Americana - 27/09/2009

Kevin Connolly talks to veteran CBS journalist and anchorman Bob Shieffer about how President Obama and his predecessors have trimmed their foreign policy initiatives to better suit cold reality. Imagine Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's delight when he got a call from President Obama's office asking whether the city of Pittsburgh could host the 2009 G20 summit. Kevin Connolly talks to the mayor about how this former steel town is handling the influx of guests while emerging from a collapsed economy. President Barak Obama, along with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Nicolas Sarkozy has acted swiftly to let Iran know that the hiding of nuclear weapons would not be tolerated. Josh Tyrangiel, of TIME had an exclusive interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmajinedad. Host Kevin Connolly talks with Tyrangiel and with humorist and best-selling Iranian-American author Firoozeh Dumas about how relations between Iran and the United States may proceed. American folk culture is about apple pie, grilled cheese sandwiches and how to pack a suitcase. That's according to The Old Farmer's Almanac, anyway. Inside its covers are scarily accurate weather reports as well as tips, tricks and legends which could make toes curl. Kevin Connolly picks up some age-old wisdom from Almanac's editor, Janice Stillman. Kevin Connolly takes a stroll among the war memorials of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to sample American views on the war in Afghanistan. Is the president is on the right track, or could the conflict become the next Vietnam?