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joining us now for the interview is ahmed rashid. he's got a brand-new book out called "pakistan on the brink." mr. rashid is essentially the premiere journalist living and working in packston today. it is an honor to have you here. thanks for coming back. >> thank you very much. >> you report that it was the taliban in afghanistan who initiated talks with the u.s., not the other way around. why was that? >> well, the taliban approached richard holbrooke through germany and through qatar. the reason was once the date of withdrawal in 2014 was announced, they essentially wanted a deal. they didn't want the americans to leave pakistan in a state of civil war. they had made it clear that they wanted some kind of power sharing deal with the government in kabul. they didn't want to go back to the 1990s and have to reconquer the whole of afghanistan. this time, totally opposed by the whole world, just like they were in 1990. and, you know, with they were exhausted. they wanted also to get out of the umbrella of pakistan. they have been hou

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.

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

to talk more, we're joined by ahmed rashid.t recent book is called, "pakistan on the brink: the future of america, pakistan and afghanistan." let's talk about what happened in afghanistan most recently, the u.s. soldier believed to have killed 17 afghanis. can you talk about the effect in afghanistan, pakistan, and what that followed before, the koran burnings and even before? >> there been three incidents in the past month involving u.s. troops and afghan civilians. for the u.s. troops, very negative actions they took. as far as the koran burning, there was widespread rioting in the country. more than a dozen people were killed. and the surging killing 17 people, there's almost an anchor in the south -- and the search and killing 17 people. inflammatory statements have been made. he has had to play to the gallery and expressed his grief to the afghan families, which has led to calling the americans say can and the devil and things like that. we are in a serious crisis. the tensions between karzai and the americans, between pak

several international powers to restart talks on iran's alleged nuclear weapons program president rashid from the national iranian american council says it's crucial for regional stability but israel's worldwide cries are muzzled. after three decades of little or no communication between iran and the united states there's no question that it's going to be a very challenging path that all sides are facing and you know i think being on the precipice of war has to really focus the attention of various decision makers in various capitals and focus them specifically on the need for all parties to compromise and there's a difference between what the united states and the international community are asking for and what do you really would prefer and these negotiations are going to be an opportunity to figure out how to try and square that circle i think it's safe to say that any honest and objective analyst would agree that iran will not give up its nuclear program in its entirety but it will agree to limitations that are monitored america by the international atomic energy agency the policy is

journalist on covering afghanistan for the last twenty years it's been ahmed rashid and he is actually a pakistani lives in lahore he says that civil war may have destroyed the fabric of afghanistan. so that afghanistan as it was known before the soviet invasion may never be able to come back together because really a relationship you have with you have the shias you have the people in different regions there who were in the civil war came along they took sides and started killing each other let's just talk really quickly about with the soviets just when you let me get in your real quick we're almost out of time but i want to ask you right now about what's going on in afghanistan right now as we speak i know another two u.s. soldiers were killed yesterday at the anger and the violence there part of an ongoing uproar of course over the burning of the copies of the qur'an by u.s. soldiers were you surprised at all by the strong reaction of the afghan citizens. no surprise at all however they're cooling down this is not going to be this the match that lights the powder keg but when that b

talk now to resit rashid director of research at the national iranian american council reza thanks so much for being with us and how likely are these new talks to succeed in your opinion first of all we've kind of been here before but is something different about them this time around. you know that we have been here before but there is probably two things that are very different one we haven't seen the situation between iran and the international community be at such a fever pitch we've never been so close to the precipice of war as we are now and i think that's focused the attention of decision makers not only in washington teheran but throughout the international community on and investing in a process of sustainable she actions and letting all parties know they need to compromise rather than exchanging ultimatums so we have a few weeks before the talks commence and to be a lot of back room politicking trying to figure out how we can find constructive solutions towards peace and and hopefully all parties involved including the israelis but not limited to what will invest in that pr

rashid buttar in north carolina. >> she flew out to see this doctor. he chelated her and did hyperbaric chamber treatments and many other type of biomedical therapies that we do with our kids, and she got better quick. after a few days of treating her, she was down to about seven seizures a day and speaking and walking. >> look at desiree now. >> narrator: upon finding her cured of a supposedly incurable condition, the media now presented her story as a hoax. >> we've been trying to reach you, and you have not been returning our phone calls. >> oh, i'm sorry. >> narrator: by now it had emerged that her admitting neurologist suspected desiree's condition was psychogenic. >> is it all some kind of elaborate hoax? >> it's part of the turf in medicine. inaccurate, misleading and destructive information can get widely spread. so it... it is tough in the age of the internet. >> i think the internet has been the fuel on the fire of anti-vaccine fears. there's plenty of web sites out there putting out information about people alleging all kinds of complication