Via @mikeallen Chief White House correspondent, POLITICO Rosslyn, Va. • politico/playbook --PLAYBOOK IN-BOX - A U.S. law-enforcement official emails: These cases have the potential to once and for all dash the myth that any financial institution is immune from prosecution simply due to its size. The theoretical concern with charging a bank has long been that it may trigger follow-on action from financial regulators, such as revoking the banks charter. But [Attorney General Eric] Holder has been urging federal prosecutors to get creative and work with regulators to find a path forward in order to hold banks accountable in a meaningful way. These may be the two test cases for this approach. Credit Suisse is slightly farther along than BNP, but both could come to a head in a matter of weeks. These are two of the biggest remaining priorities on the Attorney Generals checklist. N.Y. TIMES MAGAZINE (The Money Issue) coming up Sunday, Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis, by Jesse Eisinger, a senior reporter at ProPublica : Over the past year, Ive interviewed Wall Street traders, bank executives, defense lawyers and dozens of current and former prosecutors to understand why the largest man-made economic catastrophe since the Depression resulted in the jailing of a single investment banker ... During the past decade, the Justice Department suffered a series of corporate prosecutorial fiascos, which led to critical changes in how it approached white-collar crime. The department began to focus on reaching settlements rather than seeking prison sentences, which over time unintentionally deprived its ranks of the experience needed to win trials against the most formidable law firms. goo.gl/ClmVXJ PIC BY KATIE COURIC from last nights black-tie TIME 100 gala at Jazz at Lincoln Centers Frederick P. Rose Hall in Manhattan: Withelma T Ortiz Walker Pettigrew - TIME 100 honoree, modern day abolitionist and college student -- enjoys the gala with Ed Burns, Christy Turlington Burns and Malika Saada Saar. goo.gl/u1iOfZ WHAT THE WEST WING IS READING - NBC/WSJ Poll: Slight Improvements But Tough Terrain Ahead for Democrats, by NBCs Mark Murray: Obamas job approval rating now stands at 44 percent, a three-point increase from last month, though ... within the polls margin of error. ... For the first time since early October ... the presidents personal favorable/unfavorable is right-side up, at 44 percent positive and 41 percent negative. ... And 36 percent see the health care law as a good idea, versus 46 percent who view it as a bad idea - an uptick from 35 percent and 49 percent respectively back in March. goo.gl/vryTVp STAT DU JOUR - NYTs Jodi Rudoren and Isabel Kershner: Over nine months, Kerry met a total of 34 times with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, and about twice that with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Israeli and Palestinian representatives were summoned for talks in Amman, Jordan; Davos, Switzerland; London; Munich; Paris; Rome; and Washington. goo.gl/tUzdcB THE WAY TO WIN -- Zuckerberg to Obama [Power Walk] in Search for Alone Time, by Margaret Talev and Carol Hymowitz : President Obama ... often ends his working day, especially now that the weather is warmer, by walking around the White House grounds with his chief of staff, Denis McDonough. ... [Obama] strides several laps on the asphalt loop around the South Lawn before joining his family for dinner. The president is among a growing number of executives whod rather walk than sit in a conference room when they want to mull and make important decisions. While certainly not brand new -- Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs was famous for it -- walking has become a full-fledged fad among executives. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg clinched his deal to buy WhatsApp, the mobile messaging service, for $19 billion in February after taking hour-long walks around Silicon Valley with WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum. The trend is partly being stoked by executives trying to get a little bit removed from their overly plugged-in desks, ... Its also boosted by the increasing number of open-space offices, which give even top executives little privacy ... [T]he 52-year-old president began his South Lawn walks under his first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, although they walked only a few times ... Obama walked periodically with his next two chiefs, Bill Daley and Jacob J. Lew, now his Treasury Secretary. It was with McDonough, a fitness buff who regularly jogs or cycles to work, that the president began walking at least several times a week. One lap around the South Lawn loop at an easy pace takes about five minutes. Obamas walks typically range from 10 to 30 minutes. goo.gl/b2FE9s TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY - LBJ Returns to the Nations Capital with New Washington Center Offering: Unique 18-Month, D.C.-Focused Curriculum : The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin is creating the LBJ School Washington Center enabling students to earn a masters degree in 18 months with a ... focus on federal public policy. ... We are very proud to be able to say that LBJ is returning to Washington where our Schools namesake dominated the political landscape for nearly 20 years, said Robert Hutchings, dean of the LBJ School. ... Students will [complete the first year of the] program at the LBJ School at The University of Texas at Austin ... The Washington portion of the program [the second year] would include a 6-month, Monday-to-Thursday apprenticeship with a public or non-profit agency and course work on Fridays and Saturdays ... The LBJ School will begin accepting applications in fall 2014 with the first ... class in fall 2015. ... [T]he LBJ School has formed a Founding Committee, which includes: [POLITICO Publisher] Robert Allbritton, ... Tom Daschle, ... Kay Bailey Hutchison, Luci Baines Johnson, Joe ONeill, and Lynda Johnson Robb. ... Ben Barnes, Former Speaker of the [Texas] House, Former Lieutenant Governor of Texas and LBJ Foundation Trustee [said:] It is highly gratifying to see the former presidents dream for his school realized. goo.gl/O3qwq7 **A message from NextGen Climate: Still crickets from the Koch Brothers on our challenge for a public climate change debate. If you wont debate, will you at least have the guts to stop hiding and release the names of all the third parties you support to do your dirty oil work? WLOL.US/9u ** FIRST LOOK: Politico Magazines May/June print edition, The Media Issue, goes online tomorrow and is out in hard copy on Friday (available around this town and at key hotels for White House Correspondents Association scholarship weekend). The cover spells out The Media Issue with letters from media logos: T from N.Y. Times, h from Huffington Post, e from BuzzFeed, M from TIME, e from Reuters, d from Detroit Free Press, i from Chicago Tribune, a from ABC, I from The Guardian, s from WashPost, s from New York Post, u from Wall Street Journal and e from L.A. Times. goo.gl/jO8yh0 --FROM THE MAGS SURVEY of 60 W.H. correspondents: What most people dont know about covering the White House is ... CBSs Major Garrett: The grinding hours and always on-call nature diminish the genuine glamour. ...ABCs Ann Compton: How much we cover out that is not important enough to publish. How much hurry-up-and-wait consumes of each day and each trip. ... Mark Knoller, CBS News: Most questions dont get answered. ...WSJs Carol E. Lee: The White House often hides things in plain sight that theyre up to but dont want you to know, if you listen to officials, and the president, closely enough. WHCA WEEKEND -- Tech embraces D.C.s nerd prom, by Tony Romm: Google, Facebook and Yahoo are planning parties, panels and more around one of Washingtons oldest, most insider institutions. ... Eric Schmidt, [Googles] executive chairman, mingled among cast members from ABCs Modern Family at the search giants party two years ago. ... Facebook ... is showing up for the first time, partnering with BuzzFeed for an evening of cocktails ... Yahoo [Olivier Knox, chief Washington correspondent, is on the WHCA board] ... is queuing up a brunch and other events where CEO Marissa Mayer, a top fundraiser for President Obama, and Tumblr founder Dave Karp are expected to hold court. ... Google is teaming up with Netflix a day before the big event for a big bash at the Institute of Peace. (Some executives, including Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, are sitting at POLITICOs dinner tables on Saturday.) And the search giant is holding another event earlier Saturday ... to promote YouTube. Its a half-day master class at a Georgetown loft where attendees can learn the latest beauty tips and get a blowout or manicure ... YouTube beauty videos rank among the sites most popular. ... Facebook this year is teaming up for a party at Jack Rose, ... just a few blocks from the Washington Hilton that the big dinner calls home. The social giants invite promises a party to rage until 2 a.m., well after the official end of nerd prom. goo.gl/ndWUNS YA CANT MAKE IT UP -- The WashPost discovers selfies: [Twitters] product team is working with The Washington Post ... on a ... Twitter Mirror, a tool for the newspapers partygoers to take and share selfies. --IN TOMORROWS EPISODE, The Post starts a spinoff site focused on data and explainers. WORTH THE CLICK: 8-pager from Global Strategy Group, MID-TERM MESSAGING: Focus on Growth to Frame Priorities goo.gl/oGWiex HAPPENING TODAY - Iraqis vote in first polls since US exit, by AFPs Prashant Rao and Mohamad Ali Harissi in Baghdad: Iraqis on Wednesday defied a rash of militant attacks to vote in the countrys first elections since US troops withdrew [in Dec. 2011], with premier Nuri al-Maliki proclaiming certain victory as he cast his ballot ... in the Rasheed Hotel in Baghdads heavily-fortified Green Zone ... Security officials reported more than 40 mortar attacks as well as blasts caused by sound grenades and roadside bombs at or near polling centres in northern and western Iraq. goo.gl/Yx6N83 THIS A.M. IN D.C., 10:30 to noon: President Clinton will give the second lecture in a historic series at Georgetown University that explores the people, events, lessons and guiding principles that have shaped his career in public service. President Clinton graduated from Georgetowns School of Foreign Service in 1968. The topic of the April 30 talk, part of The Clinton Lectures at Georgetown, will be Policy ... Clinton will discuss what approaches to public policy can be most effective in improving peoples lives. Watch live goo.gl/R9HQpK HARKIN BACKS DE BLASIO: At a 10 a.m. meeting, NYCs Taxi &Limousine Commission will vote on Mayor Bill de Blasios plan to make half of yellow cabs wheelchair-accessible by 2020. Senate Health Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), author of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the godfather of accessibility), submits testimony: I urge the Commission to approve this plan and to make one of the key modes of transportation for New Yorkers available for ALL New Yorkers, as well as all who visit your great city. Harkin statement goo.gl/cCgNjX HILL ALUMNI -- Former Congressman Bonior, longtime liberal on Capitol Hill, discovers the profit motive, by WashPosts Thomas Heath: David Bonior, ... [t]he former Michigan Democratic congressman, liberal pit bull, academic, antiwar firebrand and labor-union BFF[,] ... has invested at least $1 million ... building two family-owned Washington restaurants, the second of which, Agua 301, is near Nationals Park...His first eatery, Zest Bistro, opened on Capitol Hill four years ago. goo.gl/Kjmk1h 2016 - Toyota move gives Perry win for possible 16 run, by APs Will Weissert in Austin: With eight months left in office, Gov. Rick Perry is away from Texas almost as much as hes home -- hitting the road hard to tout his state as Americas best place to do business. The Republican ... scored a big win when Toyota announced this week it was moving its U.S. headquarters from [Torrance] California to [a new corporate campus in Plano, in] suburban Dallas. ... [T]he worlds largest automaker is leaving the nations leading blue state for its No. 1 red one ... Its a walk-off home run for Perry, said ... Mark McKinnon ... His jobs and economy narrative is now complete and real. goo.gl/9ZbGec WASHINGTON, INC. - Patton Boggs latest case versus Chevron over pollution award tossed, by Casey Sullivan: A New York federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Patton Boggs accusing Chevron Corp of bad faith litigation tactics while the Washington law firm tried to enforce a multibillion-dollar pollution judgment.goo.gl/1fkryK MEDIAWATCH - Robin Givhan returns to The Washington Post -- Memo from Executive Features Editor Liz Seymour: Robin Givhan will return to the Post in early June as a fashion critic and writer. Robin will bring her tremendous reporting and writing abilities to Style in covering fashion as a business, as a cultural institution and as pure pleasure. ... [S]he is writing a book, The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History. goo.gl/ptMQ8f SPORTS BLINK - WashPost sports banner, Wizards move on: Washington takes out Chicago in five games, by WashPosts Michael Lee in Chicago: For just the third time since 1979, the Wizards have advanced to the second round. goo.gl/Uq9vM4 BIRTHDAYS : Fred Hiatt, WashPost editorial page editor ... Sam Youngman ... Bob Livingston (hat tips: Patrick Gavin) ... Tina Flournoy, President Clintons chief of staff ... Seth London, Obama campaign and White House alum, now director of strategic operations for Steve Case and Ted Leonsis at Revolution, is 28. The table-tennis prodigy will celebrate with friends at Rasika. ... John Gomperts, president and CEO of Americas Promise Alliance, celebrating this weekend with Katherine and friends on the 32-mile Great Saunter walk around Manhattan (h/t Jon Haber) ... defense lobbyist Michael Herson of American Defense International (h/t Austin Wright) ... Daniel Wolman is 24 (h/t his girlfriend, Sarah Davey) ... Rachel Bubbles Cohen, Senator Boxer deputy press secretary and Obamacare messaging guru (h/t Peter True) ... Allan Katz, former U.S. ambassador to Portugal, celebrating with his wife, Nancy Cohn, and friends in their new home of Kansas City, Mo. (h/t Margaret Talev) ... Willie Nelson is 81 ... Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is 55 ... Isiah Thomas is 53 (h/ts AP) MAYOR OF THE WORLD - The Right Way To Develop Shale Gas - NYT op-ed by Michael R. Bloomberg and Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund: [T]he Obama administration is developing a methane-reduction strategy. Were confident the Environmental Protection Agency will recognize, as Colorado did, that sensible rules are necessary and affordable, and will work with states to write them. And we hope that as in Colorado, industry leaders, elected officials and environmentalists will work together to make shale gas development safer. Doing so will not only help the industry meet reasonable pollution limits, it will help the industry regain public trust. goo.gl/A13lcE BIRTHDAYS TOMORROW (May Day!): Shaina Goodman, public policy attorney, National Network to End Domestic Violence, and the pride of Wash U, is 28. Shell celebrate with friends at Meridian Pint on Saturday night, where shell outline her lobbying approach to get Congress to extend spring. (h/t boyfriend Zach Baron) ... Anthony Cimino and Jordan Quinn of the Financial Services Roundtable, celebrating with plenty of FSR-ers on Friday at Pinstripes, despite being terrible bowlers (h/t Saat Alety) ... Jeff Wice, veteran national redistricting and election law attorney ...FRIDAY: Jesse Rodriguez is 3-0 ... Mika Brzezinski ... SUNDAY : ABCs Polson.Kanneth ** A message from NextGen Climate: Still crickets from the Koch Brothers on our challenge for a public climate change debate. If you wont debate, will you at least have the guts to stop hiding and release the names of all the third parties you support to do your dirty oil work? WLOL.US/9u NextGen Climate is a non-partisan organization focused on bringing climate change to the forefront of American politics. Founded by investor and philanthropist Tom Steyer, we act politically to avert climate disaster and preserve American prosperity. Working at every level, we are committed to supporting candidates, elected officials and policymakers across the country that will take bold action on climate change-and to exposing those who deny reality and cater to special interests. ** Go to POLITICO Playbook Now >> politico/playbook
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