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
divide between house hard liners and the gop establishment and by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. and tonight looking grim, he did just that. there s always a right thing to do and while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren t willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so i m proud of the efforts that they put into this. dana bash is going to join us shortly to explain the mechanics of the deal, the specifics. president obama was quick to praise the outcome. this is the real money that will make a real difference this people s lives and i want to thank every american to remind folk in this town what this debate was all about. and to give an idea of the intense pressure that lawmakers were feeling, take a look at these two entries from rick crawford s
he s going to have some time to relax with his family. this is a good time for him to reflect in hawaii. it is not just where he grew up. let s not forget he was born, t.j., in hawaii. even though there was a controversy, a at least maybe some people still believe he wasn t born in hawaii. but he was born in hawaii. he s got a lot of old friends there. he deserves some time off. he s got a lot going on. but even as he s on vacation, every president is never completely on vacation. he ll have national security advisors with him. right now there s a crisis. there are plenty of international crises under way. north korea arguably one of the most dangerous spots on earth rye now with the death of the so-called dear leader, kim jong-il, the succession of his young untested son in his late 20s, kim jung un. tension on the korean peninsula very, very real right now. tension in iraq. we saw a wave of terrorist activities going on yesterday. tension in syria. pakistan. afghanistan. we
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 brokaw 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 because to me, who is 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? well, it s been a chaotic year. part of the reason that we see it in the way that we do is that it neve
. this is a freehand gloves. for people upgrading to a smartphone, the solution to that, plus there are two options. you have the free form option. they have lig magnets so it will clasp on the back so you have access to your fingers. top of the hour, here we go. president obama headed to hawaii. one one government will pay women to replace their breast implants. brianna keel later, my friend in hawaii waiting on the beach for the president, looking lovely, by the way. i m sure you re enjoying the palm trees and lovely surf behind you. what is the president up to once he gets there? reporter: you know, there s no public nothing publicly scheduled for the president but a lot of times when he comes here, as he has each christmas for the past several years, he keeps a schedule that looks like what the hawaiian shavize, which is a favorite. and remember he grew up here. he lived on oahu until he was 6. he hit some of the favorite. is it all play and no work or a little