. >> jeff fager: we want to be relevant. we want to be current.> kroft: jeff fager succeeded don hewitt in 2004 as executive producer of "60 minutes." >> fager: and when we cover a story and report it on sunday night and it has impact on monday morning, that's what you hope for. >> wallace: you are the last major communist dictatorship. >> kroft: over the years, we've landed timely interviews with world leaders. >> me? >> wallace: yes, you! >> kroft: putin of russia. assad of syria. saddam hussein, with dan rather in 2003. the iraqi leader denied having weapons of mass destruction, a key justification for the impending american invasion. >> saddam hussein: i think america and the world also knows that iraq no longer has the weapons. >> kroft: it was a controversial interview, but events would prove that what saddam said about the weapons was correct. ( church bells ) in 2015, pope francis was about to embark on a trip to the united states. a big story, and a rare opportunity for a few questions from "60 minutes." >> pelley: what is your goal for a