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you're watching al jazeera america. live from new york city i'm morgan radford. the final supreme court rulings are out on executions, elections and the environment. the justice et cetera ruling 5-4 rejected a challenge by death row inmates in oklahoma over a controversial execution drug. lisa stark joins us. lisa, what does this ruling mean? >> two justices on either side read their opinions from the bench and that's highly unusual. this case involved a drug called med arizonamidazolam. supposed to render the prisoner in a coma-like state. as you said it's been used in a

couple of botched execution. the question was does the drug violate the 8th amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. no the justice said, it does not. we have held that the constitution does not require the avoidance of all risk of pain. and in his decision, justice alito said, look, inmates have not come before us and given us any other alternative that would be less painful and the district court did not err in finding this drug was okay. justice sotomayor said, as a result it leaves the petitioners exposed to what may well be the chemical equipment of being

burned at the statement -- chemical equivalent to e-equivalent to of being burned at the stake. this method of lethal injection is approved and can go forward according to the supreme court. >> lisa you mentioned the fact that alitolito mentioned the risk of pain and lack of alternative. really wanted to open up the discussion of the legality of lethal injection in general but what was their argument? >> justice brie breyer and ginsburg, he says we need a full debate on this, but very unlikely. very controversial views

expressby the supreme court. >> lisa, hang on, there are other rulings to discuss. the justices of ruled 5-4 over are environmental protection, considering the affect of businesses, but the epa argued costs are really irrelevant, and will bring billions of dollars of health and medical benefits. lisa you said the divisions of this court are in full view and full bloom. this one is really a loss of the obama administration coming off of a pretty big winning streerk no? >> reporter: absolutely, a landmark clean air rule which required coal plants to put out

an analysis. you have to do the cost analysis right when you put out the rule, that is what is required. the court in a five-four majority agreed, saying the epa had overstepped its bounds. even though it has wide latitude the court says it went too far in not considering the cost. the epa will now decide how to move forward whether to reintroduce this rule but really morgan power plants are well on their way to instituting this. the practical effect at least right now may be minimal. going forward however the epa may have to follow this in reaching be standards in the future. >> redistricting, the high court rules 5-4 that arizona can in fact use a commission to create federal congressional districts although the state legislature wanted that power itself. my question for you lisa what are the implications on a

decision like that? >> another 5-4 ruling, this time it was the liberal justice led by justice kennedy. back in 2000 this independent commission five-member commission draws up the congressional districts. it took out of the hands of the legislature. democrats if they are in control often would like to draw the districts to their benefit. the republicans said no, we want them drawn more fairly and that's why the commission was set up. in determining this was okay, the court essentially will allow other states to move forward. some states have partial commissions already doing this work but for folks who want to try to end engineery man jerrymandering. setting up commissions like

this. >> thanks so much for being with us lisa. as lisa said, this is a big week for the supreme court. the justices will hear for a second time a case involving a white woman who was denied entry to the university of texas at austin the court ruled in favor of the university. just three days after the supreme court also made same sex marriage legal nationwide, some courts in texas are handing out licenses to same sex couples today but others are following the advice of the state's attorney general. no licenses to same sex couples if that would offend the clerk's religious beliefs. to manufacture a right that simply does not exist. he also said the state would quote do anything we can to help our county clerks and public

officials who now are forced with defending their religious beliefs against the court's decision. numerous lawyers will be able and available to help them in that case. well some clerks in louisiana have started handing out licenses despite guidance of their state officials. louisiana's governor and presidential candidate bobby jindal says the decision would force many in be his state to compromise their beliefs. >> i think it's wrong. businesses pastors and churches to participate, we have to stand up and fight for religious liberty pnl. >> jindal pointed out that president obama praised the supreme court decision years after publicly expressing his oings toopposition to same-sex marriage.

right now greece is teetering on the brink of financial collapse. people are lining unoutside bank machines to get out cash. now you're looking at a live picture from athens, greece where greek citizens are pretty frustrateand they are pretty angry. >> translator: the institution institutionable ultimatum would he dare intervene when there is a decision to have a referendum? >> translator: if it's just for a week it won't be such a big problem. the whole thing with the banks is not such a big deal. it's the future. what will happen with the referendum? that is the big issue. >> that's the big issue and that is big question because greece has two critical deadlines. when its payments are due to its

creditors, the creditors are the international monetary fund and the european central bank. tomorrow is the deadline to repay the imf $1.8 billion and on july 20th the greece would owe the european union central bank $3.9 billion. other stock markets are open and reacting to greece always default that seems increasingly likely. patty, what is your view on this? >> markets are like mobs. we don't know what to expect. most immediate fallout is the financial markets because they hate uncertainty and of course europe is shrouded in it. how empty atms will affect are voters, whether to sen the accept the bailout offered by the imf and

the international creditors. deciding whether to stay in the euro zone, now equating the referendum directly with euro zone membership, that ups the ante. and to give you an idea how desperate the language is becoming the european commissioners urged to vote 80 and no, to committing suicide. while german chancellor angela merkel waved a carrot to greek citizens. >> today we have made it very clear that should the greek government ask for negotiations for example after the referendum we would of course not refuse. >> now rattled investors have been selling stocks this morning and that has been dragging equity markets down around the globe. they're also going sour on euros and government debt. a peripheral including italy

portugal and spain u.s. dollar, swiss frank and euro, his government is campaigning heavily for greeks to vote no on sunday. >> so he's campaigning heavily but the greeks are out in full force today. in fact can we pull up that image of the control room of what's happening live? there you have it. people packed, standing outside. how unprecedented is a referendum like this? >> it's very unprecedented. i can't think of a time when basically a country has stood up to these very powerful financial institutioninstitutions.

keep in mind tsipras and the syriza power were swept 52 office promising the end to austerity. european leaders have been throwing cold water on this saying this is just a political ploy. but make no mistake, this is unpressing dented. it is honoring the democratic will of the people if you will. >> patty, is that true? what are the political ramifications of something like this? >> you're talking about the political ramifications in greece, for example if they decide yes we'll take these terms, that is a referendum on tsipras's leadership so it will probably negatively affect his career. there are probably other repercussions. what does that mean if a country leaves the euro zone? what does that mean about european unity european

disunity? >> how will that confidence or lack thereof affect us in the u.s? >> we are already seeing it in terms of a strengthening dollar. what people do when they are nervous about certain currency is the green back or u.s. dollar. this has the good effect of strength thing the dollar but the imports when the dollar is very strong it makes u.s. goods more expensive to buy abroad. half of the revenue from the s&p 500 comes from the sales abroad. it can show up on your 401(k) for example. you want a healthy currency but not too strong vis-a-vis other currencies because it makes your exports that much more competitive. >> patricia sabga, thank you i appreciate it.

meanwhile, puerto rico is facing a accident crisis of its own. the island's governor says it cannot repay a debt. and over the weekend said the island is in a financial death spiral. he wants to defer accident payments while negotiating with creditors but puerto rico is simply running out of time. some call the island the greece of the caribbean. unemployment of 28% and health care system the in crisis. 11% cut to medicareand medicaid. and doctors are leaving puerto rico at a rate of 500 per year. more than 200,000 puerto ricans have left the island. another victim of the shooting at the charleston church will be laid to rest

today, myra thompson will be late to rest. have vice president joe biden made a surprise appearance at the sunday services for emmanuel ame. it hemmed a service for dee payne doctor. . >> charlotte north carolina, another fire broke out in god's power of christ in macon georgia. another fire investigateas arson. no deal yet but world leaders are still working to reach an agreement on iran's nuclear program. deadline coming tomorrow. a flotilla tries to get past an israeli blockade, stay tuned.

>> world leaders meeting in

vienna say there's little hope for break throughs. but negotiators are still working through several last minute sticking points. iran's foreign minister is spending time back in iran and expected to return on tuesday. james bays has more. >> reporter: there is a lull in what's happening in vienna. the tempo in the talks much lower than it has been in recent days, secretary of state john kerry is still in vienna but others have left that's because minister zarif has left and back in iran for very, very important discussions with iran's supreme leader, whether he's discussing some of the tougher lines from the international negotiators the p-5 plus one or whether there's a real snag that he's had to stay back to his boss he

or whether there's a new proposal from the pierch. from the p-5 plus one. the u.s. secretary of state stays here, sergei ser lafn sergey lavrov is here. >> this deadline is no exception to the rule, self imposed by the negotiators, it is useful because it helps concentrate the minds of the negotiators. for the interim agreement we

businessed the deadline. in lausanne for framework agreement we missed the deadline but we were nevertheless able to bridge the gap and reach disagreement. now in vienna there is too much political will and the parties have come too close to the finish liven to turn around now. and as such if we go go past the dead line . >> numerous individuals have been arrested in tunisia in connection with the attack that killed 28 people. the 24-year-old gunman was killed by police and authorities say he had accomplices who gave him weapons as well as support. the authorities have arrested the group who gave him be

assistance. naval blockade of gaza, the protest is filled with hypocrisy. >> chose to come and protest at the state of israel, the only real democratic state in the middle east, deliberately hide behind are palestinian civilians. >> israel said it followed international pair time law and forced the boat to sail to port. be imtiaz typeimtiaz tyab has the report. >> 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 indeeds part of this

flotilla which tried to block israel's blockade of gaza as hypocrites, saying all they are doing is supporting hamas. whatever the case israel is extremely sensitive about these flotillas and about his blockade of gaza. you only have to remember back five years ago in which it intercepted the boat marmia. five were killed. the blockade is still in place. >> wildfires threatening home in washington state coming couple why authorities are telling people to get out. plus he's the most popular artist you never heard about. a visit with the man behind some of soccer's best-known tattoos. check it out next.

>> officials are urging hundreds of people to leave their homes. fire has schooled more than 3,000 acres in wenachee about

100 miles east of seattle. >> we have a level 3 evacuation notice but we didn't leave. we sat there and helicopter the firefighters, gave them water and whatever they needed. >> those very firefighters are still trying to figure out exactly what sparked that fire. meanwhile, extremely dry conditions out west are spiking fires, some of which have been burning for weeks. a convicted murderer captured after weeks on the run is improve in the hospital. david sweat was captured, not far from the prison where he escaped. he escaped with richard matt earlier this month. matt was killed by police on friday. california's senate is expected to give final approval today to require vaccination for children who attend public schools. this controversial bill removes california's personal belief

scemtionexemptions. david beckham may have started it but now dozens of the world's most famous soccer players are now covered in tattoos. and there and there is one artist who is inking many of them. lucia newman has the story. >> movie stars have their favorite dress designers but when it comes to football players, this is man to see. >> i tattooed him in italy. >> chilean artist mario impara has made a name for himself. football players can't get enough. >> mostly religious figures symbols of their children or

friends. >> not just the stars but their fans that demand santa toos. >> i don't know 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 young sisters who want to follow in their -- youngsters that want to follow in their footsteps. >> clearly tattoos have become a worldwide fashion but following trends set by football stars is something that really took off on a mass level about a year ago during the world cup in brazil. and it was during that world cup that para's most famous tattoo made headlines. chainnchilean striker,'s tattoo and the words "one centimeter from glory."

para says when players can't come to him he goes to them with his tattoo kit as far as dubai. right now he is booked solid and chile is hosting the america cup regional championship. an event win or lose, he knows his famous clients will want to remember with a new tattoo. lucia newman, al jazeera santiago. >> tennis number 1 via serena williams. is poised to one all titles, first to do so since 1988. remember you can get the latest headlines on our website

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