host: elizabeth kneebone?st: in terms of the government, the government cannot do this alone. there's not enough resources in the pool of money we have today to begin to tackle the scale of this problem. however there are significant investors in the system we have built over decades. it is important to have them bleeding and participating in breaking down the barriers that help communities better access to funds we do have. more than anything, we will need cross sector partnerships that link non-profit and philanthropic sources with business and private sector interests to be able to create these kind of connections we are talking about that not only help low-income families get past the safety net needs but look long term towards what is the path out of poverty. that is sporting connections across jurisdictional lines to be able to accept employment and education opportunities. host: on twitter -- we have seen the middle- class it declined in terms of size. weeks in the typical household income fall even bef

host: elizabeth kneebone? guest: one of the talent is of having a fragmented system like this, suburbs themselves into be quite fragmented. there are overlaps and inefficiencies that we're missing out on because of the fragmentation. we do see a newer efforts in trying to blend dollars from the federal level on down more flexibly, to use them across more than one jurisdiction. i think that's a very promising model and the way to move forward, because we see cost savings with the dollars stretched further to help more places and have better outcomes at the end of the process. these steps we can take in the short term and long term to reduce the kind of fragmentation that would help make these resources stretched further. host: the cul-de-sac property headline that the new york times used, they put it on a piece written by you, a co- author of this report, on may 20, 2013, if you are interested in reading what the elizabeth kneebone put together, based on this report from brookings. next, maryland, independent c

elizabeth kneebone fond a majority of america's poor lived in the suburbs and not the cities. we'll take ern, questions about the hacking of u.s. weapons systems by the chinese. the 'll be joined by author of a mother jones article. ♪ host: members of congress are out of washington this week for a weeklong recess while president obama travels to chicago to do some fundraising for the democratic party. here in washington general ray odierno will discuss the challenges facing u.s. military as well as troop levels in afghanistan ever -- afghanistan and iraq. the bipartisan group looks at coverage. a new report that finds that four out of 10 mothers are the sole or