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CBS News viewers help child cobalt miner
A CBS News investigation recently revealed that children were being used to mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After that report, 50 CBS News viewers raised money to send some of the kids to school. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joined CBSN with the happy ending for the story.