ONE OF THE STONEMAN DOUGLAS STUDENTS SPEARHEADING THE GUN REFORM MOVEMENT TELLS “60 MINUTES” WHY ARMING TEACHERS IS “STUPID,” THIS SUNDAY ON CBS
One of the Florida school shooting survivors leading a movement that has already gotten Florida gun laws changed tells 60 MINUTES why arming teachers in the classroom is “stupid.” Emma Gonzalez and her mother, Beth, speak to Sharyn Alfonsi for a segment to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, March 18 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
An excerpt of the report appeared on CBS THIS MORNING today (16). A transcript of that excerpt is below. Please credit 60 MINUTES.
ALFONSI: What do you think about this issue of arming teachers?
GONZALEZ: It’s stupid.
ALFONSI: Why?
GONZALEZ: First of all, they have – Douglas ran out of paper for, like, two weeks in the school year, and now all of a sudden they have $400 million to pay for teachers to get trained to arm themselves? Really? Really? If you have – if you’re a teacher and you have a gun, do you keep it in a lockbox, or do you carry it on your person? If the teacher dies and the – and a student who’s a good student is able to get the gun, are they now held responsible to shoot the student who’s come into the door? I’m not happy with that.
EMMA’S MOTHER BETH WATCHED AS HER DAUGHTER BECAME ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE FACES IN ONE OF THE MOST POLARIZING DEBATES IN THE COUNTRY.
BETH GONZALEZ: I’m terrified. It’s like she built herself a pair of wings out of balsa wood and duct tape and jumped off a building. And we’re just, like, running along beneath her with a net, which she doesn’t want or think that she needs, you know?
ALFONSI: What is happening to her life?
BETH: It’s insane. Somebody said – you know, “Please tell Emma we’re behind her,” which I appreciate. But we should have been in front of her, I should’ve been in front of her. We’re all adults, we should have dealt with this 20 years ago.
ALFONSI: It’s a lot to ask of these kids.
BETH: Well they’re asking it of themselves, but some adults are saying, you go girl, you changed the law. And I’m like, well, what are we doing?
“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 18
THE STUDENTS OF STONEMAN DOUGLAS – Some survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting have been leading a charge to change gun laws. 60 MINUTES cameras have been following the teens as they plan their march in Washington. Sharyn Alfonsi reports. Guy Campanile, Andy Bast and Lucy Boyd are the producers.
HEIR TO THE THRONE – In a rare interview with Saudi Arabia’s ruling family, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks to Norah O’Donnell in his first American television interview. On her visit to the kingdom, O’Donnell also reports first-hand on some of the sweeping changes happening there for women, including the right to drive for the first time in the country’s history. Graham Messick and Vanessa Fica are the producers. THIS IS A DOUBLE-LENGTH SEGMENT
SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN SAYS HIS COUNTRY WOULD OBTAIN A NUCLEAR WEAPON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF IRAN WERE TO DEVELOP ITS OWN BOMB, THIS SUNDAY ON “60 MINUTES”
The Saudi Prince Says the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Wants “to Expand…Very Much Like Hitler” in His First American Television Interview with Norah O’Donnell
Excerpt Appeared Today on “CBS This Morning”
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince tells Norah O’Donnell his country would get its own nuclear bomb as soon as possible if Iran were to develop a nuclear weapon. Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to O’Donnell, a 60 MINUTES contributing correspondent and co-host of CBS THIS MORNING, for his first American television interview. The interview will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, March 18 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
An excerpt from the interview, in which the crown prince also compares Iran’s foreign policy to that of Hitler’s, was broadcast on CBS THIS MORNING. The transcript from it is below. Please credit 60 MINUTES:
NORAH O’DONNELL: You’ve been rivals for centuries. At its heart, what is this rift about? Is it a battle for Islam?
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN: Iran is not a rival to Saudi Arabia. Its army is not among the top five armies in the Muslim world. The Saudi economy is larger than the Iranian economy. Iran is far from being equal to Saudi Arabia.
NORAH O’DONNELL: But I’ve seen that you called the Ayatollah Khamenei “the new Hitler” of the Middle East.
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN: Absolutely.
NORAH O’DONNELL: Why?
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN: Because he wants to expand. He wants to create his own project in the Middle East very much like Hitler, who wanted to expand at the time. Many countries around the world and in Europe did not realize how dangerous Hitler was until what happened, happened. I don’t want to see the same events happening in the Middle East.
NORAH O’DONNELL: Does Saudi Arabia need nuclear weapons to counter Iran?
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN: Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible.
The television interview is scheduled to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES two days before the young Saudi leader is to meet with President Donald Trump.
The wide-ranging interview is the crown prince’s first for American television, and it is rare for a member of the ruling royal family to sit down for such a conversation. The last time a Saudi leader gave an interview to a U.S. television network was in 2005.
O’Donnell spent a week in Saudi Arabia, reporting first-hand on the political, economic and social reforms unfolding in the Sunni Muslim kingdom, many of them instituted by the crown prince, who is also known as MBS. The 32-year-old heir to the throne has also helped institute sweeping changes for women, including allowing them the right to drive for the first time in the country’s history.
The crown prince is also the kingdom’s deputy prime minister and its defense minister. O’Donnell asked him about the country’s controversial role in the civil war in Yemen; Iran, Saudi Arabia’s chief rival in the area; and his relations with the U.S. The crown prince also spoke about what happened during his anti-corruption crack-down that resulted in hundreds of prominent Saudis detained at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Riyadh.
CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN OF SAUDI ARABIA TO APPEAR IN HIS FIRST U.S. TELEVISION INTERVIEW ON “60 MINUTES”
Norah O’Donnell’s Interview with the Heir to the Throne Airs Sunday, March 18, Just Before His Visit to the U.S.
O’Donnell Discussed the Interview on “CBS This Morning”
WATCH: http://cbsn.ws/2FnUW1O
60 MINUTES contributing correspondent and CBS THIS MORNING co-host Norah O’Donnell has interviewed Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, one of the most powerful leaders in the Middle East.
The television interview is scheduled to air for the Sunday, March 18 edition of 60 MINUTES, two days before the young Saudi leader is to meet with President Donald Trump.
The wide-ranging interview is the crown prince’s first for American television, and it is rare for a member of the ruling royal family to sit down for such a conversation. The last time a Saudi leader gave an interview to a U.S. television network was in 2005.
O’Donnell spent a week in Saudi Arabia, reporting first-hand on the political, economic and social reforms unfolding in the Sunni Muslim kingdom, many of them instituted by the crown prince, who is also known as MBS. The 32-year-old heir to the throne has also helped institute sweeping changes for women, including allowing them the right to drive for the first time in the country’s history.
The crown prince is also the kingdom’s deputy prime minister and its defense minister. O’Donnell asked him about the country’s controversial role in the civil war in Yemen; Iran, Saudi Arabia’s chief rival in the area; and his relations with the U.S. The crown prince also spoke about what happened during his anti-corruption crack-down that resulted in hundreds of prominent Saudis detained at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Riyadh.
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