>>> THIS IS JUST GOOD BUSINESS. >> COMMERCE SECRETARY GINA RAIMONDO IS A FAST-RISING STAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
ENFORCING LARGE PARTS OF OUR TOUGH CHINA TRADE POLICY, WHILE WORKING TO CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS HERE IN THE U.S.
>> WE ALLOWED MANUFACTURING IN THIS COUNTRY TO WITHER ON THE VINE IN SEARCH OF CHEAPER LABOR IN ASIA, CHEAPER CAPITAL IN
ASIA. AND HERE WE ARE. >>> PRETTY WELL HIDDEN, ISN'T IT?
>> YEAH. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET HERE, YOU WOULDN'T EASILY STUMBLE ACROSS IT.
>> ON THE WIND-SWEPT ISLAND OF ALDERNEY, THE NAZIS OPERATED CONCENTRATION CAMPS ON BRITISH SOIL.
DECADES LATER, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS INVESTIGATING HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED HERE. >> WHY MIGHT THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT HAVE TRIED TO COVER UP WHAT HAPPENED ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS? >>> SO, ARE YOU MATH GENIUSES?
>> NOT AT ALL. >> HOW DID THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PROVE AN ANCIENT MATHEMATICAL EQUATION THAT WAS
THOUGHT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR 2,000 YEARS? >> WE START WITH JUST A REGULAR RIGHT TRIANGLE WHERE THE ANGLE
IN THE CORNER IS 90 DEGREES. THEN WE START CREATING SIMILAR BUT SMALLER RIGHT TRIANGLES AND THEN IT CONTINUES FOR INFINITY.
AM I GOING A LITTLE TOO -- >> YOU'VE BEEN BEYOND ME SINCE THE BEGINNING. >> OH.
>> 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
>>> WHAT DOES A SECRETARY OF COMMERCE DO? UNTIL NOW, MAINLY PROMOTE U.S. BUSINESSES ABROAD.
IT HAD NOT BEEN A HIGH-PROFILE JOB, UNTIL GINA RAIMONDO TURNED THE SECOND TIER AGENCY INTO A CENTER OF JOB CREATION,
MANUFACTURING, AND NATIONAL SECURITY. ONCE THE GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND, ROMAN DOE AT 53, SEEMS
TO HAVE COME OUT OF NOWHERE TO BECOME A RISING STAR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
AS COMMERCE SECRETARY, SHE'S RUNNING NEW PROJECTS THAT COULD TOUCH THE LIVES OF EVERY AMERICAN, AS WE FIRST REPORTED
IN APRIL. AND SHE'S HELPING LEAD THE EXPANDING COLD WAR WITH CHINA AND CONFRONT RUSSIA'S AGGRESSION
IN UKRAINE. THE BATTLEFIELD FOR BOTH THOSE CONFLICTS IS TECHNOLOGY. >> IF YOU THINK ABOUT NATIONAL
SECURITY TODAY, IN 2024, IT'S NOT JUST TANKS AND MISSILES. IT'S TECHNOLOGY. IT'S SEMICONDUCTORS.
IT'S A.I. IT'S DRONES. AND THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT IS AT THE RED HOT CENTER OF
TECHNOLOGY. >> AND AT THE RED HOT CENTER, A GLOBAL CHIP WAR THAT RAMPED UP, SAYS GINA RAIMONDO, WHEN RUSSIA
INVADED UKRAINE. >> THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT STOPPED ALL SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS FROM BEING SOLD TO RUSSIA.
EVERY DRONE, EVERY MISSILE, EVERY TANK HAS SEMICONDUCTORS IN THEM. AND YOU KNOW, LESLEY, YOU KNOW
WE'RE BEING EFFECTIVE BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTER WE STARTED THAT WORK, WE HEARD STORIES OF THE RUSSIANS TAKING SEMICONDUCTORS
OUT OF REFRIGERATORS, OUT OF DISHWASHERS. >> WHAT? >> OUT OF BREAST PUMPS, GETTING
THE CHIPS TO PUT THEM INTO THEIR MILITARY EQUIPMENT. >> HOWEVER, THE RUSSIANS ARE NOW WORKING THEIR WAY AROUND THIS.
>> THEY ARE. >> SUCCESSFULLY. AND THEY'RE DOING BETTER IN THE WAR PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THIS.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT IN WHAT YOU SAY. >> BUT, SHE SAYS -- >> IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE CASE THAT
OUR EXPORT CONTROLS HAVE HURT THEIR ABILITY TO CONDUCT THE WAR, MADE IT HARDER. AND WE ARE ENFORCING THIS EVERY
MINUTE OF EVERY DAY, DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. >> THESE ARE SOME OF THE ENFORCERS.
>> PUSHED TO TALK ABOUT OUR CONTROLS OF RUSSIA. >> RAMAINDO'S TEAM AT COMMERCE THAT MONITORS AND POLICES THE
BAN ON ANY COMPANY IN THE WORLD FROM SELLING PRODUCTS WITH AMERICAN CHIPS IN THEM TO RUSSIA.
BUT NOT JUST RUSSIA. >> I'VE MADE SURE THAT THE MOST ADVANCED AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES CAN'T BE USED IN CHINA.
>> THE CHINESE WARN THAT THESE EXPORT CONTROLS COULD TRIGGER AN ESCALATING TRADE WAR. >> TRADE WITH CHINA ACCOUNTS FOR
750,000 U.S. JOBS. AND IF TRADE ENDS, WE LOSE THOSE JOBS. >> WE WANT TO TRADE WITH CHINA
ON THE VAST MAJORITY OF GOODS AND SERVICES. BUT ON THOSE TECHNOLOGIES THAT AFFECT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY,
NO. >> THOSE ADVANCED CHIPS ARE IN CONSUMER GOODS. BANKS USE THEM, HOSPITALS.
THIS IS GOING TOWARD PRODUCTS THAT ARE MADE FOR CIVILIAN USE. >> WELL, THEY ALSO GO INTO NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SURVEILLANCE
SYSTEMS. AND WE KNOW THEY WANT THESE CHIPS AND OUR SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY TO ADVANCE THEIR
MILITARY. >> HER TOUGHNESS HAS MADE HER A TARGET IN CHINA, WHERE FAKE ADS HAVE HER PROMOTING THE NEW
CHINESE-MADE SMART PHONE. LAST YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT IN BEIJING HACKED HER EMAIL. AND WHEN SHE WAS IN CHINA,
IRONICALLY ON A TRIP TO IMPROVE RELATIONS, THE TECH COMPANY, HUAWEI, INTRODUCED THAT SMARTPHONE WITH AN ADVANCED
CHINESE-MADE CHIP. >> IT WAS, KIND OF, IN YOUR FACE, AS IF TO SAY, LOOK AT THE CHIP THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD, HIGH-LEVEL CHIP. RIGHT? >> WELL, I HAVE THEIR ATTENTION,
CLEARLY. >> AND THEY'VE GOTTEN YOURS. >> WELL, IT TELLS ME THE EXPORT CONTROLS ARE WORKING BECAUSE
THAT CHIP IS NOT NEARLY AS GOOD. IT'S YEARS BEHIND WHAT WE HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE THE MOST SOPHISTICATED
SEMICONDUCTORS IN THE WORLD. CHINA DOESN'T. WE'VE OUT-INNOVATED CHINA. >> WELL, WE, YOU MEAN TAIWAN.
>> FAIR. >> WHILE AMERICAN TECH COMPANIES DESIGN THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED CHIPS, NONE ARE ACTUALLY MADE IN
THE U.S. 90% OF THEM COME FROM TAIWAN, AND THEY ARE KEY TO THE FUTURE OF U.S. MILITARY WEAPONRY.
>> AND CHINA, FROM TIME TO TIME, THREATENS, YOU KNOW, THE WOLF TO INVADE TAIWAN. AND SOME PEOPLE SAY THE WHOLE
REASON IS TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THOSE CHIPS. >> THAT'S A PROBLEM. IT'S A RISK.
IT MAKES US VULNERABLE. >> THE PROBLEM OF OUR OUTSOURCING PRODUCTION GOES WAY BEYOND HIGH-TECH.
WITH MILLIONS OF AMERICAN WORKERS HAVING LOST THEIR JOBS THAT WENT OVERSEAS, SOMETHING RAIMONDO KNOWS FIRST HAND,
GROWING UP AS THE YOUNGEST CHILD IN AN ITALIAN AMERICAN FAMILY IN RHODE ISLAND. >> THIS IS THE OLD BULOVA WATCH
FACTORY, WHERE MY DAD WORKED FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. >> HER DAD LOST HIS JOB WHEN BULOVA ABANDONED THE FACTORY IN
1983 AND MOVED ITS OPERATIONS IN CHINA. >> IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO IMAGINE IT NOW AS YOU LOOK AROUND HERE,
BUT THIS WAS A BUSTLING PLACE. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD 1,000 PEOPLE WORKING HERE, FOOD TRUCKS ON THE SIDEWALK, AN ELECTRIC SHOP DYE
THERE, A TOOL AND DIE SHOP THERE. AND NOW THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE. >> AND HOW OLD WERE YOU?
>> I WAS IN, LIKE, SIXTH GRADE. BUT I SAW THE TOLL IT TOOK ON MY DAD AND MY FAMILY. >> AND THAT INFLUENCED HER
CAREER CHOICES. FROM WHEN SHE STUDIED ECONOMICS AND PLAYED RUGBY AT HARVARD -- >> SO, THIS IS MY OFFICE.
>> -- TO WHEN SHE LEFT A HIGH-PAYING JOB AS A VENTURE CAPITALIST TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE IN RHODE ISLAND.
>> THIS WAS THE DAY THAT I WAS SWORN IN AS STATE TREASURER. AND THOSE ARE MY PARENTS. THAT'S MY DAD.
>> THAT'S YOUR DAD? >> SUPER PROUD OF ME. >> THE MAN WHO WORKED AT BULOVA. >> THE MAN WHO WORKED AT BULOVA,
THE MAN WHO TAUGHT ME ABOUT MANUFACTURING, TAUGHT ME YOUR JOB IS ABOUT YOUR PRIDE, ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF A FAMILY, NOT
JUST A PAYCHECK. >> MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN, RAIMONDO, A YALE LAW SCHOOL GRADUATE AND RHODES SCHOLAR, WAS
ELECTED THE STATE'S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR IN 2014 AS A MODERATE, PRO-BUSINESS DEMOCRAT. >> LIBERALS IN YOUR PARTY, THIS
IS A QUOTE, LOOK UPON YOU AS A SELL-OUT TO BIG BUSINESS. >> I THINK THAT'S RIDICULOUS. I HOLD BUSINESSES ACCOUNTABLE AS
MUCH AS ANYONE. WHEN I TELL THEM THEY CAN'T SELL THEIR SEMICONDUCTORS TO CHINA, THEY DON'T LOVE THAT, BUT I DO
THAT. >> IN LATE 2020, PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN CALLED HER ABOUT LEADING THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT,
WHICH UNTIL THEN, MANAGED WITHOUT MUCH FANFARE AND HEADLINES, A MISHMASH OF AGENCIES AND ASSIGNMENTS,
RANGING FROM MONITORING THE WEATHER TO MEASURING THE LEVEL OF CONTAMINANTS IN HOUSEHOLD DUST.
>> SO, ONE DAY PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN CALLS YOU AND SAID, WHAT ABOUT BEING COMMERCE SECRETARY? AND YOU HEARD THAT AND THOUGHT?
>> TRUTHFULLY, INITIALLY I THOUGHT, WHAT DOES THE COMMERCE SECRETARY DO? >> YEAH.
>> AND THEN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT SAID TO ME, COME, I WANT YOU TO WORK WITH ME TO HELP REBUILD AMERICAN MANUFACTURING.
AND I CALLED MY BROTHER, MY BIG BROTHER, AND HE SAID, GINA, DAD WOULD BE SO PROUD. YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT.
AND THAT WAS IT. >> ONCE AT COMMERCE, SHE BEGAN TO LEAN ON CONGRESS.
>> THIS IS JUST GOOD BUSINESS. >> TO FUND HER NEW PROGRAMS WITH $100 BILLION, INCLUDING 50 BILLION FOR THE BIPARTISAN CHIPS
ACT THAT SHE IS NOW DISPENSING TO REDUCE AMERICA'S RELIANCE ON TAIWAN. >> IT'S A HUGE DAY FOR THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> IN MARCH, IN ARIZONA, SHE ANNOUNCED HER FIRST AWARD FOR MAKING LEADING-EDGE CHIPS IN THE
U.S. TO INTEL. >> WE ARE ANNOUNCING OUR INTENTION TO INVEST $8.5 BILLION IN INTEL, AMERICA'S CHAMPION
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY. >> INTEL INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT AND MODERNIZE FACILITIES IN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, OREGON, AND
OHIO. SHE'S MADE OTHER BIG AWARDS, TOTALING MORE THAN $20 BILLION, INCLUDING TO ONE TAIWAN-BASED
TSMC, AND SOUTH KOREAN COMPANY, SAMSUNG, TO MAKE THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED CHIPS IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS.
RAIMONDO IS ALSO SPREADING HER LARGESSE ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY WITH ANOTHER HUGE INITIATIVE, THE INTERNET FOR ALL
PROGRAM. WE WENT WITH HER TO A CORNING FACTORY IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF
FIBEROPTIC CABLE. >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT FIBER ON THESE SPOOLS, ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
WHAT'S INSIDE OF THERE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST PRECISE PRODUCTS EVER MANUFACTURED BY MAN.
>> WENDELL WEEKS, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF CORNING, IS EXPANDING PRODUCTION TO MAKE SOME OF THE 10 MILLION MILES OF NEW CABLE
THAT'S NEEDED TO CONNECT THE 24 MILLION AMERICANS LIVING MOSTLY IN RURAL AMERICA, WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET.
AND UNDER PRODDING BY RAIMONDO, HE'S INVESTING CORNING'S OWN CAPITAL TO DO IT. >> WE INVESTED ANOTHER HALF
BILLION DOLLARS AND DOUBLED OUR FOOTPRINT FOR THE U.S. >> WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY TO CONNECT, YOU KNOW,
SMALL NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, WHO LIVES MILE AWAY, THE EXPENSE ALMOST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. >> IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
THE INTERNET IS NO LONGER A LUXURY. YOU NEED IT TO SEE THE DOCTOR, TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO DO YOUR
BUSINESS, TO PAY YOUR BILLS, TO SIGN UP FOR, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL SECURITY. EVERYONE HAS ELECTRICITY IN THIS
COUNTRY. EVERYONE OUGHT TO HAVE THE INTERNET. >> TOGETHER, SHE SAYS, THE
INTERNET FOR ALL AND THE CHIPS ACT INITIATIVES WILL CREATE ABOUT A HALF MILLION JOBS BY 2030.
BUT WALL STREET IS SKEPTICAL. INTEL, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST RECENTLY REPORTED $7 BILLION IN OPERATING LOSSES.
>> WHEN YOU GO TO PICK THESE DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO GIVE THE MONEY TO, IT'S SOCIAL/INDUSTRIAL POLICY, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE
GAVE UP BECAUSE IT WAS SHOWN THAT PRIVATE INDUSTRY DOES A BETTER JOB PICKING. YOU'RE SMILING.
>> WELL, DO THEY? BECAUSE IN THE CASE OF SEMICONDUCTORS, THE MARKET DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT.
>> HOW DID WE LOSE THIS? >> WE ALLOWED MANUFACTURING IN THIS COUNTRY TO WITHER ON THE VINE IN SEARCH OF CHEAPER LABOR
IN ASIA, CHEAPER CAPITAL IN ASIA. AND HERE WE ARE. WE JUST PURSUED PROFIT OVER
NATIONAL SECURITY. >> THERE ARE STRINGS ATTACHED TO THESE GRANTS. THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE DAYCARE.
YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE A DIVERSE WORKFORCE. BE UNION WORKERS? >> THAT IS NOT SOCIAL POLICY,
LESLEY. >> SOUNDS LIKE IT. >> IT'S MATH. THIS IS PURE MATH.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> YOU WON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS TO DO THE JOB UNLESS YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET WOMEN WORKING IN
THE FACILITIES. >> BUT ON THAT POINT, IF THEY NEED WOMEN AND WOMEN NEED DAYCARE, THAT'S A DECISION FOR
THE COMPANY TO MAKE. WHY MANDATE IT IF IT'S WHAT THEY NEED? >> IT'S NOT MANDATED.
TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE NOT MANDATES. >> BUT IT'S WRITTEN IN THERE. >> IT IS WRITTEN.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY? I NEVER HEAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS FROM THE COMPANIES. THE ONLY COMPLAINTS I HAVE ARE
FROM POLITICIANS. >> IN HER NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN WASHINGTON, RAIMONDO HAS ELEVATED THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
AND ITS SECRETARY INTO A HIGH-PROFILE PLAYER. >> CHINA WAKES UP EVERY DAY FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET AROUND
OUR REGULATIONS. WE'VE GOT TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY THAT MUCH MORE RELENTLESS AND AGGRESSIVE.
SO, I BRING IT EVERY DAY. >> SO, HERE COMES THE INEVITABLE, OBVIOUS QUESTION THAT YOU KNOW IS COMING YOUR
WAY. YOU ARE ON A LIST OF FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU?
IS IT APPETIZING? >> WHAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME IS BEING THE BEST COMMERCE SECRETARY THERE'S EVER BEEN.
>> ONE QUALIFICATION FOR HIGH OFFICE IS BEING ABLE TO DUCK A QUESTION LIKE THAT. >> OR A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ROLE
SHE MIGHT PLAY IN THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, SHOULD KAMALA HARRIS WIN THE WHITE HOUSE. SECRETARY RAIMONDO ISN'T SAYING,
BUT RUMOR HAS IT SHE'D BE INTERESTED IN BECOMING THE NEXT >>> NOW HOLLY WILLIAMS ON ASSIGNMENT FOR "60 MINUTES."
>>> THE NAMES AUSCHWITZ, BERGEN-BELSEN AND BUCHENWALD ARE INFAMOUS AS THE SCENE OF ATROCITIES, CONCENTRATION CAMPS
RUN BY ADOLPH HITLER'S NOTORIOUS SS. BUT WHAT YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO LEARN, AS WE WERE, THAT TWO NAZI
CONCENTRATION CAMPS WERE ESTABLISHED ON BRITISH SOIL, IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, AROUND 80 MILES FROM THE BRITISH MAINLAND.
THE ISLANDS LIE JUST OFF THE COAST OF FRANCE, BECAME POSSESSIONS OF THE ENGLISH CROWN AROUND 1,000 YEARS AGO, AND WERE
OCCUPIED BY GERMANY FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS DURING WORLD WAR II. WE VISITED WHAT REMAINS OF THE CAMPS THIS PAST WINTER, JUST
BEFORE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT COMPLETED A REVIEW OF THE DEATH TOLL THERE WITH FINDINGS THAT ARE HOTLY DISPUTED.
>> IT'S PRETTY WELL HIDDEN, IN'T IT? IT'S ALL OVERGROWN. >> IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET
HERE, YOU WOULDN'T EASILY STUMBLE ACROSS IT. THIS WAS A, SORT OF, BACK ENTRANCE.
>> THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT OF THIS THIRD REICH'S LAGER SYLT CONCENTRATION CAMP. ON THE WIND SWEPT ISLAND OF
ALDERNEY, ABOUT THREE MILES LONG AND ONE AND A HALF WIDE, NATURE IS GRADUALLY SWALLOWING UP ITS CRUMBLING CONCRETE WALLS.
>> THESE TAKE YOU STRAIGHT INTO THE CAMP. >> MARCUS ROBERTS IS AN OXFORD-EDUCATED AMATEUR
HISTORIAN WHO RUNS HERITAGE TOURS. HE SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING THIS FORGOTTEN CHAPTER IN BRITISH
HISTORY. >> SO, UNDOUBTEDLY, IF YOU WANTED TO PUT A PIN ON THE MAP, YOU COULD SAY, THIS IS WHERE THE
HOLOCAUST HAPPENED ON BRITISH SOVEREIGN TERRITORY. >> WHEN GERMANY INVADED FRANCE IN 1940, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
CALCULATED THAT THE CHANNEL ISLANDS HAD NO STRATEGIC VALUE AND GAVE THEM UP WITHOUT A FIGHT.
NEARLY ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF ALDERNEY DECIDED TO EVACUATE BEFORE THE GERMAN TROOPS ARRIVED.
ON THE EMPTY ISLAND, THE GERMANS SET UP TWO CONCENTRATION CAMPS AS WELL AS LABOR CAMPS. THEY BROUGHT IN PRISONERS OF WAR
AND FORCED LABORERS TO BUILD GIANT FORTIFICATIONS THAT STILL SURVIVE TODAY. PART OF HITLER'S ATLANTIC WALL
TO PROTECT AGAINST ALLIED ATTACK. A MINORITY OF THEM WERE JEWISH. OTHERS WERE FROM RUSSIA,
UKRAINE, POLAND, AND SPAIN. >> I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS CALLED THE TUNNEL OF DEATH. >> YES, IT WAS NOTORIOUS IN THE
MEMORY OF PRISONERS. ON TWO OCCASIONS, THEY WERE FORCED TO CRAM IN HERE IN AN APPARENT REHEARSAL FOR THEIR OWN
DEATH. >> AFTER THE WAR, IN 1945, THE BRITISH MILITARY INVESTIGATED THE CAMPS AND PUT THE DEATH TOLL
ON ALDERNEY IN THE LOW HUNDREDS. SOME OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WERE BURIED UNDER THIS PLOT OF LAND.
BUT MARCUS ROBERTS AND OTHERS ARGUE THAT MORE THAN 10,000 MUST HAVE DIED ON THE ISLAND, BASED ON CONTROVERSIAL CALCULATIONS
ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE LABOR FORCE NEEDED TO BUILD THE FORTIFICATIONS. ROBERTS TOLD US IT'S BECAUSE
HE'S JEWISH THAT HE'S DETERMINED TO COUNT ALL OF THE DEAD. >> THERE'S THE JEWISH INSTINCT TO, YOU KNOW, LEAVE NO ONE
BEHIND. >> YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE JEWISH DEAD ARE COUNTED.
>> REMEMBERED. IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER A LIFE, IT'S AS IF THEY NEVER LIVED AT ALL.
>> MOST ACADEMICS DISPUTE ROBERTS' ESTIMATE OF THE DEATH TOLL. BUT PARTLY AS A RESULT OF THOSE
DISAGREEMENTS, LAST YEAR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT APPOINTED A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS TO COMB THROUGH ARCHIVES ACROSS EUROPE
AND MORE ACCURATELY COUNT THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS WHO DIED ON ALDERNEY. DR. JULIE CARR, AN ARCHAEOLOGIST
AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, IS COORDINATING THE REVIEW. >> WHY IS THIS JUST A DOCUMENT SEARCH, NOT A DIG?
>> IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN MASS GRAVES WERE JEWISH. AND ACCORDING TO HALAKHA, OR
JEWISH LAW, YOU CANNOT DISTURB THE DEAD. BUT THE SECOND REASON IS THAT, ACCORDING TO PRISONER
STATEMENTS, SOME PEOPLE WERE DUMPED AT SEA OR THROWN OFF CLIFFS. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
DIG UP THE ENTIRE ISLAND? WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT. >> THE RESEARCHERS ARE DRAWING ON RICH MATERIAL.
THE NAZIS WERE METICULOUS RECORD KEEPERS. AND BRITISH ARCHIVES CONTAIN FIRST-HAND TESTIMONIES FROM
SURVIVORS. >> LOOK AT THIS. WE WERE BEATEN WITH EVERYTHING THEY COULD LAY THEIR HANDS ON
WITH STICKS, SPADES, PICK AXES. >> IT SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY GHASTLY. >> ON CERTAIN DAYS, FIVE TO SIX, UP TO TEN MEN DIED.
>> DR. CARR TOLD US THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT GAS CHAMBERS WERE USED ON ALDERNEY, BUT THERE WERE SUMMARY EXECUTIONS.
AND THE PRISONERS BUILT THE NAZI FORTIFICATIONS ON STARVATION RATIONS. >> WERE THEY TAKEN TO ALDERNEY
TO BE WORKED TO DEATH? >> THEY WERE CERTAINLY SEEN AS EXPENDABLE. THE AIM WAS TO GET EVERY OUNCE
OF WORK OUT OF THEM. AND IF THEY DIED, IT DIDN'T MATTER, AND THAT WAS KIND OF, PERHAPS, EXPECTED.
>> THEY WERE DISPOSABLE HUMAN BEINGS. >> YES, YES. >> HOW DID YOUR FATHER END UP IN
ALDERNEY? >> AT A PUB IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, WE MET GARY FONT. HIS FATHER, FRANCISCO FONT,
FOUGHT ON THE LOSING SIDE IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, WAS ARRESTED IN FRANCE, HANDED OVER TO THE GERMANS AND SENT TO A
CONCENTRATION CAMP ON ALDERNEY. FRANCISCO SURVIVED AND LATER MARRIED A BRITISH WOMAN, GARY'S MOTHER.
>> HE WITNESSED THE EXECUTION OF A YOUNG SOVIET BOY, WHO DECIDED TO LEAVE THE WORKING DETAIL AND TO CHANGE HIS FOOTWEAR.
SO, HE STARTED TO PICK UP THESE PAPER BAGS AND WRAP THEM AROUND HIS FEET AND TIE THEM WITH STRING.
AN S.S. GUARD SAW HIM DO THIS AND WALKED UP TO HIM AND SHOT HIM POINT BLANK RANGE. >> GARY TOLD US, HIS FATHER'S
EXPERIENCES LEFT HIM SCARRED. >> I SAW THE EMOTION ON HIS FACE. IT'S TOUGH.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT EMOTION CAME FROM THAT HE HAD SURVIVED THE WAR IN SPAIN AND SURVIVED THE CAMP HERE.
>> YEAH. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I REALIZED, WOW, THIS MAN HAS A DEEP-ROOTED EMOTION INSIDE HIM
THAT HE COULD NEVER GET OUT. >> THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT TO GET THE TRUTH OUT, BY RECOUNTING THE DEAD, WAS
COMMISSIONED BY LORD PICKLES. >> SIR ERIC PICKLES. >> A FORMER CABINET MINISTER AND NOW THE UK'S ENVOY FOR
POST-HOLOCAUST ISSUES. >> THE FIGURES VARY, NOT BY A FEW HUNDRED, NOT BY A FEW THOUSAND, BUT TENS OF THOUSANDS.
>> SO, IT WAS THE CONTROVERSY THAT PROMPTED YOU TO COMMISSION THE REVIEW. >> YES.
IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE SENSIBLE THING WAS, OKAY, LET'S DO THIS OUT IN THE OPEN. LET'S DO IT FULLY TRANSPARENT.
>> HE'S ALSO ASKED THE RESEARCHERS TO PUT NAMES TO AS MANY OF THOSE KILLED AS THEY CAN.
>> IF YOU REMEMBER THEM AS INDIVIDUALS, THEN IT'S ANOTHER BLOW AGAINST HITLER. HITLER WANTED TO ERADICATE THE
MEMORY OF PEOPLE. >> SO, THIS IS, KIND OF, AN ONGOING FIGHT AGAINST HITLER AND HIS IDEAS.
>> HITLER'S EVIL AND STILL CONTINUES TO AFFECT EUROPE AND TO AFFECT THE WORLD. >> BUT IT'S TAKEN NEARLY 80
YEARS FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO RE-EXAMINE WHAT HAPPENED ON ALDERNEY AND TO MAKE ITS REPORT PUBLIC.
THE OFFICIAL BRITISH INVESTIGATIONS IN 1945 WERE CLASSIFIED FOR DECADES. AND UNLIKE THE TRIALS OF NAZI
OFFICIALS IN NUREMBERG, THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES FAILED TO PROSECUTE A SINGLE GERMAN OFFICER WHO WORKED ON ALDERNEY.
EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THEM ENDED UP IN BRITISH PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE
POSSIBLE WAR CRIMINALS. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS GATHERED EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM, AND THEY ARE IN BRITISH CUSTODY.
>> YES, THEY ARE AT THIS POINT, YES. >> A SORT OF SLAM DUNK CASE. >> YOU'D HAVE THOUGHT.
>> THAT'S LED MARCUS ROBERTS AND OTHERS TO CLAIM THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TRIED TO COVER UP THE EXTENT OF THE ATROCITIES ON
ALDERNEY. DR. CARR TOLD US THAT COULD BE TRUE. BUT ONE KEY DOCUMENT FROM THE
BRITISH WAR OFFICE INVESTIGATION THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS IS MISSING. >> IT COULD HAVE BEEN SHREDDED
DECADES AGO AS PART OF, WHAT DO WE NEED THESE FILES FOR ANYMORE? >> BUT COULD IT ALSO HAVE BEEN SHREDDED FOR MORE NEFARIOUS
PURPOSES? >> I HAVE NO IDEA. IN ORDER FOR ME TO SAY THERE WAS A COVER-UP, I WANT TO SEE THE
DECISIONS TAKEN. I WANT TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE STEPS AND TO MAKE UP MY OWN MIND.
>> WHY MIGHT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAVE TRIED TO COVER UP OR WHITEWASH WHAT HAPPENED ON ALDERNEY?
AND MAYBE MORE BROADLY ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS? >> THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT MIGHT NOT -- THAT
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE WANTED A WIDER AUDIENCE TO KNOW ABOUT. >> THOSE THINGS, ONCE FEARED TOO
TROUBLING FOR THE BROADER PUBLIC, HAPPENED ON THREE OF THE OTHER CHANNEL ISLANDS, WHERE MOST RESIDENTS DID NOT EVACUATE
BEFORE THE OCCUPATION. WHEN THE GERMANS ARRIVED, THE LOCALS MOSTLY COOPERATED, OFTEN WITH LITTLE CHOICE.
HITLER'S PORTRAIT WAS HUNG OUTSIDE THIS CINEMA ON THE ISLAND OF GUERNSEY. NAZI PROPAGANDA SHOWED THE
BRITISH POLICE WORKING FOR GERMAN TROOPS. AND BRITISH NEWSPAPERS ON THE ISLANDS PRINTED ORDERS FROM
BERLIN. >> THIS IS A BRITISH NEWSPAPER AND IT'S GOT A SWASTIKA ON TOP. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AT THE OFFICIAL ARCHIVES ON THE ISLAND OF JERSEY, LINDA ROMERIL SHOWED US HOW BRITISH OFFICIALS IMPLEMENTED POLICIES
ASKING JEWISH RESIDENTS TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND THEN CONFISCATING THEIR ASSETS. >> THERE WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF
REQUISITIONING OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES, PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, DURING THE OCCUPATION PERIOD. >> BUT SOME RESISTED, RISKING
PUNISHMENT TO PAINT ANTI-NAZI GRAFFITI AND ILLEGALLY LISTENING TO BRITISH NEWS ON THE RADIO. >> THAT'S MY GREAT AUNT LOUISA.
I SUSPECT THAT SHE WAS PROBABLY QUITE STEELY. >> ONE REMEMBER OF THE RESISTANCE WAS LOUISA GOULD, WHO
HID AN ESCAPED RUSSIAN PRISONER IN HER HOME FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS. >> AND THIS IS THE HOUSE?
>> YEP. >> JENNY LECOAT TOLD US, WHEN HER GREAT AUNT LOUISA WAS FINALLY CAUGHT, SHE WAS SENT TO
RAVENS BROOKE CONCENTRATION CAMP IN GERMANY. >> SHE WAS KILLED IN A NAZI GAS CHAMBER?
>> SHE WAS GASSED TO DEATH. YEAH. >> AFTER THE OCCUPATION, DID THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT GET IN TOUCH
WITH YOUR FAMILY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT LOUISA HAD DONE DURING THE OCCUPATION AND ABOUT HER MURDER BY THE NAZIS?
>> THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, I THINK, WERE KIND OF ASHAMED. THEY WERE HORRIFIED THAT IT HAPPENED.
AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO GET TOO INVOLVED IN WHAT HAD GONE ON THERE. >> NOT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE
RESISTANCE OR NOT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE OCCUPATION AT ALL? >> WELL, IT WAS SUCH A MIXED
PICTURE. THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE RESISTED FOR GERMANS AS MUCH AS RESISTANCE WAS POSSIBLE WITHIN A
TINY NINE BY FIVE MILE ISLAND. AND THERE WERE ALSO PEOPLE WHO COLLABORATED. SOME PEOPLE HAD BETRAYED THEIR
OWN COUNTRY. THE ONLY POSSIBLE LEGISLATION WAS TREASON, WHICH WAS STILL A HANGING OFFENSE.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT. THAT WAS THE CONFUSING, MESSY, DIRTY, MIXED PICTURE OF THE
CHANNEL ISLANDS OCCUPATION. >> MORE OF THAT MESSY, DIRTY HISTORY WAS REVEALED WHEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED ITS
REVIEW IN MAY, ACCORDING TO THE NEW COUNT, OVER 1,000 MAY HAVE DIED IN THE CAMPS. PREDICTABLY IT HASN'T SATISFIED
EVERYONE. >> SOME KIND OF AN APOLOGY AND MORAL RECOMPENSE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> YOU WANT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING PROSECUTED ALLEGED WAR CRIMINALS?
>> YES, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE WHAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE HAPPENED.
>> THE HORRORS CARRIED OUT ON THIS TINY, REMOTE ISLAND ARE DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE. THE VICTIMS WERE SILENCED AND
BURIED. BUT NOW NEARLY EIGHT DECADES LATER, THEY'RE FINALLY BEING COUNTED.
>>> FOR MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, RETURNING TO CLASS THIS MONTH IT MAY SEEM LIKE GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY WERE
CREATED BY THE GREEKS AS A FORM OF TORTURE, SO IMAGINE OUR AMAZEMENT WHEN WE HEARD TWO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HAD PROVED A
MATHEMATICAL PUZZLE THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR 2,000 YEARS. WE MET CALCEA JOHNSON AND
NE'KIYA JACKSON AT THEIR ALL GIRLS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW ORLEANS. IS AND AS WE FIRST REPORTED THIS
PAST SPRING, WE EXPECTED TO FIND TWO MATHEMATICAL PRODIGIES. INSTEAD, WE FOUND AT ST. MARY'S ACADEMY ALL STUDENTS ARE TOLD
THEIR POSSIBILITIES ARE BOUNDLESS. ♪ >> COME MARDI GRAS SEASON, NEW
ORLEANS IS ALIVE WITH COLORFUL PARADES, REPLETE WITH FLOATS AND BEADS AND HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BANDS.
IN A CITY WHERE UNIQUENESS IS CELEBRATED, ST. MARY'S STANDS OUT, WITH YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN PLAYING TROMBONES AND
TUBAS, TWIRLING BATONS AND DANCING, DOING IT ALL, WHICH DEFINES ST. MARY'S, STUDENTS TOLD US.
JUNIOR CHRISTINA BLAZIO SAID THE SCHOOL INSTILLS IN THEM THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
>> THAT IS KIND OF A STANDARD HERE, SO WE AIM VERY HIGH. OUR AIM IS EXCELLENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS.
>> THE PRIVATE CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL SITS BEHIND THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY CONVENT IN NEW ORLEANS
EAST. THE ACADEMY WAS STARTED BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN NUN FOR YOUNG BLACK WOMEN JUST AFTER THE CIVIL
WAR. THE CONVENT STILL SUPPORTS THE SCHOOL WITH THE HELP OF ALUMNI. IN DECEMBER 2022, SENIORS
NE'KIYA JACKSON AND CALCEA JOHNSON WERE WORKING ON A SCHOOL-WIDE MATH CONTEST THAT CAME WITH A CASH PRIZE.
>> I WAS MOTIVATED BECAUSE THERE WAS A MONETARY INCENTIVE BECAUSE I WAS, LIKE, $500 IS A LOT OF MONEY.
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST TRY. >> BOTH WERE STARING DOWN THE THORNY BONUS QUESTION.
>> SO, TELL ME, WHAT WAS THIS BONUS QUESTION? >> IT WAS TO CREATE A NEW PROOF OF THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM.
AND IT GAVE YOU A FEW GUIDELINES ON HOW YOU WOULD START A PROOF. >> THE SENIORS WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM, A
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF GEOMETRY. YOU MAY REMEMBER IT FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
A SQUARE PLUS B SQUARED EQUALS C SQUARED. IN PLAIN ENGLISH, WHEN YOU KNOW THE LENGTH OF TWO SIDES OF A
RIGHT TRIANGLE, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE LENGTH OF THE THIRD. BOTH HAD STUDIED GEOMETRY AND SOME TRIGONOMETRY AND BOTH TOLD
US MATH WAS NOT EASY. WHAT NO ONE TOLD THEM WAS THERE HAD BEEN MORE THAN 300 DOCUMENTED PROOFS OF THE
PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM USING ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY. BUT FOR 2,000 YEARS, A PROOF USING TRIGONOMETRY WAS THOUGHT
TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. AND THAT WAS THE BONUS QUESTION FACING THEM. >> WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE
QUESTION, DID YOU THINK, BOY, THIS IS HARD? >> YEAH. >> YEAH.
>> WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO SAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO TRY THIS. >> I THINK I WAS, LIKE, I STARTED SOMETHING, I NEED TO
FINISH IT. >> SO, YOU JUST KEPT ON GOING. >> YEP. >> FOR TWO MONTHS THAT WINTER,
THEY SPENT ALMOST ALL THEIR FREE TIME WORKING ON THE PROOF. >> SHE WAS, LIKE, MOM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.
>> CECE AND CAL JOHNSON ARE CALCEA'S PARENTS. >> I STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT SHE REALLY WAS DOING AND IT WAS
PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES -- OVER 20 OR 30 PAGES FOR THIS ONE PROBLEM. >> FULL OF PAGES, SHE WILL WORK
OUT THE PROBLEMS. IF THAT DIDN'T WORK, SHE'D BALL IT UP, THROW IT IN THE TRASH. >> DID YOU LOOK AT THE PROBLEM?
>> NELISKA JACKSON IS NE'KIYA'S MOTHER. >> PERSONALLY I DID NOT BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S DOING. >> WHAT IF WE DID THIS? WHAT IF I WRITE THIS? DOES THIS HELP?
>> THEIR MATH TEACHER, MICHELLE BLOUIN WILLIAMS, INITIATED THE MATH CONTEST. >> AND DID YOU THINK ANYONE
WOULD SOLVE IT? >> WELL, I WASN'T NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR A SOLVE, SO, NO, I DIDN'T.
>> WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING FOR? >> I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOME INGENUITY. >> CALCEA AND NE'KIYA DELIVERED
ON THAT. THEY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THEIR GROUNDBREAKING WORK TO "60 MINUTES."
CALCEA'S PROOF IS APPROPRIATELY TITLED, THE WAFFLE CONE. >> SO TO START THE PROOF WE START WITH A REGULAR RIGHT
TRIANGLE WHERE THE ANGLE IN THE CORNER IS 90 DEGREES AND THE TWO ANGLE ARE ALPHA AND BETA. SO, THEN WHAT WE DO NEXT IS WE
DRAW A SECOND CONGRUENT, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE EQUAL IN SIZE. BUT THEN WE START CREATING SIMILAR BUT SMALLER RIGHT
TRIANGLES GOING IN A PATTERN LIKE THIS. AND THEN IT CONTINUES FOR INFINITY.
AND EVENTUALLY IT CREATES THIS LARGER WAFFLE CONE SHAPE. AM I GOING A LITTLE TOO -- >> YOU'VE BEEN BEYOND ME SINCE
THE BEGINNING. >> OH. >> SO, HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT THE PROOF?
>> OKAY. SO, WE HAVE A RIGHT TRIANGLE, 90 DEGREE ANGLE, ALPHA AND BETA. >> THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> OKAY. I HAVE A RIGHT TRIANGLE INSIDE OF THE CIRCLE. AND I HAVE A PERPENDICULAR
BISECTOR AT OP TO DIVIDE THE TRIANGLE TO MAKE THAT SMALL RIGHT TRIANGLE. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I USED
FOR THE PROOF. THAT'S THE PROOF. >> THAT'S WHAT I CALL AMAZING. >> WELL, THANK YOU.
>> THERE HAD BEEN ONE OTHER DOCUMENTED PROOF OF THE THEOREM USING TRIGONOMETRY BY MATHEMATICIAN JASON ZIMBA IN
2009, ONE IN 2,000 YEARS. NOW IT SEEMS NE'KIYA AND CALCEA HAVE JOINED PERHAPS THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUB IN MATHEMATICS.
>> SO, YOU BOTH INDEPENDENTLY CAME UP WITH PROOF THAT ONLY USED TRIGONOMETRY. >> YES.
>> SO, ARE YOU MATH GENIUSES? >> I THINK THAT'S A STRETCH. >> IF NOT GENIUS, YOU'RE REALLY SMART AT MATH.
>> NOT AT ALL. >> TO DOCUMENT CALCEA AND NE'KIYA'S WORK, MATH TEACHERS AT ST. MARY'S SUBMITTED THEIR PROOF
TO AN AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA IN MARCH, 2023. >> OUR TEACHER APPROACHED US AND
WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PRESENT THIS. I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU JOKING? BUT SHE WASN'T.
SO WE WENT. I GOT UP THERE. WE PRESENTED. AND IT WENT WELL AND IT BLEW UP.
>> IT BLEW UP? >> YEAH. >> IT BLEW UP. >> WHAT WAS THE BLOW UP LIKE?
>> INSANE. UNEXPECTED. CRAZY, HONESTLY. >> TODAY'S STORY FEATURES TWO
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS -- >> IT TOOK MILLENIA TO PROVE BUT JUST A MINUTE FOR WORD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT TO GO AROUND THE
WORLD. THEY GOT A WRITE-UP IN SOUTH KOREA AND A SHOUTOUT FROM FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, A
COMMENDATION FROM THE GOVERNOR, AND KEYS TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. >> WHY DO YOU THINK SO MANY
PEOPLE FOUND WHAT YOU DID TO BE SO IMPRESSIVE? >> PROBABLY BECAUSE WE'RE AFRICAN AMERICAN, ONE, AND WE'RE
ALSO WOMEN. SO, I THINK -- OH, AND OUR AGE, OF COURSE. OUR AGE PROBABLY PLAYED A BIG
PART. >> SO, YOU THINK PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED THAT YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN COULD DO SUCH A
THING. >> YES, DEFINITELY. >> I'D LIKE TO BE CELEBRATED FOR WHAT IT IS.
IT'S A GREAT MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT. >> ACHIEVEMENT. THAT'S A WORD YOU HEAR OFTEN
AROUND ST. MARY'S ACADEMY. CALCEA AND NE'KIYA FOLLOW A LONG LINE OF BARRIER-BREAKING GRADUATES.
>> SO GOOD. >> THE LATE QUEEN OF CREOLE CROOKING, LEAH CHASE, WAS AN ALUM.
SO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE NEW ORLEANS POLICE CHIEF, MICHELLE WOODFORK. >> I SIT BEFORE YOU --
>> AND JUDGE FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, DANA DOUGLAS. MATH TEACHER MICHELLE TOLD US
HER STUDENTS ARE TYPICAL ST. MARY'S STUDENTS. >> THEY'RE NOT UNICORNS? >> OH, NO, NO.
IF THEY ARE UNICORNS, THEN EVERY SINGLE LADY WHO HAS MATRICULATED THROUGH THIS SCHOOL IS A BEAUTIFUL, BLACK UNICORN.
>> PAMELA ROGERS, ST. MARY'S PRESIDENT AND INTERIM PRINCIPAL, TOLD US THE STUDENTS HEAR THAT MESSAGE FROM THE MOMENT THEY
WALK IN THE DOOR. >> WE BELIEVE ALL STUDENTS CAN SUCCEED, ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN. IT DOES NOT MATTER THE
ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU LIVE IN. >> SO, WHEN WORD WENT OUT THAT TWO OF YOUR STUDENTS HAD SOLVED THIS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE MATH
PROBLEM, WERE THEY UNIVERSALLY APPLAUDED? >> IN THIS COMMUNITY, THEY WERE GREATLY APPLAUDED.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE WERE MANY NAYSAYERS. >> WHAT WERE THEY SAYING? >> THEY WERE SAYING, OH, THEY
COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT. AFRICAN AMERICANS DON'T HAVE THE BRAINS TO DO IT. OF COURSE WE SHELTERED OUR GIRLS
FROM THAT, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY DID NOT EXPECT IT TO COME IN THE VOLUME THAT IT CAME. >> AND AFTER SUCH A WONDERFUL
ACHIEVEMENT -- >> PEOPLE HAVE A VISION OF WHO CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. AND TO SOME PEOPLE, IT IS NOT
ALWAYS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE. AND TO US, IT'S ALWAYS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE.
>> WHAT WE KNOW IS WHEN TEACHERS LAIR OUT SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT SAY, YOU CAN DO THIS. KIDS WILL WORK AS HARD AS THEY
CAN TO DO IT. >> GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS, PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, HAS
STUDIED HOW BEST TO TEACH AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. SHE TOLD US AN ENCOURAGING TEACHER CAN CHANGE A LIFE.
>> AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, SAY, BETWEEN HAVING A TEACHER LIKE THAT AND A WHOLE SCHOOL DEDICATED TO THE EXCELLENCE OF
THEE STUDENTS? >> SO, A WHOLE SCHOOL IS ALMOST LIKE BING IN HEAVEN. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THEIR CEILINGS LOWERED. SOMEWHERE AROUND FOURTH OR FIFTH GRADE, THEIR THOUGHTS ARE, I'M
NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING SPECIAL. WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY HAPPENING AT ST. MARY'S IS YOUNG
WOMEN COME IN AS PERHAPS NINTH GRADERS AND ARE TOLD, HERE'S WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN, AND HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP
YOU GET THERE. >> WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS STORY? >> AT ST. MARY'S, HALF THE
STUDENTS GET SCHOLARSHIPS SUBSIDIZED BY FUNDRAISING TO DEFRAY THE $8,000 A YEAR TUITION.
HERE, THERE'S NO TESTS TO GET IN. BUT EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH AND RULES ARE STRICT.
NO CELL PHONES, MODEST SKIRTS, HAIR MUST BE ITS NATURAL COLOR. STUDENTS, RAYAH SIDDIQ, CARISSA WASHINGTON, SUMMER FORDE, TATAL
WILLIAMS TOLD US THEY APPRECIATE THE RULES AND RIGOR. >> ESPECIALLY THE STANDARDS THEY SET FOR US.
THEY'RE VERY HIGH AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER GOING TO CHANGE. >> SO IS THERE A HEART, A
PHILOSOPHY TO ST. MARY'S? >> THE SISTERHOOD. >> THE SISTERHOOD. AND YOU DON'T MEAN THE NUNS, YOU
MEAN YOU. SO, WHEN YOU'RE HERE, THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON TO COLLEGE.
>> COLLEGE IS ALL WE TALK ABOUT. >> AND ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. >> PRINCIPAL ROGERS ANNOUNCES TO HER 615 STUDENTS THE COLLEGES
WHERE EVERY SENIOR HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. >> SO, FOR 17 YEARS, YOU'VE HAD A 100% GRADUATION RATE AND A
100% COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> NE'KIYA JACKSON. >> LAST YEAR, WHEN NE'KIYA AND
CALCEA GRADUATED, ALL THEIR CLASSMATES WENT TO COLLEGE AND GOT SCHOLARSHIPS. NE'KIYA GOT A FULL RIDE TO
THE PHARMACY SCHOOL AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS. CALCEA, THE CLASS VALEDICTORIAN, IS STUDYING ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. >> SO WAIT A MINUTE. NEITHER ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO
PURSUE A CAREER IN MATH? >> NO. >> NO. >> I MAY TAKE UP A MINOR IN
MATH, BUT I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE MY JOB JOB. >> YEAH. PEOPLE MIGHT EXPECT TOO MUCH OUT
OF ME IF I BECOME A MATHEMATICIAN. >> BUT MATH IS NOT COMPLETELY IN THEIR REAR-VIEW MIRRORS.
THIS SPRING THEY SUBMITTED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL PROOFS FOR FINAL PEER REVIEW AND PUBLICATION AND ARE STILL WORKING ON FURTHER
PROOFS OF THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM. SINCE THEIR FIRST TWO -- >> WE FOUND FIVE AND THEN WE
FOUND A GENERAL FORMAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PRODUCE THESE FIVE ADDITIONAL PROOFS. >> AND YOU'RE NOT MATH GENIUSES?
>> NO. >> NO. >> I'M NOT BUYING IT. >>> THE INSPIRATION FOR ST.
MARY'S ACADEMY -- >> WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER VISION. >> AT
>>> I'M BILL WHITAKER. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH