Hello, greek media are reporting that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will call a general election on september 20th, just seven months ach after his party first came to power lets take you straight away to athens and speak to john psaropoulos. This is not entirely unexpected, this decision, but why now exactly . Reporter what were hearing from lawmakers is that the government simply couldnt proceed with the implementation of the third bailout loan it negotiated last month. Its original plan was to form a summer session of parliament to get through august bypassing further immeantation laws. But apparently there werent enough syriza loyal mps, not the one third that has now decided to go in the direction of the far left and oppose any government on austerity, but the twothirds who were supposed to be loyal, even they didnt agree, therefore the government was left with no option but to renew its mandate with the greek people. There are positive arguments in favor of doing this as well. Th
And with all the sports including spanish forward pedro is ready to check in as chelsea completes the transfer deal from barcelona. Hello, in the last hour the greek Prime Minister alexis has formally announced resignation and called for this in a months time and the party were elected seven months ago after pledging to end austerity cuts and agreed to reforms in exchange for a third bailout from international lenders. And speaking just a few moments ago it was the peoples turn to decide who should take the country forward through the next stage of economic recovery. Translator i decided to go to the president and submit the resignation of the government. The peoples exhausted its limit and you with your vote will decide how we represent the country with resolve and courage with the difficult negotiations required. You with your vote will decide if the agreement we have reached with creditors provides the elements for the economy to recover, and finally get rid of these bailouts. Lets
Defense of democracies. And then a conversation the Trump Administration in the freedom of the press. We talk to bruce brown from the Reporters Committee for the freedom of the press. Be met with fire, fear he, and frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. Thank you. President trump of the statement about north korea comes after reports that the created a missile that can fit inside an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. All of these happening yesterday and in the next hour, we want to get your thoughts on the development to north korea. Not only with the news of this missile, the president s response and the larger issues of how to handle this issue. If you could let us know and give us your thoughts this ,orning, 202 7488001 republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. And independents, 202 7488002. If you want to post on our twitter, you or can go there as well. President s statements responding to yesterdays news about north korea and this reported potential of a
Julie i selloff after the weekly gain or the biggest of the year thus far. Great to see you. Already said my hellos off air, but we can say our on air hellos. Welcome back to the United States of america where stocks are selling off. Ons look at what is going with the major averages. We are near the lows of the session. The nasdaq has been leading the decline. I was checking volume, 5 below the 20day average in the s p 500 coming off of the holiday weekend. You will see that there were a couple of small attempts made at a recovery, but then it legs downward, bumping along the low. Groupshe cyclical leading the decline, energy is the worst performer. If you look at the bloomberg, Energy Shares are leading declines down more than 2 . Stocks, tobacco stocks, for example, are doing better. Pepsi is helping to mitigate the losses as people rotate into what they see as more economically resistant. We see the buying of treasuries. That means record low yields. The 10year yield going down to t
Philadelphias jewelers row. Tonight the search for suspects continues. Good evening everyone, im diana rocco. Natasha has the night off. This is a story you saw first on Eyewitness News. Police say the victim left the Jewelry Store on eighth street and walked to her car inside a parking garage on chestnut street. Thats when police say she was kidnapped attacked and then left in a cemetery in darby borough. Steve patter is son has the latest on the investigation. Reporter good evening. In case theres any confusion on this Easter Sunday the details in this case that were about to describe you to can certainly be called certainly be called confusing if not disturbing. We want to warn you in case youre watching this story this evening but we want to show you the scene. This is where the woman worked, and in that Parking Garage Police say three men initiated a brutal abduction and attack. Worst fears on jewelers row. Sunday with painstaking Details Police describe the brutality a premeditat