1 00:00:10,281 --> 00:00:19,090 >>> WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S VERY SUSPECT. ITS NAME IS DOMINION >> HOW DID FALSE ALLEGATIONS 2 00:00:19,157 --> 00:00:24,195 ABOUT AN MINOR CAMERICAN COMPANE MACHINES IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAUSE SO MUCH HAVOC? 3 00:00:24,262 --> 00:00:28,800 >> CAN YOU FLIP VOTES IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM? CAN YOU ADD VOTES THAT DID NOT EXIST? 4 00:00:28,867 --> 00:00:37,175 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> TONIGHT THE CEO OF DOMINION SHOWS "60 MINUTES" HOW HIS VOTING MACHINES ACTUALLY WORK 5 00:00:37,242 --> 00:00:42,213 AND REVEALS THE THREAT HIS OWN FAMILY AND EMPLOYEES LIVE UNDER TO THIS DAY. >> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUT INTO 6 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:53,458 DANGER, ALL BECAUSE OF LIES. >>> THROUGH A VAST STRETCH OF OPEN AND FOR THE MOMENT EMPTY GRASSLAND ALLISON FOX IS TAKING 7 00:00:53,525 --> 00:01:04,602 US UP A MUDDY TWO-TRACK PATH IN SEARCH OF BUFFALO. FOX IS THE CEO OF AMERICAN PRAIRIE, WHICH HAS AS JUST ONE 8 00:01:04,669 --> 00:01:11,276 OF MANY AUDACIOUS GOALS THE RESTORATION OF BISON TO A LANDSCAPE THEY ONCE RULED. >> THERE THEY ARE. 9 00:01:11,342 --> 00:01:17,315 >> OH, THERE. >> LOOK AT THAT. THERE THEY ARE. >> OH, LOOK AT THE BABIES. 10 00:01:17,382 --> 00:01:24,722 >>> OVER THE YEARS I'VE KIND OF PERFECTED IT, MADE IT EASIER TO COOK. >> INA GARTEN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE 11 00:01:24,789 --> 00:01:29,627 BAREFOOT CONTESSA, IS A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR WITH IMPRESSIVE CULINARY CHOPS. SHE TOLD US SHE WANTS TO HELP 12 00:01:29,694 --> 00:01:36,801 PEOPLE RELAX IN THEIR KITCHENS WHILE FOLLOWING HER RECIPE FOR A GOOD LIFE. >> JULIA SOLD FRENCH FOOD, 13 00:01:36,868 --> 00:01:40,405 RIGHT? MARTHA SOLD PERFECTION. YOU'RE SLINGING FUN. >> WELL, I JUST THINK IF YOU'RE 14 00:01:40,472 --> 00:01:48,813 NOT HAVING FUN WHAT'S THE POINT? REALLY. >>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. 15 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,585 >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. 16 00:01:53,651 --> 00:01:56,054 THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES." 17 00:02:04,529 --> 00:02:09,901 >>> IT WAS JUST DAYS AFTER THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT LAWYERS SUPPORTING THEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BEGAN 18 00:02:09,968 --> 00:02:16,040 SPREADING UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS THAT AN AMERICAN COMPANY, DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS, HAD RIGGED THE ELECTION. 19 00:02:16,107 --> 00:02:23,114 THEY SAID DOMINION WAS BACKED BY VENEZUELA AND THAT ITS MACHINES AND SOFTWARE SWITCHED MILLIONS OF VOTES FROM DONALD TRUMP TO 20 00:02:23,181 --> 00:02:28,987 JOE BIDEN. THEY NEVER SHOWED ANY EVIDENCE, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP PRO-TRUMP ATTORNEYS FROM MAKING BASELESS 21 00:02:29,053 --> 00:02:34,459 CLAIMS OR CONSERVATIVE NEWS NETWORKS FROM GIVING THEM PLENTY OF AIR TIME. DOMINION HAS FILED EIGHT 22 00:02:34,526 --> 00:02:41,933 LAWSUITS SEEKING MORE THAN $10 BILLION IN DAMAGES AGAINST FOX NEWS AND OTHER NETWORKS, CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. 23 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:48,873 BUT DOMINION'S CEO, JOHN POULOS, HAS REMAINED LARGELY SILENT UNTIL NOW. HE WE SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT THE 24 00:02:48,940 --> 00:02:55,079 LAWSUITS, THE LIES, AND THE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE HE SAYS THEY'VE CAUSED TO HIS COMPANY AND HIS EMPLOYEES. 25 00:02:55,146 --> 00:02:58,683 >> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUT INTO DANGER. THEIR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN PUT INTO DANGER. 26 00:02:58,750 --> 00:03:07,091 THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN UPENDED. AND ALL BECAUSE OF LIES. IT WAS A VERY CLEAR CALCULATION THAT THEY KNEW THEY WERE LIES 27 00:03:07,158 --> 00:03:12,397 AND THEY WERE REPEATING THEM AND ENDORSING THEM. >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU PEOPLE ADMIT WHAT THEY SAID WAS WRONG. 28 00:03:12,463 --> 00:03:18,636 >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS. 29 00:03:18,703 --> 00:03:27,078 ANDERSON, MY KIDS STILL ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GETFULL ANY PACKAGE THE FRONT DOOR UNTIL WE VERIFY IT'S ACTUALLY FROM A TRUSTED 30 00:03:27,145 --> 00:03:29,847 SENDER. >> YOU'RE THAT CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEBODY SENDING SOMETHING TO YOUR HOUSE? 31 00:03:29,914 --> 00:03:34,986 >> IT'S NOT UNFOUNDED CONCERN. >> PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT? >> PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS. PEOPLE ARE WARNING THAT THEY 32 00:03:35,053 --> 00:03:41,125 WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS. >> Reporter: FOR JOHN POULOS AND HIS COMPANY THE TROUBLE BEGAN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION 33 00:03:41,192 --> 00:03:49,801 WHEN FOX BUSINESS HOST MARIA BARTIROMO BROUGHT UP DOMINION WITH ATTORNEY SIDNEY POWELL. ? 34 00:03:49,867 --> 00:03:52,370 SIDNEY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DOMINION SOFTWARE. I KNOW THERE WERE VOTING IRREGULARITIES. 35 00:03:52,437 --> 00:04:01,446 TELL ME ABOUT THAT. >> THAT'S TO PUT IT MILDLY. THE COMPUTER GLITCHES COULD NOT AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT 36 00:04:01,512 --> 00:04:07,352 ALL. THAT IS WHERE THE FRAUD TOOK PLACE, WHERE THEY WERE FLIPPING VOTES IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM OR 37 00:04:07,418 --> 00:04:14,158 ADDING VOTES THAT DID NOT EXIST. >> Reporter: SIDNEY POWELL WAS NEVER ABLE TO SHOW FRAUD, BUT SHE WAS REPEATEDLY INVITED BACK 38 00:04:14,225 --> 00:04:21,332 ON FOX NETWORKS, AS WAS THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL ATTORNEY, RUDY GIULIANI. WHO ALSO WOVE A FALSE NARRATIVE 39 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:27,038 ABOUT SMARTMATIC, AN ELECTION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY WHICH IS NOW SUING GIULIANI, FOX NEWS AND OTHERS. 40 00:04:27,105 --> 00:04:38,683 >> SMARTMATIC IS A COMPANY THAT WAS FORMED BY THREE VENEZUELANS WHO WERE VERY CLOSE TO -- VERY CLOSE TO THE DICTATOR CHAVEZ OF 41 00:04:38,750 --> 00:04:45,790 VENEZUELA. AND IT WAS FORMED IN ORDER TO FIX ELECTIONS. THAT'S THE COMPANY THAT OWNS 42 00:04:45,857 --> 00:04:50,928 DOMINION. >> DOES SMARTMATIC OWN DOMINION? >> NO. WE ARE -- WE DO HAVE A 43 00:04:50,995 --> 00:04:54,732 RELATIONSHIP. WE ARE COMPETITORS. >> WERE YOU ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE HUGO CHAVEZ? 44 00:04:54,799 --> 00:05:00,872 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> DO YOU USE A VENEZUELAN COMPANY'S SOFTWARE THAT'S BEEN USED TO STEAL ELECTIONS IN OTHER 45 00:05:00,938 --> 00:05:05,243 COUNTRIES? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. ANDERSON, I CAN CUT ALL OF THIS SHORT. 46 00:05:05,309 --> 00:05:11,649 WE WERE FOUNDED IN TORONTO, WHICH IS WHERE MY FAMILY WAS FROM, AND THERE IS NOTHING TO DO WITH VENEZUELA. 47 00:05:11,716 --> 00:05:16,921 >> CAN YOU FLIP VOTES IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM? CAN YOU ADD VOTES THAT DID NOT EXIST? 48 00:05:16,988 --> 00:05:22,260 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRST MENTIONED DOMINION IN A TWEET NOVEMBER 12th AND RECORDED 49 00:05:22,326 --> 00:05:29,667 THIS VIDEO A FEW WEEKS LATER, WHICH WAS POSTED ON FACEBOOK. >> WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S VERY SUSPECT. 50 00:05:29,734 --> 00:05:41,979 ITS NAME IS DOMINION. WITH THE TURN OF A DIAL OR THE CHANGE OF A CHIP YOU CAN PRESS A BUTTON FOR TRUMP AND THE VOTE 51 00:05:42,046 --> 00:05:48,920 GOES TO BIDEN. WHAT KIND OF A SYSTEM IS THIS? WE HAVE TO GO TO PAPER. MAYBE IT TAKES LONGER. 52 00:05:48,986 --> 00:05:54,325 BUT THE ONLY SECURE SYSTEM IS PAPER. >> WHY NOT JUST HAVE PAPER BALLOTS? 53 00:05:54,392 --> 00:06:01,999 >> WE DO HAVE PAPER BALLOTS. WHAT THE MACHINES DO IS THEY COUNT THOSE PAPER BALLOTS IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT VERY EASY FOR 54 00:06:02,066 --> 00:06:07,405 PEOPLE TO VERIFY AFTER THE FACT THROUGH THE MEANS OF AUDITS AND RECOUNTS. >> Reporter: DOMINION MAKES TWO 55 00:06:07,472 --> 00:06:13,745 TYPES OF MACHINES. ONE IS CALLED A BALLOT MARKER. IT'S A TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE THAT A VOTER CAN USE TO MARK THEIR 56 00:06:13,811 --> 00:06:19,851 CHOICES AND THEN PRINT THE BALLOT. THE SECOND MACHINE IS A SCANNER THAT READS THAT PAPER BALLOT, 57 00:06:19,917 --> 00:06:28,593 COUNTS THE VOTE, AND IMMEDIATELY STORES THE BALLOT SECURELY. >> A VOTER TAKES A PAPER BALLOT. THEY'VE MADE THEIR MARKS HOWEVER 58 00:06:28,659 --> 00:06:34,332 THEY MAKE THEIR MARKS, DEPENDING ON THE JURISDICTION. AS THEY DEPOSIT IT INTO THE THE BALLOT BOX IS GOES INTO A 59 00:06:34,398 --> 00:06:40,138 DIGITAL SCANNER AND THEN DROPS INTO THE BALLOT BOX. SO HOW DO YOU HACK A PAPER BALLOT? 60 00:06:40,204 --> 00:06:45,243 >> Reporter: HE SHOWED US HOW IT WORKS. >> THIS IS THE SCANNER THAT SITS ATOP A LOCKED AND SEALED BALLOT 61 00:06:45,309 --> 00:06:47,645 BOX. THIS IS HOW THEY CAST THEIR BALLOT. IT GOES THROUGH A SCANNER. 62 00:06:47,712 --> 00:06:54,852 AND NOW WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF THE BALLOT THAT WE JUST CAST AND WE HAVE THE PAPER BALLOT THAT IS USED FOR RECOUNTS. 63 00:06:54,919 --> 00:07:02,193 >> Reporter: JOHN POULOS SAYS IT WAS WATCHING THE PRESIDENTIAL RECOUNTS IN FLORIDA IN 2000 WITH THOSE ARGUMENTS OVER HANGING 64 00:07:02,260 --> 00:07:09,567 CHADS THAT GOT HIM INTERESTED IN IMPROVING HOW PAPER BALLOTS WERE MARKED AND COUNTED. HE WAS AN ENGINEER WORKING AT A 65 00:07:09,634 --> 00:07:17,475 STARTUP IN SILICON VALLEY AND BEGAN LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO RECOUNT PAPER BALLOTS AND TO HELP PEOPLE WITH 66 00:07:17,542 --> 00:07:22,880 DISABILITIES VOTE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. >> OUR GOAL WAS TO ALLOW ANY VOTER TO MAKE THEIR MARKS ON A 67 00:07:22,947 --> 00:07:29,487 PAPER BALLOT IN A VERY CLEAR, UNAMBIGUOUS WAY REGARDLESS OF PHYSICAL ABILITY. >> Reporter: JOHN POULOS IS 68 00:07:29,554 --> 00:07:36,494 CANADIAN AND FOUNDED DOMINION IN 2002. HE REMAINS ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE, THOUGH IT WAS ACQUIRED BY AN 69 00:07:36,561 --> 00:07:44,435 AMERICAN INVESTMENT GROUP IN 2018. DOM INION IS BASED IN DENVER. DO YOU EVER THINK TO YOURSELF I 70 00:07:44,502 --> 00:07:50,308 GOT INTO THIS TO HELP PARAPLEGICS AND BLIND PEOPLE VOTE MORE EASILY AND LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED? 71 00:07:50,374 --> 00:07:53,511 >> I THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. >> Reporter: DOMINION IS ONE OF THREE COMPANIES THAT MAKE MOST 72 00:07:53,578 --> 00:07:59,116 OF THE VOTING SYSTEMS IN AMERICA. IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THEIR MACHINES WERE IN 73 00:07:59,183 --> 00:08:03,855 28 STATES. RED STATES AND BLUE. ON ELECTION DAY IN A PRECINCT ARE YOUR MACHINES HOOKED UP TO 74 00:08:03,921 --> 00:08:10,962 THE INTERNET? >> NO. NOT BY -- NOT BY ANY STRETCH. WE GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF 75 00:08:11,028 --> 00:08:14,031 CERTIFICATIONS, GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATIONS. AND THE FIRST ONE IS AT A FEDERAL LEVEL. 76 00:08:14,098 --> 00:08:22,974 SO THOSE STANDARDS MANDATE THAT ELECTION SYSTEMS SUCH AS OURS ARE DESIGNED TO WORK IN A CLOSED SYSTEM, AIR GAPPED, NO INTERNET. 77 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:30,248 >> IN ALL THE MAJOR SWING STATES OF 2020 THERE ARE PAPER BALLOTS BACKING UP -- >> NOT ONLY ARE THERE PAPER 78 00:08:30,314 --> 00:08:36,120 BALLOTS THAT MAKE UP THE OFFICIAL RECORD, THOSE PAPER BALLOTS HAVE BEEN HAND-COUNTED AND AUDITED OVER 1,000 TIMES. 79 00:08:36,187 --> 00:08:44,328 ON JUST THE 2020 ELECTION. >> Reporter: RECOUNTS AND AUDITS IN THE SWING STATES OF GEORGIA, ARIZONA, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA 80 00:08:44,395 --> 00:08:50,534 AND NEVADA ALL CONFIRMED DOMINION'S RESULTS MORE THAN 60 LAWSUITS AROUND THE COUNTRY CHALLENGING THE ELECTION 81 00:08:50,601 --> 00:08:58,643 BY TRUMP OR HIS SUPPORTERS WERE ULTIMATELY WITHDRAWN OR FAILED. IN GEORGIA THERE HAVE BEEN THREE RECOUNTS. 82 00:08:58,709 --> 00:09:05,616 TWO ELECTRONIC ONES AND ONE HAND RECOUNT. >> IN FRONT OF CAMERAS, BIPARTISAN POLL WATCHERS AND 83 00:09:05,683 --> 00:09:11,155 THOUSANDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND IT ONCE AGAIN REAFFIRMED THE RESULTS. 84 00:09:11,222 --> 00:09:17,561 THAT SHOULD HAVE PUT AN END TO ALL OF IT. BUT THE LIES PERSISTED. >> Reporter: AND SO HAVE 85 00:09:17,628 --> 00:09:23,401 INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT AND THREATS AGAINST JOHN POULOS AND HIS EMPLOYEES. >> EVERY SINGLE PERSON AT 86 00:09:23,467 --> 00:09:32,410 DOMINION'S GOING TO END UP IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT IN HANDCUFFS, YOU [ BLEEP ] WHORES! YOU CHEATING [ BLEEP ] PIGS! 87 00:09:32,476 --> 00:09:39,817 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SCUM-BAGS. WE'RE GOING TO BLOW YOUR [ BLEEP ] BUILDING UP. PIECE OF [ BLEEP ] [ BLEEP ]. 88 00:09:39,884 --> 00:09:45,890 >> I DON'T WISH TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED 18 MONTHS AGO. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES 89 00:09:45,957 --> 00:09:52,830 TO HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR US. LAST FRIDAY WE HAD AN OFFICE ON LOCKDOWN. 90 00:09:52,897 --> 00:10:03,040 TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THAT I WAS ON A PHONE CALL WITH ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO'S A MOTHER OF TWO, VERY UPSET AND CRYING. 91 00:10:03,107 --> 00:10:10,915 IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT. >> HAD SOMETHING BEEN SAID TO HER PERSONALLY? >> A VERY DISGUSTING DEATH 92 00:10:10,982 --> 00:10:18,255 THREAT IN DETAIL. >> RECEIVED -- >> ON HER PERSONAL CELL PHONE. >> IT'S COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY 93 00:10:18,322 --> 00:10:21,892 SURREAL. NONE OF THESE LIES HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIATED. TO ANY EXTENT. 94 00:10:21,959 --> 00:10:27,031 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN DEBUNKED. >> Reporter: CHRIS KREBS WAS DIRECTOR OF THE CYBERSECURITY 95 00:10:27,098 --> 00:10:33,838 AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY, CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THE 2020 ELECTION. HE CALLED IT THE MOST SECURE 96 00:10:33,904 --> 00:10:39,877 ELECTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND DAYS LATER WAS FIRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE NOW HAS A CYBER CONSULTING 97 00:10:39,944 --> 00:10:46,083 FIRM AND IS A CONTRIBUTOR FOR CBS NEWS. WE SHOWED HIM A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD TWO DAYS AFTER HIS FIRING 98 00:10:46,150 --> 00:10:51,956 AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE WHEN RUDY GIULIANI, SIDNEY POWELL AND OTHERS CONTINUED 99 00:10:52,023 --> 00:10:59,463 THEIR ATTACKS ON DOMINION MACHINES AND SOFTWARE. >> IT CAN SET AND RUN AN ALGORITHM THAT PROBABLY RAN ALL 100 00:10:59,530 --> 00:11:06,537 OVER THE COUNTRY TO TAKE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF VOTES FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FLIP THEM TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. 101 00:11:06,604 --> 00:11:09,306 >> DO YOU REMEMBER WATCHING THAT? >> YEAH. I TWEETED ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY 102 00:11:09,373 --> 00:11:14,945 AFTERWARDS. I THINK I SAID SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THAT WAS THE MOST INSANE AND DANGEROUS 45 MINUTES 103 00:11:15,012 --> 00:11:20,551 OF TV IN, YOU KNOW, AMERICAN HISTORY EFFECTIVELY. >> HOW SECURE WAS THE 2020 ELECTION? 104 00:11:20,618 --> 00:11:28,459 >> LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. IT WAS THE MOST LITIGATED. IT WAS THE MOST SCRUTINIZED. IT WAS THE MOST AUDITED. 105 00:11:28,526 --> 00:11:34,698 THIS ELECTION WAS PUT THROUGH THE WRINGER FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. AND WHAT I TEND TO LIKE TO SAY 106 00:11:34,765 --> 00:11:40,304 IS DON'T LISTEN TO ME. LISTEN TO BILL BARR. BILL BARR SAID IT. HE WAS THEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 107 00:11:40,371 --> 00:11:44,675 OF THE UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT BILL BARR LATER SAID TO THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE. 108 00:11:44,742 --> 00:11:53,217 >> THESE CLAIMS ON THE DOMINION VOTING MACHINES, AND THEY WERE IDIOTIC CLAIMS, I SAW ABSOLUTELY ZERO BASIS FOR THE ALLEGATIONS. 109 00:11:53,284 --> 00:11:59,690 BUT THEY WERE MADE IN SUCH A SENSATIONAL WAY THAT THEY OBVIOUSLY WERE INFLUENCING A LOT OF PEOPLE. 110 00:11:59,757 --> 00:12:04,395 >> Reporter: DOMINION BEGAN ALERTING FOX NEWS AND OTHER NETWORKS OF THE FALSE ALLEGATIONS THEY WERE 111 00:12:04,462 --> 00:12:11,168 BROADCASTING NOVEMBER 12th. FOUR DAYS AFTER SIDNEY POWELL FIRST DISCUSSED DOMINION WITH MARIA BARTIROMO. 112 00:12:11,235 --> 00:12:17,741 BUT DOMINION SAYS FOX NEWS NEVER RETRACTED THEIR REPORTING. >> YOU GAVE THEM A LOT OF CHANCES TO CORRECT THEIR 113 00:12:17,808 --> 00:12:22,613 STATEMENTS. >> THEY STILL HAVEN'T CORRECTED THEM. TO ME THAT'S THE MOST POWERFUL 114 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:28,419 PART OF THE COMPLAINT. >> Reporter: LEE LEVINE IS A FIRST AMENDMENT ATTORNEY WHO'S LITIGATED CASES FOR 40 YEARS ON 115 00:12:28,486 --> 00:12:36,360 BEHALF OF MOST MEDIA COMPANIES INCLUDING CBS AND FOX. HE'S RETIRED NOW, BUT HIS OLD FIRM IS CURRENTLY REPRESENTING 116 00:12:36,427 --> 00:12:43,801 CNN AND ME IN A SEPARATE MATTER, FILED BY ATTORNEYS WHO ALSO REPRESENT DOMINION IN ITS CASES AGAINST FOX NEWS AND OTHERS. 117 00:12:43,868 --> 00:12:51,642 >> TAKE THE FOX CASE, FOR EXAMPLE. NOVEMBER 12th SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE KEY DATE IN THAT CASE 118 00:12:51,709 --> 00:13:01,852 BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY THAT DOMINION STARTED ON A REGULAR BASIS SENDING INFORMATION SHEETS TO EVERY PRODUCER ON EVERY SHOW 119 00:13:01,919 --> 00:13:10,794 AT FOX THAT WAS HAVING SIDNEY POWELL AND RUDY GIULIANI ON SAYING HERE ARE THE TRUE FACTS, HE HERE ARE LINKS SUPPORTING OUR 120 00:13:10,861 --> 00:13:19,837 ASSERTIONS THAT THESE ARE THE TRUE FACTS. AND THEN THESE PEOPLE CONTINUED TO INVITE GIULIANI AND POWELL ON 121 00:13:19,904 --> 00:13:24,208 THEIR SHOWS. >> DEFAMATION CASES ARE HARD TO PROVE, AREN'T THEY? >> YES, THEY ARE. 122 00:13:24,275 --> 00:13:33,484 THE PLAINTIFF HAS TO PROVE WHAT THE LAW CALLS ACTUAL MALICE. YOU NEED TO SHOW BASICALLY THAT THE DEFENDANT PUBLISHED OR 123 00:13:33,551 --> 00:13:37,922 BROADCAST A DELIBERATE LIE, A CALCULATED FALSEHOOD. >> THEY KNEW IT WAS A LIE WHEN THEY BROADCAST IT. 124 00:13:37,988 --> 00:13:44,762 >> THEY KNEW IT WAS A LIE OR THEY KNEW IT WAS PROBABLY A LIE. >> HOW STRONG IS DOMINION'S CASE AGAINST FOX AND THE OTHERS? 125 00:13:44,828 --> 00:13:54,038 >> I THINK IT IS MUCH STRONGER THAN MOST DEFAMATION CASES THAT I HAVE SEEN. I MIGHT SAY IT IS THE STRONGEST. 126 00:13:54,104 --> 00:14:00,744 >> HOW MANY DEFAMATION CASES HAVE YOU SEEN? >> I HAVE LITIGATED MYSELF HUNDREDS, AND I'M CERTAINLY 127 00:14:00,811 --> 00:14:05,416 AWARE OF EVERY SIGNIFICANT DEFAMATION CASE IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. >> AND THIS IS THE STRONGEST 128 00:14:05,482 --> 00:14:11,021 ONE? >> IN MY JUDGMENT. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT TO "60 MINUTES" FOX SAID IT'S 129 00:14:11,088 --> 00:14:17,461 CONFIDENT IT WILL PREVAIL, CITING FREEDOM OF THE PRESS PROTECTIONS, AND STATING IT WAS REPORTING ON A NEWSWORTHY 130 00:14:17,528 --> 00:14:23,867 ALLEGATION MADE BY THE THEN PRESIDENT AND AIRED SEGMENTS FACT-CHECKING THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DOMINION. 131 00:14:23,934 --> 00:14:31,508 DOMINION IS SUING FOX NEWS AND ITS PARENT CORPORATION FOR $1.6 BILLION EACH, AND IN ITS STATEMENT FOX SAID THAT 132 00:14:31,575 --> 00:14:37,581 DOMINION'S FINANCIAL DEMAND IS UNSUPPORTED. EFFORTS BY FOX NEWS AND OTHER DEFENDANTS TO HAVE THE LAWSUITS 133 00:14:37,648 --> 00:14:43,821 DISMISSED HAVE BEEN REJECTED BY THE COURTS. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN SHOW NOT ONLY THAT THEY LIED BUT THEY 134 00:14:43,887 --> 00:14:52,896 KNEW THAT THEY WERE LYING? >> I DON'T EVEN THINK -- I THINK THAT'S THE EASIEST PART. >> YOU AS A COMPANY TOLD THEM 135 00:14:52,963 --> 00:14:58,035 SPECIFICALLY REPEATEDLY. >> WE TOLD THEM. WE TOLD THEM IN REAL TIME. OTHERS TOLD THEM. 136 00:14:58,102 --> 00:15:05,943 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TOLD THEM. PARTISAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TOLD THEM. PEOPLE INSIDE THE TRUMP 137 00:15:06,010 --> 00:15:11,715 ADMINISTRATION TOLD THEM. LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TOLD THEM. THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF NOT 138 00:15:11,782 --> 00:15:14,184 KNOWING THE TRUTH. THEY KNEW THE TRUTH. 139 00:15:19,089 --> 00:15:23,894 >>> SAFEGUARDING VOTE BY MAIL. >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOW THINK THAT THERE'S WIDESPREAD FRAUD IN IT. 140 00:15:23,961 --> 00:15:37,474 >> AT >>> THE UNITED STATES HAS NATIONAL PARKS DEVOTED TO CANYONS AND DESERTS, GLACIERS 141 00:15:37,541 --> 00:15:45,215 AND GEYSERS, EVEN UNDERWATER CORAL REEFS. 63 NATIONAL PARKS IN ALL. BUT SOMEHOW WE SKIPPED THE 142 00:15:45,282 --> 00:15:50,688 AMERICAN PRAIRIE. THE GRASSLANDS THAT ONCE STRETCHED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE ROCKIES PLAYED A 143 00:15:50,754 --> 00:15:56,727 VITAL ROLE IN THE LIVES OF NATIVE AMERICANS, WHITE SETTLERS, AND AN ENDLESS VARIETY OF WILDLIFE. 144 00:15:56,794 --> 00:16:02,700 THEY INSPIRED EXPLORERS AND ARTISTS. BUT APPARENTLY NOT PARK PLANNERS. 145 00:16:02,766 --> 00:16:09,973 NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BEGAN TRYING TO FIX THAT. NOT WITH A NEW NATIONAL PARK BUT 146 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:16,213 RATHER A HUGE PRIVATELY OPERATED NATURE RESERVE ON THE GREAT PLAINS. ONE THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE 147 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:28,692 PUBLIC BUT ALSO A PLACE WHERE BUFFALO CAN ROAM ONCE AGAIN. THROUGH A VAST STRETCH OF OPEN AND FOR THE MOMENT EMPTY 148 00:16:28,759 --> 00:16:39,370 GRASSLAND ALLISON FOX IS TAKING US UP A MUDDY TWO-TRACK PATH IN SEARCH OF BUFFALO. >> THIS ROAD IS INCREDIBLE. 149 00:16:39,436 --> 00:16:49,580 >> Reporter: FOX IS THE CEO OF AMERICAN PRAIRIE, WHICH HAS AS JUST ONE OF MANY AUDACIOUS GOALS THE RESTORATION OF BISON TO A 150 00:16:49,646 --> 00:16:53,384 LANDSCAPE THEY ONCE RULED. >> OH, THERE. THERE. >> THERE THEY ARE. 151 00:16:53,450 --> 00:16:56,253 >> LOOK AT THAT. WOW. THERE THEY ARE. >> LOOK AT THE BABIES. 152 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:03,694 >> LOOK AT THAT. >> OH. >> Reporter: WE FOUND PART OF WHAT AMERICAN PRAIRIE CALLS ITS 153 00:17:03,761 --> 00:17:12,936 CONSERVATION HERD, OF ABOUT 800 BUFFALO. THIS GROUP IS MAINLY MOTHERS WITH NEW CALVES, WHICH ARE A 154 00:17:13,003 --> 00:17:19,243 DISTINCTIVE SHADE OF RED. >> TRYING TO DO A COUNT OF THE BABIES BUT NOW THEY'VE KIND OF MOVED THE BABIES INTO THE MIDDLE 155 00:17:19,309 --> 00:17:23,981 OF THE GROUP. >> THIS LAND IS LIKE THIS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE? >> AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. 156 00:17:24,047 --> 00:17:30,587 >> Reporter: THAT'S NOT A BAD DESCRIPTION OF THE SCALE OF AMERICAN PRAIRIE'S AMBITION. TO CREATE THE LARGEST NATURE 157 00:17:30,654 --> 00:17:37,528 RESERVE IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. THE NON-PROFIT HAS MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES, FROM FUND-RAISERS TO 158 00:17:37,594 --> 00:17:45,569 BUFFALO WRANGLERS. ALLISON FOX HAS WORKED THERE FOR 15 YEARS AND HAS BEEN IN CHARGE FOR THE LAST FOUR. 159 00:17:45,636 --> 00:17:53,210 OVERALL THE GOAL IS TO HAVE HOW MANY ACRES IN THIS RESERVE? >> YEAH, THE OVERALL GOAL IS ABOUT 5,000 SQUARE MILES. 160 00:17:53,277 --> 00:18:00,384 3.2 MILLION ACRES OF INTACT GRASSLANDS. COMPARABLE TO THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 161 00:18:00,451 --> 00:18:05,322 AND ALSO COMPARABLE TO GLACIER AND YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS COMBINED. >> THAT'S BIG. 162 00:18:05,389 --> 00:18:12,696 >> IT IS BIG. >> Reporter: THE BIG CHUNK OF LAND IS MOSTLY NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. 163 00:18:12,763 --> 00:18:18,969 IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. IT'S A PATCHWORK OF PRIVATELY 164 00:18:19,036 --> 00:18:27,444 OWNED CATTLE RANCHES AND LAND OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT. INCLUDING A HUGE EXISTING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE NAMED 165 00:18:27,511 --> 00:18:37,521 AFTER THE FAMOUS COWBOY PAINTER CHARLES M. RUSSELL. >> AND THAT 1.1 MILLION ACRES SERVES AS THE ANCHOR OF AMERICAN 166 00:18:37,588 --> 00:18:43,160 PRAIRIE'S 3.2 MILLION-ACRE VISION. >> SO YOU'VE GOT THESE BIG CHUNKS OF FEDERAL LAND AND 167 00:18:43,227 --> 00:18:50,267 YOU'RE BUYING LAND IN BETWEEN TO TRY TO PIECE IT ALL TOGETHER. >> EXACTLY. >> Reporter: SO JUST ABOUT EVERY 168 00:18:50,334 --> 00:18:57,875 TIME A PRIVATE RANCH COMES UP FOR SALE INSIDE ITS DESIRED FOOTPRINT AMERICAN PRAIRIE TRIES TO BUY IT TO ADD ANOTHER PIECE 169 00:18:57,941 --> 00:19:03,814 TO ITS PUZZLE AND PRESERVE MORE GRASSLAND. HOW MANY RANCHES HAVE YOU PURCHASED? 170 00:19:03,881 --> 00:19:13,557 >> WE HAVE PURCHASED 34 RANCHES. >> Reporter: TO BUY ALL THOSE RANCHES AMERICAN PRAIRIE HAS RAISED NEARLY $200 MILLION FROM 171 00:19:13,624 --> 00:19:23,500 MORE THAN 4,000 DONORS, INCLUDING WALL STREET FINANCIERS AND TECHNOLOGY MOGULS. IT SAYS IT WILL TAKE HUNDREDS OF 172 00:19:23,567 --> 00:19:27,871 MILLIONS MORE AND DECADES MORE TO COMPLETE THE PATCHWORK. >> SO THIS IS A LONG GAME. >> THIS IS A LONG GAME. 173 00:19:27,938 --> 00:19:35,012 AND IT'S A LONG GAME FOR LAND ACQUISITION. IT'S A PROBABLY EVEN LONGER GAME FOR THE RESTORATION OF HABITATS 174 00:19:35,078 --> 00:19:42,786 AND SPECIES. THIS AREA WAS AMERICA'S SERENGETI, TRULY AMERICA'S SERENGETI, WITH TENS OF 175 00:19:42,853 --> 00:19:49,826 THOUSANDS OF BISON, PRONGHORN, ELK, DEER, GRIZZLY BEARS, WOLVES. >> IS THAT THE GOAL? 176 00:19:49,893 --> 00:19:58,835 OR IS THAT A GOAL, TO RESTORE THAT? >> YES. TO HAVE THE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION 177 00:19:58,902 --> 00:20:05,576 FULLY AS IT ONCE DID. >> Reporter: CHARLES RUSSELL'S PAINTINGS PORTRAY A ROMANTICIZED VERSION OF WHAT THE PRAIRIE 178 00:20:05,642 --> 00:20:13,650 ECOSYSTEM USED TO LOOK LIKE. TEEMING HERDS OF BUFFALO. NATIVE AMERICANS HUNTING AND LIVING ALONGSIDE THE BUFFALO. 179 00:20:13,717 --> 00:20:21,191 AT LEAST UNTIL THEY BOTH WERE DISPLACED BY WHITE SETTLERS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CATTLE. >> IT'S AMAZING TO THINK OF THE 180 00:20:21,258 --> 00:20:24,895 PEOPLE THAT LIVED HERE BEFORE US. PEOPLE AND OTHER THINGS. SO OVER THIS DIRECTION THERE'S 181 00:20:24,962 --> 00:20:32,035 QUITE A CLUSTER OF TEPEE RINGS. THE NATIVE AMERICANS USED TO USE THIS. >> COME ON, RUSS. 182 00:20:32,102 --> 00:20:37,240 >> Reporter: CONNIE FRENCH OPERATES THIS CATTLE RANCH WITH HER HUSBAND CRAIG. AND THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR 183 00:20:37,307 --> 00:20:42,279 COLLABORATION WITH CONSERVATION GROUPS. IN FACT, THEY GRAZE SOME OF THEIR CATTLE ON A RANCH THAT'S 184 00:20:42,346 --> 00:20:47,384 BEEN OWNED BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. >> OKAY, GIRL. 185 00:20:47,451 --> 00:20:56,660 >> Reporter: BUT WHEN AMERICAN PRAIRIE'S EARLY LEADERS CAME IN TALKING ABOUT SAVING THE LAND, IT REALLY RUBBED HER WRONG. 186 00:20:56,727 --> 00:21:03,367 >> SO SAVING IT, YES. BUT NOT JUST TROMPING OVER PEOPLE. >> IS THAT WHAT IF IT FEELS 187 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:08,538 LIKE? >> IT DOES FEEL LIKE THAT SOMETIMES. >> THEY CAME IN LIKE WE KNOW 188 00:21:08,605 --> 00:21:11,508 BETTER. >> MM-HMM. MM-HMM. >> YOU HAVE SAID THAT FOR THEIR 189 00:21:11,575 --> 00:21:17,848 VISION TO BECOME A REALITY YOU AND WHAT YOU DO, THAT YOU'RE GONE. >> MM-HMM. 190 00:21:17,914 --> 00:21:26,089 I GUESS I CAN SAY YES, THAT'S HOW IT FEELS TO US. TO ME. >> Reporter: ALONG THE FEW ROADS 191 00:21:26,156 --> 00:21:33,563 SLICING THROUGH THE GRASSLANDS HERE THE SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE. SAVE THE COWBOY. STOP AMERICAN PRAIRIE RESERVE. 192 00:21:33,630 --> 00:21:41,805 THEY MAKE IT CLEAR THAT A LOT OF CONNIE FRENCH'S RANCHING NEIGHBORS SHARE HER CONCERN. >> WHAT SOME RANCHERS HAVE TOLD 193 00:21:41,872 --> 00:21:50,547 US IS THAT WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANT TO SAVE THE LAND WHAT THEY HEAR IS THAT YOU WANT TO SAVE THE LAND FROM THEM. 194 00:21:50,614 --> 00:21:56,319 >> YEAH, NO, WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT THAT WORD "SAVE" HIT A NERVE. AND THAT WAS NOT AT ALL OUR 195 00:21:56,386 --> 00:22:02,125 INTENTION. MANY OF OUR RANCHING NEIGHBORS ARE COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION. SO IF I COULD PULL BACK THAT 196 00:22:02,192 --> 00:22:08,932 WORD "SAVE" I ABSOLUTELY WOULD. >> Reporter: AMERICAN PRAIRIE IS NOW WORKING HARD TO MEND FENCES WITH SKEPTICAL NEIGHBORS. 197 00:22:08,999 --> 00:22:19,242 IT HAS A PROGRAM CALLED WILD SKY, RUN BY A WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST ON ITS STAFF, DANIEL KINGKA. >> WILD SKY RANCHERS ARE THE 198 00:22:19,309 --> 00:22:27,951 BEST AT WHAT THEY DO IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE RANCHING. >> Reporter: WILD SKY WILL PAY A RANCHER UP TO $15,000 A YEAR FOR 199 00:22:28,018 --> 00:22:40,030 THINGS LIKE MODIFYING FENCES TO MAKE THEM EASIER FOR WILDLIFE TO GET OVER OR THROUGH WHILE STILL KEEPING CATTLE CONTAINED. 200 00:22:40,097 --> 00:22:45,569 IT ALSO PAYS RANCHERS TO ENSTALL CAMERAS ON THEIR PROPERTY. >> THE RANCHER GETS PAID FOR EVERY ANIMAL THAT CROSSES THE 201 00:22:45,635 --> 00:22:48,238 PATH OF THIS CAMERA? >> THAT'S CORRECT. YOU GET A COYOTE, THAT'S 25 BUCKS. 202 00:22:48,305 --> 00:22:53,310 A BLACK BEAR COMES BEHIND IT, THAT'S 300 BUCKS. FOUR OR FIVE ELKS COME BEHIND IT, THAT'S 50 BUCKS. 203 00:22:53,376 --> 00:23:01,785 THE BIGGEST PAYOUTS ARE NOR WOLVES AND GROIZLY BEARS. $500 PER PICTURE PER CAMERA PER DAY. 204 00:23:01,852 --> 00:23:07,023 >> Reporter: WOLVES AND GRIZZLY BEARS AREN'T ON THIS PART OF THE PRAIRIE AT THE MOMENT. THE IDEAL IDEA OF WILD SKY IS AS 205 00:23:07,090 --> 00:23:13,964 THEY AND OTHER WILDLIFE DO RETURN PAYMENTS WILL HELP CATTLE RANCHERS TOLERATE THEM. >> MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW WITH THE 206 00:23:14,030 --> 00:23:18,535 CALVES. >> Reporter: LANCE JOHNSON, A FOURTH GENERATION MONTANAN WHO RUNS A CATTLE RANCH WITH HIS 207 00:23:18,602 --> 00:23:27,944 WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS, IS ONE OF 15 WILD SKY RANCHERS. THE CAMERAS ON HIS PROPERTY HAVE CAPTURED ENOUGH PICTURES THIS 208 00:23:28,011 --> 00:23:35,285 YEAR TO EARN HIM $6,000. THE ANNUAL MAXIMUM AMERICAN PRAIRIE WILL PAY FOR PHOTOS OF WILDLIFE. 209 00:23:35,352 --> 00:23:42,359 >> THESE RANCHES ARE SO HARD TO MAKE PROFITABLE THAT IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT ANY WAY TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR INCOME THEN THAT'S PROBABLY 210 00:23:42,425 --> 00:23:50,033 NECESSARY RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: JOHNSON ALSO LEASES GRASS AND GRAZES CATTLE ON A RANCH OWNED BY AMERICAN PRAIRIE. 211 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:58,241 SO WHILE SOME OF HIS NEIGHBORS SEE IT AS A THREAT HE SAYS THAT WORKING WITH IT HELPS ENSURE HIS FAMILY'S FUTURE. 212 00:23:58,308 --> 00:24:05,148 >> YOU SEE A PLACE FOR YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTERS AND YOUR CATTLE ON THIS LAND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. 213 00:24:05,215 --> 00:24:09,519 >> WE HOPE SO. WE HOPE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES THAT WE'RE THERE. I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO 214 00:24:09,586 --> 00:24:15,125 GIVE OUR GIRLS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE RANCHING IN THEIR FUTURE. >> Reporter: AMERICAN PRAIRIE 215 00:24:15,192 --> 00:24:22,899 SAYS IT INTENDS TO WORK ALONGSIDE CATTLE RANCHERS FOR DECADES TO COME, AND IT DOES HAVE SOME NATURAL ALLIES IN THE 216 00:24:22,966 --> 00:24:30,140 NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THE RANCHER AND THE WILD SPACE, CAN THOSE TWO CO-EXIST? >> YEAH. 217 00:24:30,207 --> 00:24:37,314 THEY CAN AND THEY ARE. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: MARK AZURE WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THE FORT BELKNAP 218 00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:43,887 RESERVATION, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO WHERE AMERICAN PRAIRIE IS ASSEMBLING ITS RESERVE. HE'S A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE 219 00:24:43,954 --> 00:24:53,163 RESERVATION'S TRIBAL COUNCIL, MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF TWO TRIED, THE NAKOTA AND THE ANIHI. >> IS THERE ANY RECOLLECTION OF 220 00:24:53,230 --> 00:25:01,705 WHAT THIS LAND WAS LIKE BEFORE THE WHITE SETTLERS CAME? LIKE THE WILDLIFE. >> YES. 221 00:25:01,771 --> 00:25:08,211 IT WAS PLENTIFUL. MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF BUFFALO AND ANTELOPE. AND DEER AND PRAIRIE DOGS. 222 00:25:08,278 --> 00:25:15,051 BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS. ELK. >> Reporter: THE TRIBES AT FORT BELKNAP BEGAN BUILDING THEIR 223 00:25:15,118 --> 00:25:23,059 BISON HEARD NEARLY A HALF CENTURY AGO, AND IT'S NOW MORE THAN 1,000 ANIMALS. MARK AZURE TOOK US OUT TO SEE 224 00:25:23,126 --> 00:25:31,568 PART OF THE HERD, WHICH ROAMS ACROSS A HUGE PASTURE ON THE RESERVATION. >> SO THEY'RE JUST SCATTERED OUT 225 00:25:31,635 --> 00:25:38,708 DOING WHAT BUFFALO DO, AND THAT'S EAT THE GRASS AND RIGHT NOW ENJOY THE WEATHER. >> Reporter: THE TRIBES BENEFIT 226 00:25:38,775 --> 00:25:46,149 ECONOMICALLY FROM SELLING SOME BUFFALO MEAT. BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE SYMBOLS USED DURING NATIVE CEREMONIES 227 00:25:46,216 --> 00:25:55,558 THAT THEIR VALUE IS MUCH GREATER THAN MONEY. >> WE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE TRIBES AND THE BUFFALO, AND THEY 228 00:25:55,625 --> 00:26:04,334 WERE ONE AND THE SAME, TO COME OUT HERE AND GET ON THE PRAIRIE AND SEE A HERD OF BUFFALO. YOU CAN KIND OF LEAVE THAT WORLD 229 00:26:04,401 --> 00:26:15,645 FOR A LITTLE BIT AND RECONNECT WITH THAT LIFESTYLE THAT MY ANCESTORS LIVED YEARS AGO. MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE BIT. 230 00:26:15,712 --> 00:26:22,385 BUT IT'S THERE. >> Reporter: SOME RANCHERS FEAR THAT THE TRIBES AND AMERICAN PRAIRIE WILL LET THEIR BUFFALO 231 00:26:22,452 --> 00:26:31,995 ROAM FREE AS THEY ONCE DID. >> YOU USE THE TERM APPRECIATION AND I ALWAYS ARGUE THAT POINT. BECAUSE THERE'S A FENCE 232 00:26:32,062 --> 00:26:37,767 SOMEWHERE. THERE HAS TO BE A FENCE SOMEWHERE. BUT AS MUCH ROOM AS WE CAN GIVE 233 00:26:37,834 --> 00:26:44,641 THEM TO ROAM, THEN WITHIN THAT CONTEXT THEY'LL BE FREE. BUT NOT LIKE IT WAS 200 YEARS AGO. 234 00:26:44,708 --> 00:26:49,980 AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. >> STILL, IT WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN COME SEE THE BUFFALO ROAM. 235 00:26:50,046 --> 00:26:55,552 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: AMERICAN PRAIRIE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO VISIT THE LAND IT OWNS. 236 00:26:55,618 --> 00:27:03,693 IT OPERATES CAMPGROUNDS AND HAS BUILT HUTS AND YERTS THAT ANYONE CAN RESERVE. IT ALLOWS HUNTING ON MANY 237 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:11,701 PROPERTIES, WHICH HELPS TO BUILD SUPPORT AMONG MONTANANS. >> ACROSS THE WEST YOU SEE MORE AND MORE "NO TRESPASSING" SIGNS. 238 00:27:11,768 --> 00:27:20,377 WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE HABITAT. BUT CERTAINLY PROVIDING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE, LEARN 239 00:27:20,443 --> 00:27:26,549 FROM, RECREATE ON THIS LAND IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WELL. >> Reporter: THE DEBATE OVER 240 00:27:26,616 --> 00:27:35,191 AMERICAN PRAIRIE IS OFTEN FRAMED AS AN EITHER/OR. EITHER THERE ARE CATTLE OR BUFFALO. 241 00:27:35,258 --> 00:27:42,799 IF PRESERVATIONISTS WIN, RANCHERS LOSE. WHAT WE FOUND ACROSS THESE WIDE EXPANSES OF GRASS WERE MUCH MORE 242 00:27:42,866 --> 00:27:51,207 SUBTLE SHADES OF GREEN. >> YOU KNOW WHEN A NEW GROUP COMES IN, NEW FOLKS, NEW NEIGHBORS, IT TAKES SOME TIME TO 243 00:27:51,274 --> 00:27:56,079 LEARN IF IT'S LEGIT. >> WHAT I THINK I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THEY HAVE TO EARN YOUR TRUST. 244 00:27:56,146 --> 00:28:03,086 >> MM-HMM. >> AND SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT. >> NO. THAT TRUST ISN'T GIVEN LIGHTLY. 245 00:28:03,153 --> 00:28:13,196 >> WITH THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA AND THE HERDS OF CATTLE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS IN THIS STATE, I DON'T THINK 246 00:28:13,263 --> 00:28:19,202 BUFFALO WILL EVER COMPETE. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. WE'RE TRYING WITH AMERICAN 247 00:28:19,269 --> 00:28:29,012 PRAIRIE TO TAKE A SECTION OF LAND IN THE STATE AND RETURN IT BACK AS BEST WE CAN TO WHAT IT WAS 200 YEARS AGO. 248 00:28:29,079 --> 00:28:35,785 >> IT'S A HUGE SECTION OF LAND. >> STILL NOT BIGGER THAN MONTANA. I THINK THERE'S ROOM HERE FOR 249 00:28:35,852 --> 00:28:36,286 BOTH. 250 00:28:47,030 --> 00:28:52,669 >>> SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED COOKS IN THE COUNTRY. INA GARTEN, KNOWN AS THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA. 251 00:28:52,735 --> 00:29:00,276 HER COOKBOOKS HAVE SOLD MORE THAN 7 MILLION COPIES. HER WEEKLY TELEVISION SHOW HAS RUN FOR TWO DECADES, EARNED 252 00:29:00,343 --> 00:29:07,417 SEVEN EMMYS, THREE JAMES BEARD AWARDS, AND MILLIONS OF DEVOTED FANS WHO TUNE IN AS MUCH FOR THE COOKING LESSON AS THE COCKTAIL 253 00:29:07,484 --> 00:29:14,557 PARTY THAT TYPICALLY FOLLOWS. SO WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT INA GARTEN ISN'T QUITE AS FREE-WHEELING AS YOU MIGHT 254 00:29:14,624 --> 00:29:21,431 THINK. AS REMARKABLE AS HER CULINARY CHOPS MAY BE, INA GARTEN'S SUCCESS HINGES ON HARD WORK, 255 00:29:21,498 --> 00:29:27,370 SHREWD BUSINESS SENSE, AND LEAVING NOTHING TO CHANCE. >> THIS IS JUST A GREAT WEEKNIGHT MEAL. 256 00:29:27,437 --> 00:29:34,377 IT'S SO EASY TO DO. YOU DO THE FIRST STAGE, HAVE YOURSELF A GLASS OF WINE. DO THE SECOND STAGE AND DINNER 257 00:29:34,444 --> 00:29:40,283 READY. >> Reporter: WHETHER SHE'S WHIPPING UP ONE OF HER SIGNATURE CHICKEN DISHES, SLINGING COSMOS 258 00:29:40,350 --> 00:29:46,756 FOR HER REAL-LIFE FRIENDS, OR SCOOPING ICE CREAM, INA GARTEN IS A CALMING PRESENCE IN THE KITCHEN, TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT 259 00:29:46,823 --> 00:29:51,261 OF COOKING. >> DONE. NOW, HOW EASY IS THAT? >> Reporter: SHE'S BUILT A 260 00:29:51,327 --> 00:29:57,467 CULINARY EMPIRE BY MAKING IT ALL LOOK EFFORTLESS. >> I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THIS, BUT I'M REALLY A NERVOUS 261 00:29:57,534 --> 00:30:01,738 COOK. AND I'M SURE EVERY RECIPE'S GOING TO TURN OUT WRONG. SO I'M INCREDIBLY PRECISE. 262 00:30:01,804 --> 00:30:06,009 >> EVEN NOW? >> EVEN NOW. >> I'M THERE WITH A COOKBOOK GOING, IS IT A HALF A TEASPOON 263 00:30:06,075 --> 00:30:11,281 OR A WHOLE TEASPOON? >> ARE YOU REALLY? >> I HAVE TO FOLLOW MY OWN RECIPES EXACTLY. 264 00:30:11,347 --> 00:30:14,817 BECAUSE I'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME GETTING THE BALANCE OF FLAVORS AND TEXTURES AND EVERYTHING RIGHT. 265 00:30:14,884 --> 00:30:22,926 I'M REALLY NOT A CONFIDENT COOK. >> I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WERE, LIKE, SWIGGING WINE AND, YOU KNOW, TOSSING -- 266 00:30:22,992 --> 00:30:27,931 >> LET'S KEEP THAT IMAGE GOING. >> SO THIS IS MY COMMUTE TO WORK. >> OH. 267 00:30:27,997 --> 00:30:34,070 AWFUL FOR YOU. >> I KNOW. >> Reporter: AT 74 THE IMAGE OF INA GARTEN WITH HER DENIM SHIRT, 268 00:30:34,137 --> 00:30:40,877 CHIC SCARVES AND SIGNATURE BOB IS AS RELIABLE AS THE TRIED AND TRUE RECIPES SHE'S BUILT HER REPUTATION ON. 269 00:30:40,944 --> 00:30:49,619 THOSE RECIPES ARE A ROAD MAP FOR HOME COOKS FROM A HOME COOK. >> PEOPLE LIKE BOBBY FLAY HAVE WORKED IN RESTAURANT KITCHENS 270 00:30:49,686 --> 00:30:55,091 ALL HIS LIFE, AND HE CAN JUST THROW THINGS TOGETHER. I'VE WATCHED HIM. HE'S SUCH A BRILLIANT COOK. 271 00:30:55,158 --> 00:31:00,096 I'M NOT THAT PERSON. I DIDN'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. >> WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE TESTING AND TESTING YOURSELF AT FIRST, 272 00:31:00,163 --> 00:31:06,102 HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOMETHING BEFORE YOU ZBLSH I -- 273 00:31:06,169 --> 00:31:12,275 >> I MEAN, SOMETIMES 10 TIMES. SOMETIMES 25 TIMES. AND THEN I'LL PRINT OUT A PAGE AND GIVE IT TO ONE OF MY 274 00:31:12,342 --> 00:31:15,778 ASSISTANTS AND WATCH THEM MAKE IT. AND IT SO SURPRISES ME WHAT PEOPLE DO. 275 00:31:15,845 --> 00:31:21,985 I WAS MAKING LENTIL SALAD, FRENCH LENTILS. AND SHE WAS PUTTING IN GARLIC IN IT. 276 00:31:22,051 --> 00:31:26,322 I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND SHE SAID, WELL, IT SAYS CLOVES. CLOVES OF GARLIC IN IT. 277 00:31:26,389 --> 00:31:33,563 AND I WAS LIKE NO, IT'S CLOVES. NOT CLOVES OF GARLIC. AND I THOUGHT, I NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE THAT MISTAKE. 278 00:31:33,630 --> 00:31:38,601 BUT SOMEBODY ELSE AT HOME IS GOING TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE I'M RIGHT THERE BESIDE YOU JUST 279 00:31:38,668 --> 00:31:44,540 KIND OF GUIDING YOU THROUGH THE RECIPE. >> SO THIS IS THE SECRET GARDEN. >> DON'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT. 280 00:31:44,607 --> 00:31:50,446 >> Reporter: GARTEN HAS BEEN GUIDING VIEWERS FROM HER HOME IN EAST HAMPTON, NEW YORK FOR 20 YEARS. 281 00:31:50,513 --> 00:31:55,818 >> I LOVE THESE TOMATOES. >> DO YOU REALLY DO THE GARDENING? >> WELL, I POINT. 282 00:31:55,885 --> 00:32:01,090 >> SO YES. >> YES. >> Reporter: IT MAY SEEM LIKE SHE GREW OUT OF THE RICH LONG 283 00:32:01,157 --> 00:32:08,097 ISLAND SOIL. SHE DID NOT. BORN IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, INA ROSENBERG GREW UP IN STAMFORD, 284 00:32:08,164 --> 00:32:12,535 CONNECTICUT. HER DAD WAS A DOCTOR, HER MOM A DIETICIAN. AS A TEENAGER SHE WAS INSTRUCTED 285 00:32:12,602 --> 00:32:18,374 TO STAY OUT OF THE KITCHEN AND EXCEL IN SCHOOL. SHE DID BOTH. SHE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND, 286 00:32:18,441 --> 00:32:25,214 JEFFREY GARTEN, WHILE SHE WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND FOUR YEARS LATER THEY WERE MARRIED. JEFFREY, A LIEUTENANT IN THE 287 00:32:25,281 --> 00:32:33,289 82nd AIRBORNE, LATER TOOK HER BACKPACKING THROUGH FRANCE. SHE CAME HOME WITH AN AMBITIOUS MISSION. 288 00:32:33,356 --> 00:32:39,062 >> SO I GOT JULIA CHILD'S "MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING," AND I JUST WORKED MY WAY THROUGH THOSE BOOKS, WHICH 289 00:32:39,128 --> 00:32:45,668 WERE VERY COMPLICATED RECIPES. I MEAN, THERE WERE INGREDIENTS IN EACH RECIPE THAT WAS ANOTHER RECIPE IN ITSELF. 290 00:32:45,735 --> 00:32:49,405 AND I LOVED THAT CHALLENGE. >> YOU NEVER WENT TO COOKING SCHOOL? >> NEVER WENT TO COOKING SCHOOL. 291 00:32:49,472 --> 00:32:54,644 >> WAS JULIA CHILD'S BOOK YOUR COOKING SCHOOL? >> JULIA CHILD WAS MY COOKING SCHOOL. 292 00:32:54,711 --> 00:32:57,747 YEAH. EXACTLY. >> Reporter: HER ACTUAL DEGREE WAS IN ECONOMICS. 293 00:32:57,814 --> 00:33:05,154 AT 26 SHE HAD A JOB AT THE WHITE HOUSE HOUSE. ANALYZING NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY 294 00:33:05,221 --> 00:33:09,959 FOR THE FORD ADMINISTRATION. JEFFREY WORKED AROUND THE CONNER AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT. EACH WEEKEND INA SAYS THEY 295 00:33:10,026 --> 00:33:15,631 DEVOTE THEIR TIME TO LESS BUREAUCRATIC PURSUITS LIKE MAKING A GREAT DINNER PARTY LOOK SIMPLE. 296 00:33:15,698 --> 00:33:22,739 >> TO THIS DAY I NEVER MADE SOMETHING FOR A DINNER PARTY I HADN'T MADE SEVERAL TIMES. SO I WOULD ON MONDAY -- I WOULD 297 00:33:22,805 --> 00:33:32,181 MAKE THE ROAST LEG OF LAMB WITH TOMATOES WITH DUXEL, WHICH ARE MINCED MUSHROOMS, FOR JEFFREY FOR DINNER. 298 00:33:32,248 --> 00:33:36,185 >> LUCKY MAN. >> AND THEN I'D MAKE IT AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. AND BY SATURDAY I KNEW HOW IT 299 00:33:36,252 --> 00:33:41,791 MAKE IT. AND THE POOR GUY WOULD GO OH, THIS IS DELICIOUS, WHAT IS THIS? >> Reporter: AFTER A THOUSAND 300 00:33:41,858 --> 00:33:48,064 DINNER PARTIES AND TWO ADMINISTRATIONS, AT 30 YEARS OLD INA HAD BURNED OUT OF LIFE INSIDE THE BELTWAY. 301 00:33:48,131 --> 00:33:59,509 IN 1978 SHE SAW THIS AD IN THE BACK OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES" FOR A 400-SQUARE-FOOT SPECIALTY FOOD STORE IN WEST HAMPTON, NEW YORK 302 00:33:59,575 --> 00:34:03,413 CALLED THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA. >> BUT YOU HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE HAMPTONS. YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 303 00:34:03,479 --> 00:34:09,352 RUNNING A STORE. >> I KNEW HOW TO MAKE 12 BROWNIES FOR MY FRIENDS BUT I CERTAINLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO 304 00:34:09,419 --> 00:34:13,856 MAKE 100 BROWNIES. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO CASH OUT THE REGISTER OR SLICE SMOKED SALMON. 305 00:34:13,923 --> 00:34:18,661 TO ME BRIE WAS LIKE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. >> SO WAS IT CONFIDENCE THAT ALLOWED YOU TO DO THAT OR WAS IT 306 00:34:18,728 --> 00:34:24,834 THAT YOU WERE BEING NAIVE? >> I HAVE A VERY LOW THRESHOLD OF BOREDOM. AND I WAS REALLY BORED WITH MY 307 00:34:24,901 --> 00:34:32,475 JOB. AND I JUST THOUGHT THIS IS REALLY EXCITING, THIS IS THAT I DO FOR FUN AND NOW I CAN DO IT 308 00:34:32,542 --> 00:34:37,380 PROFESSIONALLY. AND SO I JUST THOUGHT I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP IN, THINKING, WELL, HOW HARD COULD THIS BE? 309 00:34:37,447 --> 00:34:43,152 OH, MY GOD. >> Reporter: IT WAS REALLY HARD. THE GARTENS SAY THEY DOUBLE MORTGAGED THEIR HOUSE. 310 00:34:43,219 --> 00:34:50,993 INA TOLD US SHE WAS WORKING 20 HOURS A DAY TO KEEP UP WITH THE CROWDS WHO CAME TO GAWK AT THE GOODS AND LOAD UP ON LOBSTER 311 00:34:51,060 --> 00:34:56,265 SALAD. SOON SHE OPENED A BIGGER SHOP IN EAST HAMPTON. >> IT'S VERY DELIBERATE. 312 00:34:56,332 --> 00:35:02,638 I WAS ALWAYS DOING RESEARCH. YOU KNOW, IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME, WANDERING AROUND HAVING A PARTY, 313 00:35:02,705 --> 00:35:07,810 BUT IT WAS ALL CAREFUL AND DELIBERATE. >> Reporter: A CALCULATING BUSINESSWOMAN, INA GARTEN 314 00:35:07,877 --> 00:35:17,987 ELEVATED THE FOOD SCENE AND SOON HAD FINICKY HAMPTONS CLIENTELE FALLING OVER THEMSELVES TO HAVE THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA CATER 315 00:35:18,054 --> 00:35:23,693 THEIR WEDDINGS OR THANKSGIVING. >> AND EVERY YEAR WE WOULD PACK UP THE ORDERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO PEOPLE COULD COME IN THURSDAY 316 00:35:23,759 --> 00:35:29,665 MORNING. AND I WOULD USE THE VAN NEXT TO THE STORE AS A REFRIGERATOR. AND ONE YEAR IT WAS LIKE 33 317 00:35:29,732 --> 00:35:36,739 DEGREES WHEN I WAS GOING HOME AND I THOUGHT, NOBODY WANTS FROZEN THANKSGIVING DINNER. SO I DROVE THE VAN HOME AND I 318 00:35:36,806 --> 00:35:44,814 SET MY ALARM FOR EVERY SINGLE HOUR ALL NIGHT TO TURN THE HEAT ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN GO BACK TO SLEEP. 319 00:35:44,881 --> 00:35:49,552 >> TO KEEP THE TURKEYS WARM. >> TO KEEP THE TURKEYS -- WELL, THE TURKEYS WE ROASTED IN THE MORNING. 320 00:35:49,619 --> 00:35:54,357 BUT LIKE THE VEGETABLES AND THE SIDES AND ALL THAT STUFF. >> Reporter: AFTER 18 YEARS GARTEN DECIDED TO SELL THE 321 00:35:54,423 --> 00:36:02,732 BAREFOOT CONTESSA IN 1996. >> SO I MEAN ONE MINUTE I'M MAKING A THOUSAND BAGGETTS. AND THE NEXT MINUTE I HAVE 322 00:36:02,798 --> 00:36:06,736 NOTHING TO DO. >> HOW WAS THAT? >> IT WAS HORRIBLE. AND I THOUGHT YOU KNOW, I'M 50. 323 00:36:06,802 --> 00:36:12,375 MAYBE THAT'S THE END OF MY CAREER. >> Reporter: HARDLY. THE LULL LASTED NINE MONTHS 324 00:36:12,441 --> 00:36:18,014 BEFORE GARTEN STARTED WRITING "THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA COOKBOOK." THE FIRST OF 13 COOKBOOKS, NINE 325 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:23,052 OF WHICH BECAME "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLERS. CRUSHING BIG NAME CHEFS BY REMEMBERING THE LESSONS LEARNED 326 00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:30,526 AT HER SPECIALTY FOOD SHOP. >> I REALIZED LATER WHAT I KNEW WAS WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO EAT AT HOME, WHICH WAS ROAST CHICKEN 327 00:36:30,593 --> 00:36:36,399 AND ROAST CARROTS AND CHOCOLATE CAKE AND COCONUT CUPCAKES AND THINGS I KNEW FROM THE STORE PEOPLE BOUGHT AND TOOK HOME. 328 00:36:36,465 --> 00:36:40,770 >> YOU WEREN'T TRYING TO SAY HERE'S EVERYTHING I KNOW. YOU WERE SAYING HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. 329 00:36:40,836 --> 00:36:44,240 >> YEAH. HERE'S WHAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY AT HOME. >> Reporter: HER LATEST 330 00:36:44,307 --> 00:36:50,646 COOKBOOK, "GO-TO DINNERS," WAS INSPIRED BY THE PANDEMIC. AND AGAIN, INA IS IN EVERY DETAIL. 331 00:36:50,713 --> 00:36:59,355 >> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE BOOK THAT IS NOT BY ACCIDENT IS THAT YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE COUNTER AND IT DOESN'T FLOP 332 00:36:59,422 --> 00:37:04,293 SHUT. >> I'M SO GLAD YOU NOTICED THAT. >> Reporter: EARLY ON GARTEN SOUGHT OUT A PRINTER IN JAPAN SO 333 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:11,734 HER COOKBOOKS WOULD LIE FLAT, WOULDN'T CLOSE WHILE COOKING. SHE DESIGNED THEM TO HAVE WHITE SPACE FOR NOTES AND PICTURES AS 334 00:37:11,801 --> 00:37:16,706 GUIDES. SIMPLICITY IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE. >> DO YOU EVER THROW SOMETHING OUT BECAUSE IT'S TOO DIFFICULT 335 00:37:16,772 --> 00:37:21,177 TO MAKE? >> ABSOLUTELY. IF I GET TO A POINT IN A RECIPE AND I GO I'M NEVER GOING TO MAKE 336 00:37:21,243 --> 00:37:27,950 THIS RECIPE AGAIN, EVERYTHING GOES IN THE TRASH. AND IF YOU'RE EXHAUSTED BY THE TIME YOU FINISH THAT, IT'S NOT 337 00:37:28,017 --> 00:37:32,121 GOOD FOR THE PARTY. >> SO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE PARTY ABOVE ALL THINGS. >> I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE 338 00:37:32,188 --> 00:37:37,393 PARTY. >> Reporter: THE PARTY GOT REAL BIG REAL FAST AFTER INA WAS INVITED TO BE ON MARTHA 339 00:37:37,460 --> 00:37:43,032 STEWART'S SHOW. AN OUTTAKE CAUGHT THE EYE OF A FOOD NETWORK EXECUTIVE. >> SHE SAID THAT I WAS MAKING 340 00:37:43,099 --> 00:37:50,573 SOMETHING AND I TOOK A SPOONFUL OF IT AND TASTE TD AND GO, THIS IS REALLY GOOD. AND THE MARTHA STEWART CREW SAID 341 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:57,313 CUT, YOU CAN'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL. AND I WAS LIKE, WHY? IT'S A COOKING SHOW. 342 00:37:57,380 --> 00:38:00,549 >> Reporter: GARTEN TOLD NETWORK EXECUTIVES SHE DIDN'T WANT A SHOW BUT EVENTUALLY GAVE IN WITH A CAVEAT. 343 00:38:00,616 --> 00:38:11,927 INSTEAD OF AN ADORING STUDIO AUDIENCE SHEINSISTED ON A MORE INTIMATE AFFAIR IN HER KITCHEN. SHE DIRECTED THE CAMERAS TO COME 344 00:38:11,994 --> 00:38:16,065 CLOSER SO IT FELT LIKE A DINNER PARTY. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I'M FASCINATED BY IS THERE ARE A LOT 345 00:38:16,132 --> 00:38:22,405 OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH YOUR SHOW WHO DON'T COOK. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE APPEAL IS? WHY ARE THEY WATCHING YOU COOK? 346 00:38:22,471 --> 00:38:27,576 >> I THINK THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MOM WAS IN THE KITCHEN COOKING FOR US, AND I THINK PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE JUST HANGING OUT 347 00:38:27,643 --> 00:38:33,115 WITH ME AND I'M COOKING FOR THEM. >> AND YOU'RE COOKING, YOU'RE NOT -- IT'S NOT ABOUT LOOK AT 348 00:38:33,182 --> 00:38:37,153 ME. >> OH, IT'S NEVER ABOUT LOOK AT ME. I'M LIKE DON'T LOOK AT ME. 349 00:38:37,219 --> 00:38:43,759 I'M JUST THE OPPOSITE. IT'S FUNNY. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO SAID EVERYBODY ELSE IS LIKE LOOK AT 350 00:38:43,826 --> 00:38:49,131 ME, LOOK AT ME, PAY ATTENTION TO HE ME. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I DO. 351 00:38:49,198 --> 00:38:57,440 YOU CAN DO WHATEVER THE [ BLEEP ] YOU WANT TO DO. AND I'M JUST HAVING FUN HERE. >> Reporter: THE FUN CAME TO A 352 00:38:57,506 --> 00:39:03,112 SCREECHING HALT FOR INA AND EVERYONE ELSE DURING THE PANDEMIC. UNABLE TO FILM HER SHOW OR COOK 353 00:39:03,179 --> 00:39:10,786 FOR HER FRIENDS, GARTEN TURNED TO INSTAGRAM, OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE TO HOME COOKS. >> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP 354 00:39:10,853 --> 00:39:14,623 TRADITIONS ALIVE. >> Reporter: AND STRING UP SOME FUN. >> YOU NEVER KNEW WHO WAS GOING 355 00:39:14,690 --> 00:39:19,128 TO STOP BY. WAIT A MINUTE, NOBODY'S STOPPING BY. >> Reporter: TWO CUPS OF VODKA 356 00:39:19,195 --> 00:39:24,233 AND MORE THAN 3 MILLION VIEWS LATER -- >> DELICIOUS. >> Reporter: WITH THE LOCKDOWN 357 00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:32,842 OVER WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE INA DIDN'T HAVE TO DRINK ALONE. >> JEFFREY ARRIVES. >> HI, SWEETIE. 358 00:39:32,908 --> 00:39:37,012 >> HI. >> YOU KNOW SHARYN, RIGHT? >> I KNOW SHARYN. HI, SHARYN. 359 00:39:37,079 --> 00:39:41,817 >> SO WE MADE A RED GRAPEFRUIT PALOMA FOR YOU. HOW'S THAT? ? 360 00:39:41,884 --> 00:39:45,454 WOW. >> Reporter: MR. GARTEN HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER ON WALL STREET AND SERVED AS THE DEAN OF YALE'S 361 00:39:45,521 --> 00:39:51,393 BUSINESS SCHOOL. BUT MILLIONS OF VIEWERS KNOW HIM SIMPLY AS JEFFREY. INA HAS CALLED YOU HER MUSE 362 00:39:51,460 --> 00:39:57,600 BEFORE. WHAT IS SHE TO YOU? >> WELL, SHE'S THE CENTER OF MY LIFE. 363 00:39:57,666 --> 00:40:07,843 >> AW. >> SHE'S ACTUALLY THE FONT OF AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FUN. AND SHE IS THE CENTER OF THE 364 00:40:07,910 --> 00:40:10,846 HOME. THAT'S WHAT SHE IS TO ME. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT BAD. 365 00:40:10,913 --> 00:40:16,218 >> Reporter: THE COUPLE'S BEEN MARRIED FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. >> IS THIS A TYPICAL DAY AT THE HOUSE? 366 00:40:16,285 --> 00:40:21,624 >> OH, YEAH. WE HAVE COCKTAILS ALL THE TIME. >> A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY. >> AND THAT'S THE SECRET TO A 367 00:40:21,690 --> 00:40:26,028 HAPPY MARRIAGE. >> EXACTLY RIGHT. >> JUST DELICIOUS. >> THANK YOU. 368 00:40:26,095 --> 00:40:33,435 >> Reporter: THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT LOOKING FOR CARBS. BUT IN THE HAMPTONS THE CORNER SHOP DOESN'T SELL DONUTS. 369 00:40:33,502 --> 00:40:37,807 >> THIS IS CARISSA'S. >> SO CUTE. >> ISN'T IT WONDERFUL? >> Reporter: GARTEN TOOK US TO 370 00:40:37,873 --> 00:40:41,443 HER FAVORITE LOCAL BAKERY FOR A TASTE OF THE GOOD LIFE. >> WHAT IS IT YOU LOVE ABOUT THIS SPOT? 371 00:40:41,510 --> 00:40:48,517 >> WELL, FIRST I LOVE CARISSA'S BECAUSE IT'S TWO LOCAL WOMEN AND THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BUILT THIS EXTRAORDINARY PLACE WITH GREAT 372 00:40:48,584 --> 00:40:54,156 QUALITY FOOD. THEY USE LOCAL INGREDIENTS IN ALMOST EVERYTHING. AND THEY'RE HERE EVERY DAY. 373 00:40:54,223 --> 00:40:58,561 AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE WHAT I USED TO DO. IT FEELS LIKE COMING HOME. OH. 374 00:40:58,627 --> 00:41:02,631 LOOK HOW FABULOUS THAT IS. >> WOW. THAT IS FANCY. THIS IS JUST TYPICALLY WHAT I 375 00:41:02,698 --> 00:41:06,836 WOULD HAVE FOR BREAKFAST. >> EXACTLY. >> THIS IS ALL LOVELY. BUT THE BACON, EGG AND CHEESE 376 00:41:06,902 --> 00:41:13,242 SANDWICH IS LIKE $20. A LOBSTER ROLL'S 38. >> BUT YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ORGANIC, IT'S LOCAL. 377 00:41:13,309 --> 00:41:19,648 AND THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE HERE. BUT IT'S NOT JUST A PIECE OF WHITE BREAD. IT'S ON A ROLL THAT CARISSA 378 00:41:19,715 --> 00:41:23,786 MADE. ONE OF THE LUXURIES OF BEING HERE IS THAT YOU CAN MAKE A REALLY GOOD-QUALITY PRODUCT. 379 00:41:23,853 --> 00:41:30,459 >> Reporter: GARTEN'S LIFE ISN'T ALL FRENCH PASTRIES AND ROSE-COLORED COCKTAILS. BUT WE THOUGHT IT'S PRETTY DANG 380 00:41:30,526 --> 00:41:37,166 CLOSE. SHE MAY STILL BE A NERVOUS COOK, BUT INA GARTEN HAS NAILED THE RECIPE FOR A GOOD LIFE. 381 00:41:37,233 --> 00:41:42,238 >> I WANT TO DO WHAT I LOVE DOING, AND I WANT TO DO IT REALLY WELL. AND THEN I WANT TO HAVE A LIFE. 382 00:41:42,304 --> 00:41:46,775 >> JULIA SOLD FRENCH FOOD. RIGHT? MARTHA SOLD PERFECTION. YOU'RE SLINGING FUN. 383 00:41:46,842 --> 00:42:03,459 >> WELL, I JUST THINK IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING FUN WHAT'S THE POINT? >>> THE LAST MINUTE OF "60 MINUTES" IS SPONSORED BY UNITED 384 00:42:03,525 --> 00:42:10,666 HEALTHCARE. GET MEDICARE WITH MORE. >>> IN THE MAIL THIS WEEK, AS RUSSIA STEPPED UP ITS DRONE 385 00:42:10,733 --> 00:42:17,840 ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN TARGETS IN UKRAINE, VIEWERS COMMENTED ON SCOTT PELLEY'S STORY LAST SUNDAY ON "THE LOST SOULS OF BUCHA," 386 00:42:17,907 --> 00:42:24,346 AND THE ATTEMPT TO RESTORE NAMES AND FACES TO CIVILIANS HASTILY BURIED IN A MASS GRAVE IN THE KYIV SUBURB. 387 00:42:24,413 --> 00:42:30,352 "THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE DEAD OF BUCHA AND REACHING OUR HEARTS AND CONSCIENCES." "YOU WILL GET SOME COMPLAINTS 388 00:42:30,419 --> 00:42:37,092 ABOUT THE GRAPHIC NATURE OF YOUR REPORT ON BUCHA, BUT IT WAS BRILLIANTLY DONE AND IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AND 389 00:42:37,159 --> 00:42:41,297 UNDERSTAND." AND THERE WAS THIS FROM A CANADIAN VIEWER. "SO UTTERLY HEARTBREAKING, 390 00:42:41,363 --> 00:42:46,268 SHOCKING, TERRIFYING AND HORRIFYING, PRODUCING TEARS AND ANGER THAT I'VE NO DOUBT ARE THE COLLECTIVE REACTIONS OF THOSE 391 00:42:46,335 --> 00:42:50,739 WHO WATCHED THIS." I'M ANDERSON COOPER. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH