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Revealing Admission in Court by Bill Cosby; Leaders of the Eurozone to Convene in Brussels Today; Illegal Immigrant with Long Criminal Record and Numerous Deportations Back to Mexico Charged with Murder; Britain Pausing to Remember Deadly Terror Attack on London Underground; Banks Remain Closed in Greece; Europe Running Out of Patience with Greece; Today is Deadline for Iran Nuclear Deal; Pope Francis in Ecuador. Aired 1-2a ET
Aired July 06, 2015 - 01:00 ET
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[01:00:15] MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: A revealing admission in court. Bill Cosby says he got powerful sedatives, intending to drug young women.
ZAIN ASHER, CNN HOST: European and Greek leaders scramble to find common ground. The high-stakes summit gets under way very soon.
FOSTER: The U.S. president lays out the strategy for battling ISIS.
ASHER: We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. I'm Zain Asher.
FOSTER: And I'm Max Foster. This is CNN NEWSROOM.
Really, a stunning admission from comedian Bill Cosby who said he obtained a powerful sedative for young women he wanted to have sex with.
ASHER: Now, this comes from Cosby's testimony during a 2005 sexual assault case that he settled out of court. I actually spoke with Deborah Feyerick earlier about in this of development.
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DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: (INAUDIBLE) unsealed on Monday, Comedian Bill Cosby testifying in 2005 that he obtained Quaaludes, intending to give them to young women that he wanted to have sex with. Now, he was asked during the deposition quote "when you got the Quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were to use these Quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with, and Coby answered yes." This is under oath that he answered the question. A lawyer then asked Cosby whether he gave these Quaaludes to other people, Cosby says again yes.
These are newly unsealed documents. They part of this 2005 deposition in a defamation lawsuit brought by Temple University employee Andrea Constand, the young woman accused Cosby of drugging and molesting her, giving her three blue pills which she thought were herbal. But in earlier court paper, Constand sad that Cosby told her the pills are quote "your friends and three friends to make you relax." Constand says she was unable to fight back because she was in a semi-conscious state as Cosby sexually assaulted her before she passed out.
In a deposition, Cosby says these pills were Benadryl, which is an antihistamine and that the pills according to Constand's lawyer would not have left her so incapacitated were they in fact that antihistamine. Constand did settle the suit in 2006, the terms undisclosed.
ASHER: Now, we know that Quaaludes are drugs that act as a sedative and as sort of some kind of hypnotic. What does Bill Cosby actually say that his motive was for intending to give this drug to this woman?
FEYERICK: Well, and that's what's so interesting. In reading this deposition, and there are hundreds of pages of it. What becomes clear is that the lawyer for this young woman is really trying to paint a picture of Bill Cosby and what it was that he was doing. So the fact that he would acknowledge in this deposition that in fact he did give a woman a Quaalude, it simply substantiates everything that that's women have alleged over the course of the last several years, that in fact they were drugged so badly that when they knew something was going on with Bill Cosby, they couldn't even respond to any of it.
And so it's very significant and Bill Cosby is going to face a series of lawsuits that are already in the court system right now. He's argued that, you know, statute of limitations has run out, but a lot of smart lawyers are trying to get that changed.
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ASHER: That was me speaking to CNN's Deb Feyerick. This new development is certainly a bombshell and getting these court documents, CNN has been speaking with some of the women who accuse Mr. Cosby of raping them.
FOSTER: Yes. They say they feel validated, vindicated and hopeful that mover women will come forward now, including Barbara Bowman. She says the comedian assaulted her several times when she was a teenager.
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BARBARA BOWMAN, COSBY ACCUSER: So long and hard to tell my story and screamed my story onto deaf ears. So after ten long years, it really was quite amazing to read my email today and it was like everything turned a 180 in a matter of a minute.
The validation of my story and the other ladies' stories to, to have him, to listen to him call us liars all these years and to have no one believe us. No one believed me when it first happened to me when I was 17, 18, and 19, and they weren't listening again in 2005. So when we went - when I joined that suit to testify, I thought that was going to be a game changer. And unfortunately, it wasn't. So to see those words today, it was, I didn't know whether I was gleefully happy or, you know, feeling like I wanted to get out there and scream that from the rooftops. But it is a game changer, and it's about time. And he really need, we
needed to hear this from him. When I went out publicly, my only intention was to support Ms. Constand back then, because I believed her, because I knew it happened to me. And so to have this long, hard journey of darkness and shame and fighting to be heard, I think we're going to be heard now. And I think this is just the beginning.
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[01:05:27] ASHER: Now besides Barbara Bowman who you just saw there, more than 25 women have alleged that Mr. Cosby assaulted them over the past 40 years.
FOSTER: Now to the Greek debt crisis. Leaders of the Eurozone will convene an emergency meeting in Brussels today.
ASHER: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be there has in hand trying to secure a new bailout deal for his country's struggling economy. He does have the back being of the Greek people. They voted overwhelmingly against more as austerity measures.
FOSTER: Now, European leaders like Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande say the door is so open that Mr. Tsipras better bring serious proposals, they say.
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ANGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR (through translator): with respect to the decision by the Greek people we need to take into account the views of the other 18 countries involved that are also democratic.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, FRANCE PRESIDENT (through translator): there's not much time left. It's urgent for Greece and Europe. It's also a matter of visibility, credibility and even I would say dignity.
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FOSTER: Well back in Greece who have running out of cash and the government says the banks will stay closed until at least Thursday.
Isa Soares is in Athens. She joins us now live with the very latest. There's a great new finance minister (INAUDIBLE) to try help with things.
ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Indeed, good morning to you, Max. Good morning to you, Zain.
A new finance minister, perhaps that will make things slightly easier. We all remember the former prime minister who was seen as slightly prickly when it came to meeting, so this one may be a bit more amenable.
But you are right. Today is a crucial day, Max, because we have two key meetings. It's really Greece's last chance here. They will be given a last chance by the euro group. There is a euro group meeting, there is also Euro leaders' meeting today. And this is when Alexis Tsipras will be talking to the leaders there, talking to Merkel, Francois Hollande and many others, and really showing them their proposals.
If you remember about on Tuesday or so this week they had presented some ideas. Let's just call it that, of what they would like to see, and that is the third bailout, a 29.1 billion euro bailout, would be the third bailout in six years. And that would come from the ESM, the European Stability Fund that we all-dancing, all-singing bailout fund.
But with, as we all know, with all that money, it comes their needs to come some give-and-take. So a lot of work here to decide exactly what Greece is prepared to do, what cuts they're prepared to make for that chunk of the money -- Max.
FOSTER: Is it make or break today or is the proposal just sort of thrown out by the French and Germans? I mean, is Tsipras see how things can progress? I mean, the ECB is really holding the country's fate (ph) right now, isn't that? And they may not continue so much longer.
SOARES: No, absolutely. I say make or break day, Max, because it is critical that money is running out. And we saw yesterday ECB not preparing to move. ECB normally doesn't take a political stance, but many are saying these decisions are somewhat political because they decide not to increase the liquidity to the Greek bank. That means that Greek banks would have to stay shut. And the capital control to secure will have to remain. But today, really is up to Greece to really show some constructive plans.
Now before, all Greece was doing as they're going into the meeting was coming up with ideas, just ideas, Max. There is no time for ideas now because Greeks just do not banks, do not have the money. They need some very definitive proposals of what needs to be done.
I want you to listen to Euclid Tsakalotos, who is the new finance minister who has been a key and a chief negotiator behind these meetings. Take a listen.
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EUCLID TSAKALOTOS, GREECE FINANCE MINISTER (through translator): I think we had, after Sunday, some good messages and some not so good messages. But we need to, we want to confront these things as well as possible and we have the instruction, authority from the Greek people to strive for something better.
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SOARES: And he's someone who is very well liked, Max. He is someone everyone in Europe finds very amenable. He's got a very good negotiate with (ph) but very great economic head on him. And I think he will be slightly less prickly than the previous one. But Greece is pretty showing yesterday this putting its house in order by naming Tsakalotos the new finance minister by meeting with opposition and by making the key calls to Chancellor Merkel, Francois Hollande. So let's see what happens today. But this is may call break without a doubt - Max.
[01:10:15] FOSTER: Another big day for Greece. Thank you very much indeed Isa in Athens.
ASHER: Now we want to turn now to news out of the United States.
President Barack Obama says the battle against ISIS is a long-term mission that requires local part of the patient and savor government to succeed.
FOSTER: As probably saw reports, President Obama delivered the mission update on Monday with the Pentagon on after a weekend of blitz of coalition airstrikes in Syria.
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BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Coalition war planes pounded Isis positions around Raqqa, the group's declared capital. Here, just one of 16 ISIS-controlled bridges destroyed. It's the kind of progress President Obama wants to talk about.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: In short, ISIL's recent losses in both Syria and Iraq prove that ISIL can and will be defeated.
STARR: A total of 18 airstrikes on July 4th, several airstrikes in populated areas. The Pentagon insists no change in policy, but could there be new flexibility.
COL. PETER MANSOOR (RET.), CNN MILITARY ANALYST: I think with the strikes on Raqqa over the weekend show is that they've relooked the rules of engagement for those airstrikes and they're willing perhaps to take a little bit more risk with collateral damage and civilian casualties.
STARR: The U.S. hope the strikes will force ISIS leaders to reposition troops and weapons. Syrian and Kurdish fighters are on the ground, now less than 50 miles from Raqqa, working with the Americans to pin point more ISIS targets for bombing.
MANSOOR: If you put pressure on a force with ground forces, with offensive action, it forces the enemy to move, to communicate and to mass to defend his positions, and then he becomes vulnerable to airstrikes.
STARR: U.S. officials say one of the dead may have been an aide to Jenaid Hussein (ph), an ISIS hacker believed to have communicated with an attacker in the Garland, Texas assault on a cartoon contest. The U.S. still looking for top is leaders, including Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who the U.S. believes could be in Raqqa.
ASHTON CARTER, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY: With respect to leadership, they were not the subject of these particular tactical opportunities that arose over the weekend north of Raqqa, but we continue to take action. STARR: But a setback in Iraq. Seven killed and eight wounded in an
Iraqi military jet accidently dropped a bomb on a residential neighborhood in Baghdad.
The battlefield certainly remains fluid. There are reports, unconfirmed from an activist group, that is has taken a town in Syria back from the Kurds who had captured it. ISIS wants that town to keep its supply lines flowing. The Kurds want the town back.
Barbara Starr, CNN, the Pentagon.
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FOSTER: Hollywood mogul and producer Jerry Weintraub has died. His credits include hit movies like the "Oceans 11" franchise and also the original "Karate Kid".
ASHER: Weintraub also promoted concerts by Elvis and he worked with other notable music artists as well. Now, this the new broke of his death that was actually from a heart attack, friends like George Clooney and former president George H.W. Bush have shared their condolences and their memories of him. Weintraub (INAUDIBLE) was 77 years old.
FOSTER: A recent murder in the U.S. involving an illegal immigrant that spot outrage. Ahead, some people are blaming U.S. cities with laid back approaches to immigration. Details next.
ASHER: Plus South Carolina lawmakers have cast the first round of votes to decide whether the confederate flag is going to remain on capital grounds. We'll have that story in just a moment.
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[01:17:52] ASHER: OK. We've got some breaking news out of Kenya, with news of a deadly attack in the northeastern part of the country.
FOSTER: According to Reuters, the Kenya Red Cross says unidentified gunmen killed at least 13 people in Mandera (ph), near a livestock market. At least 11 people were wounded. A Red Cross official says that it appears the victims were quarry workers who were sleeping when they were attacked in the early morning hours.
ASHER: At least 46 people are dead after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a market in Yemen. We want to warn you though that these images we are going to show you are graphic. It happened Monday in Lahj province. A Houthi military spokesperson said the number of dead could actually end up rising. But some of the injured are in critical condition.
FOSTER: And we've heard from the Houthi-run state news agency reporting nearly 100 were killed in (INAUDIBLE) across the country on Monday. U.N. calling for humanitarian ceasefires.
ASHER: Meantime, in Nigeria, police say a 13 year old female suicide bomber died when her explosives detonated near a major mosque in the northern city of Kano. Muslim worshippers were observing Ramadan prayers at the time. We know that nobody else was hurt. Police say the explosives actually went off prematurely.
FOSTER: An illegal immigrant with a long criminal record and numerous deportations back to Mexico is now charged with the murder of a San Francisco woman. The killing has sparked a national debate on illegal immigration here in the United States.
ASHER: But are confusing immigration laws to blame? Dan Simon reports on the debate over so-called sanctuary cities in the United States.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you shoot Kate Steinle, the lady who was on pier 14?
FRANCISCO SANCHEZ, SUSPECT: Yes.
DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is Francisco Sanchez confessing in a jail house interview to firing the gun that killed 32- year-old Kate Steinle. Walking along this popular San Francisco pier with her father, Steinle was killed last week after a bullet pierced her chest.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You could feel she was fighting, gasping for every breath.
SIMON: Kate's father says no words were exchanged between Sanchez and his daughter. Authorities called it a random act of violence.
[01:20:06] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have a little solace that I was with her, but I also have the grief of a father on whom she was shot.
SIMON: Why do you let killer was even in the U.S. to fire the fatal round is now the subject of a fierce debate. Sanchez is an undocumented immigrant and has seven-time convicted felon who had been deported to his native Mexico five times. It would have been six, but the San Francisco sheriff's department which had been holding him on a drug charge let him go after charges were dropped.
Why? San Francisco is what's called a sanctuary city. It doesn't help federal authorities catch undocumented immigrants. About 300 municipalities have the destination around country, but San Francisco takes a hard line approach. In the case of Sanchez, it released him even though the feds had issued a detention request or detainer to pick him up.
SHERIFF ROSS MIRKARIMI, SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND COUNTY: The detainer is not a legal instrument.
[01:00:15] SIMON: The sheriff defending the policy.
MIKARIMI: I firmly believe it makes us safer. For a law enforcement perspective, we want to build trust with that population in our sanctuary city and other attendant laws have allows us to do that. SIMON: Tell that to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
who sees on the case saying the tragic shooting is quote "yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately." Sanchez says the lure of a paycheck kept him coming back to the U.S.
SANCHEZ: I'm looking for a job in the restaurant or roofing, landscaping, or construction.
SIMON: And he says he killed Kate Steinle by accident, after finding the gun wrapped in a tee shirt under a bench. And he didn't mean to fire it. Though, he reportedly told police, he was aiming at sea lions.
SANCHEZ: (INAUDIBLE).
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FOSTER: All right. We're going to get you more now on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's statement on immigration prompted by the shooting in San Francisco. He said the Mexican government is forcing its most unwanted and worst elements in the U.S. including criminals, drug dealers and rapists.
ASHER: Hugely controversial comments. Now, Trump's words are causing a lot of people in the GOP to distance themselves from him. In terms of businesses, ESPN is pulling an upcoming golf classic from the Trump national golf club. And another Republican candidate is challenging the billionaire to a debate on immigration. New Hampshire governor George Pataki says he wants to go head to head in a debate.
In the meantime, South Carolina's Senate has given preliminary approval to remove the confederate flag from state capitol grounds. Today a final vote is planned. A two-thirds majority is required for the measure to move to the state House of Representatives for approval. Now, take a listen to some of the lawmakers' arguments against the flag.
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STATE SEN. VINCENT SHAHEEN, SOUTH CAROLINA: It is not about the history. It is not about heritage. It is not about hate. It's about how to heal wounds that stretch back many, many years.
STATE SEN. LARRY MARTIN, SOUTH CAROLINA: As far as this day, on this state house grounds, it isn't part of our future.
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FOSTER: South Carolina's governor is amongst the voices calling for the flag to come down. It's become the subject of renewed criticism after a racist shooting at a black church in Charleston.
ASHER: In just a few hours, Britain is going to be pausing silently to remember the deadly attack on London's tube underground trains in a bus ten years ago.
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FOSTER: Four suicide bombers killed 52 people in the first Islamist militants attack last year. But the survivors, the victims' relatives and first responders, that day, will never be forgotten.
All I remember is a white light in front of my eyes. And it wasn't just flash. I felt like it was there for a long time. And I remember looking at this white light and having the feeling that I was being shook from side to side.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All I remember is a white light in front of my eyes. And when there was a flash, I feel like it was there for a long time and I remember looking at this white light and having the feeling that I was being shift from side to side.
NEESHA KAMBOJ, 7/7 ATTACK SURVIVOR: That's when billowing smoke poured into the carriage and it felt like the air had been sucked out of the carriage. We didn't know what had happened that time but if felt like that there was an explosion.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All London hospitals are now on major incident alert.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I mean, the bomb was four feet away from me.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're getting news of another explosion.
KAMBOJ: Some people were sitting silently. Some people were crying hysterically.
MATINE WRIGHT, 7/7 ATTACK SURVIVOR: I was just trying to move myself. And I couldn't understand why I couldn't move myself. And then I sort of looked up, and all I could see was this metal, which was actually the corner of the tube, had buckled from the explosion. It was just going, looked like it was going down into the ground, but it wasn't, it was going down into my legs.
[01:25:01] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm a Muslim (INAUDIBLE) and I started to pray.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A fire. Hurry to get here. (INAUDIBLE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Obviously, the news was full of the four explosions. And one of them was in the square here. Now I thought, well, that's not a problem, because my son would not be in the square. He works over in the city.
ESTHER HYMAN, VICTIM'S SISTER: Then I had spoken to my dad on the phone after she got evacuated and before she got on the bus.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was an eerie scene, because the bus had been ripped apart by an explosion and a choir (ph) of really, really deadly quiet except for the sound of siren. STEPHEN MCDERMOTT, LONDON FIRE BRIGADE: One lady died there in front
of me. And I looked, she had a wedding ring on. And you're thinking, she's married. Is she got children? You know, is mom not coming home tonight?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We didn't know that Philip had died until the Monday.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On the Saturday, I allowed myself to think about the possibility that she could have been on the bus. And on the Monday, her identity was confirmed to us, forensically.
WRIGHT: I will never, ever forget those people that lost their lives that day.
STAVROS MARANGOS, LONDON FIRE BRIGADE: I had a quote by a Detroit firefighter, had 32 years on the job and he was retired. He said I wish my head could forget what my eyes have seen, and that just sums it up, really, doesn't it?
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FOSTER: A big moment in the U.K. today. It's off the back of these Tunisia attacks. That's really in the shadow of that as well.
ASHER: Yes. That piece really brought back so many memories. I was in London at the time. And it just really shook up the entire city. So those people will never be forgotten.
FOSTER: No.
The banks in Greece, meanwhile, won't be reopening for a few days, we are told. But people say there are say they feel the pinch as well. We will get you live to Athens next.
ASHER: Plus, today is the day well, they hope to have a deal on Iran's nuclear program. We'll tell you why negotiators may miss yet another deadline.
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[01:30:30] MAX FOSTER, CNN ANCHOR: You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Max Foster.
ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Zain Asher. Let's give you your headlines.
Newly released court documents show that comedian Bill Cosby testified in 2005 that he got sedatives for women he wanted to have sex with, but he does not say that he actually gave the drugs to any of his accusers. More than 25 women accuse Cosby of drugging and raping them, accusations he has repeatedly denied.
FOSTER: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with leaders in Brussels to keep Greece from sinking further into ruin. German and French leaders say he better act quickly and bring serious ideas to reform.
ASHER: U.S. Barack Obama says the battle with ISIS must be viewed as a long-term effort. His mission updates comes a weekend of U.S. airstrikes in Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that ISIS reportedly reclaims a key city from Kurdish forces.
FOSTER: The deadline days has arrived but not deal yet on Iran's nuclear program. An Iranian official says the U.S. needs to make constructive moves, Iran says. But Western leaders say Iranian demands are holding things up. The E.U.'s policy chief says a final deal is very close.
ASHER: We want to give you an update now on the situation in Greece where the country's banks will stay closed until thursday, and there are strict limits on how much cash people can actually still get at ATMs.
FOSTER: Many people are feeling the pinch from the bank closures, and Phil Black has filed this report from Athens.
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PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The overwhelming no vote hasn't changed this new grinding reality for Greek people. The regular slow shuffle towards an ATM to withdraw just 60 Euros per day.
Some are losing patience. These men were arguing about who was next in line.
The cash shortage is a serious frustration for everyone involved in small business. Andreas says business here at the fish market has plummeted since capital controls was introduced.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The market is frozen, and people don't buy fish one week now. And we have big problems.
BLACK: And he knows it could get a lot worse if the new deal with the Eurozone is not secured quickly and banks are not reopened.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're going to lose all our money and have to start from the beginning. And outside of Europe is no good for us.
BLACK: In Greece today, optimists are rare.
"In two years, we could be like Syria," this man says.
Taxi drivers are also gloomy. The cars sit empty. This man got what he wanted, a win for the no vote, but it hasn't changed his mood.
(on camera): The day after that referendum, how are you feeling?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The day after tomorrow I see black. I don't see the sun very easily.
BLACK (voice-over): This is a country potentially on the brink of economic ruin, but so far there's no outward appearance of panic. Greeks are approaching these next crucial few days with a steady, stoic calm.
(on camera): Why is everybody so calm?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think because they're not afraid to lose anything more, because we've already lost a lot.
BLACK (voice-over): It's crisis fatigue after enduring years of bankruptcy and deep austerity. Some are just glad their country's economic future looks set to be decided one way or the other.
Phil Black, CNN, Athens.
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ASHER: Clearly a difficult time for people there in Greece. The European Central Bank has raised the amount of collateral Greek banks would need for any new loans, and the Dutch prime minister says Greece will have to accept serious reforms if it wants to stay in the Eurozone.
FOSTER: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande says the door is open for new talks, but they, and others, say tougher austerity
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JEROEN DIJSSELBLOEM, EURO GROUP PRESIDENT (through translation): I keep saying that whatever the outcome of the referendum is, Greece must take difficult measure, otherwise the country won't make it. Otherwise the chi won't work. And if the government and people reject difficult measures, we are going to get into a very difficult situation.
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[01:35:09] ASHER: Now many in the German government are clearly running out of patience with Greece.
Matthew Karnitschnig is the chief correspondent for "Politico," joining me from Athens.
Matthew, we are awaiting these proposals from Alexis Tsipras. Really, for Greece to stand a chance there needs to be debt restructuring, some kind of haircut. How likely is it that Angela Merkel is going to grant those proposals?
MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, CHIEF CORRESPONDENT, POLITICO: Well, I think at this point it's going to be very difficult for her to not grant any kind of debt relief, because there's a growing agreement, I think, within the Eurozone that at this point they have to step towards the Greeks. They have to give them some of what they want, and there's a preponderance of economic thought out there, there has been for years, that Greece needs more debt relief. The IMF said last week that it's essentially unavoidable in the coming years. So I think she might look for ways to do it that aren't really obvious, for example, by extending the maturity of the loans which is something they've done in the past, which is a stealth form of debt relief that she can sell to German voters.
ASHER: Matthew, what happens on July 20th if Greece doesn't pay the 3.5 billion Euro payment on loans by the ECB?
KARNITSCHNIG: That would probably force the ECB to pull these emergency credit lines that we've been hearing so much about, that would force the Greek banks to collapse and shut down, remain shut for a while. They would probably be forced, then, to seize deposits. And the government, in short order, would have to start printing its own currency, so that would be sort of an Armageddon-like situation for the Greek economy. My question, though, is how can Greece get to July 20th, as we just heard on the previous report, there is a shortage of cash. There are not enough 20s in ATMs. People are getting very nervous. The real question is, can they even get to July 20th.
ASHER: That's certainly a big question. But we know that a new Greek finance minister is Euclid Tsakalotos. What's he going to have to do differently from his predecessor?
KARNITSCHNIG: Well, I think he's going to have to set a different tone in the negotiations. He has been part of the negotiating team. He led the team in recent weeks. He's someone who is very well versed. He's not as bombastic as his predecessor, and I think it's an important sign from Greece that they're serious now about sitting down and hashing out the final details of an agreement. The question is, will they accept the harsh terms that the creditors are still going to try and force on them and how long will it take to come to some kind of deal in the coming days?
ASHER: Yeah, and Germany clearly taking a tough stance that they are going to have to be flexible in order to prevent any kind of wreck there.
Matthew Karnitschnig, from "Politico," thank you so much. We appreciate that.
Max?
FOSTER: Today is the deadline day for a deal on Iran's nuclear program. And it looks like talks may go into overtime yet again. A senior Iranian official is calling for constructive moves from the U.S., but Western officials say it's the Iranian demands holding things up.
CNN's Atika Shubert says that some say a late deal would be better than no deal.
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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For the first time in this round of talks, foreign ministers have met face to face in the same room as they try to hammer out a nuclear deal in the coming hours, and it seems possibly in the next few days. As you can see from the video that's come from that meeting, the Iranian delegation on one side of the table, the U.S. and its partners on the other. In the words of the French foreign minister, all cards are now on the table. But how do they seal a deal in time? July 7 was supposed to be the
deadline for this. But as one senior Iranian official told the press earlier today, quote, "We won't sacrifice a good deal to meet a deadline. In our view, it is an artificial deadline." But even if there is an extension, he also made clear that staying a few days in Vienna is better than going home and starting anew.
Now many of the thorniest technical issues have already been resolved. But it is the foreign ministers who are required to make those high- level, difficult political decisions. And it could be very well that some of them may have to go home to their respective capitals before they make a final decision. But there is one thing that everyone here agrees on. They want to see a good deal get done as quickly as they can.
Atika Shubert, CNN, Vienna.
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[01:40:05] ASHER: All eyes on that potential deal.
We'll take a quick break here on CNN. When we come back, Pope Francis is gearing up for another full day in Ecuador. Coming up, how his trip is going so far and the way he's trying to make sure everybody feels included during his visit.
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FOSTER: Those are images of Pope Frances. Those masses are in Ecuador on Monday. Pope Francis is in the middle of a visit on the poor and the environment.
ASHER: He's not going to be visiting his home country, Argentina.
Our Rosa Flores is following the pope and have more on the tour and how he's trying to make sure everybody feels included.
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ROSA FLORES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The crowd was packed. Not only could you find people from Ecuador but also from neighboring countries. We could see in the crowds some flags of some of the neighboring countries. But I got to share with you that part of the experience of these masses is the experience of the culture and the language of South America. The pope wanted to make sure that there was an Atmosphere of inclusion. That's why some of the readings are actually in the dialects of the locals in these particular countries, so you could hear them throughout his visit in the masses that he will be celebrating here in South America. You could also hear chants during some of these masses, because of that, because of the message of inclusion, trying to bring more people back to the Catholic Church and respecting the language and the culture.
Now the language, of course, Spanish, is widely spoken in South America. And it's the native language of Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pope, and so his homilies are spoken from the heart. We are told that he will probably ad-lib a lot during this trip, because these are Spanish-speaking countries, and it's the homecoming of sorts. His first stop Ecuador, then he moves on to Bolivia and Paraguay.
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[01:45:29] FOSTER: Now a little later, the pope is meeting with bishops, students and community leaders as well before celebrating another mass for more than a million worshippers.
The numbers are incredible.
ASHER: Yeah, they love him.
We'll turn to weather. A massive ice save collapse in the U.S. state of Washington and has turned deadly.
Want to bring in our meteorologist, Pedram Javaheri.
Pedram, we're hearing one person has died and others were injured.
PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: A very serious situation, guys. This is something that we've seen the last couple days with the heat building across the northwestern corner of the U.S. When you think about ice caves, it gradually begins the melting process, and you compromise the stability of the ice. The highs have been in the 90s, the yellow line into the 70s Fahrenheit where they should be. The Celsius scale, 22 Celsius is where you should be, the mid to low 30s Celsius is where they have been. This pattern becomes very, very dangerous. We want to take you out towards Granite Falls, Washington, a short drive from Seattle, about an hour and a half's worth of driving, and you get to the area of the north Cascade Mountains. Tourists go for hiking. It's a two-mile loop to get into the ice caves. But some four people injured. One fatality. Some of the injuries from lacerations and fractured bones. They are still trying to recover the body of the fatal incident in this area. But look at the video. Because just a day earlier, on Sunday, it was caught on tape, a smaller collapse in the same exact area in granite falls. Very scary stuff. You would imagine tremendous force with this. There were people inside the cave when this occurred. Fortunately, on the Sunday incident, it was just a scare. No injuries with the people coming out of the cave there. With the forecast in the northwestern United States it still remains warm for a couple days and then cools off, still above average. Heavy rainfall also a big story across the Midwestern quarter of the United States. Rivers, 80 river gauges are showing flooding. And we leave you with video out of Kansas City, Missouri. A Royals player taking video as the water runs into the dug out. The game was canceled. Major League Baseball explicitly prohibits having your phone out and recording or tweeting or --
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JAVAHERI: -- doing anything during a game, but, again, the game was called, so he was able to do that, but it's a big fine if the game was in action and you're sending pictures out.
ASHER: Pedram Javaheri, thank you.
JAVAHERI: You bet.
ASHER: We appreciate it so much.
FOSTER: Team USA broke several records with their women's World Cup win. And we have a look at some moments on Sunday, including a canine viewer. All will be revealed.
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[11:52:29] ASHER: Welcome back, everyone. Remember that boxing match a few months ago that was billed the fight of the century?
FOSTER: It really was.
ASHER: Floyd Mayweather defeated Manny Pacquiao.
FOSTER: Now the World Boxing Organization has stripped Mayweather of that title. ESPN reports it's because he missed a deadline to pay a $200,000 sanction fee. That fight earned Mayweather more than $220 million. The numbers are unbelievable. He has two weeks to appeal the decision.
Golfer Rory McIlroy is recovering from an injury. He posted a picture of himself on Instagram with crutches and a cast on his foot. Look at him. He looks pretty sad. He ruptured a ligament playing football.
ASHER: He wants to get out there. The injury is expected to keep the game's top player from defending his title at the Open championship next week. McIlroy says rehab has already started.
FOSTER: I think he regrets playing football.
The world's number one tennis player is one step closer to a calendar grand slam. Serena Williams beat her sister, Venus, advancing now I think to the quarter finals.
ASHER: Nothing like a good sibling rivalry. It was the sisters' 26th meeting. Serena Williams is seeking her 21st major title. She faces the former number one in the quarter final.
FOSTER: It's going to be incredible.
ASHER: They're still sisters even afterwards. That's the most important thing.
FOSTER: The women's World Cup champions are back home in the U.S. fresh off their huge victory over Japan.
ASHER: Sunday's final had the largest U.S. audience, almost 27 million viewers turned in, including a dog.
FOSTER: Don't forget the dog. ASHER: Jeanne Moos reports.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): To score three goals in 16 minutes, no wonder the U.S. soccer team joked that Carli Lloyd should be on the $10 bill. While she celebrated victory, one of the vanquished players lay sprawled. While Abby Wambach reached up into the stands to kiss her wife, the Japanese could offer only caresses of consolation.
One fan tweeted out a photo of Godzilla. What Japan sees when they look at Carli Lloyd.
This --
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MOOS: -- is what winning sounded like, from Kansas City to Chicago --
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MOOS: -- to Atlanta --
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[01:55:10] MOOS: -- even in midair, captured by a NBC reporter. The Rock paid tribute to the team.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You are 23 of the biggest bad-asses walking God's green earth.
MOOS: And that was before they won the final.
(on camera): To score a hat trick in the first 16 minutes, that player must be a dynamo, right?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Congratulations, Carli.
CARLI LLOYD, TEAM USA SOCCER PLAYER: Thank you! Pretty amazing.
Happy.
Yeah, I haven't slept a minute.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get some sleep.
MOOS: But there was one American soccer fan who was not happy to see the game end, even with a win.
(voice-over): A pup named Deuce was so glued to the match on TV that he ignored his best buddy, toddle, Collin Babcock.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He watched the entire second half.
MOOS: Like a deserted spouse, the toddler gave up on the pup. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He moved his head everywhere that the ball went.
If the ball actually went off the screen for a second, we have a window in our living room next to the TV, he would run and look out the window, because he thought would be out there.
MOOS: Deuce would be a heck of a goalie.
(on camera): Did Deuce have any reaction when the U.S. won at the end?
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, I think he was more sad to see the ball go away.
MOOS (voice-over): Not as sad as the Japanese.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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FOSTER: Great stuff.
ASHER: Very cute.
FOSTER: You're watching CNN. I'm Max Foster.
ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher.
CNN continues next hour with Rosemary Church. Don't go away.
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