1 00:00:09,275 --> 00:00:16,049 >>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MAIN WATER SOURCE FOR THE SOUTHWEST BEGINS TO RUN DRY? THE COLORADO RIVER SERVES 40 2 00:00:16,116 --> 00:00:25,425 MILLION PEOPLE THEIR DRINKING WATER, POWERS THEIR HOMES, AND IRRIGATES 90% OF THE NATION'S WINTER FARMED GREENS. 3 00:00:25,492 --> 00:00:33,666 TO ALL THOSE DEMANDS, ADD THE STRESS OF A 22-YEAR DROUGHT, AND YOU HAVE THE MAKINGS OF A CRISIS. 4 00:00:33,733 --> 00:00:44,744 >> THESE WHITE BATHTUB RINGS, IS THIS WHERE THE WATER USED TO BE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >>> IN NEED OF SOME HOPEFUL 5 00:00:44,811 --> 00:00:49,315 NEWS? SO WERE THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 6 00:00:49,382 --> 00:01:01,628 >> WE WENT TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO TO WITNESS AN ACT OF KINDNESS SO PROFOUND -- IT COULD LIFT THE DREAMS OF 7 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:11,337 THOUSANDS FOR GENERATIONS. >> I WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY FOR THE REST OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY. 8 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:20,380 >>> WHAT'S EUROVISION? ♪ IT RIVALS ANY MAJOR EUROPEAN SPORTING EVENT. 9 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:26,719 PITTING NATION AGAINST NATION WITH MOST OF THE CONTINENT TUNING IN ON THE FINAL NIGHT. WE WENT TO ICELAND AND TALKED TO 10 00:01:26,786 --> 00:01:34,360 THE PRESIDENT. YES, THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT, ABOUT WHY WINNING EUROVISION THIS YEAR WOULD BE A DREAM FOR THIS ISLAND 11 00:01:34,427 --> 00:01:47,140 DANCING IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. REALLY, HOW MUCH DID ANYONE KNOW ABOUT SWEDEN BEFORE ABBA WON EUROVISION IN 1974? 12 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:50,276 >>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. 13 00:01:50,343 --> 00:02:04,524 >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES." 14 00:02:04,591 --> 00:02:10,430 >>> THE DROUGHT STRICKEN COLORADO RIVER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. LAST SUMMER, THE FEDERAL 15 00:02:10,497 --> 00:02:16,736 GOVERNMENT DECLARED THE FIRST EVER SHORTAGE ON THE RIVER. TRIGGERING CUTS TO WATER SUPPLIES IN THE SOUTHWEST. 16 00:02:16,803 --> 00:02:23,276 SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. THE COLORADO IS THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE REGION. 17 00:02:23,343 --> 00:02:34,087 IT WATERS SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S FASTEST GROWING CITIES, NOURISHES SOME OF OUR MOST FERTILE FIELDS, AND POWERS 18 00:02:34,153 --> 00:02:43,363 $1.4 TRILLION IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THE RIVER RUNS MORE THAN 1,400 MILES FROM HEADWATERS ROCKIES TO 19 00:02:43,429 --> 00:02:47,333 NORTHERN MEXICO WHERE IT ENDS IN A TRICKLE. SEVEN STATES AND 30 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES LIE IN THE 20 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:55,408 COLORADO RIVER BASIN. AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN OCTOBER, THE RIVER HAS BEEN RUNNING DRY DUE TO THE HISTORICALLY SEVERE 21 00:02:55,475 --> 00:03:05,919 DROUGHT. THE MAJESTIC, MEANDERING COLORADO RIVER, THAT CUT THROUGH THESE RED CLIFFS, CARVING THE 22 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:18,932 GRAND CANYON, IS A WONDER OF NATURE AND HUMAN INGENUITY. THE GLEN CANYON DAM CREATED LAKE POWELL AND 300 MILES DOWN RIVER, 23 00:03:18,998 --> 00:03:25,805 LAKE MEAD SITS BEHIND THE HOOVER DAM. THESE RESERVOIRS ARE BEING SUCKED DRY BY 40 MILLION STRAWS, 24 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:35,148 THAT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN BOOMING WESTERN STATE WHO IS DEPEND ON THE COLORADO TO QUENCH THEIR THIRST, POWER THAN HOMES, 25 00:03:35,214 --> 00:03:42,221 WATER THEIR LAWNS AND SPLASH IN THE SUN. ITS WATERS IRRIGATE FARMS THAT PRODUCE 90% OF THE COUNTRY'S 26 00:03:42,288 --> 00:03:48,995 WINTER GREENS. TO ALL THEE DEMANDS, ADD THE STRESS OF A 22-YEAR DROUGHT AS DRY AS ANY PERIOD IN 1,200 27 00:03:49,062 --> 00:03:56,703 YEARS, AND YOU HAVE A RIVER IN CRISIS. THESE WHITE BATHTUB RINGS, IS THIS WHERE THE WATER USED TO BE? 28 00:03:56,769 --> 00:04:03,009 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> BRAD UDALL, A CLIMATE SCIENTIST AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, WENT OUT ON LAKE 29 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:09,849 POWELL WITH US. ALL OF THIS WOULD ARE BEEN UNDERWATER? >> YEAH. 30 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:16,689 >> WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE COLORADO RIVER? >> WELL, IT'S A SIGNAL OF THE 31 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:23,663 LONG-TERM PROBLEM WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SINCE THE YEAR 2000, WHICH IS CLIMATE CHANGE IS REDUCING THE FLOWS OF THE 32 00:04:23,730 --> 00:04:29,769 COLORADO SIGNIFICANTLY. >> LAKE POWELL AND LAKE MEAD, THE TWO BIGGEST RESERVOIRS IN THE COUNTRY, WERE NEARLY FULL IN 33 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:41,781 2000. TODAY, THEY ARE AT ABOUT 27% CAPACITY. >> THE LAKE IS 155 FEET BELOW 34 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:48,087 FEET BELOW FULL. IT'S DROPPED SOMETHING LIKE 50 FEET THIS YEAR. >> AND IT'S STILL DROPPING? 35 00:04:48,154 --> 00:04:52,325 >> YES. THAT'S WHEN POWER GENERATION COMES INTO QUESTION. >> IT WILL DROP SO LOW IT MAY 36 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:59,666 NOT BE ABLE TO -- >> IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GENERATE POWER. >> HYDROELECTRIC POWER? 37 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:07,674 >> YEAH. >> BRAD UDALL HAS STRONG CONNECTIONS TO THE RIVER. AS SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, 38 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:18,484 HIS UNCLE STEWART UDALL OPENED THE GLEN CANYON DAM. HIS FATHER, CONGRESSMAN MO UDALL, FOUGHT TO CHANNEL RIVER 39 00:05:18,551 --> 00:05:22,155 WATER TO ARIZONA. AS A YOUNG MAN, BRAD WAS A COLORADO RIVER GUIDE. TODAY, HE ANALYZES THE IMPACT OF 40 00:05:22,221 --> 00:05:25,558 CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES. IS THE WEST ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE? 41 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:32,265 >> IN SOME WAYS YES. BUT WE HAVE FULLY UTILIZED THIS SYSTEM. WE HAVE OVER ALLOCATED IT. 42 00:05:32,331 --> 00:05:38,705 WE NOW NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO TURN SOME OF THIS BACK. BECAUSE THE ONLY LEVER WE CONTROL RIGHT NOW IN THE RIVER 43 00:05:38,771 --> 00:05:46,612 IS THE DEMAND LEVER. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE SUPPLY. WE HAVE TO DIAL BACK DEMAND. 44 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:53,453 >> 70% OF COLORADO RIVER WATER GOES TO AGRICULTURE. WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECLARED THE WATER SHORTAGE, IT 45 00:05:53,519 --> 00:06:03,663 TRIGGERED MANDATORY CUTBACKS. PENAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, GOT HIT HARD. >> WE WILL LOSE 300,000 ACRE 46 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:09,669 FEET OF SURFACE WATER. THAT'S WATER THAT WOULD BE DELIVERED FROM LAKE POWELL, LAKE MEAD, AS PART OF THE COLORADO 47 00:06:09,736 --> 00:06:27,620 RIVER. 300,000 ACRE FEET IS 98 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER. >> WALLIN WORTS FARMS 500 ACRES 48 00:06:27,687 --> 00:06:31,791 HERE SOUTH OF PHOENIX. HIS FAMILY HAS TILLED SOIL HERE FOR FOUR GENERATIONS. IT IS SOME OF THE MOST 49 00:06:31,858 --> 00:06:44,437 PRODUCTIVE LAND IN THE STATE. CROPS FROM PENAL COUNTY ARE SHIPPED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WORTS GROWS GOURDES, COTTON AND 50 00:06:44,504 --> 00:06:51,811 AL FALEFA. PROFITABLE BUT THIRSTY CROPS. HIS ALLOTMENT OF COLORADO RIVER WATER IS BEING CUT BY 70%. 51 00:06:51,878 --> 00:06:59,352 THIS IS COLORADO RIVER WATER? >> YEP. KIND OF THE LIFELINE OF OUR IRRIGATED AG HERE. 52 00:06:59,418 --> 00:07:06,626 >> STRAIGHT FROM LAKE MEAD? >> THROUGH HUNDREDS OF MILES OF CANAL SYSTEM. IT MADE ITS WAY DOWN HERE TO 53 00:07:06,692 --> 00:07:15,134 CENTRAL ARIZONA. >> WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR WATER IS SUPPLIED BY THIS CANAL? >> IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO 50% OF THE 54 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:24,744 WATER THAT WE HAVE USED TO FARM HERE. THIS NEXT YEAR, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO DROP DOWN TO ABOUT 20% 55 00:07:24,811 --> 00:07:32,985 OF THE WATER THAT WE USE. >> THAT'S ONE-SEVENTH OF WHAT HE WAS GETTING A DECADE AGO. TO USE LESS WATER AND MAKE ENDS 56 00:07:33,052 --> 00:07:41,527 MEET, WORTS SOLD MORE THAN 300 ACRES TO A SOLAR FARM. HE DIPPED INTO RETIREMENT FUNDS TO REPAIR AND RESTART OLD WELLS. 57 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:51,270 HE LASER LEVELLED HIS FIELDS TO MAKE IRRIGATION MORE EFFICIENT. >> BUT IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DROUGHT? 58 00:07:51,337 --> 00:07:57,176 >> NO, IT'S NOT. >> SO HE TOLD US, HE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE 150 ACRES UNCULTIVATED. >> WHAT YOU SEE GREEN IS GOING 59 00:07:57,243 --> 00:08:06,686 TO DIE. I HOPE WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO PLANT IN THE FUTURE. MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL STAY 60 00:08:06,752 --> 00:08:15,928 BROWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. >> ALL THE WATER USERS HAVE TO GIVE UP SOMETHING TO KEEP THAT WATER IN THE LAKE. 61 00:08:15,995 --> 00:08:24,103 >> AMELIA FLOREZ IS CHAIRWOMAN OF THE COLORADO INDIAN TRIBES. THE OLDEST AND LARGEST WATER RIGHTS IN ARIZONA. 62 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:31,811 AFTER BEING MOVED TO RESERVATIONS, SOUTHWEST TRIBES GOT RIGHTS TO ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE RIVER'S FLOW. 63 00:08:31,878 --> 00:08:39,919 GOVERNMENT RED TAPE AND LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM USING THEIR FULL ALLOTMENT. 64 00:08:39,986 --> 00:08:48,694 FLORES TOLD US UNTIL THIS DROUGHT, TRIBES WERE NEVER INCLUDED IN WATER NEGOTIATIONS. WHY HAD YOU NOT HAD A SEAT 65 00:08:48,761 --> 00:08:54,700 BEFORE THIS? >> BECAUSE THE TRIBES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OVERLOOKED IN THE POLICY MAKING AND IN THE LAW OF 66 00:08:54,767 --> 00:09:04,010 THE RIVER. THAT DAY HAS COME TO AN END. >> WHEN WESTERN STATES FIRST DIVVIED UP THE COLORADO RIVER IN 67 00:09:04,076 --> 00:09:14,720 19 2 AND LATER WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUILT THE HOOVER AND GLEN CANYON DAMS THE FUTURE SEEMED BOUNDLESS AND MANAGEABLE. 68 00:09:14,787 --> 00:09:19,859 THROUGH NEGOTIATION AND COURT BATTLES, STATES WORKED OUT AGREEMENTS, THE LAW OF THE RIVER, TO SPLIT THE WATER 69 00:09:19,926 --> 00:09:26,966 EQUALLY BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER BASIN STATES. THE LOWER STATES USED JUST ABOUT ALL THEIR ALLOTMENT. 70 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:33,806 IT HAS FED THEIR TREMENDOUS GROWTH. THE UPPER STATES HAVE NEVER USED THEIR FULL SHARE. 71 00:09:33,873 --> 00:09:41,247 NOW THEY ARE BOOMING AND SAY THEY NEED THE WATER THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED. I CAN SEE BATHTUB RINGS AROUND 72 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:49,088 HERE, TOO. >> WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP EVERY DROP OF WATER INTO THIS RESERVOIR FOR NEXT YEAR'S 73 00:09:49,155 --> 00:09:53,893 DRINKING WATER. >> ZACH MANAGES THE WATER SYSTEM FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST UTAH. 74 00:09:53,960 --> 00:10:00,066 ST. GEORGE, THE COUNTY SEAT, IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING METRO AREAS IN THE U.S. ITS POPULATION GREW 29% THIS 75 00:10:00,132 --> 00:10:07,840 PAST DECADE. THE STATE OF UTAH GETS ABOUT A QUARTER OF ITS WATER FROM THE COLORADO. 76 00:10:07,907 --> 00:10:16,048 MOST OF WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS ONLY ONE SOURCE, THE VIRGIN RIVER, WHICH FILLS THIS RESERVOIR. 77 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:25,024 >> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING STRICT CONSERVATION MEASURES. IF THE CITIES DON'T ADOPT THOSE 78 00:10:25,091 --> 00:10:29,795 STANDARDS THEN WE'LL BE OUT OF WATER VERY QUICKLY. >> WHAT'S VERY QUICKLY? >> WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN 79 00:10:29,862 --> 00:10:44,777 YEARS. >> IN THE MIDST OF THE DROUGHT, UTAH IS PROPOSING TO BUILD A $1 BILLION TO $2 BILLION PIPELINE, 80 00:10:44,844 --> 00:10:48,481 ABLE TO BRING 27 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR FROM DWINDLING LAKE POWELL. UTAH SAYS IT IS ENTITLED TO THE 81 00:10:48,547 --> 00:10:53,886 WATER BY LAW. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SIPHONING OFF WATER FROM A LAKE THAT'S ALREADY AT A CRITICALLY LOW 82 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:57,890 LEVEL TO HELP A CITY GROW IN THE DESERT. >> EVERY STATE ON THE COLORADO RIVER WAS ALLOTTED SO MUCH 83 00:10:57,957 --> 00:11:05,331 WATER. A WATER BUDGET. WITH THEIR WATER BUDGET, THE STATE OF UTAH DECIDED THEY WANT 84 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:12,071 TO USE A PORTION OF ITS WATER HERE IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH. >> IT WAS A BUDGET SET WHEN WATER WAS PLENTIFUL. 85 00:11:12,138 --> 00:11:19,812 IT ISN'T ANYMORE. WHAT IS UTAH HOPING FOR? >> UTAH WANTS THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER OTHER BASIN STATE HAS 86 00:11:19,879 --> 00:11:23,516 DONE. WE WANT WATER FOR OUR FUTURE, FOR A HOTTER, DRIER SCENARIO THAT'S COMING UP. 87 00:11:23,582 --> 00:11:30,823 >> BUILDING A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PIPELINE TO PUMP OUT MORE WATER FROM AN ALREADY RAPIDLY DECLINING RESERVOIR SIMPLY 88 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:40,066 DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN THE 21st CENTURY. >> JB HAMBY IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD THAT RUNS CALIFORNIA'S 89 00:11:40,132 --> 00:11:49,942 IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT. ONE OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE SINGLE LARGEST ALLOCATION OF 90 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:54,246 WATER ON THE ENTIRE RIVER. >> THERE'S A LOT OF URBAN GROWTH AND SPRAWL OCCURRING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COLORADO RIVER 91 00:11:54,313 --> 00:12:00,886 BASIN THAT'S REALLY NOT NECESSARILY SUSTAINABLE. >> HAMBY SAYS CALIFORNIA'S IMPERIAL VALLEY FARMS HAVE CUT 92 00:12:00,953 --> 00:12:12,131 WATER USAGE ALMOST 16% SINCE 2003. BUT POINTS OUT, AS THE POPULATION OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH, 93 00:12:12,198 --> 00:12:16,569 GROWS, SO DOES ITS WATER USE. >> WE NEED TO THINK AND RETHINK ABOUT HOW WE GROW AND IF WE GROW AND WHERE WE GROW. 94 00:12:16,635 --> 00:12:21,874 >> ST. GEORGE WOULD SAY THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR WHAT THEY NEED. 95 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:27,847 >> I THINK WHAT WE ALL NEED TO HAVE IS A REALITY CHECK HERE AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE LIVE IN AN ERA OF LIMITS RIGHT NOW. 96 00:12:27,913 --> 00:12:33,252 THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON. IN FACT, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. 97 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:39,825 >> A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE LAW OF THE RIVER ITSELF. A HODGEPODGE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS PIECED TOGETHER OVER 98 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:49,768 THE COURSE OF A CENTURY. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER ALL THE LITIGATION AND NEGOTIATIONS, THE LAW ENDS UP ALLOCATING MORE 99 00:12:49,835 --> 00:12:56,308 WATER THAN ACTUALLY FLOWS DOWN THE COLORADO. AND THIS. IN TIMES OF SHORTAGE, CHANNELS 100 00:12:56,375 --> 00:13:05,184 THAT PROVIDE MORE THAN A THIRD OF ARIZONA'S WATER MUST RUN DRY BEFORE CALIFORNIA IS REQUIRED TO CUT BACK. 101 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:12,091 WAIT A MINUTE. ARIZONA IS BEING CALLED ON TO CUT ITS WATER INTAKE BEFORE CALIFORNIA HAS TO GIVE UP EVEN 102 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:24,537 ONE DROP. >> PRETTY AMAZING. IT CAN'T WORK IN TODAY'S WORLD. IN SOME WAYS, IT'S A MICROCOSM 103 00:13:24,603 --> 00:13:28,240 OF THE WHOLE HOG THE RIVER WITH THE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT JUST DON'T WORK. THEY CAN'T WORK. 104 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:40,186 THAT'S WHY A RETHINK IS NEEDED. >> ONE EXAMPLE OF RETHINKING, THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES AGREED TO LEAVE FIELDS 105 00:13:40,252 --> 00:13:45,357 UNCULTIVATED, LEAVING 48 BILLION GALLONS, ALMOST 3 FEET OF WATER, IN LAKE MEAD. THE STATE OF ARIZONA AGREED TO 106 00:13:45,424 --> 00:13:55,534 PAY THEM FOR THEIR LOSSES. >> MY PEOPLE WANT TO HELP DURING THIS DROUGHT. WE WANT TO SAVE THE RIVER 107 00:13:55,601 --> 00:14:02,141 BECAUSE FOR CENTURIES, THE RIVER HAS ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF US. NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE RIVER. 108 00:14:02,208 --> 00:14:16,088 >> THAT'S WHAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE ALL ABOUT. RIGHT? IT MAY BE THERE ARE WAYS TO 109 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:19,491 CONSERVE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE SAME GOODS AND SERVICES FOR LESS WATER. LET'S LET AG GROW CROPS THAT USE 110 00:14:19,558 --> 00:14:22,895 LESS WATER. LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE CITIES USE WATER AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. 111 00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:32,538 WE NEED SOME OPTIMISM HERE, RIGHT? >> BUT AS WE SAW AT THIS MEETING OF PENAL COUNTY FARMERS, 112 00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:35,975 OPTIMISM IS IN SHORT SUPPLY. >> THE FARMER WHO IS PREPARED, WORKED THE LAND, FARMED THE LAND IS GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE 113 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:44,516 STICK. >> FARMERS HERE AND ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FEED THE COUNTRY. IT TAKES MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF 114 00:14:44,583 --> 00:14:59,365 THE COLORADO RIVER TO PRODUCE THE BOUNTY. WITH LAKE LEVELS DROPPING, FARMERS LIKE WALLIN FEAR THEIR 115 00:14:59,431 --> 00:15:11,043 FERTILE FIELDS COULD BECOME DESERT AGAIN. >> YOU WILL SEE A CHANGE OF WHAT NEXT YEAR HAS TO BRING. 116 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:16,048 FOR MY PARTICULAR FAMILY FARM, WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO KEEP IT GOING. I HAVE A FEELING IT'S A MATTER 117 00:15:16,115 --> 00:15:22,554 OF TIME BEFORE NONE OF THIS EXISTS. OF TIME. >> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 118 00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:27,426 CALLING FOR DRASTIC ACTION TO KEEP THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM AFLOAT, URGING THE BASIN STATES TO CONSERVE AS MUCH AS 4 MILLION 119 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:31,664 ACRE FEET OF WATER IN THE NEXT YEAR. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S NEARLY THE AMOUNT 120 00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:35,501 CALIFORNIA RECEIVES FROM THE RIVER IN A YEAR. 121 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:51,317 >>> YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE THE AMBITION OF AN INNER-CITY HIGH SCHOOL THAT CALLS ITSELF JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP. 122 00:15:51,383 --> 00:15:59,591 ESPECIALLY WHEN A THIRD OF THE STUDENTS HAVE NO PERMANENT HOME AND MANY DODGE VIOLENCE JUST TO GET TO CLASS. 123 00:15:59,658 --> 00:16:04,196 BUT THE STUDENTS IN THIS CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BELIEVE IN THEIR NAME. THEY HAVE DONE THE WORK, AND 124 00:16:04,263 --> 00:16:11,737 THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE. TROUBLE IS, FEW HAVE THE MONEY TO GO. 125 00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:18,410 JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE A MIRACLE. AND THIS PAST WINTER, WE WERE THERE WHEN THE MIRACLE CALLED 126 00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:32,725 HOPE CHICAGO ARRIVED. >> WHEN WOULD YOU HAVE A SLOPE OF ZERO? >> JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP ON 127 00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:37,529 CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE EMBRACES NEARLY 500 STUDENTS. >> EVERY STUDENT THAT WALKS IN OUR DOOR DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY 128 00:16:37,596 --> 00:16:52,311 TO BE ENGAGED BY STAFF MEMBERS WHO LOVE THEM FOR NO OTHER REASON EXCEPT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS. 129 00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:56,548 >> PRINCIPAL JONAS CLEAVES KNOWS THE NAMES AND THE DREAMS IN THE HALLS OF JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP. COLLEGE IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME. 130 00:16:56,615 --> 00:17:01,186 >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. WE WANT KIDS TO HAVE A SHOT. 131 00:17:01,253 --> 00:17:11,997 >> BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, A SHOT IS HOBBLED BY STUMBLING BLOCKS. AND TALL BARRIERS ON A NARROW PATH TO THE DREAM. 132 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:20,539 ONE-THIRD OF HOUSEHOLDS HERE BRING IN LESS THAN $25,000 A YEAR. >> RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST 40% OF 133 00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:27,646 OUR SENIOR CLASS HAVE IDENTIFIED EITHER THEMSELVES OR VERY CLOSE RELATIVES BEING IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. 134 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:31,150 IMAGINE THE TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. >> YOU MUST WORRY ABOUT THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT UNDER THIS 135 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:45,030 ROOF. >> IT'S A STRUGGLE. WE GO ON THANKSGIVING BREAK OR ANY HOLIDAY BREAK, WE GET THOSE 136 00:17:45,097 --> 00:17:50,702 CALLS WHEN THERE'S A STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN SHOT OR ASSAULTED. WE RECEIVE THOSE CALLS FROM PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO NEED 137 00:17:50,769 --> 00:17:59,478 SUPPORT FINANCIALLY WITH A MAJOR BILL. >> FOR A LOT OF YOUR STUDENTS, SCHOOL IS THE SAFEST, BEST PART 138 00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:16,328 OF THE DAY. >> IT'S A SANCTUARY. >> AND AN INSPIRATION. JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM JOINED MARINE 139 00:18:16,395 --> 00:18:23,869 CORPS JUNIOR ROTC TO ADD AMMO TO HIS MANY APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL AID. >> BECAUSE I AM IN 1,000 140 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:30,609 PROGRAMS ALL AT ONCE, INCLUDING ROTC, DEBATE, HONORS AND AP CLASSES. I HAVE TAKEN COLLEGE COURSES. 141 00:18:30,676 --> 00:18:41,153 I'M TRYING TO DO THE MOST THAT I CAN TO MAKE COLLEGE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. >> FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR 142 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:52,231 WATCHING OVER US THIS MORNING, WAKING US UP. >> KIVARIAN NEWSOME'S HOPES LEAN ON FAITH. 143 00:18:52,297 --> 00:18:55,868 >> AMEN. >> HE TOLD US THAT'S HOW HE ENDURED BEING RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS DRUG 144 00:18:55,934 --> 00:19:02,307 ADDICTED AT THE TIME. >> I HAVE SO MUCH FAITH IN GOD, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, ANYTHING I PUT IN 145 00:19:02,374 --> 00:19:06,411 GOD'S HANDS, NEVER FAILS. I KNOW HE WILL COME THROUGH. I KNOW IT FOR A FACT. >> WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE 146 00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:14,219 DOING CONSTRUCTION, WORKING IN WAREHOUSES, WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT, GETTING OFF AT 6:00 A.M. AND COMING TO SCHOOL. 147 00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:21,927 >> YOU GOT TO ADMIRE THE DEDICATION AND THE CHARACTER. >> WHAT COULD THAT KID DO IF GIVEN THE CHANCE? 148 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:29,568 >> WE TOLD THE STUDENTS WE WERE WRITING A STORY ABOUT COLLEGE AMBITION, WHICH WASN'T THE WHOLE TRUTH. 149 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:37,175 WE KNEW WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE HAD MET THE MAN WHO WOULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES. >> I'M A GUY WHO GOT REALLY 150 00:19:37,242 --> 00:19:47,853 LUCKY IN LIFE. I'M A GUY WHO WON A LOT OF LOTTERIES, THE BIRTH LOTTERY, THE ZIP LOTTERY, THE EDUCATION 151 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:53,792 LOTTERY. WHEN I THINK ABOUT HAVING WON ALL THOSE LOTTERIES AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING, IT'S 152 00:19:53,859 --> 00:20:01,166 MY CHANCE TO GIVE THEM THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S WHO I AM. >> HE IS PETE KADENCE, A CHICAGO 153 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:06,572 MILLIONAIRE WHO RETIRED AT 40 AFTER STARTING FIVE COMPANIES, INCLUDING ONE OF THE LARGEST GROWERS OF CANNABIS. 154 00:20:06,638 --> 00:20:13,979 SENSE OF GUILT? >> YES. 100%. I FEEL HORRIBLY GUILTY I CREATED 155 00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:21,386 THIS AMOUNT OF WEALTH AND THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. >> SUFFERING, IN HIS VIEW, BECAUSE THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN 156 00:20:21,453 --> 00:20:29,194 HISTORY HAS NOT FOUND A WAY TO EDUCATE ALL ITS CHILDREN. >> I USED TO THINK COLLEGE AND GOING TO COLLEGE WAS THE GREAT 157 00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:40,138 EQUALIZER. IN TRUTH, WHAT WE HAVE COME TO FIND OUT, COLLEGE IS THE GREAT STRATIFIER IN THIS COUNTRY. 158 00:20:40,205 --> 00:20:46,378 IT FURTHERS THE GAP BETWEEN THE HAVE AND HAVE NOTS. MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT. THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW EXPENSIVE 159 00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:55,520 FOR A MINORITY STUDENT IN A DISINVESTED COMMUNITY. YOU DON'T GET FINANCIAL AID. IF THEY DO, THEY COME OUT WITH 160 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:58,924 DEBT. THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE WHITE SUBURBAN CONTEMPORARY, EVEN AFTER COLLEGE. 161 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:02,127 I THINK THAT FUNDAMENTALLY, THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING IN THIS COUNTRY THAT COLLEGE IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. 162 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:11,803 THE FACT IS, NO, IT IS NOT. >> BUT IT WAS ABOUT TO BE ACCESSIBLE AT JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP. 163 00:21:11,870 --> 00:21:22,047 WHEN EVERYONE IS ASSEMBLED AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK ACROSS THAT ROOM AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SEE? 164 00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:28,020 >> I'M GOING TO SEE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO DESERVE THIS MOMENT. YOU ASKED ME EARLIER ABOUT 165 00:21:28,086 --> 00:21:33,125 STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE LOST. WE OFTEN TELL OUR FAMILIES IN THOSE MOMENTS TO HANG IN THERE, STAY IN THE FIGHT, DON'T GIVE 166 00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:46,838 UP, A BETTER DAY IS COMING. THIS IS THEIR BETTER DAY. >> JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM WAS THERE. BESIDE KIVARIAN NEWSOM. 167 00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:52,544 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ASSEMBLY WAS ABOUT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP. 168 00:21:52,611 --> 00:22:03,088 >> BUT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET. >> YOU'RE GOING TO WALK OUT OF HERE FOREVER CHANGED TODAY. THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE A 169 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:07,392 FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR OR SENIOR AT JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP, YOUR COLLEGE TUITION, YOUR ROOM AND BOARD, YOUR BOOKS ARE PAID 170 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:25,310 FOR. YOU WILL GO TO COLLEGE FOR FREE! >> FREE. KADENCE CHARITY CALLED HOPE 171 00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:28,980 CHICAGO WILL PAY IN-STATE TUITION AND EXPENSES, AN ACTION OF KINDNESS SO GREAT IT HAD TO BE SQUEEZED TO FIT WITHIN 172 00:22:29,047 --> 00:22:41,326 BELIEF. THAT SAME WEEK, KADENCE MADE THE SAME ANNOUNCEMENT AT FOUR ADDITIONAL CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOLS. 173 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:47,933 >> LOOK, WE ARE OPERATING IN A CITY HERE IN CHICAGO WHERE THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS 174 00:22:47,999 --> 00:22:53,071 GUNSHOT WOUNDS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT ANYMORE. IT'S NOW OR NEVER. >> HOW MANY TUITIONS IN CHICAGO 175 00:22:53,138 --> 00:22:59,945 ALTOGETHER? >> WE WILL END UP FUNDING ABOUT 30,000 INDIVIDUALS TO GO TO COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL IN THE 176 00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:06,218 CITY OF CHICAGO. >> OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? >> OVER THE NEXT DECADE. THAT MAKES THIS THE LARGEST 177 00:23:06,284 --> 00:23:17,395 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. >> THEY DEEPLY APPRECIATED PETE KADENCE. 178 00:23:17,462 --> 00:23:29,574 HE TOLD US HE KNEW WHO HE NEEDED TO THANK. >> WELL, I DIDN'T GET PRAY ABOUT THE ASSEMBLY YET BECAUSE I'M 179 00:23:29,641 --> 00:23:33,278 TRYING TO PROCESS ALL OF THE FEELINGS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS SIMPLY AMAZING. 180 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:35,580 GOD WILL GET SPECIAL TIME FROM ME TONIGHT. >> IN THE ASSEMBLY, THERE WAS MORE. 181 00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:41,553 JUST WHEN A BETTER DAY COULDN'T BE ANY BETTER, JANICE JACKSON TOOK THE STAGE. THE FORMER CEO OF CHICAGO PUBLIC 182 00:23:41,620 --> 00:23:49,127 SCHOOLS IS THE NEW HEAD OF HOPE CHICAGO. >> PETE LEFT ONE IMPORTANT PART OUT. 183 00:23:49,194 --> 00:23:56,535 PARENTS, YOU ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, TOO. >> HOPE CHICAGO IS SENDING A PARENT OR GUARDIAN FROM EACH 184 00:23:56,601 --> 00:24:05,310 FAMILY TO COLLEGE. FOR A JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM'S MOTHER INCOMPREHENSION WAS BROKEN BY THE MEMORIES OF HER DREAMS 185 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:23,228 DEFERRED. >> WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A TOO CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH POVERTY AND LACK. 186 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:27,766 >> ONCE HOMELESS, YOLANDA WHITE, A SINGLE MOTHER, CLEARED A PATH FOR FIVE CHILDREN. TWO THROUGH COLLEGE ALREADY. 187 00:24:27,833 --> 00:24:32,604 >> I HAVE TAKEN ALL THE HITS. NOW THEY CAN GO AND UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE BEEN THE SHIELD. THEY CAN BE FREE TO DO WHAT THEY 188 00:24:32,671 --> 00:24:38,610 WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES. >> NOW, IT'S HER TURN. SHE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TECHNOLOGY CLASSES TO GROW HER 189 00:24:38,677 --> 00:24:47,285 BAKING BUSINESS. JOHNNY, YOUR MOM'S FEROCIOUS. >> SHE'S AMAZING. >> THE IDEA OF PARENTS AND 190 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:54,125 STUDENTS GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER, I THINK THAT CAN BE POWERFUL AND MOTIVATING IN WAYS WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT. 191 00:24:54,192 --> 00:25:03,869 >> JANICE JACKSON, THE FORMER HEAD OF CHICAGO SCHOOLS, TOLD US SHE DECIDED TO TAKE PETE KADENCE'S OFFER TO RUN HOPE 192 00:25:03,935 --> 00:25:08,707 CHICAGO LARGELY BECAUSE OF TUITION FOR PARENTS. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN FROM THE FACT THAT YOU ARE 193 00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:14,379 SENDING THE PARENTS TO COLLEGE? >> I EXPECT THEM TO GET BETTER JOBS. THEY WILL BE IN A POSITION TO 194 00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:20,652 TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. I WAS TALKING TO ONE PARENT WHO TOLD ME SHE HAD TWO JOBS. THAT IS A BARRIER. 195 00:25:20,719 --> 00:25:26,091 I THINK WHEN YOU STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY, YOU STRENGTHEN WHOLE COMMUNITIES. ULTIMATELY, WE WILL MAKE OUR 196 00:25:26,157 --> 00:25:35,400 COUNTRY STRONGER. >> YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO EDUCATE THIS YOUNG GENERATION. YOU ARE TRYING TO FIX THE SOUTH 197 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:40,538 SIDE OF CHICAGO. >> WE HAVE TO CATCH UP. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. I MAY BE BIASED, BUT I DO 198 00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:45,510 BELIEVE EDUCATION IS THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL WAY TO DISRUPT GENERATIONAL POVERTY. IT IS. 199 00:25:45,577 --> 00:25:49,414 FOR SOME OF OUR PARENTS, ONCE THEY HAVE CHILDREN, THEY PUT HOPES AND DREAMS ON HOLD. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET 200 00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:59,257 BACK IN THE GAME. >> OF COURSE, MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING. KADENCE TOLD US COUNSELORS 201 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:07,132 WORKING WITH HOPE CHICAGO WILL GUIDE PARENTS AND STUDENTS ALL THE WAY TO SUCCESS. >> THEY NEED LIFE SKILLS 202 00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:14,539 TRAINING, MENTORSHIP. THEY NEED FINANCIAL LITERACY. THEY NEED GUIDANCE COUNSELING AND CURRICULUM ADVICE. 203 00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:25,583 WHAT HOPE CHICAGO BRINGS WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES IS WE WRAP ALL THOSE SERVICES AROUND THOSE STUDENTS SO THEY'RE NOT JUST 204 00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:29,087 STRANDED WITH A BOATLOAD OF CASH. THEY HAVE PEOPLE AND TEAMS AROUND THEM TO ENGAGE THEM SO 205 00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:36,361 THEY CAN MAKE IT THROUGH COLLEGE. >> POVERTY IS INTER-GENERATIONAL. 206 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:39,297 >> HOPE CHICAGO IS PETE KADENCE'S SECOND TUITION CHARITY. IN 2020, HE FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS 207 00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:49,040 IN TOLEDO, HIS HOMETOWN. KADENCE HAS PLEDGED $15 MILLION TO HIS SCHOLARSHIPS. HIS HOPE CHICAGO PARTNER TED 208 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:52,677 KONIG KICKED IN $10 MILLION. CORPORATIONS ARE ALSO DONATING. >> WE'RE GOING TO COLLEGE FOR FREE. 209 00:26:52,744 --> 00:26:57,816 >> WE'RE GOING TO COLLEGE FOR FREE. >> HOPE CHICAGO WILL COST $1 BILLION, WHICH SOME CALL 210 00:26:57,882 --> 00:27:04,723 AMBITIOUS. >> WHEN THEY SAY AMBITIOUS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT IN A POSITIVE WAY. 211 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:10,428 THEY MEAN CRAZY. HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW, SCOTT. IF WE EDUCATE OUR FAMILIES, WE WILL RESOLVE A LOT OF THE 212 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:18,670 VIOLENCE ISSUES. WE WILL START TO PUT PHARMACIES AND OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROCERY STORES INTO THE COMMUNITIES. 213 00:27:18,737 --> 00:27:24,542 SO YEAH, WE MAY BE CRAZY, BUT THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT AS MUCH AS AN EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT. 214 00:27:24,609 --> 00:27:35,353 WE HAVE TO DO IT. >> SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED YOUNG LIVES LIKE YOURS WITH ALL THESE OBSTACLES ARE JUST 215 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:42,293 CASUALTIES IN AMERICA. >> RIGHT. >> I WONDER WHY YOU ARE SITTING HERE DOING SO WELL AND GOING TO 216 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:52,370 COLLEGE NEXT. >> BECAUSE I NEVER GAVE UP. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN PLAY BASKETBALL, EVERY 217 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:59,544 SHOT YOU SHOOT WILL NOT ALWAYS GO INTO THE NET. BUT I GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU TRY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO 218 00:27:59,611 --> 00:28:08,686 SHOOT THAT BALL, ONE TIME IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE NET. THAT'S HOW I LIVE MY LIFE ON TRYING THIS THING OVER AND OVER 219 00:28:08,753 --> 00:28:11,823 AGAIN. EVERY DAY WE WAKE UP, WE HAVE NEW MERCY AND NEW GRACE. >> YOU DRAINED A THREE DURING 220 00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:18,496 THE ASSEMBLY TODAY. >> I'M STILL PROCESSING THOSE FEELINGS. TODAY, I WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY 221 00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:31,476 FOR THE REST OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY. >> GRACE AND PROSPERITY, ONCE RAISED MONUMENTS ON THE SOUTH 222 00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:37,982 SIDE. NOW EVEN WITH SO MUCH FORSAKEN, PETE KADENCE SEES THROUGH THE NEGLECT TO THE VIBRANCE STILL 223 00:28:38,049 --> 00:28:45,356 INSIDE. >> I THINK MANY COMMUNITIES AROUND THIS COUNTRY CAN HAVE HOPE. 224 00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:50,795 WHY CAN'T THERE BE HOPE IN PEORIA AND INDIANAPOLIS AND CHARLOTTE? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OTHER 225 00:28:50,862 --> 00:28:56,201 PHILANTHROPISTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES TAKE UP THIS ENDEAVOR AND OWN IT. >> CALLING ALL BILLIONAIRES. 226 00:28:56,267 --> 00:29:01,172 >> BILLIONAIRES, CORPORATIONS. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ACTION. WE WANT OUR CORPORATIONS, OUR FOUNDATIONS TO JOIN US IN THIS 227 00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:03,608 ACTION. 228 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:29,234 >>> WITH EUROPE CONVULSED BY WAR, A CAMPY INTRACONTINENTAL SONG CONTEST MIGHT SEEM FRIVOLOUS. 229 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:32,370 IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL POINT. EUROVISION LAUNCHED IN 1956 IN PART A POST-WORLD WAR II EFFORT 230 00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:39,978 TO UNIFY EUROPE. A CROSS BETWEEN THE OLYMPICS AND "AMERICAN IDOL." TODAY IT IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST. 231 00:29:40,044 --> 00:29:44,816 IT CONSUMES THE CONTINENT FOR WEEKS EACH YEAR. THE SEMIFINALS AND FINALS DRAW AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 160 232 00:29:44,883 --> 00:30:03,201 MILLION FOR A CONTEST THAT MIGHT PIT A BULGARIAN CROONER AGAINST A DISCO ACT. EURO VISION 2022 TOOK PLACE IN 233 00:30:03,268 --> 00:30:06,571 TURIN ITALY LAST MAY. RIGHT BEFORE THAT, WE WENT TO ICELAND, A COUNTRY OF 350,000 SOULS WITH AN OUTSIZED PASSION 234 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:27,392 FOR EUROVISION, TO MEET THEIR CONTENDERS. FOR ALL THE SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS AND RAINBOWS IN 235 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:33,398 REYKJAVIK, THE ESSENCE OF ICELAND REVEALED ITSELF ONE SATURDAY IN MARCH INSIDE THIS FERTILIZER FACTORY CONVERTED 236 00:30:33,464 --> 00:30:36,000 INTO A CONCERT HALL. ♪ RAPPING THEIR WAY OUT OF A GIANT DISCO BALL. 237 00:30:36,067 --> 00:30:42,373 THE ODDS-ON FAVORITE TO WIN ICELAND'S ANNUAL SONG CONTEST. ♪ IT'S A NATIONAL PRELIMINARY. 238 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,610 A SORT OF PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT TO DETERMINE WHO WILL REPRESENT THE COUNTRY AT EUROVISION IN ITALY THIS YEAR. 239 00:30:45,677 --> 00:31:07,365 ♪ TELL ME THE NAME OF THE CONTEST. BACKSTAGE, THE EVENING'S HOSTS GRACIOUSLY APPROVED OF OUR 240 00:31:07,432 --> 00:31:10,802 PRONUNCIATION AND EXPLAINED EUROVISION'S APPEAL. >> WE HAVE DARKNESS HERE NINE MONTHS A YEAR. 241 00:31:10,868 --> 00:31:19,043 THIS IS KIND OF ANTIDEPRESSANT THAT TAKES US FROM DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT. ALL THE NATION -- WE DON'T AGREE 242 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:23,281 ON ANYTHING IN ICELAND IN GENERAL EXCEPT FOR WE LOVE SWIMMING POOLS AND WE LOVE EUROVISION. 243 00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:27,852 >> DANCING BY ITSELF IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, ICELAND USES EUROVISION AS A BRIDGE TO THE CONTINENT. 244 00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:34,425 LAND OF VOLCANOS AND BLUE LAGOONS, ONCE THE PROVINCE OF VIKINGS AND NOW PROUDLY PROGRESSIVE. 245 00:31:34,492 --> 00:31:46,404 ♪ RUNOLD IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE CONTEST. HE ACCOMPANIES THE WINNERS TO 246 00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:52,644 EUROVISION. >> WE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE IN ICELAND ON AN ISLAND ISOLATED. WE JUST LOVE TO MEET THE WORLD 247 00:31:52,710 --> 00:31:56,614 AND CONNECT AND UNITE WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> THIS HELPS YOU FEEL MORE A PART OF EUROPE? 248 00:31:56,681 --> 00:32:06,491 >> DEFINITELY. ♪ >> EUROVISION IS A TRAVELING CIRCUS WITH A BIG TENT. 249 00:32:06,557 --> 00:32:13,765 ONE YOU TRULY HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE. ♪ 40 COUNTRIES SEND 1 ACT. 250 00:32:13,831 --> 00:32:22,473 OVER THE YEARS, THEY HAVE RUN THE GAMUT. TO PERFORM A THREE-MINUTE SONG FOR A PANEL OF JUDGES AND 251 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:27,979 MILLIONS OF TELEVOTERS. YOU CANNOT VOTE FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRY. THE WINNING COUNTRY GETS 252 00:32:28,046 --> 00:32:37,689 BRAGGING RIGHTS AND HOSTS EUROVISION THE FOLLOWING YEAR. ♪ ITALY WON LAST YEAR FOR THE 253 00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:47,632 THIRD TIME WITH A ROCK ACT. A NORDIC COUNTRY LAYS CLAIM TO EUROVISION'S MOST FAMOUS WINNER. ♪ 254 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:59,577 THAT WOULD BE ABBA IN 1974. THE SWEDES WITH SIX WINS WITH ARE THE CONTEST POWERHOUSE. NO COUNTRY ROCKS OUT TO 255 00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:09,287 EUROVISION HARDER THAN ICELAND. IT JOINED NATO IN 1949, BUT LOCALS JOKE THE COUNTRY REALLY ARRIVED ON THE INTERNATIONAL 256 00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:14,459 SCENE IN 1986, WHEN IT WAS FIRST ADMITTED TO EUROVISION. >> THE WHOLE NATION DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE BUT THE 257 00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:26,170 COMPETITION. ♪ WE HAD WATCHED IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ENJOYED IT. 258 00:33:26,237 --> 00:33:29,107 BUT NOW WE WERE IN THE COMPETITION. WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD WIN THE COMPETITION. 259 00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:41,152 WE WERE ABSOLUTELY SURE ABOUT THAT. >> ICELAND'S PRESIDENT GOODNEY OHANISON RECALLS THE LETDOWN. 260 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:44,288 HE WAS 17 THEN. NOW HE IS THE RARE WORLD LEADER WHO CLEARS HIS SCHEDULE AND OPENS THE DOORS OF HIS RESIDENCE 261 00:33:44,355 --> 00:33:55,333 TO TALK EUROVISION. >> I REMEMBER THAT AS IF IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. IT WAS LIKE, WHAT? 262 00:33:55,400 --> 00:34:01,472 ZERO POINTS FOR ICELAND. WE ENDED UP IN 16th PLACE. IT WAS A REALITY CHECK FOR US ICELANDERS. 263 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:10,615 >> HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS CONTEST MEANS TO THIS COUNTRY. >> WELL, WE'RE A SMALL NATION. ME, MY MOTHER AND SO ON. 264 00:34:10,681 --> 00:34:16,020 WE STILL LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH THE BIG GUYS AND THE BIG GIRLS. >> WHAT MAKES FOR A GOOD 265 00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:26,631 ICELANDIC ENTRY INTO THIS CONTINENT-WIDE CONTEST? >> I'M NO EXPERT BUT THE CATCHINESS IS THE KEY FACTOR. 266 00:34:26,697 --> 00:34:31,302 THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT GRABS YOU. ♪ >> AT THE FINAL ROUND, FIVE ACTS 267 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:38,676 BELTED OUT ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS. ONE CATCHIER THAN THE NEXT. ♪ 268 00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:44,449 >> WE CALL IT THE ICELANDIC SONG CONTEST. AND THE EURO VISION SONG CONTEST. 269 00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:50,188 BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE SONG. IT'S ABOUT THE ACT. ♪ LET'S GO ♪ 270 00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:57,028 IT'S ABOUT THE LIGHTNING AND THE GLIMMER AND THE SHOW OF IT. >> THE FEMINIST HIP HOP COLLECTIVE CERTAINLY GOT THAT 271 00:34:57,094 --> 00:35:08,573 MEMO. TELL ME THE NAME OF THE BAND. WHICH MEANS? >> DAUGHTERS OF -- 272 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:14,212 >> OH MY GOD. >> AFTER EVERYTHING LIKE THIS. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN EACH OTHER? 273 00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:18,749 >> NINE YEARS. >> WE HAVE BEEN A BAND FOR NINE YEARS. >> WE DECIDED THIS FALL, LET'S 274 00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:27,225 DO IT THIS YEAR. THAT MEANS, WE HAVE TO GO 190% IN. YOU KNOW? 275 00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:39,303 ♪ >> UNQUESTIONABLY THE MOST CHILL OF ICELAND'S HOPEFULS, THESE SISTERS. 276 00:35:39,370 --> 00:35:46,677 THEIR KID BROTHER ON DRUMS PERFORMING A COUNTRY SONG. UNPLUGGED, AS IT WERE. ♪ 277 00:35:46,744 --> 00:35:54,685 MUSIC RUNS IN THEIR BLOOD. THEIR MOTHER COMPETED HERE. >> SHE CAME SECOND. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED. 278 00:35:54,752 --> 00:36:00,925 LIKE, WHY? >> DISAPPOINTMENT IS A REPEATING BEAT IN ICELAND'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROVISION. 279 00:36:00,992 --> 00:36:07,431 >> WE NEVER WON THE THING. AS YOU KNOW. TWICE BEEN CLOSE. TWICE BEEN SECOND PLACE. 280 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:19,110 >> AN HISTORIAN BY TRADE, THE PRESIDENT IS A TROVE OF EUROVISION TRIVIA. >> I CAN EASILY RECALL WINNING 281 00:36:19,176 --> 00:36:29,320 ENTRIES IN '86, IN '76, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. >> IT WOULD BE AN ACT OF JOURNALISTIC MALPRACTICE IF I 282 00:36:29,387 --> 00:36:37,295 DIDN'T ASK YOU TO SING. >> I SING IN THE BATHTUB. I SING IN THE SHOWER. DO I SING LIVE IN "60 MINUTES"? 283 00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:45,536 >> HE SURE DOES. ♪ SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME ♪ ♪ SAVE ALL YOUR KISSES FOR ME ♪ >> SO ON AND SO FORTH. 284 00:36:45,603 --> 00:36:55,513 THAT'S ALL THE SINGING YOU ARE GOING TO GET FROM ME. ♪ >> THAT SONG WON FOR THE UK. 285 00:36:55,580 --> 00:37:08,392 WHILE THERE'S NO BIG CHECK OR RECORDING CONTRACT AT STAKE, THE WINNER GETS AN UNDENIABLE CAREER BOOST. 286 00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:16,233 CELINE DION OF QUEBEC WENT GLOBAL AFTER A WIN FOR SWITZERLAND IN THE '80s. THE RULES ALLOW FOR RINGERS 287 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:22,807 EXPLAINS DAVE GOODMAN OF EUROVISION. MOST ACTS SING FOR NATIVE COUNTRIES. 288 00:37:22,873 --> 00:37:28,746 >> JULIO INGLESIAS WON FOR SPAIN. >> TRUE. BUT HE DIDN'T ALWAYS CARE TO 289 00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:34,885 ADMIT IT. I GATHER HE WASN'T ALWAYS SO FORTHCOMING ABOUT HIS EURO VISION PAST. 290 00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:42,827 >> IN THE 1980s, HE WAS ON RECORD AS DENYING HE TOOK PART. THERE WAS A PERIOD WHEN IT WASN'T SEEN AS FASHIONABLE. 291 00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:47,865 TO SAY YOU HAD DONE THIS COMPETITION BECAUSE IT'S CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. >> IN SOME CORNERS, PEOPLE MIGHT 292 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:53,838 LOOK DOWN THEIR NOSE AT EUROVISION. >> THERE HAS BEEN CERTAINLY OVER YEARS THE IDEA THAT IT IS LOW 293 00:37:53,904 --> 00:37:59,977 CULTURE. THE EURO VISION SONG CULTURE. IT'S POPULAR. IT'S ENTERTAINMENT. 294 00:38:00,044 --> 00:38:08,019 WE HAVE HAD HAMSTER WHEELS ON STAGE. WE HAVE HAD PIANOS ON FIRE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT EUROVISION 295 00:38:08,085 --> 00:38:16,761 IS THAT YOU CAN COME WITH ANYTHING YOU LIKE. ♪ >> ICELAND PUSHED THE EUROVISION 296 00:38:16,827 --> 00:38:24,035 ENVELOPE THREE YEARS AGO WITH A GROUP SELF-DESCRIBED ANTI-CAPITALIST PERFORMANCE ARTISTS. 297 00:38:24,101 --> 00:38:28,372 AS ICELANDERS DO, THE WHOLE COUNTRY ADOPTED THE LOOK AND LEARNED THE LYRICS. >> WE WERE ALL GOING TO DIE, THE 298 00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:37,448 END. >> THIS DOOM MUSIC. >> YEAH. >> AFTER PERFORMING IN THE 299 00:38:37,515 --> 00:38:42,620 FINALS, HELD IN ISRAEL THAT YEAR, THEY SNUCK A PALESTINIAN BANNER UNDER THEIR CLOTHES AND RAISED IT ON CAMERA. 300 00:38:42,687 --> 00:38:52,830 I GATHER ICELAND WAS FINED FOR THAT. >> YEAH. IT WAS 500,000 ICELANDIC KRONOS. 301 00:38:52,897 --> 00:38:55,399 THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID IT, THE GUYS. BUT WE DID. >> YOU PAID THEIR FINE? 302 00:38:55,466 --> 00:39:02,406 >> YEAH, YEAH. WE DIDN'T CHARGE THEM FOR IT. >> WE ARE VERY PROTECTIVE. ABOUT THE FACT THIS ISN'T A 303 00:39:02,473 --> 00:39:08,412 POLITICAL PROGRAM. NOT A POLITICAL COMPETITION. >> AND YET, THE UNION OF EUROPEAN BROADCASTERS THAT PUTS 304 00:39:08,479 --> 00:39:16,654 ON THE COMPETITION HAS BANNED RUSSIA THIS YEAR. UKRAINE MEANWHILE SELECTED ITS ACT JUST DAYS BEFORE THE 305 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:24,895 INVASION. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN ACT THIS YEAR? >> THEY ARE AN ORCHESTRA. 306 00:39:24,962 --> 00:39:31,702 THEIR SONG IS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR MOTHER. WE BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE DISPENSATION TO TRAVEL, TO COME 307 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:38,843 HERE. >> LEAVE UKRAINE? >> TO LEAVE UKRAINE. WE VERY MUHC HOPE WE WILL SEE 308 00:39:38,909 --> 00:39:51,822 THEM. >> BACK IN RICK REYKJAVIK, A GROUP OF FANS HAD UKRAINE ON THEIR MINDS AS THEY ARRIVED BY 309 00:39:51,889 --> 00:39:56,160 CHARTERED PARTY BOAT FOR THE FINAL. BACKSTAGE, IT WAS EASY TO FORGET THAT, ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A 310 00:39:56,227 --> 00:40:04,802 COMPETITION. TENSION EMERGED LATER IN THE EVENING. AS THE RESULTS WERE TABULATED. 311 00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:11,075 A MIX OF THE JUDGES' TALLIES AND FANS VOTING BY PHONE. ICELAND'S FIELD WAS WINNOWED TO TWO ACTS. 312 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:21,652 THE DAUGHTERS AND THE SISTERS. THEN -- UPSET! FEW IN THE VENUE WERE MORE 313 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:26,857 SHOCKED THAN THE SISTERS THEMSELVES. I FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING TO ATHLETES AFTER A BIG GAME. 314 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:34,064 >> WE FEEL LIKE IT. THE FIRST TIME WE COMPETED IN ANYTHING. >> WE SUCK AT SPORTS. 315 00:40:34,131 --> 00:40:37,868 >> IT'S NOT A TYPICAL EURO VISION SONG. >> IT'S LIKE AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW. 316 00:40:37,935 --> 00:40:52,216 >> OH, MY GOSH. >> AFTER HUGGING THEIR PARENTS AND, OF COURSE, THE HEAD OF STATE, THEY SET OFF ACROSS 317 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:56,487 EUROPE ON A TOUR OF PRE-PARTIES MAKING NEW FANS ON THE ROAD JUST AS THEY TRY TO MAKE EUROVISION HISTORY FOR THEIR COUNTRY. 318 00:40:56,554 --> 00:41:01,492 WHY HASN'T ICELAND WON THIS DAMN THING? >> IT'S ABOUT KEEP TRYING. ♪ 319 00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:09,066 A SONG LIKE ICELAND'S CAN DO WELL. BECAUSE IT CONNECTS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE SECRET 320 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:17,541 OF EUROVISION IS, CREATING A CONNECTION. ♪ >> THE SISTERS WILL PERFORM THE 321 00:41:17,608 --> 00:41:29,854 SONG IN ICELANDIC. ♪ TELL ME WHAT THE LYRICS MEAN. >> DARKNESS OF WINTER, THE SUN 322 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:34,692 RISES. MELT THE HEARTS. >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SOUNDS BETTER IN YOUR NATIVE TONGUE. 323 00:41:34,758 --> 00:41:42,633 >> I TOLD YOU. I TOLD YOU. ♪ >> SO FOR ALL THE FLAMING 324 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:51,742 PIANOS, ICELAND WILL TRY AND SNAP ITS EUROVISION LOSING STREAK WITH A HARMONY ABOUT THE SUN RISING AFTER PROLONGED 325 00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:56,881 DARKNESS. >> WE ARE JUST ESCAPING FROM THIS PANDEMIC. THERE'S A WAR GOING ON IN 326 00:41:56,947 --> 00:42:04,889 EUROPE. WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THAT? EUROVISION IS FUN. DOESN'T MATTER ONE THING IN THE 327 00:42:04,955 --> 00:42:07,458 LARGER SCHEME OF THINGS. IF YOU THINK LIKE THAT, IF YOU NEVER HAVE FUN, THEN WE ARE DOOMED. 328 00:42:07,524 --> 00:42:12,863 >> MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER MAYBE. >> EXACTLY. ♪ 329 00:42:12,930 --> 00:42:23,407 >> MAKE SONGS, NOT WAR. SOME THINGS NEVER GET LOST IN TRANSLATION. ICELAND MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO 330 00:42:23,474 --> 00:42:35,085 EUROVISION'S FINAL ROUND LAST SPRING. UKRAINE'S ORCHESTRA, SENTIMENTAL FAVORITES AS PREDICTED, TOOK 331 00:42:35,152 --> 00:42:41,792 HOME THIS YEAR'S TITLE. >>> MORE ON TONIGHT'S STORIES, INCLUDING WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE IN COLLEGE WITH A HOPE 332 00:42:41,859 --> 00:42:53,237 SCHOLARSHIP? >> I LOVE CAMPUS LIFE. >> >>> I'M SCOTT PELLEY.