in a diff moment that is our show for today. on behalf of ali velshi his crew in iran and the team i'm david shuster, thank you for watching there'll need to be trade offs and difficult decisions made on both sides. iran and six powers negotiating a deal setting a deadline hoping to reach a final agreement a new ultimate nate um. european leaders give greece a chance to come up with detailed plan for economic reform.

a warning a day late. amateur video taken a few hours before a deadly collals at an ice -- collapse at an ice cave in the pacific north-west. >> these are people that serve and want to serve and are fighting to continue to serve. >> the battle fought by transgender members of the armed forces. good evening, i'm more r, this is al jazeera america. we begin in vienna where talks have been extended through friday. officials believe a deal could be days away. >> we have never within closer to reaching a final agreement than we are now. there continue to be among the

sticking points, arms embargo of iran. tehran wants it removed, as james bays wants it rornds western powers are leary of intentions. >> reporter: face to face trying to bridge the divide on remaining issues. there was smiles at the start of their first meeting, but the atmosphere was described as tense, because of the deadlock the e.u. foreign affairs chief says there'll be an extension. she is not setting a new date. >> we are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of address. that does not mane we are extending our deadline we are

taking time to finalise the agreement each if we are getting into the difficult time. >> reporter: russia's foreign minister says there's about eight its in the draft deal that need to be sorted. he and some of the others are leaving for now. there's a range of issues where there's political discussions that need to be had. there need to be trade offs and difficult decisions made on both sides if we get this done. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry said in the past he's prepared to walk away from the negotiations. it's clear he's not ready to walk away yet. each though they are not setting a deadline the interim period has spoken a spoke with a senior iran analyst earlier with the international crisis group in vienna with the talks and asked if he was optimistic that a deal

would be reached. >> in any high stakes game of poker there's risks and the agreement is at the mercy of a single miscalculation. but we have never been closer to the finish line. a few political decisions another deadline in europe. e.u. leaders have given greece until thursday to present bailout proposals to secure a deal with creditors. these are live pictures of the greek parliament building in athens, and the specifics of that proposal will be reviewed at a summit of leaders on sunday. the european president says this

is the critical moment in the history. >> our ability to find agreement may lead to the insolvency of greece's banking system and will be painful for the greek people. i have no doubt that this will effect all of europe. also in the geopolitical sense. >> as the drama plays out in europe the crisis is felt in greek communities. business owners and families with loved ones in greece are struggling to cope in estoria shovels are lined with greek imports. the owner cold me with the financial system on lockdown he could run out of olives oils and cheeses he told for more

than 30 years. >> with the banks closed our suppliers have trouble. greek suppliers i receive on a daily basis. please don't send money to greece. once the money is locked into the banking system then you have to stay basically online on atms to get 50 euros a day, if you are lucky. >> reporter: his suppliers are opening accounts and physically carrying cash back to greece. around the corner at the diner, the owner told me people are getting home to family. >> western union is closed banks closed what do you do? >> right now you ask around who is going to greece friend or relative. you go to the bank here you give dollars, they give euros,

you give it to your friend, give it to my mother sister somebody. >> reporter: he has been a fixture in this neighbourhood. the opener said some greeks saw the cruise sis coming and opened foreign bank acts. >> the lucky one, people in greece had another debit card. whatever lent is not greek -- account is not greek, there's no limitation. >> greeks voted no to reject deals, the country is deeply divided over how to clean up the financial mess and build a relationship with the rest of europe. >> greeks belong in europe no doubt about that this sociology professor says it's time for greece to stand up for itself. >> be feel european. we want the other people of

europe to realise that. chinese financial markets are in free fall with losses getting worse. as wednesday training got under way, 500 firms halted trading on the markets, almost 200 more had, after the markets closed tuesday. shanghai's market is down 5%, and the hank senning index is down 4%. it is efforts by the government to keep the efforts afloat a grand jury indicted 21-year-old dylann roof. he is facing nine charges of murder, three charges of attempted murder and a charge of possessing a weapon. scarlett wilson has no's whether she'll seek the death penalty or whether they'd pursue hate

crime. the south carolina's house will battle in the future following a 36-3 vote. democratic lawmakers are hoping that the house will approve the bill focused on the flag. >> we asked that they not erect hurdles, not try to pass other amendments and put up other flags and symbols of the confederacy and hatred and race. that they allow south carolina to move ford fake the flag down. the bill has been fast-tracked in the south carolina house. a vote is not expected until thursday. the noble council is remove the confederate flag only the u.s. will remain. the former seal feature spain, great britain, france and alabama the divide in washington

over the u.s. strategy to fight i.s.i.l. was on full display on capitol hill. top military advisors were grilled. national security correspondent jamie mcintyre has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: the hearing was a battle of competing and contradictory narratives with german john mccain firing the opening salvo. >> i.s.i.l. is not 10 feet tall. it can and must be defeated. >> ash carter argued that the strategy must be faced on getting local forces to fight and govern. the u.s. can't win the war for them. >> we know from history that putting u.s. troops on the ground in substitution for local a forces will not rekindle results.

>> that rekindled a long-running dispute as to whether forces and u.s. spotters, j-tags to call in air strikes might make a big difference. >> if we had a few advisors in iraqi battalions - you are saying that that would not make a positive impact on their moral and their capabilities to win? >> the j-tac and the special force are not a silver bullet to the destruction of i.s.i.l. the silver bullet is getting the iraqis to fight. >> reporter: if the u.s. strategy hin gs on training for fighters ash carter admitted that if it hinged on iraqi forces, it's in trouble. especially in syria, where five dozen volunteers are in training. >> i said 60, and i look at your faces and you have the same reaction i do - that's a small number. >> reporter: the log jam, says carter, is caused by the congressionally mandated vetting

process, screening out anyone suspected of being a danger to strangers, committing war crimes or is more interested in fighting bashar al-assad, that i.s.i.l., the stated foe. among democrats and republicans, frustration ran high. >> when you look at a map like this, a map of syria that i assume you handed out, somebody did, that's a mess. >> chairman dempsey revealed that u.s. advisors stopped iraq from a precipitous plan to stop ramadi, and fashioned a plan more likely to succeed. the battle to retake ramadi could begin in days, and tells the u.s. a lot about whether iraqi forces regained the will to fight. an air force f-16 collided in mid air. the wreckage crashed to the

ground. two people on board the plane, a single engine cess na were killed. the f-16's built ejected safely. and the commander said he was on a routine training mission. >> our pilots are well trained to nigh the approaches in and out of there, and all the facts at this point indicate that the pilot was talking to air traffic controllers. they normally do. unfortunately, everything beyond that is subject to speculation and we'll be under investigation. the n.t.s.b. is investigating the incident a homicide case renews a fiery debate. today an undocumented immigrant was charged with murder. now the question of who is responsible for putting them back on the streets after being deported five times. tens of thousands spend a night in the sold to catch a glimpse

of pope francis. his message to catholics on catholicism is on decline.

[ singing ] a memorial in london today on the 10th anniversary of the suicide bombings there. the entire city observed a moment's of silence at 11:30, even at wimbledon. the bombings in 2005 on subways and on a city bus killed 52, injuring others. they were carried out by three men. influenced by al qaeda authorities in united states recovered the body of a woman killed in an ice cave collapse in the big four icecaves. it took 24 hours for rescue workers to reach her body using explosives to dislodge loose ice in the area. the sheriff's office said the

rest of the cave is collapsing. this video shows a col as on sunday. experts say the ice is melting due to a period of warm weather. two hikers surviving the collapse is hospitalizeders one is in serious condition. >> the undocumented immigrant accused of shooting a woman dead in san francisco plead the not guilty. katherine steinly was killed. the -- kathleen steinly was killed on sunday. some blame her death on san francisco's sank tu air your law. >> reporter: it's a crime raising uncomfortable questions in this bastion, in a gaol house interview, this man admitted killing a 32-year-old woman on the city's water front, but said it was an accident. >> did you shoot kate steinway, the lady on peer 14. >> yes. >> you did shoot her.

>> reporter: he has a history of drug-related crimes and has been deported five times to mexico and is exhibit a for critics of the so-called sanctuary policy. >> san francisco should have notified ice, but it has a policies not to. >> it's a policy no the cooperate with ice. they had asked for plans to release san francisco, saying in a statement: san francisco's sheriff fought back, saying the burden was on ice. ice needs to get a legal warrant or a court order to facilitate the transfer. that did not happen while many cities across the country choose not to cooperate with officials, san francisco stand out as a safe haven for

undocumented immigrants. >> this is a vulnerable population that there are elements that will pray upon a population that they know will not interface, will not have contact for communication with government, and that frankly was exacerbating publish safety the state attorney general was quick to support the policy saying "our policy should not be informed, after a collective out rage by the conduct." >> you can't blame the sanctuary policy, or for what this fellow did. there are dozens of people released every day subject to ins hold who don't commit crimes. >> the city is on the defensive. with the mayor investigating the matter. it's unlikely anything will change despite the death of

katherine steinly. >> president obama says he plans to seat an invitation to visit vietnam. the offer was extended at the white house, at the head of the party. he's one of a few foreign leaders not the head of state to receive a rare honour of the meeting. vietnam is one of 12 nations included in a trade agreement. the country looking for support if the military presence in the south china sea pope francis celebrated his last mass in ecuador, more than a million turned out for the event. the pontiff urged catholics to spreaded the faith, and they should use their religion to overcome personal differences. >> translation: it's unthinkable that unity would shine forth

form the pope travels to bolivia. four years passed since the don't ask, don't tell policies ended from the media. before then gay and lesbian were openly banned from serving. jonathan betz sat with the first army officer coming forward as transgender. >> i've been in the military close to 15 years and have been transgender my life. >> reporter: army major jamie hendry kept her identity hidden she enlisted as a man, but inside she was a woman. >> your psychiatrist said in object you were unget for deputy. >> yes. >> reporter: how was it hearing that. >> i could lose my job. i wanted to deploy. i had been in since i was 17. this is - this is my chosen

proinvestigation. figs -- profession. i wanted to serve. >> the military disqualifies anyone reporting psychosexual positions, including transsexualism and transvestism. the association says there was no medically validated reason to exclude people from service. maimer henry is the first active duty army officer to come forward. she is not alone. there was an estimated 15,500 transgender service members according to the williams institute. making it the largest employer of transgender in the u.s. >> transgender are twice as likely to serve in the armed forces. >> reporter: former navy pilot, service, members, partners and allies. she transitioned after leaving the service in 2010.

>> it's like don't ask, don't tell. you have people hiding people that if they do come out can be discharged administratively lose their pensions. >> reporter: last month president obama healed a reception. >> we were told to wear the uniform conforming with our gender identity. it felt good to be myself and be in uniform at the same time. >> reporter: for this army major, lifting the ban allows her to be herself. >> as i came out i was they may accept drans gender service members. i can be like any other doctor in the military. that is incredible to me. can art be a threat to national security? >> so many of the iranian

officials act like they are greek gods or saints, and you cannot touch them. cartoons make uptouchable people touchable. the story of an iranian cartoonist held behind bars and a push to free her, with more cartoons and a hero's welcome for team u.s.a., home after winning the women's world cup.

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[ singing ] s team u.s.a.'s victory lap continues after its championship at the women's world cup on sunday. thousands gathered to celebrate a third world cup win, the first since 1999 i love that the women are bringing the cup to new york. it's the best thing. it brings them higher - the entire - all of women's sports higher. >> i'm here to celebrate a great victory. >> i'm here to show a prize. i'm so proud. >> it feels great to get up the celebration is not over yet. the team will be honoured with a ticker tape parade on friday. >> as negotiators try to hammer

out a deal artists around the world urge tehran to free a gaoled cartoonist and are sharing drawings on social media to raise awareness about her situation. roxanna saberi has her story >> reporter: when members of iran's parliament considered a bill restricting birth control. this cartoonist protested, posting a cartoon on facebook that and her visits with political prisoners landed her in prison. she was released in november, and posted a video online accusing prison guards of beating her. >> a female guard that cursed a lot lifted my arms because i restricted a strip search. my right hand hit the wral. my wrist was bruised and stolen. >> reporter: earlier this year she was arrested and sentenced

to 12 years and nine months in friften. friften. -- prison. >> usually they want to make an example out of activists so no one else would dare to follow their footsteps. >> this cartoonist was gaoled in iran. this was his crime, a drawing of a top iranian cleric shown as a crocodile, strangling a journalist with his tail. >> the fear that the iranian government from cartoons and artists using cartoons to present what they want to say, that's an important thing we should consider. >> activists say authorities fear words and pictures shared on social media. that is what artists around the world are using to call for freedom. posting drawings on facebook and quitter, with the hashtag drawing for fatan ago. many are depicted as animals,

criticized for cracking down on free speech. >> they act like they are greek gods or saints. cartoons make untouchable people touchable two americans are in serious condition at a hospital in spain after being gored in the annual running of the bulls. among 11 injured during the first long of the festival a canadian man is facing criminal charms for flying a lawn chair. 26-year-old daniel filmed himself tying 120 giant helium balloons to a share on sunday as part of a publicity stunt. he got a few thousand feet off the ground before the wind good too strong forking him to parachute. police arrested him. he said it was words it. >> the phone is ringing off the hook, the website crashed

a 13-year-old girl discovered the chair in a field, 40 miles from where he started the brief flight. he's charged with mischief. i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. luis suarez is up next with "inside story", have a good night. [ ♪♪ ] stores are closing, laid off public employees headed in to permanent unemployment. crucial infrastructure repairs postponed indefinitely it's not a programme about greece, it's peurto rico, where those that can are packing up and heading to the mainland. others are stuck watching the relentless decline.