halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: hedrick smith spent more than 25 years at the the new york times covering six presidents and callous world conflicts. he is an emmy-winning tv producer. his new text is called who stole the american dream? i am delighted to be here. >tavis: you argue that the american people are more concerned about the divide between the rich and poor, more concerned about that than age, race, ethnicity. what happened? the middle class had a good life in america. especially when the civil rights battle was going on. we had an era of middle-class prosperity and power and those things go together. civic activism and power influencing washington make sure the economy and the government work to produce prosperity and what do we have toda