>>> TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE SPEAKS WITH "60 MINUTES" AT THE PALACE IN PARIS AND IN WASHINGTON DURING AN IMPORTANT
STATE VISIT ABOUT THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING AMERICA AND ITS MOST HISTORIC ALLY. YOU HAVE SAID THAT ATTACKING
CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURES IS A WAR CRIME. >> THIS IS A WAR CRIME. >>> JUST COME AND SIT AT A
SUNSET BY THE LAKE IN THE CENTER OF THIS NATIONAL PARK. I MEAN, TIME STOPS. AND YOU GET 100 COLORS OF THE
LAND, 100 COLORS OF ORANGE AND THEN THE DUSK SETS IN. >> WELL, THERE CERTAINLY IS. >> I JUST HAVE TO STOP AND SAY
HELLO TO THE ELEPHANT. >>> HOW DO WE KNOW THE SOUTH DAKOTA KID IS THE GREATEST POOL PLAYER IN THE WORLD?
>> GO RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> YEP, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> SHE SHOWED US HOW TO DO THIS. >> YOU GOT THAT.
>> I'M LESLIE STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI.
>> I'M JOHN WERTHEIM. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. >> THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT
>>> FRANCE IS AMERICA'S FIRST AND OLDEST ALLY, OFFERING CRUCIAL SUPPORT BOTH FINANCIAL AND MILITARY DURING OUR
REVOLUTION. DURING THE 20th CENTURY AMERICANS FOUGHT AND DIED ON FRENCH SOIL IN BOTH WORLD WARS,
AND NOW ONCE AGAIN THE OLD ALLIES FIND THEMSELVES IN A DYNAMIC AND DANGEROUS MOMENT WITH YET ANOTHER WAR BEING
FOUGHT IN EUROPE. THIS TIME THE FRENCH PRESIDENT IS EMMANUEL MACRON, THE YOUNGEST EVER, WHO IS STRIVING TO ENHANCE
FRANCE'S ROLE IN THE WORLD WHILE NAVIGATING DIVISIONS AT HOME AND RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. STRANGED BY ENERGY, TRADE, AND DEFENSE
ISSUES. WE SPOKE WITH HIM THURSDAY AT BLAIRE HOUSE DURING HIS STATE VISIT TO WASHINGTON DURING HIS
VISIT WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. EARLIER IN THE WEEK WE MET WITH THE FRENCH PRESIDENT IN PARIS. WE MET PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON
AS HE WAS PREPARING FOR HIS SECOND STATE VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C., HIS FIRST WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
THE SETTING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANDER. >> AND HERE IS MY OFFICE. >> FRENCH PRESIDENTS HAVE RUN
AFFAIRS OF STATE FROM THE PARIS SINCE NAPOLEON III. THIS PALACE WAS A FAVORITE OF NAPOLEON III AND HIS WIFE.
TODAY IT'S THE FRENCH EQUIVALENT OF THE OVAL OFFICE. >> AND SINCE THE GOAL THE OFFICE OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT IS HERE.
THIS IS WHERE I WORK. >> THIS IS MAGNIFICENT. >> BY THE WAY, THIS IS SOMETHING I GOT FROM MY FIRST STATE VISIT.
THIS KEY IS THE KEY -- AND IT WAS BROUGHT BY LAFAYETTE. >> TO THE AMERICANS. >> AND THE ORIGINAL IN THE U.S.,
BY THE WAY. THIS IS JUST A COPY FOR ME. >> EMMANUEL MACRON IS VERY MUCH AN ORIGINAL, A CENTRIST
DETERMINED TO SHAKE-UP THE STATUS QUO. SEVEN MONTHS INTO HIS SECOND TERM HE HAS SURVIVED MASSIVE
STREET PROTESTS OVER HIGH COSTS AND TAXES, FOUGHT OFF TOUGH ELECTORAL CHALLENGES FROM THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT YET EXUDES AN
AIR OF YOUTHFUL OPTIMISM. AT 44 YOU ARE THE SENIOR LEADER OF EUROPE. IS THAT A COMFORTABLE FIT?
>> YES BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE BOTH EXPERIENCE AND ENERGY. >> SINCE FEBRUARY MUCH OF HIS EMERGENCY HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON
THE WAR IN UKRAINE. IN THE U.S. IT CAN FEEL A WORLD AWAY. FROM MACRON'S VANTAGE POINT IT'S
A WILDFIRE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THE RUSSIANS DECIDED 24th FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR TO LAUNCH THIS WAR.
I THINK THEY MADE A HUGE -- A HUGE MISTAKE. THE FIRST ONE WAS NOT RESPECTING INTERNATIONAL LAW AND TO BREACH
ALL THE PRINCIPLES THEY DID SIGN. AND THIS IS THE KILLER FOR THEIR CREDIBILITY.
AND SECOND BECAUSE PROBABLY THEY MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENT OF THEIR OWN CAPACITIES AND THE UKRAINIAN
CAPACITIES. AND NOW WHAT HAPPENS SINCE SEPTEMBER THEY DECIDED TO BOMB A LOT OF CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURES.
AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS TO DESPAIR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. >> YOU HAVE SAID THAT ATTACKING CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURES IS A
WAR CRIME. >> THIS IS A WAR CRIME. >> PRESIDENT MACRON HAD HOPED TO MEVENT ALL THIS WITH HIS OWN
SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY THIS PAST WINTER, FLYING TO MOSCOW TO MEET ONE-ON-ONE WITH PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> IT SEEMED YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD TALK HIM OUT OF THIS. >> INDEED THIS IS TRUE. I THOUGHT IT WAS FEASIBLE TO
AVOID THE WAR AT THE TIME. >> STILL EMMANUEL MACRON HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO KEEP AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN.
>> I ALWAYS MAINTAIN REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS AND DIRECT CONTACT WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST
WAY TO REENGAGE IS TO PRESERVE THE DIRECT CHANNEL. ISOLATION IS THE WORST THING ESPECIALLY FOR A LEADER LIKE
HIM. >> ISOLATION. >> ISOLATION. >> ALREADY THE WAR HAS CAUSED
FOOD AND ENERGY PRICES TO SKYROCKET. HOW LONG CAN THE OPEN ENDED WESTERN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE GO
ON? >> I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US, MEANING EUROPEAN, AMERICANS, AND
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN THIS WORLD DO SUPPORT UKRAINE. IT'S CLEAR THAT RUSSIA AND ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT PUTIN
DECIDED TO WEAPONIZE AT LEAST ENERGY AND FOOD, CREATING A LOT OF SHORTAGES, VOLATILITY, AND INFLATION.
AND I THINK HIS BET IS WAR FATIGUE AND SANCTION FATIGUE. >> SO HOW DOES THIS END? >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CONVEY THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS THE UKRAINIAN DECIDE THAT. THE ONLY WAY TO FIND A SOLUTION WOULD BE THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS.
I DON'T SEE MILITARY OPTION AS A PLAN. >> THE FRENCH PRESIDENT APPROACHES DIPLOMACY AND
POLITICS WITH A COOL LOGIC YET OFTEN GENERATES HEAT. ON THE EVE OF HIS TRIP TO WASHINGTON HE TOLD US HE'D BE
DIRECT WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN LIKE HE WAS WHEN THEY MET EARLY IN MR. BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY. >> MR. BIDEN SAID THAT HIS FIRST
G7 MEETING AS PRESIDENT THAT HE WALKED INTO THE ROOM AND SAID THE UNITED STATES IS BACK AND THAT YOU SAID BUT FOR HOW LONG.
DO YOU DOUBT THAT THE UNITED STATES IS A CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE ALLY? >> IF I LOOK AT THE 20th CENTURY
I HAVE NO REASON TO HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT WHERE THE U.S. STANCE WHEN OUR LIBERTY AND VALUES ARE AT STAKE.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT RECENT PERIOD OF TIME SOME CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ON IRAN, ON
SOME OF THE -- >> YOU MEAN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? >> I DO.
MY POINT IS I WANT US TO BE FRIENDS, I WANT TO BE PARTNERS. I WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE U.S. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE
DEPENDENT. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE JUST IMAGINE ON YOUR SIDE WOULD YOU ACCEPT AS U.S.
CITIZEN TO SAY MY SECURITY, MY WORLD DEPENDS ON AN ELECTION IN FRANCE. NO.
I CANNOT IMAGINE. >> YOU THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RESYNC OF RELATIONS. HOW HAVE RELATIONS BEEN OUT OF
SYNC? >> I THINK THIS ADMINISTRATION AND PRESIDENT BIDEN PERSONALLY IS VERY MUCH ATTACHED TO EUROPE.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION TODAY, THERE IS INDEED A DESYNCHRONIZATION. WHY?
EUROPE IS A GAS AND OIL BUYER, THE U.S. IS A PRODUCER. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION OUR INDUSTRIES, NOW
HOUSEHOLDS ARE BUYING AT THE SAME PRICE. SO THERE IS A BIG GAP IMPACTING POWER AND COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR
SOCIETY. >> WITH RUSSIAN NATURAL GAS DRASTICALLY CUT EUROPE IS BUYING MORE FROM THE U.S. BUT AT A
PRICE AS MUCH AS SIX TIMES WHAT AMERICANS PAY. THIS AT A TIME WHEN INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE ARE
HOVERING AROUND 7%. YOU HAVE SAID THAT'S NOT HOW FRIENDS BEHAVE. >> YEAH.
WE ARE VERY MUCH ENGAGED TOGETHER IN THIS WAR FOR THE SAME PRINCIPLES. BUT THE COST OF THIS WAR IS NOT
THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. AND YOU SHOULD -- YOU SHOULD BE VERY AWARE OF THAT.
>> PRESIDENT MACRON ALSO POINTS TO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OR IRA, NEW LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO GROW GREEN JOBS IN THE U.S.
WITH SUBSIDIES AND TAX CREDITS FOR ELECTRIC CARS AND CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING IN NORTH AMERICA.
>> BUT THEY ARE AT THIS VERY MOMENT OF THE WAR A KILLER FOR OUR INDUSTRY. >> A KILLER FOR YOUR INDUSTRY.
>> FOR SURE. THE U.S. DECIDED 2 1/2 MONTHS AGO TO SUBSIDIZE MUCH MORE BIG NEW GREEN PROJECTS, WHICH MEANS
FOR BATTERY, FOR HYDROGEN, FOR A LOT OF THINGS. A LOT OF SUBSIDIES IS NOW TWO TO THREE TIMES HIGHER IN THE U.S.
THAN IN EUROPE. WE ARE TOTALLY ALIGNED IN THIS CONFLICT. WE WORK HARD, AND I THINK IF THE
DAY AFTER THE CONFLICT THE RESULT IS TO HAVE A WEAKER EUROPE BECAUSE A LOT OF ITS INDUSTRY WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST
KILLED, I DO BELIEVE IT'S NOT THE INTEREST OF THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION AND EVEN THE U.S. SOCIETY.
I THINK THE MAIN INTEREST IS OBVIOUSLY TO PROTECT YOUR MIDDLE CLASSES, WHICH IS A VERY FAIR ONE.
I DO THE SAME FOR MY COUNTRY. AND IT'S TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH CHINA, BUT THE RESULT OF THE RECENT DECISION IN THIS MOMENTUM
I WOULD SAY IS IT'S BAD FOR EUROPE. >> PRESIDENT MACRON BROUGHT THOSE CONCERNS TO THE WHITE
HOUSE THIS PAST THURSDAY. >> WE WANT TO BUILD PEACE -- >> AFTER THE POMP AND PAGEANTRY THE TWO PRESIDENTS RETIRED TO
THE OVAL OFFICE AND CABINET ROOM, DISCUSSED THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD FOR TWO HOURS, AND EMERGED UNIFIED.
>> FRANCE IS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST PARTNERS. WE SHARE THE SAME VALUES AND ADDRESS ALL CHALLENGES TOGETHER.
>> AFTER MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND A HALF HOUR BEFORE RACING OFF TO THE STATE DINNER --
>> HOW ARE YOU? >> I'M FINE. >> -- PRESIDENT MACRON TALKED WITH US AT BLAIRE HOUSE, THE
PRESIDENTIAL GUESTHOUSE. >> AS WE WERE TALKING IN PARIS, YOU'RE A MAN WHO LIKES TO BE DIRECT AND LOOK SOMEONE IN THE
EYE. SO YOU'RE SITTING ACROSS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM ABOUT THE CHALLENGES,
THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS INFLICTING ON YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR PEOPLE? >> WE HAD A VERY GOOD AND FRANK
AND FRUITFUL DISCUSSION. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INTENTION IS TO MAKE HIS COUNTRY STRONGER, CREATE JOBS HERE, TO
INDUSTRIALIZE, AND AT THE SAME TIME TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AND HAVE MORE AND MORE GREEN INDUSTRY IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I DO SHARE THE SUBJECT, I DO RESPECT THE SUBJECT. AND GUESS WHAT, I HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME FOR MY COUNTRY.
>> IT SOUNDED IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE LIKE THE TWO OF YOU AGREED TO DISAGREE OR TO AT LEAST KEEP TALKING.
WHAT WE SAY IN THE UNITED STATES IS IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TWO OF YOU DECIDED TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO. HONESTLY, SPEAKING IT'S NOT AN AGREEMENT TO DISAGREE. IT IS A STRATEGY AGREEMENT.
AND I DO THINK WE SHARE NOW MUCH MORE IN-DEPTH OUR STRATEGY ON BOTH SIDES. >> BUT YOU TOLD US IN PARIS THAT
THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS AN INDUSTRY KILLER, A JOB KILLER. >> FOR EUROPE.
AND WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION IN FRANCE HOVERING AROUND 7%, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS
URGENT TO GET A RESOLUTION. >> I CONFIRM. THIS IS WHY I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHAT WE DECIDED WITH PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS PRECISELY TO FIX THIS ISSUE, AND THEY ARE FIXABLE. >> WHAT CAN BE FIXED? HE SAID HE COULD THINK OF SOME
TWEAKS. SOME TWEAKS. IS THAT ENOUGH? >> MY POINT WAS TO SAY IT WAS
URGENT TO RAISE THIS ISSUE. WE DID IT. IT WAS URGENT TO DISCUSS IN-DEPTH ABOUT IT.
WE DID IT THIS MORNING TOGETHER. IT IS URGE WANT AND WE CAN O IT. >> YOU ARE THE SENIOR POLITICIAN
IN EUROPE RIGHT NOW, SO WHEN YOU GO BACK TO EUROPE WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS? WAS THIS STATE VISIT A SUCCESS?
>> YES, DEFINITELY. NUMBER ONE BECAUSE WE DID CONFIRM OUR TOTAL ALIGNMENT ON THE UKRAINIAN SITUATION.
SECOND, WE HAD A VERY FRUITFUL DISCUSSION ON THIS CONTEXT AND THE SIDE EFFECTS. AND WE WILL FIX IT IN THE
SHORT-TERM. THIRD, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERGENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTH, SECURITY IN AFRICA AND A
LOT OF PROJECTS. SO FOR ME THIS IS A VERY GOOD STATE VISIT WITH A LOT OF VERY POSITIVE OUTCOMES.
I CAN TELL YOU. >>> MORE FROM PRESIDENT MACRON. >> SHOULD VLADIMIR PUTIN BE CHARGED WITH WA
>>> MOZAMBIQUE'S GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK WAS THE ENVY OF AFRICA. WILDLIFE DREW TOURISTS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD. BUT BEGINNING IN THE 1960s A MAN-MADE CATASTROPHE SLAUGHTERED THE ANIMALS UNTIL IT WAS SAID
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT BUT MOSQUITOS AND LAND MINES. IN 2008 WE FOLLOWED AN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR WHO DREAMED OF
RETURNING A WASTELAND TO GREATNESS. NOW 14 YEARS LATER GREG CARR HAS SOMETHING TO SHOW THE WORLD, AND
WE COULDN'T RESIST A RETURN TO GORONGOSA WHEN CARR SENDS INVITATIONS LIKE THIS. >> JUST COME AND SIT AT A SUNSET
BY THE LAKE IN THE CENTER OF THIS NATIONAL PARK. I MEAN, TIME STOPS. AND YOU GET A HUNDRED COLORS OF
THE YELLOW, A HUNDRED COLORS OF ORANGE, AND THEN THE DUSK SETS IN, AND THEN A FLOCK OF BIRDS GO OVER THE WATER.
AND THERE'S A HIPPO OVER THERE MAKING A NOISE, AND THERE'S AN IMPALA OVER THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WELL,
I COULD HAVE BEEN HERE A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AGO AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SAME. >> GREG CARR'S WONDER IS ALMOST
LIKE DISBELIEF. A MILLION ACRES OF AFRICA REBORN. >> WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE IN
2004 I COULD DRIVE AROUND WITH MY MOZAMBICAN FRIENDS ALL DAY LONG AND IF WE WERE LUCKY MAYBE WE'D SEE ONE BABOON OR ONE HOG
OR SOMETHING. NOW WE DRIVE AROUND AND IT'S AN OCEAN OF WILDLIFE. COME AROUND THE CORNER THERE'S A
HERD OF ELEPHANTS, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE OTHER DIRECTION THERE'S SOME LION CUBS. 10,000 WATERBUCK AND I SAY TO
MYSELF YOU KNOW WHAT? NATURE CAN REBOUND. >> THE REBOUND IS IN SOUTHEAST AFRICA.
NEAR THE CENTER OF THE MOZAMBIQUE. HERE 28 YEARS OF WAR FROM THE '60s TO THE '90s, KILLED AN
ESTIMATED 1 MILLION PEOPLE AND WIPED OUT 95% OF THE WILDLIFE IN GORONGOSA FOR FOOD AND PROFIT. AS THE WAR RAGED IN THE 1980s
GREG CARR WAS A TECH ENTREPRENEUR WHO'D MADE A FORTUNE PERFECTING VOICE MAIL. HE QUIT BUSINESS TO DEVOTED
HIMSELF TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND IN 2004 HE MET MOZAMBIQUE'S PRESIDENT JOAQUIM CHISSANO WHO MADE A WILD PITCH.
>> AND HE SAID LOOK, PLEASE, COME TO MOZAMBIQUE AND HELP US. WE WANT TO RESTORE OUR NATIONAL PARK.
>> WHEN WE MET CARR IN 2008 HIS NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION HAD SIGNED A 20-YEAR CONTRACT WITH MOZAMBIQUE.
HIS PLAN WAS TO IMPORT ANIMALS FROM ALL OVER AFRICA. >> WELL, STEP ONE, WE HAD TO REMOVE 20,000 TRAPS AND WIRE
SNARES THAT WERE LEFT IN THIS PARK. WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE WE THINK WE HAD FIVE OR SIX LIONS MAYBE.
>> IN A MILLION ACRES? >> IN A MILLION ACRES. AND THE LIONS THAT WE DID HAVE MOST OF THEM HAD THREE LEGS
BECAUSE THEY HAD STEPPED IN A TRAP OR SOMETHING. FIRST BRING IN THE HERBIVORES, SO WE BRING IN 200 BUFFALO, 200
WILDEBEESTS, SOME ZEBRA. THEN WHEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH HERBIVORES YOU'RE GOING TO WANT THE CARNIVORES BACK.
SO WE ININTRODUCED THE LAB BIRDS, REINTRODUCED HYENAS. THEIR NUMBERS TOOK OFF. SO FROM FIVE OR SIX LIONS WHEN
WE STARTED WE NOW PROBABLY HAVE 200. >> GORONGOSA'S LION CONSERVATION IS URGENT BECAUSE SINCE 1950
AFRICA'S LION POPULATION HAS FALLEN FROM HALF A MILLION TO 20,000 DUE TO HABITAT LOSS AND HUNTING.
WE SAW HOW GORONGOSA IS PROTECTING ITS LIONS ON A MISSION WITH PARK VETERINARIAN ANTONIO PAOLO.
>> OKAY. I WILL SHOOT NOW. >> PAOLO FIRED A TRANQUILALIZER DART.
RIGHT ON TARGET. AND A 3000-POUND LION ESZ LED US ON A CHASE. SHE LEFT US BEHIND, BUT SHE
COULDN'T OUTRUN THE SEDATIVE. THERE SHE IS. >> YEAH, SHE'S THERE SLEEPING. >> SHE'D BE OUT ABOUT AN HOUR AS
DR. PAOLO CHANGED HER FAILING GPS COLLAR. THE SIGNAL GOES TO HEADQUARTERS WHERE THEY TRACK THE PRIDES AND
HERDS. A BIT OF EAR WAS NICKED FOR GENETIC TEST, AND THEN THERE WAS A SURPRISE.
YOU THINK SHE'S PREGNANT? >> YEAH, SHE LOOKS PREGNANT. >> AND THERE'S THE FUTURE OF THE PARK.
>> YES, THE FUTURE CUBS OF THE PARK. >> LATER SHE AWOKE AND HEADED OUT WITH HER FUTURE CUB.
>> I NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD GO SO WELL AND SO FAST. IN 2018 WE DID AN AERIAL SURVEY. SO COUNTING ONLY THE BIG
ANIMALS, WE COUNTED 100,000 LARGE ANIMALS FROM THE AIR. >> THRILLED AS HE IS, IT WASN'T WILDLIFE THAT DREW THIS
63-YEAR-OLD IDAHO NATIVE TO AFRICA. IN 2008 HE INTRODUCED US TO THE 200,000 PEOPLE LIVING AROUND THE
PARK, SURVIVORS OF THE WARS LIVING ON A DOLLAR A DAY. >> PEOPLE HAD NOTHING. I MEAN THEY DIDN'T HAVE CLOTHES.
THEY WERE WEARING RAGS OR HAD CLOTHES MADE OF TREE BARK. THEY WERE EATING INSECTS AND TRYING TO CATCH MICE.
THAT'S WHEN IT STRUCK ME, WELL, THIS NATIONAL PARK IS GOING TO HAVE TO HELP THE PEOPLE. >> TODAY GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK
EMPLOYS 1,600 WORKERS. TOURISM BRINGS IN CASH, WHICH GOES TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE PARK.
AND GREG CARR HAS PARTNERED WITH THE GOVERNMENT ON HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION. CARR IS THE BIGGEST DONOR, BUT
U.S. FOREIGN AID KICKS IN ABOUT $6 MILLION A YEAR. >> WE NOW WORK IN 89 PRIMARY SCHOOLS, WHICH IS EVERY SINGLE
SCHOOL THAT SURROUNDS THIS NATIONAL PARK. WE ARE TRAINING 600 SCHOOLTEACHERS RIGHT NOW.
NOW, THINK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CREATE A SCHOOL SYSTEM WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE SCHOOLTEACHERS THAT KNOW HOW TO
READ AND WRITE BECAUSE OF GENERATIONS OF WAR. NOW, SOMETHING WE REALLY FOCUSED ON AS STEP ONE WAS REALLY
VULNERABLE GIRLS. A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS IN THE POOR FAMILIES AROUND HERE A GIRL TURNS 13 OR 14 AND THE
FAMILY SAYS IT'S TIME FOR HER TO GET MARRIED. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AND SHE MARRIES A FARMER AND THAT'S IT.
SO WE STARTED SOMETHING CALLED THE GIRLS CLUB. >> THERE ARE 3,000 GIRLS IN 92 AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS.
THE PROGRAM IS LED BY LARISSA SOUSA. WHY IS THIS THE JOB OF A CONSERVATION PARK?
>> WHY NOT? IT SHOULD BE THE JOB FOR EVERYONE. EDUCATION IS FOR EVERYONE.
>> THE CLUBS PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO GET THE GIRLS INTO HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT GIVES STUDENTS AN ANSWER TO OUR
QUESTION, WHICH FIVE YEARS AGO WOULDN'T HAVE MADE SENSE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE? WE HAVE A TEACHER, A NURSE, A
CONSERVATION PARK RANGER AND ANOTHER NURSE. >> ANOTHER NURSE, YES. WHEN WE STARTED THE PROGRAM THEY
DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY HAD THIS CHOICE. >> AND NOW THEY DO. >> NOW THEY DO.
>> THIS LAND BELONGS TO THESE PEOPLE. THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER. IT'S THEIR ANIMALS, IT'S THEIR
LAND, IT'S THEIR TREES, IT'S THEIR CULTURAL AND SPEARUAL HERITAGE, RIGHT? IT'S AN IDEA THAT CAME FROM MY
HERO, NELSON MANDELA. AND THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE A HUMAN RIGHTS PARK. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, RIGHT?
A PARK THAT CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE, A PARK THAT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE. SO INSTEAD OF A PARK TURNING ITS
BACK ON THE PEOPLE, A PARK OPENING ITSELF TO THE PEOPLE AND SAYING THIS IS YOUR PARK, THESE ARE YOUR ANIMALS, THESE ARE YOUR
OPPORTUNITIES. >> WE SAW THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ON MOUNT GORONGOSA, WHICH WAS STRIPPED OF TREES DURING THE
WARS. HERE CARR'S NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION IS GIVING AWAY COFFEE TREES.
868 FAMILY FARMERS WORKING FOR THEMSELVES ARE EARNING FAR MORE THAN EVER, SO THEY CAN'T PLANT TREES FAST ENOUGH, WHICH
REFORESTS THE MOUNTAIN. CARR'S FOUNDATION BUYS THE BEANS AT ABOVE THE MARKET RATE AND BUILT THE FARMERS A ROASTING
PLANT. THERE'S NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF CARR'S MODEL FOR LIFTING PEOPLE AND HEALING THE WILD.
IT'S WORKING, BUT THE LAST 14 YEARS HAVEN'T BEEN SWEET MUSIC ALONE. SINCE WE WERE HERE IN 2008.
>> YES. >> THERE HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS ROADBLOCKS TO THIS PROJECT. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
IF I HAD KNOWN THEN WHAT WAS GOING TO COME -- >> WHAT CAME WAS ANOTHER CIVIL WAR IN 2013.
AND THEN IN 2019 A CYCLONE LEVELED 100,000 HOMES. >> OKAY, THERE WAS THE SIX YEARS OF WAR, AND THEN THE CYCLONE.
WHEN CYCLONE IDAI HIT BASICALLY EVERY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES BECAME A FIRST RESPONDER. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, OH, THERE'S
AN ELEPHANT RIGHT THERE. >> IS THERE? WELL, THERE CERTAINLY IS. >> I JUST HAVE TO STOP AND SAY
HELLO TO THE ELEPHANT. >> WE CANNOT FIND THE WILDLIFE IN 2008. >> AND NOW THEY'RE INTERRUPTING
OUR INTERVIEW. >> NOW THEY'RE WALKING IN ON THE INTERVIEW. WAS THERE EVER A TIME YOU
THOUGHT TO YOURSELF I DID MY BEST BUT THIS JUST ISN'T GOING TO BE HUMANLY POSSIBLE? >> NOT FOR A SECOND.
NOT FOR ONE SECOND. >> WITH THE CYCLONES, WITH THE RETURN OF THE CIVIL WAR. >> I JUST THINK EVERY TIME
SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, IT JUST MAKES YOU MORE DETERMINED, NOT LESS DETERMINED. AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE
SUFFERING IN A WAR THAT NEED HELP OR PEOPLE SUFFERING A CYCLONE AND THEY NEED HELP, YOU'RE MORE COMMITTED.
YOU DON'T LOSE COMMITMENT AT A TIME LIKE THAT. >> WE SAW COMMITMENT IN THE RANGERS WHO PROTECT THE PARK.
FOR THE FLORA AND THE FAUNA, THEY SING, WE WILL DIE FOR OUR PARK. PART OF WHAT THEY PROTECT ARE
ENDANGERED SPECIES INCLUDING THIS MAMMAL WITH A BOTTOMLESS TASTE FOR TERMITES. PANGOLINS ARE HUNTED FOR THEIR
SCALES WHICH ARE PRIZED IN FOLK MEDICINE. VETERINARIAN MERCIA ANGELA TOLD US THAT THEY RIDE ON THEIR
MOTHER'S BACKS, BUT WE FOUND ANY BACK WILL DO. THAT'S FUNNY. HE JUST NATURALLY GOES RIGHT UP
TO THE SHOULDER AND HANGS ON YOUR BACK. >> YEAH. >> POWERFUL TAIL.
>> YEAH, THE TAIL IS VERY POWERFUL. THEY'RE ALSO USED FOR PROTECTION.
>> I'M SURPRISED THEY'RE SO DOCILE. I MEAN, THIS IS A WILD ANIMAL. >> YES, IT'S A WILD ANIMAL.
>> BUT FOR US THE MOST INTERESTING ANIMAL IN THE PARK IS GREG CARR, AN ENTREPRENEUR WITH THE EMPATHY TO SEE, THE
HUMILITY TO LISTEN, AND THE OPTIMISM TO ACT. HIS BUSINESS MODEL IS CREATING A NEW ECOSYSTEM WHERE ANIMALS THAT
WERE HUNTED ARE SUDDENLY WORTH MUCH MORE ALIVE. HOW MUCH OF YOUR PERSONAL FORTUNE HAVE YOU PUT INTO THIS?
>> WELL -- WELL, I'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT A SECRET, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY DO THE MATH AND FIGURE
IT OUT. IT'S MORE THAN $100 MILLION. MY MESSAGE TO ANYBODY WITH MONEY IS, I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO? STICK IT ALL IN YOUR CASKET? WHY NOT ENJOY THE JOY OF PHILANTHROPY?
I WOULD SAY TO THE BILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR GO OUT AND ENJOY SPENDING YOUR MONEY TO HELP SOME PEOPLE.
>> FIND YOUR GORONGOSA. >> FIND YOUR GORONGOSA, AND IT WILL BLESS YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD POSSIBLY EVER BLESS IT.
>>> YOU'D EXPECT A 600-YEAR-OLD SPORT TO HAVE PLAYED THROUGH ITS IDENTITY CRISIS. NOT THE CASE FOR POOL.
THE SPORT'S VERY NAME COMES FROM POOLING MONEY TO DETERMINE ODDS AND WAGERING LENDS POOL MYSTIQUE.
HUSTLING AND POOL GO TOGETHER LIKE A CUE STICK AND CHALK. BUT THAT'S AS MUCH A CURSE AS A BLESSING.
HOW CAN A SPORT THRIVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WHEN SO MUCH OF IT EXISTS IN THE SHADOWS? WELL, HERE COMES SHANE VAN
BOENING FROM RAPID CITY. AGE 39 WITH NO INTEREST IN GAMBLING, HE'S ARGUABLY THE BEST AMERICAN PLAYER EVER TO BREAK A
RACK AND RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD FOR 2022. HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE DEAF. CAN THE SOUTH DAKOTA HELP TURN
POOL POPULAR IN BARS AND BASEMENTS BUT NOT ON TV INTO A PROPER PRO SPORT? >> WE HIT THE CIRCUIT WITH HIM
TO FIND OUT. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CASINO HOTEL. SHANE VAN BOENING SPENDS 300
DAYS A YEAR ON THE ROAD PLAYING PROFESSIONAL POOL. TODAY HE'S CLOCKING IN EARLY AT THE JAM BU REE OF THE AMERICAN
POOL TOURNAMENTS, THE DERBY CITY CLASSIC. HELD EVERY JANUARY OUTSIDE LEWISVILLE, DERBY CITY IS A
COLORFUL EXPRESSION OF POOL'S SPLIT PERSONALITY. THEY COMPETE 12 HOURS A DAY FOR NINE DAYS IN MULTIPLE EVENTS.
THIS WINNER IS SMILING EAR TO EAR AND HIS CHECK TOPS OUT AT $16,000, BUT UPSTAIRS ITS A DIFFERENT ECONOMY.
BEHOLD POOL'S ZESTIER SIDE, POP UP ACTION ROOMS, STANDING ROOM ONLY WHERE PROS, AMATEURS AND WANNA BEES ALIKE COME FOR THE
COMPETITION. TEN SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, BIG TIMBER THEY CALL IT, CHANGE HANDS
BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP. ONE PLAYER WE DIDN'T SEE PLAYING UPSTAIRS, SHANE VAN BOENING, A GENERATIONAL TALENT KNOWN FOR
HIS KILLER BREAK, VAN BOENING HAS WON THE U.S. OPEN FIVE TIMES AND BEEN NAMED PLAYER OF THE DECADE.
DEAF SINCE BIRTH HE WEARS HEARING AIDS AND SHUTS DOWN ANY QUESTION THIS MAKES IT HARDER FOR HIM TO PLAY POOL.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY A BIG ADVANTAGE FOR ME. >> HOW'S THAT? >> WHEN I PLAY A POOL TOURNAMENT
I CAN JUST SHUT IT OFF. >> DO YOU SHUT YOUR HEARING AIDS OFF WHEN YOU PLAY? >> WHEN I WON MY FIRST OPEN I
HAD FOCUS. >> TOTAL SILENCE. >> I'M 100% ZONED INCH. >> NEVER MORE ZONED IN THAN
2018, POOL'S ANSWER TO GOLF'S RYDER CUP. HE CLOSED IT OUT WITH AN OFF ANGLE, LONG DISTANCE COMBO.
THIS HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD PRESSURE PACKED SHOT. >> WHAT A SHOT. SHANE VAN BOENING AND TEAM USA,
UNBELIEVABLE FINISH. >> THINK YOU COULD HAVE MADE THAT SHOT? WE WENT TO RAPID CITY, SOUTH
DAKOTA, A SIDE POCKET OF AMERICA, TO VAN BOENING'S POOL HALL WHERE HE EXPLAINS MAKING BALLS DISAPPEAR INTO POCKETS IS
ONLY HALF OF POOL EXCELLENCE. IT'S ALSO ABOUT SETTING UP YOUR NEXT SHOTS, CUE BALL CONTROL, THEY CALL IT.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE THE CUE BALL STOP RIGHT HERE SO I CAN SHOOT THE TWO IN THE SIDE. THEN I'M GOING TO --
>> YOU DID THAT HOW? HOW DID YOU DO THAT? >> JUST HIT IT RIGHT BELOW CENTER.
>> SO NOW IT LINES UP THAT NEXT BALL PERFECTLY. >> YEAH. >> I'M SO STRUCK BY THE GEOMETRY
>> YEAH, I LOVE GEOMETRY. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ANGLES. >> VAN BOENING SAYS HE CAN SEE EVERY ANGLE ON THE TABLE, A
SIXTH SENSE THAT COMES FROM PRACTICING AS MUCH AS TEN HOURS A DAY, SHOOTING HALF A MILLION BALLS A YEAR.
>> I WANT TO MAKE THE SHOT PERFECT. THE ONLY WAY TO HIT IT PERFECT, YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT OVER AND
OVER AND OVER. >> CAN YOU BE PERFECT IN THIS SPORT? >> NO.
I TRY SO HARD ALL THESE YEARS. >> VAN BOENING COMES BY IT HONESTY. HIS GRANDFATHER GARY BLOOMBERG,
A KNOWN TRICK SHOT ARTIST, OPENED POOL HALLS IN THE '90s. BUT THESE ROOMS WERE FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACES, SO MUCH SO
SHANE GOT HIS FIRST POOL CUE WHEN HE WAS 2 AND WENT TO THE POOLROOM EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL NOT JUST TO PLAY BUT TO ESCAPE
KIDS WHO PICKED ON HIM FOR BEING DEAF. HOW BAD DID IT GET? >> THE KIDS WOULD START THROWING
ROCKS AT ME. THEY WOULD PUT GUM IN MY HAIR AND I WOULD GO HOME TO MY MOM AND I'D BE GOING HOME CRYING.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN SHE MADE ME FEEL BETTER BY ASKING ME DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE POOL? >> WHY DID COMING TO THE
POOLROOM MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? >> WHEN I WALK INTO THE POOLROOM YOU SEE PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
>> BUT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. HE HAD PRODIGIOUS ABILITY FOR THINKING MULTIPLE STROKES AHEAD. WHEN HE WAS 18 HE HIT THE ROAD.
HE AND HIS UNCLE LOADED INTO THE RV LOOKING FOR MONEY GAMES. OF COURSE THEY DID, THE HUSTLER, THAT STEALTH ROAD MAN ARMED ONLY
WITH A WOODEN STICK AND CONFIDENCE, DIVORCING THE LOCALS FROM THEIR CASH HAD BEEN ROMANTICIZED FOR DECADES NOT
LEAST BY PAUL NEWMAN. THIS REPORTER WAS SO SO TAKEN BY POOL HUSTLING HE ONCE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT.
FOR VAN BOENING IT HIT THE ROCKS ABRUPTLY. >> I ACTUALLY WAS PLAYING TOOL IN TENNESSEE, AND I WAS PLAYING
THIS GUY FOR MONEY AND WE WERE PLAYING FOR A WHOLE LOT, AND HE WAS LOSING. AND HE PICKED UP THE CUE BALL
AND THREW IT AT ME. >> WHERE'D HE HIT YOU? >> HIT ME RIGHT ON THE CHEST. >> THE KIND OF THING YOU TO DO
TO START A FIGHT. HOW'D YOU REACT? >> I TOLD MY UNCLE I SAID I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ON THE ROAD ANYMORE. IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. >> HE CHOSE TO GO LEGIT AND
PLAYING AND WINNING PROPER TOURNAMENTS. THOUGH LESS LUCRATIVE VAN BOENING ENJOYED BEING A
PROFESSIONAL. DID YOU WORRY COMING OFF THE ROAD WAS GOING TO IMPACT YOUR FINANCES?
>> I KNOW SOME OF THE POOL PLAYERS LIKE THE TOP POOL PLAYERS WERE MAKING MONEY, SO IF THEY CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT.
>> BUT POOL IS A DECEPTIVELY TRICKY SPORT. >> NEXT UP TWO SUPER POWERS COLLIDE.
>> JUST ASK SHANE'S COUNTERPART JASON SHAW, ANOTHER TOP PLAYER. EARLIER THIS YEAR SHAW HOLED UP IN A VIRGINIA POOLROOM FOR FIVE
DAYS AND BROKE THE POOL RECORD MAKING 718 SHOTS IN A ROW. >> THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN POOL WILL COMPLETELY SCREW YOUR
BRAIN UP. YOU'LL HEAR HOW DID THAT HAPPEN, HOW DID THAT GO IN? IN POOL YOU SEE EVERY GAME
SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPEN. >> DOES THAT MAKE IT EXHILARATING OR FRUSTRATING? >> BOTH, MENTALLY YOU WANT TO
FLIP THE TABLE AT SOME POINT. >> YOU EVER FLIP THE TABLE? >> NO. I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A FEW
TIMES. >> PEOPLE COME IN HOW HARD CAN IT BE? >> AND 20 MINUTES LATER THERE'S
STILL 16 BALLS ON THE TABLE AND THE GUY IS SCRATCHING HIS HEAD LIKE I THOUGHT THIS WAS EASY. IT'S NOT.
>> WE WATCHED YOU IN DERBY CITY PLAY JASON SHAW. >> JASON WHO? >> YEAH.
IS HE A RIVAL? >> YEAH, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. HE'S A GREAT PLAYER.
AND WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BATTLE. >> YOU OKAY WITH THAT? >> YEAH, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT
LOSING. IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT LOSING, YOU'RE GOING TO GO CRAZY. >> HOW THICK IS THIS ICE RIGHT
HERE? >> IF HAVING A RIVAL IS ESSENTIAL TO BEING AN ELITE ATHLETE SO IS THIS.
LEAVING TIME TO CLEAR YOUR HEAD. SO IT WAS WE FOUND OURSELVES FOLLOWING SHANE VAN BOENING OUT TO THE LAKE █IN THE BLACK HILLS.
VAN BOENING GOES FISHING SEASON BE DAMNED EVERY MORNING WHEN HE'S BACK HOME. WE DIDN'T CATCH ANY FISH.
WE DID CATCH VAN BOENING'S DRIFT, THOUGH, HIS TAKE ON THE VIRTUES OF COMPLETE SILENCE. VANITY PLATE NOT WITHSTANDING
FEW EXTRAVAGANCES COME WITH BEING NUMBER ONE IN POOL. THE RAGTAG PRO TOUR BARELY TELEVISED IN THE U.S. STRUGGLES
TO DRAW MUCH INTEREST OR INVESTMENT OUTSIDE OF POOL DIE HARD. HOW MANY SPONSORS DO YOU HAVE?
>> I HAVE SIX SPONSORS. >> CUES AND TABLES AND POOL PRODUCTS? >> YES.
>> AND ANY SPONSORS OUTSIDE OF POOL? >> NO. >> WHAT CAN A TOP PLAYER?
>> A TOP PLAYER IN POOL CAN MAKE ONLY SIX FIGURES. >> NO ONE'S MAKING A MILLION BUCKS AS A POOL PLAYER?
>> NO, IT'S NEVER HAPPENED. >> VAN BOENING SAYS CLEANING UP THE SPORT, DOING AWAY WITH BACK MONEY GAMES WOULD LEAD TO BIG
SPONSORS AND GROWING PROFESSIONAL POOL. WE SAW FIRST-HAND HIS DISCOMFORT WITH GAMBLING AND ALL THAT COMES
WITH IT. WHEN WE INTERVIEWED YOU IN DERBY CITY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE INTERVIEW WAS
INDEPNRPTNT INTERRUPTED. DO YOU RECALL WHAT HAPPENED? >> OH, THE GAMBLING.
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? >> THE ACTION FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE WAS STILL SIMMERING. >> ARE THEY ARGUING?
>> OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW MINUTES TWO PLAYERS WHO BET ON A GAME NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS. >> YOU CANNOT GAMBLE, YOU KNOW.
>> VAN BOENING COULD ONLY SHAKE HIS HEAD. ENTER PRO POOL'S UNLIKELY GUARDIAN, EMILY FRAZER.
STREAM LINING THEIR CIRCUITS AND TURNING TOP PLAYERS INTO CELEBRITIES WHO MAKE MILLIONS. FRAZER IS TASKED WITH DOING THE
SAME FOR POOL AND SHE SAYS GAMBLING IS THE LEAST OF HER WORRIES. WHAT'S THE STATE OF PROFESSIONAL
POOL TODAY? >> AN ABSOLUTE MESS. >> WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? >> THE FIRST EVER U.S. OPEN THAT
I DID IN 2019, OH, MY GOSH, THE PLAYERS TURNED UP. THEY WERE IN JEANS, AND I'M GOING HANG ON A SECOND WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE, WHY IS THIS GUY TURNING UP IN JEANS? >> FRAZER HAS ASKED PRO PLAYERS TO DRESS THE PART BUT HE WON'T
ASK THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR SIDE HUSTLES. >> NOW, ALL OF THE BASEMENT TABLES AND THE MONEY MATCHES, I
THINK THAT'S BRILLIANT AND THAT CAN STILL -- >> YOU DO? >> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S
FANTASTIC BECAUSE IT'S GOT THE HISTORY BEHIND IT. >> YOU'RE OKAY PEOPLE ARE STILL GAMBLING AND PLAYING MONEY
GAMES. >> AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IN A COUPLE YEARS TIME -- >> IT WILL BE OBSOLETE.
THE MARKET WILL DO ITS THING. >> EXACTLY. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT VIEWED AS THIS PROFESSIONAL SPORT, AND IT
HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS TO BE ONE. >> SHE'S STANDARDIZED THE FORMAT.
THIS IS COMMERCIALIZED SPONSOR-FRIENDLY NINE BALL, NOT THE SOLID AND STRIPES EIGHT BALL YOU'VE LIKELY PLAYED.
IN OCTOBER AT THE U.S. OPEN HELD IN ATLANTIC CITY FRAZER BROUGHT IN BIGGER LIVE AUDIENCES AND RAMPED UP TV PRODUCTION.
SHE KEPT ONE POOL MARKED THE SMOKE-FILLED ROOM. CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR. THERE'S A MACHINE PUFFING AWAY
IN THE CORNER. WHEN THE MACHINE CLEARED THERE WAS SHANE VAN BOENING. HE WAS FRESH OFF WINNING HIS
FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, SEALING HIS STATUS ATOP THE SPORT. HE CONFIDED TO US HE SLEPT WITH
THE TROPHY FOR A MONTH. HE CAN STILL WALK THROUGH AN AIRPORT UNBOTHERED. >> HE'S NO LeBRON JAMES AND I
TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT AND I RECOGNIZE THAT. AND IT'S OUR JOB TO TURN THAT AROUND.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TURN THAT WORLD NUMBER ONE PRIZE MONEY FROM $80,000 TO A MILLION. SO IT'S PRIZE MONEY, IT'S MORE
EVENTS, AND LET'S GET THESE PLAYERS KNOWN. YOU'VE GOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM.
>> ARE THEY LOVABLE? >> YES. SOME OF THEM. >> THE HEALTH OF THE SPORT ALSO
DEPENDS ON CEMENTING A NEW GENERATION OF ELITE PLAYERS. SO THIS TOURNAMENT HAD A JUNIOR DIVISION HELD ALONG SIDE THE
PROS AND NAMED WHAT ELSE BUT THE SHANE VAN BOENING FUTURE OPEN. >> THEY HAVE SO MUCH PASSION FOR THE GAME.
>> BACK AT THE POOL HALL IN RAPID CITY WE EXPERIENCED POOL'S HIGHS AND LOWS IN THE SAME HOUR. >> YOU DIDN'T EVEN LET ME HIT A
BALL. >> SHANE VAN BOENING WOULDN'T LET US LEAVE WITHOUT SETTING US UP TO SINK A TRICK SHOT.
POOL MAY OR MAY NOT CLEANUP ITS ACT BUT ANY SPORT THAT CAN PROVIDE THIS PURE, SIMPLE THRILL -- LET'S GO RIGHT DOWN
THE MIDDLE. >> YEP, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> YOU RECKON IT'LL SURVIVE JUST
>>> ONE SURPRISING THING WE LEARNED THIS PAST WEEK ABOUT PRESIDENT MACRON IS HOW TROUBLED HE IS BY HOW INTOLERANCE, HATE
SPEECH, AND CANCEL CULTURE ARE AMPLIFIED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. >> EMOTION IS ALWAYS STRONGER
THAN ARGUMENTATION. AND NEGATIVE EMOTION IS STRONGER THAN POSITIVE EMOTION, SO ON A LOT OF THESE SOCIAL PLATFORMS
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS, FEELINGS ARE THE ONES TO TRIUMPH. AND DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAD SUCH A RESURGENCE OF
VIOLENCE, HATE SPEECHES, AND THE SORT OF INABILITY OF OUR OWN SOCIETIES TO LIVE TOGETHER. AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED A NEW
PROCESS OF CIVILIZATION FOR OUR SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND WE HAVE TO RESTORE PRECISELY WHAT DEMOCRATIC AND RESPECTFUL
CONVERSATION MEANS, EXCHANGING OPINIONS AND IDEAS, SOMETIMES WE AGREE, SOMETIMES TO DISAGREE. >> I'M BILL WHITTAKER.