Tom Nagorski is a longtime TV editor reporter and producer for\nABC news and is currently an executive vice president at the Asia\nSociety.
\n\xa0\nTom's career as a journalist spans some of the major world\nevents of the last three decades, including the dissolution of the\nSoviet Union and its aftermath, the first Gulf War, the war in the\nBalkans, Somalia, the second Gulf War, and many many other events.\nWe discuss what it was like reporting on these events and\nwitnessing some world historic moments from behind the\ncamera.\xa0\n\xa0\nThis is a wide ranging conversation with Tom telling some\nfascinating stories from his career, but we kick off discussing the\ndiplomatic relevance of Yao Ming, who was recently nominated for\nthe NBA hall of fame.\n.