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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 im thrilled to say that tom brokaw joins me now. welcome. >> its very good to be here and that business about me being your hero, you...

>> tom brokaw for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. tom brokaw is one of my heroes. he anchored the nbc "nightly news" for 20 years. he has also become awe celebrated author. his book "the time of our lives" and im thrilled to say that tom brokaw joins me now. welcome. >> that business about being -- me be your hero, youll get over that about it end of the hour, i promise. >> i doubt that very much. youre actually the perfect guy to ask this question. i read your book with great ...

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 im thrilled to say that tom brokaw moijoins me now. welcome. >> that business about being -- me be your hero, youll get over that about it end of the hour, i promise. >> i doubt that very much. youre actually the perfect guy to ask this question. i re...

stage of voting last month after voting for the lower house, egyptians will elect an upper house. unconfirmed reports from syrian activists say at least 36 civilians and 7 members of the security forces were killed in fighting on tuesday. the u.s. state department is calling on russia and other countries on the u.n. security council to speak out against the lethal crackdown in syria. a blistering attack by one iraqi politician against another. in an interview with cnn, deputy prime...

tear apart the euro currency. in washington, where the super committee was a super failure. and in our own bank accounts, where incomes are falling, and americans are dipping into their savings to pay the bills. yet everywhere, youre being cheerleaded to spend money, lots of money for the holidays. $704. the national retail federation projects thats how much youll spend over the holidays, and consumers are more than halfway there. where is all of that money coming from, and have we lea...

Career decisions they can. >> with someone out there right now that may not have the skill set necessary to fill this job and want to make a course correction in advancing the skill set, what would you recommend to them? >> i think right now given how in demand technical jobs are in particular computer science jobs right now. one thing a lot of people can do is look at options available to you. its never too late to learn how to code. its never too late to learn a technical skill set leabeing an...

>> i think whats important is giving professionals a sense of whats in demand to companies right now. thats exactly what identify does. we deliver to candidates a score that measures based on what companies are searching for in the market, whats in demand to companies right now. were seeing that engineers and in particular computer science engineers are the most in demand skill sets right now to companies. i think what you see is a lot of people graduating school dont know what the right career ...

Advanced countries, the united states is in the bottom tier, with respect to income inequality, poverty. poverty among children. and poverty among seniors. and the question for us, is that really who we are? is that really who we want to be? isnt there a moment where we do all compromise to be able to close that gap. and the policy side of things does not seem to be responding to the need to be able to come together and close that gap. >> tom, its interesting, author and journalist jeff greenfie...

That said that among the 31 advanced countries, the united states is in the bottom tier, with respect to income inequality, poverty. poverty among children. and poverty among seniors. and the question for us, is that really who we are? is that really who we want to be? isnt there a moment where we do all compromise to be able to close that gap. and the policy side of things does not seem to be responding to the need to be able to come together and close that gap. >> tom, its interesting, author ...

If washington ran it, this is why leadership and brokering compromise need to be the major skill sets in the next president. >> yeah. you know, its really unfair to compare absolutely the political culture which does depend on compromise and represent, as it does, the congressional interests of each of the districts in the senate, and the white house, as well. but i think that theres a longing, as i go across the country, for everyone to take a deep breath and say, lets establish some well-defin...