just descending from scandinavia.t will come across the same path across germany and across the black sea region. another round of wind and snow. it will not be as potent as the last storm, but will be bringing more winter weather conditions. fairly dry out here to the west, but northern parts of the british isles will peopfeel then coming in. nor snow along the western coast of norway. here are the temperatures for the west and down across the south. we are seeing some double figures popping up there. temperatures are plummeting in the southeast. athens down to 8 degrees for the high. and sub zero temperatures for the highs. i'll leave you now to the extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, kim jong-un has reviewed the country's armed forces for the first time as the country's supreme commander. he appeared in front of the mass parade. north koreans have been marking what would have been the 70th birthday of his latfather kim jong-il. >> kim reviewed the parade from a balcony decorated with a portrait of his

i do not know if the lead guy speaking english works outside scandinavia are not. that remains to be seen. but mixing of actors from different countries, and knowing that for america and worldwide, all of a sudden, it makes this whole global things in real, cultural exchange, content exchange, technological exchange everywhere. all of that is all on netflix. there will be five or six other players coming in shortly. but they have the jump on everybody. i feel within a few years all content will be on all devices. i think exclusive content is going to go away, except for those that you create. original programming will define the technology, right? as opposed to who gets the deal for a catalog. kids are not going to know the difference. what is hbo? what the show time? they want access to everything. you create your own programming. that will be your exclusive. that is how people will be defined. tavis: prince told me 20 years ago content is king. that was 20 years ago he said this. if you control the content these days, it is everything now. it is all about content

much more in european nations, especially in scandinavia. >> eric fienberg looks at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone, and what that means for the country. also this weekend on book tv, sunday at 3:00, the second cousin of former secretary of state connie rice starting a dialogue between gang leaders and police. bonnie morris on her one-woman -- revenge of the women's study professor. every week on cspan 2. >> effective april 12, 2012, japan will lower it's -- highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. this dubious distinction will make it that much more challenging to attract business here at home where we need jobs. sometimes it's like seeing sausage made, you just don't want to see it. >> it's time to put aside our wish lists and to serve in a more coherent and equitable tax policy. >> the ways and means took up corporate tax policy and how to encourage job growth by eliminating special tax breaks. follow the instruction jauchb lijauchb online at c spahn -- every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story, on american his

we're laggards when it comes to living alone, much more common in european nations, especially scandinavia, even more common in japan. >>> afterwards on going solo, he 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 bonnie morris on her one-woman play and book of the same name, revenge of the study professor. book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. >>> last weekend russia and china vetoed united states resolutions to stop the violence in syria and move toward a political transition in damascus. britain's foreign secretary hague spoke to the path of commons about the path forward for syria. >> with permission, mr. speaker, i'll make a statement on syria. the whole house will be appalled by the blood shed and repression which continues at this very momen

we run into this system, a low sitting to the south of scandinavia. this will be bringing very windy conditions and also a mix of rain and snow. the snow, of course, in the upper elevations. that will include the austrian alps. you could see 40 centimeters of snow with gusts up to 95 kilometers per hour. definitely enough to impair visibility there. as the system descends to the southeast over the next 24 to 48 hours, it will be turning the precipitation over to snow. it's much cooler here. i want to show you video coming out of romania showing you what the situation looks like down here. eastern europe has been impacted by record-breaking cold since the end of january. 79 fatalities have occurred in romania, alone. about 4.5 meters of snow accumulating in isolated areas. schools have been closed and lots of snow-related accidents have been reported as well. if we i'll show you what's happening with temperatures today. out toward the east, still subzero temperatures. improving in places like moscow. however, temperatures will be fall in ankara, down t

scandinavia seeing snow and gusty winds, and then turning to a mixture of rain and snow for the lowcountries and france and into northern spain here. temperatures generally will be moderating as we head through the week. we should see good improvements up to seasonal averages for western europe. as for the south, fairly unstable here. this is going to be mountain snow. generally rain and thunderstorms for the central mediterranean down to the south. still very cold in the southeast, black sea region. you're going to be seeing north of that some snow and snow could get heavy in turkey in the next couple days. temperatures are going to be falling here, too. let's look at your tuesday highs. minus nine in kiev, minus 13 in moscow. 2 degrees in berlin. it has been awhile since we have seen that rise above the freezing point. 8 in london, 7 in paris, and 14 in lisbon. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour. the united states has been frustrated in its efforts to kick start talks over north korea's nuclear program. but now the obama administration has announced that envoys wil

more important in european nations and scandinavia and even more common in japan. >> in "afterwards ar ar "going solo" looking 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 korcondoleezza rice, conn rice, and starting a war between gang leaders and police. and georgetown university's bonnie morris on her one-woman book. "book tv" every weekend on c-span2. >>> amid uncertainty about european sovereign debt, german chancellor angela merkel recently talked way group of students about the future of europe. after speaking for about 20 minutes, the chancellor took questions from students at the hertie school of governance in berlin. >> translator: professor, and ladies and gentlemen, i hope all of you can see me behind the lectern, but it seems like it's a good place to be. dear students, especially, i am happy today to have been able to answer the invitation that has been sent to me and to come here to talk to yo

it is, in fact, more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia. >> 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 y

dryer conditions turning to maybe some wetter but snow, mix of snow and rain coming down across scandinavia, into germany, low countries and france. western europe getting unsettled as we head into monday. across the mediterranean, a few showers, particularly to the south. more significant precipitation and a lot of that will be snow towards the north, heading in across the balkans. snow will be accompanied by sub zero temperatures. still seeing minus 17 in moscow. minus 11 in kiev. central portions well below zero. minus 4 in vienna, minus 1 in berlin. better in london at 7 degrees, and 5 in paris. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead stories this hour, the emperor of japan is resting up. he will have surgery on saturday to increase the supply of blood to his heart. it will be his first operation since doctors removed his prostate nine years ago after they detected cancer cells. he is 78 years old. doctors at the university of tokyo hospital examined the emperor to check his coronary arteries and the flow of blood to his heart. they found his symptoms were getting worse. the emperor

strong high pressure offshore there, and this low pressure system to the south of scandinavia. this one brings a mixture of rain in the valleys, and it does look very windy as well. that will mean blowing snow across parts of the alpine region. austrian alps, you can see an extra 40 centimeters of snow into your thursday afternoon. it will be accompanied by gusts of 95 kilometers, as we head to the southeast, this is going to be bringing here into turkey this low, pretty heavy snow coming in, temperatures dropping and plenty precipitation, so lots of mountain snow and also snow showers. here your temperatures, you'll notice a big improvement. dropping owl toward the west, double figures in london. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, u.s. president broemd welcomed xi jinping at the white house. xi is expected to become ruler of the communist party this fall. >> translator: i look forward to my in depth discussion with you, president obama. >> obama told xi china must play fair with trade partners around the world. >> we want to work with china to make su

we have yet another storm dropping out of scandinavia. coming in towards poland. this one will be bringing a mixture of snow as well as rain for the lower lying areas, but as it hits the colder air in the east, it certainly will be turning over to snow. that will be the balkans as well as turkey. turkey already has a big storm moving across, and snow elsewhere. temperatures will remain below zero across the east, moderating for central locations, and double digits across the west and also for southern locations. here's your extended forecast. ♪ oufrmgts lead stories this hour. kim jong-un reviewed the country's armed forces for the first time as north korea supreme commander. he appeared in front of the nation at a mass military parade. north koreans are marking what would have been the 70th birthday of his late father, kim john-il. kim reviewed the parade from a balcony decorate wd a portrait of his father. he stood with his uncle and others. the north leadership appears to have intensified efforts to day a fie the ruler. they awarded him the country's highest mi

religion of thoreau, but we're laggards, in fact much more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia. and it's even more common in japan. >> on "after words" in going solo, a look at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone, and what that means for the country, saturday night at 10 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. >>> in fewer than 60 days, effective april 1st, 2012, japan will lower its combined corporate rate to 38%. that will leave the united states with the highest corporate tax rate in the entire industrialized world. this dubious distinction will make it that much more challenging to attract businesses to hire and invest here at home where we need jobs. >> someone said the seeing tax

as we head on into europe, again, a wet and wild day across the british isles and into scandinavia. most of this is going to be rain because it is fairly warm here as well. as this heads in towards france, as well as germany and the low country, it's going to be fairly light precipitation. you can see it already starting to weaken off in the next 24 hours. and then down across the mediterranean, very stubborn system will be lingering. parts of southern greece and italy and northern tunisia and algeria. you will still see the potential for thunderstorms to turn severe and we'll see heavy rain with that as well. all right. temperatures, lots of double digits here. berlin, ten degrees. 6 for you in stockholm. london getting up to 15 degrees on your thursday. we sometimes see that in august. three degrees in kiev. and 6 in warsaw. sub-zero in moscow with some snow. i'll leave you your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

then rain moving across northern parts of the british isles and up towards scandinavia.here again, coastal rain but inland snow. gusts in western norway could get up to 90 kilometers an hour. temperatures then looking good for southern and western locations. 11 in london, 12 in paris. upper teens from madrid and list bon and athens. 6 in vienna, berlin. not bad here. then hovering around freezing point towards the east. minus 1 in kiev, minus 3 in moscow. 2 in warsaw. here is the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. tokyo. thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

it's going this motion where you can see it's moving right up towards the north including scandinavia then dipping right down and bringing all of that cold air right down in towards the southeast. so that's definitely going to be reflected in the temperatures. out towards the east -- or west i should say, we're in the double digits even in berlin and vienna. warsaw getting up to 6. but out towards the east still very much in the grips of winter. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, members of an independent panel spent months studying the response to the disaster last march in northeast japan. now, they interviewed 300 people, including senior japanese and u.s. officials. their report says the japanese government ignored the advice of u.s. authorities. panel members say the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission established guidelines after 9/11 for restoring reactors disabled by a terrorist attack. they say the u.s. commission explained the guideline toss japan's nuclear and industrial safety agency on at least two occasions. and the commission asked japanese offi

it's more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia, and even more common in japan. >> 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, an

are, none of you mentioned any radar or potential radars that are maybe stationed in norway or scandinavia. i wonder if you have any information about that? second, if anybody wants to comment on what they think is the significance of the fact that anders rasmussen and secretary general of nato has recently announced that it's likely he will cancel the joint planned nato/russia summit on the margins of the nato summit in chicago because of the distance on the questioning and missile defense. the comment is -- and this is not a sarcastic question. why on earth would iran launch a nuclear weapon if it had one at europ europe, knowing that it would be a completely suicidal mission. and second of all, i think it's wrong to call it missile defense because in george bush's, when he unveiled the new strategic tried a, it clearly linked offenses and defenses as swords and shields. that new strategic tried a was not called by the same name in the obama nuclear preview but all the pieces are still there and operating in the same way. >> thank you very much. you're iting to three. do i have any volun

they accuse him of sexually assaulting two women during a visit to scandinavia in 2010. he says the sex was consensual and insists the allegations are politically motivated and aimed at silencing him and his secret spilling website wikileaks. >>> facebook files papers for its ipo stock in everyday investors. >>> at 4:49, how often should elderly drivers be tested for competency behind the wheel? one family says the current standard isn't enough. >>> we're back in two minutes. stay with us. we >>> 4:39. we have some showers out there. our high for the day right around 59 degrees. i'll be back and show you the seven-day forecast. >>> traffic is looking great heading northbound from the occoquan river to springfield and 395 to the 14th street bridge. all incident free in the main and hov lanes. we'll go over to maryland at 4:47. >> thank you, monika. >>> it's time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> jessica is here. i wonder what you will be talking about today. >> stocks, facebook, you know, no big deal. pretty good day. stocks surging on the heels of stron

that is divided into two currency parts one with fifty percent in dollars and one fifty percent in scandinavia and swedish kronor in terms of whether as a class i like i like bonds because bond in itself is a put on the it could do more good than where you see the stock market goes down the bond goes up but one place in the market where the biggest capital dislocation is in the corporate bond market so in the corporate bond market you can buy yields of ten fifteen percent in currencies like swedish kronor and that's why i think the real gains would be this year you should be both be taken care of the currencies but you're also certainly be investing because in terms of crisis you have the greatest opportunities. come out so for now i'm going to be updating those markets asians just lost some of these games to now so those will be back in sixty five minutes. old means of protection can be used. in global supremacy. between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine u.s. has spent fifteen billion dollars in the prostate for the entire program that we are dealing with right now here in two t

said divided into two currency parts one with fish to send in dollars and one fifty percent in scandinavia and swedish kronor in terms of whether as a class i like i like bonds because bond in itself is a put on the a good team or a good word you see the stock market goes down the bond goes up the one place in the market which is the biggest capital dislocation is in the corporate bond market so in the corporate bond market you can buy yields of ten fifteen percent in currencies like swedish kronor and that's why i think the real gains would be these here you should be both be taken care of the currencies but you're also certainly be investing because in terms of crisis you have the greatest opportunities. so for now next hour have the is for the russian markets to me that's fifty five minutes i'll buy that. looming. kill. kill. kill kill kill .

that is divided into two currency parts one with fifty percent in dollars and one fifty percent in scandinavia and swedish kronor in terms of. as a class i like i like bonds because bond in itself is a put on the it could do more good when you see the stock market goes down the bond goes up the one place in the market where the biggest capital dislocation is in the corporate bond market so in the corporate bond market you can buy yields of ten fifteen percent in currencies like swedish kronor and that's why i think the real gains would be this year you should be both be taken care of the currencies but you're also certainly be investing because in terms of crisis you have the greatest opportunities. so for now next hour have the think is the russian markets to me that fifty five minutes i'll buy that. if. welcome back here with our teachers look at the top stories diplomatic deadlock russia says no to regime change in syria as moscow slams a proposed u.n. resolution calling on president assad to step down the kremlin's warning against using the world body to impose outside interests on the syr

it's when it comes to living alone, in fact, much more comments in european nations es specially scandinavia and even more common in japan. >> in going solo, the author looks at the growing trend of 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 cons leeza rice, connie rice, on her work to reduce gang violence in l.a. and starting a dialog between gang leaders and police. at 8:15, georgetown university's bonnie morris on we are one-woman book of the same name, "book tv" every weekend on c-span2. >>> house speaker john boehner holds a weekly brief ing from about ten minutes, at 11:15 eastern, and we will take you there live, once it starts. certain to talk about the insider trading bill which was housed in the vote of 76-2. differences between the two will worked out. it's possible there will create to the health care coverage of contraception. a member of the house energy and commerce committee, certainly the committee that will consider possible

said divided into two currency parts one with fifty percent in dollars and one fifty percent in scandinavia and in terms of whether as a cause i like i like bonds because bond in itself is a put on the it could be a mortgage where you see the stock market goes down the bond goes up the one place in the market where is the biggest capital dislocations in the corporate bond market so in a corporate bond more you can buy yields of ten fifteen percent in currencies like swedish kronor and that's why i think the real gains would be this year you should be both be taking care of the currencies but you're also certainly be investing because in terms of crisis you have the greatest overture and it's ok that's all for now i'm going to be up day saying these markets think as not be back at fifty five minutes to the mall i mean that. substance. in a time like a well trained. religious ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a sea of nothing. in this. syria's sons of russia. pull back north in our view live from moscow these are the top stories diplomatic deadlock russia says no to reg

and there were various lessons we could draw from scandinavia. he hit the nail on the head. make banking boring. and the scandinavians have come through this crisis in relatively good shape from a fiscal point of view, in part because they had had terrible problems with the banks in the 1990s. got completely out of control, just like emerging markets. and they cleaned them up and made them much more conservative and careful including much higher levels of capital. >> what the asians adopted was an idea called the international standard which was invented by one of our staff, morris goldstein. the idea was then picked up and heavily promoted with the emerging markets by the u.s. government, by the international monetary fund and by all rightk greater global financial stability. we viewed it as adopting our ideas and implications is our systems were fine and should be the model. whether or not our systems were fine back then, our systems eroded and failed to keep up industry, regulatory zeal dropped sharply and we were exceptional. the west with its more sophisticated financia

and there were various lessons we could draw from scandinavia. he hit the nail on the head. make banking boring. and the scandinavians have come through this crisis in relatively good shape from a fiscal point of view, in part because they had had terrible problems with the banks in the 1990s. got completely out of control, just like emerging markets. and they cleaned them up and made them much more conservative and careful including much higher levels of capital. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008

especially scandinavia. it's even more common in japan. >> afterwords in gt going solo" we look at the trend of adults choosing to live alone. 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 gank violence in l.a. and starting a dialogue between gang leaders and police. at 8:15, georgetown university's bonnie morris on her one woman play and book of the same name, "revenge of the women's study professor." book tv every weekend on c-span 2. >>> up next, dennis ross, the former middle east adviser to presidents obama and clinton. he talks about israel and recent changes in the middle east. ambassador ross stepped down from his post in the obama administration in november. the aspen institute here in washington hosts this hour, 20 minute event. >> welcome, everybody. it's good to have back our old friend, dennis ross. this is a michelle smith and robert smith foundation sponsored round table. also the middle east pro

world-class athletes from scandinavia, canada, and the u.s. took flight. it's likely some of them will be in the next winter olympics two years from now. so keep your eyes out. and it seems it was worth the wait for the organizers. attendance was up this year. >> it's funny because you still see patches of grass in that video. there was just enough snow for that thing to get going. >> at least they didn't have to make the snow. >> no. it's not the fake stuff. it's just a little bit of the real stuff. all right. well, we will be back on "world news now" right after this. don't mind the hat. don't mind the hat. ♪ ♪ don't you ever come back down ♪ ♪ i'm flying now having triplets is such a blessing. not financially. so we switched to the bargain detergent but i found myself using three times more than you're supposed to and the clothes still weren't as clean as with tide. so we're back to tide. they're cuter in clean clothes. thanks, honey. yeah. you suck at folding. [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] just one dose of tide original liquid helps remove food stain

. >> a lot of things are legal in scandinavia we don't put up with. i mean, bad furniture, kiddie porn and bad behavior. >> isn't finland not scandinavian? >> no, it is not. >> of course it is. >> no, it is a different language group. >> they have it on their birth certificate. >> like you can believe a birth certificate, am i right? >> sweden, norway and denmark. >> and iceland. >> i don't think so. >> i think real scandinavians -- >> look ambassador to the u.n., what do you think you know? >> i am team bolten on this one. >> brooke, is there a gender reversal for this? is there somewhere women stair at guys when they don't think they are being watched? >> i sympathize with the princess here. being canadian i have been to many, many royal dinners and it is a big, big problem. >> are you the king? >> you know the unicks. >> we should probably do this whole segment -- just went straight to hell. >> in the future if you could not stair at brooke's necklace. >> still little bit rude. >>> we will close things out with a post game wrap up from jesse joyce.

out that we are ladders when it comes to living alone and that is in fact much more common and scandinavia and it's even more common in japan. >> host: thinking about the international dimension, i thought was interesting that you are saying that made the point in the book that living alone is occurring in other places and the sort of context of living alone is different between those in the countries in some ways and i was struck by the northern european example and the society is different. >> guest: one of the things i learned is that in order to have the freedom to choose to live alone in order to be independent you need to be really well connected and strongly supported. so it turns out that people live alone not simply in places they can afford to but also in countries that have invested collectively in producing a kind of society that puts forth individualism and this is a surprise what we think of as the scandinavian countries we think of as the socialist policies were big welfare states or the collective more than i think we typically do the individual. but it turns out that when

it's that much more common in european nations especially in scandinavia and it's even more common in japan. >> host: and, so thinking about international kind of dimension of that i thought it was interesting that though you are saying and he made in the book too the point that living alone, the context of living alone is different between those countries in some ways and i was particularly struck at the northern european example and you know society, their society is different. >> guest: absolutely. one of the things i learned is that in order to have the freedom to choose to live alone, in order to be independent you need to be really well-connected. you need to be strongly supported. it turns out that people who live alone not simply in places where they can afford to but also in countries that have invested collectively in producing a kind of society that supports individualism. this is a surprise. what we think of as scandinavian countries we think of socialist and social policies, big welfare states. we think of the collective war than i then i think we typically do the individ

laggers when it comes out to living alone and much more common in european nations, especially in scandinaviaowing trend of american adults choosing to live alone and what that means for the country. also this weekend on book tv sunday at 3:00, the second cousin of former secretary of state rice. and at 8:15, georgetown university's bonnie morris on one-woman play and book. book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. >> here is that wonderful moment when senator lott revealed his nostalgia for the states' rights see degree gationist south. >> we are proud of it. >> publisher josh marshall and on the internet. >> the media ecosystem is a different world today than 10 years ago. i think things like that happen all the time now and there is many stories that we have had over the last decade, more and more. we have an editorial staff of 20 people. we are breaking stories right and left. i think the thing is it has almost become commonplace and it's not nearly as surprising today as it was back then. >> more about t.p.m. and josh marshall on sunday on c-span. >> this week on prime minister's questions, da

it comes to living alone, that it's, in fact, much more common in european nation, especially in scandinavia and it's even more common in japan. >> in "going solo," eric kleinen berg looks at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone and what that means for the country. saturday night at 10 eastern. also this weekend on booktv sunday at 3, 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." booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the league of conservation voters released its yearly national environmental scorecard yesterday. it ranks members of congress based on 11 senate votes and 35 house votes. the report calls in the most anti-environmental session of the u.s. house of representativessing in history -- representatives in history. this press conference is 15 minutes. >> national environmental group that work

it is much more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia. is much more common in japan. >> will get the growth trend of american adults living alone. and what that means. it is sunday at 3:00. condoleezza rice on her work to reduce gang violence in l.a.. book tv every weekend on c- span2. >> japan will lower its combine corporate rate to 38%. that leaves the united states of the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. it to make it that more challenging to attract businesses. >> someone said it is like seeing sausage made. you just not want to see its. >> it is time for american businesses to put aside our wish list and to work collectively to support its a more coherent and equitable tax policy and corporate taxation structure. >> the house ways and means talked about publicly traded companies and how to encourage job growth by lowering tax growth. but the discussion on line at the c-span video library. >> the latest issue of national journal features an article about the nuclear programs of persian gulf states. we talk with

laggards when it comes to living alone, and it is much more common in european nations, especially scandinavia the "going solo "the growing trend of americans choosing to live alone. tonight, content -- at 10:00 eastern. also, the second cousin of condoleezza rice on her work to reduce violence in los angeles. and, a georgetown university's body norris -- body morris. >> "washington journal" continues. host: john gizzi, thank you for coming in. you are covering cpac. you were telling you cover this for over 30 years. guest: i have been with "human events." i have been going to cpac almost since i've been in washington. host: what is the mood at cpac? guest: it is spiritually uplifting to see so many young people coming here, and so many people who say this is their first cpac. in part this is attributed to the new tea party mo koyfman -- tea party movement. at the same time, young people coming out of college campuses and want to be involved were a very conspicuous site. host: did any presidential candidate made a -- make a strong presentation, or get a strong reaction? we heard from rick sant

it is much more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia and even more common in japan. the >> on afterwards and going solo, looking at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live a lot of what that means for the country. saturday night at 10:00 eastern. this economic tv, sunday 3:00, second cousin of former secretary of state, condoleezza rice, connie rice on her work to reduce gang violence and starting a dialogue to gang leaders and police. in a 15:00 on a georgetown university body or more on her one-woman play a book of name revenge of the women's studies professor. the tv every week and on c-span 2. >> the defense department recommended new combat roles for women in the military, which would allow women to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines. women would still be prohibited from serving in country aren't as special operations units. this pentagon briefing is about 30 minutes. iv on my [inaudible] will not be open to women. [inaudible] fall off the battlefield and these changes will allow them to accomplish even more. as we make this announcement,

it is much more common in europe, scandinavia, and japan. >> look at the growing trend of american adultsans for the country, saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern. sunday at 3:00 p.m., condi rice on her work -- connie rice in her work to reduce gang violence in los angeles. then bonnie morris. >> the italian prime minister was in washington this week for a meeting with president obama. mario monti was the featured speaker at the peterson institute of national economics. he discussed the euro crisis in its potential global tax and his remarks came as greece announced an austerity deal that could lead to a bailout. this event is one hour and 15 minutes. >> i think it is fair to say that a simple syllogism sets the stage for today's meeting. the future of the world economy depends critically on the outcome of the euro crisis. the outcome of the euro crisis depends very heavily on what happens in italy, the most important country at the epicenter of those developments. the outcome in italy will turn decisively on the success of the new italian government, led by prime minister monti in overco

it comes to living alone, that it's in fact much more common in european nations, especially in scandinavia. and it's even more common in japan. >> 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 b

laggers when it comes to living alone and it is much more common in the european nation especially scandinavia and it's even more common in japan. british minister of parliament alistair is undersecretary of state for the middle east and south asia. he recently spoke about the british perspective on the air of a democracy movement and energy security. his speech at the world affairs council is 45 minutes. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you for the warm welcome. it's a great pleasure to be here. mauney connection goes way back. and 1964i was nine years of age and beginning to get consciousness of what politics was all about. some of you may remember as a communications satellite telstar was the first method we have receiving live pictures from each other across the atlantic. and 1964 some of you gentlemen will remember, none of you ladies in the remarks course are old enough to remember 1964 but some of you gentlemen may remember it was a presidential year so they are the conventions in full swing so for a small boy in england watching the live woodring pictures where there are balloons an

europe than any other place in the world you go anywhere in germany, france, italy spain england, or scandinaviare will be plants for ford motor co. or general motor company. there will be branches of u.s. banks. there will be offices of apple and microsoft. this is the other large advanced economy market for us. of course it has an enormous affect on us as we do on europe. host: we talk so much about asia the emergence of china and the dominance of other asian nations. you are saying not to ignore europe. guest: absolutely. china is very important. china has become really the manufacturing platform for much of the world or at least the assembly platform for manufacturers from around the world. the fact is, if you are looking for a market, a large market -- things that in advanced economy produces, both goods and services, then you are talking about europe, the united states and japan. that is the whole ball game. guest: you are an adviser to the international monetary fund. you're the co-founder and chairman of an economic advisory firm. you have been involved in presidential politics, as well