joining us the author of proud to be an american, country music legend lee greenwood.e show today. talk to me about why you wanted to reach out to young people and celebrate the values of patriotism through your eyes. >> i time for a new generation to actually get familiar with how important it is to be a patriot. my wife kim and i read to our kids they were very young. those early years before they go into school there are a lot of things about geography, animals, insects, the world around them. i have written "proud to be an american" to give parents and grandparents a chance to teach their kids at an early age what it means to be a patriot and what patriotism is all about. >> do you think that's missing today in classrooms around the country? >> as we begin to pull away from the constitution and the flag and even the reverence of god in our lives, "proud to be an american" is merely a tool for parents and grandparents to give their kids a lesson early on. >> i know it's already becoming a best-selling book. it was number one on amazon's list already. that must make

in greenwood, there are those that still have their agenda, but it is a hidden agenda. >> i'm positive that race played a factor in edward leeials. make no mistake, i think that was because he was the black guy that they say killed an older white woman. >> searching through elmore's original trial, diana found potential grounds for appeal. her first target was public defender, geddes anderson, who seemed utterly unprepared to take on the case. >> i asked him, when did you start working on the case? eight days before the trial began. that's zero time. you can't even read all of the evidence and assess it and crunch it. >> in retrospect perhaps i should have asked for more time. i never have proclaimed to be the best lawyer that ever graced the courtroom. >> overworked and underpaid, mr. anderson also had a reputation as a drinker. >> that's fair. that's a fair accusation. i have had certain, i guess you could say, problems with it but i can say this categorically. i was totally clear-headed and not drinking during those trials, everyone one of them. on the other hand, i could go out on occasion. i'm not as bad as i used to be