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Second New York Escapee Captured; Greece Nears Default on Huge Debt; Iranian Nuclear Talks Extended; Same-Sex Marriage Fallout; ISIS Claims Tunisia Hotel Attack; Call for Skin Grafts Following Taiwan Water Park Explosion. Aired 4:30-5a ET

Aired June 29, 2015 - 04:30   ET

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[04:30:05] JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: CNN's Alexandra Field is right near the scene of the capture with the very latest.

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Christine, John, a single New York state trooper being hailed as a hero by Governor Andrew Cuomo. He made the capture solo of David Sweat, the fugitive who's been on the run for more than three weeks after breaking out of that maximum security prison.

Sergeant Jay Cook was alone on a roving patrol when he spotted someone walking down a road in the town of Constable just under two miles south of the Canadian border. Cook approached Sweat who fled, took off running, toward the tree line. At that point, Sergeant Cook fired twice striking Sweat two times in the torso.

David Sweat has now been taken to Albany Medical Center for treatment. New York State Police say that he was unarmed at the time that Sergeant Cook confronted him. He was found in a spot some 16 miles north of a place where Richard Matt was killed by a tactical team two days earlier.

Still no word yet from investigators on when Sweat and Matt may have broken apart and whether or not Sweat was with Richard Matt at the time that he was shot and killed -- John, Christine.

BERMAN: Our thanks to Alexandra for that.

So in Dannemora, New York, residents cheered. That is the town that houses the maximum security prison where Matt and Sweat escaped. They also no doubt breathed sighs of relief after more than three weeks of triple checking locks and so many of them slept with a gun just in case.

As for David Sweat, if he survives, officials say his life will change permanently.

Prison guard Gene Palmer appears in court later today. He has been charged with official misconduct and destroying evidence after admitting to unintentionally helping Matt and Sweat escape. Palmer says he provided them with tools in exchange for information.

That apparently cozy relationship between inmates and corrections officers is now the subject of a state inspector general's investigation. A person briefed on the inquiry tells CNN that investigators think Sweat and Matt have been gathering information on cabins and fields around the prison for almost a year before they broke out.

ROMANS: All right. Breaking news this morning. Stocks tumbling around the world because Greece is on the verge of financial collapse. Asian and European shares are plunging. Look at that. You've got Paris down 3.4 percent.

BERMAN: Wow.

ROMANS: That is a big move for one morning. Futures are sinking here as well. Greece's stock exchange is closed. The country closing its banks for six days. It is rare to see a country close its banks. It shows you --

BERMAN: Beyond rare.

ROMANS: -- just how dangerous it is there. Citizens can only withdraw about 60 euros a day from ATM machines. Those very drastic measures leading to long lines at cash machines. Greece spiraling toward default on its huge debt. A payment is due tomorrow. Default could come as soon as tomorrow. Greece could be forced to leave the euro. Something no country has ever done.

For the very latest on the efforts to keep that from happening, let's turn to CNN's Isa Soares live in Athens. She is on the ground for us.

What are Greek officials doing to prevent the collapse of their economy and the exit of their country from the euro at this point?

ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Christine. Well, we heard from Alexis Tsipras late last night. It was a very short speech, about three minutes or so. And he asked for composure and patience saying that the government was doing all it could in their power to make sure the money kept flowing. He basically said pensions are secure and deposits are safe. That's what he said.

But as we know, that -- those capital controls have been put in place because the ECB, the European Central Bank said it will no longer increase the emergency liquidity assistance, the money is being pumping up to the banks. And that's it. Decided to leave it at that. That means the capital controls have been put in place. And that means that in less than an hour or so, we're expecting ATMs to open. Banks, as you can see behind me, banks are closed. ATMs will open.

And people will be allowed to take out 60 euros a day. That's roughly $66. Today we're also expecting pensioners to go to banks. A couple of banks, we're being told, will be open. These are just reports at the moments so pensioners can take out their cash but many of them won't have debit cards. But the harsh, harsh new reality for three people waking up this morning.

ROMANS: Over the past five years, Isa, I think people have -- in general about 30 percent pay cut they've taken. Inflation has been going up. You've got lines at the ATM machines and at gas stations. SOARES: Yes.

ROMANS: So the prime minister, he's going to put to the people a referendum, right, about what they -- what they're going to do in terms of the bailout with the ECB?

SOARES: Yes. Correct, Christine. We do not know yet what that question will be. What question will be put. We are hearing the question will be, do you accept the proposals that are put through by Europe? We do not know the exact language.

[04:35:05] A lot of people do not want more austerity. When Greeks are asked, do you want to stay in the euro, 75 percent said yes. When then Greeks are asked, do you want more austerity, that crops to 55 percent. But interesting to see today as people take to the streets for a pro government anti-austerity protest later on, how that mood has changed.

Now the capital controls have been put in place. But this just brings Greece, like you said, deeper into recession. We've got unemployment at 27 percent. We have got youth unemployment at 55 percent. And the majority of people here, 50 percent of households here, now depend on pensions as the only source of income. Just to give you a sense of how dire things are here -- Christine.

ROMANS: Right. Isa Soares, thanks for that so much.

John, I mean, you cannot overstate how difficult this is right now for the Greek people. And why is the rest of the world so worried about an economy that's 2 percent of Europe's economy? It's because we've never seen a country leave the euro.

BERMAN: No.

ROMANS: And it can be so destabilizing to have that kind of --

BERMAN: This morning China's economy rocked by other issues.

ROMANS: That's right.

BERMAN: Puerto Rico, you know, close to default for other reasons.

ROMANS: That's right.

BERMAN: We have not seen a week like this for some time where the market swings could be huge and plentiful. So stay tuned. And brace yourselves for some rocky times in the market.

All right. Happening now as well. Deadline extended apparently. The United States, Iran and other world powers working on the assumption that the nuclear talks could go beyond the official deadline of June 30th. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, both Saturday and Sunday. The secretary says he is hopeful there will be an agreement but he says there is still work to do. A senior American official says any extension of talks will only be a few days. Let's get the very latest on the talks on the ground in Vienna. Nic

Robertson. Good morning, Nic.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, John. Well, one of the people not on the ground is Vienna at the moment is the Iranian Foreign prisoner. He went back to Tehran last night. He's due to come back on Tuesday, tomorrow. That is the day of the deadline and that's why the deadline looks so unlikely.

What caused this? Because the choreograph here over the past couple of years has all been about achieving this deadline. There was a meeting back -- of these leaders back in April in Switzerland. The agreement that they made there gave the stepping stones and the outline to get them to this deadline here.

Well, in the past week or so the supreme leader in Iran decided that he had new red lines that essentially rolled back some of that agreement. That he was no longer satisfied with the idea that nuclear inspectors could visit sites of their choosing in Iran. That he wasn't happy that Iran's nuclear research and development could be suspended for 10 to 12 years as part of that agreement. But also he wanted an immediate lifting of U.S. and U.N. sanctions.

Now the position that was detailed in that agreement said that these weapons inspectors could have access even to military sites in Iran, that research and development would be suspended for a lengthy period. And that sanctions potentially that were lifted could be put back in place. So it seems that these are the gaps that have led to the reason that over the weekend here, Secretary Kerry had five hours of meetings with the Iranian Foreign minister. That European diplomats, the British Foreign secretary, the German Foreign minister, French foreign minister, the EU foreign policy chief, the deputies from the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the Russian Foreign Ministry all came here.

The message to the Iranians seems to be the same. But what you're saying now is changing the landscape. We need to talk about this. The gaps are big. So right now the hope is that even when the Iranian Foreign minister gets back here tomorrow, that it will be a matter of days to get this deal. But that's an aspiration at the moment, John. It's still not clear.

BERMAN: That's right. Just an aspiration at this point. Last-minute negotiating.

Nic Robertson for us in Vienna, thanks so much.

ROMANS: All right. The Supreme Court set to issue more opinions just days after that landmark ruling made same-sex marriage the law of the land. Some of the most vocal conservative fallout coming from the crowded field of candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president.

CNN's Sunlen Serfaty has more from the White House.

SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, John and Christine. All of the Republican candidates are opposed to the ruling, but there's a big divide over how to proceed. Some want to push for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. And others say instead let's basically move on and are pushing the idea of protecting religious liberty instead.

Now there has been some legal limbo in the day since Friday's ruling. Some states really halting and holding off issuing marriage license. And we saw former governor Mike Huckabee on Sunday call for states to continue to resist the ruling.

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