President Obama announced a new anti-poverty program. His proposal, called the Promise Zones, comes as the nation looks back on Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" 50 years go. Los Angeles is one of five cities in the U.S. that'll get funds to help alleviate problems of the poor.

KPCC's Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde says LA's mayor and local members of Congress were on hand at the White House for the announcement.