first up with ahmed rashid, a pakistani journalist, who's written about the taliban, joined by dexter filkens, who used to be with "the new york times," and their reports for the "new yorker" magazine. >> what we need to do the next 18 months is reduce the violence inside the country so the transition can take place. for that you need negotiations, and you need the military and cia to come on board basically. >> the violence is higher now than it was -- now than it was a year ago. so it's not working. at the same time i think -- i think the danger of these -- of these talks, or the potential danger, is that if you're the taliban, you know, you're just looking at your watch. they'll just r the clock out. >> we conclude this evening with jorge castaneda and a look at mexico and the larger question of north america. >> mexico is a middle class society. i emphasis this in the book. it's not 80% or 75%. it's 55%, 57%, but that's an enormous achievement for mexico. this has happened mainly in the last 15 years. fox's term and calderon's term. combatting poverty, he's done w. he's not done w

and so rashid in the story is both of us. is a little bit both of us. >> do you fear growing old? >> the diminishing power of age? >> i'm not crazy about it, you know. i have to say, there's that great line of woody allens when he was asked if he was happy that he would live on through his movies. he said no, he would prefer to live on in his apartment. (laughter) and you know, that's my opinion. i'm not in favor of-- favor of growing old. but i don't mind it either. i mean i think you just have to accept what there is. and there is a point as an artist, this point in a life when you've done a lot, where you do have to look harder for the next direction. you have to make sure you're not just repeating yourself and find fresh challenges. >> rose: so why did-- why have you come now to writing memoir? >> just t was instinct, you know. the truth is after everything that happened around satanic versus happened, those years, you know, there was a bit of me, theres with a writer bit of me that was sitting on my shoulder that kept saying you know, good story. >> rose: i'm sure, take notes

asset is a second year career educator at the arid and engaging facilitator of the group trend magic rashid is committed to becoming a visible and zero allied to the transgender community. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi, kim, mayor. once again, we are all here to honor and the phenomenal accomplishments of these 15 new four years. it has been a blessing and give to work with these wonderful warriors. thank you all for sharing this memorable day with us in honoring the 2011 youth warriors. these 15 are shining examples of what it means to be a warrior and is a gift to myself, the family, friends, nominators, and importantly, to the city and county of san francisco.

this one, we begin by honoring the ancestors, and we pour libations to honor them, and that is what rashidgoing to do. we pur water -- pour water, the primary ancestral offering, the source of life in the universe. it is associated with the womb of creation and with the fountain of life. in the spirit of honoring the ancestors, we say, praises to the ancestors of this land, the keepers of this land. praise be. praises to the ancestors of the middle passage. praises be. praises to all of those whose courage, strength, determination, perseverance, blessings, grace, blood, sweat, tears, and sacrifices have uplifted us, our community, our people. i want you to take a moment and out loud and with passion and with gratitude, call up the name of those whose shoulders you stand upon. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. we call -- praises be. we call upon you all to join us in this commemoration of the past and join us in the celebration of the youth leaders of yesterday and today and those of tomorrow. we ask you to participate as we ourselves become

the words that abdul rashid khan says in this book-- this is a man who probably came to my tent everyour or two, and the man that i knew is not the man who's portrayed in this book. >> kroft: you seem to be saying that most of it is b.s. >> callahan: the most generous thing i could say is that it's... it's grossly exaggerated. and probably the harshest thing i could say is... is a lot of it just sounds like outright fabrication. >> kroft: today, the school sits empty, and we're told by a tribal leader that it has never been used. >> callahan: no one's there. no one's there at all. you know, i think, at best, it might end up being used as... as a storage shed for stuff. >> kroft: we obviously wanted to talk to greg mortenson, who has appeared on just about every news and talk show on television, but he didn't want to talk to "60 minutes." he dismissed our initial request for an interview last fall, and our follow-up messages and emails over the past two weeks have gone unanswered. we finally decided to seek him out at a speaking engagement and book signing in atlanta. steve kroft. >> m

asset is a second year career educator at the arid and engaging facilitator of the group trend magic rashid is committed to becoming a visible and zero allied to the transgender community. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi, kim, mayor. once again, we are all here to honor and the phenomenal accomplishments of these 15 new four years. it has been a blessing and give to work with these wonderful warriors. thank you all for sharing this memorable day with us in honoring the 2011 youth warriors. these 15 are shining examples of what it means to be a warrior and is a gift to myself, the family, friends, nominators, and importantly, to the city and county of san francisco. we all appreciate everything you have done. thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. [applause] the youth empowerment fund would love if you joined us for refreshments. please take some time to meet with the warriors and we also have photographs. thank you in helping us celebrate the 2011 you for your awards and ceremony. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our r

extending their terms, cameron delancey, kimberly, quentin gilmore, christopher hart, alan johnson, rashidiallo, and as a final closer i would like to ask the moda advisers that are with us today, um, and one spouse of mark jones wherever you are, i think you're there, deserve a special recognition. [laughter] i would like to ask the following advisers to stand and then lead us out to the reception and join me in a round of applause, please, for the returning advisers; david clifton, george dryden, john hawk, charles heiden, mark jones and be mrs. mark jones, and then extending, teresa sorenson, who's here. if you would join in a round of applause, and they will lead you to food and drink. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and tonight on "the communicators," we'll hear about legislative proposals in congress for addressing the issue of cybersecurity. our guests include texas representative mac thornberry, chairman of the republican task force on cybersecurity. and rhode island democratic congressman jim langevin