>>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MAIN WATER SOURCE FOR THE SOUTHWEST BEGINS TO RUN DRY? THE COLORADO RIVER SERVES 40
MILLION PEOPLE THEIR DRINKING WATER, POWERS THEIR HOMES, AND IRRIGATES 90% OF THE NATION'S WINTER FARMED GREENS.
TO ALL THOSE DEMANDS, ADD THE STRESS OF A 22-YEAR DROUGHT, AND YOU HAVE THE MAKINGS OF A CRISIS.
>> THESE WHITE BATHTUB RINGS, IS THIS WHERE THE WATER USED TO BE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >>> IN NEED OF SOME HOPEFUL
NEWS? SO WERE THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> WE WENT TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO TO WITNESS AN ACT OF KINDNESS SO PROFOUND -- IT COULD LIFT THE DREAMS OF
THOUSANDS FOR GENERATIONS. >> I WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY FOR THE REST OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY.
>>> WHAT'S EUROVISION? ♪ IT RIVALS ANY MAJOR EUROPEAN SPORTING EVENT.
PITTING NATION AGAINST NATION WITH MOST OF THE CONTINENT TUNING IN ON THE FINAL NIGHT. WE WENT TO ICELAND AND TALKED TO
THE PRESIDENT. YES, THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT, ABOUT WHY WINNING EUROVISION THIS YEAR WOULD BE A DREAM FOR THIS ISLAND
DANCING IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. REALLY, HOW MUCH DID ANYONE KNOW ABOUT SWEDEN BEFORE ABBA WON EUROVISION IN 1974?
>>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI.
>> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES."
>>> THE DROUGHT STRICKEN COLORADO RIVER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. LAST SUMMER, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DECLARED THE FIRST EVER SHORTAGE ON THE RIVER. TRIGGERING CUTS TO WATER SUPPLIES IN THE SOUTHWEST.
SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. THE COLORADO IS THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE REGION.
IT WATERS SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S FASTEST GROWING CITIES, NOURISHES SOME OF OUR MOST FERTILE FIELDS, AND POWERS
$1.4 TRILLION IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THE RIVER RUNS MORE THAN 1,400 MILES FROM HEADWATERS ROCKIES TO
NORTHERN MEXICO WHERE IT ENDS IN A TRICKLE. SEVEN STATES AND 30 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES LIE IN THE
COLORADO RIVER BASIN. AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN OCTOBER, THE RIVER HAS BEEN RUNNING DRY DUE TO THE HISTORICALLY SEVERE
DROUGHT. THE MAJESTIC, MEANDERING COLORADO RIVER, THAT CUT THROUGH THESE RED CLIFFS, CARVING THE
GRAND CANYON, IS A WONDER OF NATURE AND HUMAN INGENUITY. THE GLEN CANYON DAM CREATED LAKE POWELL AND 300 MILES DOWN RIVER,
LAKE MEAD SITS BEHIND THE HOOVER DAM. THESE RESERVOIRS ARE BEING SUCKED DRY BY 40 MILLION STRAWS,
THAT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN BOOMING WESTERN STATE WHO IS DEPEND ON THE COLORADO TO QUENCH THEIR THIRST, POWER THAN HOMES,
WATER THEIR LAWNS AND SPLASH IN THE SUN. ITS WATERS IRRIGATE FARMS THAT PRODUCE 90% OF THE COUNTRY'S
WINTER GREENS. TO ALL THEE DEMANDS, ADD THE STRESS OF A 22-YEAR DROUGHT AS DRY AS ANY PERIOD IN 1,200
YEARS, AND YOU HAVE A RIVER IN CRISIS. THESE WHITE BATHTUB RINGS, IS THIS WHERE THE WATER USED TO BE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> BRAD UDALL, A CLIMATE SCIENTIST AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, WENT OUT ON LAKE
POWELL WITH US. ALL OF THIS WOULD ARE BEEN UNDERWATER? >> YEAH.
>> WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE COLORADO RIVER? >> WELL, IT'S A SIGNAL OF THE
LONG-TERM PROBLEM WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SINCE THE YEAR 2000, WHICH IS CLIMATE CHANGE IS REDUCING THE FLOWS OF THE
COLORADO SIGNIFICANTLY. >> LAKE POWELL AND LAKE MEAD, THE TWO BIGGEST RESERVOIRS IN THE COUNTRY, WERE NEARLY FULL IN
2000. TODAY, THEY ARE AT ABOUT 27% CAPACITY. >> THE LAKE IS 155 FEET BELOW
FEET BELOW FULL. IT'S DROPPED SOMETHING LIKE 50 FEET THIS YEAR. >> AND IT'S STILL DROPPING?
>> YES. THAT'S WHEN POWER GENERATION COMES INTO QUESTION. >> IT WILL DROP SO LOW IT MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO -- >> IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GENERATE POWER. >> HYDROELECTRIC POWER?
>> YEAH. >> BRAD UDALL HAS STRONG CONNECTIONS TO THE RIVER. AS SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR,
HIS UNCLE STEWART UDALL OPENED THE GLEN CANYON DAM. HIS FATHER, CONGRESSMAN MO UDALL, FOUGHT TO CHANNEL RIVER
WATER TO ARIZONA. AS A YOUNG MAN, BRAD WAS A COLORADO RIVER GUIDE. TODAY, HE ANALYZES THE IMPACT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES. IS THE WEST ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE?
>> IN SOME WAYS YES. BUT WE HAVE FULLY UTILIZED THIS SYSTEM. WE HAVE OVER ALLOCATED IT.
WE NOW NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO TURN SOME OF THIS BACK. BECAUSE THE ONLY LEVER WE CONTROL RIGHT NOW IN THE RIVER
IS THE DEMAND LEVER. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE SUPPLY. WE HAVE TO DIAL BACK DEMAND.
>> 70% OF COLORADO RIVER WATER GOES TO AGRICULTURE. WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECLARED THE WATER SHORTAGE, IT
TRIGGERED MANDATORY CUTBACKS. PENAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, GOT HIT HARD. >> WE WILL LOSE 300,000 ACRE
FEET OF SURFACE WATER. THAT'S WATER THAT WOULD BE DELIVERED FROM LAKE POWELL, LAKE MEAD, AS PART OF THE COLORADO
RIVER. 300,000 ACRE FEET IS 98 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER. >> WALLIN WORTS FARMS 500 ACRES
HERE SOUTH OF PHOENIX. HIS FAMILY HAS TILLED SOIL HERE FOR FOUR GENERATIONS. IT IS SOME OF THE MOST
PRODUCTIVE LAND IN THE STATE. CROPS FROM PENAL COUNTY ARE SHIPPED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WORTS GROWS GOURDES, COTTON AND
AL FALEFA. PROFITABLE BUT THIRSTY CROPS. HIS ALLOTMENT OF COLORADO RIVER WATER IS BEING CUT BY 70%.
THIS IS COLORADO RIVER WATER? >> YEP. KIND OF THE LIFELINE OF OUR IRRIGATED AG HERE.
>> STRAIGHT FROM LAKE MEAD? >> THROUGH HUNDREDS OF MILES OF CANAL SYSTEM. IT MADE ITS WAY DOWN HERE TO
CENTRAL ARIZONA. >> WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR WATER IS SUPPLIED BY THIS CANAL? >> IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO 50% OF THE
WATER THAT WE HAVE USED TO FARM HERE. THIS NEXT YEAR, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO DROP DOWN TO ABOUT 20%
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
MEET, WORTS SOLD MORE THAN 300 ACRES TO A SOLAR FARM. HE DIPPED INTO RETIREMENT FUNDS TO REPAIR AND RESTART OLD WELLS.
HE LASER LEVELLED HIS FIELDS TO MAKE IRRIGATION MORE EFFICIENT. >> BUT IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DROUGHT?
>> NO, IT'S NOT. >> SO HE TOLD US, HE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE 150 ACRES UNCULTIVATED. >> WHAT YOU SEE GREEN IS GOING
TO DIE. I HOPE WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO PLANT IN THE FUTURE. MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL STAY
BROWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. >> ALL THE WATER USERS HAVE TO GIVE UP SOMETHING TO KEEP THAT WATER IN THE LAKE.
>> AMELIA FLOREZ IS CHAIRWOMAN OF THE COLORADO INDIAN TRIBES. THE OLDEST AND LARGEST WATER RIGHTS IN ARIZONA.
AFTER BEING MOVED TO RESERVATIONS, SOUTHWEST TRIBES GOT RIGHTS TO ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE RIVER'S FLOW.
GOVERNMENT RED TAPE AND LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM USING THEIR FULL ALLOTMENT.
FLORES TOLD US UNTIL THIS DROUGHT, TRIBES WERE NEVER INCLUDED IN WATER NEGOTIATIONS. WHY HAD YOU NOT HAD A SEAT
BEFORE THIS? >> BECAUSE THE TRIBES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OVERLOOKED IN THE POLICY MAKING AND IN THE LAW OF
THE RIVER. THAT DAY HAS COME TO AN END. >> WHEN WESTERN STATES FIRST DIVVIED UP THE COLORADO RIVER IN
19 2 AND LATER WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUILT THE HOOVER AND GLEN CANYON DAMS THE FUTURE SEEMED BOUNDLESS AND MANAGEABLE.
THROUGH NEGOTIATION AND COURT BATTLES, STATES WORKED OUT AGREEMENTS, THE LAW OF THE RIVER, TO SPLIT THE WATER
EQUALLY BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER BASIN STATES. THE LOWER STATES USED JUST ABOUT ALL THEIR ALLOTMENT.
IT HAS FED THEIR TREMENDOUS GROWTH. THE UPPER STATES HAVE NEVER USED THEIR FULL SHARE.
NOW THEY ARE BOOMING AND SAY THEY NEED THE WATER THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED. I CAN SEE BATHTUB RINGS AROUND
HERE, TOO. >> WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP EVERY DROP OF WATER INTO THIS RESERVOIR FOR NEXT YEAR'S
DRINKING WATER. >> ZACH MANAGES THE WATER SYSTEM FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST UTAH.
ST. GEORGE, THE COUNTY SEAT, IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING METRO AREAS IN THE U.S. ITS POPULATION GREW 29% THIS
PAST DECADE. THE STATE OF UTAH GETS ABOUT A QUARTER OF ITS WATER FROM THE COLORADO.
MOST OF WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS ONLY ONE SOURCE, THE VIRGIN RIVER, WHICH FILLS THIS RESERVOIR.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING STRICT CONSERVATION MEASURES. IF THE CITIES DON'T ADOPT THOSE
STANDARDS THEN WE'LL BE OUT OF WATER VERY QUICKLY. >> WHAT'S VERY QUICKLY? >> WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN
YEARS. >> IN THE MIDST OF THE DROUGHT, UTAH IS PROPOSING TO BUILD A $1 BILLION TO $2 BILLION PIPELINE,
ABLE TO BRING 27 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR FROM DWINDLING LAKE POWELL. UTAH SAYS IT IS ENTITLED TO THE
WATER BY LAW. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SIPHONING OFF WATER FROM A LAKE THAT'S ALREADY AT A CRITICALLY LOW
LEVEL TO HELP A CITY GROW IN THE DESERT. >> EVERY STATE ON THE COLORADO RIVER WAS ALLOTTED SO MUCH
WATER. A WATER BUDGET. WITH THEIR WATER BUDGET, THE STATE OF UTAH DECIDED THEY WANT
TO USE A PORTION OF ITS WATER HERE IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH. >> IT WAS A BUDGET SET WHEN WATER WAS PLENTIFUL.
IT ISN'T ANYMORE. WHAT IS UTAH HOPING FOR? >> UTAH WANTS THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER OTHER BASIN STATE HAS
DONE. WE WANT WATER FOR OUR FUTURE, FOR A HOTTER, DRIER SCENARIO THAT'S COMING UP.
>> BUILDING A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PIPELINE TO PUMP OUT MORE WATER FROM AN ALREADY RAPIDLY DECLINING RESERVOIR SIMPLY
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN THE 21st CENTURY. >> JB HAMBY IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD THAT RUNS CALIFORNIA'S
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT. ONE OF THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE SINGLE LARGEST ALLOCATION OF
WATER ON THE ENTIRE RIVER. >> THERE'S A LOT OF URBAN GROWTH AND SPRAWL OCCURRING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COLORADO RIVER
BASIN THAT'S REALLY NOT NECESSARILY SUSTAINABLE. >> HAMBY SAYS CALIFORNIA'S IMPERIAL VALLEY FARMS HAVE CUT
WATER USAGE ALMOST 16% SINCE 2003. BUT POINTS OUT, AS THE POPULATION OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH,
GROWS, SO DOES ITS WATER USE. >> WE NEED TO THINK AND RETHINK ABOUT HOW WE GROW AND IF WE GROW AND WHERE WE GROW.
>> ST. GEORGE WOULD SAY THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE. THEY'RE ASKING FOR WHAT THEY NEED.
>> 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.
THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON. IN FACT, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
>> A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THE LAW OF THE RIVER ITSELF. A HODGEPODGE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS PIECED TOGETHER OVER
THE COURSE OF A CENTURY. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER ALL THE LITIGATION AND NEGOTIATIONS, THE LAW ENDS UP ALLOCATING MORE
WATER THAN ACTUALLY FLOWS DOWN THE COLORADO. AND THIS. IN TIMES OF SHORTAGE, CHANNELS
THAT PROVIDE MORE THAN A THIRD OF ARIZONA'S WATER MUST RUN DRY BEFORE CALIFORNIA IS REQUIRED TO CUT BACK.
WAIT A MINUTE. ARIZONA IS BEING CALLED ON TO CUT ITS WATER INTAKE BEFORE CALIFORNIA HAS TO GIVE UP EVEN
ONE DROP. >> PRETTY AMAZING. IT CAN'T WORK IN TODAY'S WORLD. IN SOME WAYS, IT'S A MICROCOSM
OF THE WHOLE HOG THE RIVER WITH THE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT JUST DON'T WORK. THEY CAN'T WORK.
THAT'S WHY A RETHINK IS NEEDED. >> ONE EXAMPLE OF RETHINKING, THE COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES AGREED TO LEAVE FIELDS
UNCULTIVATED, LEAVING 48 BILLION GALLONS, ALMOST 3 FEET OF WATER, IN LAKE MEAD. THE STATE OF ARIZONA AGREED TO
PAY THEM FOR THEIR LOSSES. >> MY PEOPLE WANT TO HELP DURING THIS DROUGHT. WE WANT TO SAVE THE RIVER
BECAUSE FOR CENTURIES, THE RIVER HAS ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF US. NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE RIVER.
>> THAT'S WHAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE ALL ABOUT. RIGHT? IT MAY BE THERE ARE WAYS TO
CONSERVE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE SAME GOODS AND SERVICES FOR LESS WATER. LET'S LET AG GROW CROPS THAT USE
LESS WATER. LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE CITIES USE WATER AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE NEED SOME OPTIMISM HERE, RIGHT? >> BUT AS WE SAW AT THIS MEETING OF PENAL COUNTY FARMERS,
OPTIMISM IS IN SHORT SUPPLY. >> THE FARMER WHO IS PREPARED, WORKED THE LAND, FARMED THE LAND IS GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE
STICK. >> FARMERS HERE AND ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FEED THE COUNTRY. IT TAKES MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF
THE COLORADO RIVER TO PRODUCE THE BOUNTY. WITH LAKE LEVELS DROPPING, FARMERS LIKE WALLIN FEAR THEIR
FERTILE FIELDS COULD BECOME DESERT AGAIN. >> YOU WILL SEE A CHANGE OF WHAT NEXT YEAR HAS TO BRING.
FOR MY PARTICULAR FAMILY FARM, WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO KEEP IT GOING. I HAVE A FEELING IT'S A MATTER
OF TIME BEFORE NONE OF THIS EXISTS. OF TIME. >> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
CALLING FOR DRASTIC ACTION TO KEEP THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM AFLOAT, URGING THE BASIN STATES TO CONSERVE AS MUCH AS 4 MILLION
ACRE FEET OF WATER IN THE NEXT YEAR. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S NEARLY THE AMOUNT
CALIFORNIA RECEIVES FROM THE RIVER IN A YEAR.
>>> YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE THE AMBITION OF AN INNER-CITY HIGH SCHOOL THAT CALLS ITSELF JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP.
ESPECIALLY WHEN A THIRD OF THE STUDENTS HAVE NO PERMANENT HOME AND MANY DODGE VIOLENCE JUST TO GET TO CLASS.
BUT THE STUDENTS IN THIS CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BELIEVE IN THEIR NAME. THEY HAVE DONE THE WORK, AND
THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE. TROUBLE IS, FEW HAVE THE MONEY TO GO.
JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE A MIRACLE. AND THIS PAST WINTER, WE WERE THERE WHEN THE MIRACLE CALLED
HOPE CHICAGO ARRIVED. >> WHEN WOULD YOU HAVE A SLOPE OF ZERO? >> JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP ON
CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE EMBRACES NEARLY 500 STUDENTS. >> EVERY STUDENT THAT WALKS IN OUR DOOR DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ENGAGED BY STAFF MEMBERS WHO LOVE THEM FOR NO OTHER REASON EXCEPT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS.
>> PRINCIPAL JONAS CLEAVES KNOWS THE NAMES AND THE DREAMS IN THE HALLS OF JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP. COLLEGE IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. WE WANT KIDS TO HAVE A SHOT.
>> BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, A SHOT IS HOBBLED BY STUMBLING BLOCKS. AND TALL BARRIERS ON A NARROW PATH TO THE DREAM.
ONE-THIRD OF HOUSEHOLDS HERE BRING IN LESS THAN $25,000 A YEAR. >> RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST 40% OF
OUR SENIOR CLASS HAVE IDENTIFIED EITHER THEMSELVES OR VERY CLOSE RELATIVES BEING IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
IMAGINE THE TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. >> YOU MUST WORRY ABOUT THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT UNDER THIS
ROOF. >> IT'S A STRUGGLE. WE GO ON THANKSGIVING BREAK OR ANY HOLIDAY BREAK, WE GET THOSE
CALLS WHEN THERE'S A STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN SHOT OR ASSAULTED. WE RECEIVE THOSE CALLS FROM PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO NEED
SUPPORT FINANCIALLY WITH A MAJOR BILL. >> FOR A LOT OF YOUR STUDENTS, SCHOOL IS THE SAFEST, BEST PART
OF THE DAY. >> IT'S A SANCTUARY. >> AND AN INSPIRATION. JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM JOINED MARINE
CORPS JUNIOR ROTC TO ADD AMMO TO HIS MANY APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL AID. >> BECAUSE I AM IN 1,000
PROGRAMS ALL AT ONCE, INCLUDING ROTC, DEBATE, HONORS AND AP CLASSES. I HAVE TAKEN COLLEGE COURSES.
I'M TRYING TO DO THE MOST THAT I CAN TO MAKE COLLEGE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. >> FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING OVER US THIS MORNING, WAKING US UP. >> KIVARIAN NEWSOME'S HOPES LEAN ON FAITH.
>> AMEN. >> HE TOLD US THAT'S HOW HE ENDURED BEING RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS DRUG
ADDICTED AT THE TIME. >> I HAVE SO MUCH FAITH IN GOD, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, ANYTHING I PUT IN
GOD'S HANDS, NEVER FAILS. I KNOW HE WILL COME THROUGH. I KNOW IT FOR A FACT. >> WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE
DOING CONSTRUCTION, WORKING IN WAREHOUSES, WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT, GETTING OFF AT 6:00 A.M. AND COMING TO SCHOOL.
>> YOU GOT TO ADMIRE THE DEDICATION AND THE CHARACTER. >> WHAT COULD THAT KID DO IF GIVEN THE CHANCE?
>> WE TOLD THE STUDENTS WE WERE WRITING A STORY ABOUT COLLEGE AMBITION, WHICH WASN'T THE WHOLE TRUTH.
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
LUCKY IN LIFE. I'M A GUY WHO WON A LOT OF LOTTERIES, THE BIRTH LOTTERY, THE ZIP LOTTERY, THE EDUCATION
LOTTERY. WHEN I THINK ABOUT HAVING WON ALL THOSE LOTTERIES AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING, IT'S
MY CHANCE TO GIVE THEM THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S WHO I AM. >> HE IS PETE KADENCE, A CHICAGO
MILLIONAIRE WHO RETIRED AT 40 AFTER STARTING FIVE COMPANIES, INCLUDING ONE OF THE LARGEST GROWERS OF CANNABIS.
SENSE OF GUILT? >> YES. 100%. I FEEL HORRIBLY GUILTY I CREATED
THIS AMOUNT OF WEALTH AND THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. >> SUFFERING, IN HIS VIEW, BECAUSE THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN
HISTORY HAS NOT FOUND A WAY TO EDUCATE ALL ITS CHILDREN. >> I USED TO THINK COLLEGE AND GOING TO COLLEGE WAS THE GREAT
EQUALIZER. IN TRUTH, WHAT WE HAVE COME TO FIND OUT, COLLEGE IS THE GREAT STRATIFIER IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT FURTHERS THE GAP BETWEEN THE HAVE AND HAVE NOTS. MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT. THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW EXPENSIVE
FOR A MINORITY STUDENT IN A DISINVESTED COMMUNITY. YOU DON'T GET FINANCIAL AID. IF THEY DO, THEY COME OUT WITH
DEBT. THEY CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE WHITE SUBURBAN CONTEMPORARY, EVEN AFTER COLLEGE.
I THINK THAT FUNDAMENTALLY, THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING IN THIS COUNTRY THAT COLLEGE IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.
THE FACT IS, NO, IT IS NOT. >> BUT IT WAS ABOUT TO BE ACCESSIBLE AT JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP.
WHEN EVERYONE IS ASSEMBLED AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK ACROSS THAT ROOM AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SEE?
>> I'M GOING TO SEE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO DESERVE THIS MOMENT. YOU ASKED ME EARLIER ABOUT
STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE LOST. WE OFTEN TELL OUR FAMILIES IN THOSE MOMENTS TO HANG IN THERE, STAY IN THE FIGHT, DON'T GIVE
UP, A BETTER DAY IS COMING. THIS IS THEIR BETTER DAY. >> JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM WAS THERE. BESIDE KIVARIAN NEWSOM.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ASSEMBLY WAS ABOUT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP.
>> BUT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET. >> YOU'RE GOING TO WALK OUT OF HERE FOREVER CHANGED TODAY. THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE A
FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR OR SENIOR AT JOHNSON COLLEGE PREP, YOUR COLLEGE TUITION, YOUR ROOM AND BOARD, YOUR BOOKS ARE PAID
FOR. YOU WILL GO TO COLLEGE FOR FREE! >> FREE. KADENCE CHARITY CALLED HOPE
CHICAGO WILL PAY IN-STATE TUITION AND EXPENSES, AN ACTION OF KINDNESS SO GREAT IT HAD TO BE SQUEEZED TO FIT WITHIN
BELIEF. THAT SAME WEEK, KADENCE MADE THE SAME ANNOUNCEMENT AT FOUR ADDITIONAL CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOLS.
>> 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
GUNSHOT WOUNDS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT ANYMORE. IT'S NOW OR NEVER. >> HOW MANY TUITIONS IN CHICAGO
ALTOGETHER? >> WE WILL END UP FUNDING ABOUT 30,000 INDIVIDUALS TO GO TO COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL IN THE
CITY OF CHICAGO. >> OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? >> OVER THE NEXT DECADE. THAT MAKES THIS THE LARGEST
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. >> THEY DEEPLY APPRECIATED PETE KADENCE.
HE TOLD US HE KNEW WHO HE NEEDED TO THANK. >> WELL, I DIDN'T GET PRAY ABOUT THE ASSEMBLY YET BECAUSE I'M
TRYING TO PROCESS ALL OF THE FEELINGS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS SIMPLY AMAZING.
GOD WILL GET SPECIAL TIME FROM ME TONIGHT. >> IN THE ASSEMBLY, THERE WAS MORE.
JUST WHEN A BETTER DAY COULDN'T BE ANY BETTER, JANICE JACKSON TOOK THE STAGE. THE FORMER CEO OF CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IS THE NEW HEAD OF HOPE CHICAGO. >> PETE LEFT ONE IMPORTANT PART OUT.
PARENTS, YOU ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, TOO. >> HOPE CHICAGO IS SENDING A PARENT OR GUARDIAN FROM EACH
FAMILY TO COLLEGE. FOR A JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM'S MOTHER INCOMPREHENSION WAS BROKEN BY THE MEMORIES OF HER DREAMS
DEFERRED. >> WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A TOO CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH POVERTY AND LACK.
>> ONCE HOMELESS, YOLANDA WHITE, A SINGLE MOTHER, CLEARED A PATH FOR FIVE CHILDREN. TWO THROUGH COLLEGE ALREADY.
>> 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
WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES. >> NOW, IT'S HER TURN. SHE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TECHNOLOGY CLASSES TO GROW HER
BAKING BUSINESS. JOHNNY, YOUR MOM'S FEROCIOUS. >> SHE'S AMAZING. >> THE IDEA OF PARENTS AND
STUDENTS GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER, I THINK THAT CAN BE POWERFUL AND MOTIVATING IN WAYS WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.
>> JANICE JACKSON, THE FORMER HEAD OF CHICAGO SCHOOLS, TOLD US SHE DECIDED TO TAKE PETE KADENCE'S OFFER TO RUN HOPE
CHICAGO LARGELY BECAUSE OF TUITION FOR PARENTS. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN FROM THE FACT THAT YOU ARE
SENDING THE PARENTS TO COLLEGE? >> I EXPECT THEM TO GET BETTER JOBS. THEY WILL BE IN A POSITION TO
TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. I WAS TALKING TO ONE PARENT WHO TOLD ME SHE HAD TWO JOBS. THAT IS A BARRIER.
I THINK WHEN YOU STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY, YOU STRENGTHEN WHOLE COMMUNITIES. ULTIMATELY, WE WILL MAKE OUR
COUNTRY STRONGER. >> YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO EDUCATE THIS YOUNG GENERATION. YOU ARE TRYING TO FIX THE SOUTH
SIDE OF CHICAGO. >> WE HAVE TO CATCH UP. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. I MAY BE BIASED, BUT I DO
BELIEVE EDUCATION IS THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL WAY TO DISRUPT GENERATIONAL POVERTY. IT IS.
FOR SOME OF OUR PARENTS, ONCE THEY HAVE CHILDREN, THEY PUT HOPES AND DREAMS ON HOLD. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
BACK IN THE GAME. >> OF COURSE, MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING. KADENCE TOLD US COUNSELORS
WORKING WITH HOPE CHICAGO WILL GUIDE PARENTS AND STUDENTS ALL THE WAY TO SUCCESS. >> THEY NEED LIFE SKILLS
TRAINING, MENTORSHIP. THEY NEED FINANCIAL LITERACY. THEY NEED GUIDANCE COUNSELING AND CURRICULUM ADVICE.
WHAT HOPE CHICAGO BRINGS WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES IS WE WRAP ALL THOSE SERVICES AROUND THOSE STUDENTS SO THEY'RE NOT JUST
STRANDED WITH A BOATLOAD OF CASH. THEY HAVE PEOPLE AND TEAMS AROUND THEM TO ENGAGE THEM SO
THEY CAN MAKE IT THROUGH COLLEGE. >> POVERTY IS INTER-GENERATIONAL.
>> HOPE CHICAGO IS PETE KADENCE'S SECOND TUITION CHARITY. IN 2020, HE FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS
IN TOLEDO, HIS HOMETOWN. KADENCE HAS PLEDGED $15 MILLION TO HIS SCHOLARSHIPS. HIS HOPE CHICAGO PARTNER TED
KONIG KICKED IN $10 MILLION. CORPORATIONS ARE ALSO DONATING. >> WE'RE GOING TO COLLEGE FOR FREE.
>> HOPE CHICAGO WILL COST $1 BILLION, WHICH SOME CALL
AMBITIOUS. >> WHEN THEY SAY AMBITIOUS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT IN A POSITIVE WAY.
THEY MEAN CRAZY. HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW, SCOTT. IF WE EDUCATE OUR FAMILIES, WE WILL RESOLVE A LOT OF THE
VIOLENCE ISSUES. WE WILL START TO PUT PHARMACIES AND OFFICE BUILDINGS AND GROCERY STORES INTO THE COMMUNITIES.
SO YEAH, WE MAY BE CRAZY, BUT THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT AS MUCH AS AN EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT.
WE HAVE TO DO IT. >> SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED YOUNG LIVES LIKE YOURS WITH ALL THESE OBSTACLES ARE JUST
CASUALTIES IN AMERICA. >> RIGHT. >> I WONDER WHY YOU ARE SITTING HERE DOING SO WELL AND GOING TO
COLLEGE NEXT. >> BECAUSE I NEVER GAVE UP. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN PLAY BASKETBALL, EVERY
SHOT YOU SHOOT WILL NOT ALWAYS GO INTO THE NET. BUT I GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU TRY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO
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
AGAIN. EVERY DAY WE WAKE UP, WE HAVE NEW MERCY AND NEW GRACE. >> YOU DRAINED A THREE DURING
THE ASSEMBLY TODAY. >> I'M STILL PROCESSING THOSE FEELINGS. TODAY, I WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY
FOR THE REST OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY. >> GRACE AND PROSPERITY, ONCE RAISED MONUMENTS ON THE SOUTH
SIDE. NOW EVEN WITH SO MUCH FORSAKEN, PETE KADENCE SEES THROUGH THE NEGLECT TO THE VIBRANCE STILL
INSIDE. >> I THINK MANY COMMUNITIES AROUND THIS COUNTRY CAN HAVE HOPE.
WHY CAN'T THERE BE HOPE IN PEORIA AND INDIANAPOLIS AND CHARLOTTE? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OTHER
PHILANTHROPISTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES TAKE UP THIS ENDEAVOR AND OWN IT. >> CALLING ALL BILLIONAIRES.
>> BILLIONAIRES, CORPORATIONS. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ACTION. WE WANT OUR CORPORATIONS, OUR FOUNDATIONS TO JOIN US IN THIS
ACTION.
>>> WITH EUROPE CONVULSED BY WAR, A CAMPY INTRACONTINENTAL SONG CONTEST MIGHT SEEM FRIVOLOUS.
IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL POINT. EUROVISION LAUNCHED IN 1956 IN PART A POST-WORLD WAR II EFFORT
TO UNIFY EUROPE. A CROSS BETWEEN THE OLYMPICS AND "AMERICAN IDOL." TODAY IT IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST.
IT CONSUMES THE CONTINENT FOR WEEKS EACH YEAR. THE SEMIFINALS AND FINALS DRAW AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 160
MILLION FOR A CONTEST THAT MIGHT PIT A BULGARIAN CROONER AGAINST A DISCO ACT. EURO VISION 2022 TOOK PLACE IN
TURIN ITALY LAST MAY. RIGHT BEFORE THAT, WE WENT TO ICELAND, A COUNTRY OF 350,000 SOULS WITH AN OUTSIZED PASSION
FOR EUROVISION, TO MEET THEIR CONTENDERS. FOR ALL THE SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS AND RAINBOWS IN
REYKJAVIK, THE ESSENCE OF ICELAND REVEALED ITSELF ONE SATURDAY IN MARCH INSIDE THIS FERTILIZER FACTORY CONVERTED
INTO A CONCERT HALL. ♪ RAPPING THEIR WAY OUT OF A GIANT DISCO BALL.
THE ODDS-ON FAVORITE TO WIN ICELAND'S ANNUAL SONG CONTEST. ♪ IT'S A NATIONAL PRELIMINARY.
A SORT OF PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT TO DETERMINE WHO WILL REPRESENT THE COUNTRY AT EUROVISION IN ITALY THIS YEAR.
♪ TELL ME THE NAME OF THE CONTEST. BACKSTAGE, THE EVENING'S HOSTS GRACIOUSLY APPROVED OF OUR
PRONUNCIATION AND EXPLAINED EUROVISION'S APPEAL. >> WE HAVE DARKNESS HERE NINE MONTHS A YEAR.
THIS IS KIND OF ANTIDEPRESSANT THAT TAKES US FROM DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT. ALL THE NATION -- WE DON'T AGREE
ON ANYTHING IN ICELAND IN GENERAL EXCEPT FOR WE LOVE SWIMMING POOLS AND WE LOVE EUROVISION.
>> DANCING BY ITSELF IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, ICELAND USES EUROVISION AS A BRIDGE TO THE CONTINENT.
LAND OF VOLCANOS AND BLUE LAGOONS, ONCE THE PROVINCE OF VIKINGS AND NOW PROUDLY PROGRESSIVE.
♪ RUNOLD IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE CONTEST. HE ACCOMPANIES THE WINNERS TO
EUROVISION. >> WE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE IN ICELAND ON AN ISLAND ISOLATED. WE JUST LOVE TO MEET THE WORLD
AND CONNECT AND UNITE WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> THIS HELPS YOU FEEL MORE A PART OF EUROPE?
>> DEFINITELY. ♪ >> EUROVISION IS A TRAVELING CIRCUS WITH A BIG TENT.
ONE YOU TRULY HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE. ♪ 40 COUNTRIES SEND 1 ACT.
OVER THE YEARS, THEY HAVE RUN THE GAMUT. TO PERFORM A THREE-MINUTE SONG FOR A PANEL OF JUDGES AND
MILLIONS OF TELEVOTERS. YOU CANNOT VOTE FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRY. THE WINNING COUNTRY GETS
BRAGGING RIGHTS AND HOSTS EUROVISION THE FOLLOWING YEAR. ♪ ITALY WON LAST YEAR FOR THE
THIRD TIME WITH A ROCK ACT. A NORDIC COUNTRY LAYS CLAIM TO EUROVISION'S MOST FAMOUS WINNER. ♪
THAT WOULD BE ABBA IN 1974. THE SWEDES WITH SIX WINS WITH ARE THE CONTEST POWERHOUSE. NO COUNTRY ROCKS OUT TO
EUROVISION HARDER THAN ICELAND. IT JOINED NATO IN 1949, BUT LOCALS JOKE THE COUNTRY REALLY ARRIVED ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SCENE IN 1986, WHEN IT WAS FIRST ADMITTED TO EUROVISION. >> THE WHOLE NATION DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE BUT THE
COMPETITION. ♪ WE HAD WATCHED IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ENJOYED IT.
BUT NOW WE WERE IN THE COMPETITION. WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD WIN THE COMPETITION.
WE WERE ABSOLUTELY SURE ABOUT THAT. >> ICELAND'S PRESIDENT GOODNEY OHANISON RECALLS THE LETDOWN.
HE WAS 17 THEN. NOW HE IS THE RARE WORLD LEADER WHO CLEARS HIS SCHEDULE AND OPENS THE DOORS OF HIS RESIDENCE
TO TALK EUROVISION. >> I REMEMBER THAT AS IF IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. IT WAS LIKE, WHAT?
ZERO POINTS FOR ICELAND. WE ENDED UP IN 16th PLACE. IT WAS A REALITY CHECK FOR US ICELANDERS.
>> HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS CONTEST MEANS TO THIS COUNTRY. >> WELL, WE'RE A SMALL NATION. ME, MY MOTHER AND SO ON.
WE STILL LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH THE BIG GUYS AND THE BIG GIRLS. >> WHAT MAKES FOR A GOOD
ICELANDIC ENTRY INTO THIS CONTINENT-WIDE CONTEST? >> I'M NO EXPERT BUT THE CATCHINESS IS THE KEY FACTOR.
THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT GRABS YOU. ♪ >> AT THE FINAL ROUND, FIVE ACTS
BELTED OUT ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS. ONE CATCHIER THAN THE NEXT. ♪
>> WE CALL IT THE ICELANDIC SONG CONTEST. AND THE EURO VISION SONG CONTEST.
BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE SONG. IT'S ABOUT THE ACT. ♪ LET'S GO ♪
IT'S ABOUT THE LIGHTNING AND THE GLIMMER AND THE SHOW OF IT. >> THE FEMINIST HIP HOP COLLECTIVE CERTAINLY GOT THAT
MEMO. TELL ME THE NAME OF THE BAND. WHICH MEANS? >> DAUGHTERS OF --
>> OH MY GOD. >> AFTER EVERYTHING LIKE THIS. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN EACH OTHER?
>> NINE YEARS. >> WE HAVE BEEN A BAND FOR NINE YEARS. >> WE DECIDED THIS FALL, LET'S
DO IT THIS YEAR. THAT MEANS, WE HAVE TO GO 190% IN. YOU KNOW?
♪ >> UNQUESTIONABLY THE MOST CHILL OF ICELAND'S HOPEFULS, THESE SISTERS.
THEIR KID BROTHER ON DRUMS PERFORMING A COUNTRY SONG. UNPLUGGED, AS IT WERE. ♪
MUSIC RUNS IN THEIR BLOOD. THEIR MOTHER COMPETED HERE. >> SHE CAME SECOND. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED.
LIKE, WHY? >> DISAPPOINTMENT IS A REPEATING BEAT IN ICELAND'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROVISION.
>> WE NEVER WON THE THING. AS YOU KNOW. TWICE BEEN CLOSE. TWICE BEEN SECOND PLACE.
>> AN HISTORIAN BY TRADE, THE PRESIDENT IS A TROVE OF EUROVISION TRIVIA. >> I CAN EASILY RECALL WINNING
ENTRIES IN '86, IN '76, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. >> IT WOULD BE AN ACT OF JOURNALISTIC MALPRACTICE IF I
DIDN'T ASK YOU TO SING. >> I SING IN THE BATHTUB. I SING IN THE SHOWER. DO I SING LIVE IN "60 MINUTES"?
>> HE SURE DOES. ♪ SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME ♪ ♪ SAVE ALL YOUR KISSES FOR ME ♪ >> SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S ALL THE SINGING YOU ARE GOING TO GET FROM ME. ♪ >> THAT SONG WON FOR THE UK.
WHILE THERE'S NO BIG CHECK OR RECORDING CONTRACT AT STAKE, THE WINNER GETS AN UNDENIABLE CAREER BOOST.
CELINE DION OF QUEBEC WENT GLOBAL AFTER A WIN FOR SWITZERLAND IN THE '80s. THE RULES ALLOW FOR RINGERS
EXPLAINS DAVE GOODMAN OF EUROVISION. MOST ACTS SING FOR NATIVE COUNTRIES.
>> JULIO INGLESIAS WON FOR SPAIN. >> TRUE. BUT HE DIDN'T ALWAYS CARE TO
ADMIT IT. I GATHER HE WASN'T ALWAYS SO FORTHCOMING ABOUT HIS EURO VISION PAST.
>> IN THE 1980s, HE WAS ON RECORD AS DENYING HE TOOK PART. THERE WAS A PERIOD WHEN IT WASN'T SEEN AS FASHIONABLE.
TO SAY YOU HAD DONE THIS COMPETITION BECAUSE IT'S CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. >> IN SOME CORNERS, PEOPLE MIGHT
LOOK DOWN THEIR NOSE AT EUROVISION. >> THERE HAS BEEN CERTAINLY OVER YEARS THE IDEA THAT IT IS LOW
CULTURE. THE EURO VISION SONG CULTURE. IT'S POPULAR. IT'S ENTERTAINMENT.
WE HAVE HAD HAMSTER WHEELS ON STAGE. WE HAVE HAD PIANOS ON FIRE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT EUROVISION
IS THAT YOU CAN COME WITH ANYTHING YOU LIKE. ♪ >> ICELAND PUSHED THE EUROVISION
ENVELOPE THREE YEARS AGO WITH A GROUP SELF-DESCRIBED ANTI-CAPITALIST PERFORMANCE ARTISTS.
AS ICELANDERS DO, THE WHOLE COUNTRY ADOPTED THE LOOK AND LEARNED THE LYRICS. >> WE WERE ALL GOING TO DIE, THE
END. >> THIS DOOM MUSIC. >> YEAH. >> AFTER PERFORMING IN THE
FINALS, HELD IN ISRAEL THAT YEAR, THEY SNUCK A PALESTINIAN BANNER UNDER THEIR CLOTHES AND RAISED IT ON CAMERA.
I GATHER ICELAND WAS FINED FOR THAT. >> YEAH. IT WAS 500,000 ICELANDIC KRONOS.
THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID IT, THE GUYS. BUT WE DID. >> YOU PAID THEIR FINE?
>> YEAH, YEAH. WE DIDN'T CHARGE THEM FOR IT. >> WE ARE VERY PROTECTIVE. ABOUT THE FACT THIS ISN'T A
POLITICAL PROGRAM. NOT A POLITICAL COMPETITION. >> AND YET, THE UNION OF EUROPEAN BROADCASTERS THAT PUTS
ON THE COMPETITION HAS BANNED RUSSIA THIS YEAR. UKRAINE MEANWHILE SELECTED ITS ACT JUST DAYS BEFORE THE
INVASION. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN ACT THIS YEAR? >> THEY ARE AN ORCHESTRA.
THEIR SONG IS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR MOTHER. WE BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE DISPENSATION TO TRAVEL, TO COME
HERE. >> LEAVE UKRAINE? >> TO LEAVE UKRAINE. WE VERY MUHC HOPE WE WILL SEE
THEM. >> BACK IN RICK REYKJAVIK, A GROUP OF FANS HAD UKRAINE ON THEIR MINDS AS THEY ARRIVED BY
CHARTERED PARTY BOAT FOR THE FINAL. BACKSTAGE, IT WAS EASY TO FORGET THAT, ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A
COMPETITION. TENSION EMERGED LATER IN THE EVENING. AS THE RESULTS WERE TABULATED.
A MIX OF THE JUDGES' TALLIES AND FANS VOTING BY PHONE. ICELAND'S FIELD WAS WINNOWED TO TWO ACTS.
THE DAUGHTERS AND THE SISTERS. THEN -- UPSET! FEW IN THE VENUE WERE MORE
SHOCKED THAN THE SISTERS THEMSELVES. I FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING TO ATHLETES AFTER A BIG GAME.
>> WE FEEL LIKE IT. THE FIRST TIME WE COMPETED IN ANYTHING. >> WE SUCK AT SPORTS.
>> IT'S NOT A TYPICAL EURO VISION SONG. >> IT'S LIKE AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW.
>> OH, MY GOSH. >> AFTER HUGGING THEIR PARENTS AND, OF COURSE, THE HEAD OF STATE, THEY SET OFF ACROSS
EUROPE ON A TOUR OF PRE-PARTIES MAKING NEW FANS ON THE ROAD JUST AS THEY TRY TO MAKE EUROVISION HISTORY FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
WHY HASN'T ICELAND WON THIS DAMN THING? >> IT'S ABOUT KEEP TRYING. ♪
A SONG LIKE ICELAND'S CAN DO WELL. BECAUSE IT CONNECTS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE SECRET
OF EUROVISION IS, CREATING A CONNECTION. ♪ >> THE SISTERS WILL PERFORM THE
SONG IN ICELANDIC. ♪ TELL ME WHAT THE LYRICS MEAN. >> DARKNESS OF WINTER, THE SUN
RISES. MELT THE HEARTS. >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SOUNDS BETTER IN YOUR NATIVE TONGUE.
>> I TOLD YOU. I TOLD YOU. ♪ >> SO FOR ALL THE FLAMING
PIANOS, ICELAND WILL TRY AND SNAP ITS EUROVISION LOSING STREAK WITH A HARMONY ABOUT THE SUN RISING AFTER PROLONGED
DARKNESS. >> WE ARE JUST ESCAPING FROM THIS PANDEMIC. THERE'S A WAR GOING ON IN
EUROPE. WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THAT? EUROVISION IS FUN. DOESN'T MATTER ONE THING IN THE
LARGER SCHEME OF THINGS. IF YOU THINK LIKE THAT, IF YOU NEVER HAVE FUN, THEN WE ARE DOOMED.
>> MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER MAYBE. >> EXACTLY. ♪
>> MAKE SONGS, NOT WAR. SOME THINGS NEVER GET LOST IN TRANSLATION. ICELAND MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO
EUROVISION'S FINAL ROUND LAST SPRING. UKRAINE'S ORCHESTRA, SENTIMENTAL FAVORITES AS PREDICTED, TOOK
HOME THIS YEAR'S TITLE. >>> MORE ON TONIGHT'S STORIES, INCLUDING WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE IN COLLEGE WITH A HOPE
SCHOLARSHIP? >> I LOVE CAMPUS LIFE. >> >>> I'M SCOTT PELLEY.