And poet laureate Natasha Trethewey continue their exploration of where poetry lives. Tonight, a project breaking poets out of their ivory towers, and bringing them into their communities. Its really important that poets be in the community, be with whats happening and conscious and connected to whats going on in the world around us. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. 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Just last week, g. M. Agreed to pay a 35 million federal fine for concealing ignition switch problems. Ifill a major new attack hit nigeria today, a double car bombing that killed at least 118 people. The first blast struck a bus terminal in the central city of jos. A second bomb exploded there 30 minutes later, after rescue workers arrived. The bombings bore the hallmarks of boko haram, the Islamist Group thats holding more than 270 school girls captive. The military in thailand has intervened in that countrys ongoing political crisis. John sparks, of independent television news, reports from bangkok. Reporter the people of thailand woke up to a something of a surprise this morning. The first and only item on the breakfast news, were pictures of troops, trucks and armored jeeps, moving into towns and cities. The military had declared martial law. For viewers of a handful of more partisan t. V. Channels, well, the army took them off the air altogether. Heres the man responsible, army general Prayuth Chanocha he said it was about re establishing law and order its not a military coup, although the general seemed to be the one in charge today. Dont ask me if martial law will be long or short. When the country is peaceful well get rid of it. Reporter two weeks ago the Prime Minister, yingluck shinawatra, was kicked out office for abuse of power, but some see her removal as part of power struggle between her family and the royalist establishment. And these divisions are laid bare in the capital. Proestablishment supporters, the yellowshirts, are camping out in the center of town, while the opposition are in the suburbs. The army doesnt want the two sides to come together and fight it out on the straits. Several thousand people are baking in the sun or taking cover under the trees but nobody seemed keen on confrontation. For the time, this city of marital law remains at peace. Woodruff in china, the Foreign Ministry called in the American Ambassador today to tell him the u. S. Is jeopardizing military ties by indicting five chinese officers. Theyre accused of hacking u. S. Corporate computers for trade secrets. The Foreign Ministry insisted the indictment be withdrawn. Ifill u. S. Tensions with china and russia were part of the backdrop today as russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in shanghai. He met with chinese president xi jinping, at an Asian Security conference. The two leaders are trying to hammer out a multibillion dollar sale of russian natural gas to china. Woodruff officials in bosnia and serbia now say thousands of farm animals have drowned in record flooding, and the carcasses pose a health hazard. Meanwhile, the human death toll topped 40, as the swollen sava river engulfed more towns in bosnia overnight. And crews searched for old landmines from the balkans war that may have been exposed by the floods. Ifill indias incoming Prime Minister gave an emotional first address to supporters in parliament today. Narendra modi and his Hindu Nationalist Party won in a landslide last week. Today, surrounded by photographers, modi bent and kissed the steps of the Parliament Building in new delhi. Inside, he fought back tears as he spoke to lawmakers. translated the new government is dedicated to the poor, to all the young people and to our mothers and sisters who have been craving for honor and dignity. Ifill modi is scheduled to be sworn in next monday. Woodruff forced labor, from prostitution to outright slavery, is yielding 150 billion a year in illegal profits. The u. N. S InternationalLabor Organization reported the figure today. It estimated 21 Million People are victims, and more than half are women and girls. The agency said the report adds a new urgency to eradicating the abuse. Ifill wall street had a down day, after retailers reported subpar earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 137 points to close at 16,374. The nasdaq fell almost 29 points to close below 4,097. And the sandp 500 shed 12, to finish under 1,873. Ifill still to come on the newshour the fallout from Credit Suisses guilty plea; a tycoons bid to turn the tide in ukraine; the wave of merger deals in the telecom industry; poetry students bringing the gift of verse to their communities; plus, tailoring Scientific Research to reflect gender differences. Woodruff Credit Suisse is the first big bank in more than two decades to plead guilty to a felony crime in the u. S. The department of justice announced the charges late yesterday, saying the swiss bank had conspired to aid tax evasion over decades by helping thousands of people hide wealth. Credit suisse, which has an American Investment bank, will pay 2. 6 billion in penalties. Attorney general eric holder has been emphasizing of late that, quote, no bank is too big to jail. The Credit Suisse case, he said, was a good example. This announcement should send a firm and unequivocal message to anyone who would engage in dishonest or illegal financial activity, that the Justice Department does not and we will not tolerate such activities. When a bank engages in misconduct that is this brazen, it should expect that the Justice Department will pursue criminal prosecution to the fullest extent possible as has happened here. Woodruff holders comments come after many experts have frequently asked about why the department of justice has not pursued more serious charges against some of the banks connected with the financial crisis. We look at the latest with this case and the bigger picture. Nomi prins is a senior fellow at demos and the author of, all the president s bankers. Before she became a writer, she worked in management positions at Goldman Sachs and bear stearns. And mark calabria, a former republican staff member of the Senate Banking committee. Hes now director of Financial Regulation at the cato institute. We welcome you both. So, nomi prins, to you first, explain exactly what it is Credit Suisse is charged with and how significant is this . Well, theyre charged with helping both individuals and in smaller print by extension companies those individuals might have set up to shield taxes from the United States government from the i. R. S. Over a period of many years. So the 2. 6 billion fine, to a large extent, is retribution for the taxes that should have come to the United States because of these tax evasive programs that Credit Suisse set up but did not. Woodruff and how significant . The c. E. O. Of Credit Suisse yesterday said this would only dent onequarters earnings by 1. 8 billion and theyre paying 2. 6 billion, so that in itself is a little bit of a shell game. There is a significance in that it is a felony, a guilty crime. Weve not seen any of that type of plea happen throughout any of the wake of the subprime crisis, so there is one, but it is more significant to note this tax evasion felony has nothing to do with any of the practicing related to the subprime crisis. This is independent of those practices, even though there are practices related to the subprime crisis that enable tax evasion but they are not contained in this particular plea, nor have they been investigated or gone after by the department of justice by any of the american big institutions. Woodruff mark calabria, how significant is this particular prosecution . I dont see it as significant. This is no relationshipo the financial crisis, but what weve seen here thats different than previous settlements is a guilty plea. Thplea. Holder is saying they may be going to jail but i dont see anybody going to jail. Banks are reluctant to criminal charges because of litigation out of this. So i suspect americans who have Credit Suisse are not going to sue, so its easier to make a criminal admission if nobody is going to jail. Woodruff to most, 2. 6 billion sounds like a lot of money. For most it is. But that said, its a small amount for Credit Suisse. More importantly, i think this is crucial for the incentives, its not being made by the management, this is money paid by shareholders. So the fundamental theme address should the wrong doer pay the penalty, in this case is shareholders are paying it instead of management. Woodruff what about nomi prins point that this is one set of charges that have to do with tax evasion and not connected directly to the subprime crisis that led to the financial thats a crucial point. Weve seen the sec where theyve gone after hedge funds but not wall street and insider trader but not subprime lending, so i think a lot of the frustration in america is about the crisis and nobody is held accountable in a large way, then you see the cases that are absolutely unrelated to the crisis. So i think thats a significant question. Woodruff nomi prins, what is your understanding of why more banks, why the administration hasnt gone after moore banks directly because of the subprime lending issue . Well, far the first first of all, the u. S. Government has subsidized the very banks that have been at the center of the subprime crisis. So if youre you be subsidizing bank through a Small Program through the 7 billion of tarp money or trillions of dollars of loans give on the banks to sustain themselves in the wake of the toxic subprime asset waterfall, whether the current debt the Federal Reserve is carrying to keep rates low so the banks can continue to mark the assets still related to the subprime crisis higher and to look healthier than they are, these are all policy initiatives that continue to swirl so that if the department of justice turned around and say, by the way, everything theyve done is criminal and they just admitted to criminal charges even tax evasion related to subprime assets then its also to go back to policies put in place by the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve and approved by two administrations under bush and obama. Woodruff mark calabria, pick up on why it is the administration hasnt one of the tensions and i think its quality versus quantity, the easiest thing facing the sec is to get a large settlement. The bank will pay with shareholders money. Any executive facing criminal charges will fight tooth and nail. We saw it be bear stearns where they fought tooth and nail and youre seeing the d. O. J. And the sec take a bath of least resistance which is to get a big number even though small for the bank without actually going after individuals. I would like to see less settlements, more cases go to court so we can judge the fact, get higherquality convictions because, right now, youre not able to distinguish between the actual wrong dorse and those who arent. Woodruff we cant in the one conversation get into all the details, but nomi prins what about the banks argument that if you come after us and deal a crippling blow in terms of financial penalty, you could affect the entire economic infrastructure of the company. Thats been the argument the banks and the Treasury Department have been using the past several decades. That was the argument behind the federal debt bail outs and the subprime crisis. There is the notion banks are too big to not be supported and if not supported they will fall and crash the economy even more so than they have been shown to do. But what could have happened is, while they have been subsidizing these banks at the top, rather than allowing them and their chairman as mark pointed out to get off scotfree and not go to jail, why give them trillions of dollars to sustain their practices . Thrsked a decision at the level of the white house and washington to say were going to help the individuals, the mortgages, the economy, not going to help these institutions continue. To thats the problem of why we are continuing to subsidize faulty institutions and not throw people in jail who created criminal activity. Woodruff let me quickly cut in. Mark, there are signs, though, that the administration is looking for other banks to prosecute. This certainly could be a big change. I dont think it looks like a big change. I think were at the point where its trust but verify. Lets see what d. O. J. Does next. I feel like this is a big of nonevent in terms of a change in real prosecution, but again it could change. We could go after u. S. Companies. I think its worth noting Credit Suisse is not a big u. S. Bank and the real big banks that have influence with the government are the u. S. Based banks. So whether youre going to see the same thing with a goldman or bank of america or jp morgan, that remains to be seen. Woodruff mark calabria, nomi prins, thank you both. Thank you. Woodruff next, making sure poetry leaves the ivory tower and gets out into the community. Over the past year, Jeffrey Brown and u. S. Poet laureate Natasha Trethewey have been exploring that question in various corners of american life. They recently traveled to los angeles to look at how that played out with a graduate writing program at antioch university. Its the last chapter in our series on discovering where poetry lives. Brown on a recent thursday evening at a Community Hall just east of los angeles, Alejandra Sanchez led a group of latina women in a poetry writing exercise. Youre going to use those five words. Just freestyle with it and write a poem using the five words. Brown sanchez began the project as part of a requirement to get her masters in fine arts degree from antioch university, los angeles, which was founded as a satellite of the original ohio campus. The twoyear graduate program demands that all students participate in a Community Service project to enhance the writing life of others. Sanchez set up her field study project to work with lowincome women whod not had access to writing workshops. The power of the word is a doorway. A big piece of my field study is about Building Community and bridging between academia and women of color, who, in their communities all of the arts have been cut so they dont have this kind of stuff. Brown requiring the Community Service work was the brainchild of eloise klein healy, the first poet laureate of los angeles, who founded antiochs m. F. A. Program in 1997, before retiring eight years ago. Current antioch poetry professor jenny factor says healy was adamant that poets and writers not ensconce themselves in an ivory tower. Its not just about the work on the page. Its about where you put your feet when you get out of bed in the morning. Her concept was that art was participatory, that there was a kind of Community Engagement facet to a lifelong creative practice. Brown its an approach that resonated with natasha tretheway, whos just finishing up her second and final year as the u. S. Poet laureate. I often talk about how i see it as my job to bring poetry to a wider audience, to promote it, to bring more readers and lovers of poetry. And thats not the work i thought of myself doing when i was in grad school when i wanted to learn everything i could about a sonnet. Brown gina loring started her Community Project four years ago as an antioch graduate student, teaching workshops at a program for incarcerated youth. The work was so rewarding, she continues to teach there, both in detention centers, and at a program for youth whove been released. I think its r