. >> woodruff: to help us better understand this complex issue, i am joined by esta soler, founder andpresident of "futures without violence," a non-profit group that works to end physical abuse she was also influential in the passage of the 1994 "violence against women act" which celebrates its 20th anniversary today. esta soler, welcome to the news hour. >> thank you so much. >> woodruff: speaking of the violence against women act, i understand you just came from a celebration of the anniversary today in washington. >> i did. it was vice president biden. we were celebrating the 20th anniversary. and there's some good news to celebrate. >> woodruff: i want to ask you about that. it takes some times a case like this for us to begin to talk about these issues, but how... first of all, how common is domestic physical abuse in this country today? >> well, it's way too common, but let me put that in context. in celebrating the 20 years since the passage of the violence against women act, we have seen a 64% reduction for domestic violence among adult women. that is extraordinary. so what i