overcome and than the consequences will be minor. >> isa suarez is joining me from athens to talk about this. i couldn't help but thinking about the election tsipras was so full of promises and now the country is close to default. do the greek people feel their prime minister has failed them? >> reporter: it's a mixed message to be honest. if you asked me a week ago or so people would have said that alexis tsipras has been playing his cards pretty tough. he promised to push back on austerity. many people think he has done the right thing by saying no to pension cuts and rises in v.a.t. many are proud of. that but given how things have