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As people talk about filter bubbles and whether -- how were absorbing media. as we looked at the words weve been tracking over the past year, this one really struck us as resonating with the kind of themes and spirit of 2016. >> is it resonating because it infers the truth is occasionally dead? >> well, its based on a critique that says that it -- that the truth has become less important or less difficult to identify. you know, post usually means after, like post-war, but in post-truth its more ...

You know. that whole era, that was the perfect storm, if you watch this episode tonight, youll see. it was a combination of not just the music but the social implications. post war, america post war, england. and the communications that were -- we were capable of at the time, which was fairly new. international air travel, you know, was really only beginning to take off. and, you know, all the other aspects of communicating, like were seeing today. now with the internet, of course. back then it ...

On a corporate level or an individual level has expanded. the rich people are getting richer. the government empowered are getting bigger. the middle class is getting squeezed. thats how i see it. >> no, i think youre right david and one of the problems is that we have democrats and progressives that look back to the golden area of the mid sen ri, post war where you had strong unions and manufacturing jobs that dont exist in the numbers they do today. but now we live in an information age. with ...

Was on fire. we could see buildings on fire all throughout the ground below us, as we drove into town, we could see looters out in the streets. >> in retrospect, given the scope and size of the issues that we faced so quickly, did we know what we were getting into? >> im a civilian side, you can argue that the civilian plans were written on a bunch of assumptions that turned out not to be true. they thought that there was the same kind of post-war situation there had been in 1991. it didnt turn ...

Not even under conversation right now. the post-war, if you will, american foreign policy looks like, weve got 300 soldiers a week coming back from camp pendleton, 3,000 will come back to the naval base in san diego. were moving to a different period of time. it would appear to be a moment for whoever the u.s. president is to attempt to shape a new paradigm in diplomacy, period. >> im curious from your perspective, both perspectives, as to which will drive that new policy and that paradigm more,...

tom brokaw "anchor man anchor man." tonight ill ask him about this generation of the end of the war. >> were 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 kas one of my journalistic heroes. he says ex...

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 brokaws 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. hes now an author "the time of our lives." tom, welcome. >> piers, its really good to be here. and that business about me being your hero, youre going to get...

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 brokaws 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. hes now an author "the time of our lives." tom, welcome. >> piers, its really good to be here. and that business about me being your hero, youre going to get...

Now in 2010, you know, the united states has spent over a trillion dollars in direct expenditures in iraq on the war and the post-war, however you want to describe it. two and a half million iraqis by the u.s. estimates have fled the country. most have not come back. then theres the number who have been killed, we dont know. you think it was worth it? >> look, how you answer whether it was worth it, i mean i dont know how you ask someone whos lost a loved one or whos been seriously maimed whethe...

Christiane amanpour, what did you hear? >> well, look, i take a slightly different view than ambassador burns. i think he did give a fulsome praise and confirmation of the great post war liberal democratic order in europe. but as ambassador burns said, he didnt actually -- he did actually say he was going to defend it, but it was short on details. but still, i think its the most friendly europe speech that the president has given ever since he became a candidate. so we will wait to see how it go...