Arson investigations are under way. Is there a link to the Charleston Church shooting . Ill get reaction from the head of the naacp. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. The breaking news the case against the prison guard accused of aiding the escape of two killers now is headed to a grand jury. This after gene palmer made a brief Court Appearance just a little while ago. Hes accused of giving tools and other contraband to the convicted killers. David sweat and richard matt. And tonight, sweat is spilling the beans from his hospital bed just hours after his capture near the canadian border. Hes revealing new details about the escape plan and how it went wrong. And why he left his prison break partner rich art matt alone in the woods where he was shot dead by police. We have our correspondents analysts newsmakers standing by as we cover all the news breaking now. Lets go to Migu
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.
Northwest where a fast moving wildfire is burning up thousands of acres of Central Washington state and forcing a lot of people to leave their homes. We are going to got a live report from the front lines where earlier today they also had to deal with a deadly chemical leak. We begin with captured fugitive david sweat. Wounded, hospitalized and sources say talking telling investigators that he and his now dead escape partner richard matt planned to murder their alleged accomplices husband and flow to mexico. Happily it did not go according to plan for matt shot and killed last week or sweat, cornered and shot last week. Alexandra field has the time line of his takedown. Reporter david sweat, captured still close to clean shaven avend seemnd seemingly in good shape before taking two bullets to the torso. Did he have any fight in him when he was taken down . Doesnt appear that way. I can tell you when he was unloaded from the ambulance he was semiconscious. Reporter 22 days after escapin
Are getting a little further ahead of where were at than we currently are. And today the white house refused to attach a specific threat level to what we are seeing from isis. Remember, we got rid of that system six years ago. But press secretary josh earnest did try to clarify the president s somewhat vague remarks about how exactly we plan to deal with isis, whatever that threat may be. President s already demonstrated, a, a willingness to order military action and strikes in iraq. Those were part of a thoughtthrough strategy in terms of trying to safeguard american citizens who are in iraq. And the president is wants to be similarly rigorous as we think through other aspects of our strategy that could include military action. Buzzfeeds Washington Bureau chief john stanton is working into the Holiday Weekend for us. Hows it going . Good. So lets start with the president s comment about strategy to deal with isis in syria in particular. I mean, there was immediate cleanup from his aid
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