>>> A CAR CHASE IN FLORIDA MAY HAVE PROVIDED THE VITAL CLUE -- >> PULL OVER! PULL OVER!
>> -- TO A NATIONAL SECURITY MYSTERY. >> GET ON THE GROUND NOW. >> MANY U.S. OFFICIALS AND THEIR
FAMILIES BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN INJURED BY A SECRET WEAPON IN THE HANDS OF A FOREIGN ADVERSARY.
>> IT'S DEVASTATING. IT'S ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING. >> TONIGHT, WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF WO MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE.
>> ARE WE BEING ATTACKED? >> MY PERSONAL OPINION, YES. >> BY WHOM? >> RUSSIA.
>>> THE WALL IS FULL OF GREAT COMEDIANS. >> KEVIN HART IS A COMEDIAN. >> I'VE BEEN 5'5" MY WHOLE
LIFE -- 5'4" -- 52'12" -- >> A MOVIE STAR, AND A BUDDING TYCOON. ARE YOU A BILLIONAIRE RIGHT?
>> NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME ROBBED? YOU TRYING TO GET ME KNOCKED IN THE HEAD?
>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI.
>> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M CECILIA VEGA. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60
MINUTES."
. >>> TONIGHT WE HAVE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR FIVE-YEAR INVESTIGATION OF MYSTERIOUS
BRAIN INJURIES REPORTED BY U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS. THE INJURED INCLUDE WHITE HOUSE STAFF, CIA OFFICERS, FBI AGENTS,
MILITARY OFFICERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES. MANY BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE WOUNDED BY A SECRET WEAPON THAT
FIRES A HIGH-ENERGY BEAM OF MICROWAVES OR ULTRASOUND. THIS IS OUR FOURTH STORY. AND AS WE REPORTED IN MARCH, WE
NOW HAVE EVIDENCE OF WHO MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE. MOST OF THE INJURED HAVE FOUGHT FOR AMERICA, OFTEN IN SECRET,
AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATED THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY DOUBTS THAT AN ADVERSARY IS TARGETING AMERICANS.
ONE OF THEM IS CARRIE. WE'RE DISGUISING HER AND NOT USING HER LAST NAME BECAUSE SHE'S STILL AN FBI AGENT WORKING
IN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. SHE SAYS IN 2021 SHE WAS HOME IN FLORIDA WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A CRIPPLING FORCE.
>> AND BAM, INSIDE MY RIGHT EAR, IT WAS, LIKE, A DENTIST DRILLING ON STEROIDS, THAT FEELING THAT IT GETS TOO CLOSE TO YOUR
EARDRUM. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, TIMES TEN. IT WAS, LIKE, A HIGH-PITCH METALLIC DRILLING NOISE, AND IT
KNOCKED ME FORWARD AT, LIKE, A 45 DEGREE ANGLE THIS WAY. >> SHE SAID SHE WAS BY A WINDOW IN HER LAUNDRY ROOM.
>> MY RIGHT EAR WAS LINE OF SIGHT TO THAT WINDOW WHILE THIS THING WAS HAPPENING TO MY EAR. WHEN I LEANED FORWARD -- IT
DIDN'T KNOCK ME OVER, BUT IT KNOCKED ME FORWARD. IMMEDIATELY FELT PRESSURE. AND PRESSURE AND PAIN STARTED
COURSING FROM INSIDE MY RIGHT HERE, DOWN BY JAW, DOWN MY NECK, AND INTO MY CHEST. >> Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME,
FBI AGENT CARRIE TOLD US THE BATTERY IN HER PHONE BEGAN TO SWELL UNTIL IT BROKE THE CASE. FINALLY, SHE BASSEDPASSED OUT O
COUCH. BECAUSE OF CHEST PAIN, SHE WAS CHECKED BY A CARDIOLOGIST AND THEN RETURNED TO DUTY.
>> AND I REMEMBER COMPLAINING TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR MONTHS AFTER THAT I FELT LIKE I HAD EARLY ALZHEIMER'S, SHORT-TERM MEMORY,
LONG-TERM MEMORY, CONFUSING MEMORIES, MULTITASKING. MY BASELINE CHANGED. I WAS NOT THE SAME PERSON.
>> Reporter: CARRIE'S STORY MATCHES THOSE WE'VE UNCOVERED OVER THE YEARS. >> IT WAS, LIKE, THIS PIERCING
FEELING ON THE SIDE OF MY HEAD. IT WAS LIKE -- I REMEMBER IT WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY HEAD, AND I GOT, LIKE, VERTIGO.
>> Reporter: OLIVIA TROYE WAS HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISER TO VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE. IN OUR 2022 REPORT, SHE TOLD US
SHE WAS HIT OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AND THEN SEVERE EAR PAIN STARTED.
SO, I LIKEN IT TO IF YOU PUT A Q-TIP TOO FAR AND BOUNCE IT OFF YOUR EARDRUM. IMAGINE TAKING A SHARP PENCIL
AND POKING THAT. >> Reporter: AND THIS MAN TOLD US HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST PUBLICLY KNOWN CASES IN 2016
FROM OUR EMBASSY IN CUBA. THAT'S HOW THE INCIDENTS BECAME KNOWN AS "HAVANA SYNDROME." HE'S MEDICALLY RETIRED FROM AN
AGENCY WE CAN'T NAME, BLIND IN ONE EYE, AND STRUGGLING FOR BALANCE. >> WHAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT NOW
IS -- >> Reporter: A MAJOR MEDICAL STUDY FOR THE GOVERNMENT WAS LED BY DR. DAVID RELMAN OF STANFORD
UNIVERSITY. IN OUR 2022 REPORT, HE TOLD US -- >> WHAT WE FOUND WAS, WE
THOUGHT, CLEAR EVIDENCE OF AN INJURY TO THE AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEM OF THE BRAIN. EVERYTHING, STARTING WITH THE
INNER EAR, WHERE HUMANS PERCEIVE SOUND AND SENSE BALANCE AND THEN TRANSLATE THOSE PERCEPTIONS INTO BRAIN ELECTRICAL SIGNALS.
>> Reporter: HIS STUDY FOUND DIRECTED PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY ENERGY APPEARS TO BE THE MOST PLAUSIBLE MECHANISM.
FOR EXAMPLE, A FOCUSED BEAM OF MICROWAVES OR ACOUSTIC ULTRA SOUND. MORE THAN 100 OFFICIALS OR
FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE UNEXPLAINED, PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS. >> IF I TURN TOO FAST, MY GYROSCOPE IS OFF ESSENTIALLY.
IT'S LIKE A STEP OFF WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE. I WILL TURN TOO FAST AND I WILL LITERALLY WALK INTO THE WALL OR
THE DOOR FRAME. >> Reporter: NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE CASE OF FBI AGENT CARRIE SUGGESTS WHICH ADVERSARY
MIGHT BE RESPONSIBLE. SHE SPOKE WITH THE FBI'S PERMISSION BUT WASN'T ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THE CASES SHE WAS ON
WHEN SHE WAS HIT. WE HAVE LEARNED, FROM OTHER SOURCES, ONE OF THOSE CASES INVOLVED THIS MUSTANG GOING 110
MILES AN HOUR. >> PULL OVER! PULL OVER! >> Reporter: IN 2020, NEAR KEY
WEST, FLORIDA, DEPUTIES TRIED TO STOP THE MUSTANG FOR SPEEDING. IT RAN 15 MILES UNTIL IT HIT SPIKE STRIPS LAID IN ITS PATH.
>> GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW! [ SIRENS ] >> GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> GET ON THE GROUND NOW.
>> Reporter: A SEARCH OF THE CAR FOUND NOTES OF BANK ACCOUNTS. >> CITIBANK, DISCOVER SAVINGS, 75,000.
>> Reporter: AND THIS DEVICE THAT LOOKS LIKE A WALKIE TALKIE CAN ERASE THE CAR'S COMPUTER DATA, INCLUDING ITS GPS RECORD.
THERE WAS ALSO A RUSSIAN PASSPORT. >> WHAT'S YOUR FIRST NAME? >> VITALII, V-I-T-A-L-I-I.
>> VITALII KOVALEV WAS FROM RUSSIA, NOT FLORIDA. >> WHY DID YOU RUN? >> I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHY YOU RAN? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> Reporter: AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY HE LEARNED, BUT WHAT WE
LEARNED SUGGESTS HE IS A RUSSIAN SPY. >> Reporter: CHRISTO GROZEV IS A JOURNALIST, LEGENDARY FOR
UNMASKING RUSSIAN PLOTS. IN 2020, HE UNCOVERED THE NAMES OF THE RUSSIAN SECRET AGENTS WHO POISONED VLADIMIR PUTIN'S RIVAL,
ALEC ALEXEI NAVALNY. GROZEV IS COLLABORATOR FOR "THE INSIDER," A MAGAZINE FOR RUSSIAN
INSIDERS. WE ASKED HIM TO TRACE VITALII KOVALEV. >> HE STARTED RADIOELECTRONICS
WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON USE WITHIN THE MILITARY OF MICROELECTRONICS. HE HAD ALL THE TECHNOLOGY
KNOW-HOW THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR SOMEBODY TO BE ASSISTING AN OPERATION THAT REQUIRES HIGH TECHNOLOGY.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, AFTER WORKING FOR TWO YEARS IN A MILITARY INSTITUTE, HE UP AND DECIDES TO BECOME A CHEF.
>> Reporter: KOVALEV IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. AND WORKED AS A CHEF IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C., EVEN APPEARING AT FAR LEFT
IN A TV COOKING SEGMENT. >> TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN RECIPES, THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL CHEF. >> Reporter: BUT KOVALEV WAS
ACTUALLY A RUSSIAN MILITARY ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WITH A TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE. >> CAN SOMEONE LIKE KOVALEV
SIMPLY DECIDE TO DROP ALL OF THAT AND BECOME A CHEF? >> IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB TO JUST LEAVE THAT BEHIND.
ONCE YOU'RE IN THE MILITARY AND YOU'VE BEEN TRAINED AND THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE HAS INVESTED IN YOU, YOU REMAIN AT THE BECK
AND CALL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. >> Reporter: OVERMONTHS, HE SPENT 80 HOURS BEING INTERVIEWED
BY FBI AGENT CARRIE, WHO HAD INVESTIGATED MULTIPLE RUSSIAN SPIES. KOVALEV PLED GUILTY TO EVADING
POLICE AND RECKLESS DRIVING. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS. WHILE HE WAS IN JAIL, CARRIE SAYS SHE WAS HIT IN FLORIDA AND
A YEAR LATER WHEN SHE AWOKE TO THE SAME SYMPTOMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN CALIFORNIA. >> IT FELT LIKE I WAS STUCK IN
THIS STATE OF, LIKE, DISORIENTATION, NOT ABLE TO FUNCTION, LIKE, WHAT IS HAPPENING?
AND MY WHOLE BODY WAS PULSING. >> Reporter: MARK ZAID IS CARRIE'S ATTORNEY. HE HAS A SECURITY CLEARANCE AND
FOR DECADES HAS REPRESENTED AMERICANS WORKING IN NATIONAL SECURITY. ZAID HAS MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
CLIENTS SUFFERING SYMPTOMS OF HAVANA SYNDROME, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT NOW CALLS "ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS."
>> I HAVE CIA AND STATE DEPARTMENT CLIENTS AS WELL WHO BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED DOMESTICALLY.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF CIA CASES THAT HAVE HAPPENED DOMESTICALLY THAT IS AT LEAST BELIEVED. AND WE'RE NOT EVEN JUST TALKING
ABOUT PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVIDENCE OF COMPUTER ISSUES IN THE MIDST OF THE INCIDENT WHERE COMPUTER
SCREENS JUST LITERALLY STOP WORKING OR GO -- FLICKER ON AND OFF. >> DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THERE ARE
OTHER FBI AGENTS WHO HAVE ALSO SUFFERED FROM THESE ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS? >> THERE ARE OTHER FBI AGENTS
AND PERSONNEL, NOT JUST AGENTS, ANALYSTS. I REPRESENT ONE OTHER FBI PERSON WHO WAS IMPACTED IN MIAMI.
AND I ALSO KNOW OF FBI PERSONNEL WHO BELIEVE THEY WERE HIT OVERSEAS IN THE LAST DECADE. >> WERE ANY OF THESE MEMBERS OF
THE FBI COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO CARRIE? >> THE ONE THREAD THAT I KNOW OF WITH THE FBI PERSONNEL THAT IS
COMMON AMONG MOST, IF NOT ALL OF MY CLIENTS, OTHER THAN THE FAMILY MEMBERS CONNECTED TO AN EMPLOYEE, WAS THEY WERE ALL
DOING SOMETHING RELATING TO RUSSIA. >> VITALII KOVALEV SERVED HIS TIME.
AND IN 2022 WENT BACK TO RUSSIA, IGNORING AMERICAN WARNINGS THAT HE WAS IN DANGER BECAUSE HE'D SPENT SO MUCH TIME WITH THE FBI.
CHRISTO GROZEV FOUND THIS DEATH CERTIFICATE FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH SAYS KOVALEV WAS KILLED AT THE FRONT IN UKRAINE.
>> DO YOU THINK KOVALEV WAS SENT TO UKRAINE AS A PUNISHMENT? >> ONE THEORY IS THAT HE WAS SENT THERE IN ORDER FOR HIM TO
BE DISPOSED OF. >> IS KOVALEV REALLY DEAD? OR IS THIS ANOTHER COVER STORY? >> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AND WE ACTUALLY WORKED ON BOTH HYPOTHESES FOR A WHILE. I DO BELIEVE AT THIS POINT THAT HE WAS DEAD.
>> WE'RE DEALING WITH ENERGY WEAPONS. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. LOOK HOW EFFECTIVE IT'S BEEN.
IT'S NEXT-GENERATION WEAPONRY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN REFINED ON SOME OF US, AND WE'RE THE TEST SUBJECTS.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE PENTAGON OFFICIAL WHO LED A GLOBAL INVESTIGATION INTO WHO IS TARGETING AMERICANS.
>>> U.S. INTELLIGENCE SAYS PUBLICLY THAT THERE IS NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT AN ADVERSARY IS INFLICTING BRAIN
INJURIES ON NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS. AND YET MORE THAN 100 AMERICANS HAVE SYMPTOMS THAT SCIENTISTS
SAY COULD BE CAUSED BY A BEAM OF MICROWAVES OR ACOUSTIC ULTRASOUND. THE PENTAGON LAUNCHED AN
INVESTIGATION RUN BY A RECENTLY RETIRED ARMY LIEUTENANT COLONEL. IN MARCH, GREG EDGREEN SPOKE PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> ARE WE BEING ATTACKED? >> MY PERSONAL OPINION, YES. >> BY WHOM? >> RUSSIA.
>> Reporter: GREG EDGREEN RAN THE INVESTIGATION FOR THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. HE WOULD NOT DISCUSS CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION, BUT HE DESCRIBED HIS TEAM'S WORK FROM 2021 TO 2023. >> WE WERE COLLECTING A LARGE
BODY OF DATA RANGING FROM SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE, HUMAN INTELLIGENCE, OPEN SOURCE REPORTING, ANYTHING REGARDING
THE INTERNET, TRAVEL RECORDS, FINANCIAL RECORDS, YOU NAME IT. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T GET INTO SPECIFICS BASED ON THE
CLASSIFICATION. BUT I CAN TELL YOU AT A VERY EARLY STAGE, I STARTED TO FOCUS ON MOSCOW.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE PATTERNS YOU BEGAN TO SEE? >> ONE OF THE THINGS I STARTED TO NOTICE WAS THE CALIBER OF OUR
OFFICER THAT WAS BEING IMPACTED. THIS WASN'T HAPPENING TO OUR WORST OR OUR MIDDLE RANGE OFFICERS.
THIS WAS HAPPENING TO OUR TOP 5, 10% PERFORMING OFFICERS ACROSS THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. AND CONSISTENTLY, THERE WAS A
RUSSIA NEXUS. THERE WAS SOME ANGLE WHERE THEY HAD WORKED AGAINST RUSSIA, FAUX KUSD ON
FOCUSED ON RUSSIA, AND DONE EXTREMELY WELL. >> WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT ON AMERICA NATIONAL SECURITY?
>> THE IMPACT HAS BEEN THAT THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS AND OUR DIPLOMATS WORKING ABROAD ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THEIR POSTS
WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES. THEY'RE BEING NEUTRALIZED. >> WE HAVE LEARNED OF AN INCIDENT AT LAST YEAR'S NATO
SUMMIT IN LITHUANIA, A MEETING THAT FOCUSED LARGELY ON RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE AND WAS ATTENDED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN.
MULTIPLE SOURCES TELL US THAT A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WAS STRUCK BY THE SYMPTOMS AND SOUGHT
MEDICAL TREATMENT. WE TOLD GREG EDGREEN WHAT WE HAD LEARNED. >> IT TELLS ME THAT THERE ARE NO
BARRIERS ON WHAT MOSCOW WILL DO, ON WHO THEY WILL ATTACK, AND THAT IF WE DON'T FACE THIS HEAD ON, THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO GET
WORSE. >> Reporter: THE PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED IN PUBLIC IN 2016. U.S. OFFICIALS REPORTED BEING
HURT IN CUBA, AND THE INCIDENTS BECAME KNOWN AS HAVANA SYNDROME. BUT WE HAVE LEARNED IT STARTED TWO YEARS EARLIER, WHEN AT LEAST
FOUR AMERICANS REPORTED SYMPTOMS IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY. THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE OF WHAT COULD BE REVENGE ATTACKS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2014, THREE CIA OFFICERS WERE STATIONED IN UKRAINE, VLADIMIR PUTIN'S OBSESSION.
2014 WAS THE YEAR THAT A POPULAR REVOLT OVERTHREW PUTIN'S PREFERRED LEADER. LATER, THOSE CIA OFFICERS WENT
ON TO OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND REPORTED BEING HIT, ONE IN UZBEKISTAN, ONE IN VIETNAM, AND THE THIRD OFFICER'S FAMILY WAS
HIT IN LONDON. IF IT IS RUSSIA, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CHRISTO GROZEV BELIEVES HE KNOWS WHO'S INVOLVED.
IN 2018, GROZEV WAS THE FIRST TO DISCOVER THE EXISTENCE OF A TOP SECRET RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE UNIT WHICH GOES BY A NUMBER, 29155.
>> THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED TO BE VERSATILE ASSASSINS. THEY'RE TRAINED IN
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. THEY'RE TRAINED AT USING EXPLOSIVES. THEY'RE TRAINED AT USING POISON.
AND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT ACTUALLY TO INFLICT PAIN OR DAMAGE TO THE TARGETS. >> Reporter: GROZEV WORKS WITH
YOUR COLLABORATORS ON THIS REPORT, A MAGAZINE CALLED "THE INSIDER" AND GERMANY'S "DER SPIEGEL."
HE HAS A LONG TRACK RECORD UNCOVERING RUSSIAN DOCUMENTS. AND GROZEV SAYS HE FOUND ONE THAT MAY LINK 29155 TO A
DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON. >> AND WHEN I SAW IT, I LITERALLY HAD TEARS IN MY EYES BECAUSE IT WAS SPELLING OUT WHAT
THEY HAD BEEN DOING. >> Reporter: IT'S A PIECE OF ACCOUNTING. AN OFFICER OF 29155 RECEIVED A
BONUS FOR WORK ON, QUOTE, POTENTIAL CAPABILITIES OF NON-LETHAL ACOUSTIC WEAPONS. >> WHICH TOLD US THAT THIS
PARTICULAR UNIT HAD BEEN ENGAGED WITH SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW IMPEER CAR LENGTH EMPIRICAL TEST OF A DIRECTED
ENERGY UNIT. >> THERE IT IS. >> THERE IT IS. >> WRITTEN DOWN IN BLACK AND
WHITE. >> Reporter: WE'VE ALSO FOUND THAT RUSSIA'S 29155 MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN TBILISI,
GEORGIA, WHEN AMERICANS REPORT BEING ATTACKED THERE. >> DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE ATTACKED?
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: SHE ASKED US TO WITHHOLD HER NAME FOR HER SAFETY.
SHE IS THE WIFE OF A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL WHO WAS WITH THE EMBASSY IN TBILISI. SHE'S A NURSE WITH A PHD IN
ANESTHESIOLOGY. ON OCTOBER 7th, 2021, SHE SAID SHE WAS IN HER LAUNDRY ROOM WHEN SHE WAS BLINDSIDED BY A SOUND.
>> AS I'M REACHING INTO THE DRYER, I'M COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY A PIERCING SOUND THAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS WHEN YOU LISTEN
TO A MOVIE AND THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONSUMED BY THE SOUND AFTER A BOMB GOES OFF. THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE SOUND
THAT I HEARD. AND IT JUST PIERCED MY EARS, CAME IN MY LEFT SIDE, FELT LIKE IT CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW INTO
MY LEFT EAR. I IMMEDIATELY FELT FULLNESS IN MY HEAD AND JUST A PIERCING HEADACHE.
AND WHEN I REALIZED THAT I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THE LAUNDRY ROOM, I LEFT THE ROOM AND WENT INTO OUR BEDROOM NEXT DOOR AND
PROJECTILE VOMITED IN OUR BATHROOM. >> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT HERS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT THAT WEEK.
SOURCES TELL US EARLIER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A U.S. OFFICIAL, THEIR SPOUSE, AND CHILD, WERE HIT.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED OF A PHONE CALL THAT WAS INTERCEPTED NEARBY. A MAN SAYS IN RUSSIAN, IS IT
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BLINKING GREEN LIGHTS? AND, SHOULD I LEAVE IT ON ALL NIGHT?
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. BUT THE NEXT DAY, THE INCIDENTS BEGAN.
SOURCES TELL US THAT AN INVESTIGATION CENTERED ON THIS RUSSIAN, ALBERT AVERYANOV, HIS NAME ON TRAVEL MANIFESTS AND
PHONE RECORDS, APPEARS ALONGSIDE KNOWN MEMBERS OF UNIT 29155. HE IS ALSO THE SON OF THE COMMANDER.
>> HE WAS GROOMED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE UNIT SINCE HE WAS 16. HIS NUMBER IS IN THE PHONE BOOKS
OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNIT. CLEARLY HE'S MORE THAN JUST THE SON OF THE BOSS. HE'S A COLLEAGUE OF THESE
PEOPLE. >> GROZEV FOUND ALBERT AVERYANOV'S PHONE WAS TURNED OFF DURING THE TBILISI INCIDENTS.
BUT OUR SOURCES SAY THERE IS EVIDENCE SOMEONE IN TBILISI LOGGED INTO AVERYANOV'S PERSONAL EMAIL DURING THIS TIME.
MOST LIKELY, GROZEV BELIEVES, AVERYANOV HIMSELF, PLACING HIM IN THE CITY. >> WE BELIEVE MEMBERS OF UNIT
29155 WERE THERE TO FACILITATE, SUPERVISE, OR PERSONALLY IMPLEMENT ATTACKS ON AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS USING AN ACOUSTIC WEAPON. >> AFTER YOU WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE LAUNDRY ROOM, CALL
YOUR HUSBAND, WHAT DID YOU DO THEN? >> I WENT DOWNSTAIRS. I FIRST LOOKED ON OUR SECURITY
CAMERA, WHICH IS RIGHT BESIDE OUR FRONT DOOR, TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS OUTSIDE. THERE WAS A VEHICLE RIGHT
OUTSIDE OF OUR GATE. I TOOK A PHOTO OF THAT VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS NOT A VEHICLE THAT I RECOGNIZED.
AND I WENT OUTSIDE. >> DID YOU SEE ANYONE AROUND THE VEHICLE? >> I DID.
>> WE SENT YOU A PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT AVERYANOV, AND THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT WE SENT YOU. >> YOU DID.
>> AND I WONDER IF THAT LOOKS ANYTHING LIKE THE MAN YOU SAW OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. >> IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.
AND WHEN I RECEIVED THIS PHOTO, I HAD A VISCERAL REACTION. IT MADE ME FEEL SICK. I CANNOT ABSOLUTELY SAY FOR
CERTAINTY THAT IT IS THIS MAN, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT, EVEN TO THIS DAY, LOOKING AT HIM MAKES ME FEEL THAT SAME VISCERAL
REACTION. AND I CAN ABSOLUTELY SAY THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE THE MAN THAT I SAW IN THE STREET.
>> Reporter: THIS 40-YEAR-OLD WIFE AND MOTHER IS AMONG THE MOST SEVERELY INJURED PEOPLE WE HAVE MET.
>> MY HEADACHES AND BRAIN FOG CONTINUED. LATER ON INTO THAT WEEKEND, I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WALKING
DOWN THE STAIRS, SPECIFICALLY AT NIGHT. I HAD TROUBLE FINDING THE STEPS TO GET DOWN THE STAIRS.
SO, MY COORDINATION AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEM STARTED JUST REALLY FALLIN APART. >> Reporter: SHE WAS MEDICALLY
EVACUATED. AND NOW DOCTORS SAY SHE HAS HOLES IN HER INNER EAR CANALS, THE VESTIBULAR SYSTEM THAT
CREATES THE SENSE OF BALANCE. TWO SURGERIES PUT METAL PLATES IN HER SKULL. ANOTHER SURGERY IS LIKELY.
>> IT'S DEVASTATING. IT'S ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING. >> Reporter: DESPITE EXPERIENCES LIKE HERS, THE OFFICE OF THE
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SAID LAST YEAR IT'S VERY UNLIKELY A FOREIGN ADVERSARY IS RESPONSIBLE.
BUT THE DNI ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED SOME INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAD ONLY LOW OR MODERATE CONFIDENCE IN THAT ASSESSMENT.
RECENTLY, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REPORTED RESULTS OF BRAIN SCANS ON SOME PATIENTS.
NIH SAID THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL DAMAGE. BUT THE MEDICAL SCIENCE OF SO-CALLED ANOMALOUS HEALTH
INCIDENTS REMAINS VIGOROUSLY DEBATED. FOR ITS PART, THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SAYS THE
SYMPTOMS PROBABLY RESULT FROM PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, CONVENTIONAL ILLNESSES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.
ATTORNEY MARK ZAID REPRESENTS MORE THAN TWO DOZEN AHI CLIENTS. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
ASSESSMENT? >> SO, I'VE HAD ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION RELATED TO AHI.
I CAN'T REVEAL IT. I WOULDN'T REVEAL IT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IT TO BE THE ENTIRE
STORY, AND I KNOW OF INFORMATION THAT UNDERMINES OR CONTRADICTS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING PUBLICLY. >> ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO COVER THIS UP? >> THERE IS, IN MY VIEW, WITHOUT A DOUBT EVIDENCE OF A COVER-UP.
NOW, SOME OF THAT COVER-UP IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT, OH, WE FOUND A WEAPON AND WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
WHAT I'VE SEEN MORE SO IS WE SEE LINES OF INQUIRY THAT WOULD TAKE US POTENTIALLY TO ANSWERS WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
SO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPLORE ANY OF THOSE AVENUES. >> YOU KNOW, IF MY MOTHER HAD SEEN WHAT I SAW, SHE WOULD SAY,
IT'S THE RUSSIAN'S, STUPID. >> Reporter: GREG EDGREEN, WHO RAN THE MILITARY INVESTIGATION, TOLD US HE HAD THE PENTAGON'S
SUPPORT. BUT IN THE TRUMP AND BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONS, HE SAYS, THE BAR FOR PROOF WAS SET IMPOSSIBLY
HIGH. >> I THINK IT WAS SET SO HIGH BECAUSE WE DID NOT, AS A COUNTRY AND A GOVERNMENT WANT TO FACE
SOME VERY HARD TRUTHS. >> AND WHAT ARE THOSE? >> CAN WE SECURE AMERICA? ARE THESE MASSIVE
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE FAILURES? CAN WE PROTECT AMERICAN SOIL AND OUR PEOPLE ON AMERICAN SOIL? ARE WE BEING ATTACKED?
AND IF WE'RE BEING ATTACKED, IS THAT AN ACT OF WAR? >> Reporter: AFTER WHAT HE LEARNED IN HIS CLASSIFIED
INVESTIGATION, GREG EDGREEN RETIRED FROM THE ARMY TO START A COMPANY TO HELP THE VICTIMS. HE HOPES TO CHANNEL GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS INTO TREATMENT PROGRAMS. AS WITH ALL SPY STORIES, MUCH IS CLASSIFIED, AND WHAT REMAINS IS
CIRCUMSTANTIAL. NONE OF THE WITNESSES TONIGHT WANTED TO SPEAK. SOME FEAR FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
BUT ALL FELT COMPELLED TO SHINE A LIGHT ON WHAT THEY SEE AS A WAR OF SHADOWS, A WAR AMERICA MAY NOT BE WINNING.
>> IF THIS IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE HUNDREDS OF CASES OF ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS, I CAN ASSURE THAT THIS HAS BECOME
PROBABLY PUTIN'S BIGGEST VICTORY. IN HIS OWN MIND, THIS HAS BEEN RUSSIA'S BIGGEST VICTORY AGAINST
THE WEST. >> IN TERMS OF THE LONG TERM, WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS TO BE LIFE-ALTERING?
>> ABSOLUTELY LIFE-ALTERING, FOR OUR WHOLE FAMILY. >>> A SUSPECTED ATTACK ON AMERICANS BEFORE VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS ARRIVED IN VIETNAM. >> I BELIEVE RUSSIA IS ASSISTING OTHER >>> THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF
SUCCESSFUL STANDUP COMEDIANS, BUT FEW WHO HAVE MANAGED TO DO WHAT KEVIN HART HAS. IN ADDITION TO BECOMING A
BANKABLE MOVIE STAR, HE'S ALSO BUILT AN ENTERTAINMENT AND BUSINESS EMPIRE. AND IN MARCH, AT 44, HE WAS
AWARDED THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR, AS CLOSE TO A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AS YOU CAN GET.
HART'S COMEDY ISN'T PARTICULARLY CONTROVERSIAL. IT'S CONVERSATIONAL, WITH A LOT OF CURSING THROWN IN.
HE TELLS REVEALING STORIES ABOUT HIS WIFE AND FOUR KIDS, HIS EMBARRASSING INSECURITIES, AND HIS MANY SHORTCOMINGS.
ON STAGE, KEVIN HART IS AN OPEN BOOK. BUT WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR, ON ONE TOPIC
AT LEAST, HE WAS A BIT HARD TO PIN DOWN. >> GQ SAID YOU'RE 5'5". THE L.A. TIMES SAID YOU'RE 5'4".
AND SOME OTHER PLACE YOU'RE 5 2. >> WELL THAT PLACE IS BULL [ MUTED ] GQ FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT.
>> 5'5". >> 5'5". WITH A SNEAKER. IF I PUT A BOOT ON, I CAN GET TO
55 1/2 >> IT'S TALKING ABOUT THINGS YOU AREN'T AFRAID TO LAUGH AT YOURSELF.
I'M REALLY CONFIDENT THAT THE LAUGH THAT I'M GETTING, YOU'RE NOT LAUGHING NECESSARILY AT ME AS IF I'M A JOKE.
YOU'RE LAUGHING AT THE EXPERIENCE. I'M GIVING YOU AN EXPERIENCE THROUGH A STORY THAT IS
RELATABLE. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M SAYING THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO SAY.
>> I MEAN, YOU TOLD A STORY ABOUT YOUR WIFE WATCHING TALL PEOPLE PORN. >> YEAH.
THEY'RE TALLER THAN ME. >> THAT WAS YOUR MAIN ISSUE? >> YEAH. WHY IS HE SO TALL?
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? WE CAN HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION OFF THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEARCHING
FOR. >> YOU CAN'T FIX THAT. >> I CAN'T FIX THAT. WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
>> ONE OF THE SITES WASN'T EVEN PORN. ONE OF THE SITES WAS A BUNCH OF TALL MEN BEING ACTIVE.
THEY WERE CHANGING LIGHT BULBS. HANGING PAINTING. WHAT KIND OF SICK [ MUTED ] IS THIS.
SHE'S LIKE, WHAT, YOU CAN'T DO ANY OF THAT STUFF? >> HART IS THE HIGHEST GROSSING COMEDIAN TODAY.
HE SELLS OUT ARENAS AROUND THE WORLD AND THE OCCASIONAL FOOTBALL STADIUM. >> WE SOLD A FOOTBALL STADIUM
OUT TONIGHT. I NEED TO HEAR THAT. >> THE WORLD IS FULL OF GREAT COMEDIANS --
>> WHEN WE FIRST MET HIM IN JANUARY IN HIS OFFICES IN LOS ANGELES, HE WAS WORKING ON NEW MATERIAL FOR AN UPCOMING COMEDY
TOUR. >> TO DO AN HOUR COMEDY SPECIAL, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? HOW MANY --
>> YOU REALLY WORK ON THE SET EIGHT TO NINE MONTHS. >> ARE YOU SITTING IN A ROOM WITH YOUR TEAM?
>> NO. >> NO. >> I'M GOING BACK TO GROUND ZERO.
>> JUST SMALL COMEDY CLUBS. >> SMALL COMEDY CLUBS, ROOMS. I'VE GOT TWO GUYS, HARRY RATCHFORD, JOEY WELLS, ACT AS MY
WRITERS. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GRAB MY MATERIAL AS I SAY IT. BUT YOU CAN'T WRITE IT DOWN FOR
ME. I DON'T LIKE THE LONG JOKES, THE LONG SENTENCES. IT HAS TO BE IN BULLET POINTS.
TRAVEL, BAD. BAD TRAVEL. WHY BAD TRAVEL? MAKES ME DRIVE.
DRIVING, GOOD VERSUS BAD. EVERYTHING HAS A GOOD AND A BAD. MY RULE IS WHEN I GET ON STAGE, I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THE
DISMANTLED PICTURE IN MY HEAD OF KIND OF WHAT I THINK IT IS AND IT NOT BE GOOD AND THEN FIGURE IT OUT IN REALTIME AND WALK OFF
STAGE AND GO, THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE. >> Reporter: A FEW HOURS LATER, 3,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP IN
PASADENA TO HEAR HART FIGURE OUT HIS NEW JOKES ON STAGE. EVERYONE HAD TO HAND OVER THEIR PHONES.
BEFORE HE BEGAN, HART EXPLAINED WHY. >> LIKE, 90% OF WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TONIGHT I FEEL LIKE IS
REALLY GOOD. THE REASON WHY I TOOK YOUR PHONES IS BECAUSE OF THE OTHER 10%, RIGHT?
LIKE, JUST IN CASE. JUST IN CASE SOME OF IT'S NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE NO PROOF. >> WE AGREED NOT TO RECORD ANY
OF HIS ROUTINE EITHER. BUT BACKSTAGE, WE FOUND HIS COLLABORATORS, HARRY RATCHFORD AND JOEY WELLS, TAKING A LOT OF
NOTES. >> I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. KEVIN HART, I LOVE YOU. GOOD NIGHT.
>> HOW WAS THIS AUDIENCE? >> THIS AUDIENCE WAS GREAT. GREAT. YOU COULD FEEL THE LAUGHTER
NEVER STOPPED. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE THEATER. THE THEATER LETS YOU REALLY FEEL
THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF A SET. >> THERE'S SO MUCH THAT HE WANTS TO DO. >> JOEY WELLS AND HARRY
RANCHFORD ALONG WITH SOCIAL MEDIA COMEDIANS WILL SPANK HORTON AND NA'IM LYNN. >> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WHEN
HE'S ON A STAGE AND TELLING A JOKE, WHAT NOTES DO YOU HAVE? >> HARRY IS ALWAYS STRUCTURED. WE SHOULD PUT THE JOKE HERE AND
MOVE IT AROUND. FOR ME, I'M LIKE, HOW CAN IT BE A LITTLE BIT FUNNIER. HE MIGHT GET A STANDING OVATION,
I GO, THAT WAS GREAT, THAT WAS GREAT. WHAT IF YOU TRY THIS? >> SPANK AND NA'IM HAVE KNOWN
HART SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER GROWING UP IN A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA.
>> WAS KEVIN ALWAYS AS CONFIDENT AS HE IS TODAY? >> YES. I MEAN, IT WAS PERPLEXING IN THE
BEGINNING LIKE WHY DOES THIS LITTLE UGLY DUDE HAVE THIS MUCH CONFIDENCE. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE
DOING? HE SWEARS HE CAN DANCE. >> HOME MOVIES HIS MOM MADE SHOW HART WAS ALWAYS THE FAMILY
ENTERTAINER. HE LIVED IN A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH HIS BROTHER, ROBERT, AND HIS MOM, NANCY HART.
SHE KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON KEVIN. >> SHE PLANNED EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR DAY. >> EVERY MOMENT.
I HAD NO FREE TIME. I HAD TO FINISH MY HOMEWORK, I HAD TO GET TO SWIM PRACTICE. ME AND MY MOM WOULD WALK HOME
FROM PRACTICE. THE HOMEWORK I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IT BEFOREHAND, SHE WOULD CHECK IT, MAKE ME REDO IT.
NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, I WOULD RUSH THROUGH IT AND NOT GET IT DONE. SHE WOULD MAKE ME READ.
I WOULD SKIP PAGES, NOT EXPECTING THE QUIZ OF THE BOOK TO COME. THEN SHE WOULD MAKE ME READ IT
AGAIN. >> DO YOU CREDIT HER WITH THE DRIVE YOU HAVE? >> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. >> HIS MOM ALSO KEPT KEVIN'S DAD, HENRY WITHERSPOON, AT A DISTANCE.
HE WAS IN AND OUT OF PRISON AND ADDICTED TO DRUGS, WHICH HART TALKED ABOUT IN A 2011 STANDUP SPECIAL CALLED "LAUGH AT MY
PAIN." >> I WAS IN A WEIRD, LIKE, SPELLING BEES, DEBATES. HERE'S THE THING.
MY DAD WOULD SHOW UP AT MY EVENTS AND TREAT THEM AS IF THEY WERE ATHLETIC EVENTS. FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN'T CHEER
FOR NO KID AT A SPELLING BEE. IT'S A SPELLING BEE. IT'S QUIET. I'M FOCUSED.
I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF SPELLING A DIFFICULT WORD. MY DAD SHOWS UP LATE, BUSTS THROUGH THE BACK DOOR, HIGH AS
HELL MAKING COKEHEAD NOISES. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF SPELLING. OUT OF NOWHERE, ALL I HEARD WAS ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
YEAH! >> THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF STUFF HE DID ARE REALLY HEARTBREAKING. >> YEAH.
>> AND YET YOU TELL IT IN A WAY THAT'S FUNNY. IS IT HEARTBREAKING TO YOU? >> NO BECAUSE --
>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN AT THE TIME. >> I SEE IT FOR WHAT IT WAS. AS A KID, THAT'S DAD.
BY THE WAY, IN MY ENVIRONMENT, THAT'S THE NORM. IT'S NORMAL TO SEE YOUR PARENT DRUNK OR WHATEVER.
>> YOUR DAD, EVEN IN THE DEPTHS OF HIS DRUG USE, HE WANTED TO SEE YOU AND YOUR BROTHER. >> ABSOLUTELY.
THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE HE DISAPPEARED WHERE I DIDN'T SEE HIM IN A LONG TIME. AND I SAW HIM ON THE SUBWAY.
I WAS LIKE, DAD. HE TURNED AROUND AND SAW ME. THE DOORS OPENED, MY DAD WALKED OFF AND RAN.
LATER TOLD ME, I RAN BECAUSE IT JUST HURT ME FOR YOU TO SEE ME LIKE THAT. AND THAT WAS ONE OF HIS KEY
FACTORS IN GOING AND GETTING HELP. >> HART WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO HELP HIS DAD GET CLEAN BEFORE HE
DIED IN 2022. HIS DAD LOVED TO HEAR THE STORIES KEVIN TOLD HIM IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
WHEN HART STARTED DOING STANDUP AT 18, HE STRUGGLED TO FIND PLACES TO PERFORM. >> YOU WOULD TAKE GIGS WHEREVER
YOU COULD GET THEM. >> YOU'RE TALKING BOWLING ALLEY. IF YOU'RE TALKING CABARET, STRIP CLUBS --
>> IS THERE A LOT OF COMEDY IN STRIP CLUBS? >> NO! NO!
I DON'T KNOW WHO THOUGHT THAT COMEDY AND STRIPPERS MIX. BUT I REMEMBER ONE OF THE MOST HEARTBREAKING MOMENTS BEING ON
STAGE IS, LIKE, IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SET -- >> THIS IS AT A STRIP CLUB. >> AND I REMEMBER HEARING THIS
LADY GO, OH, BABY. >> AFTER YOU TOLD A JOKE. >> OH, BABY. SO DISGUSTED AND HEART BROKEN
THAT THIS IS WHAT I CHOSE TO DO WITH MY LIFE. >> HART THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE IT BIG WHEN HE SHOT A
SITCOM FOR ABC CALLED "THE BIG HOUSE" IN 2003. >> MY GOD! IT'S LITTLE KEVIN HART!
>> THE NETWORK FLEW HIM OUT TO PRESENT THE SHOW TO ADVERTISERS AND THE MEDIA. >> I'M NEXT TO WALK ON STAGE SO
YOU CAN ANNOUNCE "THE BIG HOUSE." YOU'RE THE GUY WITH THE MICROPHONE BACKSTAGE MANAGING.
THIS IS WHAT I SAY, HE'S RIGHT HERE. I'M READY. ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TELL HIM RIGHT NOW. KEVIN, HOLD UP ONE SECOND. THEY JUST SAID THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH PICKING UP.
I'LL TALK TO YOU SHORTLY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> THE GUY WITH THE MICROPHONE IS TELLING YOU THAT YOUR SERIES
IS NOT BEING PICKED UP BY THE NETWORK. >> NOT THE NETWORK EXEC. NO, NO, NO, A GUY NAMED BARRY IN
THE BACK HOLDING THE CURTAIN. >> IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT REJECTION -- >> I DON'T WANT TO FEEL THAT.
I DON'T LIKE THAT YOU GOT TO HIRE ME WHEN YOU'RE READY. YOU'RE SAYING THAT MY CAREER IS BASICALLY DETERMINED OFF OF THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE THAT I DON'T KNOW AND THAT I DON'T TALK TO? I MIGHT BE SITTING HERE ALL DAY IF I DON'T GO GRAB IT AND I
DON'T GO MAKE WHAT I FEEL SHOULD BE MINE. >> AND THAT IS WHAT HE DID. HE STARTED A SMALL PRODUCTION
COMPANY, NOW CALLED HARTBEAT, AND BEGAN MAKING HIS OWN HOUR-LONG STANDUP SPECIALS. HE ALSO MARKETED HIMSELF
RELENTLESSLY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. >> REESE! >> HIGH SCHOOLWOOD STUDIOS TOOK
NOTICE. >> GET ON MY BACK. >> I WOULD RATHER DIE. >> JUMP ON MY BACK.
>> I'M GONE DIE. >> KEVIN, WHAT'S UP? >> WHEN HE WAS PICKED IN 2018 TO HOST THE OSCARS, IT SEEMED LIKE
A HIGH POINT IN HIS CAREER. >> I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST GAY PEOPLE. >> BUT THEN COMMENTS HE MADE
ABOUT GAY PEOPLE YEARS EARLIER ON STAGE AND ON TWITTER CAUSED CONTROVERSY. >> ME BEING A HETEROSEXUAL MALE,
IF I CAN PREVENT MY SON FROM BEING GAY, I WILL. >> HART STEPPED DOWN AS THE OSCARS HOST.
>> INITIALLY YOU DIDN'T APOLOGIZE. LATER ON YOU DID. >> WELL, LATER ON, THE
UNDERSTANDING CAME FROM THE BEST LIGHT BULB EVER. WANDA SYKES SAID, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING HURT TODAY
BECAUSE OF COMMENTS LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU MADE THEN. AND THERE'S PEOPLE SAYING, IT'S OKAY TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS
TODAY BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU DID THEN. IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME IN A WAY WHERE I COULDN'T -- I COULDN'T
IGNORE THAT. SO, IN THOSE MOMENTS OF DESPAIR, GREAT UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION CAN COME OUT OF IT IF
YOU'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. >> THESE DAYS, IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE BUSINESSES HART HAS A HAND IN.
THE WEEKEND WE SPENT WITH HIM, HE WAS IN CONSTANT MOTION AND PROMOTION, STARTING WITH HIS DAILY PRE-DAWN WORKOUT.
>> "60 MINUTES," IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT? I'M GONNA GIVE YOU WHAT YOU
WANT. >> THEN HE WAS OFF TO WALMART TO PUBLICIZE A NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT COMPANY HE OWNS.
>> YOU WANT TO REACH PEOPLE. >> YOU'RE A REAL PERSON. >> I AM. >> HE'S ALSO GOT A FAST FOOD
CHAIN, A TEQUILA BRAND, AND A $100 MILLION VENTURE CAPITAL FUND. >> CHEERS.
>> AND HARTBEAT, THAT LITTLE PRODUCTION COMPANY HE STARTED IS NOW WORTH MORE THAN $650 MILLION.
>> I'M NO LONGER JUST A COMEDIAN. I'M AN INVESTMENT. I'M A STUDIO.
I'M A PARTNER LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS. WORK FOR HIRE IS NOT IN MY BEST INTEREST IF IT'S A ONE AND DONE
SITUATION. >> THAT MEANS THE ENDLESS STREAM OF MOVIES, SHOWS, PODCASTS, AND COMMERCIALS KEVIN HART POPS UP
IN, CHANCES ARE, HARTBEAT IS MAKING MONEY OFF THEM TOO. >> EVEN MY STUNT DOUBLE HAS A STUNT DOUBLE.
>> ARE YOU A BILLIONAIRE YET? >> NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, MAN. YOU TRYING TO GET ME ROBBED? YOU TRYING TO GET ME KNOCKED IN
THE HEAD. >> YOU WILL BE A BILLIONAIRE. >> I MEAN, HOPEFULLY. AND EVEN IF I DON'T OR IF I'M
NOT, I THINK THE BETTER SIDE TO WHAT I'VE DONE IS CREATE WHAT CAN BECOME THE NEW NORM FOR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS OF
FUNNY, FOR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT, RIGHT? NOT JUST BEING A PART OF THE
BUSINESS BUT LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW TO BE THE BUSINESS. >>> I'M BILL WHITAKER.
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