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
Political speech. And aticus finch ready to hit the news stands this week. He is a drug kingpin escaped from prison and on the run again. The u. S. Says it will try to find wawz ceen joaquin guzman, el chapo. Reporter are cars are being searched and the nearest airport has been closed as they hunt for one of the worlds most wanted men. Mexican Security Officials say he got out from a sophisticated 1. 5 kilometer tunnel. The tunnel has pvc pipes and tractor mechanism. The last time guzman escaped from custody it took 13 years to find him. One of the biggest blows to the drug trade in a decade. El chapo translated into shortie in english is on Forbes Magazine billionaire list. Hes made the sinaloa is cartel route for heroin, cocaine and marijuana. Able to move cocaine from be south america to mexico, chemicals used to do meth from russia to Southeast Asia to be processand make meth and deliver it worldwide. Guzman was arrested in 1993 but bribed his way out of mexicos highest security pr
This is al jazeera america. Good morning. Live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. Greece preparing to take the next steps to hold off a financial collapse. As part of a lastminute deal athens must Institute Deep cuts. That is the only way it will get billions more from europe to keep its economy afloat. The Greek Parliament must agree to the reforms by wednesday. Meanwhile banks in greece will reportedly open on thursday after being closed for weeks. Jackie rowbackjacky rowland joins us live from bruce else. Good morning randall really were looking at moving away from a kind of socialist system to a far more marketoriented system. Some of the changes that well be looking at for a start pensions. We can expect retirement age to become older. We can expect to see pensions benefits being cut. Also, for example shops will be expected to open on sundays. Subsidies, price controls on things like milk and bread will end. We can expect new sales taxes to be introduced on goods right acro
Host joining us on booktv is Maureen Corrigan who is a book critic on a program called fresh air so a lot of our book viewers will know that program but now you have become an author as well. What is your book . Guest my book is called so we read on. Its about the great gatsby. I think the great gatsby is their greatest american and nonamerican novelette once. I have read it over 50 times in this book was born out of my passion for gatsby and fitzgerald. He is one of her gods and american literature. Host american and unamerican . Guest yes because gatsby tells us the American Dream is worth reaching for and it also tells us the dream is a con and when the book opens of course had to be as dead already. Im not writing anything. Thats on page one. So what kind of an american novel is this where nothing can be changed next caraway is remembering everything in this novel. Theres no possibility for change so thats a little odd but at the same time fitzgerald writes about the American Dream
Next encore booknotes. Jill krementz was a guest on booknotes in 1997 to talk about her book the writers desk a collection of authors and photos photos. Cspan jill krementz, photographer, you have a book out called the writers desk. Whats it all about . Guest its a collection of my photographs over it period of 30 years of writers and i photographed over 1500 rider so of course its not all the writers. My favorite pictures of a lot of the writers at their desks but they are all writers that there had desks or near their desks or behind their desks. Somewhere theres a desk in the picture. Literally or figuratively. Cspan why did you pick this for the covert . Guest i suppose because its one of my favorite photographs. I think its pretty recognizable now so people would know it was my book and because i think that it is a picture about a writer. Its a picture about a writers place and i think you feel looking at that picture that of course this is where she would write. Its like her writ