[ TICKING ] >>> YOU USED WORDS LIKE YOU'RE OUTRAGED. YOU'RE DISGUSTED BY WHAT'S
HAPPENING ON THE STREETS. >> I AM BECAUSE I SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SEES. I TRY TO WALK MY KIDS TO THE
PARK AND HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME NAVIGATING THE SIDEWALK. >> THAT'S CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TALKING ABOUT THE
LARGEST HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY. ONE IN FOUR OF CALIFORNIA'S HOMELESS HAS A SERIOUS MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUE AND THE CRISIS HAS BRED FEAR IN COMMUNITIES AS VIOLENT CRIME RISES. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?
THE STATE HAS A PLAN CALLED CARE COURT, AND THAT'S OUR STORY TONIGHT. >>> THE U.S. HAS SPENT MORE THAN
$70 BILLION ON UKRAINIAN AID. WE WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT FUNDING COVERS THE SALARIES OF 57,000
FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE TEAMS THAT TRAIN THE RESCUE DOGS WHO HELP LOOK FOR SURVIVORS AFTER RUSSIAN AIR STRIKES.
THE U.S. IS ALSO SUBSIDIZING UKRAINIAN SMALL BUSINESSES SO THEY CAN PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES, MANY OF WHOM HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS
ON THE FRONT LINES. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? >> GRATEFUL. GREAT.
>>> SO THE TWO-TOED YOU SAY LOOKS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A WOOKIEE AND A PIG BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT NOSE.
>> YES. >> AND THIS ONE HAS THE BEATLES HAIRCUTS AND MONA LISA SMILES. >> BEHIND RING OWE IS A SECRET.
BEING NATURE'S COUCH POTATO IS THE REASON SLOTHS HAVE SURVIVE FOR MORE THAN 60 MILLION YEARS IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES.
♪ ♪ >>> I'M LESLIE STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER.
>> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> AIM SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M CECILIA VEGA. >> I'M SCOTT
>>> ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT MORE THAN 170,000 PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON CALIFORNIA STREETS OR IN ITS SHELTERS.
IT'S THE LARGEST HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY FUELED BY A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE STATE'S FAILURE TO
PROVIDE ADEQUATE MENTAL HEALTH CARE. ONE IN FOUR HAS A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.
IT'S A CRISIS THAT'S SPREAD FEAR IN COMMUNITIES AS VIOLENT CRIMES RISE AND THIS PAST WEEK SACRAMENTO'S TOP PROSECUTOR SUED
CALIFORNIA'S CALIFORNIA'S CAPITAL CITY FOR ALLOWING IT TO, QUOTE, COLLAPSE INTO CHAOS. THAT'S THE LANDSCAPE GOVERNOR
GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS HE'S TRYING TO CHANGE STARTING THIS FALL WITH A CONTROVERSIAL NEW PLAN ON TRACK TO COST BILLIONS.
IT'S CALLED CARE COURT BECAUSE IT BRINGS MENTAL HEALTH CARE INTO THE COURTROOM. NOW UJ JEJUDGES WILL ORDER TO P
TO GET HELP UNDER'S NEW LAW THAT EMPHASIZES ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSEQUENCES. WE MET WITH GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND
FOUND HIM TO BE FIRED UP AND FED UP. >> CHANGE HAS ITS ENEMIES. I GET IT, BUT ONE THING YOU
CANNOT ARGUE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT FOR ALL OF THE CRITICS OUT THERE IS THE STATUS QUO. YOU CAN'T AND IN THE ABSENCE OF
ALTERNATIVES, WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO DO TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS? >> IT IS A CRISIS OVERWHELMING
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN HIT THE HARDEST. AND GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS
IT IS DESPERATION BORNE OUT OF SCENES LIKE THIS THAT DROVE THE IDEA FOR CARE COURT. >> YOU'VE USED WORDS LIKE YOU'RE
OUTRAGED. YOU'RE DISGUSTED BY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREETS. >> I AM BECAUSE I SEE WHAT
EVERYBODY ELSE SEES. I TRY TO WALK MY KIDS TO THE PARK AND I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME NAVIGATING THE SIDEWALK.
IT'S A FAIL FIRST SYSTEM, NOT A CARE FIRST SYSTEM WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO END UP IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BEFORE
FINALLY SOMEONE PROVIDES SUPPORT, A BED AND A SOLUTION. WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
>> HERE'S HOW IT WILL WORK. A PERSON REFERRED TO CARE COURT FOR A SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS IS EVALUATED.
IF THEY HAVE AN UNTREATED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER LIKE SCHIZOPHRENIA, A JUDGE CAN ORDER A MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT PLAN
INCLUDING MEDICATION, THERAPY AND A PLACE TO LIVE. >> THE GOVERNOR BELIEVES THE NEW CIVIL COURT SYSTEM WILL HELP
THOUSANDS GET OFF THE STREETS AND MAKE EVERYONE SAFE ARE BY HELPING PEOPLE BEFORE THEY BECOME A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR
OTHERS. >> DO YOU THINK CARE COURT COULD BE THE SOLUTION THAT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE?
>> I DON'T THINK IT. I KNOW IT. IT'S VERY FAMILIAR WHAT WE'RE DOING EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOVEL,
NEW AND BOLD. >> NOVEL, NEW AND BOLD. SO IT'S AN EXPERIMENT? >> NO, IT'S NOT.
WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR MEDS, WHEN PEOPLE GET SUPPORT WE KNOW WE CAN TURN PEOPLE'S LIVES AROUND. THIS IS EMINENTLY SOLVABLE.
>> WHAT IF SOMEONE ORDERED BY A JUDGE TO GET HELP DOESN'T THINK THEY'LL NEED IT? THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC
DEFENDER AND CAN REFUSE TREATMENT. THEY WON'T BE SENT TO JAIL, BUT THERE IS A CATCH.
IF SOMEONE IN CARE COURT DOES REFUSE, A JUDGE COULD REFER THEM FOR CONSERVATORSHIP, AN EXTREME OUTCOME THAT STRIPS THEM OF
RIGHTS AND FORCES THEM TO COMPLY WITH TREATMENT. >> THIS IS WHERE HE WOULD GO. >> ANITA FISHER HOPES CARE COURT
WILL BE A LIFELINE FOR PEOPLE LEAK HER SON PHAROH DEGREE WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMY 22
YEARS AGO. HE IS NOW 45. >> TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PHAROH.
>> PHAROH IS THE KINDEST, EVEN FROM A LITTLE BOY, HIS REPORT CARD USED TO SAY JOY TO HAVE IN MY CLASS AND SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH YOU COULDN'T HAVE PAID ME TO BELIEVE. >> NIGH SON IS ONE OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS. >> RUNNING SUPPORT GROUPS AND CLASSES FOR HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WHEN FAMILIES ARE DERAILED BY A
LOVE ONE'S MENTAL ILLNESS. >> A LOT OF TIMES HE CAN GET VERY AGITATED AND THEN HE STARTS TO SELF-MEDICATE.
WHETHER IT'S ALCOHOL OR STREET DRUGS AND THAT TAKES IT TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL. >> YOU SOMETIMES FEEL LEAKIKE Y
SON GOES MISSING IN THOSE MOMENTS. >> YES. WE WOULD TRY TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT HIM ABOUT HAVE YOU STOPPED YOUR MEDICATION AND HE SAID WELL THEY SAID I DON'T NEED THIS MEDICATION, AND
I WAS, LIKE, WHO IS "THEY"? AND I KNOW THAT IT'S THE VOICES. >> WHAT'S THIS LIKE AS A MOM FOR YOU?
>> IT'S DEVASTATING. >> SUPPORTERS BACK CARE COURT BECAUSE THE NEW LAW ALLOWS FAMILIES AND OTHERS LIKE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS TO PETITION A COURT TO HELP THEM GET SOMEONE INTO TREATMENT. UNTIL NOW, FISHER SAYS THERE HAS
BEEN LITTLE RECOURSE LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN HER SON STOPPED TAKING HIS MEDICATION. FOR SEVEN MONTHS SHE CALLED FOR
A PSYCHIATRIC INTERVENTION, BUT WITHOUT HER SON'S CON SENSENT, SAYS HER ATTEMPTS WERE IGNORED. >> WHEN I'D CALL HIS NAME AND
HE'D BE WRAPPED IN BLANKETS. >> PHAROH BECAME HOMELESS AND ANITA SPENT DAYS SEARCHING FOR HIM FOR LOCAL SPOTS NEAR THEIR
HOME. >> WHEN YOU WOULD FIND PHAROH, WHAT KIND OF CONDITION WOULD HE BE IN?
HE WOULD BE PSYCHIATRICALLY ILL, AND SAY I'M FINE, BUT HE WOULDN'T BE FINE AT ALL. >> YOUR SON WOULD BE CONVINCED
THAT HE WAS FINE MENTALLY, THAT HE DIDN'T NEED HIS MEDS. HOW DO YOU CONVINCE HIM JORG WISE?
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN? >> HE ENDS UP ARRESTED. IT'S ALMOST -- WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
>> AND LAST OCTOBER, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR VANDALISM. IN CUSTODY, HE RECEIVED MEDICATION AND ENROLLED IN A
TREATMENT PROGRAM. PHAROH DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED ON CAMERA, BUT HE DESCRIBED TO US ON THE PHONE HOW
DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO LIVE WITH HIS ILLNESS. >> CONSTANT OVER THINKING. YOUR BRAIN IS ALWAYS RACING.
YOUR INNER VOICE IS ALWAYS TALKING, RACING, RACING, NO PEACE. NEVER SOLACE AND PEACE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO HIM HAD HE NOT HAD THAT TREATMENT? >> EVERY SINGLE TIME I HAVE TO
START IN MY MIND, PREPARING A FUNERAL. I HAVE TO GET MY HEART AND MYSELF AND MY FAMILY READY, YOU
KNOW, THAT WILL HE MAKE IT THIS TIME? IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT EASY. >> WITH CALIFORNIA VOTERS
OVERWHELMINGLY RANKING HOMELESSNESS AS A TOP CONCERN. >> WE HAVE A CRISIS. >> LAST WEEK THE CARE ACT SAILED
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE WITH UNANIMOUS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. >> IT'S THE HUMANE THING TO DO. >> THE OPPONENTS POINTED TO THE
THREAT OF CONSERVATORSHIP WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE LOCKED UP AND TREATED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT AND MORE THAN 50 ADVOCACY COURTS
LOOKED AT IT AS A COSTLY MISTAKE LIKELY TO DO REAL HARM. >> SOME OF THE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE CARE COURT IS COERCIVE
AND HARMFUL. YOU LAUGH. >> I DON'T LAUGH DISMISSIVELY AND THOSE ARE TALKING POINTS
THAT HAVE BEEN ON REWIND FOR DECADES AND DECADES, AND I'M FRANKLY, EXHAUSTED BY THEM. >> SOMEONE COULD END UP IN
CONSERVATORSHIP AND THAT IS A VERY BIG DEAL. ISN'T CARE COURT SAYING COMPLY OR ELSE?
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT END UP IN CONSERVATORSHIP ALL OF THE TIME, AND I GET WHY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE OF THOSE, BUT WE
HAVE THAT SYSTEM ALREADY AND HERE'S ALL I ASK. PROVE US WRONG. DON'T ASSUME US WRONG.
YOUR COMPASSION IS NOT SUPERIOR TO OUR COMPASSION. >> THAT'S A BIG ANGLE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONSERVATORSHIPS,
PROVE US WRONG. WAIT AND SEE. >> THE GAMBLE IS ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO DIE UNDER OUR WATCH
AND THE GAMBLE IS MORE FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING AND SUFFERING. HOW DARE WE? >> WE SEE IT AS A PIPELINE TO
CONSERVATORSHIP AND THE BIG OF THE DEPRIVATION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES SHORT OF DEATH PENALTY.
>> EVE GARROW IS FOR THE ACLU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> WHAT ARE THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS THAT YOU THINK SOMEONE
WOULD BE STRIPPED OF IN CARE COURT. >> THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT MEDICATIONS GO
INTO YOUR BODY. >> THERE'S NO FORCED MEDICATION IN CARE COURT. >> THERE'S NO FORCED MEDICATION,
BUT WHEN THERE'S PRESSURE AND COERCION YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO POTENTIALLY COMPLY WITH TREATMENT THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T
MEETING YOUR NEEDS. >> GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS THAT YOU'RE DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO. >> THE ADMINISTRATION LIKES TO
PROPOSE THIS FALSE DICHOTOMY THAT EITHER WE FORCE PEOPLE INTO TREATMENT OR WE LET THEM DIE ON THE STREETS.
>> YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE? >> I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A THIRD ALTERNATIVE. >> GARROW SAYS THAT ALTD NATIVE IS FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE
COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR ALL KALE CALIFORNIANS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES. >> IS THAT REALISTIC?
>> YES, IT IS. IF WE INVEST IN THOSE SERVICES INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN A NEW COURT SYSTEM, OF COURSE, IT IS.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HEAR YOU AND SAY, EVE, CLEARLY THE CURRENT SITUATION IS NOT WORKING.
AREN'T WE AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE? >> I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THAT, BUT THE SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED
TO TRY IS NOT A CIVIL COURT SYSTEM. >> WE WENT WITH GARROW TO THE NOTORIOUS SKID ROW IN LOS
ANGELES, THE COUNTY WHERE ONE IN EIGHT OF THE NATION'S HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVE. FOR YEARS, ON AND OFF, THAT
INCLUDED MARQUESHA BABERS, A 28-YEAR-OLD WHO TOLD US SHE HAS SEVERAL SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS INCLUDING BIPOLAR
DISORDER. WHEN WE MET HER SHE LIVED IN A SHELTER. >> I GO ALMOST EVERY DAY TO ASK
IF I CAN SPEAK TO A THERAPIST OR GET MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR HELP AND THERE ARE REALLY NONE OR IF YOU DO FIND ONE, THE
WAITING LIST IS SIX MONTHS BEFORE YOU CAN TALK TO A THERAPIST. >> SIX MONTHS?
>> OH, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. >> DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE GETTING MEDICATION THAT YOU
NEED? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN? >> HONESTLY I WOULD HAVE TO BE
COMMITTED INTO A MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL BECAUSE VOLUNTEER SERVICES ARE BACKED UP OR MY INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER SOME OF
THE STUFF THAT I NEED. >> WHEN I SAY CARE COURT TO YOU, WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND? >> MEDICAL INCARCERATION.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY TO MASS INCARCERATE PEOPLE AND INSTEAD OF IT BEING CRIMINAL, IT'S MEDICAL NOW.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DONE? >> I THINK THERE JUST NEEDIS TO BE WAY MORE ATTENTION TO
SERVICES AND PREVENTION RATHER THAN THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT HAVING THOSE SERVICES. >> THIS YEAR THE NEWSOM
ADMINISTRATION INVESTED ABOUT $17 BILLION TO FIGHT HOMELESSNESS AND TREAT MENTAL ILLNESS.
>> THERE'S CHANCE AND THERE'S HOPE. >> LEADERS IN MANY COUNTIES SAY MONEY EARMARKEDED FOR CARE COURT
IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EXPECTED TO LAND IN THE SYSTEM. >> SPARE ME, HONESTLY.
I'M A LITTLE INDIGNANT BY THIS RHETORIC. THE ONLY THING LIMITING PEOPLE IS AN UNWILLINGNESS TO BE
ACCOUNTABLE AND I'M DONE WITH IT? ARE YOU OVERLY OPTIMISTIC ON THIS ONE?
THIS IS AN OVER TAXED SYSTEM AND YOU'RE EXPECTING TO TAKE ON A LOT MORE. >> I'M DONE WITH EXCUSES AND
EVERYONE WATCHING SHOULD BE SICK AND TIRED OF EXCUSES AND THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY IN THE SPACE. >> YET EVEN WITH CALIFORNIA
FACING THE HIGHEST DEBT IN THE NATION, GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS ASKING TO APPROVE BILLIONS MORE FOR HOUSING AND HE ADMITS
WITHOUT ENOUGH, CARE COURT WILL NOT WORK. >> YOU'RE PROMISING HERE THAT ANYBODY WHO GOES INTO CARE COURT
WILL HAVE SOME KIND OF HOUSING ATTACHED TO THAT. >> I'M NOT PROMISING ANYTHING HERE.
I'M PROMOTING A PROMISE WHERE THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. I'M NOT THE MAYOR OF CALIFORNIA.
I'M THE GOVERNOR. >> AND THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. FOUNDATIONALLY WHAT CARE COURT IS ABOUT IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AT ALL LEVELS.
>> WORTH THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO END UP SPENDING? >> WE'RE SPENDING MORE ON THE
BACK END. WE CAN SAVE TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND SAVE LIVES. >> BY DECEMBER, CARE COURT WILL
LAUNCH IN EIGHT CALIFORNIA COUNTIES INCLUDING LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO WHERE ANITA AND PHAROH LIVE.
BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE STATEWIDE. >> WHAT IS THE SUCCESSFUL CARE COURT LOOK LIKE FOR PHAROAH?
>> I HOPE HE WILL NEVER HAVE TO USE IT, AND I HOPE THAT IF IT DOES THAT HE EVEN SEES IT AS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WHERE HIS
VOICE IS HEARD. >> IF YOU HAVE TO WILL YOU INITIATE CARE COURT PROCEEDINGS? >> ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE NO HESITATION. IT IS TRAUMA FOR THE FAMILY TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THAT WITH THEIR LOVED ONE.
>> IS PART OF THIS THAT VOTERS ARE SO FED UP WITH WHAT THEY SEE ON THE STREETS OF THEIR CITIES THAT AS A POLITICIAN YOU'VE GOT
TO CLEAN UP THOSE STREETS? >> WELL, THAT'S GENERALLY THE CASE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE INSPIRATION FOR CARE COURT.
>> IS THERE A POLITICAL FACTOR IN THIS FOR YOU? >> AS AN ELECTORAL STRATEGY I'M TURNED OUT.
THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. THE POLITICS HERE IS COMPASSION. THE POLITICS IS PURPOSE. >> WHAT HAPPENS IF CARE COURT
DOESN'T WORK? >> THEN WE LEARN FROM IT. THE BIGGEST RISK IS WE DON'T TAKE ONE.
>> LAST MONTH, MARQUESHA BABERS, THE WOMAN LIVING IN A LOS ANGELES SHELTER AND TOLD US SHE STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY. [ TICKING ] >>> DOES GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
HAVE PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIO [ TICKING ] >>> NOW HOLLY WILLIAMS ON ASSIGNMENT FOR "60 MINUTE".
>> THE U.S. HAS SENT MORE THAN $70 BILLION WORTH OF AID TO UKRAINE SINCE TROOPS CROSSED ITS BORDER LAST YEAR AND NOW A
BATTLE IS BREWING IN WASHINGTON OVER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST FOR OVER $20 BILLION MORE.
MANY REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS ARE OPPOSED. HARD LINERS IN THE HOUSE WANT TO CUT OFF ALL FUNDING.
OTHERS, ARE DEMANDING MORE OVERSIGHT. WE WENT TO UKRAINE TO GET SOME ANSWERS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
BANKROLLING THE WAR, AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. HOW EXACTLY IS YOUR MONEY BEING SPENT AND WHO'S WATCHING THE
WEAPONS AND THE CACHE TO MAKE SURE THEY END UP WHERE THEY'RE INTENDED? OR FIRST STOP, A FOREST 15 MILES
FROM THE FRONT LINE IN EASTERN UKRAINE. THESE ARE U.S.-MADE BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLES, STEEL-CLAD
BEHEMOTHS HIDDEN BENEATH THE CANOPY. IN A MAKESHIFT WORK SHOP THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR RUSSIAN DRONES TO
SPOT. UKRAINE'S 47th MECHANIZED BRIGADE WAS ONLY FORMED LAST YEAR, BUT ITS SOLDIERS HAVE SEEN
SOME OF THE DEADLIEST FIGHTING IN THIS WAR. THE BRADLEY'S ARMOR WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT AMERICAN INFANTRY
TROOPS MOVING THROUGH COMBAT ZONES. NOW IT'S DOING THE SAME THING FOR UKRAINIANS.
>> WOW. LOOK AT THAT. >> THIS MACHINE SURVIVED A LAND MINE AND SHRAPNEL FROM A RUSSIAN
MISSILE. >> YEAH. IT'S DONE SOME DAMAGE, BUT IT'S STILL IN ONE PIECE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUYS WHO WERE INSIDE? ARE THEY SAFE? >> YEAH.
I SUPPOSE THEY ARE SAFE AND THEY ARE ALIVE. >> THE U.S. HAS SENT 186 BRADLEYS HERE AT A COST OF
AROUND $2 MILLION A PIECE. >> IT IS SAVING YOUR GUYS' LIVES? >> YES.
>> DO ANY OTHER VEHICLES SAVE LIVES IN THAT WAY? >> IN MY OPINION AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THIS IS THE BEST
VEHICLE I HAVE EVER SEEN. >> YOU'RE ALL HIDDEN HERE IN THE FOREST. >> YEAH.
YEAH. >> LIEUTENANT OLEKSANDR SHYRSHYN IS A FORMER SALES MANAGER AND A FATHER OF TWO WHO ENLISTED ON
FEBRUARY 24, 2022. THE SAME DAY RUSSIA INVADED HIS COUNTRY. >> WHAT ARE THOSE U.S. WEAPONS
DOING TO THE RUSSIAN MILITARY? WHAT IMPACT ARE THEY HAVING? >> WE CAN DESTROY THEM FASTER. WE CAN SEE THEM FAR AWAY.
>> THEY'RE AFRAID, EVEN. >> THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE AMERICAN WEAPONS? >> OF COURSE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? >> SOMETIMES WE CAN TAKE PRISONERS AND THEY TELL PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT INSIDE THEIR
COMPANIES, THEIR BRIGADE. >> THE U.S. HAS SPENT MORE THAN $43 BILLION ON MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE SINCE RUSSIA INVADED.
THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 5% OF THE AMERICAN DEFENSE BUDGET. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES COMBINED HAVE CONTRIBUTED AROUND 30 BILLION.
AMERICAN ROCKET LAUNCHERS ARE NOW REACHING DEEP INTO RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED UKRAINE, AND THE PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
IS SHIELDING MILLIONS OF UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS FROM AIR STRIKES. >> WHERE WOULD THE UKRAINIANS BE
RIGHT NOW WITHOUT U.S. WEAPONS? HOW MUCH OF THEIR COUNTRY WOULD THEY HAVE LOST? >> THAT'S SORT OF A THING -- I
THINK UKRAINE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN OVERRUN, DEFEATED AND CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE LOST A LOT MORE.
>> LIEUTENANT GENERAL BEN HODGES SERVED AS THE COMMANDER OF THE U.S. ARMY IN EUROPE. HE RETIRED IN 2017 AND IS NOW AN
ADVISER TO NATO. HODGES TOLD US THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION HAS FAILED TO
EXPLAIN TO AMERICANS WHEN THEY'RE GETTING FOR THEIR DOLLAR IN UKRAINE. >> IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, RUSSIA
HAS BEEN FOR DECADES AND STILL IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT FOR EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. I MEAN, LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR
LEADERS SAY. LOOK AT THE THOUSAND OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THEY CLEARLY WILL KEEP GOING IF THEY'RE NOT
STOPPED. >> IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING STOPPING VLADIMIR PUTIN IN UKRAINE DIRECTLY BENEFITS EVERY
AMERICAN. >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS WAR IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST UKRAINE.
>> IS THIS A HIGH POINT FOR AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY? >> IT WILL BE AFTER RUSSIA HAS BEEN DEFEATED.
>> AMERICAN TAXPAYERS ARE FINANCING MORE THAN JUST WEAPONS. WE DISCOVERED THE U.S.
GOVERNMENTS BUYING SEEDS AND FERTILIZER FOR UKRAINIAN FARMERS AND COVERING THE SALARIES OF UKRAINE'S FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL
57,000 OF THEM. THAT INCLUDES THE TEAM THAT TRAINED THIS RESCUE DOG NAMED JOY TO COMB THROUGH THE WRECKAGE
OF RUSSIAN STRIKES LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS. [ BARKING ] >> AND THE U.S. ALSO FUNDS THE
DIVERS WHO WE SAW CLEARING UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION FROM THE COUNTRY'S RIVERS TO MAKE THEM SAFE AGAIN FOR SWIMMING AND
FISHING. RUSSIA'S INVASION SHRANK UKRAINE'S ECONOMY BY ABOUT A THIRD.
WE WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THAT TO KEEP IT AFLOAT, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS SUBSIDIZING SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE TATIANA
ABRAMOVA'S COMPANY. >> THAT'S KEY TO UKRAINE. >> ESPECIALLY IN THE CONDITION OF WAR, WE HAVE TO WORK.
WE HAVE TO PAY TAXES. WE HAVE TO PAY WAGE, SALARY TO OUR EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE TO WORK.
DON'T STOP. >> WHY DOES THAT HELP UKRAINE WIN THE WAR? >> BECAUSE ECONOMY IS THE
FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING. >> AMERICAN OFFICIALS FROM U.S. AID, THE AGENCY IN CHARGE OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
HELPED ABRAMOVA FIND NEW CUSTOMERS OVERSEAS. IN THE MIDST OF WAR, HER COMPANY IS SUPPORTING OVER 70 FAMILIES.
>> WE REALIZE THAT IT'S THE AID FROM GOVERNMENT, BUT IT'S THE AID FROM THEIR HEART OF EVERY ORDINARY AMERICAN PERSON.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? >> GRATEFUL. GREAT. >> IN TOTAL, AMERICA'S PUMPED
NEARLY $25 BILLION OF NON-MILITARY AID INTO UKRAINE'S ECONOMY SINCE THE INVASION BEGAN, AND YOU CAN SEE IT
WORKING AT THE BUSTLING FARMERS MARKET ON JOHN McCAIN STREET IN CENTRAL KYIV. >> PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, THIS IS
YOUR MOMENT. >> THE LATE SENATOR IS REVERED IN UKRAINE BECAUSE HE PUSHED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO STOP SPEENDI
ARMS TO THE COUNTRY IN 2014. WHILE IN KYIV, WE LEARNED THREE OF McCAINY FORMER COLLEAGUES WERE IN TOWN, ELIZABETH WARREN,
RICHARD PLUMEN THAT WILL AND LINDSAY GRAHAM. THEY DON'T NORMALLY AGREE ON MUCH, TOGETHER, THOUGH, THEY'RE
SOME OF THE STAUNCHEST SUPPORTERS OF U.S. FUNDING FOR UKRAINE'S RESISTANCE. >> THEY'RE ON TRACK TO BREAK THE
RUSSIAN ARMY AND THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD POSSIBLY LOSE IS IF WE PULL THE PLUG ON THEM. >> THE WRECKAGE OF RUSSIA'S WAR
MACHINE WAS ON DISPLAY FOR UKRAINE'S INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS, EVEN AS ALMOST A FIFTH OF THE COUNTRY REMAIN PS
UNDER OCCUPATION. >> PEOPLE ASK ME, IS IT WORTH IT? HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN FOR OUR
INVESTMENT. WE HAVEN'T LOST ONE SOLDIER. WE REDUCED THE COMBAT POWER OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY BY 50%.
NOT ONE OF US HAS DIEDED IN THAT ENDEAVOR. THIS IS A GREAT DEAL FOR AMERICA.
>> YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID IT IS THE BEST MONEY WE'VE VR SPIN THE, SINCE BLOWSHIP HELPED CHURCHILL STAND UP TO THE NAZIS.
WE HAVE TO BE CON FITTENT THAT THEY'RE IN DEFENSE OF THE NATION. ALL OF THAT IS IMPORTANT AND
THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. THE SENATORS AND OTHER U.S. OFFICIALS TOLD US THERE WOULD BE NO SUBSTANTIATED CASES OF
WEAPONS BEING DIVERTED. >> THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OUGHT TO BE TELLING A STORY ABOUT OVERSIGHT.
WE'RE MONITORING AND FOLLOWING EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND THERE'S BEEN NO DIVERSE AND NO EDZ OF THIS APPROPRIATION AND
THIS IS AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY ON AIDING A PARTNER FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM. >> BUT UKRAINE IS A YOUNG
DEMOCRACY WITH A HISTORY OF CORRUPTION. ACCORDING TO THE MONITORING GROUP TRANSPARENCY
INTERNATIONAL, IT'S RANKED THE SECOND MOST CORRUPT COUNTRY IN EUROPE. ONLY RUSSIA SCORES LOWER.
>> WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS CANCER WHICH IS CORRUPTION BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE.
>> ALEKSANC SANDRA USTINOV AHEA ALL COMING TO UKRAINE. SHE FILMED THIS VIDEO FOR US INSIDE WHAT SHE CALLED A
TOP-SECRET WAREHOUSE STORING AMERICAN JAVELIN ANTI-TANK MISSILES. >> WE HAVE ONLINE DATABASES WITH
THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF EVERY AMERICAN PIECE OF WEAPON THAT YOUR EMBASSY HAS ACCESS TO. THEY CAN COME, TYPE IN, SAY A
JAVELIN OR A HIMARS AND SEE IN WHICH BRIGADE IT IS AND THEN GO CHECK IT IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE. >> SO THE U.S. OFFICIALS ARE
GOING TO THE FRONT LINES. >> WE ARE LETTING THEM. SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE SENDING PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE GOING TO THE LOGISTICS CENTERS TO SEE WHETHER IT IS THERE OR NOT OR WHETHER IT IS AVAILABLE.
>> THAT MAY BE TRUE NOW, BUT A REPORT FROM THE PENTAGON'S INSPECTOR GENERAL LAST YEAR FOUND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS
UNABLE TO MONITOR WEAPONS TRANSFERS IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE WAR IN PART BECAUSE THE AMERICAN EMBASSY STAFF WERE
EVACUATED. CRIMINAL GROUPS IN UKRAINE STOLE SOME WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY, THOUGH
THEY WERE LATER RECOVERED BY UKRAINIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. USED IN OTHER CLAIMS THAT TODAY SYSTEMS ARE IN MACE TO MAKE SURE
THAT NEVER HAPPENS A FEP. SO WHAT ARE THE STAKES FOR UKRAINE IN MAKING SURE THAT THE U.S.-UP IS PLIED WEAPONS DON'T
GO MISSING. >> I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN BUZZ WE'RE NOT STUPID TO SHOOT OURSELVES
AND WE WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE IT WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES. >> AN AMERICAN HOT LINE FOR UKRAINIANS TO REPORT MISUSE OF
ASSISTANCE FROM U.S. AID SAW A TENFOLD INCREASE WHEN THESE POST ERS WENT UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY EARLIER THIS YEAR AND AMERICAN
OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING FOUR CRIMINAL CASES INVOLVING NON-MILITARY AID AND 170 UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
INCLUDING HIGH-RANKING MILITARY OFFICES HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CORRUPTION CASES SO FAR THIS YEAR FOR CRIMES LIKE
EMBEZZLEMENT AND ACCEPTING BRIBES. USTINOVA TOLD US SHE CONSIDERS THAT GOOD NEWS.
>> IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE ARRESTED WE WOULD SEE THE SKRUPGZ SCANDALS AND NOBODY GOES TO JAIL.
>> THIS LIFE OR DEATH BATTLE THAT UKRAINE IS FIGHTING HAS MADE PEOPLE LESS TOLERANT OF CORRUPTION?
>> YES. 100% OF THE UKRAINIAN BUDGET IS BEING SPENT ON THE ARMY. IT'S SOMEONE'S BULLETPROOF VEST
OR SOMEONE'S HELMET OR SOMEONE'S ARMED VEHICLE THAT WAS NOT THERE IN TIME TO SAVE THE LIVES. I THINK THIS THE TOLL IS CLOSE
TO ZERO BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND NOW THAT CORRUPTION KILLS. >> UKRAINE IS LOSING U.S. WEAPONS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, BUT
LIEUTENANT SHYRSHYN TOLD US THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE LOSING THEM. >> HAS ANYTHING GONE MISSING?
>> IN MY SITUATION, IN MY COMPANY, IN OUR BATTALION, I DON'T KNOW THE CASE LIKE THIS. ♪
>> AS THE WAR GRINDS TOWARDS ITS THIRD YEAR, UKRAINIANS ARE DYING IN TRENCHES.
IN THE STREETS OF THEIR CITIES AND IN THEIR OWN HOMES. [ CRYING ] >> THE COUNTRY IS FIGHTING FOR
ITS SURVIVAL BANKROLLED IN LARGE PART BY U.S. TAXPAYERS. THE OUTCOME MAY BE DECIDED BY AMERICA'S WILLINGNESS TO KEEP
PAYING. [ CRYING ] >> SOME AMERICANS SAY WE'RE VERY SYMPATHETIC TO YOU UKRAINIANS
AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES AT HOME AND WE JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP ON SUPPORTING YOU.
>> UKRAINIANS PAY WITH THEIR LIVES, AND I BELIEVE, AND I HOPE THAT THEIR LIVES COST MUCH MORE THAN MONEY, MUCH MORE THAN
TAXPAYERS' [ TICKING ] >>> THE STOPWATCH HAS LONG BEEN THE SYMBOL OF "60 MINUTES," BUT
ANY MEASURE OF TIME IS POINTLESS FOR THE SUBJECT OF OUR NEXT STORY. THE SLOW-MOVING SLOTH.
YOU MIGHT THINK THESE DISTANT RELATIVES OF THE ARMADILLO WOULD MAKE THE PERFECT MEAL FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING FASTER, AND YET
SOMEHOW SLOTHS HAVE BEEN HANGING ON IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR 64 MILLION YEARS. TO UNDERSTAND THIS QUIRKY
ANIMAL, WE HUNG OUT WITH A QUIRKY ZOOLOGIST. LUCY COOKE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING THE STRANGE LIVES OF SLOTHS FOR
15 YEARS. COOKE WAS OUR GUIDE ON A TRIP TO COSTA RICA WHERE SCIENTISTS ARE MAKING NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT A
CREATURE THAT'S TURNED SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST UPSIDE DOWN. >> THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF SLOTHS, SO THAT WE
HAVE ON OUR SIDE. >> THE FIRST THING WE LEARNED ABOUT SLOTHS IS THAT IT'S HARD TO SPOT THEM IN THE WILD.
WE WERE WARNED TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE GROUND FOR POISONOUS SNAKES AS LUCY COOKE SCANNED THE TREETOPS.
THE SLOTH IS A MASTER OF DISGUISE. IT BLENDS INTO THE CANOPY AND CAN EASILY BE MISTAKEN FOR A
TUFT OF LEAVES. >> THEY TEND TO HUNKER DOWN WHEN IT RAIN, SO MAKING IT EVEN HARDER TO SEE THEM.
>> OUR LUCK IMPROVED ON THE BEACH. >> OH! THERE'S BEEN OUT THERE!
? SHE'S IN THE NOOK OF THE TREE LOOKING LIKE A TERMITE HUMP AND SHE'S HUNCHED OVER SO WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT IS HER BACK. >> THAT IS NOT THE SIDE OF THE SLOTH WE WENT ALL OF THE WAY TO CENTRAL AMERICA TO SEE.
SO SHE TOOK US TO A SANCTUARY TO GIVE US A LOOK OF THE BRADYPUS AND A TWO-TOED. THEY LOOK LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A
WOOKIEE AND A PIG AND THESE HAVE THE BEATLES HAIRCUTS AND MONA LISA SMILES. >> BEHIND THAT RINGER FOR RING
OWE IS THE REASON WHY SLOTHS HAVE SURVIVED FOR MORE THAN 06 MILLION YEARS IN SPITE OF, WELL, THEMSELVES.
THEIR EYESIGHT IS LOUSY, THEIR HEARING NOT MUCH BETTER. IN A TREE THEY CAN MOVE LIKE A TAI CHI MASTER TO AVOID THE EYES
OF HUNGRY BIRDS OF PREY, BUT ON THE GROUND, COOKE SAYS GRAVITY REMOVES ANY SHRED OF DIGNITY, EVEN WITH A HURRICANE-STRENGTH
TAILWIND, A SLOTH WILL TOP OUT AT A HALF MILE PER HOUR. >> THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT DESCRIBED THE SLOTHS, THE
CONQUISTADORS THAT FIRST OBSERVED THEM THEY SAID TERRIBLE THINGS AND SLOTHS WERE THE STUPIDEST ABMALTHEY HAD EVER
SEEN AND ONE MORE DEFECT WOULD HAVE MADE THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE AND THEY JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THEM, YOU KNOW?
>> COOKE SAYS WITH THOSE EARLY EXPLORERS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND WHAT IS FRANKLY HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU WATCH THE EFFORT IT
TAKES FOR A SLOTH JUST TO BLINK, IS THAT THIS HARRY NINJA IS UNIQUELY BUILT TO SURVIVE. >> WHY SO SLOW?
WHY DO THEY MOVE SO SLOW? >> BECAUSE THEY'RE SAVING ENERGY. THEY'RE VEGETARIANS AND LEAVES
DON'T WANT TO BE EATEN MORE THAN ANTELOPE DO, RIGHT? THEY CREATE A LOT OF TOXINS, SO THE SLOTH CAN DIGEST THOSE
TOXINS, BUT ONLY VERY, VERY SLOWLY. THEY DON'T WANT TO PROCESS THEM FAST AND SO THEY'RE ALL ABOUT
BURNING AS LITTLE ENERGY AS POSSIBLE. >> SLOTHS SPEND ABOUT 90% OF THEIR LIVES HANGING UPSIDE DOWN
AND TYPICALLY ONLY CLIMB TO THE GROUND FOR BATHROOM BREAKS ONCE A WEEK. WITH HABITS LIKE THAT AND NAILS
LIKE THIS, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE SOLITARY CREATURES AND PREFER TO BE ALONE UNTIL THEY DON'T.
>> WHAT THEY DO IS THE FEMALES WILL CLIMB TO THE TOP OF A TREE WHEN THEY'RE IN HEAT AND SCREAM FOR SEX.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> REALLY LOW KEY. >> REALLY LOW KEY. THEY SCREAM IN D SHARP.
I'LL DO IT AND HE MAY WELL ON THE STRENGTH OF MY IMPERSONATION AND SEE IF TEDDY WHO IS A BOY -- LET'S SEE IF HE GOES.
OKAY. I'LL DO IT. WEEEEE! >> I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN BRADYPUSES
HAVING SEX. IT'S THE ONLY THING THEY DO QUICKLY. I WAS SHOCKED, BUT THEN
AFTERWARDS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE RETREATED AND HAD THE DEEPEST SNOOZE. >> BEHIND LUCY COOKE'S CHEEKY
SENSE OF HUMOR IS A HEFTY RESUME. SHE HAS A MASTERS DEGREE FROM OXFORD AND PUBLISHED FOUR BOOKS
INCLUDING TWO ON SLOTHS. SHE'S ALSO HOSTED WILD LIFE PROGRAMS FOR THE BBC AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
THE PHOTOS COOKE TAKES ON HER EXPEDITIONS HAVE GONE VIRAL, LEADING TO DONATIONS FOR CONSERVATION AND CROWDS AT
LECTURES THAT MIX BIOLOGY WITH STAND UP. >> WE HUMANS ARE OBSESSED WITH SPEED.
WE IDOLIZE ANIMALS LIKE THE CHEETAH CAPABLE OF DOING NORTH TO 60 IN THREE SECONDS FLAT. WELL, SO WHAT?
[ LAUGHTER ] >> ARE THEY CUTE OR ARE THEY SO UGLY THEY'RE CUTE? >> NO, THEY'RE CUTE, SURELY, BUT
THEN I THINK A NAKED MOLE RAT IS CUTE, SO YOU'RE ASKING THE WRONG PERSON. >> BATS, HYENAS, THEY'RE ANIMALS
THAT I NG JUST HAVE EXTRAORDINARILY STRANGE AND WONDERFUL LIVES AND JUST ADD TO THE RICHNESS OF THE UNIVERSE.
>> JUST LOOK HOW ONE OF THOSE B-LIST ANIMALS CAN LEAVE LUCY COOKE STAR STRUCK. >> YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO SEE
THIS! >> AS WE WERE MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE COSTA RICAN RAIN FOREST, COOKE NOTICED THIS, WHAT
LOOKED LIKE FLUFFY GOLF BALLS, SHE REALIZED WAS A CLUSTER OF SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF. THE ELUSIVE CARIBBEAN WHITE
TENT-MAKING BATS. >> LOOK. THEY'RE BATS, BUT THEY'RE WHITE AND THEY LIVE IN THESE LEAVES.
>> MY HEART RATE'S GONE RIGHT UP AND I WILL START POURING IN SWEAT AND IT'S JUST A MIRACLE OF EVOLUTION.
IT'S JUST WHY. LIKE, WHY. >> THAT SENSE OF WONDER, THAT'S ABOUT AS EXCITING AS IT GETS,
HAS MADE LUCY COOKE A COMPELLING ADVOCATE FOR SLOTHS. >> LIKE THEM, SHE LOOKS AT THE WORLD FROM A DIFFERENT POINT OF
VIEW. YOUR LATEST BOOK IS CALLED -- >> "BITCH." >> I DO APOLOGIZE YOU AND YOUR
WORK, BUT YEAH, MY BOOK'S CALLED "BITCH." >> IT COOKE ARGUES THE NARRATIVE THAT THEY'RE DOMINANT AND
PROMISCUOUS WHILE FEMALES ARE SUB MISSIVE AND MONOGAMOUS. SHE TRAVELED THE WORLD TO COLLABORATE WITH SCIENTISTS AND
STUDIED DOZENS OF ANIMALS REPORTING HOW KILLER WHALE PODS ARE LED BY POST-MENOPAUSAL ORCAS AND HOW TYRANNICAL MATRIARCHS
CONTROL MEERKAT SOCIETY. HER RE-EXAMINATION FLIPS PART OF CHARLES DARWIN'S THEORIES UPSIDE DOWN.
>> CHARLES DARWIN IS A HERO OF MINE AND I STUDIED BIOLOGY, BUT HE WAS A VICTORIAN MAN AND WHEN HE CAME TO BRAND THE FEMALE OF
THE SPECIES SHE CAME OUT IN THE SHAPE OF A VICTORIAN HOUSEWIFE, PASSIVE, COY, CHASTE. YOU KNOW, WE WERE SORT OF A
FEMININE FOOTNOTE TO THE MACHO MAIN, MAIN EVENT, BASICALLY. >> I CAN HEAR PEOPLE SAYING IS
THIS BIOLOGICAL WOKENESS. >> WELL, IT WOULD BE IF IT WASN'T TRUE. >> YOU HAVE TO ASK THE HYENA,
THE FEMALE PASSIVE HIGH 18A AND SHE'LL LAUGH IN YOUR FACE AFTER SHE'S BITTEN IT OFF. >> CHALLENGING CONVENTIONAL
WISDOM IS A LARGE PART OF LUCY COOKE'S CRUSADE TO IMPROVE THE REPUTATION OF SLOTHS, BUT THERE IS A MORE SOMBER KIND OF
REHAPPEN HAB ILTAGZ SHE WANTED TO SHOW US. THIS IS THE TUKE AN RESCUE RANCH NEAR COSTA RICA'S CAPITAL SAN
JOSE. >> SO SLOTHS ARE INCREDIBLY STRONG. >> A SLOTH NEARLY KILLED BY
POWER LINES.O CF1 >> HOW WERE THE SLOTHS INJURED? ? MOST OF THE TIME IT'S THROUGH
ELECTROCUTION WHERE IT WOULD LOOK AT A STRAIGHT VINE GOING THROUGH THE FOREST AND THEY'LL GRAB A HOLD OF THAT AND THEN
BECOME ELECTROUTED. >> LESLIE HOWLE HAS A TEAM OF VETERINARIANS TO TREAT THE ELECTRICAL BURNS.
MILLIONS OF YEARS OF EVOLUTION COULD NOT PREPARE THE SLOTHS FOR HUMAN SPRAWL, BUT THE VETS TOLD US THEY BELIEVE THE SLOTH'S SLOW
METABOLISM SOMEHOW ALLOWS THEM TO RECOVER FROM INJURIES THAT MIGHT KILL OTHER CREATURES. THE TUKE AN RESCUE RANCH ALSO
TAKES IN ORPHANS. >> THIS IS LITTLE GIO, AND THIS IS MARILYN, AND THEN WE HAVE LANDON HERE.
>> OH, HE'S A TODDLER? >> HE'S TODDLER AND THIS IS THE TINIEST LITTLE BENJI. >> OKAY, NOW MY OVARIES HAVE
CRACKED. >> IT CAN TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS FOR THE ORPHANS TO BE READY TO GO BACK INTO THE WILD.
>> WE WATCHED AS A FEMALE NAMED NASARA WAS PREPARED FOR RELEASE AND SHE WAS GIVE KNOW A FINAL CHECKUP AND A TRACKING COLLAR
BEFORE GIVEN A TREAT. >> OFF SHE GOES AND IF SHE FALLS ASLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RELEASE IS THAT A BAD THING?
>> THERE SHE GOES. >> OH! THAT'S A SCARY MOMENT. >> MISSION IMPOSSIBLE HAS
NOTHING ON THIS. WOO HOO! >> WITH THAT HIGH DRAMA BEHIND US, WE HEADED DOWN THE CARIBBEAN
COAST WITH LUCY COOKE TO VISIT ANOTHER BRITISH SCIENTIST. BECKY CLIFFE IS CONDUCTING THE FIRST POPULATION STUDY OF SLOTHS
EVER. THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE LOW-HANGING FRUIT. IT IS NOT.
>> WHY IS IT SO HARD TO GET SCIENTIFIC DATA ON SLOTHS? >> THEY'RE EVOLVED OVER THE LAST 64 MILLION YEARS TO BE MASTERS
OF DISGUISE, RIGHT? THEY ARE SO GOOD AT PRETENDING TO BE COCONUTS AND BIRD NESTS THAT THEY'RE HIDING FROM THE
VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP THEM. NEITHER OF THE SLOTH SPECIES IN COSTA RICA IS OFFICIALLY
CONSIDERED ENDANGERED, BUT CLIFFE SAYS HER STAFF IS SUDDENLY SEEING FEWER SLOTHS AND SOME ARE SUFFERING FROM AN
ILLNESS SHE SUSPECTS MAY BE RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE. >> WE ARE GETTING EXTREME PERIODS OF HOT, DRY WEATHER AND
THEN EXTREME PERIODS OF PROLONGED COLD AND RAIN AND THAT IS NOT WHAT SLOTHS HAVE EVOLVED TO SURVIVE IN.
WHAT WE'RE DISCOVERING IS THAT THE MICROBES IN THE SLOTH'S STOMACH THAT THEY USE TO DIGEST THE LEAVES THEY EAST, WHEN THE
SLOTH GETS TOO COLD THOSE MICROBES DIE. SO EVEN THOUGH THE SLOTH MIGHT BE EATING AND LOOKING WELL, IT'S
NOT DIGESTING ITS FOOD PROPERLY SO THEY'RE LEWOSING ENERGY AND THEY'RE GETTING VERY WEAK. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE
STARVING TO DEATH WITH A FULL STOMACH. >> THAT'S EXACTLY IT. IT'S A STRANGE PHENOMENON THAT I
THINK IS HAPPENING ONLY TO SLOTHS, BUT IT'S HAPPENING HERE. >> SHE HAPPENS TO COLLECT SLOTH. >> WHICH BRANCH IS SHE?
>> THAT'S A FULL-TIME JOB FOR HER COLLEAGUE LEON. HE CLIMBED BAREFOOT UP A THREE-STORY HIGH TREE COVERED IN
BITING ANTS, SNATCHING THE SLOTH AND LOWERING IT IN A BAG. >> COME ON, THE ONE. >> HI.
THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO GET A SLOTH? >> AND THIS IS EASY.
>> THE STUFFED SLOTH HE'S HOLDING IS NOT A GIMMICK AND WE HELPED REPLACE A MEMORY CHIP IN A TINY BACKPACK THE SLOTH WEARS.
>> YOU'RE VERY STRONG. >> VERY STRONG AND THEN LEAN HER BACK A LITTLE BIT. COME ON, SWEETIE.
WE HAVE TO CLP THOSE LITTLE THINGS OFF. >> THIS IS LIKE DRESSING A BABY. >> DONE.
>> WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DOES THIS GIVE YOU? >> WE COLLECT A LOT OF MANUAL DATA IN TERMS OF WHAT TYPE OF
TREE SHE'S IN AND HOW HIGH IN THE STTREE SHE IS AND HER MICRO BODY MOVEMENTS ARE BEING RECORDED INSIDE THERE.
>> THERE WE GO. YEAH. THAT'S A GIRL. >> 32 SLOTHS WILL GET BACKPACKS
AND BE RETURNED SLOWLY TO THE WILD. LUCY COOKE TOLD US SHE HOPES THIS STUDY WILL PROVIDE A DEEPER
UNDERSTANDING OF AN ANIMAL WE CAN BE TOO QUICK TO JUDGE. >> WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE SLOTH?
>> WE CAN LEARN HOW TO BE MORE SLOW AND SUSTAINABLE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE NEED TO. WE ARE DESTROYING THIS PLANET AT
AN ALARMING RATE, AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR ADDICTION TO SPEED AND CONVENIENCE. SO IF WE TOOK A FEW CAREFULLY,
SLOWLY DIGESTIVE LEAVES AS OF THE SLOTH'S BOOK YOU MIGHT SAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET AND ALL OF >>> THE LAST MINUTE OF "60
MINUTES" IS SPONSORED BY UNITED HEALTHCARE. THERE FOR WHAT MATTERS. >>> NOW AN UPDATE ON A STORY WE
FIRST REPORTED IN APRIL. BILL WHITAKER SPOKE WITH JANUARY 6th RIOTER RAY EPPS. EPPS AND HIS WIFE ARE IN HIDING
AFTER THE FORMER MARINE AND OATHKEEPER BECAME A TARGET OF TV CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, OFFERING NO EVIDENCE, THEY PAINTED EPPS
AS AN FBI INFORMANT INCITING THE CROWD. >> DID ANYONE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIRECT YOU TO BE HERE
AT THE PEACE CIRCLE AT THIS TIME? >> NO. >> NO ONE FROM THE FBI?
>> NO. >> YOUR OLD COMRADES WITH THE OATHKEEPERS? >> NO.
>> CONSPIRACISTS CALLED IT SUSPICIOUS THATTENS WAS IN CHARGE FOR HIS ROLE. THAT CHANGED THIS PAST WEEK.
RAY EPPS PLEADED GUILTY TO ENTERING A RESTRICTED AREA ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS. I'M CECILIA VEGA.