Tom Brokaw: Now Hear This

Tom weighs in on a lot of chaos this week surrounding the Trump White House: from Story Daniels to a possible trade war…from White House staff upheavals to the latest on the Mueller investigation. Will Democrats be able to take advantage of all of this? Tom wraps with some thoughts on the California illegal immigrant battle as well as a special celebration this past week at NBC News.

Tom discusses why even Trump supporters should be starting to get alarmed by all of the chaos coming out of his White House, and should be expressing concern for our country if it continues in this direction.

Tom discusses how the recent school shooting in Florida has reignited the gun debate in our country. He discusses why he feels some of the conspiracy theories that it’s spawned are nothing short of contemptuous, and why we need to work together to find actual meaningful and actionable solutions.

Tom recalls his anti-Obama friends complaining about how much money he added to our country’s deficit while President…and wonders what those same friends will have to say about what the GOP’s tax cut bill will do to our deficit in the future.

Tom’s always been a cold weather guy…but now he’s been enjoying time this winter in the warmth of Florida.

The 2018 Winter Olympics spark another Olympic memory for Tom…when he covered Bode Miller, an American former World Cup alpine ski racer.

Tom explains why he feels that American athletes at the Olympics, who came to this country from other countries, are one of the biggest reasons to be taking a fair look at our immigration policy.

The start of the Winter Olympics reminds Tom of a favorite Olympic memory from the past.

Tom spent this week working with some Veterans groups on programs to really help our Vets…and urges President Trump to use the money for his planned military parade to instead do the same.

Tom is turning 78 this week…an age that in his younger years seemed unimaginable…and that has him feeling reflective.

The accusations against the FBI brought out by the Nunes memo are troubling…and therefore Tom believes a bipartisan investigation is in order.

Super Bowl LII was a memorable one…and has Tom thinking about some past memorable games too.

The University of Iowa displaying memorabilia from Tom’s long and distinguished journalism career causes him to reflect on some of the biggest stories that he’s helped cover over the course of that career.

The release of a classified memo about potential wrong-doing by the FBI seems to Tom to be a long reach by the GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee to undermine the Mueller investigation of President Trump.

A special honor from his alma mater has Tom reflecting on just how far a good education can take you…and just how lucky many of us in this country are to have the opportunity to get one.

Remember when the hottest new technology was a big, clunky home computer that you had to put disks in? So does Tom…and it makes him long for the days when we participated in more face-to-face interactions rather than hiding behind our smartphones and tablets.

If President Trump stays on-message during his first State of the Union address this week, it should resemble his well-received message overseas last week. However, looming over it all is the continuing Russia investigation. Tom argues that regardless, this will be an interesting year for politics.

The immigration debate is likely to heat up in light of President Trump’s State of the Union speech this week…and at least as of right now, Tom feels Trump holds the cards on this issue.

He may be a veteran journalist about to celebrate birthday number 79, but Tom feels that in some ways he’s no different than a twelve-year-old. How? Take a listen!

Tom discusses why he feels the current posturing over immigration will solve nothing. And raises the equally-important topic of needing to do something about all the school shootings in America – 11 so far in January of this year alone.