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60 Minutes: March 13

This weekend, Michael Usher is on the Trump campaign trail.

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This weekend on 60 Minutes, Michael Usher is on the Trump campaign trail, plus stories on Jarryd Hayne and the parents of a young man accused of being a terrorist.

Living the Dream
When Jarryd Hayne announced he was quitting rugby league to chase a long-held ambition to play American football, people thought the “Hayne Plane” was plain crazy. Why would this NRL superstar give up the fortune and the fame he earned in Australia to follow a dream all the experts said couldn’t be realised? Hayne himself had doubts. He didn’t know if he’d be good enough for American football, he didn’t even know the complicated rules of the game. All he knew was that he wanted to give it a go. So he did. This Sunday on 60 Minutes, an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at Hayne’s incredible journey – from saying goodbye to his family and former team mates to landing in LA with nowhere to live; the search for an NFL team willing to give him a go; and the highs and lows of competing in the world’s toughest sport. It is raw, unprecedented access to a young man brave enough to live his dream, and a reminder to everyone that the impossible can be possible.
Reporter: Karl Stefanovic
Producer: Laura Sparkes

Not Welcome Home
Australia’s spy agency, ASIO, has declared 19-year-old Oliver Bridgeman from Toowoomba an enemy of the nation. It suspects him of being a terrorist. Bridgeman says the accusation is not true, and that far from being a risk, he is a humanitarian aid worker. His problem, though, is that for the past year he’s been living in Syria, a country destroyed by civil war and overrun by Islamic State extremists. Now Bridgeman wants to come home, but our government refuses to lay out the welcome mat. On 60 Minutes, his distraught parents break their silence and tell Tara Brown of their anguish at the betrayal of authorities who up until now had promised to help them bring their son home.
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producers: Gareth Harvey, Ali Smith

Trump
It was once hard to believe but is now looking more and more likely that Donald Trump, the billionaire property developer and loudmouth reality TV star, could become America’s next President. And if it happens, brace yourself for a bumpy ride. Many in the conservative Republican Party in the United States are embarrassed by Trump’s antics, but his bellicose mix of bluster and outrage has won over a majority of white, middle-America. “The Donald” is not afraid to say exactly what he thinks, and as Michael Usher finds out on the Trump campaign trail, the world had better start listening.
Reporter: Michael Usher
Producer: Phil Goyen

7pm Sunday on Nine.

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