7/28/2024: Quantum Computing; Knife; College of Magic

First, a look inside the quantum computer race. Then, Salman Rushdie: The 2024 60 Minutes Interview. And, going inside the College of Magic.

• Jul 28, 2024
• 43:05

Salman Rushdie on "The Eleventh Hour" and free speech

The author talks about his first fiction published since the 2022 attack that nearly killed him; his own immigrant experience in the U.S.; and what happens when freedom of speech dies.

• Nov 2

Book excerpt: "The Eleventh Hour" by Salman Rushdie

In his elegiac new collection of stories – his first fiction since a 2022 attack that nearly killed him – acclaimed novelist Salman Rushie writes of intimate encounters with death, ghosts, magic, and the immutable passage of time.

• Nov 2

Extended interview: Salman Rushdie

In this web exclusive, author Salman Rushdie talks with Martha Teichner about his new book, "The Eleventh Hour," a collection of short stories and a novella, and the first fiction Rushdie has published since the 2022 attack that nearly killed him.

• Nov 2
• 24:30

Salman Rushdie on "The Eleventh Hour"

"The Eleventh Hour," a collection of short stories and a novella, is the first fiction Salman Rushdie has published since the 2022 attack that nearly killed him. He talks with Martha Teichner about his new book; the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, claiming passages in Rushdie's novel, "The Satanic Verses," insulted Islam; his own immigrant experience in the U.S.; and what happens when freedom of speech dies.

• Nov 2
• 07:16

Rushdie on the last thing his right eye saw

Salman Rushdie describes what he saw in the moments before he was attacked at a literary festival in Chautauqua, New York.

• Apr 14, 2024
• 00:33

Rushdie's message to his attacker

Salman Rushdie's message to his assailant: "Our lives touched each other for an instant and then separated. Mine has improved since that day, while yours has deteriorated."

• Apr 14, 2024
• 01:11

Rushdie on his reflection in the mirror

"The lips of the man in the mirror do not move. There is a slash across the top of his forehead," Salman Rushdie writes in his book "Knife."

• Apr 14, 2024
• 00:57

The aftermath after Rushdie was attacked

After being stabbed 15 times, Salman Rushdie's face was slashed open. In his new book "Knife," he says his face looked like "a sci-fi movie special effect."

• Apr 14, 2024
• 01:23

Rushdie: "He was just stabbing wildly"

"There was the knife in the eye. That was the cruellest blow, and it was a deep wound. The blade went in all the way to the optic nerve, which meant there would be no possibility of saving the vision. It was gone," says Salman Rushdie.

• Apr 14, 2024
• 01:46

Salman Rushdie’s Assailant

"I do not want to use his name in this account," author Salman Rushdie said of his assailant. In his new book "Knife" he refers to the attacker as "the A."

• Apr 14, 2024
• 00:35

Rushdie describes his near-death experience

"There was nothing supernatural about it. No 'tunnel of light.' No feeling of rising out of my body," says Salman Rushdie, describing his near-death experience in 2022 in his new book "Knife."

• Apr 14, 2024
• 00:30

Why Salman Rushdie wrote "Knife"

"I would answer violence with art," says author Salman Rushdie. He felt he needed to write "Knife" to own what happened – refusing to be a mere victim.

• Apr 14, 2024
• 00:24

The most upsetting thing about the attack

Salman Rushdie shares what he found most upsetting about a knife attack that nearly killed him.

• Apr 14, 2024
• 00:55

Salman Rushdie on censorship in America today

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie says the attack on free expression now comes from both the left and the right.

• Apr 14, 2024
• 05:33

Salman Rushdie: The 60 Minutes Interview

Salman Rushdie has come to terms with the attempt on his life the only way he knows: by writing about it in his new book. He details the experience in his first television interview since the attack.

• Jun 1
• 13:34

Salman Rushdie reads excerpts from his new book "Knife"

In his latest book, Salman Rushdie writes about the attempt on his life -- where he was stabbed 15 times and lost his right eye.

• Jun 1

Salman Rushdie on censorship in America today

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie says the attack on free expression now comes from both the left and the right.

• Jun 1

Salman Rushdie on the 2022 knife attack that nearly took his life

Salman Rushdie has come to terms with the attempt on his life the only way he knows: by writing about it in a book. He details the experience in his first television interview since the attack.

• Jun 1

Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie gets 25 years in prison

Hadi Matar, who was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in February, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie.

• May 16

Salman Rushdie attacker found guilty of attempted murder

Salman Rushdie's attacker, Hadi Matar, is convicted on attempted murder charges in the 2022 stabbing in New York.

• Feb 21

Salman Rushdie attacker found guilty

The man who attacked author Salman Rushdie while he was on stage at a 2022 lecture in New York was found guilty of attempted murder charges. Legal analyst and trial attorney Robin Nunn joins CBS News with more.

• Feb 21
• 02:22

Salman Rushdie describes 2022 attack in graphic detail on witness stand

Salman Rushdie took the witness stand Tuesday in the attempted murder trial against his accused attacker​, Hadi Matar.

• Feb 11

Trial of Salman Rushdie's accused attacker begins

The criminal trial of the man accused of attempting to murder author Salman Rushdie began with prosecutors saying Hadi Matar was on a mission when he rushed to attack Rushdie, stabbing him multiple times in 2022. Nikki Battiste reports on the first day of the trial and the national security concerns behind the attack.

• Feb 10
• 02:10

Salman Rushdie stabbing trial begins

The trial of the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie is underway. The 77-year-old author was stabbed more than a dozen times back in August 2022 while speaking in front of a live audience. CBS News correspondent Michael George has more.

• Feb 10
• 01:29

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