The President has claimed that the major cities of the country are infested with rats, crime and decay.  And for better or worse his statements are forcing a reckoning with the urban blight, racial inequality and the systemic corruption that are rebuilding a rigid class structure in our country.  Moderator Touré asks our panelists if this cycle be broken and our cities revitalized. And if we can do it, how do we stop them from getting so screwed up again?