General who survived Afghan attack defiant amid Taliban threats

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Afghans will head to the polls Saturday for parliamentary elections, days after an insider attack in Kabul that killed two top Afghan officials. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports from Kabul where U.S. Gen. Scott Miller made a surprise appearance after surviving the attack.

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