we also will have nancy brinker. tonight, we kick off the week with harold for junior. the former tennessee congressman is now the chairman of the democratic leadership council, dlc, and and he has a new book, "more davids than goliaths." >> everyone should see that. what guggenheim and canada have done, it is inspiring. i hope people see it. >> it is a moving film. one thing i am sure that geoffrey and davis and i i am sure will talk about is that it is anti-union. what do you make of that? >> whether we are finding greater success in one model or the other. i think probably one of the most poignant thing that has been said is it seems our education system that of to benefit adults where it should be squarely and comprehensively how to fix kid'' problems and how to answer the challenges they faced a today, so i love the debates. i am a charter school guy. i am not an anti-union guy. geoffrey, we should scale up what he is doing. the president is a supporter. let's do our best to help kids. i talk a little bit about education and reform in the book being one of the thin

we'll continue our discussion with ambassador nancy brinker in our after the show show today.

if you are talking about breast cancer and that person is nancy goodman brinker the answer is yes. founder an ceo of susan g. komen for the cure hits book shelves. it is called promise me. how a sister's love launched the global movement to end breast cancer. >> cancer is the unspoken millennium development goal of the u.n. >> reporter: nancy goodman brinker is the most visible symbol of change in the way the world thinks, speaks about and treats breast cancer. >> it is mentioned nowhere in a series of development goals that discuss poverty, women, opportunities, resources and yet a disease, which is consuming more lives than almost anything. >> reporter: three decades after her sister's diagnosis and death, brinker is honoring the promise she made to susie to find a cure for breast cancer. >> while we have made great progress, until we create a lot more awareness we won make progress we need to make. >> reporter: the former diplomate writes about the event that shaped her an her passion in a new memoir, promise me. how a sister's love launched think global movement to end breast c

be. 30 years ago, you wouldn't even say the words "breast cancer" on television. 30 years ago, nancy brinker'ssan g. komen. for the cure. and she's our guest today. glad to have you here. >> thank you. >> a promise to end cancer. to find a cure for cancer. that's quite a promise you make. >> when someone you love, and you look at someone like your sister in their last moments and she asks you to do something, you do it. i thought it would take 10, 12 years. i had no idea, i promised her, if it took the rest of my life. it's been an amazing journey much of which i chronicled in this book. i talk about cancer, where we are, realistically where i think we can be. and the amazing journey we've had building susan g. komen for the cure. >> your sister was diagnosed in the mid-70s with breast cancer. it was a world of difference then. what was that like for her? >> she was a beautiful, young, productive, 33-year-old woman. in a community that loved her. people would cross the street when they heard she had breast cancer. because they were not words you spoke out loud. >> they thought it was contagiou