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This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff search and rescue crews spent a second day working to find more than 270 people missing in a ferry disaster off the coast of south korea. At least 25 deaths have been confirmed since the vessel went down yesterday. We have a report narrated by lucy watson of independent Television News, in beijing. They urge for a response. Banging the hull of this stricken vessel, hoping to hear survivors because this is still a rescue operation. Remarkably, 24 hours earlier, as passengers phoned for help, there was an uneasy calm. They were unaware of how fast they were sinking. An announcement told them to stay where they were, because it was less dangerous. But its come to this. Collective anguish as yet another body is brought in. And this man, who cowers from the cameras, was the captain, responsible for those onboard, who could face a criminal investigation. He says hes sorry, hes ashamed, but he was one of the first to abandon his ship. So this boat took many families to see it for themselves. To be close to where their children could be. Alive, trapped inside air pockets. Such frustration, as an operation hampered today by rough seas. Even a watching president didnt need the enormity of this disaster pointing out, but it was too much for some. This was a relative who collapsed and was taken to hospital, and where this young girl is. She is six years old and remembers her ordeal. Filmed here being rescued without her parents and without her brother. So efforts must be made for the hundreds still missing. No matter how desperate it appears. Woodruff three seagoing cranes are expected to arrive in the next two days to help salvage the sunken ferry. There were new concerns today about the fate of 115 nigerian schoolgirls abducted by islamic militants. The students were kidnapped tuesday from a boarding school in borno state, in the northeastern part of the country. Today, the School Principal denied the nigerian militarys claims that most of the girls had been freed. She said only 14 have returned. The underwater search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370 has narrowed. Authorities in australia said today theyve refined the target area after analyzing four pings heard ten days ago. It was unclear how much longer e search will last, especially on the indian oceans surface, where nothings been found. Malaysias defense minister spoke in kuala lumpur. The intensive search in the area that which is most likely to be where we can find possible traces of the airplane or the black box, if at all, will be over the next few days. All efforts and focus is being focused in that direction. Woodruff meanwhile, a u. S. Navy deep sea drone turned up nothing in its first full scan of the indian ocean floor. And, officials ruled out the possibility that an oil slick in the area came from the plane. Iran has now neutralized almost three quarters of its most sensitive nuclear stockpile. The United NationsAtomic Agency reported today that much of tehrans 20 enriched uranium has been converted to less potent forms. At the 20 level, its close to becoming fuel for nuclear weapons. The u. S. Responded to the report by releasing another 450 million in frozen iranian assets. President obama touted new numbers today on health care enrollments. He announced that at least eight Million People have now signed up through insurance exchanges. About 35 are under the age of 35, which is key to making the law work. Younger, healthier people pay in more than they use in medical insurance. The president said the upshot is the repeal debate should be over. This thing is working. Ive said before, this law wont solve all the problems in our healthcare system, we know we have more work to do, but we now know for a fact that repealing the Affordable Care act will increase the deficit, raise premiums for millions of americans and take insurance away from millions more. Woodruff Health Care Law officials have not yet released figures on how many of the eight million enrollees had been uninsured. New data from the u. S. Justice department shows the number of deportations of unlawful the New York Times reported courtordered deportations have dropped 43 since 2009. The Congressional Budget Office today disputed white house claims about the size of deficits and tax hikes under president obamas proposed budget. The nonpartisan agency estimated red ink of 6. 6 trillion over ten years instead of 5 trillion as the budget forecasts. The c. B. O also said tax hikes will total 1. 4 trillion significantly more than official estimates. Wall street closed out a short work week on a quiet note. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 16 points to close at 16,408. The nasdaq rose nine points to close at 4095. And the s p 500 added two, to finish near 1865. The nobelwinning author Gabriel Garcia marquez died today at his home in mexico city. Hed been ill for some time. Starting in 1947, and gained world renown for a style known as magical realism. His novels included one hundred years of solitude and love in the time of cholera, among many others. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was 87 years old. On a happier note, Chelsea Clinton is expecting her first child. The daughter of former president bill clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is 34. Still to come on the newshour. The tentative deal to calm the unrest in ukraine. The ongoing negotiations over detroits bankruptcy. A return to the Seattle Suburb that voted for a 15 an hour minimum wage. A new planet that seems to be a lot like earth. Plus, white House Homeland Security adviser lisa monaco, on combating extremism within our borders. Ifill glimmers of hope surfaced in geneva today as the u. S. , russia, ukraine and the European Union agreed to call for an immediate halt to violence in the country. The announcement followed one of the bloodiest nights since the new government took control in kiev. Three people were killed and more than a dozen were injured at a military base in mariupol. Lindsey hilsum from independent Television News was there today and filed this report. Bullet casings and a bloodied bandage, evidence of last nights clash between ukrainian soldiers guarding this base and masked intruders. We can only guess who they were but their aims were definitely not peaceful. Their main goal was to enter the military base and seize our weapons. Today the police in mariupol were trying to establish exactly what happened. Ive been talking to a soldier who was here. He said at first the protestors were peaceful and included women and children, but then armed masked men appeared without uniforms. He said, first of all, they tried to storm this guardhouse. They had molotov cocktails. They came through and went charging up there, but at that point the soldiers repelled them. Footage from the incident shows molotov cocktails flying as the men tried to force their way into the base. Its not clear who was shooting. A vehicle caught fire or was maybe set ablaze. They chanted berkut, berkut the name of the now disbanded Paramilitary Security police hated in western ukraine but much loved here in the east. A protestor used a megaphone to call on the troops from the National Guard to reject the government in kiev, but they refused. Three protestors were killed in the fracas and several wounded. Including sergey shevchenko, injured by shrapnel. We found him in hospital in mariupol today, he said he and his group had no firearms, they wanted to seize those in the base so the soldiers couldnt fight people like him who want an independent republic in Eastern Ukraine. translated we took molotov cocktails to the military base because they turned the lights off and we couldnt see anything. If we were going to take their weapons we needed to light our way. Reporter but molotov cocktails are not lights molotov cocktails are for exploding. translated if you want, you can kill a person with a toothpick or a fork. Is that a good explanation . Reporter police were guarding his hospital room, he said he expected to be arrested when he recovered. Anti government protestors remain in control of the municipal headquarters in mariupol. In donetsk tonight, those who support the government in kiev are rallying round their flag, showing that not everyone in the east wants independence or closer links with moscow. The geneva statement says all sides must refrain from violence and intimidation. In the hope that the deaths in mariupol will be the last. Ifill hours away, in switzerland, diplomacy returned to center stage. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner has the details. Diplomacy requires willing partners. Warner the talks in geneva began with low expectations, as secretary of state john kerry met with counterparts from ukraine, russia and the European Union. But after seven hours of negotiations, they announced the terms of a deal. We agreed today that all illegal armed groups must be disarmed, that all illegally seized buildings must be returned to their legitimate owners and all illegally occupied streets, squares and other Public Places in ukrainian cities and towns must be vacated. Ifill for its part, ukraines government must make good on plans to grant the eastern regions more autonomy as russia has demanded. European monitors are to oversee compliance. Kerry acknowledged it wont be easy. All of this we are convinced represents a good days work, but on the other hand, its produced commitments, principles, words on paper. Were first to understand and agree that words will only mean what actions taken as result produce. Warner Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov used much the same language to describe the deal. translated we approved a document, in which, we agreed on initial concrete steps. All illegal armed groups must be disarmed, all illegally seized buildings returned to their rightful owners. Warner but underscoring the difficulty, some prorussian separatists in donetsk suggested they werent ready to accept the terms. Thats one of ten Eastern Ukraine cities where militants have seized key government sites. The u. S. And ukraine have accused russia of fomenting the unrest, and kerry warned the onus is on moscow to make the deal work or face additional sanctions. Later, in washington, president obama said military options are not on the table, but he sounded his own note of caution about the agreement. My hope is that we actually do see follow through over the next several days, but i dont think given past performance that we can count on that. We have to be prepared to respond to what continues to be efforts of interference by the russians in east and south ukraine. Hours earlier, russian president Vladimir Putin held forth at length on ukraine, in an annual call in show. He sharply criticized the kiev government. translated people in Eastern Ukraine have started to arm themselves. And instead of realizing that something bad is going on in the ukrainian state and make any attempts to start a dialogue, the authorities have started to threaten with force even more and unleashed tanks and aviation on civilian population. This is another grave crime of the current kiev authorities. Maurice putin again denied that Russian Forces or even instructors are playing any role in the events in Eastern Ukraine, but for the first time, he admitted they were involved in crimea before it was annexed. translated i didnt conceal that it was our task to provide conditions for the Free Expression of the will of crimeas residents. Thats why we had to undertake necessary measures so events didnt evolve in the way they are evolving today in the southeast of ukraine. Warner the russian leader warned moscow may not recognize Upcoming Elections in ukraine next month. And he did not rule out intervening in ukraine again. translated i can remind you that Russias Federation Council granted the president the right to use military force in ukraine. I very much hope that i will not have to use that right and that we will be able solve all current pressing issues in ukraine by political and diplomatic means. Warner putin even took a question from american edward snowden, the National Security leaker now living in asylum in russia. He called in to ask if russia conducts and holds data on sweeping surveillance of private communications of the sort hes charged the u. S. Does. Putin said no. Back in kiev, the acting ukrainian Prime Minister dismissed putins performance and accused him of telling fairy tales. There is only one person in the world who believes that there are no Russian Troops in the east of ukraine. His name is Vladimir Putin. Ifill earlier this week, the kiev government announced an antiterrorist operation against the prorussian separatists in the east. That offensive has bogged down and there were no further military moves today. Margarets here with more. Margaret, you have to parse this for you. On one hand john kerry said big new agreement and enter this president sound more cautious and we hear putin saying things that the United States believes not to be true. Warner thats right. Ifill do they believe this is the real deal . Warner they honestly dont know, gwen. I talked to officials late this afternoon, they say we dont know. The glimmer of hope is about as far as president obama went. There were a couple of things that i think were noteworthy. One, it makes no mention of russia drawing back the 40,000 troops they have amassed on the border. That was one of the things secretary kerry was going in there to talk about, or at least thats what we were told. The conversation i referred to in the taped piece and i followed up further, which is one of heads or armed groups taken over that building he told rueters and me through a translator, well, lets if all illegal occupations have to end lets clear independent square in kiev where the original revolution demonstrations took place this winter and protesters still remain trying to keep the new government honest. I when i followed up with a question about well, were you reassured at least that in this agreement it talks about constitutional reforms or protect the rights of minorities, he said what he want is federalization in the constitution. Its a russian code word for essentially creating a bunch of lump states in Eastern Ukraine so disconnected from kiev they are easily manipulated by russia. Ifill that means russia has the upper hand or at least the leverage in these kinds of negotiations . Warner thats an interesting question. Clearly on the ground russia has the lever caj. They have the 40,000 leverage. They have 40,000 troops and people on the ground. They have the initiative. The United States and the west have as their partner this Transitional Government in kiev that is back on its heels and struggling on many levels which weve talked about. The administration does believe that the sanctions and threat of sanctions on a broader scale give the u. S. And the west some leverage. You heard probe say that president obama say that when he he didnt Say Something brought russia to the table but he said essentially they recognize that their economy which is actual i think he said stuck in the mud has been hurt by further sanctions and perhaps they are thinking about the fact that further sanctions would damage them more. Ifill we hear that the u. S. Steps back and takes away troops and russia heres that madon is disarmed. Warner certainly how supporters hear it. The president and secretary kerry are putting the onus, as we heard, squarely on the russians, right . Ifill right. Warner but in the press conference secretary kerry said i made it clear if he want see improvement by the weekend theres more costs but they told russian reporters as far as were concerned its up to the ukraine. Ifill who has to enforce this deal assuming itses an enforceable deal . Weather they talk about a monitor. Its a well meaning but i would say toothless group created after the cold war. They dont have any enforcement. They may be the eyes and ears. I think Television Cameras