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That's why these -- firefighters say it is just too difficult to fight these fires on the front lines at this point given the intensity of the heat and just how quickly these fires are moving and spreading so they're really kind of in that defensive posture trying to protect the homes and other establishments and other buildings that are in perhaps in the way of the fire. a lot of protection going on at this point to try to minimize the damage. >> ed lavendera for us watching wildfires in texas -- thank you. our sound effect today would make a decent novel. a adventure humanitarian writes ab...

Schools for particularly female afghan females. and now later accused of lies. this is the book "three cups of tea" and the author is greg mortenson who is defending his work against a "60 minutes" investigation that claims he made up the tale of being kidnapped by the taliban in 1996. well, cnn tracked down one of the alleged kidnappers who runs a pakistani think-tank, and listen to this. >> reporter: greg mortenson says that you kidnapped him. is that true? >> he is lying. we did not kidnap him. he was our guest and we treated him as a guest. not someone -- we have not kidnapped him. he used...

Photograph as a supposed kidnapper, mehsud says images show villagers were neither taliban or kidnappers but instead hosts. here you even see mortensen holding a weapon. theauthor steve kroft also s the book's stories are not -- that would be author john crack cower. he claims mortensen's non-profit misuses funds and fails to carry out the mission to build schools in the region. mortensen denies most allegations made against him. visitors and onlookers are observing construction over ground zero. but there's very little construction actually happening due to concerns about how to finance t...

Were not taliban, but a hoax. here you can see the author holding a weapon. the author john krakow says the allegations are not true, and mortenson says they are, and he is defending his allegations. and now one match.com is starting background checks, and they warn members against a false sense of security and say to be cautious when meeting anyone online. they are now known as inmates 23 and 24, but we knew them as two of the most powerful people in egypt's mubarak regime. i will reveal who they are and how they got there next on "globe trekking."