California's high-speed rail fiasco exposed in brutal '60 Minutes' segment

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. "60 Minutes" spoke to multiple California officials who admitted mistakes with regard to the state's high-speed rail project, which residents voted for in 2008. CBS News' "60 Minutes" targeted California's high-speed rail project on Sunday, speaking to multiple officials about the project that has yielded little return since state residents voted in support of it in 2008. CBS' Jon Wertheim spoke to Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., Lou Thompson, who helped found Amtrak and served on California's high speed rail peer review group until 2024, California High Speed Rail Authority board member Anthony Williams and California Secretary of Transportation Toks Omishakin. "We're now in 2026. There are no trains. There's no track laid. It was a complete bait and switch," Fong told "60 Minutes." California voters approved nearly $10 billion in taxpayer funds via muni