insecurity in this country. >> back in the neighborhood of tina pacific things are looking up for michelle cummingsrecently landed a job as a caretaker for the elderly which means she and her daughter have enough food and a better mix of it. now that she has a kitchen, cummings can buy in bulk, cook from scratch and make her food stamp dollars last. >> i wouldn't say i can buy whatever i want, you know, i don't barbecue steak every night, that's for sure but i make it stretch. >> on the menu this night, reheated soup laced with fresh vegetables. not the most elaborate meal in orange county but at least it's healthy, she says, and enough >> wooduff: online, we have more about the ties between hunger, stress and weight gain, and a slide show of the other top counties in the u.s. for childhood hunger. that's on our health page. our next segment examines new research that's drawing attention for its findings about economic opportunity in america. jeffrey brown picks it up from here. >> is it still possible to climb to the pop top in america. in a paper released this week a economists found the prospect