80 and he once described himself as an monk but he is a beacon of peace and hope, victoria with al jazeera. and you can keep up to date with all the day's news and sport on our website, all the news all the time on al jazeera.com. greeks pull out all the cash they can as banks close doors. up neck the debt crisis and possible default that could bring down the greek economy. the three-week manhunt comes to an end after police find the second fugitive just miles from the prison where he escaped. several states push back against legalizing same-sex marriage. some clerks today can refuse giving out the licenses.

good morning, and thanks so much for joining us here on al jazeera america. live in new york city i'm morgan radford. it's a waiting game in greece where people are lining up to take money out of atms. banks are closed today and will be next week as the dead approaches to solve the debt crisis. they owe nearly $2 billion debt payment tomorrow. they have schedule add a referendum on saturday to decide whether or not to accept a deal. john, what exactly are people doing today ahead of that deadline? >> reporter: well people are thinking of their household expenses and keeping themselves afloat rather than the national obligation to pay a creditor on

tuesday. so they are still lining up at cash machines as they have been all weekend, but as of today if they find a cash machine with money in it and the government says they have been refilled they can withdraw up to 60 euros, about $66 per card per day. it is a subsistence amount to keep people from going hungry. people have withdrawn 40 billion euros since december. a quarter of all bank deposits have disappeared and we presume it went houses and daughters and mattresses. some of it may have gone abroad as well. people have been long preparing for this moment of confrontation with creditors. they've known that a banking crisis could be around the corner since march when it became clear that the atmosphere with greece's european creditors was souring badly and that there was offense being taken on both

sides and the relationship was getting worse rather than better. >> john it sounds like people are squirrelling away their money in socks and drawers. 60 euros a day is not much. european leaders won't extend a loan program for greece. how likely is it then that they will, in fact default? >> reporter: well the fact is that contractually, legally, if you like greece has agreed to the june 30th deadline. greece only andsked for the extension on saturday in more or less the same 24-hour period when it declared the referendum. last night on sunday the prime minister said that he was reiterating that request directly to the president of the european council, which is the gathering of the heads of european governments, the most powerful group in the european political machinery.

it seems unlikely though that the europeans will extend it. the greeks really have to make a move towards showing that they wish to reciprocate an offer like that. they need to show that they're willing to accept at least the austerity measures creditors have proposed. that's the mindset in brussels at the moment. >> john joins us live from athens. thank you so much. cash is a hard thing to come by for the greek banks, especially after european central bank cut the country off. dominick cain explains. >> the choice of language that followed the teleconference that was held in the building behind me yesterday at lunchtime was very interesting, because they said that we stand ready to help the greek central bank but they froze on maintaining the ela, the emergency liquidity assistance, at the level established on friday. the greek economy, the greek government has received elas for many months now to the tune of

perhaps 90 billion euros. the question is whether the greek government had drawn down all of that cash or not, because if they have not, then they had access to what was remaining from it. if they had, then effectively it was the end of cash. >> as john mentioned there is frustration and anger among greek citizens in the midst of this crisis. >> translator: the institution's ultimatum on the night of the 27th and the sudden proposal i wonder if he would do the same in france germany or lucks berg his country of origin. would he intervene for a referendum? >> reporter: if it's a week it won't be a big problem. the whole thing with the banks is not a big deal. it's the future. what will happen with the referendum? that is the big issue. >> greece has two critical deadlines when its payments are due to creditors. that's the international monetary fund and the european central bank. tomorrow is the deadline as we mentioned to repay the imf $1.8

billion. on july 20th greece would owe the ecb $3.9 billion. puerto rico is also facing a debt crisis of its own. the island governor says it cannot repay $72 billion to its creditors. the governor is expected to release a reform plan today, and just over the weekend said that the island is in financial death spiral. he wants to defer debt payments while negotiating with creditors, but one economist says puerto rico is simply running out of time. >> we have to basically pull the long-term interests before the interests. this is not political. this is the survival of puerto rico. >> the international monetary fund is proposing tough economic restrictions for the island. it's calling for suspending the minimum wage reducing holidays and teachers and even increasing

property and corporate taxes. a convicted murderer on the run for weeks after escaping a new york prison is in the hospital this morning in critical condition. david sweat was shot twice and arrested sunday in the town of constable, new york about 2 miles south of the canadian border and not far from where he escaped. more than 1300 officers had been scanning the countryside looking for him since he escaped with richard matt earlier this month. a lone state trooper spotted sweat simply jogging down the road. >> the sergeant recognized mr. sweat, obviously, from his description. they encountered and engaged mr. sweat. mr. sweat fled. the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon hitting mr. sweat twice in the torso. >> this news about intet's capture comes after fellow

fugitive richard matt died in a shoot-out with police on friday. officials released his autopsy which described bug biteser and abrasions that the medical examiner says are, in fact, consistent with living in the woods for three weeks. the fight over same-sex marriage isn't over. some states are now trying to resist the supreme court's decision. lawmakers in louisiana and in mississippi both say they will not issue licenses until lower courts clarify that ruling. the attorney general in texas is going one step further. he says county clerks can, in fact, refuse to issue licenses to same-sex couples if that would offend the clerk's religious beliefs. in a state ken paxton writes the united states supreme court again ignored the text and spirit of the constitution to manufacture a right that simply does not exist. he also said the state would do anything we can to help our county clerks and public officials who now are forced with defending their religious beliefs against court's ruling.

paxton acknowledged the clerks are likely to be sued but says the numerous lawyers can help them in the case. louisiana's governor and republican presidential candidate bobby jindal says the supreme court decision will force many in his state to compromise thif beliefs as well. >> it's wrong to force christian individuals, businesses pastors and churches to participate in wedding ceremonies that violate sincerely head religious beliefs. we have to stand up and fight for religious liberty. they can read opinion polls just like the supreme court. >> jindal said that president obama praised the supreme court decision years after publicly expressing his opposition to same-sex marriage. as randall pinkston reports, the president's evolution didn't come so easy. >> good morning. >> reporter: president obama in almost somber tones welcomed the supreme court's decision on same-sex marriage. >> this morning the supreme court recognized that the

constitution guarantees in marriage equality. in doing so they have re-affirmed that all americans are entitled to the equal protection of the law. >> reporter: the president praised the couples who lobbied for change endured bullying threats and unequal treatment and pointed to his administration's efforts to end discrimination. >> that's why we stopped dwepding the so-called defense of marriage act and why we were pleased when the court struck down the central provision of that discriminatory law. >> reporter: the president did not reach that position quickly or easily. in 20008 he seemed to oppose same-sex unions. >> i believe it's the union between a man and woman. >> reporter: once elected, he moved towards supporting gay rights using his executive authority in 2010 to repeal the u.s. military's don't ask don't tell policy. >> no longer will tens of thousands of americans in uniform be asked to live a lie.

>> reporter: two years later during the re-election campaign it was vice president joe bide enwho was the first to pronounce a significant turn by the administration. >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men and women marrying women and heterosexual men and women are intielts entitled to the same rights. >> reporter: days later president obama told robin roberts that his views on same-sex marriage have evolved. >> at a certain point i concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> reporter: white house communications director jan soki said the change of heart on the issue reflects of change of heart in the nation. >> i think the president and vice president and many people in the country have been influenced by the voices and bravery and courage of many people who have tried to make

the point that equality is the right move. >> reporter: randall pinkston al jazeera. another victim of the shooting at emanuel ame church in charleston will be laid to rest today. 59-year-old myra thompson will be remembered at the church where she and eight others were gunned down. over the weekend vice president biden made a surprise appearance at sunday's services for emanuel. they held a funeral service for middleton-doctor. they're looking at a string of fires as predominantly black churches throughout the south. six churches have been burned in the past week alone, and that includes a fire at the briere creek baptist church in charlotte, north carolina on wednesday. then on thursday another fire broke out at god's power church of christ in macon, georgia. a fire in tennessee is also being investigated as arson. just hours left before a deadline to reach a deal on iran's atomic program, but will it be a historic victory or just

another delay? we'll take a look at u.s. efforts to contain tehran's nuclear ambitions.

tonight, and we go live... good morning. thanks so much for joining us here on al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford and it's 7:45 a.m. this monday morning. let's look at today's top

stories. an investigation is underway in massachusetts where three people on board a plane died after it crashed into a house just south of boston. the house caught fire but thankfully the four residents inside the home survived. the cause of that crash, however, is still not clear. officials this morning urge hundreds of washington state residents to leave their homes. the raging sleepy hollow fire is 100 miles east of the seattle. it's even getter closer to homes. around a dozen houses have already been burned. there's word that ohio's republican governor is considering a run for president. john kasich plans to make a special announcement on the july 21st and travel to early nominated states. there are more than a dozen big-name republicans already in the running for the nomination. back to the stop story this morning in greece. atms there are running out of money as people take out 60

euros at a time and that's about $66 and it's the max that people can withdraw as the country tries to resolve a debt crisis that threatens to tank the economy. joins us this morning is elani. what's the mood there in athens today? >> reporter: well, you know greek people are numb, really. they're walkking up to an unprecedent situation and panic is setting in outside banks, in supermarkets and gas stations as people wake up to the that capital controls are probably here to stay. this is the greek economy now signalling it's a special case economy in a monetary union. what i find troublesome is this

whole situation could have been avoided. we saw the government unilateral unilaterally leigh the negotiating table, when in reality the policy it put on the table had really converged with a proposal of the creditors to a significant extent. >> i want to interrupt you for a minute. you said the most troubling thing you found was the government kind of willing to walk away. public sentiment aside how are corporate leaders and those that run big banks responding now? >> reporter: i'm sorry. i wasn't able to hear you very well. >> sure. i was saying how are the corporate leaders and those who are actually running those big banks responding? >> reporter: well you know i think everybody is in a bit of a state of shock. especially because d-day is approaching tomorrow when really the program expires and greece is left without a safety

net of any kind and really without -- and without access to the markets. so we've entered unchartered waters. one person is talking to the next trying to find out what's going to happen. it's very difficult to come up with an answer. all that we can hope is you know for reasonableness to prevail and for the greek side and the crater side to come back to the negotiating table. what are the chances of this? we will have to see. >> we certainly have seen the stock markets falling sharply today across europe and asia. as you mentioned as we enter unchartered territory. all right we're live from athens this morning. thanks for being with us. we're one day away from the final deadline of iran's nuclear talks. the obama administration admits they continue into early july. the foreign minister headed back to tehran this weekend where he's expected to return to vie

yen that then tomorrow morning. we take a closer look at years of marathon negotiations and several missed deadlines. november 1979. students stormed the u.s. embassy in tehran taking 52 americans hostage. the carter administration hits back with economic sanctions but fails to win broad-based global support. a lack of international backing that stretches into the '80s and '90s hampering efforts by the reagan and clinton administrations to isolate tehran over the nuclear ambitions. >> the europeans and asians were eager to do business with iran and didn't have the bad history are iran. >> reporter: by 2006 a global seven senses started to take shoep after hard line president mahmoud ahmadinejad defied the united nations order to suspend

iran's uranium enrichment program. >> that caused a lot of concern not just for the united states and the allyies but really the international community as a whole. >> in december 2006 the u.n. security council passed the first round of sanctions against iran, binding all member states to enforce them. in june 2010 iran's oil profits and banking sectors were added to the u.n. sanctions list. paving the way for washington to up the ante and black-list foreign banks that did business with iran. in 2012 europe followed suit cutting iran off from official channels from moving money in and out of the country. game changers that decimated iran's economy and for theed tehran to the nuclear negotiating table. in 2013 under the leadership of the newly elected president

rouhani, iran agreed to curb portions of the nuclear program in exchange for a partial lifting of sanctions. with negotiations in the final stretch, the thorny issue now is when and how to do away with the rest. iran wants aum sanctions annulled as soon as a deal is implemented, while the u.s. wants them success spepded incrementally with a mechanism to reinstate if iran violates the deal. patricia solvga al jazeera. last week iran's supreme leader laid out a new direction for the deal. they say that the ayatollah's statements are more than just political posturing. >> their relationship has been troubled, and every time there's been a promise from the world powers, western powers that there will be some sanctions relief or removal, we've seen that they backtracked on that. so he's trying to make sure that

iran's national interests are kept at bay and that the iranians are guaranteed that these sanctions relief will occur. as you've seen throughout this negotiation, iran has kept made major concessions on the nuclear file. all we've seen from the word powers was yet to be seen. here the red lines are in a place to give iran new power in the negotiations but to indicate iran is serious about its own end of the commitment as long as the world powers reciprocate. >> all sides say they will stay in vienna and keep working until a deal is, in fact, reached. israel's navy stopped a boat headed for gaza today filled with pro-palestinian activists. they wanted to draw attention to a naval place in 2007. the israel prime minister says it's filled with hip pock see.

trrp on board the flotilla they chose to protest in the state of israel. >> israel's military says it followed international maritime law and essentially forced the boat to sail to an israeli report. we have more from israel. >> reporter: it's here at the israeli port of ashod where those on board the ship that was intercepted by the israeli navy in international waters will be brought. they will then be deported out of the country and barred from entering again for at least ten years. now, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, has accused the activists on board this boat and indeed parts of this flotilla that tried to break the blockade of gaza as hypocrites saying all they're doing is supporting hamas. whatever the case israel is

extremely sensitive about these flotillas and certainly about this blockade of gaza. you only have remember five years ago when it intercepted a boat in which nine activists were killed. israel was harshly criticized for that but the one that remained is the blockade is still in place. a supreme court decision has legalized same-sex marriage but finding acceptance in a lot of communities is still a struggle. we take you to an oasis of acceptance in an unlikely place.

california's nature is expected to give final approval today to require vaccinations for children that attend public schools. the controversial bill removes california's personal belief exemptions for immunizations almost medical reasons would be granted.

a weekend of pride celebrations in new york city for supporters of gay rights. rainbow flags were in full force as tens of thousands of people took to the streets right here in new york city and they were celebrating the annual gay pride parade but friday's historic supreme court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. marches were held in chicago, seattle and san francisco. meanwhile, in the religious community a group of mormon mothers with gay children is trying to change the way that their church views same-sex relationships. as roxanne supports the mama dragons find themselves in deep convict with the teachings the latter-day saints. >> the mormon church says same-sec attraction is not april sin but acting on it is. they feel rejected. >> bring up an lgbt topic.

>> stockton powers is gay. since he came out he doesn't feel welcome in the mormon community and no longer goes to church. >> once i came out, some people stopped talking to me. we had scout camp annually and some moms said that if he goes i don't want my child to go because what if he's going to do something. >> reporter: at first his mother struggled to reconcile her faith with her son's sexuality, but she's helping to lead a group of mormon mothers who have gay children to change the views. >> we may not be able to make a change within the church and within the culture, but i know that we are making changes with other moms and i know we're providing a support for other lgbt people. >> reporter: tonight we hear more from this family and tell you about their journey to make their church more accepting of their gay loved ones. al jazeera salt lake city.

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>> enough is enough. >> i lived that character. >> we will be able to see change. desperate measures in greece. banks are closed and cash withdrawals limited as the debt deadline fast approaches. it's called the grease of the caribbean. why washington may have to fix a debt crisis in puerto rico. a sigh of relief as the manhunt for an escaped convict comes to an end three weeks after the breakout.

good morning. this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. world financial markets slide this morning as greece teeters on the edge of default and taking drastic measures. tomorrow is the deadline for greece to pay nearly $2 billion to the imf, and euro zone ministers have so far refused an extension. the greek government has closed banks for the week to stop panicked bank runs. greeks are hitting atms in droves. they have took out so much money that the government has imposed withdrawal limits 60 you're yos or about $66. with debt talks stalled, greece has scheduled a referendum so the people can decide whether or not to accept the bailout terms. we have more from athens. >> reporter: 60 euros a day is the withdrawal limit on atms for

people using cards issued by grook banks. people come in from abroad will be able to use cards at normal withdrawal limits. we learn that the banks will be physically shut until next monday. they will open on tuesday, july 7th. this means that the atms, which are beginning to open up again, they were being restocked with cash this morning, are going to be people's only source of cash for the next eight days. there will be normal web banking, phone banking and credit card transactions within greece itself we are told, and the government is reassuring people that salary deposits will be made normally by employers. there will be no problems for companies putting salaries into their accounts and the government will put tensions into people's accounts as normal. what we don't know is whether the pensioners can pick up the

entire pension as many are used to doing on payday. now that we're officially informed banks will be closed for a week people are unhappy. a lot of people say they regret voting for the prime minister. a lot are shocked by the fact that the country is now in the full-blown crisis that they feared even though they have been expecting something like this to happen. that's why 40 billion euros were withdrawn since elections were declared last december. a quarter of all dpofss are in people's homes. there is a lot of anger expressed and there will money in the marketplace. if you go out to the market there are farmers markets operating in athens. there is still fruit and vegetables being sold and people are going out to do their weekly grocery shopping normally. there is still money out there. the society is flush with cash at the moment because of all the withdrawals. one hopes that this will continue throughout the week.

that people won't start rning out of money, let's say, thursday or friday and then they'll be in serious difficulty. for the moment people are politically unhappy but not yet materially unhappy. >> okay. john in athens. greece is not the first country to take measures to stem the tide of people rushing to withdraw money or transfer it. china only recently started to relax kroefls fromly. s their citizens from investing abroad. in 2001 argentina's economic crisis prompted customers to withdrawal cash from banks and converts them into u.s. dollars. the government first blocked withdrawals and froze some deposits. argentina soon defaulted on almost $100 billion in debts. cypress was the first euro zone with capital controls in 2013 as part of a bailout deal. the banks were closed fosh nearly two weeks. last year ukraine restricted

citizens from buying foreign currency and a sliding domestic currency. in the next half hour patricia will be here to explain what it means for the u.s. and the global economy. puerto rico is facing a debt crisis of its own. the island's governor says it cannot repay 7 it $2 billion in debted. he's expected to release a reform plan today. he wants to defer debt payments while negotiating with creditors. andy gallagher explains the people of puerto rico are really feeling this. >> reporter: at this house in san juan they're makes drastic changes. the air-conditioning is going off and windows are opened and lights dimmed all to save money on electricity charges that have risen dramatically. this family's latest monthly bill is close to $700. in past months it's over 1,000. >> you're clueing your eyes and

to see what we come with. >> manuel says the financial burden of rising energy costs has forced him to have difficult conversations with his family. >> you have to talk to them about this because you have to the conscious about it. it's not easy to get $1,000 every month and put it down the drain because of electricity. i think it's very unfair. >> reporter: electricity in puerto rico is supplied by one government-run company. it's in debt to the tyne of $9 billion and critics say the infrastructure have are are crumbling. >> people in puerto rico have the best service at the best price and mrient with everything that is possible here that is necessary. >> that's not how people feel. they don't feel like they get the best price or service. >> we're doing the best in order to comply with those. >> reporter: economists say problems with the electric

company are part of a broader system of failure. with more than $70 billion of debt, the government faces a very real chance ach shutting down. now more than ever many team this island nation needs a workable plan of action. the economist says puerto rico is a broken island that can only be salvaged if those in power work together quickly. >> we don't have that much dime. we have to work very fast and pool the long-term interests before the other interests. this is not political. this is survival of puerto rico. >> puerto rico's financial crisis is growing deeper every day. there's even talk of the island defaults on the huge debts. officially it's an unincorporated territory in the united states but there's no sign of any internal aid. san juan puerto rico. >> some call puerto rico the greece of the caribbean.

it has an unemployment rate of 14%. the health care system is in crisis. an 11% cut to medicare and medicaid is scheduled because of next year. because of that doctors are leaving puerto rico at a rate of 500 per year. in the last decade 200,000 have left the island. kate long says a a default is not like by but could make for tough times. >> i don't think they would go belly belly-up. services are stilling if to be provided there to the people and they have to struggle for the next couple of years with less money. it raises the same issue of the u.s. government guarantee debt of ucontain why not puerto rico? these are political decisions made on the part of the government. we'll just have to wait and see if the president and the

treasury are willing to help. >> the white house has a task force on puerto rico but since the federal government is not in a rush to take control of the economy. the fight over same-sex marriage is not over. some try to delay implementation the supreme court's decision. lawmakers in louisiana and mississippi say they will not issue licenses until lower kaurts clarify the ruling. the attorney in texas going one step further. he says county clerks can repef if they would offend. in a state ken paxton writing the united states supreme court again ignored the text and spirit of the constitution. paxton also said the state would, quote, do anything we can to help our county clerks and public officials now forced with defending their religious plays gebs the court's ruling.

pack ton acknowledged clerk rgs likely to be sued but pneumonia raws lawyer are available. one clerk in austin texas is ready to oif i can yat same-sex wedding sdpied objections from the state. >> with regard to the issue of marriages law is equality and we're ready to celebrate that today with a roth of people who missed out on that opportunity for fom years. louisiana's governor and republican president canada bobby jindal says the supreme court decision will force many in his state to compromise their beliefs. >> i think it's wrong for the federal government to force christian individuals, businesses pastors, churches to participate in wedding ceremony that violate our sincerely held religious beliefs. we have to stand up and fight for religious liberty. both evolve their views because of opinion polls. they can read them just like the supreme court. >> he pointed out that president obama praised the supreme court decision years after publicly

expressing his op pox to same-sex maerng. a convicted murderer on the run for weeks after escaping a new york prison is in the hospital this morning in critical condition. he was shot twice and arrested sunday in the town of constable, new york about two miles south of the canadian border. we were scanning the countryside for him since he and matt escaped earlier this more. it began when a loan state trooper saul the fugitive jogging down the road. >> the sergeant recognized mr. sweat. obviously, from his description, he encountered and edge gauged mr. sweat. mr. sweat fled. the trooper gave chase and the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point sergeant decided to discharge his weapon hitting mr. sweat twice in the torso. >> the other fugitive, richard matt dies in a shoot-out with

police on friday. officials release his autopsy which describe bug bites and other abraces that the medical examiner says are consistent. another victim of the shooting at the church in charleston will be laid to rest today. 59-year-old myra thompson will be remembered at the church where she and eight hours were done down. over the weekend biden made a surprise achance at the church. it also held a funeral service this week for rev lend depayne, middleton-doctor. the fbi is looking into a string of fires as predominantly black churches throughout the safe. six churches have been burned including a fire at the briarwood road baptist church in north carolina. that happened on wednesday. thursday another fire broke out at god oes power church of christ in georgia. a fire in tensz is being investigated as arson. on the agenda today the

federal railroad administration will announce a partnership with google. it will include safety aherts. first lady michelle obama will be the speaker at the naul ral more impact awards. >> it will highlight women who made a spefshl effort. until the fall the supreme court will issues over redrikting mercury and lethal injections. the lethal injection case includes a sedative used in many executions. death row inmates say is it doesn't induce a coma like speech. today decision could have a major impact on how convicts are executed. >> after two minutes began to gag audibly. and literally gag, and you could see his stomach begin to blot. this was simply monstrous.

>> reporter: father laurjs hemmer is one of the inmates who calmed dennis mcguire die a slow, painful death. mcguire suffered for nearly 30 minutes before he passed away last year. locket regained consequence and riting in pain during the procedure. in april attorneys for the three oklahoma prisons argued by the court that a new cocktail violates the eighth amendment banning cruel and unusual punishment. >> this drug formula is unconstitutional because the first drug will not prevent a prison from feeling the severe pain and suffering of the second and third drugs. >> that drug formula includes a sediment called it is madazolame. many use it because of a shortage of a preferred drug. that's linked to death penalty opponents pressuring them to stop supplies the drugs.

the american pharmacist location adopd a poem discouraging the arguments. one conservative member of the high court requested whether the legal attack on the use was really an effort to end executions altogether. samuel alito said is it appropriate for the judiciary to countenance what amount of a gir ril la war against the death penalty. >> i think they're attack the death panel more so in the execution program. >> they say is renders the inmate unconscious in les than 90 seconds, but some critics are not convinced. sudden soelt mare says you're uncurbs but doesn't tell you don't feel pain. trying to reach a nuclear deal with iran. the deadline is set for tomorrow, but it could slip again. we're live in vienna where talks face new uncertainty. a tourist heads back to the

beach in tunisia. as thousands leave the resort city in fear we hear from some who refused to flee.

welcome back to al jazeera america frmg it's 8:17 eastern. one person has died after a concert stage burst into flames at a water park in taiwan. more than 500 people were injured at the park over the weekend. investigators "the china times" people smoking near the stage may have ignited the fire ball. the italian coast guard rescued northwestern 3,000 migrants in the mediterranean. it's three days after they speed up the process of sevening them home. british, irish and spanish ships all took part in the operation. the death toll from pakistan's heat wave is nearing 1300. victims have died from heatstroke and dehydration. the elderly and poor are the worst effected. it coincides with power cuts leaving people without fans and

refrigeration refrigeration. tomorrow is the deadline but the u.s. five superpowers admit the self-imposed time frame mant be met. the foreign minister headed back to tehran over the weekend. he's expected to return to vienna tomorrow morning. ali is a senior analyst on iran with the international crisis group joining us from the talks in vienna. thank you for being with us? how are these talks likely to proceed? >> reporter: well we're in the final hours of a complicated high stakes negotiations and as it was expected, these final steps are going to be very difficult and the parties will have to make hard decisions and show a lot of flexibility, and that is expected to take us down to the wire until the last-minute of the deadline and wee i don't understand the deadline.

>> does it appear from your view the deadline will be missed and if so how long can it being extended before the whole deal is put in jeopardy? >> reporter: look the reality is that all deadlines are artificial, and this deadline is no exception to the rule. it was self-imposed by the negotiators. it's useful because it helps to concentrate the mind of the negotiators and push them to make the hard decisions. but the reality is in november 2013 in geneva for the interim agreement, we missed the deadline. in luzon we missed the deadline but we finally bridged the gap and reached an agreement. still, i think now in vienna there is too much political will and the parties have come too close to the finish line to turn around now. if we go beyond the deadline by a few days i don't think it's a big problem.

>> if it goes past july 9th here in united states it may be more difficult for congress on approve the deal. they have a 60-day review period, right? >> reporter: that is right. i think the negotiators prefer to have an agreement before july 9th. this is as i said a highly complicated and technical agreement. no one wants to go through all of these political pains to reach the agreement and then see it collapse a few months down the road because of a mistake or some technical details that the negotiators overlooked because they were pressured by time. so it's i think mother important for them to use the necessary time to reach an agreement that is air tight and watertight and bulletproof rather than getting an agreegs that collapses a few months or years down the road because of false technical issues in the text. it's true that a 60-day review

period is twice as long but in a two-year negotiating process, that's not really going to make it or break it. >> you sound very optimistic. in your view it is more just technical details and not major sticking points at this point in the game? >> reporter: look i sound optimistic because i've been covering and studying these negotiations for a long time. i haven't seen this much political will on both sides, and as i said we have really come too closes to the finish line. this is now just too big to fail and the alternatives are just so unattractive that i think there is a sense of inevitability even when you talk to the negotiators on both sides. so i'm hopeful, am the issues are beyond technical, their political and difficult political decisions have to be made. again, i don't think that these negotiations could have us

succeeded and survived until this stage in the talks if there was no political will and that's really what matters more than anything else. >> so he's returned to tehran. what does he need to accomplish there before coming back to the talks? >> reporter: this is the first time he's returned in the midst of negotiations and it's probably because he understands that the there is a need for the difficult, political decisions that i mentioned before to be taken at the highest levels and probably proposals have been offered to him that required either additional flexibility or instructions he had not received before coming to vienna. he went back for coordination, and this is really a critical moment because if the leadership in tehran miscalculates its own strengths and weaknesses of the other side, there's room for

miscalculation and this is akin to a very high stakes game of poker that could go wrong at the last-minute. although we're very close, this is a human affair and always room for error or miscalculation. >> thank you so much for your analysis. i really appreciate it. >> reporter: my pleasure. well tourists are back at a beach in tunisia just days after an attack killed 39 people. many visitors rode on camels and waved flags but the beach wasn't as busy before friday's attack carried outed bring a single gunman linked to isil. it's the latest of recent attack targeting foreigners in tunisia. mourners laid flowers and candles in memory of the victims. we had a chance to talk to some

visitors still there. >> reporter: this is where one of the tourists was killed. she heard gunfire and ran to hide but fell at this spot. this is where a couple were shot by the gunman. one of the most attractive beaches has become the scene of the worth attack on tourists in tunisia's history. >> i thought these things happen in london or paris or big cities. i was not expecting something to be happening here. this is a dramatic scene. >> reporter: many came a long way to enjoy a vacation. dreams that were startered on the beach of the imperial hotel. hundreds of tourists have packed and return home. those who stayed come to lay flowers on the site of the shooting. >> i feel very sad. really very very sad.

we put town flowers yesterday and cries, of course. it seems it's the death for these people and for this quiet country. >> the people we met recall the horror they felt during vietnam. they say they can't understand why someone would kill tourists but all say they may not come back to tunisia. >> not coming back here in the future, no. it's because i'm scared, and that's probably what they he wanted. i have two children at home that i miss very much. >> translator: i feel sad for the tunisians in the future. they need no badly boost the economy so people find jobs. >> the government will increase the number of troops streets and

with some mosques accused of enciting violence. for these tunisias that park that, their march on the beach is a message of defiance that they will continue to work despite the uncertain times. this is where the gunman came from and opened fire killing 38 people. the attack raises many questions and has led to an increase in security procedures in one of the most popular tourists destination in north africa. al jazeera suse. the investigation continues in france this morning from an attack connected to isil. mourners gathered sunday at lion to remember a man. he had no criminal ro report but fleg flagged him for foe terrible ties to terrorist groups. aloud and proud weekend for gay rights.

in the wake of the supreme court legalizing same-sex marriage but not everyone is happy with the change. plus a failure for commercial space travel. a cargo mission breaks up and could leave some hungry astronauts aboard the international space station.

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deferring debt payments while negotiating with creditors. banks are closed today in greece where a debt crisis threatening to bring down the economic. athens has until tomorrow to make a $2 billion debt payment to the imf. the government scheduled a referendum for sunday to decide whether greece will accept the bailout terms. the talks over greece's debt have went on for months. they say athens is to blame for the crisis. some in greece dusted off the old money in case they're kicked out of the euro zone. barnaby phillips has more. >> reporter: they've come to the european union office in athens to shout their defiance. they say no to a bailout. no to the imf. this crowd is small. the majority of greeks are simply frightened of what could happen in the coming days and the prime minister is it struggling to reassure his people. >> translator: what is required

over the coming days is sobriety and patience. deposits in greek banks are fully insured as are the payments of pensions and salaries. whatever difficulties might arise should be faced with resolve. the more cold-bloodedly we face the difficulties the quicker we overcome them. >> reporter: even at z prime minister spoke more greeks rushed to the cash machines to get money out while they still coulded. seoophiea was there for four hours waiting for the machine to be restocked. >> reporter: she never thought it would get like this. the government has to go. so are we really talking about a return to these? dracmas on sale. most greeks still see eyre row zone membership as proof the

progress. greek people are now in a very difficult position. their government is telling them to vote no to what are insulting terms from foreign creditors. the opposition warns that it's the government that has brought greece to the edge of economic catastrophe. imagine trying to run a business in this environment. this lighting company is doing well, perhaps because it exports most of its lamps to other parts of europe and the middle east. the man in charge tells me the uncertainties is now crippling. >> translator: if you don't have a stable business, you can't open it. they prolonged negotiations over the past five months where every day something different is going on. not just to our businessmen but to customers as well. >> reporter: athens is humming with rumors about what will happen node euro or drakma economic collapse or belated

salvation. the week ahead could shape greece's destiny for decades to come. greece's bajnks and stock exchange may be closed but other stock markets are he open and reacting to the crisis in greece this morning. what kind of global fallout are we seeing and what will we see going forward? >> there are two kinds of fallout, and the most immediate is financial. markets hate uncertainty, and priet now europe is shrouded in it as everyone tries to gauge what happens tomorrow when greece will miss the imf repayment and fall into arears. more crucially how empty atms and shuttered bajs and capital controls will say greek voters sunday on a referendum on the eu's bailout plan. rattled investors are selling stocks dragging equity markets down around the globe. they're going sour on euros of government debt of peripheral

euro zone countries. they have to park their money somewhere, and in times of uncertainty the safe havens are investments like the u.s. dollar the swiss franc and u.s. and german government bonds. in addition to the if not fall out there's a longer term question about how to impact the ability of powerful financial institutions to dictate bailout terms to governments in trouble. greece's referendums gives its citizens a direct say over whether to accept austerity measures and the continued membership in the euro that implies. that is radical to say the least. the president expressed his disappointment with the referendum characterizing it as a political tactic. >> translator: we're broken off unilaterally by the announcement of the referendum and campaigning to say no to this agreement. without really the whole truth

being spoken. picture one democracy against 18 others is not an attitude worthy of the great greek nation. >> for the government the foreign minister sipris cast them in a less flattering light. on his blog this weekend he wrote the of the creditors, quote, the very idea that a government would consult its people on a problematic proposal put to it by the institution was treated with disdain bordering on contempt. i was asked how do you expect common people to understand complex issues? >> it's hard to say whether this is brilliant or crazy from the analyst's point of view right now. we have to see what happens. thank you. friday's supreme court decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide ushered in a rouses weekend of gay pride events in the u.s.

in europe, asia and south america people called for more rights for the lgbt xhument. the rainbow banner was on display in mexico and peru and south korea and the philippines. from chicago to absolutely and san francisco they showed their support. we were at the celebrations in new york. >> reporter: the annual guy pride march bringing out rainbows and cheers across the country from san francisco to minneapolis. and here in new york. but this year people are marching with extra pride. >> i'm grateful to be in this place at this point in time. i never knew this would happen within my lifetime. >> things have come so far i'm proud to announce my candidaty for the first lady of the united states of america today. >> they're celebrateing the ruling last friday that same-sex

marriage is a constitutional right. for this long time couple the rule means this marriage in new york three years ago must be recognized nationwide. >> this year we're celebrating because we're considered equal to everyone else. it's a joyous occasion this year. >> it's an achievement for the gay rights movement since the early 1970s when the pride march began. back then homosexual acts were illegal in almost every day. cameron bartell appreciates what earlier generations have done for gay people like him. >> we're standing on the shoulders of the people that came before us. this is a lucky generation to have seen the big change. >> reporter: people here say this isn't the time to celebrate the achievements of the gay rights rights movement but a time to reflect on great challenges ahead. >> i want to address hiv stigma because our nation has it in the

workplace, you don't disclose your status. >> we're getting married, but we may not be able to get a job or rent an apartment or eat in a restaurant. a big test lays head for the boy scouts of america. more than a year after ending a ban on openly gay young people as scouts. the organization expelled david naff when he was 67. he believes change is about to happen. >> i still believe in the law. to see this finally happened where if i wish i can come back into scouting. >> for english actor sir ian mckellan a grand marshal at this year's march, work remains worldwide to win hearts. >> what are the big challenges for the lgbt community here and going ahead. >> the easiest part of gay rights is change them all.

eventually it will be accepted and things move on. because the law changes doesn't mean everything changed around us. old prejudices diehard. the republican party has long argued against same-sex unions and party leaders had a mixed reaction to the supreme court ruling. one presidential candidate called it judicial tieyrannytyranny. other says keeping the issue alive will hurt their chances to win the white house in 2016. >> they will follow god, their conscience and what they truly believe is what the chiropractic tur teaches them or they can follow civil law. they go the path to dr. martin luther king who in his brilliant essay it reminded us based on what st. augustine said that an unjust law is no law at all. >> i would not engage in the constitutional amendment process as a party going into 2016 except the court's ruling fight

for the traditional american. >> the court has ruled and it's time to move on. on the democratic side some say last week was a defining moment for the obama presidency. the supreme court same-sex marriage decision came one day after judges again upheld the affordable care act. the president's eulogy for a slain preacher in south carolina is called one of the his most emotional addresses. jason johnson told del walters the praise may be premature. >> i don't think anybody could deem it a successful time period when the president has to deliver a eulogy for the deaths of nine people who were murdered and assassinated. i don't think this is his best week or best two weeks ever but i think that's what happened over the last two weeks, 15 20 years from now when we're waiting about the obama legacy thus one of the most important weeks where many issues about

trade, and race and homosexual rights are solidified. >> is he facing a moving bar when they complain and talk about his legacy. >> i think obama wake up tomorrow morning and look at his uch. i have 18 more months. he's going to say there's a lot more he can do a lot more candid he can be as time goes on. i think the president will spent the last 18 months trying to shore up as many corners as he can, but i think when it's all said and done the bail lout basically saving the auto industry, game major, they're backs intoed obama pie and this is an era where he became the version of ronald reagan. turkey's gay pride celebrations turned violent when police stepped in in istanbul. officers used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds in the square. about 200 marchers were chased

away but regrouped a fuel blocks away. by the end of the day the rally grew again to several thousand people. on the tech beat this morning nasa and spacex are investigating an explosion of an unmanned robert. it -- rocket. it happened two minutes after lifeoff on sunday. it was loaded with research and equipment. tom ackerman reports. >> very super sonic. >>. >> the falcon # broke apart about two minutes into his its flight. the company saided upper section of the two-stage vehicle apparently blue upper do you to overpressure in the hostage tank. >> there's no negligence here or mrob with this. it shows the challenges that we have facing engineering and challenges of space flight in general. >> the rocket was carrying 1800 kilos of food and experiments to

the space station. this is the seventh such pigs which has a $1.6 billion resupply contract with nasa. all but this one was successful. the aalthough on two pry flights they carried out a safe landing on the first stage on a ship out in the atlantic. that would have marked a significant advance in the quest for re-useable rockets. a big cost saver for eventual trips to mars. it was the third launch failure in recent months and a rocket owned by another company exploded shortly after lift-off last october. russia's robotic progress 59 vessel fell back to earth in may short of reaching the station. nasa officials say despite the latest set diagnosis back the crew is not running short of provisions. >> we're in igood position aboard iss in terms of

continuing to house the crew continuing to protect the schedule going forward and continue to do research. >> the space agency is still on track to carry ats naughts to the iss by 2017 fwen on u.s. vessels rather than to keep depending on russian rocket ss. the russians plan to send another shipment to the iss next week. if that succeeds a new three-man crew will be sent to the station in late july bringing it up to six astronauts. tom ackerman al jazeera, washington. after weeks of delays the solar impulse 2 is finally heading to hawaii. the world's first solar-powered plane to try and fly around the world left japan this morning. the co-pilots had to wait for good weather. it's the most ambitious leg ever. solar impulse 2 had bad weather interrupt it's flight from clines to hawaii. it's one of the most popular music festivals, but the biggest

surprise didn't come from a musician. why the dalia lama took the stage and his message about syria and iraq inches he may have been the most famous artist you never heard of it. meet the man behind professional soccer's iconic tattoos.

ica a north carolina teen is in serious condition this morning after a shark attack along the outer banks. the 18-year-old has injuries along his right side and both hands. this is the sixth shark attack off the coast in less than three weeks. officials can't explain the

recent spike. officials this morning are urging hundreds of people in washington state to leave their homes. the sleepy hollow wildfire has burned more than ten houses and is threatening dozens more. the fire has consumed more than 2,000 acres 100 miles east of seattle. a red cross station is set up for people aif he canned. >> we have a level 3 evacuation notice but we haven't -- we didn't leave. we sat there and helped the firefighters, gave them water and whatever they needed. >> the firefighters are still trying to figure out what sparked the fire. extremely dry conditions in the west fuel ongoing fires in oregon, alaska and california. some have been burning for weeks. a small boat bound for gaza is going towards an israeli port. it tried to approach the palestinian territory filled with pro-palestinian activists to draw it to gaza.

good morning. what happens to the activists there? >> reporter: good morning, stephanie. those activists who aren't likely to reach here for at least 12 hours or so. their boat is towed by the israeli navy. once they get here though they will be processed by israeli security forces. they will then be deported from the country and will be refused or barred entry into israel for at least ten months. what's interesting about that is as we've been saying there's a number of activists on there and there's prominent figures on there including a former president of tunisia and at least one european member of parliament. >> how has israel's prime minister reacted to this incident? >> reporter: he has, and perhaps

unsurprisingly he's reacted quite angrily to this attempt by this float till flotilla which ended with one boat tries to breach the blockade. he called activists on board as hypocrites. >> reporter: the pro mief-gaza chose to come to israel the only one that fight against terrorists that deliberately fire at civilians. >> this blockade this maritime blockade has in place since 2007. remind us how it impacts palestinians on a daily basis, the blockade? >> reporter: stephanie, i go to gaza quite often. in fact, i'll go there a few days from now. the fact of the matter is that the situation in gaza is

extraordinarily dire. now, although food stuffs are brought in to gaza although medicines come into gaza the fact of the matter is around 12 months ago after that 50-day war with israel in which so much of gaza was badly damaged, construction still hasn't started. tens of thousands of people who live in gaza have really the most basic of homes to go back to. either cargo containers or even tents or whatever left of their homes. so the situation there is extraordinarily dire extraordinarily acute, and this blockade just doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon. >> which is why we see these drastic protests. thank you. the dalai lama heads to california today. it's part of a tour ahead of his 80th birthday. over the weekend he spoke at europe's biggest music festivals. we have more on about how he

used the stage. >> reporter: this is a visit that the dalia lama was determined to make not only to keep the tibetan issue on the world stage but to promote peace. in rare comments on the escalating violence in syria and iraq, he called for love tolerance and forgiveness. if we prove oneness of humanity then no basis to kill. i love my whole life. >> there's strong criticism by the chi fiez -- chinese government. they warned the advisers to inviting him to one of the europe's largest music festival was tantamount to give him a platform to engage in anti-chinese activities. >> reporter: opposition on tibet is consistent and very clear.

tibet is an inseparable part of china. china resolutely opposed any country organization or body giving platform to the dalai llama to engage in anti-china activities. >> reporter: the festival attracts a diverse mix of artists, speakers and performers supported by count kufl cult tur music in the 1970s. they have headline acts like kanye west. the dalai lama said it's a festival of people and we should be more conscious of one another. >> as i meant earlier from kindergarten level, some education and one heartedness or sense of care. >> the crowd responded with a ren addition of "happy birthday"

for him turning 80 next month. he described himself as a simple tibetan monk but he's a beacon of peace and hope. the prime ministers australia and singapore partied in style yesterday between the two nations. they played drums and showed off balloon hats. the trip was brief but it was back to business today where he signed an agreement to ensure closer economic relations. david beckham may have started it but now dozens was world's most famous soccer players are covered it in tattoos and there's one artists who is inking many of them. they went to chile to visit him. >> movie stars have their favorite dress designers, but when it coming to football players for many this is the man to see. >> reporter: here i am with antonio nidal in italy.

>> he's made a name for himself tattooing some of the most famous football stars, especially chileans who can't seem to get enough. >> translator: mostly religious images, good luck charms names or portraits of their children or mother. >> reporter: he says english football star david beckham was the pioneer, but now it's not just the stars but their fans that demand tattoos. >> i don't think if outside of europe and south america it's so pronounced, but in our society the football player is an important person. there are a lot of youngsters that want to follow in their footsteps, so they want to copy the look. they want not just their haircut haircuts but at that time to say. >> tattoos are a world wide fashion, but following the trends set by football stars is something that took off on a mass level about a year ago during the world cup in brazil.

it was during that world cup it made headlines. during an elimination game the last-minute shot hit the crossbar depriving chile of a victory over brazil a moment he i am mortalized with this tattoo and the words one centimeter from glory. he said when players can't come to him, he goes to them with his tattoo kit as far as dubai. right now, though he's booked solid until september at home in chile, which is currently hosting the all-important america cup regional championship. an event that win or lose he knows his famous clients wilt not to remember with a new tattoo. lucia newman, santiago. coming up in two minutes, the latest on the debt crisis in greece. banks are shut down one day before a deadline to make a huge

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