YELLEN, THE TREASURY 31 00:05:41,574 --> 00:05:45,745 SECRETARY, SAYS THAT IF WE DON'T RAISE THE DEBT CEILING THAT THIS COUNTRY WILL BE THROWN INTO AN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL 32 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:59,992 CATASTROPHE. AND SO I'M ASKING YOU IF YOU'RE WILLING TO RISK THAT? >> YOU KNOW WHAT PUT US IN AN 33 00:06:00,059 --> 00:06:07,900 ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE IS, AGAIN, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPENT $31 TRILLION THAT FORCED THIS SITUATION TO HAPPEN. 34 00:06:07,967 --> 00:06:15,341 >> WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. TRUMP IS AS MUCH RESPONSIBLE -- >> I SAID EVERYBODY. >> ALL RIGHT. 35 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:23,049 >> EVERYBODY. >> ALL RIGHT. >> REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, BEFORE I GOT HERE. 36 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:27,787 >> OKAY. >> IT WAS ALL BEFORE I GOT HERE. >> WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO VOTE FOR COMPROMISE? 37 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:30,556 IN OTHER WORDS, RAISE SOME TAXES? >> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM IN WASHINGTON. 38 00:06:30,623 --> 00:06:33,593 WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM. >> YOU KNOW SOMETHING, THAT'S GLIB. THAT'S GLIB. 39 00:06:33,659 --> 00:06:39,398 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE TWO SIDES HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND HAMMER IT OUT. >> CUT SPENDING. 40 00:06:39,465 --> 00:06:41,601 >> BOTH SIDES. >> BOTH SIDES NEED TO CUT SPENDING. >> WHERE DO YOU WANT TO CUT IT? 41 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:48,241 >> COVID BAILOUT MONEY AND A LOT OF GREEN ENERGY SPENDING. >> BUT ARE YOU WILLING TO LET US GO INTO DEFAULT? 42 00:06:48,307 --> 00:06:51,511 >> NO. I'VE ALWAYS SAID I WOULDN'T DO THAT. >> SO WOULD YOU COMPROMISE? 43 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:57,817 >> IT DEPENDS. >> ON TAXES? >> NO, I'M NOT RAISING TAXES. >> GREENE COMPLAINS THAT THE 44 00:06:57,884 --> 00:07:08,594 NEWS MEDIA HARP ON THINGS SHE DID IN THE PAST LIKE AS IN THIS VIDEO CHASING AFTER A SURVIVOR OF THE PARKLAND FLORIDA SCHOOL 45 00:07:08,661 --> 00:07:12,698 SHOOTING. >> IF SCHOOL ZONES WERE PROTECTED BY SECURITY GUARDS WITH GUNS, THERE WOULD BE NO 46 00:07:12,765 --> 00:07:19,605 MASS SHOOTINGS AT SCHOOLS. >> AND THINGS SHE SAYS THAT ARE OVER THE TOP LIKE -- >> THE DEMOCRATS ARE A PARTY OF 47 00:07:19,672 --> 00:07:27,046 PEDOPHILES. >> I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY SO. THEY SUPPORT GROOMING CHILDREN. >> THEY ARE NOT PEDOPHILES. 48 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:34,954 WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT? >> DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS SUPPORT -- EVEN JOE BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, SUPPORTS 49 00:07:35,021 --> 00:07:41,861 CHILDREN BEING SEXUALIZED AND HAVING TRANSGENDER SURGERIES. SEXUALIZING CHILDREN IS WHAT PEDOPHILES DO TO CHILDREN. 50 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:52,438 >> WOW, OKAY. BUT MY QUESTION REALLY IS, CAN'T YOU FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN WITHOUT ALL THAT NAME CALLING 51 00:07:52,505 --> 00:07:58,778 AND WITHOUT THE PERSONAL ATTACKS? >> WELL, I WOULD ASK THE SAME QUESTION TO THE OTHER SIDE, 52 00:07:58,845 --> 00:08:05,751 BECAUSE ALL THEY'VE DONE IS CALL ME NAMES AND INSULT ME NONSTOP SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, LESLEY. THEY CALL ME RACIST. 53 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:12,091 THEY CALL ME ANTI-SEMITIC WHICH IS NOT TRUE. I'M NOT CALLING ANYONE NAMES. I'M CALLING OUT THE TRUTH 54 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:17,396 BASICALLY. >> PEDOPHILE? >> PEDOPHILE -- CALL IT WHAT IT IS. 55 00:08:17,463 --> 00:08:25,872 >> SHE ALSO STILL CALLS THE 2020 ELECTION STOLEN AS SHE MADE CLEAR IN FEBRUARY. >> I WANT TO TELL YOU, THERE WAS 56 00:08:25,938 --> 00:08:31,677 BLATANT, OUTRIGHT FRAUD IN THE 2020 ELECTION. COMPLETE AND TOTAL FRAUD, AND YOU KNOW IT. 57 00:08:31,744 --> 00:08:39,585 >> I COME HOME AS OFTEN AS I CAN WHEN WE'RE NOT IN SESSION. >> BORN AND RAISED IN GEORGIA, SHE NOW LIVES IN AN UPSCALE 58 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:45,391 SECTION OF HER HOME DISTRICT IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. >> HOW MANY ACRES DO YOU HAVE? 59 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:53,332 >> I HAVE TEN ACRES. >> HER NET WORTH IS ESTIMATED AT $11 MILLION. BUT SHE SAYS, WHEN SHE WAS A 60 00:08:53,399 --> 00:09:05,578 CHILD, HER PARENTS STRUGGLED FINANCIALLY TRYING TO START THEIR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. SHE TOLD US THAT HER DAD, AN 61 00:09:05,645 --> 00:09:09,815 ARCH-CONSERVATIVE, LISTENED TO RIGHT-WING TALK RADIO ALL DAY LONG. >> AND NATURALLY, ME BEING WITH 62 00:09:09,882 --> 00:09:15,087 MY PARENTS A LOT, I LISTENED AS WELL. >> YOUR DAD KNEW YOU AS A POLITICIAN. 63 00:09:15,154 --> 00:09:22,495 WHAT DID HE THINK OF YOUR STYLE, YOUR PITBULLNESS? >> HE WAS VERY PROUD OF ME. >> YOUR MOTHER, DID SHE EVER 64 00:09:22,561 --> 00:09:28,834 SAY, MARJORIE, YOU NEED TO TONE IT DOWN? >> YEAH, SHE DID, ACTUALLY. SHE'S A SOUTHERN MOM. 65 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:34,140 AND SHE BELIEVES IN MANNERS. >> YOU KNOW, YOUR PROBLEM IS, YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE LIARS ON TELEVISION. 66 00:09:34,206 --> 00:09:41,580 AND PEOPLE HATE IT. >> SHE SAYS HER COMBATIVE STYLE CAME LATER IN HER LIFE, AFTER SHE GRADUATED FROM THE 67 00:09:41,647 --> 00:09:49,488 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. >> THIS IS OUR FAMILY PHOTO. >> AND HAD THREE CHILDREN WITH HER NOW EX-HUSBAND. 68 00:09:49,555 --> 00:09:56,896 SHE WORKED FOR THE FAMILY CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS THAT SHE AND HER THEN-HUSBAND BOUGHT FROM HER DAD AND GREW INTO A 69 00:09:56,963 --> 00:10:06,906 LUCRATIVE ENTERPRISE. >> WHAT ARE YOU UP TO NOW? >> THIS IS 205. >> OH, MY GOD. 70 00:10:06,973 --> 00:10:12,945 >> GREENE DIDN'T DISCOVER HER BRAZEN GUTSINESS, SHE SAYS, UNTIL AFTER 2011 WHEN SHE GOT HOOKED ON CROSS-FIT WORKOUTS. 71 00:10:13,012 --> 00:10:28,294 SHE GOT INTO THE EXTREME EXERCISING WITH A PASSION, ENDING UP IN COMPETITIONS GAIN ING SELF-CONFIDENCE. 72 00:10:28,361 --> 00:10:34,100 SHE OPENED UP A GYM WITH A BUSINESS PARTNER, BUT AT AGE 43, SHE SOLD HER STAKE AND TURNED TO POLITICS IN 2019. 73 00:10:34,166 --> 00:10:42,041 >> WHAT MADE ME RUN FOR CONGRESS WHEN I SAW THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, COMPLETELY FAIL TO 74 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:48,914 DELIVER THE AGENDA THAT WE HAD ALL VOTED FOR, THE REASONS WHY WE VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP. IT WAS THE -- 75 00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:57,356 >> REPUBLICANS? >> YEP. >> NOT JOE BIDEN, NOT NANCY PELOSI, BUT THE TRADITIONAL 76 00:10:57,423 --> 00:11:04,864 REPUBLICANS WHO, SHE SAYS, FAILED TO REIN IN FEDERAL SPENDING, REPEAL OBAMACARE, AND FUND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BORDER 77 00:11:04,930 --> 00:11:14,940 WALL WHEN REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS. >> THEY FAILED US. >> LIKE WHO? 78 00:11:15,007 --> 00:11:18,744 >> PAUL RYAN, MITCH McCONNELL, LINDSEY GRAHAM. THOSE -- YEAH, THOSE TYPES OF -- MITT ROMNEY, I'M NOT EVEN SURE 79 00:11:18,811 --> 00:11:23,382 WHY HE CALLS HIMSELF A REPUBLICAN. >> WHY DON'T YOU BLAME DONALD TRUMP? 80 00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:33,392 >> WELL, I BLAME -- I BLAME ALL OF THEM FOR A LOT OF THINGS. >> BUT NOT HIM? >> WELL, THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T 81 00:11:33,459 --> 00:11:38,064 CONTROL EVERYTHING. >> HEY, HOW ARE YOU YA? >> MOST OF HER CONSTITUENTS IN HER CONSERVATIVE, LARGELY WHITE, 82 00:11:38,130 --> 00:11:46,505 WORKING-CLASS DISTRICT AGREE WITH HER ON THE ISSUES, AND ESPECIALLY LIKE THE WAY SHE FIGHTS FOR HER BELIEFS. 83 00:11:46,572 --> 00:11:51,277 >> I AM A NEW YORK TRANSPLANT TO GEORGIA, AND I JUST LOVE YOU. >> WELL, WELCOME TO FREEDOM. NICE TO MEET YOU. 84 00:11:51,343 --> 00:11:58,684 >> SHORTLY AFTER SHE ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON, THE DEMOCRATIC-LED HOUSE OUSTED HER FROM HER COMMITTEES BECAUSE OF HER PAST 85 00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:07,326 ENDORSEMENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST SOME DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND HER HISTORY OF EMBRACING QANON THAT SHE EXPLAINED IN A SPEECH ON THE 86 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:14,633 HOUSE FLOOR. >> I STUMBLED ACROSS SOMETHING, AND THIS WAS THE END OF 2017 CALLED QANON. 87 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:20,439 I WAS ALLOWED TO BELIEVE THINGS THAT WEREN'T TRUE, AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT I REGRET. >> WHY? 88 00:12:20,506 --> 00:12:27,880 >> WELL, I APOLOGIZED TO MY I THINK APOLOGIES ARE IMPORTANT. >> OKAY. DID YOU EVER APOLOGIZE TO NANCY 89 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:32,017 PELOSI ABOUT THE BULLET TO HER HEAD? >> I DIDN'T SAY THAT SO I DON'T NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR WORDS THAT 90 00:12:32,084 --> 00:12:37,723 WEREN'T MINE. >> WELL, DIDN'T YOU LIKE IT? >> OTHER PEOPLE ALSO RAN MY SOCIAL MEDIA. 91 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:41,961 I DON'T THINK I DID THAT. >> ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU DON'T STAND BY WHAT'S ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA? 92 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:47,800 >> WELL, OF COURSE I STAND FOR WHAT'S ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT AT TIMES NOT -- YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS IN CONTROL. 93 00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:55,708 WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT WORK ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. >> DID YOU APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR POSITION ON PARKLAND, FLORIDA? 94 00:12:55,774 --> 00:12:59,945 >> WHAT WAS MY POSITION ON PARKLAND, FLORIDA? >> THAT IT WAS A FALSE FLAG. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ACTUALLY 95 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:04,884 HAVE MY -- NO, I NEVER SAID PARKLAND WAS A FALSE FLAG. NO, I NEVER SAID THAT. SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE HORRIBLE. 96 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:12,158 I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING TO JOKE ABOUT. >> WE FACT-CHECKED BEFORE I GOT TO THIS INTERVIEW. 97 00:13:12,224 --> 00:13:15,861 >> HAVE YOU FACT-CHECKED ALL MIGHT HAVE STATEMENTS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12th GRADE? AND IN COLLEGE? 98 00:13:15,928 --> 00:13:21,267 AND AS I'VE PAID MY TAXES AND NEVER BROKEN A LAW. AND THE ONLY -- I GOT A FEW SPEEDING TICKETS, DO WE NEED TO 99 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:28,574 TALK ABOUT THOSE, TOO? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING DOWN ARE THE SAME ATTACKS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ATTACKED ME 100 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:36,015 WITH OVER AND OVER AND OVER. >> WELL, IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE KNOWN FOR, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE RESPONDING TO THE 101 00:13:36,081 --> 00:13:45,157 CHARGES, I THINK -- >> I THINK BEING -- BECAUSE PEOPLE -- >> I THINK IT'S LEGITIMATE FOR 102 00:13:45,224 --> 00:13:47,993 US TO DO. >> CONSTANTLY FOCUS ON IT, BUT NEVER FOCUS ON ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT ME. 103 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:51,197 >> LET ME BUTTON THIS UP, AND WE'LL MOVE ON. YOU WANT TO BRING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CLOSER TO YOUR VIEWS. 104 00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:55,401 YOU WANT TO BRING THE COUNTRY CLOSER TO YOUR VIEWS, YOU'VE SAID THAT. >> UH-HUH. 105 00:13:55,467 --> 00:14:04,543 >> OKAY. HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE SAID, THAT AMERICA SHOULD HAVE A CHRISTIAN GOVERNMENT, 106 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:14,553 THAT ABORTION SHOULD BE BANNED NATIONALLY. THAT YOU WANT TO DEFUND THE FBI. YES? 107 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:20,359 YOU WANT IMMIGRATION TO STOP FOR FOUR YEARS. YOU'VE SAID THOSE THINGS, CORRECT? 108 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:27,233 >> YEAH, THESE ARE -- THESE ARE SOME OF MY VIEWS. >> THE CONSTITUTION, THE VERY FIRST AMENDMENT, PROHIBITS 109 00:14:27,299 --> 00:14:34,640 HAVING A RELIGION IN THE GOVERNMENT. >> YET, THE FOUNDING FATHERS QUOTED THE BIBLE CONSTANTLY AND 110 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:43,115 WERE DRIVEN BY THEIR FAITH. >> MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE! >> AS A FERVENT SUPPORTER OF THE NOW-INDICTED DONALD TRUMP, SHE 111 00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:51,557 WAS A FEATURED SPEAKER AT HIS RALLY IN WACO LAST WEEKEND. WHILE SHE'S ADORED HERE, THE LATEST NATIONAL POLL HAS HER 112 00:14:51,624 --> 00:15:03,369 APPROVAL RATING AT JUST 29%. >> MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, YOU HAPPENED TO BE HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RUN FOR THE 113 00:15:03,435 --> 00:15:10,709 SENATE? I WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR YOU, I'LL TELL YA. >> THE QUESTION FOR HER AND THE 114 00:15:10,776 --> 00:15:22,054 COUNTRY IS, CAN SHE EXPAND HER BRASH MTG BRAND BEYOND THE RIGHT RIGHT-WING POPULIST BASE? >> YES. 115 00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:31,730 >>> MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE ON HER OPPOSITION TO U.S. SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. >> UKRAINE IS NOT THE 51st. 116 00:15:31,797 --> 00:15:44,443 STATE. AT 60MINUTESOVERTIME.C >>> WHEN HE WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD, ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS AND HIS 117 00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:50,783 FAMILY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS REFUGEES, FLEEING FIDEL CASTRO'S REGIME IN CUBA. TODAY, HE IS THE FIRST IMMIGRANT 118 00:15:50,849 --> 00:15:57,623 TO HEAD THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HIS PORTFOLIO INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM COUNTERTERRORISM 119 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:04,563 AND CYBER SECURITY TO OVERSEEING THE COAST GUARD AND SECRET SERVICE. BUT IT'S WHAT HE'S DONE, OR NOT 120 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:11,937 DONE, ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS CROSSING THE U.S. BORDER WITH MEXICO THAT'S PROMPTED PROTESTS BY MIGRANT 121 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:17,209 ADVOCATES AND FIERY ATTACKS BY REPUBLICANS WHO WANT TO IMPEACH HIM. TONIGHT, YOU WILL HEAR FROM 122 00:16:17,276 --> 00:16:23,549 SECRETARY MAYORKAS ABOUT THE EFFORTS TO PUSH HIM OUT OF OFFICE AND WHY HE REFUSES TO CALL THE SITUATION ON THE 123 00:16:23,615 --> 00:16:33,625 SOUTHERN BORDER A CRISIS. >>> EARLY MORNING IS OFTEN THE BUSIEST TIME FOR ILLEGAL CROSSINGS ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO 124 00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:41,967 BORDER. THE DAY WE WENT OUT WITH THE U.S. BORDER PATROL NEAR EL PASO, TEXAS, WAS NO EXCEPTION. 125 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:47,439 >> THEY'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE CAROUSEL. >> BEFORE MING THE CABINET SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF SECURING 126 00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:53,645 THE BORDERS, WE GOT A VIEW FROM THE FIELD. THE BORDER PATROL REPORTED OVER TWO MILLION APPREHENSIONS IN THE 127 00:16:53,712 --> 00:16:58,350 PAST YEAR, A RECORD HIGH. SOME MIGRANTS SURRENDERED THEMSELVES TO BORDER AGENTS, WITH THE INTENTION OF SEEKING 128 00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:06,258 ASYLUM. BUT THE DHS ESTIMATES ANOTHER 600,000 PEOPLE EVADED AGENTS AND ENTERED THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. 129 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:15,234 THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN OVER A DECADE. WHICH IS WHY SECRETARY MAYORKAS' TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS LAST 130 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:19,505 FALL RAISED A FEW EYEBROWS. >> SECRETARY MAYORKAS, DO YOU CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT THE BORDER IS SECURE? 131 00:17:19,571 --> 00:17:26,945 >> YES, AND WE ARE WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO ENHANCE ITS SECURITY, CONGRESSMAN. >> WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE 132 00:17:27,012 --> 00:17:33,318 IS A BORDER THAT LOOKS TO BE CHAOTIC, THAT LOOKS TO BE POROUS. >> WELL, LET'S -- I MEAN, THE 133 00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:41,760 NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ARRIVING AT OUR BORDER IS AT AN EXTRAORDINARY HEIGHT. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 134 00:17:41,827 --> 00:17:47,065 BUT THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF 135 00:17:47,132 --> 00:17:54,506 MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE HEMISPHERE AND IN FACT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. >> THE CHIEF OF THE BORDER 136 00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:58,177 PATROL, RAUL ORTIZ, TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS THAT SOME AREAS OF THE BORDER ARE IN A CRISIS SITUATION. 137 00:17:58,243 --> 00:18:04,650 DO YOU AGREE? >> I THINK THAT WE FACE A VERY SERIOUS CHALLENGE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BORDER. 138 00:18:04,716 --> 00:18:08,921 >> DO YOU VIEW WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON THE BORDER AS A CRISIS? >> I VIEW IT AS A SIGNIFICANT 139 00:18:08,987 --> 00:18:13,058 CHALLENGE. >> WHY WON'T YOU SAY THE WORD "CRISIS "? >> YOU KNOW WHAT, BECAUSE I HAVE 140 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:24,770 TREMENDOUS FAITH IN THE PEOPLE, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND A CRISIS SPEAKS TO ME OF A WITHDRAWAL FROM OUR 141 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:27,372 MISSION. AND WE ONLY ARE ONLY PUTTING MORE FORCE AND MORE ENERGY INTO IT. 142 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:32,678 >> GOOD MORNING, SECRETARY MAYORKAS. >> A LOT OF FORCE AND ENERGY IS NOW BEING DIRECTED AT SECRETARY 143 00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:39,551 MAYORKAS ON CAPITOL HILL. >> WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE BORDER TO THE WORST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY, PEOPLE 144 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:53,332 DIE. >> THIS PAST WEEK, REPUBLICANS TOOK AIM AT THE SECRETARY, BLAMING HIM PERSONALLY FOR THE 145 00:18:53,398 --> 00:18:56,068 DRUG DEATHS OF AMERICANS, THE RAPE OF MIGRANT CHILDREN AND MORE. >> HOW MANY MURDERERS HAVE YOU 146 00:18:56,134 --> 00:19:00,205 RELEASED INTO AMERICA? >> SENATOR, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY MURDERER WHOM WE -- >> SO YOU DON'T KNOW? 147 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:03,942 >> SENATOR, LET ME SAY SOMETHING -- >> DO YOU KNOW? >> IF YOU TAKE A LOOK -- 148 00:19:04,009 --> 00:19:08,180 >> NO, NO, YOU DON'T GET TO GIVE A SPEECH. >> CONGRESS SEEMS TO BE MORE INTERESTED IN IMPEACHING YOU 149 00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:16,121 THAN PASSING IMMIGRATION REFORM. ONE MEMBER OF CONGRESS SAID HE'D LIKE TO ARREST YOU FOR NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE FOR THE DEATHS OF YOUNG 150 00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:22,494 PEOPLE FROM FENTANYL, ANOTHER COMPARED YOU TO BENEDICT ARNOLD. >> I DISREGARD THAT TYPE OF RHETORIC. 151 00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:28,834 I'M FOCUSED ON THE MISSION. >> DO YOU THINK THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET YOU TO RESIGN? >> I'M NOT GOING TO RESIGN. 152 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:38,377 I LOVE PUBLIC SERVICE. I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE PART OF IT. >> HOW OFTEN DO YOU AND 153 00:19:38,443 --> 00:19:43,148 PRESIDENT BIDEN DISCUSS THE SITUATION AT THE BORDER? THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT TO TALK 154 00:19:43,215 --> 00:19:52,658 ABOUT THE BORDER. >> THAT'S A FALSE IMPRESSION, THAT I CONSIDER TO BE ALSO POLITICAL RHETORIC. 155 00:19:52,724 --> 00:20:01,166 I WAS WITH THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE VISITED THE BORDER. I'VE SPOKEN MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE PRESIDENT. 156 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:08,073 I, OF COURSE, SPEAK WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TEAM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE CABINET. 157 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:13,845 >> THE PROBLEMS AT THE BORDER DIDN'T START WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND LIKELY WON'T END WITH IT. 158 00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:20,218 CONGRESS HASN'T PASSED MAJOR IMMIGRATION REFORM IN NEARLY THREE DECADES. SECRETARY MAYORKAS IS ASKING 159 00:20:20,285 --> 00:20:27,626 CONGRESS FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER. >> THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 160 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:38,236 2011 THAT WE HAVE ADDED TO THE BORDER PATROL 300 MORE AGENTS. THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET CALLS FOR 350 MORE BORDER PATROL 161 00:20:38,303 --> 00:20:45,210 AGENTS, MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN TECHNOLOGICAL INVESTMENTS. >> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S OFF THE TABLE THAT YOU WON'T DO TO 162 00:20:45,277 --> 00:20:58,023 SECURE THE BORDER? CIRCUMSTANCES WELL, THE PRESIDENT, AS I THINK YOU KNOW VERY WELL, HAS SAID THAT WE ARE 163 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:03,729 NOT GOING CONSTRUCT ANY MORE WALL THAT COST BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THAT IS IMMOVABLE AND THAT IS ALREADY 164 00:21:03,795 --> 00:21:08,533 BEGINNING TO CORRODE. >> SECRETARY MAYORKAS JOINED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITH A RESUME SEEMINGLY WELL-SUITED FOR 165 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:14,373 THE JOB. HE'D BEEN THE TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN LOS ANGELES AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND 166 00:21:14,439 --> 00:21:22,314 SECURITY UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. HE WAS ALSO A REFUGEE WHOSE ROMANIAN MOTHER AND CUBAN FATHER FLED CUBA WHEN HE WAS AN INFANT. 167 00:21:22,381 --> 00:21:34,993 >> I UNDERSTAND DEEPLY THE YEARNING OF PARENTS TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN OPPORTUNITIES THAT AMERICA OFFERS. 168 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:40,899 WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS. IF PEOPLE QUALIFY UNDER THE LAW, THEN WE EMBRACE THEM. IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE RETURN 169 00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:47,706 THEM. >> THE FIRST WEEKS IN OFFICE, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HALTED DEPORTATIONS FOR 100 DAYS, 170 00:21:47,773 --> 00:21:54,546 STOPPED ALL BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION AND SUSPENDED THE REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY. CRITICS SAY IT ALL ADDED UP TO 171 00:21:54,613 --> 00:22:00,385 PUTTING A "COME IN, WE'RE OPEN" SIGN ON THE DOOR. >> I DON'T THINK THAT THE MORE THAN MILLION PEOPLE LAST YEAR 172 00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:06,792 THAT WE REMOVED OR EXPELLED WOULD CONSIDER THE BORDER OPEN. >> BUT THE MESSAGING -- WAS THE MESSAGING WRONG THERE 173 00:22:06,858 --> 00:22:13,665 THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN? >> THAT WASN'T OUR MESSAGING BUT THAT WAS THE -- >> BUT THAT'S WHAT -- THE 174 00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:17,903 MIGRANTS WERE GETTING. >> BECAUSE REMEMBER SOMETHING, THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF MESSAGES THAT THE MIGRANTS 175 00:22:17,969 --> 00:22:29,014 RECEIVE. WE HAVE SMUGGLING ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXPLOIT THE MIGRANTS AND THOSE SMUGGLING ORGANIZATIONS 176 00:22:29,081 --> 00:22:36,455 ENGAGE IN MIS AND DISINFORMATION. >> IN DECEMBER, ACCORDING TO BORDER PATROL FIGURES, AN 177 00:22:36,521 --> 00:22:45,430 AVERAGE OF 1800 MIGRANTS A DAY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO EL PASO AREA, OVERWHELMING THE CITY. TO MANAGE THE INCREASING FLOW OF 178 00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:54,439 MIGRANTS FROM CRISIS-STRICKEN NICARAGUA, HAITI AND CUBA, PRESIDENT BIDEN EXPANDED THE USE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH LAW KNOWN AS 179 00:22:54,506 --> 00:23:01,379 TITLE 42, INVOKED DURING THE PANDEMIC, TO EXPEL MIGRANTS TO MEXICO. >> MEXICO HAS AGREED TO ALLOW UP 180 00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:08,687 TO THE RETURN OF 30,000 PERSONS PER MONTH. >> AT THE SAME TIME, THE ADMINISTRATION UNVEILED NEW 181 00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:15,127 PATHWAYS FOR MIGRANTS TO ENTER THE U.S. LEGALLY. ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS LINE AT A BORDER CROSSING IN EL PASO 182 00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:23,068 SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION BY USING A MOBILE APP CALLED CBP-1. 183 00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:30,475 CARLA DELGADO FROM VENEZUELA TOLD US HER FAMILY HAD CROSSED THE DARIEN GAP, A DANGEROUS STRETCH OF JUNGLE STRADDLING 184 00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:37,349 PANAMA AND COLOMBIA, TO GET HERE. AFTER A SERIES OF BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SCREENINGS, THEY WERE 185 00:23:37,415 --> 00:23:43,188 GRANTED PERMISSION TO TEMPORARILY ENTER THE UNITED STATES. BY EARLY AFTERNOON, THEY ENJOYED 186 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:48,994 THEIR FIRST SLICE OF PIZZA IN AMERICA. THEY HAVE FRIENDS IN CHICAGO AND TOLD US THEY PLAN TO BUILD A NEW 187 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:55,333 LIFE THERE AND APPLY FOR ASYLUM IN THE U.S. >> THERE'S A BACKLOG IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. 188 00:23:55,400 --> 00:24:00,639 WE KNOW ONLY YEARS FROM NOW WILL A JUDGE FIGURE OUT WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM IN THE U.S. 189 00:24:00,705 --> 00:24:06,545 HOW IS THAT ARRANGEMENT GOOD FOR THEM? HOW IS THAT ARRANGEMENT GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY? 190 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:15,554 >> I WOULD ASK THEM AFTER THEY ENJOYED THEIR FIRST PIZZA HOW DO THEY FEEL AS COMPARED TO WHAT THEY FLED? 191 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:24,029 YOU MENTIONED THAT THEIR ASYLUM CLAIM MAY NOT BE ADJUDICATED, MAY NOT BE JUDGED FOR YEARS. OUR ASYLUM SYSTEM IS BROKEN. 192 00:24:24,095 --> 00:24:31,503 WE NEED CONGRESS TO FIX IT. >> THE NEW POLICIES HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS CROSSING INTO THE U.S. IN JANUARY AND 193 00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:39,344 FEBRUARY. BUT CREATED A BOTTLENECK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER. IN JUAREZ, MEXICO, MONDAY NIGHT, 194 00:24:39,411 --> 00:24:47,319 A FIRE AT A MIGRANT DETENTION CENTER KILLED AT LEAST 38 MEN FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. DAYS EARLIER, AT THIS WOMEN'S 195 00:24:47,385 --> 00:24:55,227 SHELTER, WE MET FAMILIES WHO HAD BEEN STUCK IN JUAREZ FOR MONTHS. EVERY MORNING AT 9:00 A.M., WOMEN FRANTICALLY TRY TO REFRESH 196 00:24:55,293 --> 00:25:02,734 THE GOVERNMENT APP HOPING TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO ENTER THE U.S. WE WATCHED WITH KARINA BRECEDA WHO RUNS THE SHELTER. 197 00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:11,209 BY 9:05, ALL THE APPOINTMENTS AND HOPE WERE GONE. >> IT'S LOTTERY WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES WITH PEOPLE'S FAMILIES, 198 00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:16,581 WITH PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS. WITH PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING. >> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS THIS IS MORE HUMANE THAN WHAT 199 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:21,386 WAS GOING ON BEFORE. >> IT IS NOT THE MOST HUMANE PROCESS BECAUSE THE MOST VULNERABLE AREN'T GETTING ACCESS 200 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:31,329 TO IT. >> LIKE GUADALUPE VASQUEZ, SHE TOLD US HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN MURDERED IN SOUTHWEST MEXICO AND 201 00:25:31,396 --> 00:25:40,071 ONE OF HER SONS HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE EYE AND NEEDED BULLET FRAGMENTS REMOVED. SHE SAID SHE'S BEEN TRYING FOR 202 00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:50,148 TWO MONTHS TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO LEGALLY ENTER THE U.S. "I'M WILLING TO WAIT TO GET AN APPOINTMENT, EVEN IF IT TAKES 203 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:54,519 LONG," SHE TOLD US, "BUT I'M GOING MAKE IT." >> IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT ON THE APP, WHAT'S 204 00:25:54,586 --> 00:26:02,527 YOUR PLAN? "I'LL TRY TO CROSS WITH A SMUGGLER, AND I'LL CROSS WITH MY CHILDREN." 205 00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:06,264 WE SAW MORE DESPERATION OUTSIDE A NEARBY CATHEDRAL. CRISTINA CORONADO RUNS A FOOD PROGRAM THERE. 206 00:26:06,331 --> 00:26:14,306 JUAREZ IS IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS, SHE TOLD US. MORE THAN 10,000 MIGRANTS ARE NOW IN THE CITY AND MOST OF THEM 207 00:26:14,372 --> 00:26:22,414 ARE SLEEPING IN THE STREETS. AS PEOPLE WAIT HERE, ARE THEY GETTING FRUSTRATED? "VERY FRUSTRATED, VERY ANGRY, 208 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:28,720 VERY CONFUSED." THESE MEN TOLD US THEY'D BEEN TRYING IN VAIN FOR WEEKS TO GET AN APPOINTMENT ON THE CBP-1 APP. 209 00:26:28,787 --> 00:26:33,992 >> OH, YEAH, AND IT GETS STUCK, RIGHT? >> ALL PEOPLE SEE ONE OPPORTUNITY AT 9:00. 210 00:26:34,059 --> 00:26:38,229 NO MORE. FIVE MINUTES NO MORE. TRY AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. >> YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR 211 00:26:38,296 --> 00:26:42,600 TOMORROW? >> TOMORROW, TOMORROW. >> WE WERE IN JUAREZ AND WE'RE SURROUNDED BY A GROUP OF 212 00:26:42,667 --> 00:26:45,670 MIGRANTS. EVERYBODY'S HOLDING UP THE APP, POINTING TO IT SAYING, IT'S NOT WORKING. 213 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:53,044 IT'S NOT WORKING. AND THERE'S FRUSTRATION. AND THE NUMBERS ARE GROWING. >> I WILL NOT REPRESENT TO YOU, 214 00:26:53,111 --> 00:27:05,957 SHARYN, THAT IT IS FLAWLESS. BUT REMEMBER SOMETHING, THAT TO BUILD A SAFE AND ORDERLY WAY AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT. 215 00:27:06,024 --> 00:27:12,697 REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO. >> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS REUNITED MORE THAN 600 CHILDREN 216 00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:19,604 THAT WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES AT THE BORDER DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, BUT NOW THE SECRETARY IS FACING WHAT 217 00:27:19,671 --> 00:27:31,583 COULD BE ANOTHER DEFINING MOMENT FOR THE COUNTRY. ON MAY 11th, TITLE 42, THE PANDEMIC-ERA PUBLIC HEALTH 218 00:27:31,649 --> 00:27:35,120 ORDER WILL EXPIRE. THAT MEANS WITHOUT SOME NEW ARRANGEMENT, THE ONLY ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS THE U.S. COULD 219 00:27:35,186 --> 00:27:39,124 EXPEL TO MEXICO WOULD BE MEXICANS. THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS ARE WAITING AT THE BORDER AND 220 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:50,735 THOUSANDS MORE ARE ARRIVING EVERY DAY. HAS MEXICO AGREED TO TAKE BACK NONMEXICANS IF TITLE 42 ENDS? 221 00:27:50,802 --> 00:28:00,779 >> SO, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MEXICO, WITH REGARD TO HOW THEY WILL HANDLE ANY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS 222 00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:08,353 SEEKING TO MIGRATE NORTH. >> IF MEXICO DOESN'T ACCEPT OTHER NATIONALS, THEN WHAT? >> WELL, WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF 223 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:17,929 CONTINGENCIES. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. >> IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLICATED. IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. 224 00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:20,565 >> IT IS GOING TO BE COMPLICATED. IT IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. THIS HAS BEEN COMPLICATED, 225 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:26,638 EXPENSIVE AND CHALLENGING FOR DECADES. 226 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:46,291 >>> MONTHS BEFORE THE GELDINGADALIR VOLCANO ERUPTED IN 2021, ICELAND'S VOLCANOLOGISTS KNEW IT WAS COMING. 227 00:28:46,357 --> 00:28:53,965 A SUBTERRANEAN SERPENT OF MAGMA WAS COILING THROUGH THE DEPTHS, LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT. AS THE MAGMA STIRRED, IT 228 00:28:54,032 --> 00:28:57,669 TRIGGERED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EATHQUAKES. WHEN THE VOLCANO FINALLY BLEW, SCIENTISTS SCRAMBLED FOR 229 00:28:57,735 --> 00:29:05,677 EQUIPMENT TO RECORD IT. MANY PREDICTED A NEW SEISMIC ERA FOR THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE AND LAST AUGUST, THE SAME VOLCANO 230 00:29:05,743 --> 00:29:13,618 EXPLODED AGAIN. NOW SCIENTISTS HAVE REVEALED SOME STARTLING DISCOVERIES FROM THE TWO ERUPTIONS, INCHING US 231 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:21,025 CLOSER TO THE DAY WHEN ERUPTIONS WILL BE FORECAST AS WE FORECAST RAIN. WE WENT BACK TO ICELAND TO SEE 232 00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:36,908 HOW THE WORK WAS PROGRESSING. DURING THE 2021 ERUPTION, WE SAW CHUNKS OF MOLTEN ROCK THE SIZE OF CARS CARTWHEEL INTO THE AIR. 233 00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:44,315 LAVA BOILED UP THROUGH NINE VENTS AS THE EARTH UNZIPPED, BUT IT WAS NUMBER FIVE, THIS ONE, THAT STOLE THE SHOW. 234 00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:53,825 WE WATCHED IT FROM A HILLTOP. >> LOOK AT THIS! >> WITH SEISMOLOGIST KRISTIN JONSDOTTIR AS WAVES OF LAVA 235 00:29:53,892 --> 00:29:58,563 POURED DOWN THE VALLEY. IN THE END, SCIENTISTS CALCULATED THERE WAS ENOUGH LAVA TO FILL AN OLYMPIC-SIZED 236 00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:04,903 SWIMMING POOL EVERY FOUR SECONDS. WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE NOW, SO WE FLEW BACK TO THE 237 00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:13,912 SAME HILL. >> WOW, THIS IS REMARKABLE. >> COMPLETELY CHANGED. >> COMPLETELY CHANGED. 238 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:22,387 HOW MUCH LAVA IS OUT HERE? >> SO THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS ABOUT 100 METERS, AND IT IS THE THICKEST BY THE CRATER. 239 00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:28,126 >> THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN 300 FEET DEEP. >> YES. >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 240 00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:36,167 LAVA HAD FILLED UP THE VALLEY LIKE A BATHTUB. THE HILLS WHERE ICELANDERS CAME FOR A CLOSER LOOK WERE GONE. 241 00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:45,410 SO WAS ITS TONGUE-TWISTING ICELANDIC NAME. NOW WE HAD TO LEARN A NEW ONE. >> SO THE WHOLE MASS THAT YOU 242 00:30:45,476 --> 00:30:50,648 SEE BEHIND HERE IS CALLED FAGRADALSFJALL. >> FAGRADALSFJALL? >> VERY GOOD. 243 00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:56,454 EXCELLENT. >> THAT MEANS BEAUTIFUL VALLEY MOUNTAIN, A LOT EASIER TO PRONOUNCE. 244 00:30:56,521 --> 00:31:03,928 A NEW NAME FOR A NEW LANDSCAPE. JONSDOTTIR, HEAD OF EARTH SCIENCES AT ICELAND'S METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, TOLD US 245 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:11,869 THE 2021 ERUPTIONS WERE HIGHLY UNUSUAL. THE QUAKE STORMS THAT USUALLY REACH A CRESCENDO BEFORE AN 246 00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:18,743 ERUPTION INSTEAD WENT SILENT. THE TREMORS STOPPED. ONLY THEN DID THE VOLCANO EXPLODE. 247 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:32,523 >> SO THIS WAS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T EXPECT BECAUSE BEFORE MOST ERUPTIONS, WE SEE AN ESCALATION IN THE PROCESS. 248 00:31:32,590 --> 00:31:43,868 SO WE SEE MORE AND BIGGER EARTHQUAKES THE CLOSER WE COME TO AN ERUPTION. >> WHAT DID YOU FIND THIS TIME? 249 00:31:43,935 --> 00:31:46,404 >> EVERYTHING GOT QUIET. AND WE THOUGHT, OKAY, MAYBE THIS IS IT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE AN 250 00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:49,574 ERUPTION THIS TIME, BUT WE WERE WRONG. >> THE MAGMA BOMB LASTED SIX MONTHS. 251 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:52,210 THEN THIS PAST AUGUST, THE VOLCANO EXPLODED AGAIN. THIS TIME SCIENTISTS WEREN'T FOOLED. 252 00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:59,117 WHEN THE EARTHQUAKES STOPPED, THEY RAN TESTS THAT SHOWED THE VOLCANO WASN'T SLEEPING. ROCKS WERE STILL MOVING, GAS 253 00:31:59,183 --> 00:32:06,591 ESCAPING. SCIENTISTS CALLED AN AUDIBLE AND WARNED THE VOLCANO WOULD LIKELY BLOW WITHIN 24 HOURS. 254 00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:17,201 THEY WERE RIGHT. TODAY, THE CRATER IS STILL COOLING. IT'S QUIET FOR NOW. 255 00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:24,075 >> LOOK AT THAT. >> WOW. >> YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE FLEW AROUND THE PLUME, THE FOUNTAIN? 256 00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:29,447 >> I REMEMBER. I DIDN'T FEEL AS SAFE AT THAT POINT. >> IN 2021, WE HAD TO VEER AWAY 257 00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:36,220 FROM THE CRATER. IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO GET ANY CLOSER. >> THIS FEELS MUCH SAFER. 258 00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:42,560 >> SO DO YOU THINK THE ERUPTION HERE IS COMPLETELY OVER? >> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT SEEING ANYTHING, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT 259 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:47,932 THIS CAN HAPPEN QUITE QUICKLY. THE WARNING TIME WE HAVE IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE MANY WEEKS, BUT MAYBE JUST A COUPLE 260 00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:56,774 OF DAYS. >> THE LAVA FIELD IS LIKE A RECORD OF THE ERUPTION, SO WE SET OFF AT THE CRACK OF DAWN. 261 00:32:56,841 --> 00:33:04,716 THAT'S AN HOUR BEFORE NOON, WHEN THE WINTER SUN RISES THIS FAR NORTH. SOON WE RAN OUT OF ROAD. 262 00:33:04,782 --> 00:33:20,498 THEN WE RAN OUT OF STEAM. OUR TRUCKS HAD 42-INCH TIRES, BUT THAT WAS NO MATCH FOR SNOW THAT WAS AS FINE AS SUGAR. 263 00:33:20,565 --> 00:33:29,741 FINALLY, WE ARRIVED TO FIND A VAST SEA OF VOLCANIC ROCK JUST SIX MONTHS OLD. GEOPHYSICIST FREYSTEINN 264 00:33:29,807 --> 00:33:39,717 SIGMUNDSSON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND GAVE US A TOUR. >> IT IS FREEZING OUT HERE, BUT THIS IS WARM, HUH? 265 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:42,854 >> YEAH. FEEL IT. THIS IS THE HEAT OF THE LAVA. >> LOOK AT THAT. 266 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:48,659 FREYSTEINN SIGMUNDSSON TOLD US IF WE DUG JUST 20 FEET BELOW WHERE WE WERE STANDING, WE'D FIND MOLTEN ROCK STILL AT A 267 00:33:48,726 --> 00:33:53,898 SCORCHING 1800 DEGREES. >> THE HEAT IS STILL COMING OUT, AND IT WILL BE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 268 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:58,669 >> BUT EVEN WITH THIS, THE TEMPERATURES HERE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS FOR THIS TO COOL DOWN? 269 00:33:58,736 --> 00:34:03,508 >> YES, YES, IT WILL. >> IT'S THAT HOT? >> IT IS THAT HOT AND THAT THICK. 270 00:34:03,574 --> 00:34:09,881 >> INCREDIBLE. SIGMUNDSSON TOLD US THESE ERUPTIONS HAD SPEWED OUT THE LARGEST MIX OF LAVAS EVER 271 00:34:09,947 --> 00:34:18,356 RECORDED. THEY COOLED IN DIFFERENT SHAPES. SOME WERE AS SMOOTH AS SIDEWALK, GNARLED LIKE ROOTS. 272 00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:26,264 OR STRETCHED TAUT LIKE ROPE. >> YEAH, WE CALL IT LAVA CABLES. I WOULD SAY THIS IS MAYBE ONE OF THE BEST PLACES ON PLANET EARTH 273 00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:34,205 TO SEE THESE LAVA CABLES HERE. >> FREYSTEINN SIGMUNDSSON TOLD US HE NOW WANTS TO FIND OUT IF THEIR MOST RECENT FINDING, A 274 00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:42,113 SEISMIC DECLINE BEFORE AN ERUPTION, MIGHT APPLY TO SIMILAR VOLCANOS IN JAPAN, RUSSIA OR THE UNITED STATES. 275 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:49,020 IT'S URGENT TO DO SO. HE TOLD US, AS WARMER TEMPERATURES MELT THE GLACIERS THAT SIT LIKE A PRESSURIZED LID 276 00:34:49,086 --> 00:34:57,128 ON MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST VOLATILE VOLCANOS. >> SO THE RETREATING GLACIERS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE VOLCANOS? 277 00:34:57,195 --> 00:35:00,631 >> YES. RETREATING GLACIERS CAN INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF ERUPTIONS. >> HOW SO? 278 00:35:00,698 --> 00:35:07,605 >> THE GLACIERS, THEY ARE PUSHING DOWN ON THE EARTH. THERE'S A FORCE. SO IF THE GLACIERS ARE MOVING, 279 00:35:07,672 --> 00:35:15,513 IT CHANGES THE FORCE. ALREADY THE RETREAT OF GLACIERS IN ICELAND, THEY ARE CAUSING A LOT MORE OF NEW MAGMA BEING 280 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:22,420 FORMED UNDER ICELAND THAN NORMALLY. >> WITH THIS NEW MAGMA CAME NEW DISCOVERIES. 281 00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:30,361 IN 2021, ED MARSHALL, A TEXAS-TRAINED GEOPHYSICIST, SHOWED US THE LAVA WALL WHEN IT WAS A MERE 30 FEET HIGH. 282 00:35:30,428 --> 00:35:39,871 WE WATCHED AS HE SCOOPED THE MOLTEN LAVA, FLASH COOLING IT IN WATER. THIS TRIP, WE MET MARSHALL IN 283 00:35:39,937 --> 00:35:45,176 HIS LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND TO SEE WHAT HE HAD FOUND. >> WE HAVE AN INSTRUMENT CALLED 284 00:35:45,243 --> 00:35:50,481 AN ICPOES. >> AND THAT STANDS FOR? >> IT'S AN INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSIONS 285 00:35:50,548 --> 00:36:00,525 SECTROMETER. >> OKAY. THE IMPOSSIBLY NAMED MACHINE IS ABLE TO MEASURE WITH PINPOINT 286 00:36:00,591 --> 00:36:06,430 ACCURACY THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ROCK. BUT MARSHALL WASN'T EXPECTING WHAT THEY FOUND NEXT, CRYSTALS. 287 00:36:06,497 --> 00:36:12,270 SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THESE? >> WELL, WE LEARNED THAT THEY'RE COMING FROM NINE MILES DEEP 288 00:36:12,336 --> 00:36:18,109 BELOW THE VOLCANO. >> NINE MILES DOWN? >> IT'S ACTUALLY COMING FROM A PART OF THE EARTH THAT WE DON'T 289 00:36:18,175 --> 00:36:26,017 NORMALLY GET TO SAMPLE. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CRUST AND MANTLE. >> THE MAGMA HAD COME STRAIGHT 290 00:36:26,083 --> 00:36:32,390 UP LIKE AN EXPRESS ELEVATOR FROM DEEP IN THE MANTLE, OPENING A RARE WINDOW INTO THE EARTH'S DEEP PLUMBING. 291 00:36:32,456 --> 00:36:40,865 GEOPHYSICIST ED MARSHALL SHOWED US SAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT LAVAS HE'S COLLECTED. >> SO HERE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT 292 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:44,502 KIND OF LAVA CALLED A PAHOEHOE LAVA. >> IT'S MUCH SMOOTHER? >> YEAH. 293 00:36:44,569 --> 00:36:52,410 >> WHEN THE LAVAS WERE STILL RED HOT, THEY FLOWED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, SOME OOZED OUT OF THE VOLCANO, OTHERS EXPLODED. 294 00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:58,215 MOVING AS FAST AS TEN MILES AN HOUR. >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT 295 00:36:58,282 --> 00:37:02,987 HAZARD POTENTIAL. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR TOWN BEING COVERED BY LAVA. 296 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:07,692 >> YOU'RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THIS ONE? >> EXACTLY. >> LIKE SO MANY OTHER 297 00:37:07,758 --> 00:37:15,700 VOLCANOLOGISTS WHO RUSHED TO THE ERUPTION SITE IN 2021, THIS SELF-DESCRIBED LAB RAT TOLD US HE WAS AWED BY THE SHEER POWER 298 00:37:15,766 --> 00:37:20,004 ON DISPLAY. >> YOU KNOW YOU HAVE WORK TO DO, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU JUST SIT HERE AND STARE AT THE 299 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:26,177 VOLCANO. IT'S JUST SO MUCH GRANDER THAN YOU. IT'S KIND OF THIS ALMOST DIVINE 300 00:37:26,243 --> 00:37:37,288 KIND OF PRESENCE. >> EVERY VOLCANO, AS WE LEARNED, HAS ITS OWN PERSONALITY. IF FAGRADALSFJALL HAD ELEMENTS 301 00:37:37,355 --> 00:37:44,161 OF THE DIVINE, OTHERS WERE NOT AS BEATIFIC. TAKE GRIMSVOTN, ROUTINELY DESCRIBED AS CRANKY. 302 00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:52,637 OVERDUE FOR AN ERUPTION, GRIMSVOTN IS HIDDEN BENEATH A GLACIER MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MONITOR. 303 00:37:52,703 --> 00:38:02,213 SO SEISMOLOGIST KRISTIN JONSDOTTIR AND HER EUROPEAN PARTNERS TRIED SOMETHING NEW, BURYING A COIL OF FIBER OPTIC 304 00:38:02,279 --> 00:38:07,518 CABLES IN THE ICE CAP. >> SO THE CABLE WE USED WAS ONLY FOUR MILLIMETERS THICK. AND SO THIN THEY'RE ACTUALLY 305 00:38:07,585 --> 00:38:14,925 THINNER THAN A HUMAN HAIR. YEAH, IT'S A BIT FUNNY, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE TRENCHING A VERY 13-KILOMETER LONG HAIR 306 00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:25,202 ALONG A VOLCANO. >> THEY DEVISED A MAKESHIFT TRENCHING SLED TO BURY THE CABLES TO TRY TO PICK UP VOLCANO 307 00:38:25,269 --> 00:38:32,009 TREMORS. IT WORKED. WHERE REGULAR SEISMOMETERS BARELY REGISTERED A PULSE, THE 308 00:38:32,076 --> 00:38:39,950 FIBER OPTIC CABLE SHOWED GRIMSVOTN WAS GRUMBLING IRRITABLY INSIDE ITS ICY TOMB. JONSDOTTIR TOLD US IT COULD BE A 309 00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:46,323 GAME-CHANGER. AND YOU FOUND HOW MANY MORE EARTHQUAKES? >> 100 TIMES MORE. 310 00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:54,532 >> FOUND WITH THIS FIBER? >> YES. >> DID YOU FIND SOMETHING IN THE PATTERN HERE THAT YOU COULD SAY, 311 00:38:54,598 --> 00:38:59,503 AH, IF WE SEE THIS, THIS INDICATES THAT AN ERUPTION IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> SO, THE POTENTIAL HERE IS 312 00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:07,545 REALLY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE VOLCANOS AND PLUMBING SYSTEM YOU KNOW JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE THIS HIGH-DEFINITION PICTURE OF 313 00:39:07,611 --> 00:39:10,181 WHAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE BEFORE. >> AND THIS IS JUST STANDARD CABLE? 314 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:14,418 THE CABLE THAT WE USE FOR BRINGING TELEVISION INTO OUR HOMES? >> EXACTLY. 315 00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:21,826 >> BUT ICELAND IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN THE WORLD TO ACTIVELY WATCH ITS VOLCANOS. THE LACK OF MONITORING ELSEWHERE 316 00:39:21,892 --> 00:39:31,902 CAN SOMETIMES SPELL DISASTER, LIKE THE 2018 BANG OUT OF THE BLUE IN INDONESIA THAT KILLED 400 PEOPLE. 317 00:39:31,969 --> 00:39:38,743 CORNELL GEOPHYSICIST MATTHEW PRITCHARD TOLD US THEY'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB. >> SO THERE ARE ABOUT 600 THAT 318 00:39:38,809 --> 00:39:49,587 HAVE ERUPTED IN HISTORIC TIMES, THE LAST 500 YEARS, AND OF THOSE, ONLY ABOUT 35% HAVE CONTINUOUS MONITORING AT THEM. 319 00:39:49,653 --> 00:39:51,555 >> WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? >> WELL, IT'S EXPENSE. IT'S MAINTAINING THESE INSTRUMENTS. 320 00:39:51,622 --> 00:39:55,860 AGAIN, IF ONCE A VOLCANO STOPS ERUPTING, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT OR IS IT GONE TO SLEEP FOR ANOTHER COUPLE 321 00:39:55,926 --> 00:40:00,998 HUNDRED YEARS? SO IT'S ALL A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES. IT'S A QUESTION OF RESOURCES. 322 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:08,906 >> BUT PRITCHARD TOLD US THERE'S A SOLUTION ON HAND, SPYING ON VOLCANOS FROM SPACE. HE'S SPEARHEADING AN EFFORT TO 323 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:16,247 ESTABLISH A SATELLITE NETWORK THAT WILL CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR THE WORLD'S MOST RESTLESS VOLCANOS. 324 00:40:16,313 --> 00:40:24,688 TAKE MAUNA LOA IN HAWAII. THIS PAST NOVEMBER, IT TORE OPEN THE EARTH AFTER 38 YEARS OF SLUMBER. 325 00:40:24,755 --> 00:40:34,799 ON THE GROUND, MAGMA FORCED ITS WAY THROUGH DEEP LAYERS OF ROCK UNTIL IT CRACKED THE EARTH'S SURFACE. 326 00:40:34,865 --> 00:40:37,902 FROM SPACE, IT LOOKED LIKE THIS. >> SO EACH ONE OF THESE CONTOURS HERE MEANS 25 CENTIMETERS OF GROUND MOTION. 327 00:40:37,968 --> 00:40:46,443 SO ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIFT, IT MOVED THIS WAY 25 CENTIMETERS, AND THEN THIS SIDE THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 328 00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:50,848 AND SO THIS IS EVIDENCE OF THE MAGMA COMING UP THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND PUSHING THE GROUND TO THE SIDE AS IT WAS COMING OUT TO 329 00:40:50,915 --> 00:40:57,788 ERUPT. >> AND ALL OF THIS CAPTURED BY SATELLITE? >> YES. 330 00:40:57,855 --> 00:41:01,158 >> THE SATELLITE CAN DETECT WHAT LEVEL OF MOVEMENT ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH? >> BEST CASE SCENARIO, A FEW 331 00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:03,360 MILLIMETERS. >> A FEW MILLIMETERS? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> FROM SPACE? 332 00:41:03,427 --> 00:41:10,234 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> CORNELL'S PRITCHARD TOLD US THE NEW GOLD STANDARD WOULD BE TO COMBINE GROUND SENSORS WITH 333 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:19,243 SATELLITE IMAGES TO HELP DETECT ERUPTIONS EARLIER. NEXT YEAR, A NEW SATELLITE WILL BE LAUNCHED THAT WILL USE RADAR 334 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:25,616 WAVES CAPABLE OF PENETRATING DENSE JUNGLE OR SNOW, AND SEEING DEEPER UNDERGROUND THAN EVER BEFORE. 335 00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:32,456 BUT AS TECHNOLOGY TURBO CHARGES THE ABILITY OF VOLCANOLOGISTS TO FORECAST ERUPTIONS, WE WERE REMINDED THAT THE EARTH HAS BEEN 336 00:41:32,523 --> 00:41:38,295 AT THIS FAR LONGER THAN SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTING DATA. AND THAT, ONE TOLD US, KEEPS YOU 337 00:41:38,362 --> 00:41:43,667 HUMBLE. 338 00:41:52,376 --> 00:41:57,014 >>> NOW "THE LAST MINUTE" OF "60 MINUTES." >>> ON TUESDAY, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO BE 339 00:41:57,081 --> 00:42:10,561 ARRAIGNED ON A MULTIPLE-COUNT INDICTMENT. IT STEMS, IN PART, FROM WHAT NEW YORK PROSECUTORS SAY WAS AN 340 00:42:10,628 --> 00:42:15,566 EFFORT TO COVER UP $130,000 IN PAYMENTS TO PORN ACTRESS STORMY DANIELS. SHE TOLD OUR ANDERSON COOPER SHE 341 00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:22,339 SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH TRUMP LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN 11 DAYS BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION TO BUY HER SILENCE ABOUT A SEXUAL 342 00:42:22,406 --> 00:42:30,281 ENCOUNTER WITH TRUMP. >> WAS IT HUSH MONEY TO STAY SILENT? >> YES. 343 00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:37,721 THE STORY WAS COMING OUT AGAIN. I WAS CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY AND THEIR SAFETY. >> NOW, DONALD TRUMP HAS BECOME 344 00:42:37,788 --> 00:42:45,129 THE FIRST EX-PRESIDENT IN HISTORY TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. HE INSISTS HE'S DONE NOTHING 345 00:42:45,195 --> 00:42:50,968 WRONG AND CALLS IT ALL A WITCH HUNT. I'M LESLEY STAHL. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH