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Woodruff president obama, russian president Vladimir Putin and the incoming leader of ukraine engaged in highprofile diplomacy today at the dday commemorations in france. Putin met briefly with ukrainian president elect petro poroshenko, between events. Afterward, he said they agreed on the need for a ceasefire in eastern ukraine. translated i cannot but commend the position of mr. Poroshenko that bloodshed should be stopped immediately in the east of ukraine. And he has a plan in that regard. What plan this is youd better ask not me but him. He told me about it in a few words but its one thing to talk about it here in france and its another thing to explain it in his own country. Woodruff earlier, putin and president obama kept their distance during a group photo, but they did chat at a luncheon, their first facetoface session since the crisis erupted. A white house advisor said mr. Obama told putin he should recognize poroshenko and stop helping the rebels in ukraine, if he wants to ease tensions. The acting secretary of Veterans Affairs sounded a new warning today for the v. A. s troubled health care system. Sloan gibson said administrators who punish whistle blowers will themselves be punished. He spoke in san antonio, texas, after reports that 37 v. A. Employees, in 18 states were penalized for complaining of problems. I am setting the expectation that intimidation or retaliation, not just against whistleblowers, but anybody that raises their hand and says, i think weve got a problem here or i think i know a better way to do this or i think this is wrong, that is absolutely unacceptable. Woodruff the office of special counsel, a federal investigative agency, is looking into the whistleblower cases. Some involve employees who reported improper scheduling of veterans seeking care. The taliban insisted today that Army SergeantBowe Bergdahl was treated well during five years of captivity. A spokesman for the militants contradicted white house claims that bergdahl was in failing health. He said the soldier had fruit and other foods he requested, and even played soccer with his captors. In afghanistan, president ial frontrunner Abdullah Abdullah narrowly escaped being assassinated when two bombs hit his campaign convoy. It happened outside a hotel in kabul where abdullah had just spoken. Six civilians were killed, and charred remains of cars and debris were left littering the street. Afterward, abdullah charged the bombings were meant to scare voters and disrupt the election. translated the enemies of afghanistan failed in their plot today, but unfortunately we have lost a number of our countrymen. Three of my companions and three of our countrymen were martyred in todays attack. I express my sincere condolences to their families and may god rest their souls in peace. Woodruff abdullah is favored to win a runoff june 14th, to succeed President Hamid karzai. Woodruff back in this country. Seattle police dug into the background of the man who allegedly killed one person and wounded two at a college, thursday afternoon. He was identified as aaron ybarra, a grocery clerk. Investigators say he opened fire in a building at Seattle Pacific university. When he paused to reload, they say, a student peppersprayed him, then tackled him. The United Negro College fund announced today its getting 25 Million Dollars from the billionaire koch brothers, a major force in conservative politics. Most of the grant will pay for nearly 3,000 scholarships for africanamerican students. The rest will support historically black colleges and universities. Charles and david koch are best known for giving millions to libertarian and conservative causes. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 88 points to close at 16,924. The nasdaq rose 25 points to close at 4,321. And the sandp 500 added almost 9, to finish at 1949, another record. For the week, the dow and the sandp gained more than 1 . The nasdaq was up nearly 2 . Woodruff still to come on the newshour remembering the invasion that turned the tide of world war ii; more jobs, but lower wages in the u. S. Labor market; a close read of the book business; mark shields and david brooks on the weeks news; plus, corruption casts a shadow on the world cup. Woodruff heads of state and surviving members of the Armed Services who bravely fought on the shores of normandy, france, on this day in 1944, returned there today to mark the anniversary of the dday invasion. Woodruff as the sun rose over the English Channel this morning, American Veterans in their 80s and 90s gathered to remember the day they came ashore on omaha beach to fight the nazis. Very special moment of my life, im so filled with joy right now i can hardly control myself. Thanks god for being here. 6 00 dday, landing time for the beachhead boats. Woodruff 70 years ago, omaha was one of 5 beaches in normandy where well over 150,000 allied troops fought their way into france. You see some of the more than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft that took part. By the end of that first day, the allies had a vital foothold. But it came at a high price. But, it came at a high price more than 20,000 americans died at normandy, including the 9,387 who lie in the American Cemetery next to omaha beach. President obama paid tribute to them today. Americas claim, our commitment, to liberty; to equality; to freedom; to the inherent dignity of every human being, that claim is written in blood on these beaches, and it will endure for eternity. Normandy, this was democracys beachhead. And our victory in that war woodruff of the 16 million americans who survived the war, only a little over a million are still alive. Mr. Obama said its important their stories are passed on. We are on this earth for only a moment in time. And fewer of us have parents and grandparents to tell us about what the veterans of dday did here seventy years ago. So we have to tell their stories for them. We have to do our best to uphold in our own lives the values that they were prepared to die for. Woodruff french president Francois Hollande vowed his country will always remember those who sacrificed their lives that day. translated they were your parents, your brothers, your friends. They were our liberators. France will never forget what she owes to these soldiers, what she owes to the United States. Woodruff meanwhile, british veterans, politicians and royal family members attended a service of remembrance at bayeux cathedral. It escaped damage during the war, and the city was the first one liberated in normandy. Later, on the sands of sword beach, where British Forces landed, hundreds of dignitaries and veterans gathered for another ceremony. Queen elizabeth the second arrived to a loud round of applause. The 88yearold monarch is one of the few remaining heads of state who actively served during the war, as a driver and auto mechanic. Todays events were the culmination of commemorative activities all this week. Military reenactments took place along the five famous beaches. And in the skies over normandy there were special parachute jumps by veterans. 93year old american jim martin jumped near utah beach. Wonderful. Woodruff was it different . Oh yes, nobody shooting at me. Its much nicer. Woodruff 89yearold scotsman jock hutton took a tandem jump into the very same field in ranville, france, where he landed 70 years ago. We trained for months and months and months and we landed with one purpose in mind and that was to liberate ranville, which we did before first light. Woodruff back in the United States today, veterans attended a ceremony at the dday memorial in bedford, virginia. Bob sales from madison heights, virginia was in the first wave of soldiers to land. His wife spoke for him today. We have to make sure there might never come a day when june the 6th means no more than any other day, that there might never be a generation of americans for whom the name normandy Means Nothing at all. Woodruff to enshrine that history, the National World war two memorial in washington was built ten years ago. Today, veterans laid wreaths in front of the wall of gold stars that represent all the americans who died in the war. The latest government jobs report shows the American Labor market moving into its strongest hiring pace in years. Employers added 217,000 jobs last month and the Unemployment Rate remained at 6. 3 . Its lowest level since september 2008. May also marked an important moment the highest total payroll level in u. S. History. All in all, a seemingly solid report. But those looking closely say its premature to celebrate much. Especially when at least 10 Million People are still looking for work. Newshour economics correspondent paul solman has the story, part of his ongoing reporting making sense of Financial News woodruff may was the fourth straight month employers added more than 200,000 jobs. The last time that happened more than 14 years ago. Yet the Unemployment Rate didnt budge. So we asked m. I. T. Labor economist Paul Osterman for his take. Good news and bad news. Reporter you know, it seems like every month i interview someone like you on the first friday of the month d they say good news and bad news. Theres a reason for that, the good news, 200,000 jobs added. Thats great. The bad news, the level of pain out there has not changed. Theres still about 20 Million People who are still unemployed or working parttime jobs or not in the labor force but would like to be in the labor force. That number is just stable and a lot of pain. Reporter the Unemployment Rate remained steady but thats because weve added 200,000 jobs but 200,000 people to the labor force. Thats right but think of the population and think of the number of people who are working. That tells you how healthy the economy is, how good the job market is. That number plummeted in the recession and it barely climbed back up. Were not at prerecession levels. Reporter indeed the so called employment to population ratio has been below 60 for five years now, down almost one seventh from the ratio, pre recession, to a low last seen in the reagan recession of the early 80s. Now the economy is adding jobs. In fact, may marked a milestone five years after the end of the great recession, weve finally regained the nearly nine million jobs that were lost. But osterman, who has researched the quality of the new jobs, says they represent no progress in wages for the economy as a whole. 2025 of all adults who are working are in povertylevel jobs. Jobs that if they worked full time, full year, would not raise them above 125 of the poverty rate for a family of three. Reporter a recent report by the National Employment law project found that lowerwage jobs in sectors like retail, restaurants and Administrative Services have accounted for the lions share of the job gains since 2009. Christine owens runs the group. They accounted for 39 of job growth in the recovery. Four out of every 10 jobs that were added were in those three very low Wage Industries. Reporter according to this same study, all lowpaying industries accounted for less than a quarter of job losses during the recession, but they have accounted for almost half of job gains since. Put simply weve gained far more jobs in low Wage Industries than we did in midwage and highWage Industries. Reporter in may, for example, some of the biggest job gains were in health care. Seemed promising. Yet many of those jobs are low paying. Jobs like home care. Home care is one of the Fastest Growing jobs in our economy and it is the job that is expected to grow the most over the next ten years. It pays poverty wages. Reporter Paul Osterman elaborated. Health care is a very bifurcated, polarized industry. Youve got the doctors and nurses at the top, youve got the Home Health Care aides, youve got the c. N. A. s, the certified nursing assistants, at the bottom. Those bottom jobs are going to grow immensely because of the retirement of the baby boom, because of the demand of Home Health Care. So the growth in Health Services that are expected does not necessarily lead to better jobs at all. Reporter consider the entire economy, says osterman, and what the average job has been paying. If you look at wage growth in the economy, over the last 12 months its been about 2. 1 . Thats barely ahead, barely ahead of inflation, so people are not getting ahead in terms of their earnings in this recovery. Reporter and if you look at where so many of the new jobs cluster, in nonsupervisory work, todays employment report says that wage growth actually trailed inflation over the past year. The bottom line for may, then more workers and more jobs, but not necessarily the kind of jobs that signal anything like a robust recovery. Paul details more employment numbers online including the underreported stat of those not in the labor force but say they want a job. See how high that has risen on making sense. Woodruff and we turn to one particular business thats experienced change from technology, consolidation and other factors the world of books. Jeffrey brown was there for the publishing industrys annual trade show that wrapped up this past weekend. Heres his report. Brown publishers large and small, book sellers from far and wide, agents, editors, publicists and, yes, authors. The annual book expo america in new york was the centers largest trade fair, a place to sell your wares, make new connections and bask in the glory of the written word. James patterson is a rock star at b. E. A. , a publishing titan with dozens of best sellers. For him, all would seem well, but he sees a continuing crisis in the world of books today, and hes donating a Million Dollars to independent book sellers around the country to help them raise awareness of their plight. This is a period of evolution, revolution, whatever you want to call it big shift to ebooks, and i think we just have to slow down and make sure its an orderly transition. People need to understand what is at risk here is american literature. Brown thats been a longrunning thought line in this industry with ebooks and amazon. This year, a more upbeat story. Were in the middle of another big disruption of the industry and we need another rethinking of our business. Brown dominic founded source books which has grown from a small startup in chicago into a large publisher of both print and ebooks from genres from childrens, to romance to nonfiction. A former statistician, she looks hard at the numbers. Whats interesting is at the beginning of the conversation, i believe people believed we would have a 100 conversion rate. A p book or e book, that would be the conversation. We now know the conversation is an and conversation so that the bulk of buyers actually buy books. The bulk of users actually use them. Brown ebooks she says are bringing in more readers because keep people can sample more. The trick is to understand which books best wear, especially since its harder to break through with thousands of titles published in print and electronically not to mention the world of other readily available entertainment, so whats a young author to do . My role is to eventually talk about the book as much as i can, to get it out there and talk to the readers. Brown one genre going bang busters is ya, young adult aivmenty wants to be a part of it. This was her first time at the expo touting and selling her first book, the jewel, hoping to appeal to young people and adults who have increased readership for the likes of harry potter and hunger games and shes reaching out to all of them. You can really talk to people reading the book on twitter. For people who are not my mom and friends, people reading the books saying, i cant believe tending, i cant wait till the next one and im saying, i cant either brown are you really responding to everyone individually . Yes for now wil laughter brown until theres billions of readers. Hopefully, yes. Brown no ones immune. Publishing house veterans do their own version of seg new titles to earn prominent placement in book Stores Online and this coming fall. Simon shuster publisher jonathan carp is overseeing new best sellers with a likely new one soon to come in Hillary Clintons memoir. At the expo, he was drumming up interest in a new novel entitled we are not our ovals by first time and at this point unknown author matthew thomas. This is a book that explains the american middle class experience. If oneil were alive today and writing fiction, this is the kind he would write. Brown are you telling this to me . I am pushing, yes, pushing the book. If i cant convey any enthusiasm about a book, why in the world would you want the buy it . So it basically, word o