and his new book the time of our lives, what he thinks america needs now. this is what we can learn from another time. tom brokaw for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. tom brokaw is one of my journalistic heroes. he anchored the nbc nightly news for 22 years. he has also become awe celebrated author. his book the time of our lives and i m thrilled to say that tom brokaw joins me now. welcome. it s very good to be here and that business about me being your hero, you ll get over that by the end of the hour, i promise. i doubt that very much. you re actually the perfect guy to ask this question. i read your book with great fascination. also with an eye to how this year 2011 is going to rate in the news peo to me who s a new boy to this news anchoring game, it seems like it s been the most incredible year for news that i can remember. but what do you think? it s been a chaotic year. i think part of the reason that we see it in the way that we do is that it
tom brokaw for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. tom brokaw is one of my heroes. he anchored the nbc nightly news for 20 years. he has also become awe celebrated author. his book the time of our lives and i m thrilled to say that tom brokaw joins me now. welcome. that business about being me be your hero, you ll get over that about it end of the hour, i promise. i doubt that very much. you re actually the perfect guy to ask this question. i read your book with great fascination. also with an eye to how this year 2011 is going to rate in the news pantheon. me, a new boy to this news anchoring game, it seems like it is the most incredible year in news that i can remember. what do you i it s been a chaotic year. i think part of the reason that we see it in the way that we do is that it never stops coming at us because of the new instrumentation. it s not just on cable television or broadcast television or talk radio. it s now all of the internet and all time
this is t.j. back in atlanta. you hearing me okay? arwa damon is not hearing me right now. arwa damon one of a number of cnn correspondents who spent a lot of time in iraq over the last several years reporting there literally from the very beginning of that war and throughout. we ll try to get her back in a moment. a historic day we saw even though a few thousand american service members in iraq. they will make their way out, many of them this weekend and, again, formally, it is over. let me turn to our zain verjee. the whole world, zain, she s joining me from london. the whole world watched this event today. what is the world saying now that it s over? well, there s been a lot of reaction today, as you can imagine. it s been eight years, eight months and 26 days. and a lot of blood, sweat and tears on both the sides of the american people, as well as the iraqi people. let me give you an idea. the guardian. has this headline. the u.s. troops are pulling out, but what have
from another time. tom brokaw for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. tom brokaw is one of my heroes. he afrnchored the nbc nightly news for 20 years. he has also become awe celebrated author. his book the time of our lives and i m thrilled to say that tom brokaw moijoins me now. welcome. that business about being me be your hero, you ll get over that about it end of the hour, i promise. i doubt that very much. you re actually the perfect guy to ask this question. i read your book with great fascinati fascination. also with an eye to how this year 2011 is going to rate in the news pantheon. me, a new boy to this news anchoring game, it seems like it is the most incredible year in news that i can remember. what do you i it s been a chaotic year. i think part of the reason that we see it in the way that we do is that it never stops coming at us because of the new instrumentation. it s not just on cable television or broadcast television or talk radio. it s now
happening now is profound. we re building a new partisanship between our nations. we are ending a war not with a final battle but with a final march toward home. this is an extraordinary achievement! nearly nine years in the making and today we remember everything you did to make it possible. the last remaining few will be gone by year s end. in other news ahead. the amateur athletic union say his group acted quickly and correctly when it first learned a former head of the association was being accused of sexually abusing children. current president lewis stout is holding a news conference in orlando but sat down yesterday exclusively at cmm and claims that aau bobby dodd molested two boys in the 1980s when he was a basketball coach at the memphis ymca. unlike penn state and unlike syracuse and the citadel, we acted immediately. we didn t wait six months to find out if this was a protected thing because of an executive director, we acted immediately. we formed our own i