The government scott walker is expected to make it official joining a field of republicans running for president. Plus, a twist a sequel for to kill a mocking bird prepares to hit stores. Welcome to Al Jazeera America im erica pitzi, in new york. We begin with greece. Deep in debt and up against a deadline. It is 1 00a. M. In brussels, the 25th hour in a longrunning negotiation with the countrys eurozone partners to start bailout talks. They have seen other deadlines come and go. This time its different. This time its nearly out of money. No deal means the country is likely forced to leave the eurozone, in greece everyone nose what is at stake, many are bracing for a catastrophe. You can see long lines. For two weeks people have been withdrawing whatever money they can from the imperilled banks. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insists that a deal is within reach. Translation im here already for another meeting. We owe that to the people of europe who wants europe united not divided
Announced hes dissolving the castle impala months and calling them elections after it declared independence from the us. Mariano rajoy said their decision was based on the law and fraud lets not be election will take place on december the twenty. Mr premier of maybe the game was operable though the first measures that have been tossed are the following to depose the president of the council on government the position of the Deputy President and all other members of the council on government we will also abolish the delegation abroad known as the embassies except in brussels and the secretary general of the council on police will also be suspended. Well described as comments thousands of people are rallying in barcelona to show their support for independence waving flags and singing traditional song the last of the votes in the assembly. Addressed the Parliament Chamber about the challenge ahead. Of the citizens of catalonia in the coming hours we will have to maintain our countrys poll
Im Richelle Carey and these are the top stories on aljazeera spains deputy Prime Minister Soraya Santa Maria is taking over the running of catalonia government and barcelona madrid has fired the kettle on governments and leaders and its chief of police all in the aftermath of fridays independence declaration sessions of porters have warned will resist any takeover and its not clear if the sacked rachel leadership will willingly step aside myanmar state media says the government will harvest rice from farmland abandoned by families who fled violence and or the Rakhine State that paddy fields covered more than twenty eight thousand seven hundred hectares and the area worst affected in the crackdown by the military against the red. There are a couple of ways to look at this one is that this is simply a practical solution the rice crops are ripe for harvesting and if they were left to just stand in the fields they would go to waste so the myanmar government has put in place a plan to harve
Television Program Sixty minutes been living under a blockade for almost five months since four arab states cut diplomatic and economic ties his mike hanna. There was no sign of friction among gulf leaders when they met President Trump on his first foreign trip it was all smiles and a common pledge to combat terrorism in all its forms it less than two weeks later the blockade against cutter was launched much to the surprise of carters emir shaikh bin. We were praising each other. Laughing with each other this cussing you know how to solve this terrorism that is a threat for the rest of the world theyre making demands of you that you shut down aljazeera that you may given your word that youre not supporting any islamic groups are you going to meet these demands our sovereignty is a red line we dont accept anybody interfering in our sovereignty when you tell me to close a china like aljazeera history were right one day in fifty or sixty seventy years how it changed the whole idea of free
Envoy from kabul to the white house. We saw the extremists such as zarqawi exploited it though we corrected it toward the end that i was there, by the surge. By reaching out to the sunnis, a government to bring about the security. The violence was way down. Was we left, the vatican filled by pulling apart the violence. We have isis now. This week, president obama named Joe Honda Hayes as teacher of the year. Social studies for more than a decade. She accepted the honor at a white house their money that included remarks from the president. This is 30 minutes. The 2016 National Teacher of iss johanna hayes. [applause] i suppose you could call it attendance first. I could. [cheers] wow. I am honored to be named the National Teacher of the year, joined by amazing educators standing with me today. [cheers] and teaching in classrooms all across the country. Thank you to my family for joining me here today. The connecticut delegation, the water very Public School district and especially my jo