we begin tonight with the president of colombia president juan manuel santos calderon. >> the potential that you find in that america for the u.s. is enormous and vice versa. and we can work together more closely on joint ventures developing the potential that we have and how we can work together like, i say, one is the strategic importance of the u.s. in afghanistan. >> rose: right. >> there is a strategic importance in -- >> would you make the argument you have more strategic, more reason for strategic relationship with colombia than afghanistan. >> oh, by far, by far. >> rose: we continue with a look at al schbab with eli lake. >> i would say al shabaab-- they have prochb gruesome in the ability to cause mass casualty attacks. we saw similar things from al shabaab in uganda in 2010 but they failed to translate that into a program where they could participate nay coalition government or even govern their own territory particularly well. >> rose: we conclude with dexter filkins without has a story about an iranian general called the most powerful op rattive in the middle east. what mad