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put the region on edge and has the world watching intently to see what happens next in the isolated country. a very emotional presenter on north korean state tv made the official announcement. [ speaking a foreign language ] the state tv reports the 69-year-old leader died saturday morning of a heart attack while an a train trip. the report also said that doctors used every possible first aid measure, but mr. kim could not be saved. a funeral will be held on december the 28th in pyongyang. well, kim jong il was only the second leader the people of this reclusive nation has ever known. dan rivers looks back at the enigmatic kim jong il. kim jong il always cut a slightly bizarre figure. his diminutive stature and characteristic hair were parroted by some in the west, but for the citizens of the democratic peoples republic of korea, kim was the embodiment of this reclusive state. feared, loved, worshipped, obeyed, his cult of personality was deeply entrenched. his fath ....
how he overcame childhood tragedy. i was at a piano recital. it was in the intermission my aunt jesse came and said your mother just died and brought me home. it was then i kind of realized for the first time she s not there anymore. and a traumatic brush with his idol. i said i have to ask you mr. sinatra you hit this high a flat. how did you do it? i just opened my mouth and it was there. this is piers morgan tonight. i ll take you just the way you are harry connick jr., welcome. thank you. you are a man of so many hats, it s ridiculous. a singer, pianist, big band conductor, a composer, and actor. three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical on a clear day you can see forever. and you have your first children s book. not content with dominating every other genre of entertainment, you re into the kids market. well, i guess what makes me want to do this stuff is that i guess what drives me is real interest ....
his idol. i said i have to ask you mr. sinatra you hit this high a flat. how did you do it? i just opened my mouth and it was there. this is piers morgan tonight. i ll take you just the way you are harry connick jr., welcome. thank you. you are a man of so many hats, it s ridiculous. a singer, pianist, big band conductor, a composer, and actor. three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical on a clear day you can see forever. and you have your first children s book. not content with dominating every other genre of entertainment, you re into the kids market. well, i guess what makes me want to do this stuff is that i guess what drives me is real interest in all of these different areas. and it was never really about i know you were joking about dominating these areas, but it s never really been about that for me. things kind of happened organically. broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing. which h ....
conductor, a composer, and actor. three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical on a clear day you can see forever. and you have your first children s book. not content with dominating every other genre of entertainment, you re into the kids market. well, i guess what makes me want to do this stuff is that i guess what drives me is real interest in all of these different areas. and it was never really about i know you were joking about dominating these areas, but it s never really been about dthat fr me. things kind of happened organically. broadway sort of happened out of a career in performing. which happened out of practicing piano when i was a kid. and this just seemed like a natural sort of transition after this we did a children s musical. it just seemed like a fun thing to be a part of. do you think you re part of a dying breed, an all-around entertainer? there aren t many of them these days. i don t know how many ....
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 t ....