-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the confederate flag the center of controversy after a racially motivated shooting in the u.s. is coming down in one state capital. wild trading in china. and a killing, the clemency and the aftermath, arnold schwarzenegger's decision as

governor is under scrutiny. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm max foster and this is "cnn newsroom." that divisive confederate flag that flies at the south carolina state house grounds may soon come down after more than 12 hour of debate, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to remove it even surpassing a required two-thirds majority. the bill goes to governor nikki haley for her signature. >> he ledshe led the call to bring it down after dylan roof walked into a black church and killed nine people. he wanted to start a race war. that flag holds an important place in southern history. confederate soldiers carried it into battle during the u.s.

civil war. for many african-americans it's a painful reminder of slavery. >> govern haley tweeted it's a new day in south carolina. it is official greece has formally applied for its third international bailout. the country faces a weekend deadline to submit a plan and reach a deal before running out of cash. they are asking for cash promising new reforms in exchange for rescue aid. the european union plans to decide on the request on sunday. >> banks in greece will stay closed until monday and the daily withdrawal limits of 60 euros remains in place. the atms will have enough catch until monday. >> it is just after 10:00 a.m. in athens and that's where we find cnn's isa soares this morning. hi there, isa. we spoke last hour about whether

the greek leadership understood that this is their last chance to present solid reforms that european leaders are serious. is that message getting through and what are we learning so far about what may be included in the new proposal? >> reporter: i they they have been sold and made abundantly clear what is exactly at stake and how much they have to put forward in order for europe to approve. i think europe yesterday when we saw the speeches we saw there was a huge divide between members of the european parliament but it's i think the message was very clear. you either put your house -- your financial house in order or you are out. we have heard so many times about there being a deadline. but donald tusk yesterday said this is it this is the final deadline. we need credible and serious proposals. in terms of the proposals we

know they asked for a three-year bailout. reports suggest anything around 50 billion euros. that's how much the imf said was needed for greece to survive economically as well as needing debt relief. we know they asked for debt relief. in terms of the stick points between them. i broke them down so viewers get a sense of the friction. first of all retirement age, europe has been asking greece to raise the retirement age from 62 to 67. greece said we have cut our pensions further and many people are living below the poverty line so no way. so europe is asking to reform the pension system. the pension system here is subsidized by the national government. europe is saying make that more independent. whatever you put in you get out when you retire.

the third is raise tax on businesses. europe says your businesses the economy is too taxed. can you cut spending any other way. and then there is cuts in spending in military spending that greece agreed to and one of the red lines is this v.a.t. in the islands. europe wants to completely eliminate that v.a.t. because it is just too much. but greece wants to keep it. greece says we need to keep the v.a.t. on the islands because that will impact tourism. >> interesting points coming out there. at least there is some progress but a lot to be decided. isa soares reporting there live from athens many thanks to you. in the third week of trading volatility chinese stocks rallied thursday. >> beijing announced measures to halt the slide including a ban on large shareholders from

selling. the shanghai composite is up 5% and the shenzhen up nearly 4%. ivan watson has the latest on this. these are extraordinary restrictions on the market. >> reporter: they are. and the reactions on the market perhaps a psychologist would diagnosis it as buyi-polar. a major selloff on wednesday and the shanghai composite almost gaining back the losses that took place in a really devastating day on wednesday here. so you can just imagine investors swinging from euphoria to despair just in the last 36 hours. but what we've really seen is effectively a crash over the course of the last three weeks. the stock markets here in china losing more than $3 trillion

worth of wealth in that very short period of time. with analysts saying the longer the selloff would go on the more potential consequences it could have for the chinese government itself. take a listen. >> so far, this crisis or panic is contained in the stock market alone. but if the government cannot rebutte or calm down the market in very short times, weeks or days then this kind of pessimistic sentiment will be easily spilled over to the banking sectors because the leverage -- i mean the people borrow money to buy the stock, where the money come from? most of them from the banks. >> reporter: now it's important to note the chinese government has incredible amount of influence on the stock markets here and it's taken a lot of measures over the course of the last few weeks to try to stop

the bleeding there, cutting interest rates announcing tens of billions of dollars of stock purchases and announcing in the last 24 hours there is going to be an investigation by police into possible short trading -- short selling going on that was described as malicious. there have been gains today but it is important to note does that reflect the true value of the market because roughly half of all companies listed on the chinese stock market have suspended their trading. so we don't really know does this truly reflect the value of the stock market which all analysts say was effectively a bubble. that's what attracted so many people to invest their money into this market in recent months. that's why so many people were so frightened and panicked that their savings were going up in

smoke. >> thank you very much indeed. we'll keep on touch of the markets. let's take a short break for now. three major u.s. companies grind some operations to a halt suffering from big computer problems creating a chaotic day for traders and travellers. sticking points are delaying a nuclear deal with iran as negotiators could face the final stretch of their talks. we have the latest from vienna in a live report. many wrinkle creams come with high hopes, but hope... doesn't work on wrinkles. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair has the fastest retinol formula... to work on fine lines and even deep wrinkles in just one week. neutrogena®.

we do want to take you live now to russia where president vladimir putin is welcoming world leaders to the brics summit. he is speaking now. we are not seeing the pictures yet but it's the group includes emerging economic powers like brazil india, china and south africa. >> he is eager to show his country in a leadership role. it offers him an alternative platform really to show off russian power and those markets that haven't been affected by sanctions. and the brics want to launch a

new bank. it is going to be interesting to see if they can get it together. >> we will keep an eye on that. we didn't have success with those live pictures but we will go to that when we get them. crashers and congestion in london this morning as commuters scramble to get around. million os poof people take the tube every day but it is shut down until friday because of a strike. the light railway, london overground and transport for london rail staff are not on strike and are operating as normal. >> tfl added 200 extra buses and river services today. if you bike to work over there, a few extra cycle hubs are available as well. go to the transport for london

website on your screen. you are relieved. you get a couple of trains every day. >> the thing about the transport system in london in the uk it's always so tight. if there is a disturbance it does cause chaos. but often people will stay at home. >> i have seen a few people on twitter saying they are working from home. >> any excuse. officials are trying to figure out how massive computer glitches brought three u.s. companies to a halt on wednesday wednesday. it hit united airlines the new york stock exchange and the "wall street journal" website. >> airlines were grounded worldwide. and the stock exchange was closed for three hours. >> reporter: digital glitches one after the next. >> breaking news right now,

united airlines has grounded planes nationwide. >> at the new york stock exchange trading has been halted. >> this is what you see when you go to the "wall street journal" website. >> united airlines grounding its fleet worldwide planes at stand still for more than an hour. and trading halted at the new york stock exchange. the epicenter of the financial universe issuing a statement. we're currently experiencing a technical issue that we're working to resolve as quickly as possible. by noon, the "wall street journal" online had a problem. a 504 error message greeted people visiting the page. >> at the present moment we have no indication that any of the glitches are connected. >> reporter: the department of homeland security says that there are no signs of malicious

activity at least when it comes to nyse and united airlines. united says it was a router that went bad. they fixed the router and things went back to normal. this morning's glitch is causing backups that could ripple into tomorrow. the nyse says the trading halt was a technical issue and not a cyberbreach. just like 2010's flash crash that pushed a trillion dollars of equity into a free fall into "n" a matter of seconds. >> i would imagine people are trying to affect the systems constantly. what the glitches illustrate is that the technology is not bullet proof. the new york stock exchange and united airlines and other carriers are going to be vulnerable to anyone willing to spend enough money to get vulnerabilities that will affect them. >> reporter: even if they are just technical glitches the cost

of doing business in the modern era, the public's trust is at stake. a top u.s. senator says president barack obama believes the chances of getting a nuclear deal with iran are now below 50/50 as they face the last stretch of negotiations to a deal. >> several key sticking points are delaying the process including iran's request that the u.n. lift its arms embargo and missile sanctions. senior international correspondent nic robertson is in vienna where negotiators are meeting. nic, president obama clearly lowering expectations of a deal being reach bud what is the sense in vienna? what is said about the fact that common ground might be found? >> reporter: it's less about what is being said and more that so little is being said.

yesterday after the intensity of the talks on monday night into tuesday, the deadline, what happened yesterday seemed like a very very slow day and that tells you about the nature of the talks and we're hearing from senior positions setting expectations or at least staking out a very hard and firm position for their own domestic political consumption but also as a strong signal to the iranian delegation that talks are still ongoing. and when president obama lowers the expectations this has to send a signal to the iranians that obama's team here secretary of state john kerry is not going to be budged and shifted in his position. i think it's not just setting expectations down but it's perhaps, you know showing the strength and unity around that position. we know late last night, secretary kerry was meeting with the p5+1 including the british,

french and german foreign ministers who flew in last night. that meeting could have included as well the foreign minister of iran zarif. really today so far, we don't have a good read on what to expect of what is going to happen. but in context of the deadline blown through and playing down of expectations. the sense is this could go either way. >> and what does happen if no deal is made? what then? >> reporter: you know it's hard to imagine a scenario and this is what we've been led to expect, that rather than everyone getting up and walking away from everything that has been accomplished. both sides saying that substantial progress across all areas, those key stumbling blocks are political ones. so likely what we would see if

there wasn't a deal would be to try to park as we saw what have been agreed so far and get a statement that at least nailed down the progress that's been made and agree to come back at a later date. this is speculation at a moment but it is unlikely that people will throw their papers in the air and walk away. they have come too far and have too much political capital riding on it as well as a belief that a deal is the best way forward. and both sides saying they will walk away from a bad deal. we don't know which way this is going to go. but we expect at the least to see progress nailed down in some text and agreement to come back later. >> we don't know which way it will go. but nic robertson watching closely there from vienna. thanks for joining us live. this saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the massacre the

day serb forces executed an estimated 8,000 muslim men and boys. >> on wednesday, russia vetoed a resolution that would have called it a crime of genocide. >> translator: we appeal to the authors of the draft and you, mr. president, to not put it to the vote. otherwise we will have to vote against it. our vote against it if it turns out to be inevitable will not however mean we are deaf to the suffering of the deaths of the areas. >> translator: the horrific events amounted to a genocide. to call it anything else now will hinder and not help reconciliation. and that is why there are many voices in the region that are calling for us to proceed and to vote and honor the victims as we do so. and for that reason i think it

is vital now that we proceed to a vote. a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the massacre will be held on saturday. former president bill clinton and others are expected to attend. severe storms and an apparent tornado turned deadly on wednesday in italy. >> you have incredible video. >> people don't think about europe and tornados frequently. you have 1100 in the united states and 300 in europe and the remaining 600 scattered around the world. the united kingdom has the most number of tornados for any country in the world for its land area. it gets about 50 tornados per year. no other area that small gets them. we'll jump into the video here. it's remarkable when it comes to what transpired in italy. and there it goes as we see the

tornado, 20 people injured and one fatality happening. this happened just west of venice. but just absolutely stunning footage. you can see how close this person was to this tornado as it was occurring across this region. the area around venice we often get waterspouts. but as a whole we talked about the 300 tornados per year. you go back to 2000 and we have had 3,000 plus tornados in europe. the four top nations in the uk. you come down to italy, 12 is the number five there for most tornados of a european country. that is an average of one per month. not far away in switzerland, temperatures in geneva 39.7

celsius on wednesday. that is an all time record north of the alps in switzerland. it's about 104 fahrenheit. incredible heat in areas around switzerland. and we have three typhoons we're watching for you. linfa is riding parallel right to the coast of hong kong. we know winds about 120 kph this would be a category 1 hurricane. i think the winds will gradually die down. it's the heavy rainfall expected in an area that sees the wettest weather in four decades. this is one of the wetter seasons of the year. and the rain becomes thunderstorms on friday and partly cloudy skies returning on saturday. and we are watching another typhoon, chan-hom that is three to four days out and this one could 30 potentially impact shanghai. >> a lot going on.

>> yeah. >> thank you. the chairman of the u.s. republican national committee wants donald trump to tone down his stance on illegal immigration. during a phone call on wednesday, he told trump how they address illegal immigration is important to winning back the hispanic vote. >> in an interview on wednesday with anderson cooper trump doubled down on comments he made and cant guarantee the legal status of workers he contracts. cooper asked what he would do about edward snowden as well, who leaked government information. >> former attorney general holder said perhaps a plea deal could be in the works and also said that snowden spurred a necessary debate. >> i think he is a total traitor

and i would deal with him harshly. i would get along with putin. i have dealt with russia. i think he would be absolutely fine. he would never keep somebody like snowden in russia. he hates obama. but he has no respect for obama. and snowden is living the life. look if that -- i'm president, putin says hey, you're gone i guarantee you that. >> donald trump there. world according to trump. snowden is in exile in moscow. a justice its department spoke woman says that snowden is expected to face charges if he ever returns to the united states. the european stock exchanges are open for the day. we will go live to london to see if the greek debt crisis is moving the markets. and the corruption scandal around fifa is heating up again.

details coming up on "cnn newsroom."

welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. >> i'm rosemary church. south carolina lawmakers have voted to remove a confederate flag from capitol grounds after more than 12 hours of debate. the measure will now go to governor nikki haley who says she will sign it into law. the momentum to take down the flag came in the week of a racist shooting at a black church that killed nine people.

>> china's announced another round of measures to halt the market slide and it appears they had an effect. the market is in positive territory today. interest rates were cut to a record low and brokerages plan to buy billions worth of stock. transport in london is reporting more commuters than usual are flooding the roads because of a tube strike. tfl added 200 buses to help millions of people get around until trains start running again tomorrow morning. just hours from now, former fifa vice president jack warner is expected in court for an extradition hearing. the united states requested his transfer from trinidad and tobago. >> he was charged with wire fraud, money laundering and

bribery. and accused of taking $10 million. he has denied any wrong doing and threatened to turn whistleblower. let's bring in -- from world soccer magazine for analysis on this. he joins us from london. so jack warner is wanted in the u.s. on corruption charges but he has vowed to fight efforts to extradite him from trinidad to the united states. what is likely to happen at this extradition hearing later this morning, do you think? >> well the latest reports from trinidad suggest that the authorities there have not yet received the formal paperwork that they need. and expected that the hearing today would be a comparably short one. warner is on a bail of $2.4

million, i understand. and he hired very expensive team of lawyers and experts in the extradition field to contest the application when it is eventually formally made. >> how strong is the corruption case against jack warner? >> well, this goes back to his ten years when he was the man in charge of football in the central caribbean and north american zone. his two sons and his former close aid chuck blazer have all given a great deal of help to the justice department investigation. so that's the extent warner is facing very serious charges and obviously, a very serious mountain of evidence. >> watching that extradition hearing as you say, it is likely it will be very short process. the paperwork not completed yet.

many thanks to you. >> also watching and waiting to hear from greek leaders on their plans for a new bailout loan. it's not clear how much money they are asking for but they are promising tax and pension reform in return. >> the banks will still be closed until at least monday and people are limited to withdrawing just 60 euros a day. >> the crisis has taken a painful toll on greeks. as cnn's phil black cease the signs of suffering in a once thriving town which is experiencing one of the highest unemployment rates in europe. >> reporter: in greece even economically depressed industrial towns are very beatiful. this is a town about an hour's drive north of athens. but the stunning scenery means little here. these are mostly pensioners

lining up for hours. yelling, shoving each other, desperate to get inside a bank. this woman's watch was broke man the crowd. look where we are today, this man says. we are being humiliated before the world. if this community's economic pain began long before greece's latest. this town once thrived on local industry. now they are scaling back and closing down since the start of the crisis in 2008. the mayor says that the flow on effect has hit every business, every person. he tells me unemployment is over 30%. among the young, it's over 60%. every day around 300 people now come here for free food. it's not much. but these are the most desperate

and their numbers are growing. we meet a person laid off six years ago after working 28 years in a local factory. he doesn't like relying on charity. he says it feels dark. but without it there would be no solution but suicide. this cement factory used to be the pride of the city but no one builds in greece any more and the plant closed in 2013. more than 300 jobs lost. the former workers have a standing protest here in the center of town. they want the factory reopened and greece to move on any way it can. >> do you want greece to stay in the euro? >> we prefer to have money, any money. and you can -- we can -- with this money, any name to manage

our lives. >> reporter: people here say to admire the beauty is to look through a misleading window. it's a community that dreams of recovering its dignity. phil black, cnn, greece. all right we want to take you back to russia where president vladimir putin has just welcomed world leaders to the brics summit. brazil india, china, and south africa. >> giving them an alternative from countries that put sanctions on him. it's also an opportunity for president putin to show that he's on the international stage despite being let out of the g 7 earlier in the year and he's still a player and it works for the whole group there, really. we'll follow the developments as

they unfold. china trying to create an alternative to the world bank. now a decision arnold schwarzenegger made while governor of california is under fire. he brushes off questions about why he granted clemency to a convicted killer. doesn't work on wrinkles. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair with the fastest retinol formula available, it works on fine lines and even deep wrinkles. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. stop hoping for results, and start seeing them. rapid wrinkle repair... ...and for dark spots rapid tone repair. from neutrogena®.

just into cnn an incredible video. a flight in the u.s. halted its takeoff on thursday morning because of what the airline calls mechanical issues. >> a southwest airlines flight was trying to take off from midway airport. you can see a shower of sparks under the wings. >> 143 on board. southwest says they are all safe and being rerouted to their final destinations and the plane will receive further inspection. i'm sure that the passengers

would like to talk about it as well. >> very unnerving but the person taking that footage seemed very calm. >> what else can you do? another three we are watching arnold schwarzenegger is being called out for a decision he took as governor. >> on his last day in office he commuted a prison sentence who is the son of a powerful politician. the decision devastated the victim's family. >> reporter: the terminator rebooting his block buster franchise with all the spectacle you expect from arnold schwarzenegger but it's the former california governor ignored requests for interviews from cnn and is still appearing to dodge our questions. will you answer another question from cnn. we are asking him about someone

else who says they are being ignored. fred and kathy santos. >> he plays a hero in the movies yet in real life he is not a hero. he is a dirty politician. >> reporter: they are the parents of luis santos. >> 911. >> my boy is dying. >> reporter: october 4, 2008. surveillance video captures several figures running. >> he has three people stopped maybe four. >> reporter: four friends out on the san diego state university campus jumped by strangers. three were injured and one of

them, the left ventricle of his heart split. they filled it with gas using it to torch their clothes and ditched their knives in the sacramento river. it took police hours to identify four suspects and soon motive. >> they were kicked out of a party and decided to stab some people. >> reporter: two pointed out the killers. >> my concern was that politics might interfere with justice with the legal system. >> it was immediate. >> once i knew the connection. >> reporter: the connection? esteban nunez's father is fabian nunez, california's most powerful lawmaker and california assembly speaker. now the politician was standing by his son.

nunez called his mr. tall friends to support his son. state political leaders and the mayor of los angeles who wrote to the court that esteban nunez is a young man of good and upright character. >> was anyone in power speaking up for your son? >> no. >> reporter: while politics swirled, just days before it began they were offered a plea deal by the prosecution. >> i pray that the universe will deliver you a just punishment. >> at sentencing 16 years behind bars each the maximum penalty for manslaughter and assault. >> it was better than nothing which is why we agreed to the plea deal. >> what happened? >> we got cheated out of that. >> what the santoss didn't know

was that nunez had forged a close relationship with arnold schwarzenegger. on his last night in office schwarzenegger commuted nunez's sentence slashing his 16 years to just seven. he is set to be released next year. >> i think it was political cronyism. >> reporter: cnn repeatedly requested an interview with fabian nunez which he denied. but he did speak in 2011. >> from the beginning my son was the headliner in this case. >> reporter: he said that the prosecutors were hungry for a prosecution. >> it was a total different legal standard. >> reporter: in this letter nunez argued that his son did not harm mr. santos and that jett was the real killer something that witnesses told

police. but prosecutors main itted that esteban wielded a knife. >> he actually stabbed two of the four boys himself. as to luis there is a question as to whether or not he was the stabber but it's he participated in what caused that stabbing. >> reporter: the only justification was in the commutation letter where he cited his lack of criminal history compared to jett's. the santos' learned of the news from a local reporter. >> anything you want to say to mr. schwarzenegger? >> no. >> reporter: we decided to ask for him. after ignoring our requests we caught up with him at his premier. >> i want so to ask you a question about your political

roots. esteban nunez why did you commute his sentence? >> since we're here today for the movie promotion we always just talk then about movies. i'm happy to talk about the terminator and love to talk about the -- >> but they are -- >> thank you, everyone. >> the family is trying to go to the supreme court sir. >> we try again. arnold. >> and again. >> can i ask you a question? >> he won't respond, returning to his hollywood life while the santos family returns to theirs minus the glamour. >> why are you continuing to fight? and we were not there to protect him and prevent him from being killed. this is the only thing we can do for him. >> jerry brown signed a law requiring governors to notify

prosecutors before granting clemency. >> and fabian nunez, the father of the convicted man told the "los angeles times" i used my relationship with the governor to help my own son. i'd do it again. there it is. i would do it again. the pope's tour of south america has taken him to bolivia. next he will go to santa cruz where pope francis hopes to spread goodwill. they make little hearts happy and big hearts happy too because as part of a heart healthy diet, those delicious oats in cheerios can help naturally lower cholesterol. how can something so little... help you do something so big.

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welcome back everyone. pope francis is now in santa cruz bolivia, part of his eight-day tour of south america. >> on wednesday, the pope spent time in one of the world's highest cities la paz. but his visit was cut short due to concerns over altitude sickness. >> reporter: la paz celebrating the coming of pope francis. at 3600 meters nearly 12,000 feet, quite a challenge for a

78-year-old pontiff. at the airport pope francis, greeted by indigenous children and presented by a traditional bag to store coca leaf by the president. according to many bolivians, that's the best way to stave off altitude sickness and it's sold at markets like this one. piles of tomatoes cheese and eggs and next to the dried chiles coca leaves. do you think that bone francis is going to try it? he's going to chew it she says. he's here he's going to chew it. further down the road another woman shows me how it's done. it's for hunger he says for energy and altitude. >> it will give rid of hunger and help with the headache. and it does help with the

headache. and there is the tea made of coca leaf. cola leaf is the main ingredient of cocaine but chewing and drinking tea are considered safe and legal here. the vatican tried to limit the effects of altitude by limiting pope francis' trip to four hours. the followers lined the ways. he showed no signs of fatigue. but we may never know if coca leaf helped him keep up his spirits. >> what a response he's getting. >> the crowds are immense. in paraguay they will be even bigger. >> i'm rosemary church. "early start" is coming up in the united states. >> and i'm max foster, elsewhere join me for more "cnn newsroom" after this break.

breaking news this morning. take it down. a new day for south carolina. the final vote to remove the confederate flag from statehouse grounds. chaos on wall street. the new york stock exchange shun shutdown. tracking markets ahead. and donald trump unplugged. the cnn interview that made so much news, hillary clinton, jeb bush