Which is why the u. S. Government launched an elaborate International Sting to nab viktor bout. What makes bout so dangerous . And how did d. E. A. Agents eventually grab him . The answers in our story later. [ticking] this is what espionage looks like. The man driving the car is Gregg Bergersen. Hes a civilian analyst at the pentagon with one of the nations highest security clearances. His companion is tai shen kuo, a spy for the peoples republic of china. Bergersen knew a secret that the chinese desperately wanted to know, and neither man knows that what theyre about to do is being recorded by two cameras the fbi has concealed in their car. Let you have the money. Oh, oh. Are you sure that thats okay . Yeah, its fine. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im bob simon. In this edition, we turn our attention to some foreign intrigue. First, a story about a mysterious computer virus that struck an Iranian Nuclear plant. Later, the report of how american agents hunted a notorious arms dealer.
The family story reads like something a wine critic might write about their product complex, stylish, sophisticated, with a bouquet both elegant and earthy. [glasses clinking] [ticking] were about as far away from home as you can get. Were basically at the edge of the earth as we would know it. Only a handful of humans are known to have walked this ground. [whistling] we were in the very place where Bruce Beehler and other scientists had discovered dozens of new species. Thats the wattled smokey honey eater. Watch out here. Bruce was on march to find what are called birds of paradise. [bird hooting] can you see them, bob . And then we saw it. What happened next was otherworldly. [bird hooting] welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im morley safer. In this edition, we take a global adventure with stops in mozambique to see greg carrs efforts to restore gorongosa Gorongosa National park, and in italy, to meet wine royalty the antinori family. We also journey to the Foja Mountains in indonesia t
Is so much in demand, its on the road more than most professional orchestras. Its been hailed as the future of Classical Music itself. And its all about children, about saving them, hundreds of thousands of children, through music. Honk [orchestral music] consider the life of Jose Gregorio hernandez. [dramatic conclusion] his blindness didnt stop the orchestra from letting him be as much a part of it as any other kid. [whistles and applause] you can see the result for yourselfmagical. [ticking] youve probably never seen anything as adorable as a fivedayold elephant. But this story is more about her mother. Her name is mpenzi. She is the large lady lending a helping trunk. Mpenzi didnt grow up in the wild. She was an orphan and was raised here, at an orphanage for elephants in kenya. These kids have all lost a parent to poachers, mainly. And here theyre cared for by the gentlest men youve ever met. Not only do they spend all day with their elephants; when its sleep time, they bed down r
Announcing that russia and ukraine agreed to a ceasefire starting on sunday. Leaders agreeing to with draw heavy weapons from the Eastern Ukraine region. Thats the area between ukrainian and prorussian separatists. The rouble was moving higher and that would be understandable. Higher than more than. 5 . At the bottom we show you the dollar so it had been steadily weakening against the dollar over the last year but strengthening at this point. Lets show you the russian index. This is the rts. Its higher by more than 4 and the major european stock markets right now, across the board they should be higher. Germany is higher by more than 1. 5 . Right now the dow would open higher by more than 12 and nasdaq by more than 30. Much more on this developing story and Market Reaction coming up in just a few minutes. For a few other big stories were watching at this hour, greece unable to finalize a deal within the European Union but the greek finance minister says talks to overhaul the countries
To protect the investors . Yes. Arent they charged with informing investors . Yes. Why didnt they do it . Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im bob simon. Even though fraud played a significant role in the 2008 meltdown of the american economy, as of late 2012, there have been several civil suits filed against major wall street financial firms, but not a single criminal prosecution. In this edition, we look back at the 2008 financial crisis and the failure of government regulators to prosecute those who might be criminally responsible. Later, Lehman Brothers bankruptcy investigator Anton Valukas shares his findings on the collapse of the giant Investment Bank where no senior official has ever faced charges in the biggest bankruptcy in u. S. History. But first we begin with a ninemonth 60 minutes investigation looking for wall street cases that might have prosecutorial merit. In december 2011, steve kroft reported on two such cases. We begin with a woman named Eileen Foster, a former Senior