. ♪ i was born free ♪ ♪ "born free"] ♪ ♪ ♪ [george strait's "heartland"] ♪ ♪ ♪ "]odney atkins' "it's to have earned a certain place where people listen to me and i always cared about the country. and the greatest generation in that book -- writing the book, gave me a platform that was completely unanticipated. i thought i ought not to squander that, that i ought to step up not just as a citizen and as a journalist but as a father and a husband and a grandfather. and if i see these things, i ought to write about them and tried to start this dialogue, which is i am trying to do about it -- with this book, about where we need to get to next. then in his latest, tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream and sunday, may 6, your questions for the former anchor and managing editor of nbc nightly news. in his half dozen books, he has written about the greatest generation, the 1950's, and today -- in depth sunday may 6, live at noon eastern on c- span2's book tv. >> rosie o'donnell was the president's first choice to be here this evening but she withdrew, citing a nasty and br