hail, the wallach family, the cheryl and phillip millstein family, rosalind p. walter, pacific islanders and communications. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customize joint and individual insurance products. that's why we're your retirement company. brought to you by the corporation of public broadcasting and for contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tish wpb studios in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with a closer look at the tentative deal reached yesterday between the justice department and jp morgan chase. the agreement would require chase, the nation's largest bank, to pay a record $13 billion penalty. it stems from allegations that chase knowingly sold mortgages to people. it was between direct talks of jamie diamond, the chief executive officer. we're joined with the reporter from bloomberg news, has been following the chase story for some time. beside the $13 billion number, why is this so significant? >> we're seeing kind of a sea change rig

. >> the wallach family, bernard and irene schwartz, rosalind p. walter.rate funding is provided by mutual of america, designing customized and individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. >>> good morning and welcome to forum. i'm michael krasny. hello, i'm dave iverson. 20 years ago in the winter of 1993 michael krasny hosted his first forum program. he has been at it ever since conducting conversations with the authors and artists, leaders and innovators, scientists and scholars who shape life in the bay area, the nation, and the world. a conversation that's also a daily exchange with all of you. michael is also the author of three books, including "off mike: a memoir of talk radio and literary life." and since 1970 he has been a professor of english at san francisco state university. he has also been a visiting and adjunct professor at the university of california

. >> the wallach family, bernard and irene schwartz, rosalind p. walter.rate funding is provided by mutual of america, designing customized and individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. >> this week on "moyers & company" -- that deal between the justice department and jpmorgan chase requires a second look. >> if the justice department were being tough on wall street, they would be talking about bringing criminal cases against individuals who helped to perpetrate this immense crisis. >> and historian peter dreier reveals the radical message of dr. seuss. >> stand up to arbitrary authority and take back your own life and be a fighter for justice and for your own integrity. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation