something no country has ever done. i cannot stress this, this has implications for your 401(k). let s go to isa suarez live in athens. isa. reporter: good morning, john christine. it seems like a normal monday. tourists walking past and people stopping to grab a bite of bread. if you look behind my shoulder, you see, john, the shutters to the banks. banks closed until next monday. referendums expected in an hour or so. we saw queues yesterday of people taking out money. that is roughly $66 a day. tourists will be able to get more than $66 a day. they can take as much as they want as long as their debit card is not from greece.
the euro. something no country has ever done. for the latest on the efforts to keep that from happening, let s turn to isa suarez live on the ground for us. what are officials doing to prevent the collapse of the economy and exit from the euro at this point? reporter: good morning, christine. we heard from the chief last night. it was three minutes or so. he asked for composure and patience saying the government was doing all it could in their power to make sure the money kept flowing. he paid pensions are secure and deposits are safe. that s what he said. as we note those controls have been put in place. the european central bank said it would knowno longer provide that to banks. that means the capital controls