to clean up corruption in the new orleans police department and talk with assistant attorney general tom perez and the city's police chief ronal serpass. >> ifill: margaret warner examines the massive ice melt in

to clean up corruption in the new orleans police department and talk with assistant attorney general tom perez and the city's police chief ronal serpass. >> ifill: margaret warner examines the massive ice melt in greenland that took scientists by surprise. >> woodruff: spencer michels reports on the flourishing arts community in a midwestern city in decline. >> as you look around detroit the decay is obvious, but so, too, is a purging art scene. the question is, which one will prevail? >> ifill: we look at the shifting sands on capitol hill on tax cuts and paying for the health care law. >> woodruff: and we close with the story of the british boy who evaded security and flew alone to italy without a ticket or a passport. >> letch-year-old boy turns up, he's very confident, mingled with other families, presented himself to security. at that point, we should have realized he didn't have a >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made p

general tom pariahs. he is a career civil rights lawyer and has worked -- attorney general tom per -- thomas perez. he has been rebuilding a decimated and demoralized office, and has done so while dealing with fundamental test such as redistricting. the division as an important story to tell. whatever the policy, the justice department has worked hard to meet the civil-rights challenges today. some of the same people undermining the division while they are there have now made a career of making false allegations, all of the same subtext, that they are favoring minorities to the detriment of whites. the division is making an effort to enforce laws they really do not like it is a willie horton campaign, care and simple. -- pure and simple. we see the enactment of various devices having the purpose and effect of preventing people to exercise their right to vote under the pretext of protecting the integrity of elections. this is not without precedent. in the past, literacy tests have been used to keep people out of the polls citizens whose voices those in power did not want to hear. in our day, -- the

i also want to commend deputy attorney general poll, tom perez for all of their hard worker and dedication in crafting this settlement. let me handed over to the comptroller of the currency, tom currie. >> thank you, lisa. providing fair access to credit and treating every customer fairly. every person who applies for a loan should be evaluated on the basis of objective credit factors and not the color of their skin. the practice of steering minority borrowers into a higher priced subprime loans is not just an acceptable, it is illegal. the occ is committed to eradicating this practices. the action being announced today should send a strong message to every institution that lending discrimination in all of its forms will not be tolerated. this case is an example of interagency cooperation that represents the government at its best year multiple agencies working together for the benefit of the citizens we all sir. the occ's work began in 2004 when we started an investigation of wells fargo's mortgage lending in the baltimore- washington area. based on our findings, we referred the case to t

general tom pariahs. he is a career civil rights lawyer and has worked -- attorney general tom per -- thomas perez. he has been rebuilding a decimated and demoralized office, and has done so while dealing with fundamental test such as redistricting. the division as an important story to tell. whatever the policy, the justice department has worked hard to meet the civil-rights challenges today. some of the same people undermining the division while they are there have now made a career of making false allegations, all of the same subtext, that they are favoring minorities to the detriment of whites. the division is making an effort to enforce laws they really do not like it is a willie horton campaign, care and simple. -- pure and simple. we see the enactment of various devices having the purpose and effect of preventing people to exercise their right to vote under the pretext of protecting the integrity of elections. this is not without precedent. in the past, literacy tests have been used to keep people out of the polls citizens whose voices those in power did not want to hear. in our day, -- the

i also want to commend deputy attorney general poll, tom perez for all of their hard worker and dedicationafting this settlement. let me handed over to the comptroller of the currency, tom currie. >> thank you, lee clisa. providing fair access to credit and treating every customer fairly. every person who applies for a loan should be evaluated on the basis of objective credit factors and not the color of their skin. the practice of steering minority borrowers into a higher priced subprime loans is not just an acceptable, it is illegal. the occ is committed to eradicating this practices. the action being announced today should send a strong message to every institution that lending discrimination in all of its forms will not be tolerated. this case is an example of interagency cooperation that represents the government at its best year multiple agencies working together for the benefit of the citizens we all sir. the occ's work began in 2004 when we started an investigation of wells fargo's mortgage lending in the baltimore- washington area. based on our findings, we referred the case to th

general tom pariahs. he is a career civil rights lawyer and has worked -- attorney general tom per -- thomas perez. he has been rebuilding a decimated and demoralized office, and has done so while dealing with fundamental test such as redistricting. the division as an important story to tell. whatever the policy, the justice department has worked hard to meet the civil-rights challenges today. some of the same people undermining the division while they are there have now made a career of making false allegations, all of the same subtext, that they are favoring minorities to the detriment of whites. the division is making an effort to enforce laws they really do not like it is a willie horton campaign, re and simple. -- pure and simple. we see the enactment of various devices having the purpose and effect of preventing people to exercise their right to vote under the pretext of protecting the integrity of elections. this is not without precedent. in the past, literacy tests have been used to keep people out of the polls citizens whose voices those in power did not want to hear. in our day, -- the re