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