Vietnam war. Even now, four decades later, when they see him, you know, they know he is the reason they are alive. Thank you. Stahl and they call him papa. How many children do you actually have now, and grandchildren . I just keep using the number 105. But the grandchildren, dont ask me. I cant keep up with that. Simon the phrase the greatest show on earth usually refers to the circus, but a man named peter gelb, who runs the metropolitan opera in new york city, is doing everything he can to change that. Theres no other place where you can see such monumental staging, elaborate sets, and a cast of hundreds. But the met is, above all, about extraordinary voices, some of the best voices in the world. Tonight, were going to take you backstage at the met and show it to you in a way youve never seen it before. Kroft im steve kroft. Stahl im lesley stahl. Safer im morley safer. Simon im bob simon. Rose im charlie rose. Pelley im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. The next bi
Palestinian demonstrators are calling for israel to end its invasion of gaza. They say israels Bombing Campaign is killing too many civilians. 13 israelis have also died in the offensive which israel says is aimed squarely at hamas militants about. Heres a live look at Civic Center Plaza where most of the marchers have gathered for a rally. Earlier most of them faced off with pro israel demonstrators outside tempe manuel. A group stinian supporters reporter two protests in San Francisco this evening, one from the palestinian side, the other from the israeli side held here at the jewish temple congregation emanuel. About two hours ago a group of palestinian supporters somehow got inside the jewish temple and disrupted the pro israel rally. You can see a man pulled out by security in the cell phone video outside of the temple. A few hundred people are chanting their support for israel. Several hundred palestinian supporters are calling for an end to the violence. Both sides want peace bu
Reporter the body was discovered not far from where we are right now standing above Pennypack Creek on welsh road. Police were first contacted about this body a little bit after noon on sunday. The body described as being a white male although police are still working on identifying who this victim is. Officers responded quickly. The body was recovered and was taken to the medical examiners office. That is where next steps will be in order to figure out exactly how this man kind how he ended up in Pennypack Creek in the first place. Live in northeast philadelphia tonight, matt rivers, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Matt thank you so much. Also police say a paraplegic man shot his brother to death to try to stop him from beating their sister. This shooting happened about 3 30 this morning on filbert street. Investigators say when the 34 year old parapreach psychiatric intervened his brother charged at him. John mapp was slot in the chest and later died from his injuries. Like i said i wasnt ther
Vietnam war. Even now, four decades later, when they see him, you know, they know he is the reason they are alive. Thank you. Stahl and they call him papa. How many children do you actually have now, and grandchildren . I just keep using the number 105. But the grandchildren, dont ask me. I cant keep up with that. Simon the phrase the greatest show on earth usually refers to the circus, but a man named peter gelb, who runs the metropolitan opera in new york city, is doing everything he can to change that. Theres no other place where you can see such monumental staging, elaborate sets, and a cast of hundreds. But the met is, above all, about extraordinary voices, some of the best voices in the world. Tonight, were going to take you backstage at the met and show it to you in a way youve never seen it before. Kroft im steve kroft. Stahl im lesley stahl. Safer im morley safer. Simon im bob simon. Rose im charlie rose. Pelley im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. The next bi
Vietnam height of the war. Saigon is based from falling any citibank assistant manager, a man who couldve been anyone of us us is given a choice. Go home and never looked back or risk your life to save others. What would you have done. Ill tell you what john riordan did. He risked his life to rescue more than 100 friends and colleagues of what would certainly be described as great danger. It was a daring mission. The details will astound you and if you havent already, you need to read the book. Hang on. Im not done yet. Because one courageous men risked his life more than 100 lives were saved. They are now here in america with their children, grandchildren all thanks to this man. Today we are lucky enough to be joined by some of the people whose lives shown forever changed in a moment we will hear stories. First, an honor to introduce a real hero someone who embodies the real ideals to inspire all of us. Showing. [applause] true great determination and selfless actions, we couldnt be m