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EPISODE · May 18, 2020 · 42 MIN

5/17/2020: Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Whistleblower, The Reckoning

from 60 Minutes · host CBS News

In an interview with Scott Pelley, Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the Federal Reserve plans to weather the unprecedented economic crisis -- amid the coronavirus pandemic. A top government virologist tells Norah O'Donnell he was removed from his crucial role leading a unit fighting the pandemic because he spoke out against the administration's advocacy of a drug unproven to help Covid-19 patients. And Jon Wertheim looks at some of the possible changes spurred by the coronavirus pandemic' s profound effect on society. Those stories on this week's "60 Minutes."

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