Jim second and ten. Drawing a crowd, to 6. Chargers team, what has been such a rough season for them, winless in the division which they have not gone winless in e afc west. All the way back to 1984. They lost seven division gains in a row overall. At 11 games where they have been single score mararns in thth end, only 38 in those games losing a lot of tough ones at the end. Rivers facing third and four, with four mimites. Keeps the drive going, inman, in front of talib. Phil marshall, the linebacker, inside, just about Philip Rivers, so used to throwing under pressure this year. The lack of running game. Jim down, nice piece of running, could have been early contact. Side stepped it, wait, and then broke it free for a gain of 12. Phil brown, with that move. Jim right around antonio ith. Move the football out totohe 46. Woodhead wide to the right. May have jumped. Brown takes it to about the 48. Eferee ofofide, defense, number 55, fiveyard penalty from the previous spot, replay first down. Jim and in the nfc today, carolina wins the 1 seed. Arizona dont know what happened down there today but steamrolled by seattle, will be the 2. With minnesota and washington playing tonight for the nfc North Division title. First and five as the chargers take the snap from the denver side of the field. Phil ward against gates. Jim here comom pressure, to gates, and a flag is back in the referee holding, defense number 92, fiveyard penalty, automatic first down. Jim holding call against sylvester williams. Phil trying to occupy a blocker. So somebody else can come free. But you do, Antonio Gates, outside, to give c. J. Ward, Philip Rivers looked it off, trying to make a w w to get a big g ay. All he talked about, get rid of it quick and you cant march the football against this defense. We need to find a way to get the big plays. Jim two strtrght penalties on t t denver defense. Number one defense on the league. All theyre asked to do is stop san diego and tafk the division and the one seed. Bobbled up picked up by woodhead, hammered down for a loss of about three. That one slipped through the hands of rivers into the hands of woodhead, and denver bounces on it quickly. Phil i think what happened, the snap was just so hard to Philip Rivers, couldnt react to it. Jim j. D. Walton, is at center now. He was denvers starting center for all games in 2010 and 11. Secondnd , over the woodhead. Does not fool him, they make the tackle as we approach the twominute warning. The final countdown, thats what we have here. So m mh to decide in two minutes. Back in 1965 subways founders fred deluca and dr. Peter buck teamed up with one simple mission. Fresh sandwiches. I like it. Fresh sandwiches. The idea s smed crazy in a timee when artificial foods and gimmicks were all the rage. But rollerskates didnt make food any fresher. And mascots didnt make it any tastier. As it turned out, fred was right. Sandwiches made with freshly baked bread, fresh veggies and delicious meats would stand the test of time. We were fresh before it was fresh to be fresh. The subway sandwic founded on fresh. Red 97 set red 97 did you say 97 . Yes. You know, that reminds me of geicos 97 Customer Satisfaction rating. 97 . Helped by geicos fast and friendly claims service. Huh. Oh yeah, baby. Geicos as fast and friendly as it gets. Woo jim onight on cbs, 60 minutes and the discovery at the bottom of the bermuda trtrngle. New addition of Undercover Boss and backtoback limitless. Third and 15 with two minutes to play. San diego snapoming from the denver 49. Philip rivers, of course, two down. Phil looks like it could be b zone defense. Make the fourth down try easier. Jim four rushers, comg in on rivers. Chasing him, he gets it away to inman. One hurdle and smashed with the helmet coming off. A gain of nine. Phil that one thing they have to do, they have to stop the j jping by running backs, and receivers. So dangerous. Makes a highlights when y u make it. Jim they just found that out. Well, a lot of praise last wee for an effort like that by todd gurley, got replayed over and over againin like it was a great accomplishmeme. People never told the rest of the story. He fumbled off of the hurdle because they were so dazzled by the highlight. That hel promote it. You make these big eyepopping, eyecatctcng kind of plays and inman, shaken up on this one. Phil im not just saying it balls. Play, youve heard it many times. Jim ive always heard you phil but it is channelled a timeout to san diego. The injury inside of two minutes, clock running. Jim chargers are charged with a timeout here inside the last two minutes. Charged a timeout. Peyton has a look that i remember back in that epic afc championship game when they stormeme back from 18 down against new england to win it. He didnt want to watch when Marlin Jackson made the game ceiling ending intception. He couldnt watch. Phil yep, listen, a lot of things we were going to say about what would be going through Peyton Mannings mind, hes the backup quarterback, sitting over there, knong there was nothing he could do. D height not play the rest but things didnt go well. You said it, gary kubiaks words to tracy wolfson, thaha was a quick turnaround. Putting him in this position right now. Jim again, big nod to gary biak who was decisive. You could say, well osweiler has had good performances, 42. Head averaged ove 300 yards over the last three games. Phil right. Jim but kubiak says, you know what, after that fumble which had nothing to do with osweiler, it was alderson fumbling on the second play of the third quarter, he said w wre going the e ke a change here. And has changed the culture of the offense. Phil thats exactly right. Looks fresh, looks likhes rested. Jim mike mccoy is out there to check on his player. Phil hes walking off which is great. Jim lets get back to what its going to be fourth and six. San diego, with two timeouts. Stevie johnson is inactive, Malcolm Floyd knocked out of the game, inman out for this play. All you have left are herndon, first year player, williams a rookie who caught an 80yard touchdown for his first nfl catch. Phil well, what you have is Antonio Gates and danny wood head. The fact that denver is leading by sevenoints and not three, wowod change my thought. I would not be overly aggressive and give up a big play by trying to stop this fourth and six yard situation. Jim woodhead ononhe slot to the left. First one off the line. Gates on the right side. Heres the fourth and sixth play. Rivers has the time, now, breaking down on him, and puts it in the middle of the fieie, incomplete. Interception, but theyre better off on the turnover on downs. Phil williams was wide open. Watching the rush, couldnt quite see but hes coming from the left side. Williams comes across. Look at him, noboby covering, they messed up the coverage because of the formation and the switch routes. Philip rivers misses him. You see the switch, one goes out, ohe comes in, chris harris is too late. And rivers just under pressure, doesnt put on it target. Jim youre right about harris. He hasad some a couple of times loo like hes in pain with that left arm, Left Shoulder area. Had he made the diving pick the ball would have been back at the 18. Instd on the turnover downs, will take the snap at the 40. The chargers can stop it twice. Anderson, cuts back for a gain timeout is called by san diego. Phil that was, w saw with talib the huge mistakeor the toucown. That wasnother one. The routes confused them. When youre a team, jim, that plays like i got you and you got him, when you Start Playing zone it gets a little more colicated sometimes. We s s a mistake by denver. Lucky to get away with it. Jim ill get back to your point about inman hurdling and getting injured. He cost san diego a timeout. Phil right. Jim which theyre going to really need here. With only one left. Second and ninin anderson stays low for a couple. About this game, though, think about the fact what we talked about, getting ready for the game, seeing them at practice, talking to the coaches, everything, and then you know, justst sittingthere, watching Peyton Manning on the side line, watching him warm up and thinking that, actually i was thinking theres no way hes going to play. You kind of expect deep down this game is going to really goo well for the denver broncos. And the opportunities were there. Many times. Jim on the first four drives . Phil they took the ball, mailed the plays, wow, this s offense is on fire. But they made mistakes. Jim gary kubiak did the only thing he could do, shake the team up. With the quarterback, especially, especially when the quarterback is Peyton Manning. Third and seven. And thats going to close it out. Picks up the first down. And now you can pretty much lock the afc side. Pittsburgh a cincinnati, kansas city at houston, while denver will be the 1, new england 29. Those two will be 19 and the 2, 12 or 21. For the fourth straight year, new england and denver get byeye phil the last thing, the running game, you said it, i said it, forget Peyton Mannings throwing which w w very good totoy. The running game, what he did for that, part of the story. Jim the story, going into the playoffs, now, becomes all about this team. And number 18. Phil this is a super bowl caliber winning football team. When you look at denver. Peyton manning, is healthy which he looked like he was. The defense, they can beat jim there are many people we thought theyd never see him play again. Now he will ride into the playoffs and got his team back. He has his team, now, going ipto the playoffs with Home Field Advantage throughout phil yep. Jim what a story going into the postseason. Theres no story bigger than that one. Phil the smile on his face. Whet a difference and the feeling it must be from him when he walked intoo thehe stadium today, and when he walks out. All those fights, mike mccoy, who said many times how much hes learned from peyton man. Jim he was his coordinator ytons first year in denver. Theres Philip Rivers. Two gentlemen right here meeting at midfield. If that ist for the chargers representing san diego, they once againin left it all heree shock everybody and deny denver the chance to have that home field aantage throughout, much less the division titie. Lets go down to tracy with a very happy guy, im sure. Tracy yes, he is happy. But peyton, unique situation coming into this game and you get the calll early in that second half. What was it like stepping out on the field in a situation you were in for the First Time Since november . Well, it was a very difficult week, a week like ive never been through as far as knowing i was going to have to suit up and be ready to play. But you dont get as many repetitions. I guess allhe quarterbacks that have played behind me all these years, i understand how they feel not getting many reps. So probably 18 years in, i got a but i studied, i prepared, and saw coach kubiak at halftime. He said can you g g we need you. I said yeah, i can go. But the funny first half, brock got horrible breaks, tipped balls, and that fumble on the secondndalf. Just them decided to put me in there. But i felt like the offensive line blockled better when i was in there. Running backs ran harder and they held on to the ball. That was probably the biggest difference. Tracy you can see on the side line with that first touchdown drive there that you led them to. Physically how did you feel out here . Well, i felt like i hadnt played in several weeks. Which always, ive always felt that way abouthe nfl. It is not something you can just turn o its a grind every week and you have to be in the grind. I had been grinding in a different way. Ive been in the indoor facili, quarantined, going with jordan taylor, aka sunshine, remember that name but i tried on get do what i could to get ready. I was funny game, and theyut me in there, im glad we got the win. Tracy the numbebe one seed and f fst round bye and home field. Congratulations, well see you in the playoffs. Thank you, tracy. Jim he doesnt get credit as the start irrelevant of course rk the official win, he has 187 alltime tied for the most with brett favre. Look at the afc playoff picture one moro xime. This win has to be about ass satisfying as ananhing hes ever d. He turns 40 on march 24. We never knew for sure if he would take the field again in his remarkable career. He goes from running the scout team in practice this week to now, he will be running this team into the playoffs as the number one seed in the afc trying to make a run, at this milestone super bowl 50. Phil gracious in his words. You can see his face, t only other time ive seen him like that, we were doing the game. That was in kansas city in week two when he made that incredible comeback against them. Like i said, denver, theyre a playayf, super bowl caliber team, theyre tough to beat. Jim they will have a week off. They wont play until divisional week. Wildcard weekend is coming up, nextxteekend. See you then. Final score here the broncos 27, the chargers 20. Tonight on cbs begins with 60 minutes, Undercover Bossss, backtoback episodes of limitless. For phil and tracy, lance barrow and the crew, jim nance saying so long from denver. Cbs. Red 97 set red 97 did you say 97 . Yes. You know, that reminds me of geicos 97 Customer Satisfaction rating. 97 . 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Elley the el faro is the worst maritime disaster for the United States in 35 years. These are the first pictures that the public has seen of the ship deeper than the titanic in the bermuda triangle. Why was a shihi40 years old, why was it still being put in service . Pelley the families of 33 men and women lost at sea want answers. We went with the teathat found the ship, and saw their startling discovery. Whitaker you probably think that the expensive Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil in your kitchen is worth every penen, but you may want to think again. We went to italy and found that the mafia is now in the fine food business, making cheap copies of wine, cheese, and olive oioi and tonight, well introduce you to the elliot ness of food fraud in europe. slurping and his tasting team that is trying to keep the pho stuff plate. Cooper for a jazz musician, theres no bigger stage than the newport jazz festival. Most artists work a lifetiti to get here, if they ever make it at all. 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Right down to your skin. Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion with 5 vitatanutrients for healthier looking skin in just one day. Aveeno. Naturally beautiful results did you guys decide on a washing machine . At sears year end event, let our experts help you save up to 20 on kenmore appliances. Plus save an extra 15 on appliances over 499 when yououse your sears card. Pelley this past october, Hurricane Joaquin became the deadliest atlantic storm since ndy. But joaquin didnt even brush the u. S. Coast. The most powerful atlantic cyclone in five years found its victims at sea 33 men and women onboard an American Ship called el faro. She was lost in the berma triangle, arrying a mystery to a grave deeper than the titanics, the g gatest loss the National Transportation safety board has allowed us inside its investigation to show e enormous challenges. It intends to shine a light on what went wrong, for the families and for the future, true to el faros name in english, the lighthouse. The u. S. Naval ship apache carved a calm atlantic off the bahamas on the search for el faro. She carried sophisticated Diving Technology under the command of captain gregg baumann, the navys supervisor of salvage and diving. Gregg baumann unfortunately, in a lot of the things that we do, it does involve a tragedy like this. And its just absolutely gut wrenching. But at the end of the day, what it is that you really want to do is bring. Bring answers back, bring. Help bring closure to the families. Pelley but answers were obscured by extreme depth and only a rough idea of where to look. Tom rothroffy this is t investigation ive ever worked on in my 1 1years with the National Transportation safety board. Pelley tom rothroffy is the lead investigator. All he had was the ships last position, an oil slick, and a little debris at the surface. Whats your level of confidence that, at the end of all of this, youre going to know exactly why this ship sank . Rothroffy weve experienced this sort of challenges before on other investigations, and were hopeful that well be able to determine the cause of the sinking. Pelley this is el faro, a typical l diumsized cargo ship, nearly 800 feet long. She was distinctive in a few ways she served the u. S. Military in the iraq war; she was cut in half two decades agoo and lengthened 90 feet; and she was 40 years old, an age when container ships are commonly sold for scrap. Glen jackson why was a ship being put in service . Pelley the families of the crew have many questions. Glen jackson lost his brother jack. Jacacon why was a ship t tt had been grandfathered in to not have the enclosed lifeboats being allowed to sail with just the open hull, like whaling feboats, and expectiti people to s svive in that . Pelley Tinisha Thomas lost her husband shawn. Tinisha thomas i asked the company a question why did they allow the ship to continue to go into the storm . Pelley they didnt have to go into the hurricane . Thomas they did not have to go into the hurricane. Pelley september 29, el faro left jacksonlle, florida, for puerto rico. Captain michael davidson, who d a long career, intntded to steer 65 miles south of the storms predicted path. Even in a hurricane, the ship could likely survive by using its turbine engine to keep the angle. But in 18 hours, joaquin spun into a category three and slid southwest toward el faro. At 7 00 a. M. , october 1, davidson made an emergency call to the ships owner, tote maritime. What do we know from the captains last report . Rothroffy we know that they had lost propulsion, that the engineers were unable to restart the main engine. We know that the vessel was listing about 15 degrees, and that one of the hatches had popped or had come open. Pelley he was taking on water . Rothroffy correct. Elley if the ship l lt power, as the captain reported, you would expect her to turn sideways to the waves, and dhat is her most vulnerable position . Rothroffy thats correct. Pelley the ship was approximately here, miles from the eye of the storm. The forecast predicted gusts of 150 miles an hour and seas of 30 feet. Arrived in a s srch area of 198 square miles. Chief sonar operator charles kapicka towed a sidescan sonar for five days when he spotted something you dont see in nature a right angle. Charles kapicka very right angles, straight with a shadow. At this point im calling over, saying i think this is something coming up you want to see. Pelley as the sonar scan slowly unfurled, the sound waves reflected the shape of a ship about 800 feet long. Baumann so, at thahapoint, we talked with the ntsb and said, we believe we have found it. But before we gave full confirmation, we then put our curv ithe water, and then did a survey of the hull with moving and still photography. Pelley the cablecontrolled underwater recovery vehicle can reach 20,000 feet. And these are the cameras . Baumann correct. So heres a pan and tilt camera. Pelley there is zero light at 15,000 feet. Baumann correct. Pelley tot, utter darkness. So any light y y have, you have to briri with you. Baumann absolutely. Pelley apache dropped curv 15,500 feet, nearly three miles. In the abyss, the temperature is about 33 degrees. The pressure more than three tons per square inch. Flurries of tiny marine life drift by, but fish are rare in the impenetrabab darkness. This is where el faro came to rest upright, hull largely intact, her name mangled on the stern. Her depth markrkgs reported that this, the bow, had sunk 15 feet into the mud. Her autopsy reveed a body that hahabeen savagely beaten steel crushed, equipment collapsed. There was no sign of the 33 crewmembers. Equipment and cargo litter the thatss microwave oven. And on the right, thats a printer. Here is the top of a car with a sun roof, part of thcargo. What do we see there . Rothroffy that is a liquid storage container. And you can see that its kind of compressed, kind of imploded by the pressure of the sea. Pelley of its 400 cargo containers, only two remain on deck. And toward the stern, in the structure called the house, where the crew lived and word, curv discovererethe most chilling evidence of the power of an unforgiving sea. Rothroffy now, at the top of that white line there is. Is the most surprising part of our video surveys. Theres nothing above there. Pelley what should be there . Rothroffy there should be two decks above that, the lower navigation bridge deck and the bridge deck. Pelley the two top decks had sheared off, including the bridge, where captain davidson would have been fighting the they were nowhere near the ship. Also missing, the voyage data recorder, like a socalled black box on an airplane. It had been bolted to the top of the bridge and was the one piece tom rothroffy wanted most. Rothroffy because it would have told us what the crew was experiencing at the time in. In the minutes before the vessel sank, what they observed you know, the extent of the flooding, how they w we responding; essentially, the events leading up to the actual catastrophe. Pelley you know, im curious when y first saw the video of the ship, what did you think . Rothroroy we were looking, of course, for the. For the bridge and the voyage data recorder. And we. We got up to that level, and to see just openness s. Is extremely moving and difficult to. It was a very big surprise to us to see that. Rothroffy just t. To see the violence of the sea and the winds that. That would have had to occur to cause that kind of. Im sorry. To cause that kind of an event. Pelley because, certainly, there would have been people on the bridge. Rothroffy yes. Pelley . En that happened. Rothroffy yes, quite certainly. And the shock and surprise to them as. As waves and whatnot. And theyreust washednto the ocean. Pelley when you found out the news, how did you tell your son and daughter . Tina riehm how do you say anything to your kids . Pelley jeremie riehm left behind two children, 13 and 22, and his wife, tina. Riehm that was hard, because i guess i was in denial. I thought we had to tell my kids that it wasnt looking good for daddys ship. Terrible. Its, like, my chest collapsed, and we couldnt brfathe. It was very. Pelley deb roberts lost her son, michael holland. Deb, do you have an opinion on where responsibility lies in this deb roberts m not a professional. Im not an engineer, im a business manager. I think it was a series of unfortunate events. And without any other information, i truly blame it on Hurricane Joaquin. Pelley glen, in. In your estimation, where does the responsibility for this lie . Jackson squarely on tote maritime. And you got totonderstand, commercici shipping, they got to keep that ship moving to make money. And it. Thats the whole horror of this tragedy is that 33 people died so that frozen chickens could be delivered on time in puerto rico. Thats it. Pelley the safety board told owner, is cooperating fully. Tote declined to talk with us, other than t tsay it created a fund for the families and that el faro was regularly maintained. The ship had passed two inspections in the months before the accident. A week after we left, apache located those two bridge decks about half a mile from the ship. The windows were blown out. The voyage data recorder was not there. But based on the captains last message, investigator Tom Roth Roffy has a lead on the loss of propulsion. Rothroffy i believe we have an understanding that it was actually the main turbine, the steam turbine that was lost. Pelley one theory is, in violent seas, the propeller might have been thrust out of the watete causing it to spinn too fast and shut down the turbine. The captain sailed into this but what we dont know is why. Rothroffy so o re looking at the oversight and the direction and the advice provided by the operating company, tote, to see what informatioiowas available to him. Certainly, also, were looking at the weather forecast, the accuracy and the timeliness of the information en he made his decision to sail where he did. Pelley to yoururnowledge, was he receiving orders from the company to press on . Rothroffy no. From what weve identified so far, in the information weve reviewededthere has been no direct guidance by the company to sail on the route he chose. Pelley the chairman of the ntsb, christopher hart, says it will take at least a year to answer the remainini questions. Do you have confidence that youre going to learn the probable cause of this accident . Christopher hart im sure that it will be difficult, given the situatatn 15,000 feet of water, no voyage data recorder yet. That, we have a history of finding out what happened, even in the most difficult circumstances. And im comfortable to say that we will be able to do thatat agagn. Pelley the families believe some of the crew are entombed in the ship, where they would have been struggling to get the turbine running. Richard satere, the chief engineer, was s st likely leading that fight. Frank pusatere is his father. You believe that your son was in the engine room . Frank pusatere oh, most definitely. And until l meone could prove me wrong, which would be the black box or any other thing, or richard walking through that door. Is that, when the ship listed and then capsized, i guarantee you they were injured. They were knocked out. And it. That was o or. And they were all together. And thats. Thats how i want to believe it. 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Much of it was bound for american stores. The oil was from nth africa, dedeorized with chemicalaland rebranded as more expensive italian extra virgin. The scam was cooked up by organized crime. Mafia copies of fine olive oil, wine, and cheese have fueled an explosion of food crime in italy. Its estimated to be a 16 billionayear enterprise. The italians call it agro mafia, ananits a scandal for a a people whose cuisine is considered a national treasure. The image of gangsters in the kitchen was too delicious for us to ignore, so we went to italy, where we found elite food Police Hunting wiseguys, and signs reaching the United States. Leave it to the italians to fight the mafia with good taste. slurping this panel certifies the authenticity of extra Virgin Olive Oil, a favorite target of the agromafia. They can tell at first sip whether extra virgin has been luted with cheap sununower oil or canola. Sergio, why do they make that sound, like they are sucking in air . Sergio tirro they need it to mist it on the back of their throats. Whitaker they have to suck it in the back of their throats. Tirro they have to suck it in. Whitaker major sergio tirro is considered one of the top investigators of food fraud in eueupe. Think elliot ness in a uniform designed by giorgio armani. Tirro most of the fraud has been discovered with the expertise like this. Whitaker their skillllare so respected, italian courts will evidence. Tirro has 60 cops trained to do thistoo. Whitaker . And 1,100 more conducting inspections and fraud investigations. On the day we visited headquarters, officers were monitoring wiretaps and live video from hidden cameras placed in suspected warehouses around italy. This looks like the f. B. I. Tirro yes. We can call ourselves the f. B. I. Of food. Whitakeke in the last two years, they have seized 59,000 tons of food. The agromafias ingredients are poor quality and sometimes contaminated with sosoents or pesticides. When i tell somebody that im coming to italy to do a piece about food fraud, it almost seems unbelievable. Tirro it is a serious problem becacae its not only a commercial fraud. Virgin olive oil with seed oil, and those bottles reach consumers who are allergic to seed oil, you are sending them bombs. Whitaker bombs on your kitchen shelf. Tirro yes. Whitaker the agromafia has also tried to rip off italian shoppers with mozzarella whitened with detergent and rotten seafood deodorized with citric acid. My favorite, italian wines how are they adulterated . Tirro they generally use. To mix poor quality wine and brand it as famous wine. Whitaker so you take a cheap table wine and just put a famous stamp on it . Tirro yes. Whitaker and sell it . Tirro yes. Whitaker in tuscany, cops found 42,000 gallons of runof theell red that was goininto be sold as topnotch brunello di montalcino. The score could have been 5 million. So this is everything olive tomomueller . Milk, bututr, bread, a wide range of different foods. Whitaker journalist tom mueller has lived in italy for 20 years a speaks routinely with investigators and food producers. So, where along the food chain does the mafia get involved . Mueller from harvesting they impose their own workers, they impose prices to the transportation. And d eres mafia involvement in supermarkets as well. So certain areas, they have really infiltrated the entire food chain from thfarm to the fork. Whitatar mueller first wrote about Olive Oil Fraud in 2007 for the new yorker magazine. Mueller you, in many cases, are getting lower grade olive oil that has been blended with some good extra Virgin Olive Oil. Ure sometimes gettiti deodorized oil. They blend it with some oil that has some character to give it a little color, a little flavor, and they sell that as extra virgin. Its illegal; it happensll the time. Whitaker extra virgin must come from the first press of its fruity, aromatic, and has a spicy finish. The best can sell for 50 a gallon, but a fake costs just 7 to make. The profit margin can be three times better than cocaine. Tirro i would like to show you how easy is to make a genuine fake extra virgin. Whitaker . Genuine fake extra Virgin Olive Oil . Tirro genuine fake extra Virgin Olive Oil. You just need some seed oil. Whitaker what ki of seed oil . Tirro it is sunflolor oil no smell at all. Whitaker none. Tirro then we just have to add a few drops of chlorophyll. Whitakeke for color . Tirro for color. Whitaker and it becomes the color of olive oil. Tirro it becomes the color of olive oil. Whitaker 80 of italys tra virgin comes from the southern part of the country. So we went to sicily, where the mafia remains part of daily life in the streets and in the nicola clemenzas olive grove is a a minute drive south of palermo. We went to see him because clemenza is leading a farmer revolt against mafia control. His olives are h hdcombed from the trees onto nets below and immediately sent to be pressed. Nicola, what role does the mafia play in Olive Oil Production re . clemenza speaking italian whitaker clemenza told us the agromafia dilutes the oil and controls prices. Hes defied the mob by organizing 200 farmers to skip the mafia middlemen and sell their oil directly to distributors. When you o oanized the farmers, the mafia retaliated against you . Clemenza translated on the day i started the consortium, they burned my car, they burned down p pt of my home, and i was inside with my wife and my daughter. You. Clemenza no, he said it was a message to stay quiet. Whitaker this is a police image of the man clemenza believes ordered the attack. He is Matteo Messina denaro, the boss of bosses for the cosa nostra. Many believe hes hiding out in the town not far from clemenzas fields. Denaro built a 41 million olive oil empire. Mueller itsery difficult to say in any given case witit olive oil exactly how many drops in a given bottle actually have mafia blood on them, to sound dramatic. It is fairly straightforward to say,y,owever, just how much Fraudulent Oil is in circulation. Whitaker how much . Mueller easily half of the bottles that are sold as extra virgin in supermarkets in italy do not meet the legal grades for exexa virgin oil. Whitaker so half here in italy. What would it be in the u. S. . Mueller up around 75 to 80 , easy. Right he said up to 8 8. Food imported into the United States is inspected by customs and border protection. Its new jersey chemists told us they h he detected phony oilil imported from italy improperly labeled as extra virgin. Buon giorno. Whitaker we were curious about what wed find in a u. S. Supermarket. So we shshped three brands of italian extra virgin we purchased in new york back to the mother country. All three, extra virgin. They were included in a blind ste test by those experts in rome. The process is as tightly orchestrated as a verdi opera. Blue glass hides the oils color. Separate cubicles prevents cheating. The panel would not say they were adulterated, but they agreed two brands we purchased back home did not come within a sniff of extta virgin. They described one as lampante, the lowest quality that brand happens to be one of the best selling in america. slurping tirro its not that bad. Whitaker its not that bad. Tirro not that bad. But maybe for. Whitaker but not that good, either. Tirro no, not for my salads. laughter i would never put t is on my salad. Whitaker chances are that salad was picked by migrants controlled by the agromafia, too, and served in one of italyy5,000 mobowned restaurantnt last spring, these two Tourist Spots in rome were temporarily closed for alleged mafia ties. And the food businesses not run by gangsters often pay them anyway. The extortion is called pizzo. Refuse, and you risk broken windows, or worse. What percentage of the merchantsts here are paying the pizzo, protection money to the mafia . Ermes riccobono actually, we cannot know for sure. This. Hitaker most of thehe riccobono most of them, we could say, yes. Whitaker Ermes Riccobono took us around one of the oldest food markets in palermo. He works with a group called adadopizzo, which meanss farewell, pizzo. Its enlisted 800 stores and restaurants to stop paying the mafia. Riccobono theyve been doing this for so long, gegeration by generation, that its normal for them. Its not even a problem. Whitaker how much would they be asking of these merchants . Riccobono might be, i dont know, 500 euros, 500 per month, or even 5 5er week, according to the size of the shop. Whitaker add it up and extortion costs italy at least 6 billion a year. What makes you t tnk that your Young Organization is going to stop this . Riccobono well, its what we need to do. I mean, its our moral obligation. We are a young generation and we whitaker we were told we could see how the fight has taken root just a short drive from corleone, the town made famous by the godfather. Over the last decade, cops have taken 3,500 acres away from mafia owners and given them to the group libera terra, or free land. These fields confiscated from the mob have created a booming business for farmers. Pietro daleo we have around 80 food and beverage products made with Raw Materials coming from this land. Whitaker r 0 . Daleo 80. Whitaker Marketing Manager pietro daleo gave us a taste of their success. Smells good. Daleo yes. Whitaker a wine called centopassi thats drawn raves from critics. Smells delicious. Very well balanced. Chchrs. aleo cheers. Whitaker thank you. Whitaker libera terra