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
these items. the payroll tax cut before the holidays. party leaders in the senate now say they re trying to come up with terms come to terms with something and that may be more likely now that democrats have given up trying to pass a new tax on millionaires. but wait, there is more. in less than 36 hours, much of the federal government will run out of money. the latest as seven budgetary stop gaps runs ot out at midnight tomorrow night. while lawmakers scramble to come up with a plan, nobody s voted on anything. we ll certainly keep you posted. in baghdad today, the end became real. u.s. forces lowered the flag of command, closing the book on a controversial war that claimed almost 4,500 american lives and cost more than $800 billion. defense secretary leon panetta was there. to all of the men and women in uniform today, your nation is deeply indebted to you. you have done everything your nation asked you to do and more. your dedication, your commitment to this missio
big move in washington in a major concession the president and leading democrats will drop a surtax on millionaires as the way to pay for the payroll tax cut extension. this is a huge step in breaking the impasse that threatened the tax cut and may have shut the government down again. here is the bottom line. the ds and rs each fought for one big thing in this payroll tax battle and that is a nonstarter for the other side. the surtax for the democrats and the keystone pipeline for the republicans. now whether you love or hate either one of those ideas, the fact was this, both were deal breakers. we ve been saying this all week. and compromise really isn t that hard. here s the decent proposal we ve been putting out there as an example. extend the tax cut for those making less than $75,000. that costs about $48 billion. but you can pay for it by charging more to mortgage lenders and more to millionaires for medicare. it actually comes out even. and there s a lot of different p
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
a woman married to a predator speaks out on the jerry sandusky case. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, breaking news with a big move in washington in a major concession the president and leading democrats will drop a surtax on millionaires as the way to pay for the payroll tax cut extension. this is a huge step in breaking the impasse that threatened the tax cut and may have shut the government down again. here is the bottom line. the ds and rs each fought for one big thing in this payroll tax battle and that is a nonstarter for the other side. the surtax for the democrats and the keystone pipeline for the republicans. now whether you love or hate either one of those ideas, the fact was this, both were deal breakers. we ve been saying this all week. and compromise really isn t that hard. here s the decent proposal we ve been putting out there as an example. extend the tax cut for those making less than $75,000. that costs about $48 billion. but you ca