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The weather out there today is reasonable, and, so, you can be assured that we are throwing everything at this difficult, complex task in at least these next several days while we believe the pingers are still active. Woodruff an australian ship towing a u. S. Navy deepwater sound detector picked up pings on saturday and sunday. They were consistent with the sort the black boxes would emit. Crews digging through the mudslide in Washington State have found a 34th body. Officials also said about a dozen people are still listed as missing. And the white house announced that president obama will visit the site on april 22nd, and meet with victims families, survivors and recovery workers. U. S. Defense secretary chuck hagel got an earful in china today, over territorial disputes with japan and the philippines. The Chinese Defense minister warned his government is ready to use force, if needed, to defend islands it claims. Hagel took part in an honor cordon with his chinese counterpart, and held a twohour long meeting. Afterward, he said the u. S. Will protect its allies, and he warned against miscalculations. Every nation has a right to establish air defense zones, but not a right to do it unilaterally with no collaboration, no consultation. That adds to tensions, misunderstandings and could eventually add to and eventually get to dangerous conflict. Woodruff hagel was in japan earlier this week, where he reassured its leaders of on going u. S. Support. In vienna, talks on curbing Irans Nuclear program resumed today, with the focus turning to concrete steps iran would have to take. The u. S. And five other world powers are offering to remove economic sanctions if a longterm deal can be reached. July is the informal deadline for an agreement. On wall street, stocks broke a threeday losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained ten points to close at 16,256. The nasdaq rose 33 points to close just shy of 4,113. And the sandp 500 added nearly seven, and finished near 1,852. Woodruff still to come on the newshour kiev clamps down on the unrest in eastern ukraine; president obamas push to ensure women get equal pay in the workplace; western africa grapples with a deadly ebola outbreak; the challenge of providing longterm care to loved ones; and, College Sports at a crossroads. Woodruff there was more unrest in ukraine today as the government pushed back at prorussian supporters in the countrys east. But as chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports, the demonstrators still hold control of government buildings in two key cities. Warner riot police surrounded the Regional Government headquarters in kharkiv today after Ukrainian Security forces late last night ousted scores of prorussian separatists. The protesters, who declared the that eastern regions independence yesterday, were taken into custody. Ukraines interior minister was in charge. translated around 70 people were detained, weapons were taken and fire was extinguished. Right now the City Administration building is under control. Warner but armed separatists remain entrenched at the Regional Government building in donetsk, also in the east. Where the governor told us on our visit three weeks ago that he thought he had the situation in hand. translated when i arrived, this building was blocked and the russian flag was flying on the roof. Today the situation is quite different. Warner but last weekend, prorussian protesters stormed the building, barricaded it with tires and barbed wire, and vowed to stay until a vote is held on separating from ukraine to join russia, just as crimea did a month ago. translated we are here for the sake of our families, for our salaries, for our health, for all those people who have already shed their blood. We will not leave this place until we will make the referendum happen. Russia russia warner a similar weekend scene played out at the state security building in luhansk. Authorities said protesters wired the building with explosives and are holding some 60 hostages, a claim the demonstrators denied. The unrest in the east also stoked tensions at ukraines parliament. A fistfight broke out after the head of the communist party blamed ukrainian nationalists for provoking russia. At a Senate Hearing in washington today, secretary of state john kerry laid the blame for the unrest squarely on moscow. Russias clear and unmistakable involvement in destabilizing and engaging in separatist activities in the east of ukraine is more than deeply disturbing. No one should be fooled and believe me, no one is fooled by what could potentially be a contrived pretext for military intervention just as we saw in crimea. It is clear that Russian Special forces and agents have been the catalysts behind the chaos of the last 24 hours. Warner in moscow, Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov flatly rejected the allegation. translated our American Partners are probably trying to analyze the situation, attaching their own habits to others. We are deeply convinced, and nobody has so far challenged this conviction, that the situation cannot be calmed down and changed into National Dialogue if the ukrainian authorities go on ignoring the interests of the southeastern regions of the country. Warner meanwhile, tens of thousands of Russian Troops remain massed just across ukraines eastern border. That brought a new warning from n. A. T. O. Secretarygeneral anders fogh rasmussen, against further russian incursion into ukraine. It would be an historic mistake. It would have grave consequences for our relationship with russia and it would further isolate russia internationally. Warner there are plans underway for diplomats from russia, ukraine, the u. S. , and the European Union to hold talks on the crisis, but no date has been set. Woodruff and margaret joins me now. How much of an escalation is this on the part of these prorussian elements . A pretty serious one. Right after crimea, you had a flurry of lookalikes taking over parliament in the eastern regions. But they were quickly beaten back, new governors appointed and brought in forces. They left peacefully, no blood was shed. Demonstrations in the plazas. This weekend was different. Gangs came in, stormed the buildings, there are suspicions that the police kind of let them do it. And then at least in donetsk, i talked to a couple of chief aides of the governor today said now armed people are control in the very building where he and i had spoken and said theyve trashed the building, steal computers, trashed comparts, steel personal effects. In one building theyre Holding People hostage. So it is a quality thats more violent, and they are armed. This one fellow said, ukraine doesnt have any armed countries so they must be getting these guns from criminal gangs or across the border, and the theory is that putin has been somewhat stymied at the border in terms of moving troops in so hes creating a pretext from within that would allow him to come in as secretary kerry said and say, well, im here to save the russian speakers of eastern ukraine. Woodruff we see the ukrainian governor took back the administrative building in kharkiv, but how is the government handling this . The governors are letting kiev do it. Before where they didnt give a lot of assistance, this time they deployed forces, their secret service into eastern ukraine, and the throw stop security officials, the minister in my piece and two other top ones, each one went to one of these regions and they are running the operations. The game plan is, one, to identify the units they think they can trust because, remember, the Donetsk Region is where yanukovich, the former president who fled, despite that he has deep tentacles, a multibillionaire oligarch in all the security services, so they feel they need kievs help to do this and i think you will try to see them take back each one of these buildings. But it is very delicate because if they do it with any bloodshed that, too, creates a pretext. Woodruff this comes while the Ukrainian Government trying to get the country back on track economically and other ways, this has to be damaging. Definitely. They say it isnt damaging, the governor wasnt in the building at the time, hes now in another building controlled by kiev and doing his work. However, the most telling anecdote i heard you know, as you know, the government in kiev, as you said, trying to get the i. N. S. In place, get an infusion of foreign, western capital to do Infrastructure Projects and a lot of things this region in particular needs. So the governor was hosting, this weekend, a major polish official and south korean official to talk about investments they can make, a plan in donetsk. Then this erupts. So it definitely doesnt send the right message and makes it harder for them to stay on that track, not to mention to geto the elections may 25 which is another important political milestone. Woodruff whose turn is it to move next and what do people expect . I think it is the Security Forces turn to make further moves. What they will try to do is theyre offering negotiations, theyre going to try to things like turn off the water and electricity to a couple of buildings, try to persuade them to leave but looking for opportunities to do in these other two places what they did in kharkiv. The fear is that one person said, you know, we may be facing terrorism. I said, what do you mean . He said, you remember putin stained a terrorist attack in russia as a pretext for starting the second chechen war, and now that theres more violence and weapons, we are very worried Something Like that could erupt. Woodruff very quickly, margaret, what about the International Response . What are other countries and organizations saying . Secretary kerry pushed back at the hearing today when senator mccain said you should be arming the Ukraine Military and the u. S. Is putting money on helping kiev make an economic transition. Ukrainians feel their future lies with the west. There is logistical and some intelligence help being given. But the Ukrainian Military forces are to a great degree on their own. The big hope is to have at least this meeting which i referred to at the end of the piece where finally the russians would sit down with the ukrainians which they wont admit is a legit government. I got an email three minutes ago saying that actually is going to happen next week. Woodruff you were just there and now things are moving very fast. Very fast. Woodruff yet again. Margaret, thank you. Woodruff president obama and Congressional Democrats launched a coordinated effort today to draw attention to womens wages. Republicans on capitol hill said the push had little to do with policy and everything to do with politics. Woodruff women in the workforce, and how much they earn, were the focus at the white house on this equal pay day. Its nice to have a day, but its even better to have equal pay. Woodruff the president was joined by advocates, including lilly ledbetter, famous for her lawsuit that led to payequity legislation, the first bill mr. Obama signed after taking office. Today, he took two executive actions, aimed at federal contractors. One bars companies from retaliating against workers who discuss their pay with each other. The other requires compensation data broken down by race and gender. Census data shows women make 77 of what men make, and equal pay day marks the date when the average womans earnings finally equal a mans total earnings for the previous year. The president challenged republicans to support a senate bill that would make it easier for workers to sue over pay discrimination. If republicans in Congress Want to prove me wrong, if they want to show that they in fact do care about women being paid the same as men, then show me. Warner in the senate, democrats, led by marylands barbara mikulski, joined in trying to ratchet up the pressure. We want the same pay for the same job. And we want it in our lawbooks and we want it in our checkbooks. Warner republicans accused the president and democrats of using the pay issue purely for political gain. Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers represents a district in Washington State. On this equal pay day, lets stop politicizing women and focus on the policies that are going to empower women and create a higher paycheck, more opportunities, and that opportunity for a better life. Warner House Majority leader eric cantor, said both sides should take a look at existing laws. Its probably better for us to sit down and see that the law is being properly implemented, rather than play politics. Warner the political volleys underscore the key role of women voters in elections. Mr. Obama won women by double digits in the 2008 and 2012 president ial campaigns. As did democrats in the 2006 midterms, when they captured majorities in both the house and senate. But republicans narrowly won women in 2010 when they took back control of the house. Now, democrats are hoping equal pay will turn out women in their favor, and help fend off a republican bid to win the senate. The paycheck fairness bill faces a procedural vote in the senate tomorrow. Woodruff we explore the broader issues raised by this political fight with Genevieve Wood, a senior contributor to the foundry, a news and commentary site affiliated with the heritage foundation. And ariane hegewisch, the study director at the institute for womens policy research. We welcome you both to the newshour. Ariane hegewisch, do you first, how serious is the gap in wages between men and women today in this country . Its pretty serious. W omen who work full time, yearround, the most committed workers only make 77 cents on average for every dollar made by a man, so if you accumulate that over a year, over a lifetime, it makes for a lot of less money and less money to pay for pensions and to buy cars and to invest in your family, so its a big issue. Woodruff genevieve, do you agree its a serious gap . Well, i think the problem is the way people calculate the numbers, judy. Look, if you compare apples to apples, a woman and a man in the same job, they bring similar experience to the table, they bring similar skills and education background to the table, when you look at it that way, the wage gap all but disappears. As a matter of fact, thats even according to the department of labor who did a study on this. Where you get the larger discrepancy is when you combine all jobs. So a high school teach who are, lets say, is a woman with many members of congress who happen to be men who make more money, when you look at it that way, looks like men are making more. But the you compare a female member of congress to a male member of congress, theyre making the same amount of money, and i think its really important to look at that because im a woman, i think women should make equal to what men should make if were doing the same job and bringing the same to the table, but i think its very discouraging and a disservice to young women who are entering to the workforce now to say to them, you need to be nervous about this. You need not have confidence to walk in to a new job and ask for a raise if you think you deserve one and i think thats what this political rhetoric does, a disservice to young women as to posed to telling them, weve made great strides, go for it, you can make the same. Woodruff what about this point, ariane hegewisch, what about this point, men and women are earning the same thing doing the same job, its just that women happen to occupy lowerpaying job. In congress, male and female representatives do make the same money. We just analyzed the 20 most common occupations, and in none of them do women make the same as men. You know, theres a pay gap in each of them. And if you take Something Like financial advisors, women have the same training, same