he's a little like wayne gretzky. [laughter] have you been compared to gretzky? >> very little. i can still stand on skates, but that's as far as i can -- >> well, gretzky once said he always skated to where the puck was going to be as opposed to where it had been. brokaw has done that from generation to generation. he covered civil rights in atlanta early, he was an early reporter on the reagan b story in 1966, he was as anchor and managing editor of nbc nightly news the critical figure for a quarter century, the only man in the history of nbc to host the trifecta, toed show, nightly news and meet the press. in new york media circles that's, in fact, the holy trinity. [laughter] the divinity school is off on that. [laughter] he was the only american network anchor in berlin for the collapse of the wall. it's unclear whether that was positive. [laughter] is he laughing? as an author he's captured the sacrifices of the greatest generation, coining that phrase and moving it into the culture. he's grounded, generous, kind and wise. this is a great man. he proves that grace and skil

>> i pray to god that he gretzky gretzky -- gets a job or i get a part time job and a miracle comes thatcan get help and we can goa get caught up on our mortgage and we can go off food stamps. the bryan's do not have a fall back plan. when the phone rings they play y it's a job offer and not another bill chec collect whyors. julie's coupons helps and so do the food stamps. aaron has a side job for tomorrow. there will be food in the refrigerator for the next few days. sheila mcvicker reporting here. >> after the break. the fists of fewery. fewer -- fury. 85-pound bo boxer knocking out stereo types o no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? an america tonight special report. as states try to save money, are prisoners paying the price? >> what are you talking about, he's dead. >> an exclusive investigation into prison health care. report suggests is it's not one to bring clos closure to those

>> i pray to god that he gretzky gretzky -- gets a job or i get a part time job and a miracle comes that we can get help and we can goa get caught up on our mortgage and we can go off food stamps. the bryan's do not have a fall back plan. when the phone rings they play y it's a job offer and not another bill chec collect whyors. julie's coupons helps and so do the food stamps. aaron has a side job for tomorrow. there will be food in the refrigerator for the next few days. sheila mcvicker reporting here. >> after the break. the fists of fewery. ewer -- fury. >> every sunday night al jazeera america brings you controversial... >> both parties are owned by the corporations. >> ..entertaining >> it's fun to play with ideas. >> ...thought provoking >> get your damn education. >> ...surprising >> oh, absolutely! >> ...exclusive one-on-one interviews with the most interesting people of our time. >> you're listening because you want to see what's going to happen. >> i want to know what works what do you know works? >> conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> talk to al jazeera. >> only on

. >> he's the wayne gretzky of waves, the babe ruth of the barrel, the scottie pippin of surfing. he's kelly slater, he's one of the best in the business and has been for years, a champ among champions. out of sunset beach in hawaii. these are all triple-crown events. making it look easy. the guy's fluidity is as beautiful as the water he's surfing on. back and forth, he's balanced and poised. >> i was going to say, he has a nice bum, a nice little bum in those pants. >> it also looks like he's stuck to the board. like in this video, it looks like he has his face glued to the surf board. >> especially when he's cut back, he's parallel to the surface of the water. in this clip it looks like he's going to fall but he hangs on and shows him nailing the ultra rare left barrel. >> he makes it look so effortless. and it makes it seem like we all could do it. >> yeah, like we could just grab our boards and go just hang ten. >> yeah. >> interesting, too, because where he has the camera is like why they invented gopros, so you could do this, so you could look like a surfer on your surf boa

i do in it our independence gretzky at the barriers are going up again. protest is defined in the teeth of a bid to jail and diplomatic relations are plummeting towards the deep freeze the us state department is wanted is considering economic action against ukraine old policy options are on the table including sanctions spokeswoman said it was not specific on what time it was it into the fold in the political standoff with an offer of talks with the opposition from the president. the bassoon in the company is to reach a compromise and calling on the opposition not to upset not to go along to the top of the standoff ultimatum i am assuring you that at the us will act only within the framework of the mole women that they use force against peaceful cabinets and let them assume it open with a zipper. the offer was rejected but not yet seen a video of the major opposition parties saying they should only be told once that demands including the government's resignation that. i was the wrong thing and who doesn't love the mountains like you can see he didn't like

his career of one of the great american and light weight gretzky. [laughter] >> i can stand on skates but that is if. [laughter] >> he said he always skated to where the couple was going to be but tom brokaw had done that from generation to generation. he was as anchor and managing editor of "nbc nightly news." killed the man in the history of nbc to host the "today show" the night of the news did meet the press which is the york media circles that is the holy trinity. [laughter] the only american network acre in berlin at the collapse of sobol. it is not clear what happened. [laughter] he captured the sacrifices of the greatest generation quality that phrase it is generous and kind a and wise and a great man he played an invaluable role'' of all large swaths of american viewers. to be steady in times of crisis he just finished a landmark documentary of president kennedy and we are deeply grateful he is here. some now want to arthur. teeeighteen you can start. describing the major distinguishing issue to believe that affirmative government of genera

probably wasted somebody here or there with those that turned out not to sell as well but as wayne gretzky says you miss one of the percent of the shots that you don't take the of my batting average is probably success to failure it is a bold statement, probably not many people could equal my batting average for success vs failure with the products they help create. i think the problem was, debbie, what we talked about earlier, is the institutionalized, do everything through the bureaucracy, don't take any risks, chances comment don't risk the obvious, a study everything then study it again. a futile like the way it comes out, a steady one more time and have the department's in this of groups and initiatives that absolutely had no customer value but we are a large organization we will have a staff like a large organization and to executives often see their role as overseeing this huge apparatus and successfully as opposed to creating real customer value as their primary goal. as i said in my books, i really do play a lot of the blame on the u.s. business schools the way graduates are taugh

liz: you are looking at where -- in the mansion where the soccer ball will be here to steal when gretzky'se you know where i will be? ready know it is japan? >> you don't know, but here's the thing. the u.s. today trades that the multiples on the margins. japaa sells at trough multiples on trough margins. so it is just more likely that japan will play catch-up. %-growth. faster earnings earnings growth was to to% this year which is why the market is a 50% this year. so as great as the u.s. has been , japan has been much better and next year their earnings will notice 25 when u.s. earnings will struggle. so more earnings growth a much cheaper prices. liz: the combination approach. you can see the difference from the last time you were here, october 21st. you were picking names like apple, yahoo. while those all move to the upside, you have completely changed choices and you were looking at different names. by the way, i want our viewers to know this chinese internet company has moved up more than 353 percent year-to-date. that is not from the to you? >> and a bill will story. this is amazon

but as wayne gretzky say, you miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take.nd all in and all, i think my batting average of successes to failures is probably -- i'll make a bold statement probably not many people who can equal my batting average for successes versus failures in the product they create. this almost constitutionalized do everything through the bureaucracy, don't take any risks, don't take any chances. don't accept the obvious. study everything. then study it again. if you don't like the way it comes out, study it one more time. people kind of see executives often see the role as 0 positive to creating more customer value as the primary goal. as i said in my book. i put a lot of blame on the u.s. business skoal in the way business graduates taught in this country. >> host: let me ask you a different question. >> i think a good leader, me may or may not like the people heys got. but they should try to hide that dislike and mainly, mainly, try your level best not play favorites. playing favorites is what really destroys the morale in a situation.