So many of Nicholas Kristof's friends, neighbors and classmates died young. The New York Times columnist and his wife, fellow Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sheryl WuDunn tried to figure out what these tragic deaths of despair from so many Yamhill, Oregon friends and their family means and what it says about the United States. The resulting reporting led to "Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope," the couple's latest best-selling book. Kristof and WuDunn talked about the book, why so many white working class Americans are dying young and how challenging it was to report on their friends' deaths.

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