revealing how she fought for the same salary as her co-star kevin spacey. and won. >> you do have to shame and guilt them into it. and i did it on my show recently. i was like, "i want to be paid the same as kevin." >> reporter: spacey was reportedly making $500,000 an episode. robin wright, an estimated $420,000. so the actress says she made the case to producers that not only were their characters equal on the show, but that research showed her character was at the time more popular with viewers. >> tell me, am i really the enemy you want to make? >> reporter: a move that could have been ripped straight from the playbook of her character claire underwood. >> so i capitalized on that moment, and i was like, "you better pay me or i'm going to go public." and they did it. >> reporter: tonight, side by side onscreen, and equal pay in real life. >> and elizabeth joins us now. the producers of the show aren't talking, but she's not the first actress to fight this fight. >> yes, turn it on the flip side. they're famous women that have been honored for being the b

her costar kevin spacey played president.he spoke before the rockefeller and said she demanded to get paid the same amount as kevin spacey. >>> huffington post was at the event and said that she learned both characters were equally popular with the viewers. she said that they capitalized on it. you better pay me full-time. going to go public. and they did. >>> in 2014 it was estimated that kevin spacey made 500 -- $500,000 per episode, that is per episode. at the time she was making $420,000 per episode. >>> the gender pay gap has been something new in hollywood. >> a lot of actresses have spoken out, it jennifer lawrence, susan sarandon, i applaud these women for making these demands and it is nice to see them finally get it. >>> you know what bugged me, i watched the first season and i did not know they became the president. >> spoiler alert. >> you are a little behind. >>> i have to get it from the library. >>> actress blake lively is causing a stir for a photo she posted on facebook. this is her at the cans film festival

. >> reporter: for four seasons, robin wright has played the calculating wife of kevin spacey in >> it'st about. it's that we do things together. >> reporter: this week she took a page right out of her character, claire underwood's book. ed it night, wright told an audience at a rockefeller foundation event just how she negotiated a pay raise. >> i was look, at statistics, and claire underwood's character was more popular than his for awe period of time in a season. so i capitalized on that moment and i was like, "you better pay me or i'm going to go public." ( applause ) and they did. >> reporter: actress patricia arquette raised the issue of pay inequity at last year's oscars. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america. >> don't you dare forget that! >> reporter: jennifer lawrence talked to charlie rose about making less in the film "american hustle." >> i feel uncomfortable asking for more money. i don't want to seem like a brat. used for women. >> reporter: wright who has won a golden globe for her role in "house

this superstar of house of card, demanded and got the same salary as her co-star kevin spacey.s making about $80,000 less than spacey, per episode. she threaten to go public with the the pay gap unless she got a raise. that is the kind of move claire underwood would make on the show and claire underwood would be somehow kevin spacey would be paying her as part of his salary. >> it is good. equal pay for equal work. she does a great job in the show but it is funny she was threatening to go public if she didn't get the raise. she still went public. got to tell you. >>> coming up in the next half an her of "eyewitness news" we are continuing to follow breaking news disappearance of an egyptair jet. >>> we're getting new information about a desperate search, justin. >> reporter: that is right, so far lines at the airport are not long at hall but what happens when many more are set to fly? i'm justin finch what airlines and lawmakers are doing now can stop long lines later. >>> i tell you change your pass word? massive security breach that is much worse then first thought. katie? >>

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. >> reporter: for four seasons robin wright has played the calculating wife of kevin spacey in netflix'suse of cards." >> it's not the money i'm upset about. it's that we do things together. >> reporter: this week she took a page right out of her character, claire underwood's book. tuesday night wright told an audience at a rockefeller foundation event just how she negotiated a pay raise. and i was looking at statistics and claire underwood's character was more popular than his for a period of time in a season. so i capitalized on that moment. and i was like, "you better pay me, or i'm going to go public." and they did. >> reporter: actress patricia arquette raised the issue of pay inequity at last year's oscars. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america. >> don't you dare forget that. >> reporter: jennifer wlurns talked to charlie rose about making less in the film "american hustle." >> i feel uncomfortable asking for more money. i don't want to seem like a brat. i don't want to seem like all of these things that a

she one of the same as costar kevin spacey. she found out that her character was more popular than his, which is when she made the demand. during season three, she made $95 million, spacey got million. a major change in overtime pay affecting more than 4 million u.s. workers. the labor department is expanding to sala raid workers who make less than $44,000 per year. it is roughly double the current threshold. the change goes into effect october 1. it is expected to affect the workers the most. glad that some people get a boost. and i'm glad we will see warmer temperatures thursday. josh: it is hard to believe as rainy as we have been this month, today, just .6 inches in , annapolis over one inch, but big numbers. when we consider we are still behind for the spring, an inch -- 1.4 inches behind a most what would be normal. we have a lot of days where it has been cloudy, gray, does not really help with the rainfall totals. what we need is a quick heavy thunderstorm to move through, and that is when the numbers get closer to norma

the start-up is called master class and it's actually offering acting classes with kevin spacey., you could benefit from that. >> $100, are you saying i need it? >> i'm just saying that since you have tried to play him in the past, he could probably give you tips. >>ed $100 is well worth it. >> you can also sign up for singing classes with christina aguilera. >> it's a very good idea. access to good individuals. >> you could give anchoring lessons. >> i'm not sure anyone will want to sign up for that. but i'll do it for free if anyone is interested but i bet no one will come in. >>> and stay tuned, you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. cathy's gotten used to the smell of lingering garbage... ...in her kitchen yup, she's gone noseblind. she thinks it smells fine, but her guests smell this. ding, flies, meow febreze air effects heavy duty has up to... ...two times the odor-eliminating power to... ...remove odors you've done noseblind to [inhales] mmm. use febreze air effects, till it's fresh and try febreze small spaces... ...to continuously eliminate up to two times t

her real life fight for equal pay, revealing how she fought about the same amount as her co-star kevin spacey and won. >> you had to guilt them into it? >> and i did it on my show recently. i'm like, i want to be paid the same as kevin. >> reporter: spacey was reportedly making $500,000 an episode. wright, 120,000. she made the case to the producers that not only were their characters equal on the show, but that research showed her character was more popular with viewers. >> tell me, am i really the sort of enemy you want to make? >> reporter: a move that could be ripped straight from the playbook her character emulated. >> i'm like, you better pay me or i'm going to go public. and they did. >> reporter: tonight, side by side on screen. and equal pay in real life. >>> up next, meteorologist sandy vitale has more on our active temperatures. >>> and europe's most active volcano is at it again. abc 7 news at 9:00 continues. before earning enough cash back from bank of america to buy a new gym bag. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the grocery store. even before he

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poker face during contract negotiations with netflix demanding to be paid the same as her co-star kevin spaceye as kevin. >> reporter: wright speaking out at a rockefeller foundation and huffington post event tuesday night describing her shrewd negotiating tactic with the show's producers. >> i was looking at statistics and claire underwood's character was more popular than his and i was like you better pay me or i'm going to go public. and they did. >> reporter: despite her reported $5.5 million salary, wright is now adding to the ongoing conversation both in and out of hollywood about gender pay gaps. >> it's a male dominant workplace society. it just -- it always has been. >> it started a year and half ago at the oscars when patricia arquette demanded equal pay for equal work and talking about their salaries with each other. >> i'll do whatever it takes too but i will not let this go. >> reporter: netflix declined to comment on the matter but wright says it is a pandemic that needs to be changed. >> it's the push. it's how gentle and how forceful is that push but it has to be unacceptable a

wright says she had to go toe to toe with the show runners to receive pay equal to her co-star kevin spaceyas making a half-a-million dollars an episode in 2014 and wright was making about 420-thousand-an episode. the actress's demands were met and she's now executive producer of "house of cards." she's also directed it's xx and we're just getting started. breaking news near egypt. a passenger plane goes crashes en route to cairo. we have the up-to-the minute details on the search effort for the plane and the dozens of people now missing. good morning washington. today: cloudy. isolated showers/drizzle early. some afternoon clearing. highs: 66-72 winds: nw 5 mph tonight: mainly clear and comfortably cool. lows: 46-55 winds: light friday: mostly sunny. high clouds increasing towards the late afternoon. highs: 69-75 winds: se 5 mph breaking this morning. an egyptair flight from paris to egypt crashes overnight. the airbus a320 was

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wright is weighing in on the equal the "house of cards" actress says she demanded the same pay kevin spaceyets and she got it. according to huffington post, wright asked for a race after seeing statistics that her character is more popular than spacey's character. >>> well, this constant streak of dreary days has a lot of folks down in the dumps. doug, tell me we have some light at the end of the tunnel. >> light meaning sunshine. >> oh, thank you. we've got some sunshine. now it's back to clouds for most of us, but we did see a little bit of sun today. we are seeing a little bit of sun. here's and look at the sun on this building and on these boats. not on these buildings. it is out there a little bit, and it will be off and on during the day today. 66 degrees. winds out of the northeast at 6 miles an hour. temperatures still six degrees below average. only in the 50s back to the west. this will be the area that has the showers. we are seeing some rain back here. just some light showers. 64 down towards clinton, maryland. still cool. some clouds. maybe a shower early tomorrow, but most are

but in past years, we were overrun by the likes of tom cruise, kevin spacey all on donald trump. this year when it was less of a hot ticket, not so much. i took my iphone to the red carpet and looked at all -- there were a lot of people as the stars came through. a lot of big stars like, for example, reince priebus, the republican national chairman. and we also had aretha franklin, the queen of soul. this is a victoria secret model named adriana lima. bryan cranston from "breaking bad." a guest of fox, jeff, big star in my eyes is michael kelly who plays in "the house of cards." but on a night like this, we have scottie nell hughes of the tea party network, big trump supporters and the two of them and katrina pierson introduced by jeff zeleny of cnn. for the president, it was a final chance to take jabs at the press and contemplate what it will be like after he leaves the white house. >> even reporters have left me. savannah guthrie, she's left the white house press corps to host the "today" show. norah o'donnell left the briefing room to host "cbs this morning." jake tapper left

"the huffington post" reports that she demanded the same pay as her co-star, kevin spacey, it came after she saw statistics one point showed her character was more popular than his. according to "the huffington post," wright threatened to go public if she didn't get paid the same. >>> promising news in the fight against mel knowna. doctors reporting success with new drug therapy. new study finds 40% of patients with advanced melanoma alive three years after the treatment with the drug, the same drug given to president carter. it allows immune cells to find tumor cells and destroy them. >> a certain group of patients percentage will stop them from getting bigger and stay that way for months to years. >> it doesn't work for everyone. most patients tolerated the drug well with minimal side effects. >>> you might think hazing is just a problem at colleges. pennsylvania's taking steps to protect younger students from this crime. we'll have the details, next at 5:00. >>> a bit of rain around but i'm tracking more sunshine before the week is over. more rain comes back, though, just in time for

robin wright demanded that she be paid the same amount as kevin spacey.racter saying you better pay me or i'm going to go public. and they did. >> she deserves it. she has an important role. >>> when we come back, today's "must reads" bernie sanders, ralph nader, how that could spell trouble. "worldwide exchange" will be right back. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." now to this morning's "must reads" the stories catching our attention. i went to "the washington post." my pick is titled "does bernie sanders want to be the ralph nader of 2016?" quote, bernie's attacks on the party have released something just as damaging to the causes he professes to represent. milbank also credits nader in his similar protests for helping to elect george bush. won oregon, lost kentucky, people wonder why is he still in the race, only with 100 votes to go for hillary clinton. clearly, he wants to support his cause and back his supporters. >> and that idea of a fed can be the force because you can have it on both sides with strong talks like cuba and others. surely,

of house of cards said she had to threaten studio bosses with going public unless they co-star kevin spaceyey eventually agreed, just big after role, in the netflix political drama, both listed as executive producers and directors, sorry of the fifth season. the interesting thing, she actually directed four of the episodes in season four. i would that she was more after star in season four, taken over the show in my opinion, now, other i hadly business insiders said making around $500,000 an episode back in 2014. and obviously that could have gone up since then, before season three started, but she literally threatened him, which is amazing, i think it is great for her to do that. >> she said -- >> so tired. >> and she says i was looking at the statistic and claire underwood's character was more popular than frank's for period every time. and she was making less than him. they should be making the same amount of money, if not, she should be making more after her character became more prominent. >> courtesy mo you and killed in a car accident. >> she is the best part of the story. >> thank y

i want to show what impact shows like "house of cards" -- here is kevin spacey. it is the house of representatives and not the senate, but i am sure you have an opinion on this. [begin video clip] >> 22 years in congress, i can smell the way the wind is blowing. jim matthews, former governor of pennsylvania, did his duty delivering the keystones date. bless his heart. but now it is time to put him out to pasture. for some, it is simply the size of the chairs. linda vasquez, walker's chief of staff. i got her hired. she is a woman, check, latina, jack, and more important than that, she is as tough as a two dollars stake. check, check, check. when he did a key in your back pocket, you take what you can. as for me, i am just a lonely house majority whip, i keep things moving in a congress. my job is to keep the pipes moving and the sludge going. but i won't have to do that much longer. i have done my time. welcome to washington. [end video clip] brian: what impact has that had? do you get questions about it? betty: we do. i was speaking to a large group of foreign s

night was at an event in which she said that she had recently demanded to be paid the same as kevin spaceyr career? do you say, i want to be paid the same as my male co-nascar. >> as much as i can. it's g - >> as much as i can. it's great that it's coming to light. these things are buried for so long. there's a quiet tolerance for the behavior and treatment of women. it shouldn't be the case obviously. >> your significant was here recently. he was beaming about the birth of rocco, your son. now your favorite son. how do you like this thing called parenting, rose byrne? it's cool, isn't it? >> it's fun. i relate to the movie. it takes an hour and 45 minutes to leave the house. it's a lot of fun. yeah, i'm a little tired, but a lot of fun. >> congratulations. >> you're sweet. >> congratulations. >> "neighbors 2." >> it gets easier. >> yes -- >> tell only take an hour to leave the house. >> rose byrne, thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> and the "naireeighbors 2" op friday. >>> a father's house struggle motivates his son to pull for a world record. the incredible feat o

i want to show what impact shows like "house of cards" -- here is kevin spacey. it is the house of representatives and not the senate, but i am sure you have an opinion on this. [begin video clip] >> 22 years in congress, i can smell the way the wind is blowing. jim matthews, former governor of pennsylvania, did his duty delivering the keystones date. bless his heart. but now it is time to put him out to pasture. for some, it is simply the size of the chairs. linda vasquez, walker's chief of staff. i got her hired. she is a woman, check, latina, jack, and more important than that, she is as tough as a two dollars stake. check, check, check. when he did a key in your back pocket, you take what you can. as for me, i am just a lonely house majority whip, i keep things moving in a congress. my job is to keep the pipes moving and the sludge going. but i won't have to do that much longer. i have done my time. welcome to washington. [end video clip] brian: what impact has that had? do you get questions about it? betty: we do. i was speaking to a large group of foreign s

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and then kevin spacey-- yeah. maria: and we talked to him in davos and he's not doing it. k, they're out of bankruptcy, which is great. i think that dana burnetty, kevin spacesy's partner is going to run the studio going forward and i have respect for ryan cavanaugh and glad they're back on their feet. maria: we'll watch for "6 below". >> thank you for having me. maria: thank you for joining us. >> take care. maria: we'll take a short break and more from the milken conference. ♪ i'm walking on sundays, whoa, oh ♪ ♪ when a moment turns romantic why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas for pulmonary hypertension, as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. side effects may include headache, upset stomach

spacey.- here is kevin i'm sure you have an opinion. [begin video clip] --22 years in congress >> jim matthews, former governor , now they area about to put them out to pasture but he looks happy enough, doesn't he? for some, it is simply the size of the chair. linda vasquez. check, andman, latina, check, and as tough as a ,wo dollars take, check, check check. as for me, i am just a lonely house majority whip, i keep things moving in a congress children by pettiness and my job is typically do the pipes and keep the sludge moving it i have done my time. --. i have done my time. welcome to washington. [end video clip] brian: what impact has that had? betty: i was speaking to a large group of foreign scholars a few weeks ago and one of them raised his hand and said, i know absolutely nothing about the u.s. congress, the only thing i know about what i see -- still nothing i know that it is what i see on house of cards and i say, that is not accurate vitriol and, you will have to recognize that is not an accurate portrayal. what i love about