the fog of war. >> we believed it was an al qaeda compound no civilians were present a counterterrorism effort goes awry as a u.s. drone strike kills two hostages, including an american mourning the victims. malta holds a mass funeral to honour hundreds of migrants who died in a sea of misery. >> running out of cash. >> translation: this is an emergency auction. we are talking about a small amount of money that can be lent for a few weeks.

the dire consequences for greece's economy as athens seeks another hand out marking the centennial. >> we have no fear or worries on the subject. our ancestors did not per cent cue. on the 100 year anniversary of the massacre of armenians president recep tayyip erdogan stand firm denying genocide good evening, i'm more. this is al jazeera america. we begin with president obama's admission of a fatal mistake. confirming that american hostage warren weinstein died in january during a drone strike targetting al qaeda. it also killed giovanni lo porto.

president obama did not sign off on the operation but defended the legality saying it targeted an al qaeda compound and hundreds of hours of surveillance found no evidence that hostages were present. two more were killed, they were senior al qaeda officials. patty culhane has more from washington. >> reporter: the u.s. government rarely acknowledges drone strikes in pakistan and afghanistan. >> i want to express grieve and condolences. >> reporter: now the u.s. president is apologising for two, because two were killed. warren weinstein and giovanni lo porto, aid workers held hostage by al qaeda for years. >> as president and commander and chief i take full responsibility for all counterterrorism operations including the one that inadvertently took the lives of warren and giovani.

i regret what happened. on behalf of the united states government i offer deepest apologies to the pamfamilies. the warren weinstein pushed the president to do more to gain his release, saying this. >> no soldiers left behind what about a citizens. he needs to be with his family he deserves to come home. >> after hearing the news of his death, the family released a statement saying al qaeda what is responsible but wept on to criticize the u.s. government saying: in making the announcement the president didn't speak about the other two lead al qaeda leaders, and another indicted in the u.s. for treason after voting videos online. >> we should look for target

epitomizing western decka dance immorality and aithies. >> reporter: the white house said the al qaeda operatives were not targeted and did not know about the hostages. civil liberties say it points to a bigger problem. >> on the one hand you have claims of high confidence and on the other hand you have fill jan casualties that has been and. that calls into question the standards used and the reliability of the intelligence that is used to carry out the lethal force programme. >> reporter: it's a programme that independent experts say killed thousands, including hundreds of incident civilians. the president is not promising a review of the drone programme, but says the american people will know, in this case what went wrong, and why the two civilians were killed. mike viqueira joins us from washington. the white house says the

president did not personally sign off on the strikes that killed the aid workers and the two affiliated with al qaeda. is the fact that he didn't sign off unusual or normal procedure? >> well it's normal procedure. unless of course the president knew that they were americans under the gun if you will that were going to be the tarts of the strikes. the president would have signed off. there has been controversial issues and a debate. in yemen, for example, the american who was instrumental on the arismendy alcantara peninsula. that the president had to sign off. these are the protocols set forth, including a key speech at national defense university last week. >> the white house says the president did not sign off on the attack for the reasons we stated. nevertheless he is apologising for what happened for the killing of the two captives but not the killing of the two other individuals that the white house alleged to be part of al qaeda.

short on the details is the white house. they are not talking about the nature of the attack. whether it was a drone aircraft. sources say it was a drone attack. they are not talking about the time line. this took place in january. they said that in the weeks after that they had indications, intelligence indications. keep in mind it's a remote area near the afghan pakistan border a detail they will not get specific on. it took a long time three months for them to get confirmation that it was dr warren weinstein, and the italian giovanni lo porto. the president appeared in the briefing room making his apology, sombre almost contrite. here is a little more of what he had to say. the family itself is as patty culhane pointed out, critical in

a sense of the administration for not doing as much as they can to communicate with hostage families, coordinate with the families, the long-standing policy of the united states is not to pay ransom. there's a lot of frustration about that as well. also not holding the administration completely responsible, saying ultimately it was the captives who killed warren weinstein and they are responsible the bureau of investigative journalism keeps statistics on the use of drone attacks by the u.s. around the world. there has been 415 streaks in pakistan killing between 2500 and 4,000 people, including 960 civilians. in yemen, up to 111 confirmed strikes, and possibly 92 more. the death toll ranges from 436 to as high as 646, with up to 96 civilian deaths. there has been at least nine drone attacks in somali which killed up to 105 people,

possibly five civilians. in afghanistan there has been six strikes that kill up to 93 people, perhaps one civilian. >> earlier we spoke with jack soourl a data journalist from the covert drone war team. we asked about the drone strike and how he and the organization track the casualties. >> we draw our data from as wide a variety of sources as possible. open sources. media reports, n.g.o. and information that come out in court cases through discovery, and also through secret documents leaked to us and other journalists that are published for us all to see. >> despite the attack have the higher standards that now need to be met to order a drone strike decreased the numbers

killed. >> it's hard to say. it remains before this afternoon. it was a fundamental secret programme. it's being prosecuted in different theatres of combat. in pakistan, actually five months before the highest standards were announced. confirmed civilian casualties were halted. it appeared at least. where is in yemen, in the months after the announcement by president obama and his speech there was a major international terrorist alert. the united states shut a large number of embassies in africa and the middle east and carried out about 10 drone strikes in yemen in the space of 14-15 days. there were about 30 killed. a number were civilians, including children. it seems like the drone strikes may be killing fewer casualties

but the regulations and policies are more flexible than one might be led to believe. >> let's assume a decision was made to never use drones again. if troops are used to go after i.s.i.l. al-shabab, and taliban leaders, wouldn't we face the likelihood of greater casualties, of troops and civilians. you'd have cross fire of battles? >> i'm not sure we can draw that judgment. it would make the job of hunting the journalists exponentially more difficult, specifically in the mountains of pakistan's tribal areas. it doesn't have to be a zero sum gape. you have drones or troops. there's a deeper issue at hand which is why they are ungovernable and why they are allowed to proliferate.

>> in the end do you think the problems of protecting civilians is an issue of getting the right intelligencers rather than the drones. >> the relations of social norms means that women and children will be sequestered indoors, out of sight of drones. you can see how a pattern of life attack could cause more civilian casualties than intended because the drone operators, and intelligence analysts and screeners can't see the people in the house. it's an interesting demonstration of policy and practice where in afghanistan, where the u.s. carried out drone strikes, they stopped targetting buildings. the u.s. and the u.k. flew drones during the war, were stopped from targetting buildings, unless they were absolutely certain there weren't civilians indoors, because it increased the risk of civilian

casualties, which were politically unacceptable. >> good to have you with us, thank you u.s. led coalition strikes pound i.s.i.l. 21 strikes were carried out since yesterday, 16 in iraq, five in syria, a human rights group released a report on thursday on the syrian air campaign. 2,0 79 people have been killed. the enormous majority of those killed belong to i.s.i.l. 66 were civilian casualties. defense secretary ash carter went to silicon valley to unveil the cyber security strategy. carter revealed that russian hackers were able to access an unclassified defense department network this year before they got kicked out. carter said the u.s. military is willing to use cyber warfare.

>> adversaries should know our presents for deterrence and posture don't diminish the use of cyber options. we operate under rules of engagement that comply with international and domestic law. carter is reaching out to high tech companies in silicon valley for help in countering the threat. >> a flotilla of iranianships suspected of bearing arms reversed course. officials said the ships appeared to be heading home. the u.s. dispatched warships to the area this week to monitor the movements of the iranian convoy. photos showing two warships and several smaller vessels. the fighting is not stopping in yemen, despite calls for talks. saudi-led forces launched a series of air strikes.

supporters of the exiled president say it's not the time to slow down assaults on iranian backed rebels. >> reporter: before the war aden was a busy city. tents now rumble through the streets. these men are loyal to the president in the exile. they support the saudi-led campaign to restore him to power. we urge you to continue your operation, because it is what kicked out the houthis, and we in the south, we salute damage. outside old sanaa, cars have been hit. people search for their things, some blame the politicians. >> what is happening is the humanitarian crisis. homes that are destroyed, and the victims are a result of what the politicians have done to yemen. >> in taiz where long lines

form for food a political solution seems a long way off. saudi arabia says it endeds first phase of operation decisive storm. it's replaced with operation renewal of hope. with more than 150,000 people forced out of their homes by the fighting every day there's struggle and no sign that saudi arabia is about to end its war in yemen the plan to tackle europe's migrant crisis next. e.u. hold an emergency summit following the deaths on the sea. the massacre of unarmed civilians, allegedly by the police.

in context the european's parliament emergency summit to stem the tide of immigrants making the dangerous journey

across the mediterranean. tens of thousands made the trip. 1700 died on their way. laurence lee reports from brussels, on the quest to find a solution. >> these are the bodies of the very few lost to the mediterranean recovered. laid to rest in malta. the deaths prompted a re think of europe about its commitment to humanitarian obligations on the southern border. outside the moting the coffin was the mott if for protesters, outraged that people have been left to die in the sea, close to rich countries. >> translation: they should give refuge to all of them families with children included. >> reporter: many of the people complained of a lack of basic rights in belgium where they managed to resettle. the crisis in the mediterranean brought the grievances ahead.

there's something else here as well and it's this. these campaigners see in the tragedy, in the mediterranean, an opportunity to force leaders to change their policies on immigration. >> reporter: as they gathered in brussels the message coming loud and clear was the priority was to stop getting people on the boat in the first place. the french president said he'd go to the united nations to attack boats. and the budget for the border force would be tripled. it can rescue peep. the main purpose is to stop them getting into europe. they have agreed to triple the resources. the border mission in the central mediterranean, and house the mandate. it will carry out the mandate and response to distress calls are necessary.

i'm hope to announce leaders pledged greater support, including minimal vessels and aircraft. >> lots of groups wonder about europe resettling them at risk. there's less commitment to that. >> it's important to change the narrative and make the policy humane, to stop criticising the utilities. racial profiling, chasing undocumented migrants. all the policies need to be addressed. the approach is wrong. >> many of the leaders cape an eye on elections and public opinion, have to say they want to stop the deaths but keep the migrants out. the e.u. wants this to stop. the walls are getting higher. and

for more on the european council summit. we spoke to a member of the european parliament for malta, and she joined us by skype and we asked what she thought of summit and outcome. >> it's positive to have an increase in budget and assets. my question is whether this is enough and i'm saying this particularly since it is known, the extent. that would be covered. more so since most of the tragedies are happening near the libyan coast. i don't know as yet whether the operation triton and others will cover the extent and stretch, and whether they'd be arriving up to the libyan coast. if they do in the arrive there, i'm afraid the main aim that this point will be addressing might not give us the result that we want part of the plan is to stop smugglers.

how will that work. given the crisis that exist in syria, eritrea, somali libya - won't migrant trying to figure out other ways to get to europe. >> that will happen. that was one of the main bones of contention because, okay, you can smugglers in a particular country but i am sure that smugglers will find other routes ways and means. >> a big issue is the sharing of responsibility among the southern european countries, and the northern european countries which had better benefits. that's where many wanted to go to. once the migrants managed to make it safely to europe what happens - a lot of the nerves they are seeing an anti-immigrant backlash. could the flood of immigrants exacerbate that problem. >> what we saw from the

conclusions, what the council is saying organising emergency relocation between all member states on a voluntary basis, and what we have seen so far is that when you do something of the sort on a volunteer basis. it was not the result that we want. it was mentioned a pilot's process on resettlement: i would have wanted to see something. we were promised action after the tragedy. >> is the only hope to do something about this in the countries where the migrants are coming from but is that realistic, because are the issues that are causing the refugee crisis from the north african and american countries, will they go away soon. >> they are not going to go soon, but, yes, it is realistic. it's not a short of term solution.

the problem is that we have people fleeing countries because of instability, because of poverty and because of war, and until we have the countries in this situation, we will still have migrants who want to flee the country. and in this regard i was glad to see this african union and e.u. summit bound to happen in malta. it is one step in the right direction to start addressing the problem. because dialogue and speaking with the countries is one of the main issues that needs to be addressed, as having development, and having also development programs which address specifically the african countries, north african countries and countries in the horn of africa. they are things we need to look into, and we want to solve the issue. i agree it's not going to

happen. we have to start somewhere. it will not happen overnight the deaths of hundreds of migrants shocked the conference. many italians have not done enough. paul brennan reports from sicily where many have little faith in the emergency summit. >> as they sweep into brussels a different group of people was making a different arrival at catania on sicily. the influx of hundred of men, women and children fleeing connick, hardship - putting strain on the coastal towns of italy. ask around and you find genuine contempt for the policy makers of the european union. >> translation: it's europe and the italian depositgovernment's

response. his friend is angrier. the migrants are running way way to stay alive. why didn't the politicians do that before now. palermo on the northern coast received thousands of migrants. will the summit in brussels have any effect at all. >> translation: to be honest i don't have faith in the summits i don't think it changes anything. there's a tragedy 1.5 years ago nothing would have changed. >> there is a sense hear that on migration, the e.u. leaders are barely tackling the symptoms never mind the root causes. >> they try to stop those trafficking, the immigrants. okay. >> the shipwrecks and sinkings

which people can only read about in newspapers. here in sicily are experienced up close, making it cynical. the pressure, for example, are having to deal with 70,000 migrants. and the dismay and distress caused by having to retrieve and bury those that don't make it across. >> the international maritime agency predebts half a million risk their lives. there could be 10,000 poem that die in the attempt. it will be the italians in the main that will bear the consequences. will the plan lighten the burden. no one believes so. . >> south africans rally against a wave of violence against foreigners. >> we need to unite to move forward. it has to stop.

>> reporter: thousands take to the streets of johannesburg presenting a united front against xenophobia. >> two major eruptions in less than 24 hours, and thousands fleeing a chilean volcano.

welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news - thousands march against anti-immigrant violence in south africa first a look at stories making headlines across the u.s. in our "american minute." >> today marks the end of a 2.5 year deal resulting from mistakes i made. >> former commander of u.s. operations in afghanistan and iraq, david petreaus pleaded guilty to leaking classified information to his mistress and biographer. the senate has finally confirmed

loretta lynch as the next attorney-general of the united states. he was nominated to succeed eric holder. 10 republicans voted for loretta lynch. she is the first african-american woman to hold the position and will be sworn in monday. a $34 million merger between comcast and time warner may be it dep any. comcast expected to back out after an faa raised doubts. >> iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi is complaining coalition air strikes is taking too long. to speed things up the u.s. is considering training iraqi forces to spot targets for american air strikes. we have had report on the refugee crisis from baghdad.

>> reporter: in the we were suburb of baghdad, this football pitch has been turned into a camp. everyone here has escaped the fighting in ramadi and the surrounding areas. many were scared and criticized their government. this man has eight children, including a boy with leukaemia. he is unemployed and poor. he says he felt humiliated after sleeping two nights in the open waiting for permission from the government to let his family in. >> they demanded a sponsor. i said i have no one. i asked them to give me my papers and let me die in dignity back home. >> he and his family were allowed in after someone they don't know sponsored them. his wife said they had to flee. >> we asked the government to give anbar weapons, so people could defend it and not allow vepingers in. they ignored us.

now we urge the government to do something. >> more than 113,000 left anbar since april 8th. the ghost has sent reinforcements to clear them of i.s.i.l. fighters. that battle may continue for a while. the u.n. says it is doing what it can to help. >> i think what was surprising is how quickly the people left anbar. in particular ramadi. we saw within a period of a couple of days more than 100,000 people fled the town. they took what they could, and ran. the world food program distributed food. we have distributed kits emergency kits buckets and things you need. >> there are terrified people they are lucky to have found shelter. >> there's 106 families living in the camp, and they have to share toilets and bathrooms. conditions are tough. many feel that they have an

unknown future. in other parts of baghdad conditions are not better for the displaced. mosques are packed and people are almost squeezed in israeli tank have been firing on tart north of the gaza strip -- targets north of gaza strip. military officials say it comes after a rocket was fired. it came as israelis celebrated independence day. worshippers from gaza will not be allowed to attend prayers at jurisdiction's al- absque mosque there was a march vowing to work together to ensure attacks on migrants never happens again. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: they marched in solidarity foreigners and sav caps alike. a unified front in a country

that was proud of its achievements in fighting racial hate red. >> thousands of people coming together in johannesburg in a march against xenophobia. the message is clear. no to attacks against foreigners in south africa. >> civil society groups schoolchildren religious leaders, trade unions and foreign workers joined the march. >> we can't continue. we have to be united and move forward. it has to stop. >> at the end of the day, it doesn't matter where you come from or who you are. we are human, trying to get through it together. >> hundreds of foreigners left the country since the attacks began. there's resentment among locals that foreigners are taking their jobs. the attacks brought shame to the nation one struggling against

racism for so long to end apartheid. >> the message we want to put across is not that all south africans are xenophobic. we tell them what happened is not good for the image of south africa. let us march together the government launched a media campaign against xenophobia setting up a committee focused on reaching out to communities deploying the army to hot spots. >> we must continue to work together even when the violence stops, so we never have a situation like this. >> in 2008, more than 60 people were killed in another wave of xenophobic violence. the government said then as now, politics and unemployment were among the route causes. the problems exist today, and voices calling for change are growing louder.

>> nigerian soldiers are retreating a day after they vane advanced on a boko haram stronghold. they say the forest is booby trapped and too dangerous to continue. three pro-government vigilantes were killed by a landmine. it's 60 miles from chibok where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped. >> allegations against police in mexico an investigation connecting them to a mass killing of a vigilante group. it happened 300 miles west of mexico city. adam raney reports. >> killed in the crossfire, or massacred by federal police it's unclear what the cell phone video shows. according to an investigation by a mexican journalist the police opened fire on members of the group on january 6th. this contradicts the government story that nine people died in

friendly fire. we came to the safe house to met the men who say they were attacked that day. >> translation: the police were hooded and aimed their rifles at us. we raised our hands and said don't shoot. they started shooting. >> he said the army was there. this is one of the leaders of the group, known as the viagra. they call themselves self-defence forces or vigilantes authorities say they are part of a drug gang. it's hard to tell where one's allegiances lie. most of the men were in town that day. >> all i could see was people dying, getting shot. as a matter of fact. i see them there. they were kneeing them on the knees, and shooting them. >> reporter: the last time we met the group was nearly a year ago when they worked with state police to bring down mexico's most wanted man now he feels

they can't go to town. this woman witnessed shooting that arrived on her doorstep asking to remain anonymous. >> they have sticks and rocks to defend themselves. they seemed desperate. and ran off. some wearing sandals. police and federal authorities refused to speak to us about the report. the president security at the time and in a new post he maintains that killings were a result of cross fire. >> checkpoints manned like this one are all over it's a violent place. the vigilantes we speak to has been saying they'll never trust the federal police again after what happened. >> we showed security footage from the violence. he said his men are running and they never fired. some of what happened is caught on cameras.

the truth may never fully come to light more than 5,000 people are fleeing their homes in chilli after two eruptions in less than a day. the eruption send a cloud of ash into the air, forking airlines to cancel -- forcing airlines to cancel flights. officials declared a state of emergency. >> a plume of ash and smoke can be seen for miles. as the col bukko -- calbuco volcano roars of life. the first of two eruptions began overnight. supercharged particles charged into the atmosphere creating lightening storms. schools and airports have been closed and people nearby have been ordered to leave quickly. >> we decided to enact a health warning to all towns around a 20km perimeter.

this will develop as we assess the different situations on the ground. >> in the council close to the volcano, up to half a meter of ash and boulders covered the area. >> when the rocks began to naul we evacuated the area. we took a few things with us we have to come back and collect other things. >> reporter: winds have driven the cloud into argentina. residents woke up to volcanic ash covering the streets. it's the first time the volcano erupted in 43 years. the syme laps video capturing -- time lapse video capturing the fall scale. while there has been no lava yet, scientists watch calbuco closely, saying a more aggressive eruption could be on its way. as officials monitor calbuco, the mining service is

reporting a magnitude three quake in the vol cape scro, 200 miles to the north. it erupted for the first time in 15 years. they issued a second-highest alert 100 years ago 1.5 million armenians were massacred. while turkey insists it was not genocide. >> ministers, officials and indigenous leaders from eight countries are gathering to discuss issues facing the top of the world.

turkey's president continues to deny the armenian genocide. friday marks 100 years since the massacre leaving 1.5 million men, women and children dead. president recep tayyip erdogan speaking today said the death toll was inflated. >> i always said we are ready to open our archives at every meeting we attended.

if armenia has archives they should open them too. in fact i'll take it a step further. i say we are ready to open our military archives. i have no fear. our ancestors did not persecute recep tayyip erdogan says armenians died because of civil unrest. the white house called it an atrocity president obama stopped short of using the word genocide thousands of armenians travelled around the world to witness a canonizing sermoning. tomorrow a look at the politics in the u.s. on whether to call the massacre a genocide. the arctic council is becoming apparent as the ice

melts. canada hold a high take, 40% of its land in the arctic circle. in the "off the radar" circle daniel lak reports from canada's northern-most city. >> reporter: the discovery of a sunken british ship from the mid-19th century was a triumph from archeology but for canada an assertion of sovereigntiment the divers had military support, and are part of a project to map the sea floor in waters disputed with the united states. even canada's prime minister stephen harper got in on the abbing announcing the -- on the act announcing a gin as a history buff -- -- the fined as a history buff. among achievements setting up a northern business council, promoting indigenous knowledge and looking for ways to reduce carbon emissions.

canada's record as council chair is mixed at best. >> it came in with a modest agenda, not seeking to do: it hasn't done much but continues to support and maintain a body that provide a space for western countries in russia to work together on arctic issues. in that respect the canadian chairmanship has been a success. >> the canadian government's low-key approach contrasts with promises to bring jobs to the north, bolstering sovereignty in a region that is crucial to the future. some see gaps between rhetoric and reality. >> canada made some promises that came through, and some that didn't. rank and file people that are weighing for bread and butter issues more than the arctic council. >> temperatures are rising

faster. entire ways of lives are threatened. doing something about that is ever more urgent. canada's coastal commoupt yis are bearing the -- communities are bearing the brunt. whether it's unpredictable winters or ice-free summers. they'll look forward to the next two years, where the u.s. is promising to use its leadership to do something positive about climate change in a place it's felt acutely. five nations made claims on parts of the arctic ocean, denmark, russia all have made claims under the united nations convention on the laws of the sea. russia's is the largest, extending in a wide ban. denmark extends from greenland, overlapping part of the area claimed by russia. the united states has not ratified the convention.

let's bring in a nobel peace prize recipient in 2006, for work on the international panel of climate change. i suspect many have not heard of the arctic coup. there's little doubt it's more important because of the changes in the arctic circle. >> indeed. you are right about that. it's exciting. we here in the united states to move into a chairmanship at a time there's a high level commitment to the climate issue, indigenous people of the north and bring new technology and ideas in this rapidly changing arena. >> relations among the eight countries have been cordial, at least when it comes to the arctic. now the russians are saber-rattling. holding military exercises for the first time since the cold war. denmark is mar aggressive. could the arctic get

contentious. >> i don't think so. the arctic - we see it with secretary kerry, and his colleagues the minister of foreign airs. they build a trust using the arctic council as a venue to do a number of things. as the u.s. takes over the chairmanship. it brings three things, bolstering a number of things brought on the table, such as the search and rescue agreement among the eight arctic nations, and they'll take that to the next step and implement it with exercise and a series of other things that have occurred. secondly secretary kerry would like to bring new things to the table. for example, with the small villages that are using diesel

for electricity and power. where you can hydroize wind and clean up the air. they want to strengthen the arctic council. >> part of the issue. >> melting in some areas could allow tapping into oil and gas that is there. are you afraid it will take a back seat to economics. the opening of the sea way is the biggest fash. half of the ice area is gone in september. compared to what it was a number

of nations are seeing that this is a time for their people. building a new kind of life. >> that is a big part of this this had big consequences for the communities in the area who are seeing environment change and way of life affected. >> i think it's visible, how the rain deers are herded the land. things of that nature play a big role. >> thank you for joining us tonight. >> greece faces economic disaster if it cannot reach terms with its creditors. ahead, a look at what that could mean for the people of greece.

in our global view segment we look at how news outlets are reacting to various events.

they are calling for europe to create a new energy status. europe cannot let itself be held captive to blackmail, urging spain to lead the way on renewable energy and connect to gas pipelines. >> the star of toronto crisises abdul fatah al-sisi. under a head line - criminal justice on display. calling the trial of mohamed mursi, a travisy of justice. mohamed mursi was sent to prison for inciting violence. the paper points out abdul fatah al-sisi, nor former president hosni mubarak was held accountable for the deaths of protesters. in france "charlie hebdo" newspaper offers a take on the migrant crisis. it carries the caption "a titanic every week", showing celine dion singing "my heart

will go on", as she stands on a boat of singing migrants. >> five years to the day after requesting a bailout greece was in danger of defaulting on debts. after meeting with growing prime minister alexis tsipras, german chancellor angela merkel says everything must be done to prevent default. a year ago. the government pledged $1.5 billion, running from athens to the western cities. it was part of a package, designed to boost the economy. for the new government it hasn't paid contractors for three months. the money was diverted to repay creditors. including funds from europe. >> if we lose it. there's danger. danger that these would not be finished by 2015. and in that case the european

has the right not only not to fund the remaining part but also offenses to bring the project back which would be a disaster. >> some contractors are unable to pay salaries. >> greek construction shed a cart are of a million jobs. european subsidies are the only source of revenue. during that time the industry shrunk by half. today it accounts for less than 2% of the greek economy. the government cash crunch threatens a larger chunk of the economy. >> pensions make up 15% of all money. unemployment is so high that pension funds can only cover half their needs. the government as attempted to reverse the flow of money, asking the funds to lend it cash

reserves. most have so far refused. >> this is an emergency option. we are talking about a small amount of money that can be leant for a few weeks. it has to be repaid so pensions can be paid out. there is a fear that it may not be. >> the government officially promises to repay creditors in full much the money is running out. some say it will prioritise the economy over creditors, if push comes to shove. that could lead the greek economy morest lated than ever -- more isolated than ever. >> in honour of the hubble tell scope's 25th year in orbit, n.a.s.a. released some photos. they show a star cluster, about 2 million years old, and containing some of the milky way's frightest and hottest

stars. scientist may soon be able to clone an animal that has been extinct for many years, the woolley mammoth. but should they. that's coming up at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00p.m. pacific. that's all for the news. "america tonight" is next. i'll see you again in an hour. on "america tonight," degrees of debt. dreams of a college education and how it is draining away the future for hundreds of thousands of american students. >> i have 12 different loans by three different servicers.

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