Richard matt he was shot and killed on friday. A crowd cheered governor andrew cuomo. You can hear the cheering as he announced the nightmare is over. Today ends with good news. These were dangerous men. Both matt and sweat. They were killers. Mr. Matt killed at least two people. Mr. Sweat killed the sheriffs deputy in broom county in a savage way. These were dangerous people. We could not tolerate them being on the loose. Fortunate no one was injured during the threeweek manhunt. Cnns alexandra field has latest. Reporter hailed as a hero by Governor Cuomo. Jay cook made the capture of david sweat. He broke out three weeks of the maximum security prison. Sergeant jay cook spotted someone walking down the road in constable south of the canadian border. Cook approached sweat who fled toward the tree line. At that point, Sergeant Cook fired twice striking sweat. Sweat has been taken to the Albany Medical Center. He was found in the spot some 16 miles north of the place where richard matt
Will stake her claim on the economy in her first major policy speech of the 2016 campaign. Clinton expected to make her pitch for boosting middle class wages. The speech coming as she fights a mounting challenge on her left in the form of vermont senator and selfdescribed democratic socialist bernie sanders. Jeff zeleny is at the new school in manhattan, which is the site of clintons speech. Good morning, jeff. Reporter good morning, carol. Youre right, secretary clinton is about to give the first policy speech of her campaign. Not surprisingly its squarely focused onned economy, in particular how she will propose to raise the wages for middle class americans closing the expanding gap between rich and poor in america. They will do it in a couple ways im told. One, she will urge companies through tax incentive to give Profit Sharing to employees. He will say all employees should be benefiting in some of the recordsetting profits that these companies have had. She will also call for the
And we begin this hour in the u. S. State of South Carolina where a confederate battle flag, a fixture on the Capitol Grounds for a years wont be flying much longer. At 10 00 a. M. Local time today the flag will be removed from the state house grounds and placed in a nearby museum. The fight to remove the flag was reignited last month after a massacre inside a church in charleston. Nine black worshipers were shot and killed during a bible study session. Police say the white suspect who posed for pictures as can you see with the flag wanted to start a race war. Heres cnn alina machado. Reporter surrounded by the very lawmakers who helped make this moment possible South Carolina governor nikki haley, took a moment to remember the nine lives lost just 22 days ago. It seems like so long ago. Because the grieving has been so hard. But at the same time we have all been struck by what was a tragedy that we didnt think we would ever encounter. Nine amazing people that forever changed South Car
That was our main story its gone 7 00 in the morning in greece, and today the country owes its creditors 1. 7 billion. The Greek Economy minister tells cnn it will be impossible literally impossible to make that payment. Its a lot of money. We saw tens of thousands of people rally outside, in greece against austerity in support of the government in athens. The countrys Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked for an extension to the deadline this day. The answer no. Mr. Tsipras called for a referendum on the bailout this sunday. Translator we will survive. Well stand on our feet. Well be alive, and well go and practice our right to vote. And well decide as people what will be our future. One thing should be very clear. If someone says that the government will have a stronger negotiating position with the no vote it is simply not true. I am afraid that with such a result of the referendum there will be even less space for negotiations. There is a great deal of uncertainty, to say the least.
Good day to you. We begin this day in athens greece. Cnn is learning new details of the governments plan to save the country from bankruptcy. And it apparently means a return to unpopular austerity measures. Athens is hoping to get a third bailout loan. In exchange it is proposing tax hikes on hotels tv advertising, changing its Pension System and push for privatization of greek rail ways and ports. There were huge crowds demonstrating outside parliament in athens on thursday. Banks there have been closed for nearly two weeks and people are limited to 60 euro daily from atms. Lets good now to cnns isa suarez. Good day to you, isa. Good to have you with us. As we learn more about this proposal, what are you hearing from the greek government . Reporter good morning, george. Good morning to you, natalie. We just got our hands on the proposal from the greek government. Many many pages of reading. Let me talk you through some major points. Which include a pension reforms, also spending cuts