>> hi everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. [ protesting ] >> out of time. the deepening debt crisis in greece. >> remaining open to talks but i cannot say anything more than this. >> the deadline passes. what happens now? tense talks between west in iran over its nuclear program. >> i will walk away from the negotiations. >> president obama says his patience is running out. uncertain future for unions in america as the supreme court takes up a devicesive issue.

plus, poetry in motion. >> i stepped into a ballet studio and i realized this is butty. >> misty copeland dancing her way into lived. >> the bail out money has run out in greece. the deadline to make a $1.8 billion debt payment came and went today. while there is much speculation about what could happen next tonight greece is technically in default. barnaby phillips reports from athens. >> their country could slide out of the eurozone. they call themselves the pro

europeans. there is much talk about last-minute negotiations, but perhaps the most important player in europe, the german chancellor is giving nothing away. >> it is clear that we will not close the channels of communication after midnight tonight. otherwise we would not be the european union. that means that the door remains open for talks but i cannot say much more than this. >> whatever the outcomes, many in athens sees no good options ahead. >> yogos is a typical 29-year-old greek. he lives with his parents, unemployed. and dismayed about what is happening in greek society. >> should we vote yes or no? >> i don't feel optimistic at all because if people turn against each other then we're not going to get out of this.

>> in this office margo, a psychologist counsels the unemployed. she has had 100 new clients this month alone. >> we see a lot of anger. why? why this happens to the country to me, to my family. because the mother and father are often unemployed at this moment. >> many put the blame or the greek predicament on the prime minister alexis psipras they say he's playing a risky game. >> there are wildly different predictions of how greeks will vote in a referendum. but they know that the divisions are growing deeper and deeper.

>> nicholas arkamides is in san francisco tonight. welcome back. >> good to be back. >> it's good to have you greece is past the deadline. what does it mean? >> it means that greece is in arrears. it's up to the imf if it wants to immediately call a default on greece or if it wants to wait a few weeks. >> if greece and the imf wait a few weeks then what will happen? >> i think they're going to wait until the referendum. let's wait to see who wins. if the yes-vote wins then i think there are going to be new talks, and there is a possibility of a new deal, a new

arrangement. if on the other hand people vote for no as the government warrants them to, then greece is effectively after sunday out of the euro. >> what does that mean? >> well, first of all there is going to be iran on the banks--a run on the banks people will try to take as much money out. there will be new currency, the new drachma. it will be a very weak currency, devalued currency, which means that people will be able to buy half or one-third of what they used to buy. so suddenly very quickly they will become very poor additionally, it is irresponsible for greece to be able to print money and they're going to print a lot of them. and that will erase any advantage of having stability. >> you're the professor of

economics, how do you switch currency overnight? >> well, they can't really. they have to print new money. i imagine they would print ious, or me might take some euros that they're not authorized to print but print some extra and put some stamps on them or something. >> that sounds like a lot of confusion. are you on the phone with friends and family in greece? what do they say. >> yes i am. i was in greece until three weeks ago and at that point in time people were extremely calm given the situation that was predicted. but now with the lines outside of the atms, with shortages of food and fuel, people are

anxious. people have lived within the european union and euro for decades now. and then suddenly the present government said maybe the drachma, maybe something else. for a long time people have toll raidtolerated the present government, and then there is a real chance that we'll be out of the euro, and people are anxious about it. >> nicholas, good to have you on the program, thank you. coming up later, puerto rico could be just hours away from de defaulting on its debt. what it could mean for the people there, of course, u.s. citizens. and in iran negotiations they have pushed back the deadline for a comprehensive agreement by one week. there is a new hit of optimism

coming out of the talks. >> after a day of consultations in tehran, the iranian foreign minister was back at the negotiating table with his u.s. opposite number. afterwards only a brief comment he said i'm here to get a deal, and i think we can. however, earlier when he spoke to iranian journalists he made it clear that there was more work to be done. >> i think the negotiations have reached a very delicate stage. this will require political will and a lot of work needs to be done. >> also, the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, he compared notes with secretary of state john kerry. he spoke with the most positive assessment from any of the key players joining the negotiations negotiations. >> we have all the grounds to

suggest that a result is in reach. and we'll do everything so that in the coming days this agreement would be reached. >> everyone says progress is being made here, but this is supposed to be the final deal. that's why the international negotiation, the so-called p5+1 have extended the interim deal, which was due to run out on the 30th of june. james bays, al jazeera, vienna. >> president obama said that there is still a lot of work to be do before any deal can be reached. the president said iran must be ready to meet requirements set by the international community. >> there has been loft talk about whether or not in fact they can abide by some of the terms that came up in lausanne. if not that's going to be a problem because i said from the

start i will walk away from the negotiations if in fact, it's a bad deal. . >> iranians are keeping a close eye in the events in vienna. a final deal could have a major exact on the lives of ordinary citizen there is. ali velshi is in tehran where it's early in the morning. if the u.s. breaks its promises iran will start up its nuclear program. what impacts does this have on the talks? >> i think it's a mirror of what we heard president obama saying. if john kerry gets a deal in vienna, he has to put it to congress by july 9th, which is why the deadline was able to be extended by july 7th. the real deadline is july 9th, and he knows he'll have a very, very tough time getting it through republicans in congress, many of whom have

written to iran to say hey this is president obama's deal. he's only around for less than two years. and we may not stick to this deal. the new president may not. well president rouhani has the same situation here. in iran it is not going to be put to the parliament but the supreme leader who gets to say yes or no to this deal. they're both holding one another to the account. in iran the issue here is that the economy has suffered as a result of the sanctions. iran is trading off its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of sanctions and a better economy. it has to be able to say to its people we gave up this nuclear program, which iranians are very very proud of, and we got something of value in return. i don't put too much stock in either rouhani's comments or president obama's comments. this is a negotiation that is ongoing and it's a pretty good

sign that everybody didn't walk away from the table and they say they're sticking to it. this is for an outside audience for home constituentcy. >> very few western journalists are able to see what you see. give us an idea of how this will affect the people. >> it's a country where many speak english, but farsi is spoken. i have to have the conversation translated but the word sanctions does not have to be translated. while many people don't have much of an opinion on the nuclear, but everybody knows about sanctions. everyone who buys, sales manufactures, they know about sanctions. when the u.s. got iran remove

from the swift banking system. if you send a wire from one country to another you have to use the swift banking system. iran has been removed from that, which means there are things that are not under sanctions they're not banned from iran, say medication, but you can't buy them because there is no ability to pay for them. this is a largely cash society. it is a society where they feel they would like access to bigger markets. they think they could sell their products to other people. their inflation has run rampant. i have a million of their currency units in my pocket, we were just talking about the greek currency. i have a million iranian currency in my pocket. this is the issue. people want value for their money. they want their money to come back. they want more prosperity, and that's president rouhani is trying to speak to.

>> anecdoteally people are angry at the american government but like the american people. what are you hearing? >> yeah, i've spoken to a number of people. this city alone has 15 million people in it, and i've only spoken to a handful and we're here for a while. i'm going to be speaking to people. i'm quite certain

..i have not come across viscerale hatred. i have come across a lot of anger based on historical fact and that is that in 1953 the one time iran had the type of government democratically elected, the c.i.a. took out that prime minister. there's a sense - why don't you meddle in our affairs, we may get it right on our own. not outright distaste or distrust. >> ali is giving you a perspect if we don't normally get from iran. you can see more on "ali velshi

on target" at 10:30 eastern. thank you to ali velshi news from the white house - we are sending history tomorrow in washington and havana. president obama will announce that cuba and the united states will reopen embassies in each other's capitals. it's a change more than 50 years in the making. mike viqueira is in washington with that. >> 56 years - 1959 fidel castro led his guerilla fighters in taking obvious from a corrupt regime. two years after, after he grew close to the soviet union united states cutting off diplomatic relations, and it ends tomorrow. the president beginning a process with an announcement on december 17th last year and there has been talks working out nuts and bolts. there was a meeting at the summit of americas in panama - the first handshake since the two leaders at that time.

raul castro there on hand. it's been a long time coming. president obama decided to make this move and a lot of people are speculating why it is that the time was right, it was now for him to normalize relations. peter is an expert at the national security archive. here is his take. >> he wants to consolidate the changes in policy very fast because he knows he has a finite number of months as president. he doesn't want a republican president from florida, jeb bush or marco rubio to come into the white house and rescind or reverse this extraordinary move forward in u.s.-cuban relations. a major step happened in the spring when the united states decided to remove cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list, that was a big ask of cuba clearing the way. an embassy - a united states embassy in havana expected to

open in mid to late july likewise an embassy in washington on the cuban's part. >> that could be quick, right? >> relatively quick. the united states has a legal restraint. 15 days the administration has to notify congress that they'll formalise relations. there's nothing that congress can do at this point. the cubans have no restraint. they can run the flag up the flag pole with their interest section, they can do it tomorrow unclear when they'll open their embassy. there's opponents in congress marco rubio - it was mentioned, robert menendez trying to block a new ambassador it would have to go through the senate the president's nominee, unclear how they'd handle that the power of the purse, preventing the administration putting money towards an upgrade. all that academic at this point

as you put it. 11 o'clock in washington. the president and the vice president making that announcement. >> we'll watch for it tomorrow. opening diplomatic doors between the u.s. and cuba may come at a cost providing a windful to the cuban economy and keepen the divide between the rich and the poor. david ariosto has that story for restaurant owners in cuba this is the picture of . live music, free-flowing run and a high class of clientele. in this leafy suburb. cuba's elite dine and drunk. for a country that aspired to co away with notions of rich and poor a new shift in policy could deepen the divide in the communist country, where

stratist of wealth and class are forming. this is a top private restaurant in havana. it's amazing to see it like this. a couple of years ago it was a brick wall shrouding the restaurant so if you walked by you wouldn't know it existed. it was a secret enclive for dignitaries and foreigners. now they are showcasing what they have. it's emblematic of a change in cuba in which some are getting richer. inside a chef prepares a japanese style take $22, the equivalent of a workers's sally for a month. something that is off limits to most cubans. the island's emerging private sector getting a boost under the u.s. policy left customers in restaurants like these with a little more cash to spend. drive 15 minutes down the road to old havana and the story is

different. for many of those that live here and depend on compensation from the government, the opportunities are grim. >> we are in the lower class. do you understand. the middle class has more opportunity to get involved in the tourism here. outside everything is normal on the inside there's social differences here. >> on the bottom rung are those like alberto. who earns about $20 a month sweeping floors in a nearby hospital. his family which includes everyone from alberto's 92-year-old mother to his 1-year-old daughter rely on the government paycheck to survive. as newest investment poors in cuban communism could enter a new era of haves and have not. a product of a system that fidel castro wanted to avoid.

regulations open the door to american finance and remittances. and that could do what no u.s. administration has managed to accomplish in more than half a century - transform cuban communism and coming up next on the broadcast - $73 billion in debt. what a default would mean for the people of peurto rico. and 10 years of the roberts court, the core beliefs and whether he's the conservative chief justice his supporters thought he would be.

tonight peurto rico is making a last minute effort to avoid default on its debt. the u.s. commonwealth racked up about $73 billion in deftenlt the consequences of default -- debt. the consequences of default could reach beyond the island shores. robert ray is there with more. >> good evening, peurto rico has been in a recession for nearly nine years, people have been leaving in droves as the rest of the u.s. economy has been in recovery. the united states government said they will not give a bailout to the island of peurto rico and the electric company who owes bond holders $4 million

tomorrow is doing an overnight deal in hopes not to default, as other public agencies figure out how to pay off the debt over the course of the summer. >> reporter: from above it looks like an island paradise. vibrant in many ways but the view at close range reveals many businesses shuttered - poverty front and center. the u.s. territory of peurto rico is broke. >> translation: this is not about politics it's about maths. >> reporter: 72 billion in public debt that the governor recently said was unpayable. >> translation: the first step is to revive economic growth. but we need to do more much more. because peurto rico is not a state it cannot file chapter 9 bankruptcy. washington advised it would not

throw money at the island. >> no one is considering a federal bailout of peurto rico we are committed to working with them and their leaders. >> reporter: there's 3.5 million leaving on the island of peurto rico and there's over $70 billion in debt. if each resident paid $20,000, that would eliminate that massive amount of money. the medium income for someone working full-time, just over $19,500. >> it's been hard. basically the last 5-7 years. in almost unlivable wage for many. >> i have two jobs and used to have three jobs. basically had to work 14-15 hours. >> the route of the problem is status. >> reporter: attorney john mud practised law and worked with the island's government. decades of economic mismanagement and government assistance has kept the local

economy from growing. >> welfare is an important component. right now the worker participation rate in peurto rico is less than 40%. it means a lot of people are not working because they can get by by working the underground economy, and some type of welfare, some type of welfare. on the other hand if you didn't have the welfare, a lot of people go hungry. >> john, as we speak, this is the last fiscal day of the year. a few hours remaining for peurto rico to work out last-minute deals with bond holders. they are trying to convince the united states government to work with them. many officials would like a chapter nine bankruptcy granted to them. as we heard the u.s. government not willing to budge on that quite yet. in the meantime tomorrow, sales

tax jump from 7 to 11.5% for the island of porto rico. a lot of residents out trying to by groceries and supplies. the advantage medium income - $19,600. this story has a lot of answers ahead. we'll watch it. >> an important story overshadowed which the situation in greek next - disturbing video of a migrant farm worker shot and killed by police. what the prosecutor is expected to do about it. and the power of unions verses free speech rights. a major supreme court case in the

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$5 million people potentially in this country the white house plan that could raise pay for millions of americans. dos and don't. the supreme court steps into a bitter battle over organised labour and free speech the roberts court 10 years later - why the chief justice has become a lightening rod on both sides of the political obviously. aisle taking center stage. >> that's a proud moment. that's the girl i mentored. this makes me so proud. >> reporter: ballet dancer misty copeland breaking a colour barrier american workers not eligible for overtime now could begin to get overtime pay if president obama has his wife. the president's proposal could impact millions of people. not everyone is happy about it. erica pitzi has more.

>> reporter: on tuesday president obama said he's following through with a promise made to the american people. >> we announced overtime rules that i'll talk about. it will give a raise to 5 million people in this country that deserve it. >> the president outlined his plan for the op ed for the huffington post saying: as it stands right now, employers can get around the counter overtime rules by calling salaried workers making $23,660 a year managers. making them ineligible for overtime. >> what we have seen is increasingly companies skirting basic overtime laws calling someone a manager when they are stocking groceries and getting paid, you know $30,000 a year.

those folks are being cheated. >> reporter: under the rule businesses will be required to pay time and ahalf for any work over $40,000 to those paid $50,000 a year. >> what will happen is some of those 5 million workers will be newly covered by overtime protections will get a raise. some will work fewer hours. some will end up with both - a little more money, less work time, which will be good for them. >> not everyone is on board with the rules. the national retail federation issued this statement saying:

now to the u.s. supreme court and a coming battle that could have impact on organised labour. it was brought by a group of california public school teachers challenging a requirement forcing them to pay dues even though they opt out of the union and do not support their policies. they say it violates their first amendment rights. the court is expected to hear the case this fall. a labour economist, president of the college of women in washington. where do you stand on this issue, julie an. >> i believe teachers out of the union but enjoy the benefits of union matters, should pay dues. the members feel they disagree

with endorsing candidate. they have a right to disagree but not to be free riders. the union has to bargain for everyone and there's a cost. >> why is that why is it if someone doesn't want to be part of the union, they can't be? >> basically unions incur costs to do the bargaining. they have staff, they have other things that are devoted to bargaining, to looking at like pension plans and other things. and they benefit from those things. if - i don't think they opt out of reps. they enjoy the benefits of pensions, they enjoy the benefits of retirement account. they do not come for free. >> in some cases the union employees don't agree with the way the benefits are laid out. in some cases they benefit from the union benefits. in some cases what is offered by the company could be better than what the union deal was.

>> john, it's rare that the company offers more than the union did. the company's job is to maximise profits, and one of the ways to maximise profits is minimising wage. when you look in the public sector. when people are intending to contain budgets, the public sector workers are some to be hit. we saw this in wisconsin. >> if you don't want a union in this shop you vote against the union, you think all workers will have to accept it. >> i believe they have to accept it and can struggle against some of the things - for example, political positions that they don't agree with. they can be part of union governance. >> go ahead, sorry. >> they can be part of union governance and disagree. i think these folks want to have their cake and eat it too. we had a law on the books for

38 years upholding this issue. we should continue to hold that law. i'm pessimistic. this is a conservative court. >> it is. good to see you, thank you very much. diana is an economist, senior fellow with the manhattan institute. i assume you disagree. . >> i do disagree, yes. it's interesting that in so many ways the unions are trying to carve out smaller and smaller units within the work place, like saying that shoe salesmen can be unionized without others unionized or catholic workers. but when a group of workers wants to be out of the union, it's a different story. rebecca has a real case she doesn't want her union dues going towards political positions and advocacy that she disagrees with. the only way to get out of that

is by quitting the union. that's what she wants to do. >> in your book you talk about union abuse. what do you mean by that? >> union abuse, in the content of my book "disinherited how washington is betraying the young", it's when unions require unqualified teachers to be kept in place even though they do a poor job of teaching student. government policy is bias in favour of old people and against young. it starts in elementary school where an unqualified teacher is kept on by union tenure even if it means the kids don't learn as much. >> you say across the border it's a bad thing. >> no i say there's good unions, like the maritime union, which trains and qualifies the people so they are home so when they go out on a ship and get a better paying job.

the teachers unions have all problems. it's mostly the union bosses that take advantage of their members. >> your problem, in particular, with the teachers union is what? you... ..it's the quality of the teachers, is that the problem. >> the problem with the teachers unions is they keep in place unqualified teachers. they fight to keep the unqualified teachers in place, even they they give kids a worse education. in new york there's rubber rooms they keep the unqualified teachers, they cannot fire them and there's more unqualified teachers in the classrooms that's a reason why harlem's success dismiss, a charter school in new york has done better, why kids start physics in kunder garden and store --

kindergarten and score at the top of tests. >> and many charter schools take money away from public schools, making it difficult for public school students in the city of new york. >> nevada put in a policy where tax many follows the child. the parents decides where the child goes to school and the governor signed a bill to say the tax many minus 10% -- money, minus 10% follows the child - whether it's public private, charter, religious and secular. that's the way it should be. parents should have a choice. >> we'll see if it continues. what it does to public schools in america - it's an interesting debate one we should continue the u.s. supreme court finished its 10th term with chief justice john roberts at the helm. he's known as a conservative. at his confirmation hearing in 2005 he wowed to remain

inpartial. he's been criticized from the left and right - supporters saying it's a sign he kept his promise. randall pinkston reports. >> i have no agenda. i have a commitment. >> reporter: 10 years ago when president george w. bush nominated him to be chief justice. john roberts pledged the law not politics would rule the court. >> i will decide every case bade on the record and rule of law, without fear or favour to the best of my ability. >> the bush administration and robert conservative reporters expected him to move the supreme court to the right. but this year after the chief justice voted with liberals for the second time to rescue the affordable care act, some supporters accused him of switches sides. >> what is his core philosophy? >> i think he's a deeply conservative man, has a great deal of respect for status quo, for hierarchy, or for order.

>> reporter: burt newborn is an author a professor of law and believes his rulings are consistent with his beliefs. >> he beliefs in the rule of law, and the fact that if people speak, you should listen. he believes until the people speak, the court should not act. >> knew born says the commitment to democracy explains why roberts voted with liberals on the affordable care act and conservatives on same-sex marriage. >> the affordable care act he's saying look democracy acted. congress passed this and if they made a drafting mistake i'll hep them fix it. when they get to same-sex marriage, he says i can't find anything in the constitution about marriage gender. i would like the legislature to

fix it. it's the same guy seeing the same thing. he's saying it against the background of facts and law. >> newborn is not ready to say the roberts court is shifting left. >> if you look at the amendments in criminal procedure, abortion, affirmative action and other, time after time he delivered the goods for the conservatives. >> reporter: for proof of conservative leadings you on the need to compare his decisions to that of associate judge scalia. 10 years ago roberts agreed with scalia 91% of the time they are close, in agreement 83% of the time. knew born a former attorney or the a.c.l.u. says the chief justice is guided by a core principal. his belief in free enterprise. before becoming a federal jurist. he was a sought-after lawyer. >> if you had to ask what is his

political philosophy it's not republican or democratic, it's free market. whatever the big business wants, john roberts spend his career defending. has it been reflected in his agreements. >> show him a regulation he'll show you a way to knock it down. >> chief justice roberts managed to reach consensus more often than his predecessor. under the past 10 years, unanimous decisions averaged 44%, an increase over the previous 10 years under renned exist when it was 22 per cent. the court's decisions were deep. in the past year more than a quarter of decisions were on 5-4 splits we continue our discussion of the law. indiana's religious freedom

restoration act takes affect tomorrow an months of protest, debate and criticism. critics say it legalizes antigay discrimination. fear is the same. jonathan betz is in indianapolis with that. >> well this is a fear shared by gays and lesbians across the country, in indiana, it sparked controversy. the governor promised it fixed and many feel it's far from solved. in indiana there's about plenty to celebrate. >> discrimination is alive and well. >> reporter: months after a fire storm, the religious freedom restoration act goes into effect on tuesday. [ chants ] >> reporter: in march the government offered a fix to protect gays and lesbians called antidiscrimination

safeguards. since they have faded. anger eased, but concern is real. >> nothing happened that all of a sudden they felt the need to protect people's religious freedoms. >> indiana council member zach adamson felt a fear. gays can now get married. in many places they can face discrimination. >> an example that people carry a fear is that you will get married, come home, your boss will come home and fire you. >> 22% teel gays and lesbians are a -- feel gays and lesbians are a protect class. it's a reason why expansion plans, a major employer are on hold. a former protest from the c.e.o. indiana has been working to build back businesses. >> the state of indiana's brand has taken a hit.

it's been very visible, highly visible backlash from across different sectors. some say religious freedom laws are needed now, more than ever. if anyone faces discrimination, it's the faithful. >> i believe there's backlash. >> pastor mike woods offers counselling and child care but is against same sex marriage, and a restaurant chain told him it was stopping donations. >> the manager called she was heart broken and said they have changed their policy saying they no longer serve religious organizations >> reporter: they can choose not to donate. they worry christian businesses will not choose. >> they believe they can't serve a same-sex wedding the same which i would not purchase a same-sex wedding. they should be protected. >> reporter: groups are trying to encourage nondiscrimination

laws to protect gays and lesbians it's a down by down approach. unless a state or federal law is passed. it's felt many gays and lesbians will be unprotected. >> after months of speculation, chris christie made it official he is running for president. the republican governor of new jersey launched his campaign presenting himself as a leader unafraid to speak the hard truth about america and its roll on the world stage. >> in a world as dangerous as dangerous as frightening as any time i have seen it in my lifetime. there's only one indispensable force for good in the world. and it is a strong unequivocal america. that will lead the world and not be afraid to tell our friends we'll be with you no matter what and to tell our adversaries there are limits to your conduct and america will

enforce the limits to that conduct. >> reporter: chris christie joins a crowded republican field, 14 major contenders including former florida governor jed bush better finances, and several others more appealing to conservative voters. now to washington state, and the police killing of a migrant farm worker. he was shot in pascoe washington five months ago. video ignited outrage. a county prosecutor met with his family and lawyers. he is expect to release details from the investigation tomorrow. allen schauffler is in pascoe could not. >> john antonio's parent their attorneys, and frank lip county prosecutor -- franklin county prosecutor meeting for a lengthy meeting behind closed doors discussing the case and information about to be released. it's been five months. it was february 10th when antonio was confronted by

police he was causing a disruption on a street corner. they were unable to subdue him. they chased and fired on him. shooting 17 different times. he died on the sidewalk three officers were involved. no criminal charges have been filed. information will be released very soon as you say, that video that we saw was spread widely on social media. family members say they cap wait for justice -- can wait for justice, they are not impatient and are confident the system will bring the justice. their attorneys in a press conference after a meeting say they have plenty of questions. >> we want statements that would in any way be interpreted in attempting to influence mr r saks decision. we are satisfied with the facts he gave us today in reference to

where he stands in his decision-making process. we have serious questions about the investigation, and it's lack of objectivity. >> reporter: also, they are concerned about the amount of time between the shooting and when the officers involved were questioned as part of the investigation. the first big release of data from that investigation should happen tomorrow. we'll follow the story from pascoe. >> we'll get back to you one of australia popular tourist destinations may be added to a list of dangerous places. antonio mora there with that. >> millions visit the great barrier reef. the underwater eco system is popular with boaters and swimmers because of crystal blue water and a wide array of sea creatures. the health of the 12 mile reef is threatened by climate change and predatory species, one is a

breed of starfish killing the coral and the other fish. >> the amount of damage to the coral - i've seen it - it's amazing. the crown of thorn starfish is something we can do something about. >> u.n.e.s.c.o. will decide tomorrow whether to add the reef to endangered places. we'll look at natural and manmade ways the reef is threatened. >> such an important story. next on this broadcast - the passion and grace of misty copeland - making history at the american ballet theatre.

she is making ballet history, misty copeland the first black woman to be named principal dancer at the american ballet theatre, a week after making a debut in the l lead role of "swan lake", she has been a strong vocal in dance. richelle carey speak one on one with her. the story goes from the moment you started you were a proj di. it was what -- prodigy, it was what you were meant to be doing, did it feel that way? >> it was only then that i understood the weight of that

whether you were gifted at a young age. at the time it was fun. i was pushed and challenged in something i liked doing. i looked forward to learning every day and growing and perfecting the incredible hart form i knew i -- art form i knew i would not perfect, but the challenge was something i would never experience. >> you said it was fine. what you wrote in your book you said "i was a nervous child, and my unease coupled with a perpetual need for perfection made it harder than it needed to be", how so? >> this is before dance, that i just never felt a real connection to anything or anyone, and i was constantly trying to fit in. i didn't want to be the best at anything i just wanted to blend in. that was my existence, of just

blending in in the background through my other siblings which was easy to do. i just was always so nervous that i would say the wrong thing or be judged. and i think i got used to hiding what was happening at home, that i was embarrassed about, that became who i cas. >> did you ever -- who i was. >> did you ever envision that this was what your life could be? >> no no. it's hart to accept that it's a reality -- it's hard to accept that it's a reality. i don't know. again, i'm just so like humbled and grateful for the background that i have and the situations that i have been through, and to be standing and that i wanted forever to be able

to give back to ballet what it's done for me. and that's the constant battle i have within myself and improving myself to the ballet world, and getting all of exposure that i have been getting that it's not about something as such as someone wanting to be famous. i never wanted that. i want the ballet world to be given the respect that it deserves. and to be seen by more people. for so many to experience the beauty that i have received from the ballet world, and with every opportunity and every incredible thing that happens, it's still just a shock. >> overwelcoming. >> it's overwhelming, and i never step outside of myself and think that's me. it's like that's a proud woman,

that's the little girl i mentored, that's her, that's ballet. and this makes me so proud to be a part of it. that interview with misty copeland will air on tuesday, 6:30 on "talk to al jazeera". that's our broadcast. thank you for watching. i'm john seigenthaler, see you tomorrow. the news continues next with antonio mora.

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