captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> ifill: a landslide vote against austerity-- greeks reject european terms for a bailout; a risky gamble as banks verge on collapse. good evening.. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. also ahead this monday: a world cup win for team usa in soccer. what the american women's third title means for the future of the sport. >> ifill: plus, celebrating 50 years of good vibes with the grateful dead, who spent the weekend saying farewell to their devoted fans. >> it's really gung-ho. that's how you feel about every

day. any day you had a chance to play music, it's that way inside. >> woodruff: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions

and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the leaders of germany and france pressed the greek government today to offer up serious financial aid proposals in an effort to jumpstart a new round of talks. that comes a day after more than 61% of greek voters rejected the terms of an international bailout deal. meanwhile, the european central bank moved to raise the amount of collateral greek banks must pay for emergency loans. we'll take a closer look at the impact of the landslide vote, and talk to greece's ambassador to the u.s., right after this news summary. >> ifill: greece's economic uncertainty pushed stocks lower on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average lost 46 points to close at

17,683, the nasdaq fell 17 points, and the s&p 500 slipped eight. >> woodruff: twin bombings rocked central nigeria overnight, killing 44 people. the blasts targeted a muslim restaurant and a mosque in jos about 150 miles northeast of the capital, abuja. nearly 70 people were wounded, including many who were rushed to the hospital last night for treatment. the attacks were believed to be the work of islamic state affiliate, boko haram. the militants have killed more than 300 nigerians in the past week alone. >> ifill: combat in the islamic state was at the top of the agenda as president obama paid a rare visit to the pentagon this afternoon. he met with top military leaders for a briefing on the ongoing u.s.-led campaign against the militant group. afterward, the president said the fight won't be quick but acknowledged the significant progress made so far. >> our coalition has now hit isil with over 5,000 airstrikes.

we've taken out thousands of fighting positions, tanks, vehicles, bomb factories and training camps. we've eliminated thousands of fighters, including senior isil commanders and over the last year we've seen that when we have an effective partner on the ground, isil can be pushed back. >> ifill: the president's statement followed an uptick in u.s.-led coalition airstrikes in syria over the weekend. the aerial operations targeted islamic state-controlled structures and transit routes surrounding the militants' stronghold of raqqa. >> woodruff: foreign ministers from six world powers met with their iranian counterpart today in vienna to make one final push ahead of tomorrow's deadline to reach a nuclear weapons agreement. but there were no major signs of progress as u.s. secretary of state john kerry negotiated alongside officials from five other nations and iran. his spokesman warned if the iranian regime doesn't adhere to previous agreements, there will be no deal.

>> we will only accept a deal that effectively close off iran's pathways to a nuclear weapon and that will have to be a deal that can stand up to the scrutiny of not just our experts but experts around the world. not there yet, and there are some important issues still to be resolved. >> woodruff: a white house spokesman acknowledged it was "certainly possible" that tomorrow's self-imposed deadline could slip. >> ifill: south carolina's statehouse is one step closer to removing the confederate battle flag from a pole on its grounds in columbia. the state senate passed a crucial vote on legislation that would take down the flag. but the bill still requires approval from the state's house of representatives and republican governor nikki haley who recently reversed course and said the flag should be removed. the debate comes amid growing criticism in the wake of a shooting rampage at a black church in charleston. hundreds of thousands of faithful gathered in ecuador's main port city today to watch pope francis celebrate mass. the service-- which was

dedicated to families-- was held in a park in guayaquil. it's the pontiff's second visit to his native region since becoming the leader of the catholic church in 2013. he travels next to bolivia and paraguay. >> woodruff: it was disclosed comedian bill cosby admitted in an 2005 deposition that he obtained way lewds to drug women he wanted to have sex with. cosby has been accused by more than two dozen women of sexual misconduct over four decades h. he has never been criminally charged. still to come on the newshour: a vote against austerity sends greece into the unknown, what's next for women's soccer after team usa's world cup win? the week ahead in politics with tamara keith and susan page good vibes, nostalgia and farewells from the grateful dead and, why more americans are moving to mexico to retire.

>> ifill: a historic moment in greece this weekend, as voters drew the line on more austerity after five years of government cuts. but can greece strike a new deal with its creditors? or will they be forced to-- or choose to-- leave the eurozone altogether? special correspondent malcolm brabant begins our coverage from athens. >> reporter: it was a resounding "no" to more cuts and the results of the referendum were greeted with loud celebrations in syntagma square. >> ( translated ): this is our first step to our next battle. now it truly starts. i do not think that everything will suddenly be perfect but it is a first step in making fear go away.

>> this result filled me with hope for tomorrow, for greece. i'm very proud of the greek people, very, very proud. we don't want to be slaves. >> reporter: first thing this morning, prime minister alexis tsipras convened a meeting with greek political leaders asking for and winning broad support as he tries to restart negotiations with international lenders. many in greece believe it will be a bumpy ride. >> there have to be doubts about whether the tsipras government can negotiate itself out of this corner. over the past six months there have been many, many mistakes. lots of dead ends they have gone up. what i would say is that sunday's referendum gives them a very clear and strong mandate to go back and try and do something. >> reporter: discussions were also ongoing in paris, where german chancellor angela merkel met this evening with french president francois hollande. an emergency summit of eurozone leaders convenes tomorrow in brussels. >> ( translated ): we respect the decision of the referendum as a vote of a sovereign democratic state.

and now we have to deal with that decision. we're saying very clearly that the door for talks remains open. and tomorrow's meeting of the heads of states belonging to the eurozone ought to be understood in that sense. >> reporter: and the message from the white house remained the same as before the vote: negotiate a way to remain in the eurozone. >> the only way that will happen is to agree to a package of reforms and financing that will allow greece to get back on a path to economic growth and debt sustainability. that's the only available resolution that is in the collective interest of those in europe who are involved. >> reporter: but back in greece, support to exit the eurozone was still a priority for many including those of the socialist workers party headquarters in a dingy athenian street. they were packing away the "no" posters and promising to fight tsipras' "syriza" party if he signs a bailout deal that the people reject.

>> if syriza signs a deal against the will of people who voted no, it will be faced with massive resistance. >> reporter: it wasn't just the left that voted "no" in the referendum. alexis mantheakis, formerly a senior official with a right wing nationalist party, believes greece is now in a strong negotiating position. >> if greece is forced into a corner and the banks are dried up, they give us no money, then the government has the last resort of staying out of the euro in which case you will have a knock on effect of trillions of dollars lost. one and a half trillion was lost in just one day on the stock markets on the day of the referendum announcement. if we go out of the euro, that's our last stick. we don't want to use it. but if we're forced into a corner i think the government should do it. >> reporter: the uncertainty of what happens to greece and the euro wobbled financial markets around the world today. the dive was steadied by the announcement the greek finance minister yanis varoufakis would resign. for the time being, greece is being kept afloat financially...

just. the european central bank has agreed to maintain what's called the emergency liquidity assistance programs to greek banks, so their customers can continue to make withdrawals. the banks were supposed to open tomorrow, but they will remain shuttered for two more days at least. and the maximum withdrawal is just $67 a day. without the e.c.b's helping hand, banks here would have collapsed within days. if greek proposals fail to impress in brussels tomorrow, the e.u. could decide to end its support and greece could really become the poor man of europe. for the pbs newshour, this is malcolm brabant in athens. >> ifill: as the government braces for next steps, we turn now to greece's ambassador to washington, christos panagopoulos. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> ifill: now as you look at what the voters said no to austerity, what do you think comes next? >> next comes convening the heads of government in the states of theine tomorrow.

we'll have a euro group. that's the procedure. in substance what the referendum is unanimity of let's say 80% of the parties that represent parliament which they support the prime minister to go tomorrow to brussels and present a greek proposal and we have reasons to hope that we're going to reach an agreement in principle and then try to renormize the country economically. >> ifill: as you know some people think the unanimity is going to take greece off a cliff. why are they wrong? >> because of the first time since quite a few months, i should say, that the political leaders decided to back the government to reach an agreement, and this is a very powerful card. on the other hand, if you look to our partners in europe and

american partners nobody has to do anything if we fail to reach an agreement to. put it simply, they won't lose their money. we're going to suffer a lot, no question, but who's going to profit? no one. it's a win-win situation to come down at the very last moment and find agreement. and i think this is doable. >> ifill: so as you make your appeal to the european governments, is there anything greece is willing to give up to put on the table? >> we have a comprehensive proposal to present, but as i told you before, the issue of the sustainability of our debt is on the table. why? we don't like to come back after a few months discussing about the greek crisis. so yes we're ready to take very tough measurers. but, at the same time, we should deal with the substantive deal well was agreed in 2012 but

never implemented in discussion. >> ifill: in your opinion, this will test the strength of the eurozone not just the government of greece? >> it's a test. all the history of the european union is to find a way after crisis. that's our hope that, with difficulty, we'll find our way out starting tomorrow and trying to normalize our country with the eurozone for the benefit of europe and the western community all in all. >> ifill: what are the chances this leads greece being forced or choosing to exit the yearns and -- yiewnders and eurozone and will that be good for greece? >> we hope we're going to succeed to have unanimity with one exception to have the parties is to keep greece in the eurozone, and that's what we hear from our partners all over europe, elected and non-elected officials.

also today, the white house repeated its wish for a compromise from both parties. i think they should take care of the sustainability of the greek debt which is a big issue right now on the table. >> ifill: are you as optimistic as a few months ago that greece will find a way out of this muddle? >> we are because right now it's the time to decide. we have no more time, and tomorrow we're going to see, i hope positive results. >> ifill: christos panagopoulos ambassador to the united states from greece, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> ifill: we turn now to a look at the broader debate underway now in the wake of the greek referendum. for that, we're joined by "new york times" columnist paul krugman, who is also professor of economics at the graduate center at the city university of new york and stefan richter is publisher and editor-in-chief of "the globalist." stefan, you just heard the statement of optimism coming from the greek ambassador. what do you think the fallout will be over the weekend? >> it's going to be severe

because there have been lots of attempts from angela merkel, from the s.p.d. in germany, certainly from italy france, so on, to build a bridge for mr. tsipras. angela merkel basically took him under her wing, a neophyte, young politician, wanted to build a bridge and risked a lot. but the grex, greeks the government has thrown away help from others that even if we had a deal tomorrow, something magic happened, that it has the will or capacity to implement the agreement. throughout the world, this is not just the greece situation. in washington, the i.m.f. have a lot of condition that of things over the years, countries must be willing to change to get to a brighter future and it's not about just opening banks and throwing money their way. that would be nice if it were that. but if you think all the euro crisis away, greece had problems before it got started in the

euro, those problems are till with us. it takes more than money to change that. >> ifill: paul krugman? one thing to understand is just how much effort greece has put in. greece has achieved an incredible budget adjustment. it has raised taxes, slashed spending to the tune of what would be more than $2 trillion a year if it were happening in the united states. so we're talking about a greek government that has under successive leaders made enormous sacrifices. it's bizarre to say they haven't done anything. they've done structural resources as well. what the leader has been trying to done do, when a country is deep in debt, to try to through austerity, bring that debt under control is an impossible task. what you're doing is bashing the economy so badly that the economy shrinks fast than anything you can do on the budget side. so, you know, essentially,

europe has been completely living in a fantasy world on all of this. i don't know what the answer -- i mean i suspect that the answer is going to be greek from the euro. after all the suffering, part of the problem is belief. >> ifill: we've seen today the i.m.f. and the european central bank and the netherlands and germany all pretty much hold the line. do you think they hear what it is mr. krugman is talking about? >> no, because the point she's making about debt relief and what he made in the "new york times" today is not atish shiewvment i don't think there are many german politicians or citizens expecting any money back out of greece. i think there was a big mess, the german banks were in part faulty investment banks goldman sachs helped the greek government fake statistics, so on, plenty of of blame to go around but greece has a position of

taking concession and not delivering. when they got into the your o greece got much lower interest rates which helps the economy and entrepreneurs to do business. but instead of using it to improve the economy, they basically used it to hire more people in the government, every party packed the payrolls of the government, they were elected the next guy came in, stayed. this is not a way to make greece productive. there are many productive people. many live abroad in the united states. there is entrepreneurship in greece theoretically but voted with their feet to move abroad. >> ifill: paul krugman are these other nations in the eurozone, especially germany are they trying to make greece an example for the fear of the same sort of instant spreading? >> well, there is some that -- that's speculation. we really don't know that. it's hard not to suspect that. if your notion is, well, greek society has always been corrupt.

well, you knew that. this is impossible, talk about mission creep right turn from let's deal with this financial problem, this macroeconomic problem to let's remake greek society that's saying you want greece out. if that actually happens europe is going to be very sorry because the consequences for the whole european system the consequences for the european project will be terrible. in the end, if greece leaves the euro, the consequence force the greeks will be a few months of chaos but possibly a big gain in competitiveness and recovery. greece functioned as an economy before there was a euro. the notion they cannot survive without is wrong and the folly -- i mean, i have no grief for the current government of greece. they are immature inexperienced, but compared with the monstrous folly repeated year after year on the part of europe's leaders, it's nothing. this is an incredible failure of judgment. >> ifill: so the eurozone stefan richter, should the

greeks go from the eurozone or should the eurozone cut greece loose? >> the tragedy is in order to for the eurozone to survive there needs to be minimal great on fiscal policies, on lots of policies, and the greek government under any stretch is outside that consensus. that's the tragedy. in order to preserve the eurozone we will seek unless mr. tsipras pulls one more rabbit out of the hat which is unless he comes up with a unit government saying this is no longer about politics, we're in this together a low probability but that's his last card. >> ifill: paul krugman, is there a rabbit to be pulled out of the hat? >> the unit has had a series of community governments. it has done 90%, 95% of what it's been told and the results have been catastrophic.

that's the demand. once again the current greek government sacrificed its own principals, go back on what it promised the electorate, this time it will likely work -- well, i don't think you can blame greece if that's the consequence of what happens. >> ifill: thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. women's soccer team set itself apart last night with a historic achievement. we're about to look at what this outcome means, and the state of women's sports versus men's. but first, we're not yet 24 hours from our victory in vancouver. a quick look back. >> the u.s. wins the 2015 women's world cup! >> woodruff: it was a record- breaking victory, and it came in decisive fashion. the americans beat defending champion japan 5-to-2, avenging their 2011 loss in the finals,

and winning their first world cup since 1999. midfielder carli lloyd scored three times-- a first in a women's final-- and the u.s. had a 4-zero lead within the first 16 minutes. >> hat trick for lloyd! >> woodruff: lloyd-- who won player of the tournament honors- - said the team "just wrote history". >> i'm so proud of this group we executed our gameplan each and every game and to make it to the final, to win 5-2, it's an unbelievable moment. >> woodruff: afterwards, head coach jill ellis reflected on the sooner-than-expected success. >> we talked about trying to start fast. that's been one of our mantras. start fast, finish strong and i mean they came out of the gate. >> woodruff: a sellout crowd of more than 53,000-- including vice president joe biden-- was on hand in vancouver. and back in the u.s., the final posted the highest metered- market t.v. rating ever for

soccer game on a single network. the americans now have three women's world cup titles, more than any other country. and today, in turn, they received uniforms with a coveted third star on the chest. but despite the celebrating, there was criticism surrounding disparities for women playing in the world cup. unlike the men's tournament, the women were forced to play on artificial turf, a surface that's been blamed for injuries and unusual bounces. american fan favorite abby wambach was among the most vocal critics of the fake grass. another issue: the world cup prize money. when germany won the men's tournament last year, it took home $35 million. but the u.s. women won only $2 million this year. and what does it mean for the future of women's professional

soccer in the u.s. and more we turn to cheryl cooky, a professor of women's studies at purdue university who has published studies on the differences between the way men's and women's sports are seen, and deborah slaner larkin is the c.e.o. of the women's sports foundtaion, which works toward safe and equitable sports opportunities for girls and women. and we welcome you both. deborah larkin, to you both, how big a deal is the women's world cup? >> it's a huge deal. this started from 1999 when we won the second world cup, and the next generation of girls who looked up to those stars are playing today, so it's not only those athletes but the next generation of girls and boys in all sports who want to play. >> woodruff: cheryl cooky, how do you see the significance of it? >> i think this is a tremendous moment not only for the u.s. women's soccer team but for all the fans out there all the

aspiring, young girls and boys who want to be athletes. i think this is a tremendous moment for them. i think it's a tremendous moment for our culture as well that we can all join together and celebrate the tremendous accomplishments and prowess and female athleticism that we saudis played last night. >> woodruff: deborah slaner larkin, we mentioned disparity between men's and women's soccer. how much disparity is there today? >> oh, it's quite noticeable, quite dramatic. we can start with money. the women get to share $2 million for the winners, but in the men's world cup the american men got to share $8 million and they lost. the women had to play on a turf field, which is much more difficult to play on and the men do not have to play on a turf field. so while they play the same amount of time with the same

amount of energy, the temperatures on a turf field are much, much hotter. so it's very dramatic what the differences are. i kind of likened it to when we used to talk about that when fred astaire and ginger rogers would dance, ginger rogers had to do it going backwards and in heels, that's the difference. >> woodruff: cheryl cooky, what would you add to that and why is this disparity there more than 40 years after title 9 was passed outlawing discrimination on the basis of gender and education? >> just to add to that, i think it's interesting to look at the media coverage. the major league soccer -- men's soccer league in the united states just recently signed an eight-year, 90- million contract with a major sports network, espn and foxsports have their games televised whereas the national women's soccer league,

the female counterpart has no tv contract, has only three sponsors compared to the 20 sponsors for the men's team, and we know that the m.l.s. professional league has struggled in terms of generating revenue and a fan base. i think the lack of national contract for the women's team really impacts how we can really come to know women's sports or women's soccer, i should say, in the united states. how this all connects to title 9, i think is a really interesting question. we've seen a tremendous growth and explosion in the number of girls and women that are participating in sports. however, there are still a number of areas and we were talking about media and sponsorship and those sorts of issues, there's a number of ways in which women's sports, both at the high school collegiate and professional level, still suffer from these disparities. >> woodruff: deborah slaner larkin, let me turn to you on that. not only why but what can be

done about it? we are decades past the passage of this law. what needs to happen for there to be more -- not to abuse the term burks for there to be more of an even playing field? >> that's right. well, we have to put pieces into the law when we talk about compliance of title 9. in high school sports when title 9 was passed one in 27 girls played sports now the number we use is 2 in 5. now we talk about it in a different way, a third of the girls who play get all the exercise in sports they need, a third get a little and a third get none, and it's the third that get none and a little are who we need to focus on because they're not getting the education, health and leadership benefits. girls who play sports do better in school have aspirations for college, earn more money in the workforce, are less involved in

delinquent behaviors, so we need to put our money where our mouth is and put money behind girls sports and compliance for title 9. >> woodruff: cheryl cooky, how do you see this question of girls and women not having the same opportunity as men when it comes to participate in sports? >> yeah, i think there is a lot of ways in which there is still many types of inequalities, some that we can see and some that we can't, some that we're aware of and some that we're not. if we look at simple things like when sports are played, the n.b.a., the professional league and, of course, this isn't applying to title 9, but we see that at the high school levels and the collegiate levels often finds the men's teams play in the high-profile the regular seasons. the girls and women's teams oftentimes play in off seasons. they have the less desirable playing time. so i think there are kinds of subtleties that are just beyond

getting more girls involved in sports. >> woodruff: well this big win for u.s.a. women's soccer certainly gives us an opportunity to look at these issues again and we want to thank both of you for talking with us. cheryl cooky, deborah slaner larkin, we appreciate it. >> thank you. very much. >> ifill: fourth of july brought parades, patriotism and even a few fireworks to the campaign trail. no better time, then for politics monday, our weekly look at the state of the campaign. joining me tonight: tamara keith of n.p.r. and susan page of "usa today." ladies, let's follow the money. let's talk about what some of these candidates have said they have been raising. we see that in the three-month period people have been measuring, hillary clinton says she's raised $45 million, bernie sanders in that same period of time, for someone who has not been a real challenge to her on

some levels $15 million, ted cruz $14 million and $14 million. >> hillary clinton has been doing big fundraisers, $2,700 fundraisers per head, the max someone can get from the primary. she's done three or four fundraisers a day where if you add it up it's, like, $1 million in a single day. at the same time she's been trying to get a lot of small donors and when this number came out, her campaign was careful to say, and look at this 91% of our donations were for $100 or less. they definitely want to promote the lower number. bernie sanders isn't having any big-dollar fundraisers and his campaign is very proud the average donation is something like $33. it's pretty remarkable to raise $15 million, $33 at a time. >> ifill: i'm interested that

a lot of candidates like ted cruz even though he raised $14 million put out a statement saying his uncoordinated political action committee actually raised a lot more. how much are these candidates formally depending on the pacts? >> well, hillary clinton broke the record barack obama set in the first campaign for first quarter fundraising, $45 million. that will be dwafd by what hillary clinton-related super pacs and pacs are going to bring in. it gives the lie to the technical world that they're supposed to be uncoordinated. staffed by the people who used to work for the candidates. there is all kinds of relationships to count on. >> ifill: the squeeze from the right and left, especially the democratic side. on the right jim reb jim webb getting

into the race and others. is this having an effect on hillary clinton? >> hillary clinton would say she's continuing to run her own race. if you look at what she's doing. tomorrow she's doing an interview on crn crn, her first sit-down, national, televised interview of this campaign. her campaign told us a couple of months ago they were planning on starting to roll out the interviews over the summer. so even though it seems like she might be running scared, it all seems to be part of the playbook. doesn't seems like they've changed the playbook just yet. >> ifill: what about that susan. >> they're concerned not so much that bernie sanders will take the nomination away that's extremely unlikely but he is getting huge crowds and a message, a more liberal, progressive message resonating with democrats, putting pressure on her with things like the free trade pact.

she has problems in looking approachable and looking like she's a fully-fledged human being. he's 100% authentic, approachable bernie sanders. so i think the contrast is not helpful to her. >> when i talk to people out when i'm reporting, they say things like gosh, bernie sanders is just so real, and it creates that contrast with hillary clinton who has been in public life for so long she's had her picture taken so many times that she has the smile down just right and bernie is just out there being bernie, and, so, it does create a stylistic contrast for people. >> ifill: on the republican side the squeeze seems to be brought on the candidates by one donald trump because of what he said in his announcement about mexicans and many being rapists even though he's sure some of them are okay is putting the

republicans into the position of distancing themselves? >> they're not that eagle to do so. the fact is donald trump has a message that appeals to some republican voters with a very hard line on immigration. it took a week for other republican candidates to come out and be critical of him, even though this is very bad news, i think, for the republican party in a general election. the republicans will not win the white house unless they do better among hispanic voters and they won't if they have a line on immigration that is so offensive to so many hispanics. >> ifill: jeb bush found it offensive. he's married to a woman born in mexico and donald trump said he had to do that because of his wife. >> donald trump deleted that tweet. ning some ways donald trump is the ultimate twitter troll, and a lot of these candidates were trying not to feed the troll for a while and realized oh, wait he is saying things that are

damaging. and, so, jeb bush came out relatively early, though fact is donald trump made these reactors june 16. it is now july 7. >> ifill: took a long time. a very long time. but jeb bush did ultimately, marcomarco rubio, several others. ted cruz is the only one that said he didn't want to get involved in the fighting. >> ifill: the other thing is makes candidates like chris christie, once considered the moderate in the race, and scott walker considered the social conservative they're not where they start out are they? >> chris christie you saw him go straight to new hampshire, the straight talk express is what he's hoping to get on, he has a tough road ahead of him. scott walker made a good early impression but his chips are in iowa. if chris chris the i chris the has to win in

new hampshire, scott walker has to win in iowa and the evangelicals are a powerful part of the iowa caucus. >> the interesting thing about scott walker is when he was running for reelection in wisconsin, he's all about i can be a blue state governor. now he's needing to win iowa and his preacher son, social conservative side is coming out more than it did in that reelection not that long ago. >> ifill:ago. >> ifill: thank you both very much. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: now, what a long strange trip it's been: after 50 years, the legendary rock band, the grateful dead, bowed out in a series of concerts this weekend. there was history, some controversy, and a whole lot more in the air. and it was-- no surprise-- one of the summer's toughest tickets. our jeffrey brown was there.

>> brown: it was a weekend of extended guitar solos. ♪ evoking sounds -- ♪ and i thinks updated into the digital graphic scene. ♪ they were good vibes of the multi-generational time. >> we've got to see it. i've got to pass that on to him. >> brown: and a certain amount of nostalgia including from "the grateful dead" members looking back 50 years. >> we were gung-ho to play. that's the way we felt about it any chance we got to play music, you have to play. >> brown: it played out over three days and long nights. it's a series of final concerts for a "the grateful dead" that blazed it's path to become a

part of rock and roll history. we got to soldier field in chicago ahead of the celebration to talk to some of the people putting it on and taking part. >> it's a big circus. >> brown: a big circus? ecause there's so much going on driven by the rain master. it's the "the grateful dead." and the music is the real thing. >> brown: music promoter peter shapiro put the event together. >> part of the energy is the beat. all these different people from all over america, from all these different age groups, you can feel it, you know, and you can't get that anywhere else. there's just no other scene -- that's why i think this sold out in a minute thousands of tickets. and people also want to go back in time with it. >> brown: you think so? yeah. >> brown: to what? to a better time. >> brown: well, at least to a different time. grateful dead helped to define

the '60s counterculture the freedom, excess the whole package. all these years later drummer bill told me of the first time he saw a performance by a young man who would become the "the grateful dead"'s most iconic figure. charismatic guitarist jerry garcia. >> i watched him and said, i'm going to follow him forever. >> brown: what was it you saw in him? >> i a magic you don't see in everyday people. i saw the excitement of life inside of him coming forth. >> brown: a lot of people saw the magic in garcia and the "the grateful dead" in beginnings of a cult following. >> the "the grateful dead" were as much as social as music phenomenon. there's never been a "the

grateful dead" -- been aband like them. >> it was about the band and the fans. most bands when they go on tour establish a set and play the same songs in the same order every night. the "the grateful dead" never played them in the same order or same way. they reinterpreted their catalog constantly so every show was different. >> brown: also different and ahead of its time the "the grateful -- time theband's business model, including encouraging fans to make and share free recordings. >> there was no middle man. they were an internet "the grateful dead" without the existence of the internet. >> brown: how many shoals? shows have you been to? >> just got tickets for 99! >> brown: this sense of

community is in the parking lot in chicago a colorful festival of tie die and t-shirts often worn of attendants of the dead concerts of the past. many there were too young to have taken part in the golden age of the dead but they too, wanted tore part of the scene. >> when else in my life would i have the chance to do something like this? it was rare for someone of my age. >> brown: that golden age was wonderful for fans of the followers until it wasn't. jerry garcia tied in 1995 of a heart attack after years of battling drug addiction. ithe was just 53. >> what did it do to the band? made is individuals made us feel self-centered and made us not listen to the music when we

were all playing together. it's really bad for music. ♪ >> brown: money also became a factor, the need for it to support what inevitably became for corporate entity than just a group of jung music-loving guys. >> the purity of it, but it still would come back at times. it just took a lot more work. we're all back and healthy again. >> brown: why exactly they are back has been a question. original band members, ages 67 to 75, took the stage with help from younger stars including trey anestasio of fish, a band spawned by "the grateful dead." in a runup to the concerts, many

old time fans grumbled about ticket prices availability and more. two more concerts on the west coast were added to meet the demand. ♪ >> this was their going away party. everyone says they earned the weekend. if it turns into a cash-out tour after this, i think i will be, and i think i speak for a lot of deadheads, they will be disappointed to see them go out that way. it will be interest jewing is this the end of the road for them? >> as far as i know. >> brown: you're hedge ago bit. >> you're very sensitive to pick that up. i would like it to do more. between you and me and all the lovely fans, i would like to have a couple more shows on the east coast.

>> brown: so, who knows, we were there and it was an event all right. music lights, 70,000 of the band's closest friends soaking up a remembrance of times past. for one more weekend, at least the dead very much alive. from soldier field in chicago, i'm jeffrey brown for the pbs "newshour". >> woodruff: for those dead heads out there, the fun continues online where you can watch jeff's full interview with founding member bill kreutzmann. plus, read jeff's reporter's notebook about what it was like covering the scene. >> ifill: finally tonight, americans have long crossed the border with mexico in search of cheaper medical procedures dental work and prescription drugs. now a new trend is afoot: finding a place to live out retirement years. special correspondent kathleen

mccleery has the story, part of our occasional series about long term care. ♪ ♪ ♪ somewhere in mexico there's a field of dreams >> reporter: david truly, known as the barefoot professor plays in a local band near lake chapala in central mexico. he wrote his ph.d. dissertation on the migration of retirees to this area. >> it's kind of ranged between maybe 8,000 to about 15,000 16,000 full-timers, and then but in the winter it can blow up in just this community to maybe 30000. >> reporter: mexico's largest lake is surrounded by emerald green mountains. the village of ajijic draws artists and writers. cobblestone streets are dotted with galleries and restaurants serving international cuisines. no spanish, no problem. with hawaii's latitude and denver's altitude, the temperate climate has attracted retirees for decades. mexicans have traditionally

taken elderly relatives into their own homes. so the demand for assisted living and nursing care wasn't high until foreigners-- many of them americans-- flocked here. now, they are getting older and need more care. >> people are not just aging here but for the first time they're staying here and they're not returning home. so they're aging and dying in place here. >> reporter: when 81 year old john simmons's doctor told him he shouldn't live alone, he came here to abbeyfield, an independent senior living facility. his one bedroom casita sits in a lush garden near a lap pool and covered patio. >> i love the light, i love the cross ventilation, i like the kitchen tucked away. and so it gives me room for an office and of course the views out the windows with all the wonderful plants, the landscaping here i think is fantastic. >> reporter: the average cost for independent living in the u.s. is about $2,500 a month.

>> the rent including all utilities, all utilities and connections for internet television, all of those things, plus three meals a day, just a little over $1,000 a month. >> reporter: one reason for the cost difference: labor is cheaper here. the minimum wage is just 70 pesos or less than $5 a day. for those who need a bit more care, there's been a boom in assisted living and nursing homes. 72-year-old rosemary grayson came here from wales. she made headlines 50 years ago as the first playboy centerfold from the united kingdom and later went on to be a journalist. >> i was burnt out. i was in a state of near nervous breakdown. lakeside care put me together again. >> reporter: ron langley a floridian whose mexican wife has a degree in geriatric care run

together they run lakeside care. he's proud of the food he serves and the caregivers he employs. >> they have a great respect for the elderly. and they will go out of their way to help an elderly person. >> the people here have compassion written into their d.n.a. they do it before they know it the caring is just like you're being in an extended family. >> reporter: assisted care like this in the united states averages about $3,800 a month. and nursing homes can cost upwards of $7,000. langley charges between $1,400 and $2,000 a month for meals, cleaning, laundry and more. >> the only other thing the patient or a resident here would pay for would be their medicines and their doctors. >> reporter: and that raises a potential concern: does the area have top notch health care? a new hospital just opened on the lake. though medicare benefits don't apply in mexico, doctor's visits and prescriptions are often less than copays back home. and mexico's second largest city is just an hour away.

>> we are very close to guadalajara which can really be considered kind of a medical hub of latin america, some of the finest medical colleges in there's like three universities there. >> reporter: the lake chapala area is beginning to draw younger retirees and some are bringing mom or dad along with them. 64-year-old mark and his wife, ann bought a house here a year and a half ago. when his 86-year-old mother kempie mckenna came for visit, she liked what she saw and chose a room at abbeyfield. >> the second time i came, i came with suitcases. it's so relaxing, sun coming in, the birds are up there, the flowers are blooming, and it's just lovely and we're just sitting and chatting. >> she always considered it more like old age storage, you know a lot of the homes in the united states and they weren't very nice. these were literally homes here that people live in and retire in with a bunch of friends. >> reporter: senior care is a cottage industry in the lake chapala area now.

there's little oversight, no government regulation, no scheduled inspections. many homes appear well run, but there's no guarantee, so it's buyer beware. most places have just a handful of rooms, but that's about to change. >> we want to create a retirement community with all the services related to the aging in place. >> reporter: dr. trino zepeda is working on a new large scale development. >> this is assisted living apartments, and it's going to be here. >> reporter: he expects to break ground later this year on a $35 million u.s.-style community eventually housing 350 people offering independent living assisted, nursing and memory care. whether those plans succeed may depend on whether mexico can overcome an image problem. the drumbeat of news about drug cartel violence has included the 2012 kidnapping and killing of 18 mexican nationals near ajijic. and the u.s. state department

warns citizens to exercise caution in the state of jalisco. but none of that worries rosemary grayson. >> you're a lot, lot safer than- - than i felt in the u.k. and certainly in the u.s. i think they said 100 americans were killed in mexico last year, and now they've said it's not a safe destination, well, you tell me how many safe destinations in the cities of america there are. >> reporter: and one more concern: life moves at a slower pace here. >> mañana can mean mañana or the day after mañana or a week after mañana . but you know there is something to be said for the kind of laid back almost, you know, wake me up when we're ready mentality. >> reporter: still, the thriving foreign community has lured baby boomers. the lake chapala society-- in business for 60 years-- offers services for expats and others

from free health exams to bridge to book clubs and volunteer opportunities. mark and ann woolley can imagine themselves living at abbeyfield. >> oh, we're putting our name on the list here. >> reporter: if the wooleys are any indication, mexico can expect an influx of americans crossing the border for retirement. i'm kathleen mccleery for the pbs newshour near lake chapala mexico. >> ifill: if you'd like to know more about rosemary grayson, she tells the story of how she met "playboy" publisher hugh hefner and became miss october 1964. that's on our web site. >> woodruff: on the newshour online right now, as more expensive specialty drugs come on the market to treat serious chronic diseases, at least seven states are tackling the problem of high out-of-pocket payments. learn about their efforts and the spiraling costs of

pharmaceuticals. all that and more is on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, the last minute push to meet a self-imposed deadline to secure an iran nuclear deal. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs

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