60 Minutes

Compassionate Use, The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth, Back to My Lai

TV-PG

S33 • E31 May 5, 2001 45m

“Compassionate Use” examines how pharmaceutical companies can sometimes offer drugs to critically ill patients before clinical trials for those drugs have been completed. “The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth” looks at Qatar’s Al-Jazerra television network. “Back to My Lai” follows two Americans who saved lives during the My Lai massacre as they return to visit Vietnam and meet some of the people they saved. “Andy Rooney” talks about Bob Kerry’s military service in Vietnam.

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Cast of Compassionate Use, The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth, Back to My Lai

Lesley StahlSelf - Correspondent (segment "Compassionate Use")
Ruth-Ann SantinoSelf - Cancer Patient (segment "Compassionate Use")
Fred SantinoSelf - Ruth-Ann's Husband (segment "Compassionate Use")
Amy CohenSelf - Cancer Patient (segment "Compassionate Use")
Robert TempleSelf - Director of Medical Policy, FDA (segment "Compassionate Use")
Patty DelaneySelf - Patient Advocate, FDA (segment "Compassionate Use")
Ed BradleySelf - Correspondent (segment "The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth")
Jian Al-JacubySelf - Iraqi Journalist (segment "The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth")
Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-ThaniSelf - Emir of Qatar (segment "The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth")
Faysal Al-QasimSelf - Host, The Opposite Direction (segment "The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth")
Walid Al-OmarySelf - Al-Jazeera Correspondent (segment "The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth")
Mohamad Abdul MonemSelf - Former Egyptian Spokesman (segment "The Tiny TV Network with a Big Mouth")
Mike WallaceSelf - Correspondent (segment "Back to My Lai")
Hugh ThompsonSelf - Vietnam Veteran (segment "Back to My Lai")
Larry ColburnSelf - Vietnam Veteran (segment "Back to My Lai")
Paul MeadloSelf - Army Private (segment "Back to My Lai")
Thi NhungSelf - My Lai Survivor (segment "Back to My Lai")
Pham Thi NhanhSelf - My Lai Survivor (segment "Back to My Lai")
Ernest MedinaSelf - Army Captain (segment "Back to My Lai")
Steve KroftSelf - Host
Andrew RooneySelf - Commentator (segment "Andy Rooney")
Bob KerreySelf - Former Senator (segment "Andy Rooney")
Tom AndersonProducer
Nancy KramerProducer
Harry RadliffeProducer