Of i. S. I. L. Catching up with a convicted spy after six months of freedom. His controversial release a key to restoring ties between the United States and cuba and welcome to Al Jazeera America im tony harris in tonight for antonio mora. We begin in greece where in less that 48 hours voters will decide whether to accept the terms of an international bailout, or face exit from the eurozone. Today clashes erupted between police and demonstrators in athens. It came while thousands were attending rallies ahead of the austerity referendum. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras appealing to greek voters to relate the plan. European leaders say a no vote would certainly push greece out of the eurozone. Sundays vote is crucial to rejuvenating greeces stagnate economy. Banks are closed. People are finding it harder to get food and medicine. Jonah hull explains why greeks are so divided. Reporter the word olli means no. The no campaign gathered in front of parliament backed by the government wants a f
Yanis varoufakis. Out of favor with leaders. Strategy assessment. It was a strong warning from the pent gone today from president obama. He said the fight against i. S. I. L. Will require more time and a broader effort. Plus homecoming. Hundreds of thousands of the faithful turn out to hear a message from pope francis a native son during the first leg of his latin american tour. Hello everybody and welcome to Al Jazeera America im David Schuster in for antonio mora. We begin with reaching a financial settlement with greece. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to present some kind of an agreement to the finances minister meeting tomorrow. A exon strategy to common strategy to find crisis. Translator it is not only the greek population and the greek people here that have a say. It is the other 18 countries. We have one common currency. We want to keep this currency and therefore all sides need to be responsible and show solidarity. The summit will be without a popular figure
I believe the majority of carolinans want it taken down. Its a flag bringing up slavery. Immigration controversy, a Fatal Shooting in San Francisco ignites a fire storm over policies towards people in the United States illegally good evening everybody. This is al jazeera america, im david shuster, sitting in for antonio mora. Tonight washington is trying to digest a sober assessment from president obama, on the u. S. Led fight against i. S. I. L. In a rare appearance at the pentagon the president says the coalition is making good progress, but as Jamie Mcintyre reports, president obama indicated that destroying i. S. I. L. Could take a very long time. David the president came to the pentagon saying he wanted to discuss the status of antii. S. I. L. Strategy, the parts working and that could use improvement. One thing that has not changed is theres no consideration of putting u. S. Troops in a combat roll on the ground in either iraq or syria. Reporter after an hour and a half meeting w
And we start with the latest on the greek debt crisis. Tonight, the Prime Minister said that he has submitted a new proposal to the euro zone. This wednesday all 28 leaders will gather to try to det get a deal to rescue greece. The president encouraged them to come to a agreement to keep greece in the euro zone. The alternative could be devastating to greek businesses. The foot of mount hamito, christophs grapes are ripening fast under the assurance and they wont wait for greece to solve its financial problems. If they arent picked in september, he will be ruined. He cant get money from the bank to pay his precious suppliers. Very soon the harvest starts and then everything needs to happen. I only hope that a solution will be found soon. Wine is one of greeces old effort industries. Christoph inherited his vineyard from his father. But he needs more than generations of expertise to save it now. Almost everything in this vineyard apart from the grapes themselves is important. The glass
Streets. Coming out on the front line. The First Openly Transgender Army officer talks about serving her country. Ive been in since 17. This is my chosen profession. And the shades of gray, red white and blue. From getsiesberg to today. How much has changed a and how much has stayed the same. We begin with that fiscal line in the sand between the eurozone and greece. It has been redrawn again tonight. Warning that if athens fails to come up with a new budget there will be no more talk of any bailouts. And in greece banks remain closed and people are only able to withdraw 65 a day from atm. The stores are running out of food and pharmacies are short on medicine. We begin our coverage from athens. At the foot of the mount christos examples his vineyards. His grapes are ripening fast and they wont wait for greece to solve their financial problems. If theyre not picked in september, they will be ruined, and so will he, and right now he cant get money from the banks to pay his suppliers. Ti