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Political decision that americans have to make on tuesday. >> let me say, though, science is necessary but not sufficient for these decisions. >> absolutely. >> science doesnt tell you what you do. were still a democratic society. >> we have options. >> options. >> right. >> and the political process has to decide which way to go. >> all right. klaus jacob from columbia university who wrote an incredibly prescient report about what would happen to new york during a storm surge and was unfortunat...

That moment you enjoy it at home. stouffers. lets fix dinner. good morning from new york, im chris hayes here with michael moynihan from the daily beast, klaus jacob from columbia university, eric klinenberg from nyu and esther armah. were talking about the ways in which the sandy disaster has inserted climate into a political debate that had failed to mention it and also the broader question about how we create politics of accountability and governance mechanisms that prepare us for the resil...

If youre single and not doing well economically, youre reluctant to take on the responsibility of a marriage so people hunker down a little bit. thats not just true in the united states. you find that in many other places as well. a big economic collapse and the end of the welfare state that could do something. lets hope it doesnt happen. >> lets hope the boomers are listening to this as they make their choices at the polls in november. thank you kate bolick, and eric klinenberg, the best book w...

Its a mix of women, middle-aged adults and elderly. joining the panel, kate bolick contributing editor at atlantic. and eric klinenberg, author of "going solo, the extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone." lets talk a little bit about this. these numbers are surprising. 1950, 22% of american adults were single, 4 million lived alone and accounted for 9% of all households. today, 50% of american adults are single, 31 million living alone, thats 28% of all households. >> i call th...

>> its completely tied into discussions of birth control and discussions of being able to exert these kinds of choices how our lives are going to go. again, rather than living by outdated script. >> eric klinenberg, author of "going solo." i urge you to read it. thank you for coming in. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we will be back after this. look! the phillips lady! we have to thank you for the advice on phillips caplets. magnesium, right? you bet! phillips caplets use magnesium. works more ...

Klinenberg whose newberg is on this topic kouled "going -- called "going solo." thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me here. >> its a demographic trend we never hear about. im curious how you wrote a book on people living alone. >> i came in it on the dark side like most of us. we think about living alone, we tend to think about isolation or loneliness. i had written a book about a heat wave in chicago where hundreds of people died and hundreds of people died alone. it was a traged...