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have i-i.d.s. john hendren, al jazeera. >> you can watch us live by clicking on the watch now icon. the address aljazeera.com. >> the leader of greece and officials with the european union ahave now agreed on another bailout for greece . the plan will not be easy for the greek people. on the brink of an iranian nuclear deal. negotiators say they have almost reached another deal. we will expel that agreement. how el chapo managed to break out of prison yet again.
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this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm david david schuster. we begin with a significant agreement between greece and its european creditors. requires greece to quickly don't a host of measures, monitored by europe and the international monetary fund. meanwhile, markets here in the united states have sparked on the apparent resolution to the greek crisis. neave bark he, would you give us an idea of what the greek government must implement immediately and what they get in return. >> reporter: first of all what the greeks get out of this is a
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very bitter pill indeed to swallow, in return for introducing a raft deep austerity measures, the country received a massive bailout to be able to let the 61 function normally, as normally as possible for the next three years and to stop greece from sliding into bankruptcy. they now face a complete series of different reforms including encouragement to streamline vat to make reforms to labor and strayed laws, to privatize sectors of the greek economy. perhaps one of the we reasons why negotiations went on for as long as they did was because of two key sticking points. the first the extent to which the imf would have any involvement in greece's bailout and second, the key point that has to do with control of $55 billion worth of greece's access. the port of piraeus and others.
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be looks like this would be controlled by a fund in luxembourg although it will be subject to monitoring. all this will be needed to be introduced and agreed to in principle in greek parliament. we're already seeing signs that the raft of austerity measures are not going to go well among the syriza governmental. >> as far as the process is concerned wharp the next what are the next steps and the greek leerdz, leaders mr. tsipras? >> the focus is on the midnight deadline wednesday. what exactly goes on with the greek parliament, will the parliament throw its weight behind those pleasures.
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i as i said there is a list of greek austerity measures that have more or less polarized the greek legislature. after that the mechanism for releasing billions of dollars worth of funds to greece will begin and that could take many more weeks to come. >> neave barker, thank you. some citizens have taken to social media to expresses outrage, noted they rejected similar cutbacks during the referendum. be whab chance he what chance is there that the greek parliament will agree?
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>> there is a certain degree of confidence that the prime minister mr. tsipras will force through this handful of laws that he must according to the eurogroup his european creditors and allies pushed through by midnight on sunday, will cause him plenty of problems. he's a left winger, within the left wing party, there are various degrees of left extremism if you like. and a growing number are saying they won't support it. he's got key meetings with his supporters tomorrow to try to bring them together and also in government with a smaller group the independent greeks and they in athens are talking very negatively about the deal. but also not saying they're about to leave the government. it is a political mine field. it is by no means going to be
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easy. >> the focus on the banks and how soon the banks might reopen. have you heard anything about that? >> reporter: yeah, it's not good if you. i think some greeks might have accepted this deal with more enthusiasm if they got the sense that the banks would open immediately. well that's not going to happen. because we learned this evening that the european central bank which is the institution that is drip-feeding cash into the greerkgreekeconomy is not going to increase that level of drip-feeding any time soon and the banks it is decided are going to remain closed at least until thursday, $70 a day the individual greek citizens are limited to withdrawal. so the no good news there. again what we're hearing is in the immediate turn, the greeks
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feed funding to pay back the next level of debts they must pay back. that's next question where is that money going to come from? there are other institutions that are trying to work out how they can give the greeks a short alternatively bridgingtemp bridging loan. but getting through on wednesday flight wednesday a absolutely key day here. ds thank you. monitoring iran answer nuclear program tweets from iranian officials be praising diplomacy the white house he said there has been progress but sticking points remain. james bays reports from vienna. >> there has been opt mix that
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more than two weeks we were on the verge of a deal. certainly we have all of the foreign ministers in the luxury hotel behind me. the six countries that are negotiating with iran. they are close and in fact closer than they have ever been before but there are still some difficulties. listen to the words of iran's deputy foreign minister. >> the talks have reached a final phase. i have good progress has been made in the last two or three days. of course some issues still remain and as long as they are not finalized we won't have agreements. >> he went on to say that perhaps today would not be a day or even tuesday. what the sticking points are whether there are further details to be ironed out or whether they are significant
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details. ali velshi is here with us. ali was there anything you didn't feel comfortable report being the last couple of weeks at a you feel comfortable reporting now? >> we go with a minder whether you go reporting. there are cameras all over the place. everywhere we would stop to take our camera out we would get stopped within minutes. you could guarantee there would be some version of a police officer checking on what you were doing. so you learn to behave certain way when you don't attract more attention than necessary. and with the people i was interviewing you couldn't get them into trouble either. understand everybody was being recorded and if they said something to me that was not allowed they might get a visit a little bit later. so frens for instance you can't criticize the ayatollah or anything he has to say. i don't have any particular criticism but you can't get into
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conversation like you and i have when you are covering a piece of news. you have to be cautious. they have jailed journalists. their embrace of speech is not as complete as americans would expect it to be. they have opposition politicians but to run for president you have to be authorized by this committee, this jurisprudence committee which basically figures out your religious credentials your acceptability. so there's a robust political dialogue. we didn't get otap into a good amount of that and as a result that was a conversation i wasn't having as much of while i was there. >> how much were people in tehran and other places you visited following the negotiations in vienna. >> it is a big news culture. they have a lot of newspapers and outlets. newspapers get sold at kiosks
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but they watch people and we filmed that. i don't know if they followed these nuances. everybody is waiting for one piece of news and that is that the sanctions are going to be lifted. to most people the sanctions aren't nuclear. they are banking sanctions. the net result is that the riale has devalued be be greatly. your dollar as it were buys a lot less. that's what they want to stop. they want the ability to send money in, take money out sell things if you're a merchant and have your dollar buy the same thing it did or your riael bias much as it did before. >> as far as the talks, the sticking point as far as the arms embargo that iran should not be subject to harsher
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restrictions than others are. >> iran lied. iran says we signed up and the world said if you signed up then you can't lie about it. the fact that iran has lied is what the west is holding them to. we need to understand, we need the ability to verify that you're telling the truth. iran says, this is all about civilian power generation. nuclear power and by the way the joke is here that we are just moving to a world where nuclear is one of the ways in which you generate power. so it is a bit of a weird argument to have, the issue is are you using it for peaceful purposes and otherwise. it's 94th that hard to determine if you get access. so when i was there the head of thes international atomic energy agency was there.
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that's a big part of the struggle that iran has its nuclear power for nonmilitary purposes. >> this is tooght "on target" every night at 10:30. jason rezion, iran yarch allegation that he's aianallegations that he is a spy are on surd. a mile long tunnel that guzman used to escape prison. and scott walker wisconsin governor joins the race.
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yea yea last executed a woman.united arab emirates has executed a woman. man hunt for one of the most wanted men in the world. joaquin guzman dug a hole in his cell and escaped with help through a tunnel. over the last days guzman has communicated over twitter and authorities say guzman says demonstrates everything that is wrong with mexico. victoria gatenby has the story. >> nearest airport has been closed as they hunt for one of
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the world's most wanted men. he got out through a sophisticated 1.5 kilometer tunnel dug from a building outside the prison to his cell. >> translator: the tunnel has pvc pipe presumably for ventilation, rail for communication. >> took the mexican military 13 years to find him. his capture back in february 2014 was hailed as one of the biggest blows to the drug trade in decades. el chapo translated as shorty, his sinaloa be cartel is hailed as one of the strongest.
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>> this organization is able to move cocaine from south america to mexico, to move chemical precursors used to make meth from southeast asia into mexico and deliver it worldwide. >> reporter: guzman was arrested in 1993 but bribed his way out of mexico's highest security prison, he caped in a escaped in a laundry basket. during that sometime he consolidated his drug cartel and built popular support by providing people with money jobs and security. when he was recaptured in 2014, thousands of people took to the streets to show support for a man they saw as their savior. guzman's escape for a second time is a major set back for mexican government which is often accused of corruption by its own people.
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victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >> president obama today commuted the sentences for dozens of u.s. federal prisoners. most of them were convictof nonviolent drug charges. the sentence is will now end in early november. a month the president will focus on criminal adjustment reform, later this week, the pit president will visit a prison in oklahoma the first sitting president to do that. hillary clinton set she has a win win program that will help companies and their employees. the democratic presidential candidate laid out her plan as part of a major economic speech earlier today. >> i believe we have to build a growth and fairness economy. you can't have one without the other. we can't create enough jobs and new businesses without more growth. and we can't build strong
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families and support our consumer economy without more fairness. >> clinton argued the real measure for success should be how much-n rise not just overall economic growth. it is a message that has been delivered for months, be bernie sanders and elizabeth warren's supporters seem rather consistent cal ofskepticalabout clinton. i'm running for president to fight and win for american people. >> wisconsin governor scott walker posted that to his website today. one of the youngest candidates, and without a degree. >> if we can do it in wisconsin no doubt across america. thank you for letting me share
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with you. >> wisconsin governor scott walker has only been in office for a few years but he has made a swift rise in the republican party. >> just because i ran for governor i wanted them to have a better state to live in. i want every son and daughter to have a better country. >> walker was raised in a small town in wisconsin. he showed an interest in politics as early as high school and president ronald reagan was his role model. walker spent a few years in college but did not graduate. went on to work for the wisconsin red cross. his first job in politics was in the state legislature at 22. he ran for office and lost. in 2010 walker decided to run for governor much of wisconsin. his campaign was centered on the
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competent and he won. he introduced a controversial right to work bill for which he has since become infamous. he want ed to significantly reduce collective bargaining. the bill was initially passed then struck down by a judge but it was ultimately head up by the wisconsin supreme court. the bill was so controversial in 2012, walker won the election being the first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall. >> i'll be signing into law something that makes wisconsin the 25th state in the nation that says you have the right to work wherever you want whether being part of a union or not. >> even president obama is taking notice.
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recently the president was in walker's state to discuss workers right and overtime pay. >> america is always in better spot whether we all have a shot. >> polling right up there with jeb bush, while jeb bush is a friend walker insists the country is ready for an unknown. >> i just have a hard time from what i hear voters thinking we can compete against hillary clinton, a name from the past with another name from the past. i don't think only republicans wand someone new but independent voters. >> we will bring you be walker's announcement speech later on live, expected to happen around 6:00 p.m. eastern time. marco rubio says he has raised $12 million for his campaign so
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far. that brings the total to 44 million for be candidate and his supporters. 44 million behind texas senator ted cruz and 60 million behind former florida governor, jeb bush. coming up next why harper lee's new book has caused controversy over a classic character.
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>> nobel passions prize winner malala yousafzai is celebrating her 18th birthday. she inaugurated the opening of a school. harper lee's book "go set a watchman," a whole new and controversial perspective on atticus finch.
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>> david the novel takes place in a time when america was debating desegregation. atticus finch as a person defending a black man. "go set a watchman" sets finch in a different light. set in the '50s it describes how finch's daughter returns with her racial views. do you want negroes by car loads in our movie theaters? and in our world? finch's character may be a shock to mockingbird fans but readers we spoke to say it could be a more realistic portrayal.
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>> nobody's perfect. >> even if this characteristic, atticus finch did have some leanings to the other side, i would argue that we have actually seen an evolution. >> she's not here to write a perfect story. >> publisher harper collins issued a statement. the question of atticus's racism is a theme in the novel. >> even though "go set a watchman" was being released now, it was written before "to kill a mockingbird." racial tensions like the recent shootings in south carolina and the confederate flag debate. >> we have to find positive ways to address these differences or at least be able to live with each other. and that is a social problem, it is obviously a family problem for jean louise finch and her
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father, it is a political problem and an extremely contemporary problem. >> harp he leeharper lee said, i'm extremely surprised that this is being published at this time. >> her editor said to rewrite it and that's how "to kill a mockingbird" was created david. >> thank you. started out in the 1980s as a nintendo programmer. responsible for the company's rebirth as well as the launch of the wii. sitaro was only 55. he died on saturday. we will see you live for special
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coverage at 6:00 eastern coverage of scott walker's announcement. be. >> thj. >> this is al jazeera. >> hello, i'm lauren taylor, this is the newshour live from london. coming up. no grexit. alexis tsipras comes back from brussels with a tough package to pass. deal on iran's nuclear program is looking unlikely before tuesday. forced from their