SCOTT PELLEY

Secretary of State Blinken tells Scott Pelley about the challenges facing the U.S. around the world.

Last week President Biden told 60 Minutes U.S. forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. The White House later said that was not official policy.

"The pandemic is over," President Biden told 60 Minutes in an interview on Sunday, as he walked the otherwise empty floor of the Detroit Auto Show with interviewer Scott Pelley. “If you notice, no one’s wearing masks,” Biden told Pelley. “Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape.”Some in the White House believe that Biden’s statement was far from the controversial declaration of victory described – and lamented – in some media reports. We can acknowledge that, and we should,” a White House official told Yahoo News, requesting anonymity in order to speak frankly about the situation. The White House used his relative lack of symptoms as a kind of lesson in how far COVID-19 care had advanced.

Some Twitter users were up in arms that the White House had to immediately walk back President Biden's assertion that the COVID-19 pandemic "is over."

MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan tweeted on Sunday that President Biden's comments about the pandemic being over was one of several reasons people were not wearing masks.

President Biden admitted that the decision for him to run for re-election in 2024 has not yet been made while appearing for an interview on “60 Minutes” on Sunday.

In an interview with "60 Minutes," Biden once again said that the United States would intervene militarily in the event China attacked Taiwan.

In a wide-ranging conversation with Scott Pelley, President Biden answers questions on Taiwan, inflation, the classified documents found in former President Trump's home and more.

After the 60 Minutes interview, a White House official said U.S. policy on Taiwan has not changed.

In newly released portions of his 60 Minutes interview, Mr. Biden told Scott Pelley how he views MAGA Republicans.

Biden sits down with Scott Pelley to discuss the economy, midterm elections and the war in Ukraine.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden sat down this week for his first interview of his presidency with the news magazine show "60 Minutes." CBS said on Thursday that Biden gave the interview to correspondent Scott Pelley while visiting Detroit on Wednesday, and that the two-part interview will air Sunday as part of the premiere of the program's 55th season. Biden discussed inflation, Russia’s war on Ukraine, U.S.-China tensions, the midterm elections and more, according to CBS. The network plans to air a preview on Friday of Pelly's interview on “CBS Mornings.”Biden has done fewer television interviews and press conferences than his recent White House predecessors in the early going of his presidency. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

President Joe Biden sat down this week for his first interview of his presidency with the news magazine show “60 Minutes.”.

On September 11, 2001, 343 members of the Fire Department of New York perished while trying to rescue people trapped in the World Trade Center. Scott Pelley speaks with firefighters who were there that day and the loved ones of those who never made it home.

Scott Pelley reports on the innovative group that's been exposing Vladimir Putin since 2014.

"Education is the single most powerful way to disrupt generational poverty," says the head of Hope Chicago.

When government insiders leak classified information to the media, prosecutors do not consider whether the act benefited the public interest. Should they?

Former intelligence specialist Reality Winner sits down with 60 Minutes after being given the longest sentence for release of government information to the media.

Reality Winner was arrested in 2017 for leaking classified information about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

U.S. officials say they were stricken with vertigo, confusion, and memory loss both at home and work in Washington, D.C.

Scott Pelley meets with Carnegie Hero Fund awardees and reports on a possible difference in brain make-up for those who commit heroic acts.

Some of the worst massacres in recent memory have had something in common: the AR-15 style rifle. Scott Pelley reports on why the high-velocity rounds used in the gun make it so deadly.

Ballistics tests show how lethal a wound from an AR-15 style rifle can be. Now there's a campaign to teach civilians how to be first responders in mass shootings

"Education is the single most powerful way to disrupt generational poverty," says the head of Hope Chicago.

Scott Pelley reports on the innovative group that's been exposing Vladimir Putin since 2014.

Ukraine's ports have been cut off from the rest of the world and farmers are fighting during planting season.

60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley reflects on the scenes from his reporting on the ground in Ukraine.

Scott Pelley reports from Odesa, where the U.N.'s World Food Programme is desperately trying to reach starving Ukrainians and pleading for the reopening of Ukraine's seaports.

The FBI Director tells 60 Minutes about Russian cyber threats, why agents in training visit the 9/11 Memorial, Russian disinformation and more.

In a rare interview, Wray speaks with Scott Pelley about how the bureau is engaging the war in Ukraine while fighting rising violence at home and foreign and domestic terrorism.

To mark this Earth Day, 60 Minutes looks back on our reporting on climate change and the environment over the years.

The Ukrainian president has stayed in Kyiv throughout Russia's invasion. CBS' "60 Minutes" reported that his command center has blacked-out hallways.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley: "We are defending the ability for a person to live in the modern world."

Scott Pelley interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv for a two-part report that airs Sunday on 60 Minutes.

Scott Pelley reports from Lviv, Ukraine, where health care workers are fighting to save the lives of residents and evacuees.

This week, 60 Minutes reported on the effort to bring medical supplies to Ukraine.

Sunday on 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley reports on Russia's targeting of Ukraine's health care system, from hospitals to ambulances, according to the WHO.

Scott Pelley reports from a gateway to and from the war in Ukraine, the train station in Przemysl, Poland. Ukrainians there are defiant.

U.S. officials say they were stricken with vertigo, confusion, and memory loss both at home and work in Washington, D.C.

Senior national security officials say they were stricken with vertigo, confusion and memory loss both at home in Washington and on the grounds of the White House. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.

Scott Pelley reports on what one meteorologist is calling, "The Beast," the record-breaking tornado that left a more than 165-mile path of devastation last week in Kentucky.

Scott Pelley reports on the James Webb Space Telescope, due to launch December 22. Scientists hope it will be able to see the universe's first stars and galaxies.

Reality Winner was arrested in 2017 for leaking classified information about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Scott Pelley speaks with Winner in her first television interview since being released earlier this year.

Former intelligence specialist Reality Winner sits down with 60 Minutes after being given the longest sentence for release of government information to the media.

When government insiders leak classified information to the media, prosecutors do not consider whether the act benefited the public interest. Should they?

In her first television interview since her release from prison, Winner speaks with Scott Pelley for a 60 Minutes report airing Sunday.

Scott Pelley reports on the ways American cities are reimagining their police departments, with Austin, Texas, leading the way.

Bill Whitaker follows the U.S.'s struggling supply chain; Scott Pelley speaks with Andrew Sullivan; Jon Wetheim goes inside the new documentary showing the making of the Beatles' "Let It Be."

The conservative author says the January 6 insurrection was a wake-up call for Americans to open their minds to compromise as the U.S. Constitution's authors intended.

Scott Pelley meets with Carnegie Hero Fund awardees and reports on a possible difference in brain make-up for those who commit heroic acts.

Sunday, 60 Minutes reports on "Carnegie Heroes" and how brain structure might play a role in heroism.

A former senior Saudi security official who helped oversee joint counter-terrorism efforts with the U.S. claims the kingdom’s crown prince once spoke of killing a sitting Saudi monarch before his own father was crowned king.

CBS News says it is launching a streaming version of "60 Minutes" on the new Paramount Plus service, starting next week. (CBS News via AP)NEW YORK – CBS News is launching a streaming version of “60 Minutes” on the new Paramount+ service, hoping to expose the durable brand to a younger and more diverse audience. The “60 Minutes+” program will debut March 4 with three separate episodes, the network announced Wednesday. For “60 Minutes+,” CBS is repurposing a team put together last year for a similar program, “60 in 6,” on the ill-fated Quibi platform. AdWhile “60 in 6” had shorter stories than the TV version of “60 Minutes,” the Paramount version will go longer.

FILE - "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl poses for a photo in her office at the "60 Minutes" offices, in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. It's not the first time that's been said about “60 Minutes” since its 1968 debut. After executive producer Bill Owens turned the show primarily over to COVID-19 coverage last spring, “60 Minutes” has returned to its traditional format while being focused on being timely. “60 Minutes” this fall has featured interviews with fired government cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs, former President Barack Obama and poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Original executive producer Don Hewitt often ran “60 Minutes” as an island unto itself.