in the meantime, a portion of today's "washington journal," when we heard from david o'sullivan the e.u. ambassador about austerity measures in greece. now on your screen is eu ambassador to the u.s., david also limited ambassador o'sullivan, we have you on here to talk about the greece situation and what is going on in the eu. how did it get in the current situation it is in? guest: for many of our member states it goes back to the fiscal meltdown in 2008. this caused a chain reaction which in europe, matt number of our past meant a number of our member states found their budgets in very bad shape. greece had some structural difficulties and a tax system that was not as modern and well developed as it needed to be and other structural issues that compounded the problems. that is why for the last few years the european union has been helping greece with additional funds because of not able to borrow on the market. that is the situation we are in now and are hopefully third and final bailout to get the greek economy back on track it host: . host: how much has been spent by the european m

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after that, david o'sullivan talks about the greek economic crisis and why greek lawmakers approve austerity measures that were overwhelmingly rejected by their citizens. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] announcer: on friday, the climate change forum at the u.s. naval academy. this weekend the c-span cities to her travels across the country with time warner cable. to learn more about lexington, kentucky, edward pictured -- richard was a state hero. >> in the mid-1940's if you had asked who was the bright shining star in american politics, a lot of people catherine graham, would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things, and then came back to kentucky in the 1940's. he was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. that incredible promise just flamed out. announcer:

after that, eu ambassador to you the united states david o'sullivan, talks about the greek economic crisis and white lawmakers approved austerity measures -- and why lawmakers approved austerity measures. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> today, democrats on the house will host a forum on climate change in annapolis, maryland. we have headlines at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage. congressional hearings and news competence. ringing you events that shape public policy. every morning, washington journal is live with elected officials, policymakers and journalists and your comments by phone, facebook and twitter. c-span, created by america's cable company and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> on thursday, the senate finance committee held -- the hearing focused on gao report on fraud. the hearing is an hour. >> this meeting will come to order. good morning everybody. in today's hearings we will address controls of the healthcare.gov website. the committee w

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o'sullivan. in for those guys are gonzalez. relief pitcher hector nerri. davidwill come back and start saturday in san francisco. pop-up shower in pittsburgh san diego go. to pittsburgh. pop-up shower lots of wind. guys cut caught under the tarp. lawrence mccutcheon the all star outfielder goes out to help the guys too. can you see the phillies going out there and doing that? no i can't. they're actually playing that game now. >> jahlil okafor signed a contract before the game. he had 13 points, nine rebounds against the boston team where it was joe and joe's cousin i don't know any of the players. he also had four turnovers no assists. three for six from the foul line line. three shouts in the foul line. no upsets at wimbledon allowed match with maria sharipova maybe louder than normal today. lots of grunts and many moans to london. >> ahh ahh ahh. ahh. >> you got to be kidding me. please. she win it over cocoa sand away why does chef to grunt like that. >> i have found a player to draft. you know how sam hinkie likes future second rounders. i got one. to the c