Episode
60 Minutes: Counting the Vote, Operation Warp Speed, Ken Burns
Overview
Pennsylvania election officials detail their vote count, share experiences from election week; Then, planning the distribution of a future COVID-19 vaccine; And, Ken Burns speaks with Scott Pelley about how his films are made, the message he wants to convey with them and how he became the person he is today.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 53
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2020-11-08
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Counting the Vote, Operation Warp Speed, Ken Burns is Episode 10 in Season 53 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2020-11-08. The runtime is 44 min.
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