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0 to one in six americans. instead of treating it as a national emergency. as a new report from maria shriver and the center for american progress lays out, more than one in three adult american women now live in or on the brink of poverty. this is the face of poverty today. the face of america today. the war that lyndon johnson and sergeant shriver started half a century ago is nowhere near over. joining me now is maria shriver, whose father, sergeant shriver, led the war on poverty for president lyndon johnson. what was your father s vision for this program? it was his signature accomplishment, i think next to the peace corps, and he threw everything he had into it. what hid de want to see happen? well, he threw his heart into it. he threw his mind into it. he threw his soul into it. he threw his spirit it. and thank you for correcting, because all week long i ve been vietnam? he was frustrated as was everybody who worked on the war on poverty in the office of economic activity. ....