they would talk about their lessons and swap jokes and listen to music and talk about leonardo dicaprio, all of these things come and that experience taught her that she didn't want to go back to be a professor which is what she was going to do at the beginning and she is now on her third visit. she's a business consultant that teaches entrepreneurship skills all across afghanistan. >> host: so this is a book about afghanistan and about women's experience in the days of the taliban, and of course under u.s. policy of our engagement there. and it's a chance to really understand how our policy is playing out through the eyes of this one story, the dressmaker, khair kahn and we would like to get your calls for this is the process of making this interactive see you all for your comment by phone order. let me give you the telephone numbers. he strolled the and -- eastern and central time zone is 202-585-3885. if you live in a mountain or how many times did you travel to afghanistan? >> guest: seven times since 2005. i spent about one third of 2008 and one-third of 2009 and a big chunk of 200

. >> leonardo dicaprio will be playing dr. holmes from your next book. >> who would play the woman? >> scarlet johansson. [laughter] i do not know. i think it would work best as a miniseries. >> how many of your books have been made into a movie? >> none. some have an option, but none have been made yet. >> "isaacs storm"? >> yes. >> and do i have to deal with the pressure of having had a book like "devil in a white city?" yes. having had successful books puts you in the position of having pressure to come up with a winning idea that i feel passion -- passion is a strange word -- feel compelled to spend the next four years or more with. also, i have to be very much aware that there is an inclination to acquire whatever idea i put forward. so the pressure is entirely on me to, but something i can live with in that time. is a daunting to try to feel like i have to do as well or better with the next book as i did with "devil in a white city"? yes. >> tell us to this man is right here. >> this is one of my favorite characters in the book. this is rudolph diels. he was one of the first m

. >> leonardo dicaprio was the con man. >> exactly. of all the millions of movies out there.tting there thinking, okay, now, do i cry, do i laugh? do i shake my head and say, wake up, wake up? >> it is pretty funny. >> it's funny. >> but the flight did land in london on time where ann met fbi agent jackie zappacosta, who briefed her on a sting operation the british police had set up for the following morning back at the airport. british undercover cops and fbi would be watching ann's every move as she pretended to enter the arrivals hall just off a flight from the states. robert had suggested a coffee shop just past customs where they could meet. you guys have got to be a little bit nervous backstage here, right? >> you're always nervous backstage. >> the next day kim's mom emerged in the arrivals area just as scripted. robert was there. her daughter wasn't. >> i walked up to him and i said, robert, and he said, oh, how are you? we hugged. and then i said, oh, where's kim? and he told me she was in the car park. >> this is a wrinkle in the plan. >> so i made an excuse, a long

my leonardo dicaprio. dr. house. my cat woman. my oprah. judge judy. tom cruise. katie holmes.ansformers." "green hornet." she's my "kung fu panda." she's my -- >> hey -- >> she's my "percy jackson and the leaguening thiightning thie" >> come on here. >> she's my "thor." my "ironman." my "slungdog millionaire." my "harry potter." >> she was just a governor of alaska, dude. >> thank you for exposing those pictures of weiner's summer sausage. that was hilarious. hilarious. see you. [ laughter ] sarah! sarah! sarah! come on, you got to take your shirt off or something. sarah! sarah! forget the presidency. she's going to win the oscar. best actress, right there. best actress in america. oscar! oscar! oscar! oscar! oscar! oscar! you got it, sarah. you got this one. oscar! sign my milk duds. sign my milk duds. she said yes! she said yes! thank you. >> thank you, jake. >> you're awesome. ridiculously awesome. >> thank you so much. i appreciate that. >> she signed my milk duds. >> well, the governor arrived 15 minutes ago. she's already inside the oprah house. about 324 people are -- >

there are reports that he wants leonardo dicaprio to play her correspond sta. >>> mike judd says of it time for beavis and butt-head to return. >>> box office take of the latest "harry potter" movie, it is now the top grossing in u.s. history. a lot of money there. now "star wars" has sold twice as many tickets as potter. but we are talking cash here. potter just slid past that sci-fi franchise breaking in over $2.2 billion so far. eye popping numbers like that we got to thinking what would it be like to follow in the boy wizard's foot steps? western the only one wondering. one group calculated how much it would cost to go to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardy. our alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange with the details. how much would it cost? >> reporter: i have to say this. i can't imagine spending my time and figuring this out. i don't know. i can think of at least one or two other things i would rather be doing but that is just me. a bunch of economists at lehigh university in pennsylvania, they sat around with their thinking caps just to figure it out. you know wha

and she doesn't want to have a connection with leonardo dicaprio. >> hanging out with the queen. >> they'rewood. >> is that going to be part of their itinerary, whether they're into it or not? they're doing the whole polo match. >> they're doing something with the british film institute, meeting a lot of stars. it's a great contrast from princess diana who embraced that and was embraced by hollywood. >> john travolta. >> hold on, this is their first trip to california. just wait and see after they meet with all the stars, if you know, the sentiment is still the same. >> exactly. i have to say they are very outdoorsy people and that's something we're getting to see more and more as we get to know them better. >> all right. >> buckingham palace. >> it's a big trek. ,,,,,,,, ♪ >>> looking up at new york city. >> the jeb roll motors building, where we are right now. >> we're inside the general motors building. welcome back to "the early show." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm russ mitchell. >> former first lady betty ford who is being remembered as a free spirit who spoke her mind, brought import