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Its the latest move in a five year legal battle and could lead to billions of dollars in fines. The e. U. s competition commissioner said google uses its dominance over internet searches to promote its own services. Our investigation so far has shown that when a consumer enters a shoppingrelated query in googles search engine, googles Comparison Shopping product is systematically displayed prominent at the top of the search results. Woodruff the e. U. Also opened a separate probe into googles android mobile system. Ifill the u. S. Capitol had a brief security scare today when a gyrocopter landed on the west lawn. The singleseat helicopter buzzed the National Mall and settled about half a city block from the capitol building. Police quickly cordoned it off, and a bomb Disposal Unit found nothing hazardous. The website of a florida mailman, doug hughes, announced he carried out the stunt to protest political corruption. Woodruff and in germany, the head of the European Central bank had his own scare from a protest against austerity policies. Mario draghi was holding a News Conference in frankfurt, when a woman leaped onto the desk. She dumped confetti and shouted, end the e. C. B. Dictatorship, before she was dragged away. Ifill irans president today dismissed u. S. Congressional pressure over a potential nuclear deal. Thats after president obama accepted a compromise, giving the house and senate a say. Hassan rouhani told a crowd of thousands that his government deals with world leaders, not lawmakers. And, he warned again, iran could still walk away. translated the world must know, the negotiating nations must know, the american senate, congress, the american president and government must know that if the end of the sanctions isnt in this deal, there will be no deal. Ifill meanwhile, inspectors from the u. N. s Atomic Energy watchdog arrived in tehran. Theyre on a much delayed visit to inspect activities at a military site. Woodruff fighters with the Islamic State group gained new ground today in western iraq. Theyve now overrun a series of villages outside ramadi, the capital of anbar province, forcing hundreds of people to flee. Isis forces have been advancing in anbar despite suffering losses in other parts of iraq. Ifill back in this country, former new England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of firstdegree murder, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Jurors in fall river massachusetts, found him guilty of fatally shooting a man in june, 2013. Hernandez was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs. Afterward, District Attorney thomas quinn hailed the verdict. Aaron hernandez may have been a wellknown new England Patriots football player. However, in the end, the jury found that he was just a man who committed a brutal murder. The fact that he was a professional athlete meant nothing in the end. He is a citizen who was held accountable by the jury for his depraved conduct. Ifill prosecutors have suggested the victim, odin lloyd, was killed because he knew too much about the 2012 killings of two other men at a boston nightclub. Hernandez still faces trial in that case. Woodruff a bipartisan bill reshaping how medicare pays doctors is headed to president obamas desk. Last night, the senate gave final approval to the 214 billion measure. Over the long term, it aims to tie doctors reimbursements to overall care instead of individual office visits. It also prevents an immediate 21 cut in those payments. The president said hell sign it. Ifill on wall street today, Rising Oil Prices and stronger corporate earnings pushed stocks higher. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 76 points to close above 18,100. The nasdaq rose 33 points, and the s p 500 added 10. Woodruff and 80 veterans of the world war ii doolittle raid were honored today with the congressional gold medal. They carried out the daring attack in april 1942, in the first direct strike on japan after pearl harbor. It involved launching land based, b25 bombers from an aircraft carrier. Only two of the 80 doolittle raiders are still alive today. Woodruff still to come on the newshour minimum wage workers protest for better pay. Why Health Care Reform complicates some americans tax returns. Fewer College Grads apply to work in the classroom with teach for america. How the civil war shapes our country, 150 years later. An iranian citizen whose voice rises above others. And, singer Rhiannon Giddens spotlights diverse roots in American Music. Ifill income inequality is emerging as an enduring issue, as activists push to hike the minimum wage and increase livable wages. The debate played out across the country today, as organizers behind the fight for 15 as its known, used tax day to make their case. Living on 8. 75 an hour is very hard. I have to live in a shelter because i dont make enough money to pay rent here in new york city. Ifill fast food workers in new york were out at sunrise shouting their message. Whose city . Our city ifill they are demanding a minimum wage of 15 an hour. What they earn now, the workers say, is not nearly enough to support their families. Organizers billed this latest strike by lowwage employees as the largest yet planned for 230 u. S. Cities and dozens more worldwide. I live from paycheck to paycheck. I get paid every two weeks and its still not enough. Say what . 15 in my hands, i want 15 in my hands ifill as the campaign continues, a number of cities have passed laws to require a higher minimum wage, if not as high as 15 an hour. In addition, big corporations like walmart have also begun shifting their pay scales upward. Mcdonalds increased starting pay by a dollar an hour at locations it owns, but that doesnt include franchisees, who operate 90 of its restaurants. The National LaborRelations Board is now considering whether to force mcdonalds to accept more responsibility for those franchiseowned outlets. Ifill so what is at the root of all this . For that, we turn to Tsedeye Gebreselassie, she is senior staff attorney at the National Employment law project, which is connected with the fight for 15. And, Steve Caldeira is the president of the International Franchise association, a trade group that represents fast food restuarants like mcdonalds both at the corporate level and for franchiseholders. Tsedeye gebreselassie, i want to start by asking you how widespread these protests ended up being today . They ended up being quite widespread, and not because workers protested in more than 230 cities around the world, but because for the first time were seeing not just fast food workers strike, were seeing retail workers, adjunct professors making poverty wages making much less than 15 an hour. Were seeing just a growing groundswell of workers, of supporters saying, you know, our minimum wage of 7. 25 an hour, even the dollar increased that has been promised by some of these companies is simply not enough to make ends meet. Ifill Steve Caldeira, how possible is what theyre asking to accomplish . First i think its important to state i think what happened today was really less about the minimum wage and more about providing air cover for the Service EmployeesInternational Union which has been behind all of these protests. I think theres no organic movement in our industry by food service workers. Just this past week the department of labor in forms filed by the s. C. I. U. , said they spent 18. 5 million last year organizing these strikes. So to me, we can have the minimum wage debate. A lot of cities and municipalities and states have passed that. But its really more about the unions trying to organize. Private Sector Union Membership has been from 35 approximately in the mid50s to to under 7 this year. Ifill but my question is whether what theyre asking for is even possible . Look, i think 95 of quickservice workers that start entrylevel jobs within six months theyre making above 9 an hour. So we have to remember these are entrylevel jobs for lesser skilled workers. Look, i started at a burger king in college. Im sorry ifill ill get to you in a moment tsedeye. What i wanted to ask you today Tsedeye Gebreselassie first i want you to respond to what he said but how much is this an effort to increase membership in unions at a time when unions are flagging. Let me first address what he was saying about entry level. The fast Food Industry, you know is an industry where 70 are over the age of 20. Many have been working in fast food jobs for years and thats because while the fast Food Industry may have been a stepping stone in past years toward a better paying job in a different industry, the fact of the matter is jobs in fast food retail home health care, child care, some of the workers that were out on strike today, those are the jobs that are disproportionately fueling job growth in our economy today. So weve got to figure on the a way to raise pay in those industries. 42 of workers in this country make less than 15 an hour precisely because as steve was saying unionization rates have gone down which was a key way to raise wages in our country, precisely because the minimum wage floor has so far eroded in its value. At 7. 25 an hour, that hasnt gone up since 2009. Ifill now its my turn to ask you the question i posed whether this is about Union Organization . This is about union helping workers raise pay, which is traditionally something that unions and other worker organizations do. I mean, that is the job. That is the job to raise wages and working conditions for members and mawn numbers alike and thats why part of what has been said through this Fast Food Movement over the last two years is the fact weve seen state after state and now city after city raise the minimum wage through policy. That is the direct effect of the organizing thats been happening on the ground. Ifill in fact, Steve Caldeira we have seen walmart t. J. Maxxwe have seen target 43 to raise their wages. I guess the question is what is the difference with fast food with the fast Food Industry . Is it the franchise problem where so few of the actual outlets are owned by the company itself . Well mcdonalds target, walmart legally have the right to raise the wages of their employees in the corporate environment. I think the big distinction here is that franchisees put their own skin in the game. Theyre independently owned. They have the right to hire, to fire, to set wages. They process their own payroll. Theyre given an employer Identification Number by the Internal Revenue service. These are the people that create the jobs, and all 435 congressional districts across the country and theyve been dealing with more regulatory environment, higher taxes through the fiscal cliff deal, high commodity costs, and i think tsedeye brought up a good point. Part of the reason you see folks in these jobs longer is the lack of a progrowth agenda coming out of washington. No. Its not just the administration. Its also congress. We need to do things in this country that enable smallbusiness job growth. Twothird of all net new jobs in this country come from Small Business. Instead of stifling Small Business job creation. When you talk to Small Business owners the number one reason they cite for the reason they cant grow the way they want to is lack of consumer demand. Consumers cant spend what they dont have. When you are a 50yearold fast food worker making minimum wage for the past years, then you cant spend. And that stifles Economic Growth for all of us. I think what we learned in the economic recession and the resulting recovery is that if we want a recovery that is sustainable and that works for all americans american then we have to figure out a way to rebuild the middle dlas and the way to do that is to raise wages. We have rin an economy where wages are staginated or declined for the bottom 70 of the entire workforce. Ifill let me ask you both and im trying looking for middle ground here. Sure. Ifill if you were to say Steve Caldeira, that its 15 especially for franchise ease whose skin is in the game, is out of line, they cant do that, what is it these countries can be doing to speak to the concerns that tsedeye was stating. I think the franchise ease need to have flexibility. Its all about supply and demand. If walmart, target, and mcdonalds are raising wages at the corporate level. Theyre competing for workers. I think it needs to be left up to the franchisee, who by the way wants to attract develop, and retain great employees. So i think they need to be given the flexibility based on where are they situated . What is the climate and the economic environment where they do business because they want to do right by their employees. Ifill Tsedeye Gebreselassie. Is there a middle ground here . Yeah, i agree with franchisees need some flex expibility one way to give them that flexibility so they can raise wages is for corporate franchise like mcdonalds is to lessen some of the fees theyre forcing the franchisees to kick back to them. Mcdonalds posted 5 billion in profits last year, so the argument there is not money to trickle down and raise wages for their workers, ringing hollow. Ifill Steve Caldeira, and Tsedeye Gebreselassie, thank you both very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Woodruff the deadline for filing your taxes is just hours away, and for several million americans, this year is turning out to be even more complicated than usual. Its the First Time Since the Health Care Law was enacted that individuals must pay a penalty if they dont have Health Insurance. The penalty is one percent of income, or 95, whichever is greater. But in some cases where people received subsidies, in the form of tax credits, the calculation is tougher. Moreover, surveys showed more than half of those who could be affected didnt know much about the penalty. Lets help clarify the picture with julie rovner of Kaiser Health news, and accountant Poonam Bansal, owner of the Firm Accounting solutions in virginia. Welcome you both. So julie rovner, to you first we said millions of americans. How many people are really affected by this new Health Care Law in terms of their taxes . Well we dont know how many people are going to be paying the penalty because they didnt have insurance in 2014. Thats partly because we dont know precisely how many people remained uncovered, and mostly we dont know how many of those people who remained uncovered will qualify for one of the myriad exemptions from having to pay the penalty. We have a better idea of who is impacted in terms of the subsidies. There are just under 7 Million People who signed up for insurance on the marketplaces. Those are the people who are being theoretically affected, about 80 of people who got Insurance Coverage through the exchanges, got subsidies, those are the ones who are having to do a very complicated calculation about whether they have to some of them are getting money back, and some will owe more money. Woodruff and thats whether its a state exchange or the federal exchange; is that correct . In both cases, yess. That money was federal tax money. Woodruff so Poonam Bansal youre the one who is dealing with these taxpayers. What are you seeing first in terms of the penalty that people are expected to pay . How much of an issue is that turning out to be . There are a lot of taxpayers who filed for the Exchange Programs got subsidies when they filled out those forms, and lets say somebody didnt have a job. They got insurance through the miles permarketplace, got a certain premium, got a certain credit, and then they got a job. They never thought they were su