. >> in after words, eric klinenberg looks at americans choosing to live alone. saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also, the second cousin of former secretary of state condoleezza rice. at 8:15, georgetown university's bonnie morris on her one woman play of "revenge of the women's studies professor." book tv every weekend on c-span 2. >>> now a look back at the beginnings of the no child left behind act. in 2001, just days into his presidency, george w. bush announced his education plan at a white house event. he is joined by rod page, who had just been nominated by the president to be education secretary. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. good afternoon. it is my privilege tthis point in time. i have known president bush for many years. i have had the opportunity to work wi h distinguished himself by his commitment to quality education in public schools. he got results in texas as governor. he'll get results across america as president. today takes the first step toward becoming the education president. as you will see, it is based on the high standa

. >> after going solo, eric klinenberg looks at people living alone and what that means for country. also this weekend on booktv, sunday at 3:00, the connie rice on her work at reducing gang violence in l.a. and at 8:15, georgetown university's bonnie morris on her one-woman play and book of the same name, "revenge of the women's studies professor" on booktv on cspan 2. >>> this weekend on newsmakers. senator jeff bingaman. he'll ask questions about the energy and natural resources committee. you can watch that at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern, sunday. >>> now for a look at the situation in syria and global oil supply. he is secretary of state for the middle east and south asia, and he spoke and took questions recently in houston. >> it is a great pleasure to be here. my connections and my fondness for the united states goes way back. in 1964, i was nine years old and just beginning to have a consciousness of what politics was all about. some of you may remember a satellite called telstar, and telstar was the first method we had of receiving live pictures from each other across th

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this week sociologist eric klinenberg in his book going solo the extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone. mr. klinenberg analyzes the impact the trend has on business, politics and culture and predicts significant social change for the country as a result. he talks with cecile was just kim bling digit director of american university's center on health, risk and society. >> host: how did you first get interested in the topic and then how did you decide how to go about looking at? >> guest: the first book i wrote was about a heat wave in chicago where more than 700 people died in just a few days, and one of the really disturbing things about the project is i learned hundreds of people died alone, and because so many people in chicago were living alone and aging alone and when that book was over i realized i learned about something i hadn't expected to fight and then i have a lot more to learn. so a research foundation reached out to me and asked me if i would be interested in pursuing that question further. why were so many people aging alone and getting isolated? and i sta

. >> on "after words," in "going solo," eric klinenberg looks at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone, and what that means for the country. saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also this weekend on book tv, sunday at 3:00, the second cousin of former secretary of state condoleezza rice, connie rice, on her work to reduce gang violence in l.a. and starting a dialogue between gang leaders and police. and at 8:15, georgetown university's bonnie morris on her one-woman play and book of the same name, "revenge of the women's studies professor." book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: now joining us is representative steve scalise to continue our conversation about the health care rules. there was a letter that was sent to kathleen sebelius. latest decision to make contraceptives sterilization and abortion coverage is an unprecedented overreach by the government that infringes upon rights guaranteed by the first amendment. why? guest: most americans are offended that this is an opportunity for the government to trample on religious fre

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