9/13-THE AUTHOR OF "THE TRASHING OF AMERICA" TRIES TO SALVAGE THIS NATION AS IT'S MOVED FROM THE TRASH CAN TO THE CITY DUMP.

Scathing social and political critic MARVIN SPROUSE is the ideal fireman to chase the flames in Egypt and Libya and clear across America's presidential election. His new book, "The Trashing of America" identifies its author only as a "Viet Nam veteran" but as Sprouse visits with Sara and Barry this evening he emerges non-anonymously in full voice to register his best answer to "What's wrong with America, and how do we who love her, save her?"