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your row zone ministers will decide by sunday if a new proposal submitted by the greek government is enough to secure a new bailout. the greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion. it will discourage people from retiring early and seek higher health contributions from pensioners. and it will privatize two ports. and it is always offering to cut more than $300 million from its military budget by next year. john psaropoulos has been following events in athens. a bit of a rally going on behind you, john. tell us what that is about. reporter: lauren this is the communist party labor union, this is their rally, their march. what they are doing is presenting themselves as the left-wing alternative to the left-wing government now in power. they have been doing this since the spring since tsipras has started talking about installing painful austerity measures. it s the communists who stepped in to present themselves as the alternative. they are ....
sharif. hello there, thank you or the joining us. greek prime minister alexis tsipras is putting his political survival on the line, asking for a last minute help to save greece from financial collapse. many demands from its international creditors, higher taxes and a clamp down on tax evasion. athens says it will seek higher health contributions from pensioners. selling off shares in a major telecommunications company and privatize two sea ports cutting money from the military budget for next year. john siropolous, from athens, how different is the deal on the table now to what the greeks rejected not that long ago? reporter: hello barbara. as we have been saying, this is deal the greeks rejected a week ago but now it s being put to parliament rather than to a popular vote. why is the prime minister able to do this? partly because he feels it s the only way to keep greece in the eurozone, but by a three year commitment he can get more money for greece s public financ ....
and hollywood mourns of death of one of its film icons omar shariff. the first women s sport team to get a ticker-tape parade after their world cup win. a humanitarian truce between well- s warring side has come into effect. but the day leading up to it was led by more fighting and airstrikes. it was the latest attempt to tackle a crisis that was attempted last last september. the coalition between arab stakes launched airstrikes against the houthi. the u.n. warns that yemen is on the verge of total collapse. it warns that millions of people are in need of humanitarian assistance. the united nations says both sides have given commitments to respect this cruise. with the clock ticking for humanitarian truce to begin the shooting continues. the injured sought treatment and smoke filled the skies above many cities in yemen. in taiz pro government fighters say they pushed back an attack by the rebel houthis. sources say 15 soldiers on both sythe and one civilian was k ....
based on facts and not speculation. the debate on iran, what s next and what young iranians think. lethal force. unsealed unnerving. the dash-cam video showing police killing an unarmed man. we have asked for an investigation into the civil rights violations by these officers. tonight the demand for answers. plus arctic blast. climate change at the end of the world. techknow s phil torres is heading there on a cutter, he ll join us live. all eyes are on athens again tonight. the greek parliament has voted to accept the next bailout deal and that means a new round of austerity plans for the people. that no happiness for many citizens the situation is one of despare, patricia sabga is in athens reporting the story. so patty this was not an easy decision. it wasn t. it was a very stark choice, john. in fact during his comments to mps his impassioned appeal, prime minister alexis tsipras says he doesn t agree with this agreement either, he doesn t agree with the ....
terrifying encounter with a great white on live tv. you see the splash. oh wow. holy [ bleep ]. now back on the board for the first time since that attack his reaction today, saturday july 25th 2015. from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on this saturday morning. i m erica hill. i m carson daly alongside sheinelle jones and cindy abrams filling in for dylan. would you get back after surviving the great white? he is greater than i am. what a guy. i m looking forward to talking about that. our top story is the investigation into the deadly shooting rampage inside a movie theater in louisiana. we are learning more about the gunman. nbc s kerry sanders in lafayette this morning. reporter: erica, it remains a mystery. a 59-year-old drifter buys a ticket and under the cover of darkness, he pulls a pistol and starts firing. he shoots 13 times. among the questions that people are asking did anybody know ....