And emt paramedic to please stand up. [applause] thank you very much for what you do in keeping us safe and keeping us safe every single day. And thank you for the mission that you do every single day for us. And now onto the knights program. It is absolute pleasure to have Garrett Graff back with us here. The last time he was here he spoke about the governments doomsday plan from his last book raven rock of the straight u. S. Government secret plan to say that some of the rest of us die. [laughing] tonight we are welcoming him back to the museum to discuss another very somber topic, the terror attacks of 9 11. He has collected and organized 360 degrees account of the day told through the voice of people who experienced it in his new book, the only plane in the sky. He is a distinguished magazine journalist, regular tv commentator was spent more than a dozen years covering politics, technology and National Security. Garrett is the author of a number of books including the First Campaig
And muscular dystrophy, and a noninvasive test for colon cancer. [ticking] Elissa Montanti is unlike almost anyone weve ever met. With the help of some very charitable american doctors, shes changed the lives of more than 100 kids like this one, a boy from iraq who needed an arm, a leg, and an eye. I love you, waad. Youll follow his transformation. Look at him. He looks beautiful. Which is a wonder to watch. [ticking] welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im morley safer. In this edition, we look at the Serious Business of philanthropy. Bill and Melinda Gates take us inside their foundation, we examine the unintended legacy of Howard Hughes, and meet a Staten Island woman helping children maimed by war. We begin with bill and Melinda Gates. With their plan to give away 60 billion, theyre the most generous philanthropists in the world. They want to make American Kids among the besteducated on earth. And while theyre doing that, they also intend to save millions of lives worldwide. The gates sh
Responsible for Cystic Fibrosis and muscular dystrophy, and a noninvasive test for colon cancer. [ticking] Elissa Montanti is unlike almost anyone weve ever met. With the help of some very charitable american doctors, shes changed the lives of more than 100 kids like this one, a boy from iraq who needed an arm, a leg, and an eye. I love you, waad. Youll follow his transformation. Look at him. He looks beautiful. Which is a wonder to watch. [ticking] welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im morley safer. In this edition, we look at the Serious Business of philanthropy. Bill and Melinda Gates take us inside their foundation, we examine the unintended legacy of Howard Hughes, and meet a Staten Island woman helping children maimed by war. We begin with bill and Melinda Gates. With their plan to give away 60 billion, theyre the most generous philanthropists in the world. They want to make American Kids among the besteducated on earth. And while theyre doing that, they also intend to save millions
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