he had a bit of james dean in him. friend and political consultant, john weaver. he s a rogue figure at times. at the same time he s very intellectual and a scholar. he s a rebel with a cause. multiple causes. in his earlier years john mccain was a rebel without a cause. he graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at the naval academy. mccain s passion was for literature, not his family legacy. i had friends of mine who went to ivy league schools as well as the university of virginia and i m sure part of my excuse for being rebellious was i wanted to go to one of those schools. i always had a great interest in literature and history. the novels of the 30s and 40s. hemingway. he loves a farewell to arms. the inspiring figures in the spanish civil war. he knows that frontwards and backwards. he s inspired by those larger than life figures. as a flight school cadet mccain romanticized his experience, act k as if he was one of his favorite literary characters.
at the same time he s very intellectual and a scholar. he s a rebel with a cause. multiple causes. in his earlier years john mccain was a rebel without a cause. he graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at the naval acade academy. mccain s passion was for literature, not his family legacy. i had friends of mine who went to ivy league schools and the university of virginia and i m sure part of my excuse for being rebellious was i wanted to go to one of those schools. i had a great interest in literature and history. the novels of the 30s and 40s. hemmingaway. he loves a farewell to arms. he knows that frontwards and backwards. he s inspired by those larger than life figures. as a flight school cadet
ways. he knows how this works. he has produced boxing fights. this would be pay-per-view television, to have it at the dmz with these two incredibly bigger than life figures. it s good for a summit. is it misplaced, what the president has placed behind this movement or are they worried about what could happen as a result of the increased rhetoric? it could be either of those, and let me suggest the third possible reason we ve gotten to this point, anderson, which is that north korea has reached a level of development or maturity in its nuclear weapons agreement and feels the intent to intentionally pause, the fact that its testing site can t be used for the foreseeable future means they re not in a rush to do anything. so it s quite possible that this stems from their own state of affairs, and it s not usually
right there. fareed zakaria, is it overly naive to hope and pray that maybe the death of nelson mandela will inspire some of those world leaders out there, to do the right thing, to recognize that bloodshed and warfare will not achieve much, that peaceful relations perhaps can better by achieved through dialogue and discussion and hard work, as opposed to war? it is naive, wolf, and you probably know that as well. you know, they say that difficult times throw up great leaders. it s true if you think about world war ii and the depression, it produced these great larger than life figures. mandela came out of those time, the hardship of apartheid, 9 brew tality of it. but the thing we forget is that it doesn t always mean they ll
tom brokaw anchor man anchor man. tonight i ll ask him about this generation of the end of the war. we re ending the war with a final march towards home. this is an extra ordinary achievement. this is politics. the protests at home and around the world. and his new book, the time of our lives, what he thinks america needs now. this is what we can learn from our time. top of the hour, this is piers morgan tonight. tom broe ka s one of my journalistic heroes. he says exactly the saying, the nbc anchor of nbc news for 22 years announcing his retirement in the wake of 9/11. he s now an author the time of our lives. tom, welcome. piers, it s really good to be here. and that business about me being your hero, you re going to 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 your book with great fascination and also with an eye how this year, 2011, is going to rate in the news becaus