>>> WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD INDICTMENTS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE PLED GUILTY TO BALLOT TRAFFICKING.
>> HOW MANY BALLOTS WERE INVOLVE IMMEDIATE. >> I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> IT'S FOUR, OKAY. WHETHER IT'S 4 OR 4,000 DOESN'T MATTER. >> IT WASN'T A PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. IT WAS A PRIMARY. >> DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S A DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM.
>> DONALD TRUMP WON. >> AND I WILL FIGHT FOR TRUMP'S AMERICA FIRST AGENDA. >> TONIGHT THE STORY OF MAGA
ELECTION DENIERS RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FACTS. >>> WHAT'S INSIDE AFRICA'S
IMPENETRABLE FOREST? WE FOUND RUGGED TERRAIN, MOUNTAIN GORILLAS AND CAVES FULL OF BATS, ALL OF WHICH CONTAIN
CLUES FOR THIS TEAM OF VIRUS HUNTERS SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT DEADLY PATHOGEN CAPABLE OF STARTING THE NEXT PANDEMIC.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY DAUNTING TASK FOR YOU TO FIND PATHOGEN "X" BEFORE IT FINDS US. >> IT'S DEFINITELY ACHIEVABLE.
>>> I'M AN IDIOT, BASICALLY. >> THE BEST STORIES HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO CAN TELL THEM. >> ALL WRITERS ARE THIEVES.
>> MEET DAVID SEDARIS, A MASTERFUL WRITER WHO MAKES SHARING PERSONAL, RELIABLY FUNNY, OFTEN UNCOMFORTABLE
STORIES LOOK EASY. >> I'M IN SHOW BUSINESS, AND I LOVE THE SHOW BUSINESS LIFE. I DO.
IT'S THE LAZIEST FORM OF SHOW BUSINESS THERE IS, BUT, YEAH, I THINK OF IT AS SHOW BUSINESS, I DO.
>>> I'M LESLIE STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITTAKER. >> I'M SCOTT PELLY. THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT
ON "60 MINUTES." >>> IT'S THE VOTE THAT HOLDS AMERICA TOGETHER, BELIEF THAT WITH THE BALLOT VOICES ARE
HEARD, DISPUTES ARE ADDRESSED AND THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER CHANCE. COUNTRIES WITHOUT THIS BELIEF
TEND TO BE IN BONDAGE OR AT WAR. ELECTION DAY IS COMING, BUT CROSS AMERICA BELIEF IS UNDER ATTACK.
POLITICIANS WHO SAY THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN ARE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN 19 STATES, ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 10, AND IN
12 STATES ELECTION DENIERS ARE RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM POWER OVER ELECTIONS.
AFTER TWO YEARS OF INVESTIGATIONS AND AUDITS NO FRAUD OR ERROR HAS BEEN FOUND IN ANY STATE THAT WOULD CHANGE THE
2020 OUTCOME. BUT IN 2022 SPREADING DOUBT HAS BEEN KEY TO AN ENDORSEMENT FROM DONALD TRUMP.
NO STATE HAS BEEN MORE DEEPLY RIDDEN BY THIS THAN ARIZONA WHERE A SPLIT IN THE GOP HAS REPUBLICANS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF
A GRAND CANYON. ON ONE SIDE OF THE ARIZONA CHASM STANDS RUSTY BOWERS, A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN AND ARTIST WHO BECAME
ARIZONA'S SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. BOWERS TOLD US HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN JOE BIDEN WON, SO WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RUDY
GIULIANI CALLED AFTER THE ELECTION, HE WAS LISTENING. >> FIRST RUDY, I STARTED SAID, WELL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
FRAUD ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ARIZONA, AND THEN HE LISTED OFF LARGE NUMBERS IN CATEGORIES THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL, DEAD PEOPLE,
STOLEN BALLOTS. >> BOWERS SAYS GIULIANI WANTED HIM TO HOLD A VOTE TO REVOKE BIDEN'S ELECTORS.
>> AND I SAID BUT, RUDY, I WANT THE PROOF. ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME THE PROOF?
AND HE SAID YES. >> SO GIULIANI AND COCOUNSEL JENNA ELLIS FLEW OUT TO MEET BOWERS.
YOU LEFT THE MEETING WITH RUDY GIULIANI THINKING WHAT? >> THAT I WASN'T HAPPY. I SAID, OKAY, TIME-OUT.
MR. GIULIANI, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO BRING ME SOME PROOF, NAMES, ET CETERA, OF ALL THESE PEOPLE.
DID YOU BRING ME THE PROOF? HE LOOKED AT JENNA ELLIS AND SAID DO WE HAVE THE PROOF, AND SHE SAID YES, WE DO.
DO YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU? NO, NO. WHERE IS IT? WELL, IT MIGHT BE BACK AT THE
HOTEL ROOM. AND I SAID I ASKED YOU FOR THE PROOF, YOU SAID YOU'D BRING IT, YOU'RE NOT BRINGING IT.
YOU'RE ASKING ME TO BREAK MY OATH AND MAKE UP SOMETHING TO PULL ELECTORS AND REPLACE ELECTORS, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN
DONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. AND I'M GOING TO TRY THAT ON MY STATE.
>> WITHOUT BOWERS GIULIANI FOUND AN ALLY WILLING TO CALL THE VOTE CRIMINAL, ARIZONA STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARK FINCHEM.
>> IT'S EXCEEDINGLY HARD FOR ME TO PLACE A LABEL ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD OTHER THAN RACKETEERING, GOOD OLD-FASHIONED MOBSTER
RACKETEERING. >> FOUR WEEKS AFTER MR. TRUMP'S DEFEAT, FINCHEM HELD AN UNOFFICIAL HEARING FEATURING
GIULIANI. >> A CONSPIRACY THAT WAS HASHED BY THE CROOKED LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> A DAY OF ALLEGATIONS WITHOUT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE ENDED WITH THIS. >> WHEN SATAN WANTS TO
EXTINGUISH A LIFE HE WILL STOP AT NOTHING, SO BE ON YOUR GUARD, PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD AND BE PREPARED TO FIGHT.
>> MARK FINCHEM FOUGHT, AND NOW TE 65-YEAR-OLD FORMER POLICE OFFICER IS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR ARIZONA SECRETARY OF
STATE, WHICH WOULD GIVE HIM AUTHORITY OVER ELECTIONS. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE KNOW IT AND THEY KNOW IT.
DONALD TRUMP WON. >> BUT MARK BURNEVICH DOES NOT KNOW IT. HE'S ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN
ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO'S INVESTIGATED FOR TWO YEARS AND HAS A WORD FOR CLAIMS OF FRAUD. >> HORSE [ BLEEP ].
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS. MOST OF IT'S HORSE [ BLEEP ], AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SCRAPE IT OFF MY SHOES FOR THE LAST
YEAR. >> HE SUPPORTED TRUMP WHO CALLED HIM WITH ADVICE. >> HE GOES ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS
SAY THE ELECTION'S FRAUDULENT AND YOU WILL BE A SUPERSTAR, YOU'LL BE THE MOST POPULAR GUY IN AMERICA.
AND I TOLD HIM I SAID, MR. PRESIDENT, I DIDN'T BECOME ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BE A STAR, I BROUGHT MY STAR WITH ME.
AD I DON'T NEED ANYBODY WHETHER IT'S THE FORMER PRESIDENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON VALIDATING WHAT I'M DOING AND WHY I'M DOING IT.
>> WHAT HE'S DOING IS BRINGING INDICTMENTS IN EVERY 2020 VOTE FRAUD CASE THAT HE CAN BACK WITH EVIDENCE.
ALL TOGETHER TO DATE FROM THE GENERAL ELECTION ARIZONA HAS INDICTED 12 DEFENDANTS IN CASES INVOLVING A TOTAL OF 12 BALLOTS.
12 STATE-WIDE. BIDEN WON ARIZONA BY 10,000. >> THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WANTED TO FIND
EVIDENCE OF FRAUD MORE THAN I DID, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SYSTEMATICALLY GO THROUGH AND SAY, NO, THIS IS THE
FACT, THIS IS THE EVIDENCE. EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINIONS. BUT WHEN YOU'RE THE ACTUAL
PROSECUTOR, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE ACTUAL GOVERNMENT THERE'S A HIGHER OBLIGATION. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BE SLOPPY.
>> IN ADDITION TO BURNEVICH'S INVESTIGATIONS IN 2021 THE REPUBLICAN LED STATE SENATE AUDITED PHOENIX'S MARICOPA
COUNTY, HOPEME TO 60% OF THE STE VOTE. THE AUDIT WAS DONE BY A COMPANY THAT HAD NEVER AUDITED AN
ELECTION. THE AUDITS HAND RECOUNT CONFIRMED JOE BIDEN WON, BUT ITS REPORT ALSO RAISED QUESTIONS
ABOUT DISCREPANCIES IT FOUND. THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED ONLINE IN DETAIL BY MARICOPA COUNTY.
STILL, WIDESPREAD FRAUD IS MARK FINCHEM'S CHARGE. >> WHEN YOU STEAL SOMETHING, THAT'S NOT REALLY A WIN.
THAT'S A FRAUD. >> THAT WAS IN WASHINGTON THE DAY BEFORE THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL, WHICH FINCHEM DESCRIBES
THIS WAY. >> THIS ENTIRE J-6 CRAP WAS MANUFACTURED TO CREATE A NARRATIVE THAT WAS AN ASSAULT ON
THE CAPITOL. THIS FITS INTO THE MARXIST IDEOLOGY OF HOW DO YOU GO TO ONE-PARTY RULE.
>> TODAY FINCHEM IS RUNNING NECK AND NECK WITH HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT, ADRIAN FONTIS WHO HELPED LEAD THE 2020 ELECTION IN
MARICOPA COUNTY. >> WE ARE FAR TOO DIVIDED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER BASED ON LIES AND CONSPIRACIES, AND WE AS
ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS ARIZONA HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB SHOWING FOLKS THAT THE SYSTEM IS QUITE GOOD.
>> I'D LIKE TO SEE A WORLD WHERE IT'S EASY TO VOTE BUT HARD TO CHEAT. >> WE ASKED FINCHEM FOR CREDIBLE
PROOF OF FRAUD. HE RAISED NOT EVIDENCE BUT THOSE QUESTIONS FROM THE STATE SENATE AUDIT.
NEXT FINCHEM TOLD US ABOUT A MYSTERIOUS POST-ELECTION E-MAIL WHICH HE FEATURED IN A RALLY. >> WHERE WE HAD A WHISTLE-BLOWER
WHO SENT AN E-MAIL NOT JUST TO THE DOJ BUT TO EVERY SINGLE LEGISLATOR SAYING THERE'S 34, 35,000 FICTITIOUS VOTERS IN AN
UNCERTAIN SYSTEM WHERE YOU'D NEVER FIND. WELL, WE BELIEVE WE FOUND THEM. >> IN THE E-MAIL FINCHEM SPEAKS
OF A BRIAN WATSON SAID DEMOCRATS ADDED BOGUS VOTES ELECTRONICALLY IN PIMA COUNTY. TE WRITER HAD NO EVIDENCE,
ASKED NOT TO BE CONTACTED AND CLOSED HIS E-MAIL ACCOUNT. WHY WOULD YOU GIVE THIS ANY CREDENCE?
>> AGAIN, IT'S AN OPEN QUESTION. I WANT TO KNOW WAS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS HAPPENED. NOW, WE'VE NOW PROVEN THAT IT
HAPPENED, SCOTT. >> HOW SO? >> WE'VE GOT TWO PRECINCTS THAT SHOW OVER 100% OF THE PEOPLE
REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THAT PRECINCT VOTED. THAT IS AN UNDENIABLE FACT. >> BUT IT IS DENIABLE BY PIMA
COUNTY, WHICH SAYS NO PRECINCT HAD MORE VOTES THAN VOTERS. ANOTHER OF FINCHEM'S FREQUENT POINTS CONCERNS A PAIR OF
INDICTMENTS. >> WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, BALLOT HARVESTING AND VOTES. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WERE INDICTED
FOR THE VERY THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW WHO PLED GUILTY. AND FRANKLY, THOSE VOTES ALTERED
THE OUTCOME OF YUMA COUNTY. YUMA COUNTY WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD INDICTMENTS AND PEOPLE PLED GUILTY TO BALLOT TRAFFICKING.
>> HOW MANY BALLOTS WERE INVOLVED INVOLVED? >> I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD. >> IT'S FOUR. >> WHETHER IT'S FOUR OR 4,000 DOESN'T MATTER.
>> IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. >> DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S A DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM. >> A MINUSCULE DEFECT.
TWO WOMEN IN YUMA COUNTY PLEADED GUILTY TO COLLECTING FOUR BALLOTS AND DROPPING THEM IN A BALLOT BOX.
IT'S AGAINST STATE LAW TO DEPOSIT A BALLOT THAT ISN'T YOURS OR YOUR FAMILY'S. IT'S FOUR BALLOTS IN A PRIMARY.
>> IN THAT INSTANCE. IN THAT INSTANCE. >> YOU HAVE A BIGGER ONE? >> WELL, WE'VE GOT INFORMATION
THAT'S BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, AND YOU SAY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THERE, OKAY.
THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT. BUT DO I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE WERE OTHER BALLOT
TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SOME IN ARIZONA? YEAH, I DO. >> NAME ONE.
>> YUMA COUNTY, 25,000 BALLOTS. >> WHAT HAPPENED? >> SAME FINGERPRINTS ON THOSE BALLOTS FOR FIVE INDIVIDUALS.
SO WHERE'D THAT GO? WHERE'S THAT EVIDENCE? I KNOW IT'S BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
I KNOW THE FBI FIELD OFFICE ACTUALLY DID THE PRINTS. >> THAT'S FALSE, ACCORDING TO THE FBI.
YUMA COUNTY TOLD US THAT NO ONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FINGERPRINTED 25,000 BALLOTS. FINCHEM OFTEN SAYS THAT EVIDENCE
IS WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL BURNEVICH IMPLYING THAT SOMETHING BIG IS COMING. >> IN FACT HE HAS A MOUNTAIN OF
EVIDENCE THAT'S SITTING IN HIS OFFICE. >> BUT BURNEVICH TOLD US HIS INVESTIGATION IS ESSENTIALLY
OVER. >> WE AS PROSECUTORS DEAL IN FACTS AND EVIDENCE, AND I'M NOT LIKE THE CLOWNS THAT THROW STUFF
AGAINST THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS. >> CLOWNS? >> CLOWNS, DID I SAY THAT?
YES, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF CLOWNS OUT THERE THAT THEY SAW WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE, WAS IT A SIMON GAR FUNGAL LINE THAT A
MAN HEARS WHAT HE WANTS TO HEAR AND DISREGARDS THE REST? THERE'S A LOT OF THAT GOING ON. >> IT'S GOING ON IN THE TOP
ARIZONA RACES WHERE THE REPUBLICAN FOR GOVERNOR IS A DENIER. >> WE HAD A FRAUDULENT ELECTION,
A CORRUPT ELECTION, AND WE HAVE AN ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE. >> IT'S LIKE A GIANT GRIFT IN
SOME WAYS. >> A GRIFT, A SWINDLE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> YES.
>> ALL OF THESE ACCUSATIONS, THE CASE IN YUMA, SCAREMONGERING, THE BRIAN WATSON E-MAIL, SCAREMONGERING.
YOU CALLED ARIZONA THE EPICENTER OF FRAUD. IT'S SCAREMONGERING. IT'S NOT THE FRAUD THAT IS
BREAKING PEOPLES FAITH IN OUR ELECTIONS, IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU. >> SO YOU SAY. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
VIOLATIONS OF STATE STATUTE, THS IS THE EPICENTER OF THE PROBLEM. >> NATIONWIDE 190 ELECTION
DENIERS ARE RUNNING FOR THE U.S. HOUSE AND 14 FOR THE U.S. SENATE, ACCORDING TO THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION.
MARK BURNEVICH LOST HIS PRIMARY TO A DENIER AND SO DID RUSTY BOWERS, WHICH MAY COME AS A RELIEF.
>> DON'T COME OVER. DON'T COME OVER. >> POST-ELECTION TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND CONSPIRACY
SPINNERS LAID SIEGE TO BOWER'S HOME UP TO THREE TIMES A WEEK. >> RUSTY BOWERS IS A PEDOPHILE. >> YOU GO HOME.
>> HE HAD TO FEND THEM OFF. A MAN WITH A PISTOL, DEMONSTRATORS IN THEIR OWN ARMORED CAR.
AND AT THE STATE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021, THEY CAME WITH RIFLES AND A GUILLOTINE. IN ARIZONA WHEN BELIEF IN THE
VOTE ERODED THIS IS WHAT FILLED THE VOID. HAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT YOU'VE KNOWN ALL YOUR LIFE BEEN
HIJACKED? >> IT'S A LARGE GROUP OF THEM THAT IS DOING THE HIJACKING. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A
MAJORITY. IT'S EFFECTIVENESS AS A PARTY AND ITS LEGITIMACY IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE IS GROSSLY UNDERMINED
BY HOW THEY'VE ACTED IN THIS STATE. . >>> AN OUTBREAK OF THE DEADLY
EBOLA VIRUS IN UGANDA HAS ALARMED SCIENTISTS. WHILE NO CASES HAVE YET BEEN DISCOVERED OUTSIDE AFRICA, THE
U.S. HAS STARTED SCREENING ALL ARRIVALS FROM UGANDA. EBOLA IS AMONG THE DEADLIEST OF PATHOGENS CAPABLE OF JUMPING
FROM WILD ANIMALS TO HUMANS JUST AS COVID-19 LIKELY DID. IT'S CALLED SPILLOVER. DISEASE DETECTIVES WARN THE
THREAT OF SPILLOVER HAS NEVER BEEN HIGHER AS URBAN POPULATIONS GROW AND COME INTO CONTACT WITH WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR VIRUSES.
SINCE 2009 AMERICAN SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED MORE THAN 900 NEW VIRUSES. NOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS
DOUBLING DOWN, SENDING VIRUS HUNTERS TO GLOBAL HOT SPOTS TO FIND THE NEXT DEADLY VIRUS BEFORE IT FINDS US.
WE JOINED A TEAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS AND THEIR UGANDAN PARTNERS IN THE RUGGED IMPENETRABLE FOREST
ON THE SEARCH FOR PATHOGEN "X." WE LANDED IN A SPECK OF A TOWN IN SOUTHWEST UGANDA. AS WE HEADED OFF TO THE
IMPENETRABLE FOREST WE SOON SAW HOW IT GOT ITS NAME. IT'S SO THICK WITH TREES, VINES, AND ROOTS THAT UGANDANS CALL IT
THE PLACE OF DARKNESS. AS OUR FOUR BY FOURS BUMPED AND SWERVED ALONG DEEPLY RUTTED TRACKS, WE PASSED TEA FARMERS,
LOGGERS, VILLAGERS, ALL LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE FOREST WHERE THE RISK OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPILLING OVER FROM ANIMALS IS
HIGHEST. WILDLIFE EPIDEMIOLOGIST CHRISTINE JOHNSON HANDICAPPED THE STAKES.
HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE ODDS OF ANOTHER PANDEMIC? >> I WOULD SAY ANOTHER PANDEMIC IS GUARANTEED.
>> GUARANTEED. >> IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF BUT WHEN. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO COMMITTED
TODAY PREPARATION. >> JOHNSON LEADS THE UC DAVIS TEAM AND HAS BEEN HUNTING VIRUSES AROUND THE DPLOGLOBE FO
DECADES. WE WERE HEADED TO AN ABANDONED MINE SHAFT TO LOOK FOR BATS. JOHNSON TOLD US BATS ARE PRIME
SUSPECTS FOR SPILLOVER. THEY HAVE MORE VIRUSES HARMFUL TO HUMANS THAN ANY OTHER ANIMAL. NEW VIRUSES ARE STILL BEING
DISCOVERED. IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY DAUNTING TASK FOR YOU TO FIND PATHOGEN "X" BEFORE IT FINDS US.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY ACHIEVABLE BUT -- >> IT'S ACHIEVABLE? >> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S ALL HERE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE EXPLORING OUTER SPACE. ALL OF THESE VIRUSES AND ALL OF
THE WILDLIFE ARE RIGHT HERE ON OUR PLANET. >> THE BATS WOULD START FLYING AT DUSK.
WE WAITED AS THE UC DAVIS TEAM AND THEIR UGANDAN PARTNERS HUNG A FINE MESH NET ACROSS THE ENTRANCE OF THE CAVE.
WE WORE MASKS AND GOGGLES TO PROTECT OURSELVES AGAINST ANY EARLY EARLY RISERS.
BERNARD, ONE OF UGANDA'S TOP WILDLIFE VETS, TOLD US THIS AREA USED TO BE ALL FOREST. NOW VILLAGERS HAD PLANTED A
CORNFIELD RIGHT UP TO THE MOUTH OF THE BAT CAVE, INCREASING THE RISK OF SPILLOVER. AS IF ON CUE WE WATCHED WOMEN
CARRYING WATER CUT THROUGH THE CORNFIELD WHILE SCHOOL CHILDREN RAN HOME. >> THE TRANSFER BETWEEN BATS AND
HUMANS, IT'S MUCH MORE LIKELY WHEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE LIVING SO CLOSE. >> EXACTLY.
THE POPULATION HAS GROWN. PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO AREAS THEY'VE NEVER ASPIRED BEFORE. THAT SHRINKAGE OF THE BUFFER,
THE HABITAT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE BECOME SO NARROW SO THAT INCREASES THE CONTACT. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO WERE NOW LIVING RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF -- >> EXACTLY. >> THE IMPENETRABLE FOREST.
>> EXACTLY. GOVERNMENTS CANNOT STOP PEOPLE FROM MOVING INTO SOME OF THESE AREAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE
ELSE TO GO. >> BATS ARE KNOWN TO CARRY CORONAVIRUS, THE SAME VIRUS FAMILY THAT SPAWNED COVID-19 AS
WELL AS LETHAL EBOLA VIRUSES. SO WE HAD TO DRESS HEAD TO TOE IN PROTECTIVE GEAR. ONCE THE HAZMAT SUIT WAS ON, WE
ADDED TWO SETS OF GLOVES, A MASK, AND A FACE SHIELD TO GUARD AGAINST FLYING GUANO AND OTHER TOXINS.
I MUST ASSUME EVERYTHING IS CONTAMINATED? >> EXACTLY. >> THE IMPENETRABLE FOREST WAS
SOON PITCH-BLACK AND WE HAD ONLY THE LIGHT FROM OUR HEADLAMPS TO GUIDE US. SOON THEY TRAPPED A LARGE
EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT. WILDLIFE VET BERNARD GENTLY DISENTANGLED IT AND PUT IT IN A FABRIC SACK.
WE FOLLOWED HIM BACK TO THE MAKESHIFT LAB DPLGLOWING IN THE DARK. THE BAT SACKS QUIVERED IN THE
GHOSTLY LIGHT. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ON THE SET OF A SCI-FI MOVIE. HE'S A BIG GUY.
UP CLOSE THE BATS DID LITTLE TO DISPEL THEIR FEARSOME REPUTATIONS. WE WATCHED AS THE FRUIT BAT GREW
AGITATED TRYING TO ESCAPE. THE SCIENTIST HELD ITS NOSE TO A TEST TUBE FILLED WITH A MILD ANESTHETIC.
FINALLY THE BAT SUCCUMBED. EPIDEMIOLOGIST CHRISTINE JOHNSON TOLD US THE BAT WOULD BE SWABBED FOR A SUITE OF VIRUSES.
DOES THIS HURT THE BAT AT ALL? >> NO, IT DOESN'T HURT THE BAT. WE GET THE RIGHT SIZE SWAB SO THAT WE'RE DOING A SAMPLE.
MIGHT BE A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE. >> THE BAT'S WINGS WERE EXAMINED FOR PARASITES AND TICKS THAT MIGHT ALSO HAVE PATHOGENS.
ALL THE SAMPLES WOULD BE SENT TO A LAB FOR DNA SEQUENCING. JOHNSON TOLD US A VIRUS' GENETIC CODE CAN HELP IDENTIFY WHICH
MIGHT CROSS TO HUMANS. AFTER THE TESTS WERE DONE, THE BATS WERE RELEASED GROGGY BUT UNHARMED.
THE NEXT DAY WE JOINED TIERA SMILY EVANS, A UC DAVIS EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND WILDLIFE VET. WE WERE LOOKING FOR MONKEYS AND
BABOONS. LIKE BATS PRIMATES CARRY MANY VIRUSES THAT HAVE LEAPT TO PEOPLE.
SMILY EVANS TOLD US CATCHING AN OUTBREAK EARLY AT THE POINT OF SPILLOVER IS VITAL TO CONTAINING IT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF VIRUSES THAT CAN INFECT HUMANS THAT COME OUT OF FORESTS.
>> THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE PATHOGENS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAN ONES THAT WE DO KNOW ABOUT.
WE NEED TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION AND MORE INTELLIGENCE ABOUT WHAT MAY BE OUT THERE AND ABLE TO SPILL OVER
BEFORE IT DOES. >> SO THEY COME RIGHT DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL? >> YEAH, AND THE BACK -- IT
BACKS UP RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FOREST. >> WE MET HER AT THE WINDY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AT THE EDGE
OF THE FOREST. IT'S SO CLOSE WE SAW BABOONS CASUALLY STROLLING ON THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS.
SOMETIMES GETTING INTO PATIENT'S ROOMS. >> WHENEVER YOU'RE CREATING A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMANS TO
COME IN CONTACT WITH WILDLIFE POPULATIONS THAT THEY WERE NEVER IN CONTACT WITH BEFORE, YOU'RE CREATING A BRAND NEW SITUATION.
>> SO AS HUMAN POPULATIONS GROW, THAT'S PUSHING US INTO AREAS WE'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE? >> EXACTLY
>> PUTTING US INTO CONTACT WITH ANIMALS WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BEFORE. >> EXACTLY.
>> TO FIND OUT WHAT VIRUSES THE BABOONS WERE CARRYING, SMILY EVANS PIONEERED A SIMPLE BUT GROUNDBREAKING METHOD TO COLLECT
SALIVA SAMPLE, THE STEALTH BANANA. TIED TO A STRING THE BANANA IS TOSSED TO THE CURIOUS BABOONS.
BUT HIDDEN INSIDE IS AN ORAL SWAB COATED IN SOMETHING SWEET AT THE BABOONS LOVE TO CUE. SMILY EVANS AND UGANDAN WILDLIFE
VET NELSON HAD PREPARED THE BANANAS EARLIER IN THE DAY. >> SO WE HAD TRIED STRUBERRY JAM, MANGO JUICE.
>> HAVE YOU FOUND THEY LIKE ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER? >> THE DIFFERENCE IS SOMETIMES THEY'LL CHEW ON THAT SWAB FOR A
LONGER PERIODS OF TIME WITH A DIFFERENT ATTRACTANT VERSUS ANOTHER AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT.
>> IT'S LIKE BUMAL GUM FOR PRIMATES. WHEN THE SWEET IS GONE THE BABOONS THROW THE SWAB AWAY
LEAVING BEHIND PLENTY OF SALIVA THAT CAN BE DECODED FOR VIRUSES. BUT FAMILY POLITICS CAN SOMETIMES GET IN THE WAY.
MEET THE BIG DADDY OF THIS TROOP. HE WASN'T ABOUT TO LET ANYONE ELSE GET EVEN A MOUTHFUL.
MOM HAULED THE BABIES OUT OF THE WAY UNTIL FINALLY THE COAST WAS CLEAR. BY THEN ALL THAT WAS LEFT WERE
SOGGY LEFTOVERS. A WILDLIFE VET TOLD US IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. IT WAS RARE TO SEE BABIES
VENTURE THIS CLOSE. SO YOU GOT SALIVA SAMPLES FROM THE BABIES YESTERDAY? >> YEAH.
>> THAT'S UNUSUAL? >> IT'S VERY UNUSUAL. >> SO WHAT DO YOU GET FROM THE BABIES THAT YOU DON'T GET FROM
THE ADULTS? >> YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU MIGHT FIND A PARTICULAR DISEASE IN THIS AGE BRACKET THAT
MIGHT NOT BY FOUND IN THE JUVENILE OR THE FEMALES, SEX, AGE, ALL THAT PLAYS A LOT IN DISEASE INTELLIGENCE.
>> DISEASE INTELLIGENCE THAT ALSO INCLUDES TRAINING VILLAGERS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANY UNUSUAL FEVERS OR FLU-LIKE
SYMPTOMS. SCIENTISTS CAN THEN MATCH HUMAN ILLNESSES TO THE ANIMAL VIRUSES THEY'VE FOUND IN THE SAME AREA.
SMILY EVANS TOLD US IT WAS PUTTING PIECES OF A PUZZLE TOGETHER. >> ALL THE SAMPLES ARE TESTED IN
THE SAME WAY FOR THE SAME PATHOGENS. SO THE GOAL IS WE'RE SAMPLING AT THE SAME TIME IN THE SAME AREA,
WE CAN START TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE'S BEEN TRANSMISSION OF A PARTICULAR VIRUS.
>> ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY MONITORED SPECIES IN THE IMPENETRABLE FOREST ARE ITS STAR RESIDENTS, THE ENDANGERED
MOUNTAIN GORILLA. NEARLY HALF THE WORLD'S REMAINING GORILLAS ARE HERE. 459 AT LAST COUNT.
THEY'RE ALWAYS ON THE MOVE, SO WE SETOFF TO FIND THEM. ONE RIDGE LED TO ANOTHER, EACH STEEPER THAN THE LAST.
THE FOREST WAS SO DENSE THERE WAS NO SUNLIGHT AND NO GORILLAS. WILDLIFE VET BERNARD ASSURED US WE WERE ON THE RIGHT PATH.
ARE YOU SEEING SIGNS OF GORILLAS AROUND HERE? >> YES, SEEING SOME ALREADY. >> OUR REPORTERS BREEZED ALONG
UNPHASED, WE NOT SO MUCH. THEN HOURS AFTER TREKKING, SUDDENLY THERE THEY WERE. WE SPOTTED A MOTHER FIRST HIGH
IN THE TREES GORGING ON TWIGS. SOON WE WERE SURROUNDED BY ALL 19 MEMBERS OF AN EXTENDED FAMILY INCLUDING A MASSIVE SILVER BACK
AND ANOTHER MOTHER CRADLING HER INFANT. WE HAD PUT ON OUR MASKS NOT TO PROTECT OURSELVES BUT TO PROTECT
THE GORILLAS FROM ANY INFECTION WE MIGHT BE CARRYING. AMY BONDE IS WITH GORILLA DOCTORS, AN INTERNATIONAL
CONSERVATION GROUP. SHE TOLD US HOW THEY IDENTIFY EACH GORILLA. >> JUST LIKE HUMANS WHERE WE
EACH HAVE OUR OWN UNIQUE FINGERPRINT THAT HELPS US BE IDENTIFIED AS AN INDIVIDUAL, GORILLAS HAVE UNIQUE NOSE
PRINTS. >> A NOSE PRINT. >> A NOSE PRINT. AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US TO
IDENTIFY THESE INDIVIDUALS SO WE GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE WE GET EACH INDIVIDUAL IN THE GROUP THAT WE CAN DO A VISUAL
ASSESSMENT LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF ILLNESS OR INJURY. >> BOND AND WILDLIFE VET BERNARD TOLD US THAT GORILLAS ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO MANY OF THE SAME PATHOGENS THAT WE ARE AND THEY CAN BE AN EARLY HARBINGER OF DISEASE.
THE GORILLAS ARE MONITORED DAILY FOR ANY WARNING SIGNS. >> WHEN THEY'RE SICK IT'S VERY SIMILAR, RIGHT, RUNNY NOSE,
COUGHING, SNEEZING. THEY'RE NOT MOVING. THEY DON'T WANT TO EAT. >> IF A GORILLA IS LYING DOWN,
THEY'LL ASSESS IF HE'S RESTING OR IF SOMETHING ELSE IS PREVENTING HIM FROM MOVING. WE SPOTTED ONE YOUNG MALE ON HIS
OWN, BUT AMY BOND TOLD US HE WAS LIKELY SUFFERING FROM A PROBLEM OF A DIFFERENT SORT. >> YOU CAN ALSO SOMETIMES TELL
WHICH SILVER BACK IS DOMINANT BY THE NUMBER OF FEMALES AROUND HIM. >> SO THIS POOR GUY IS SITTING
OVER HERE HE'S JUST OUT. >> HE'S JUST ALWAYS SECOND CHOICE. >> ASIDE FROM A CASE OF WOUNDED
MALE PRIDE, GORILLA DOCTOR AMY BOND TOLD US THIS FAMILY APPEARED TO BE THRIVING. BUT THEIR FUTURE ISN'T
GUARANTEED. AND IF THEIRS ISN'T, NEITHER IS OURS. BONDS TOLD US AS SPILLOVER
THREATS GROW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SEPARATE HUMAN HEALTH FROM THE HEALH OF THE NATURAL WORLD. AS UC DAVIS SCIENTISTS CONTINUE
THEIR WORK, THE SEARCH FOR PATHOGEN "X" IS A SEARCH FOR WHAT THREATENS THE ANIMALS OF THE IMPENETRABLE FOREST AS MUCH
AS IT THREATENS US.
>>> THE BEST STORIES HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO CAN TELL THEM. IT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL RULE OF WRITING, MAYBE OF LIFE.
AND FOR DECADES NOW DAVID SEDARIS HAS TAKEN HIS OFF BEAT EXPERIENCES AND UNFILTERED OBSERVATIONS AND TURNED THEM
INTO ROLLICKING ESSAYS, WHICH HE NOT ONLY WRITES MASTERFULLY BUT THEN PERFORMS AS HE THREADS THE GLOBE ON TOUR.
IT'S MADE HIM ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST SELLING AUTHORS. IT'S MADE HIM RICH ENOUGH TO BUY A BICOSO.
IT'S MADE HIM HUMOROUS ON THE ORDER OF MARK TWAIN IF MARK TWAIN HAD BEEN DISCOVERED AFTER WRITING ABOUT HIS JOB AS A
DEPARTMENT CHRISTMAS ELF. >> I'M IN SHOW BUSINESS, AND I LOVE THE SHOW BUSINESS LIFE. I DO.
IT'S THE LAZIEST FORM OF SHOW BUSINESS THERE IS, BUT, YEAH, I THINK OF IT AS SHOW BUSINESS, I DO.
>> WRITERS TEND TO BE A SOLITARY INTROVERTED TRIBE. SHOW BUSINESS, THE READINGS, APPEARANCES, BOOK SIGNINGS OFTEN
MARK THE WORST PART OF THE JOB. NOT SO FOR DAVID SEDARIS. >> OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YEAH.
>> HE TURNS HIS TOURS INTO PERFORMANCES, DRAWING BIG CROWDS TO HEAR HIM HOLD FORTH ON TOPICS PETTY AND PROFOUND AND RELIABLY
FUNNY. >> THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME UNWORTHY OF A BIOGRAPHY, NOT JUST THAT I'M DULL AND HAVE NEVER BEEN
UNFAITHFUL BUT THAT I'LL ZONE OUT AND THINK ABOUT DUMBLEDORE OR A TV SHOW I LIKE CALLED THOUSAND POUND SISTERS.
>> AND IT'S NOT JUST IN FRONT OF THE URBAN HIPSTER CROWD. WHEN WE FIRST MET UP WITH SEDARIS HE HAPPENED TO BE
HEADING TO SCAGWAY, ALASKA, POPULATION 1,100 FOR A SHOW WITH THE LOCAL EAGLE LODGE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
TONIGHT. >> FOLLOWED BY A LINE TO EXPERIENCE THAT SUDARIUS SATIRE ONE-ON-ONE.
HE LOVES THE INTERACTIONS, STAYS FOR HOURS, BUT SEDARIS ALSO GETS SOMETHING PRACTICAL OUT OF THIS, POTENTIAL MATERIAL.
>> ONE TIME I SAID TO THIS WOMAN WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TOUCHED A MONKEY, AND SHE SAID CAN YOU SMELL IT ON ME?
AND SHE WORKED FOR A CENTER IN BOSTON THAT TRAINS MONKEYS TO ACT AS HELPERS FOR PARALYZED PEOPLE.
>> YOU HAD NO INKLING. >> I HAD NO IDEA, NONE WHATSOEVER. AND THEN SHE INVITED ME TO THE
CENTER. AND SO I WENT TO THE CENTER AND I HAD MONKEYS ALL OVER ME. >> SEDARIS' ABILITY TO FIND A
STORY ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE HAS HELPED MAKE HIM A RUN AWAY SUCCESS WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN BOOKS AND COUNTING, NEARLY EVERY
ONE A BEST-SELLER, 15 MILLION COPIES SOLD. WHY DO YOU THINK SO MANY PEOPLE RELATE TO YOUR WORK?
>> EVERY MINUTE I'M ON STAGE AND I LOOK OUT AND I SEE PEOPLE AND I WANT TO SAY WHY ARE YOU HERE? >> WHY ARE YOU HERE?
>> YEAH. I GUESS I'M THINKING LIKE SURELY YOU HAVE STUFF TO DO AT HOME. THE THING IS I'M NOBODY, DO YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MAYBE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE THEATER IS JUST A CELEBRATION OF HOURS SHARED ORD NARINESS.
>> ALL WRITERS ARE THIEVES POACHING ONE PERSON'S LIFE AND STITCHING IT TO PARTS OF OTHERS. >> HIS SUBJECT MATTER TRACES THE
HUMAN EXPERIENCE -- VISITS TO THE DOCTOR, STRUGGLES IN THE TS A-LINE, AND OF COURSE THE STRUGGLES AND COMPLEXITIES OF
FAMILY. >> WELL, I'M 100 YEARS OLD, MY FATHER TELLS US, CAN YOU BEAT THAT?
98, AMY CORRECT HIM. >> INCLUDING HIS SISTER, AMY SEDARIS. >> WHENEVER WE SAY SOMETHING
SERIOUS -- >> SHE'S A COMEDIAN AND ACTOR, A SHOW BIZ TYPE HERSELF AND REMAINS HER BROTHER'S CLOSEST
CONFIDANT. THERE WERE SIX SEDARIS SIBLINGS GROWING UP IN NORTH CAROLINA, A TYPICAL MIDDLE CLASS HOUSEHOLD
THAT IS UNTIL YOU FLIP THE PAGE, AS IT WERE, AND VENTURED INSIDE. >> THIS FELT LIKE WE WEREN'T SENTIMENTAL.
I DON'T KNOW IT WAS ALMOST LIKE WE WERE HARD-BITTEN ALCOHOLICS CHILDREN. >> IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE -- IT
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU WERE JUDGMENTAL EITHER. >> JUDGMENTAL FOR SURE. IF YOU'RE IN A TOE RING AND
YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN OUR HOUSE, WE WILL RIP YOU TO SHREDS. >> SPEND TIME WITH A SEDARIS
YOU'LL NOTICE THEY SHARE A CERTAIN SENSIBILITY, A LEGACY OF THEIR MOTHER SHARON, WHO ALSO GAVE THEM THEIR FIRST LESSONS IN
STORY TELLING. >> SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN AND SHE'D GET ON A PHONE AND TELL A FRIEND ABOUT IT.
THEN SHE'D GET ON THE PHONE A WHILE LATER AND TELL ANOTHER FRIEND AND YOU'D THINK, OH, IT CHANGED.
>> WHICH IS WHERE HE GETS I FROM. >> AND SHE'D DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND BY THE END
OF THE DAY SHE HAD THIS LITTLE POLISHED GEM, BUT I DO THAT SAME THING. LIKE AMY NEVER DOES THAT.
AMY NEVER REPEATS HERSELF. >> YEAH, I DO. YEAH, I DO. >> THEIR FATHER, LOU SEDARIS,
THEY SAY WAS NEVER QUITE IN ALL THE STORIES AND JOKES AND COULD BE CRUEL TO HIS CHILDREN PARTICULARLY TO DAVID.
>> I JUST FEEL LIKE MY DAD BET ALL HIS CHIPS ON ME BEING A FAILURE. YOU KNOW MY FATHER SAID A
MILLION TIMES, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE A BIG FAT ZERO. I MEAN HOW MANY TIMES DID DAD SAY THAT TO ME?
AND EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH TURNS TO CRAP. I MEAN OVER AND OVER. >> YOU HEARD THIS?
>> YEAH. >> OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO AS A KID I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL SHE YOU.
BUT YOU NEVER SHOW THEM. >> DAVID'S EARLY YEARS WERE A STRUGGLE. HE WRESTLED WITH OBSESSIONS AND
COMPULSIONS AND HIS FATHER'S REFUSAL TO ACCEPT HE WAS GAY. HE DRANK TOO MUCH AND DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE TWICE BEFORE
FINALLY GETTING A DEGREE IN VISUAL ARTS. IN THE EARLY '90s SEDARIS MOVED TO NEW YORK WHERE HE TOOK A
SERIES OF ODD JOBS CHRONICLING HIS LIFE IN A DIARY BUT PUBLISHING NO ESSAYS UNTIL HE WROTE ABOUT HIS TIME WORKING AS
A DEPARTMENT STORE CHRISTMAS ELF. HE READ US AN EXCERPT. >> WELL, THERE WAS A LINE FOR
SANTA AND A LINE FOR THE WOMAN'S BATHROOM. AND ONE WOMAN AFTER ASKING ME A THOUSAND QUESTIONS ALREADY ASKED
WHICH IS THE LINE FOR THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM, AND I SHOUTED I THOUGHT THE LINE WITH ALL THE WOMEN IN IT, AND SHE SAID I'M
GOING TO HAVE YOU FIRED. I HAD TWO PEOPLE SAY THAT TO ME TODAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU FIRED.
GO AHEAD, BE MY GUEST. I'M WEARING A GREEN VELVET COSTUME, DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS.
>> LET'S BE CLEAR, YOU DIDN'T TAKE THIS JOB AS AN ELF FOR IRONY OR YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO WRITE ABOUT IT ONE DAY.
>> NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY SKILLS. I APPLIED FOR ALL SORTS OF JOB AND I GOT THIS JOB BECAUSE I'M SHORT.
YOU KNOW, I'M SHORT AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD. >> IN THE HISTORY OF UNLIKELY LITERARY BREAKS THIS MIGHT TAKE
THE PRIZE. WHAT STARTED AS A JOURNAL ENTRY BECAME A NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO ESSAY, WHICH WHEN IT AIRED IN
1992 DID THE EQUIVALENT OF GOING VIRAL. THIS WOULD BE YOUR BREAKOUT HIT? THIS IS WHAT PUT YOU ON THE MAP?
>> YEAH. >> DID YOU KNOW THAT AT THE TIME? >> NO.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE WAS LISTENING TO RADIO THAT DAY AND REALLY I WENT FROM SOMEBODY WITH NO OPPORTUNITIES TO SOMEONE
HAVING TO WEED THEM OUT. >> SINCE THEN HIS SUBJECT MATTER EXPANDED, BUT HIS FORM HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT.
NO NOVELS OR SWEEPING NARRATIVES. HE STARTS WITH A NOTEBOOK HE BRINGS EVERYWHERE AND TURNS THE
JOTTINGS INTO PERSONAL ESSAYS THAT MIX MEMORY, OBSERVES, AND HE ADMITS SOME EXAGGERATION IN SERVICE OF HUMOR.
THE FINAL PRODUCT USUALLY BEGINS WITH THE MUNDANE AND ENDS WITH THE MEANINGFUL. AND WHILE THE LITERARY CELEBRITY
MAY BE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES -- >> PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW DAVED SEDARIS. >> -- SEDARIS NOT ONLY PLAYS THE
PART BUT DRESSES THE PART. HE CONTRIBUTES ESSAYS TO "THE NEW YORKER," THE BBC AND ON OCCASION CBS NEWS.
AND AT AGE 65 HE'S ON THE ROAD MORE THAN 200 DAYS EACH YEAR. GOOD FOR HIS BRAND BUT ALSO HIS PROCESS.
HE WRITES FOR THE EAR AS MUCH AS FOR THE READER'S EYE, WHICH MAKES AUDIENCES NOT SIMPLY HIS FANS BUT HIS MOST IMPORTANT
EDITOR. >> THE AUDIENCE ISN'T WRONG, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T CONVINCE SOMEBODY THAT
SOMETHING IS FUNNY. EITHER THEY LAUGHED AT IT OR THEY DIDN'T. EITHER THEY PAID ATTENTION TO IT
OR THEY DIDN'T. AND THE AUDIENCE IS TELLING YOU ALL OF THAT, SO IT'S MY JOB TO LISTEN TO THEM.
>> FOR ALL HIS SUCCESS HIS APPROACH TO THE JOB CAN STILL LEAVE HIM FEELING LIKE AN IMPOSTOR.
>> THAT'S WHEN I WORRY, THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT IF I'M NOT REALLY A WRITER? BECAUSE WHAT IF I'M -- YOU KNOW
THERE'S CERTAIN WAYS YOU CAN CHEAT WITH YOUR VOICE, RIGHT? YOU CAN MAKE YOUR VOICE -- >> YOU REALLY HAVE THAT CONCERN?
A DOZEN PLUS BOOKS INTO THIS, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS SOLD, YOU REALLY HAVE THAT I'M NOT A WRITER.
>> YEAH, YOU THINK I'M CHEATING HERE. LOOK, I'M SAYING HE'S AFRAID OF A WOMAN, A WOMAN.
I'M NOT DESCRIBING HER VOICE, I'M DOING HER VOICE, RIGHT? SO CAN A READER HEAR HER, RIGHT? OR AM I CHEATING?
AM I CHEATING BY USING MY VOICE? >> STILL HIS READINGS DRIVE BOOK SALES WHICH DRIVE TICKET SALES. A VIRTUOUS CYCLE THAT'S AFFORDED
SEDARIS MULTIPLE HOMES INCLUDING THIS COTTAGE IN SOUTHEAST ENGLAND WHERE HE SPENDS PART OF THE YEAR WITH HIS PARTNER OF
MORE THAN 30 YEARS, HUGH HAMMER, AN ARTIST WHO APPEARS IN MANY ESSAYS AS THE SENSIBLE CENTERING BALLAST TO DAVID'S FLIGHTS OF
FANCY. >> IN MY MIND THIS IS SORT OF A CLASSIC DOMESTIC STORY. ONE CHARACTER IS, YOU KNOW, KIND
OF HAPLESS AND THE OTHER PERSON IS RELIABLE AND CAPABLE. AND THAT'S HUGH ALL OVER, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOOK AT OUR BANK STATEMENTS ONLINE. I DON'T OPEN ANY ENVELOPE UNLESS IT LOOKS LIKE FAN MAIL.
>> HE HATES THE LIMELIGHT AS MUCH AS SEDARIS CRAVES IT, AND IT TOOK SOME CONVINCING TO GET HIM TO SIT DOWN WITH US.
WE WONDERED WHAT IT WAS LIKE LIVING WITH SOMEONE FOR WHOM EVERYTHING IS A POTENTIAL STORY. YOU HAVE ANY VETO POWER?
>> WHOA, WHOA, WHERE DON'T WANT THIS THING GOING OUT -- >> I THINK HE KNOWS WHAT I WOULD ACCEPT AND WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT.
>> YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO SAY, NO, NO, THIS CAN'T GO OUT TO "THE NEW YORKER" OR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE READING YOUR BOOKS.
>> I THINK I'VE SAID A FEW TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT, AND YEAH, EVERYONE THINKS IT'S FUNNY.
OKAY. >> THESE DAYS IT CAN BE RISKY ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE LIKE SEDARIS WHO PROUDLY DOESN'T MUCH
TRAFFIC IN BOUNDARIES. ARE YOU SENSITIVE TO, MAN, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE ME LOOK BAD WHEN PEOPLE READ THIS?
>> EVERYTHING IS SUCH A LAND MINE NOW I DON'T WANT TO SIT AT MY DESK WITH MY HANDS AND FEET TIED.
>> IN ENGLAND FAR FROM THE TWITTER MOB MORNINGS ARE FOR WRITING WHILE AFTERNOONS ARE FOR GOING ON WALKS OR REMEMBER WE
MENTIONED SEDARIS' CHILDHOOD COMPULSIONS, THE ADULT VERSION HE SAYS IS THIS, PICKING UP TRASH ON THE SIDE OF THE RURAL
ROADWAYS MECH WE ROADWAYS. WE NATURALLY WANTED TO TAG ALONG.
HOW MANY HOURS A DAY? >> BETWEEN 4 AND 6, USUALLY. I'LL GO OUT, AFTER MIDNIGHT I'LL GO OUT.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS SO CRAZY. I'LL GO OUT WITH A HEADLAMP ON AND DO BUSIER ROADS. >> THIS IS ALSO WHERE HE SAYS HE
DOES A LOT OF THINKING WHICH RECENTLY HAS CENTERED ON HIS FATHER LOU, WHO DIED LAST YEAR. THEIR UNHAPPY RELATIONSHIP LEFT
UNRESOLVED. DAVID WROTE ABOUT ONE OF THEIR LAST CONVERSATIONS. >> THEN HE TURNED TO ME, DAVID,
HE SAID, AS IF HE JUST REALIZED WHO I WAS. YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MANY FANTASTIC THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE -- WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU -- YOU -- YOU WON. >> WHEN HE SAID YOU WON, YOU THINK IT WAS THIS COSMIC YOU WON
THE GAME OF LIFE IT WAS YOU WON, YOU DEFEATED ME? >> I GO BACK AND FORTH. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT PART OF WHAT
MADE IT COMPELLING TO WRITE ABOUT IS THAT I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A QUESTION I'LL BE ASKING MYSELF I DON'T KNOW FOR THE REST
OF MY LIFE.
>>> THE LAST MINUTE OF "60 MINUTES" IS SPONSORED BY UNITED HEALTH CARE. GET MEDICARE WITH MORE.
>>> TONIGHT AN UPDATE ON A STORY FROM LAST MAY. BALLET AND EXILE. THAT'S WHEN WE MET BALLET
ARTISTS BOTH RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN WHO FLED THE WAR TO PURSUE THEIR ART OVERSEAS, IN UKRAINIANS OUT OF NECESSITY,
SOME RUSSIANS OUT OF PROTEST. >> I HAD TO LEAVE EVERYTHING LIKE MY HOME, MY THEATER, MY REPERTORY, MY PARTNERS, SISTER,
BROTHER, EVERYTHING. BUT I DON'T HAVE REGRETS. >> NO REGRETS? >> NO.
BECAUSE AT LEAST I CAN BE HONEST WITH MYSELF. >> AMERICAN PHILANTHROPIST HOWARD BUFFET, SON OF WARREN
BUFFET, AND ONCE THE FOCUS OF A "60 MINUTES" PROFILE WAS WATCHING. HIS FOUNDATION HAS GRANTED MORE
THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP SUPPORT THE EXILED UKRAINIAN