announced his resignation to clear the way for early elections next month. alexis tsipras effectively lost his parliamentarian majority after ramming through that bailout package that calls for strict austerity measures. that is fuelling a rebellion within his party. also today greece received its first loan money from its european creditors. another very rough day on wall street. the dow was down 358 today. the s&p 500 lost 44. the nasdaq was off 142. during an upbeat press conference today, former president jimmy carter delivered some devastating news. he s fighting brain cancer. correspondent steve harrigan has more on carter s diagnosis from atlanta. reporter: after former president jimmy carter underwent liver surgery for melanoma earlier this month he thought he was cancer free.
time for the mix. let s get right to it. a sweet, sad story. the first one. a couple tying the knot from illinois, a man battling brain cancer. 28 years old. battling this for four years. his dream is to marry his high school sweetheart and to go on a honeymoon. all this time he is basically in a battle for his life. earlier this week, not this week, earlier in this month, march 9 they tie the knot and get married. they wanted to do a honeymoon right. they didn t have the money. fighting brain cancer. what a great guy, his last name is kane, nolan, 28 from kewanee, illinois. his sisters get together and put out the call that they want to send this guy on his dream honeymoon with his wife. in fact they raised $60,000. wow. so they re going to go to
emphatically said that prying into the family business would be crossing a real red line. david? pierre, thank you. we are going to move on now to tonight s other major story. and it involves senator john mccain. his family revealing a deeply personal decision. he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment, in their words. senator mccain has not been seen in washington, d.c., since december. but has remained a driving force in this highly polarized time. tonight, meghan mccain thanking everybody for their generosity and support. here s martha raddatz with what we ve now learned. reporter: tonight, the family of john mccain gathering by his side at his arizona home. after more than a year fighting brain cancer, their statement, straightforward. the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render
words for the leader of north korea than he did for a war hero who was fighting brain cancer. announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn coma rat ta. this is new day wednesday august 23rd, 8:00 here in new york. president trump fiery and described by many as unhinged, accusing the media of distorting his words on charlottesville and violence. except the president conveniently his own blame of many sides. last night he also omitted that he had said that very fine people marched with white supremacists. be clear, this was a new low. he played his supporters for fools. we all know what he did and did not say and he will be called out for it, period because what you ignore, you em power. there are also political attacks