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Greek Banks Low On Money And Remain Closed; Iran Nuclear Talks Extended In Vienna; Iran Hopes A Deal Will Help Its Economy; Chinese Stocks Hammered Despite Support Measures; Eurogroup: Greek Proposal Due By Friday; Clinton Gives First National Interview Of 2016 Race; Cosby Has Long Denied Allegations Against Him; Longtime Friend Of Pope Reminisces; Father's Day Card Delivered 26 Years Late. Aired 3-4a ET
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MAX FOSTER, CNN ANCHOR: European leaders lay out what Greece must do before the end of this week.
ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: What a deadline extension could mean for the crucial nuclear talks underway in Vienna.
FOSTER: And a CNN exclusive interview, Hillary Clinton addresses thorny campaign issues.
CHURCH: Hello and welcome, everyone, to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.
FOSTER: I'm Max Foster. This is CNN NEWSROOM.
Another day, another deadline, in the Greek financial crisis, euro group leaders expect to hear Greece's latest bailout proposal by the end of this week.
CHURCH: Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras failed to produce a new long-term plan at an emergency meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, but he says one is coming soon. Mr. Tsipras is expected to address the European parliament in France later this hour. Leaders of the European Union will meet on Sunday to discuss whatever Greece puts forward.
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DONALD TUSK, EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT: The stark reality is we have only five days left to find the ultimate agreement. Until now, I have avoided talking about deadlines. But tonight, I have to say it loud and clear that the final deadline ends this week. All of us are responsible for the crisis and all of us have a responsibility to resolve it.
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FOSTER: CNN's Isa Soares is in Athens this morning joins us with the very latest. Haven't we heard this about final deadlines so many times, which is going to be the final deadline? ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You cynic, Max. You cynic. Absolutely, you're right. We have heard this so many times. The deadline keeps on moving. But this time, this is it, Max. Europe couldn't be any clearer.
Show us your proposals, show us you're serious you can get your financial house in order or really get out. I think that was obvious from the message that we heard from Europe yesterday.
Because I think there were many people scratching their heads and furious yesterday not just finance ministers, Max, but also leaders here in Europe really saying how can you show up to these meetings without any sort of realistic, credible proposals, economic proposals with reforms?
The finance minister who was described as being a breath of fresh air in the meetings, he showed up, Max, with bullet points on a piece of paper from the hotel room. That's what we know and he just made a good oral presentation where he asked for a bridging loan, for a loan that will last Greece until this month.
And the same thing with the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, showing up and basically saying this is what we want and what the people voted for through the referendum and that was it so no proposal on the tables.
So now the options couldn't be starker. They either choose to stay in Europe with credible proposals with reforms. The economy has deteriorated so much or they risk leaving the euro.
We know that summit on Sunday is with 28 leaders. We have heard from Juncker saying they have a possible Grexit scenario in place should those proposals are not good enough -- Max.
FOSTER: And a very critical moment for E.U. and the Greeks know that, the Greek prime minister knows that, and he is managing to exploit it. He looks likely to achieve much more than he would have done a couple weeks ago.
But he knows that Europe won't allow the Eurozone to collapse and they're desperate for them not to leave the Eurozone. Can't he keep pushing that right up to Sunday and take the gamble he won't get kicked out?
SOARES: I mean, he could, but I think this is it now. I mean, one of the finance ministers saying that Greece is always maniana, maniana, well, it seems like there is no more tomorrow. That is the problem here. He said he has the mandate of the people for no austerity.
But the Greece newspapers and what Greeks have been saying is that he is risking too much. He is thinking too much about his own political party and appeasing those within his political party. Now is not the time for that. He has no time.
If he wants to stay in Europe, Europe is clearly worried about Greece leaving and the ripple effect it will have. But they seem to have a plan in place should they exit.
So now it's down to Greece. Can they put its house in order and put proposals in place, with reforms with credible reforms or they risk leaving the euro. Everyone here thinking of contingency plans already should that happen -- Max.
[03:05:07] FOSTER: Isa, thank you very much indeed.
CHURCH: Well, the Iran nuclear negotiators are extending their talks in Vienna by at least two days. World powers are trying to hammer out some final details to reach a comprehensive deal.
FOSTER: A key sticking point is Iran's demand that the U.N. lift its arms embargo, but the west is reluctant to comply. The E.U.'s foreign policy chief talked about the progress that they have made.
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FEDERICA MOGHERINI, EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF: We discussed at the highest political levels, the last difficult political issues we have to solve. On some things we have stance. On others we make progress. The news is that we are continuing the negotiations.
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CHURCH: So some progress there, but let's bring in CNN senior international correspondent, Nic Robertson, for the very latest. He is following the negotiations from Vienna. Nic, what impact is this new demand from Iran likely to have on an effort to reach a nuclear deal by that Thursday night deadline?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we did ask that question of a senior U.S. administration official yesterday at a briefing and the official wouldn't really say one way or another if the sort of list of gaps, if you will, the list of issues that need to be resolved, if that list is growing or if it is shrinking.
But what they do say is that there has been substantial progress across all areas. However that particular issue is not one with an easy resolution. The U.N. arms embargo on Iran, the ballistic missile ban on Iran, were put in place by the U.N. Security Council, to bring Iran to the negotiating table on this nuclear issue.
Iran says it is a separate issue. It is a red line, it appears for both sides. However what we do know is that after this agreement is made it will go to the U.N. for a U.N. Security Council resolution to sort of, if you will, box it all up.
And set it out with the U.N. stamp on it, if you will. And in the context of that, it's possible to see how the language related to these previous U.N. Security Council resolutions about the missiles and the weapons ban and weapons ban import there may be scope there for the language to change in a way that Iran can deal with.
However on the very nature that Iran wants the arms embargo lifted immediately that's clearly not going to happen. So how much of a road block, we don't know. What we are hearing from senior administration officials on the U.S. side is that they are still not sure despite the progress if this is going to work out or not -- Rosemary.
CHURCH: Nic, what about this concern that if a deal is not made by Thursday evening the U.S. Congress will have 60, rather than 30 days to consider any agreement. Is that likely to apply enough pressure do you think on all parties to get the job done?
ROBERTSON: It really seems to be not at the moment. The Iranians over the past few days, perhaps a week now have said, look, we understand the U.S. has domestic political concerns about this and about the timing of a deal, but it's not important for the Iranian side.
They say a good deal is the most important thing and we have heard the same from the senior State Department adviser saying it's not the clock that is important, but the quality of the agreement. There is a recognition they are not going to make that deadline, really, the quality of the agreement and how it is discussed in the United States.
And also they feel the same for the Iranian side that they are taking back issues that are tough to swallow domestically as well as for all the P5+1 so really the idea of trying to get the deal done in time to beat this deadline from Congress that is now removed from the table -- Rosemary.
CHURCH: All right, another deadline perhaps missed. We are talking about deadlines a lot today. Nic Robertson reporting there live from Vienna, many thanks to you -- Max.
FOSTER: The results of these negotiations will effect more than just Iran's nuclear program. If sanctions are eased, it could help the country start to turn around the economy as well and that's what the people of Iran really need and want.
CNN international correspondent, Fred Pleitgen, is covering the impact a deal could have on Iranians and Iran. He joins us from Tehran -- Fred.
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, absolutely if you go to companies in Iran, you will see that many of them are producing way under the level that they believe that they could achieve, Max.
We were at a car parts factory and they some equipment that were still from the Soviet Union, the machines, some of them were up to 30 years old and they said even for those they had trouble getting spare points.
[03:10:01] Now one of the things that the Iranian government has made a priority here is attracting more tourists to the country. The difficult task, because of course, many people are still quite afraid to travel here because of the political situation and of course, also because of the conflicts in this region.
They say they are making progress, but there is a long way to go. Let's have a look.
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PLEITGEN (voice-over): It is the embodiment of imperial Persia, the archaeological site where the ceremonial capital and its temples once stood.
(on camera): Tens of thousands of people come here every year but it's only a fraction of what the Iranian government things it could draw if the tourism sector were better developed. So getting it up to speed is one of the main goals of Iran.
(voice-over): This city and its palaces and temples are one in a wealth of sites around one of the largest cities in Iran. There is the (inaudible) mosque, also known as the pink mosque with its colorful windows that create unique lights.
The (inaudible) castle right in the center of town, the tomb of a poet, arguably one of the most influential in Persian history and much more. Western tourist, (inaudible), seemed pleased.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People are very inviting, welcoming and --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The tourism is easy to travel by bus.
PLEITGEN: But the problem is not as many foreigners as anticipated are coming to Iran. Economic sanctions against the government may be one reason. Even though the country expects a 6 percent rise in the number of visitors, authorities acknowledge they still have a long way to go.
The government says it has done a lot to ease visa restrictions, but it also realizes massive investments are needed and new hotels, roads, airplanes and airports.
In ten years' time, we want to have 20 million tourists here in Iran, the tourism minister tells me and we are expecting a revenue of about $30 billion. This is our goal. We have a program to achieve that goal. Of course, the lifting of sanctions would certainly help to achieve that goal.
The Iranians acknowledge that some westerners are afraid to come here because of the political situation and hope a deal could help mitigate some of those concerns.
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PLEITGEN: I want to give you three examples of where Iran is having difficulties expanding its tourism sector also because of the sanctions. For instance, if you want to travel by plane here in this country, mostly likely it is going to be a very old plane and most likely the company is going to have a lot of difficulties getting spare parts for that plane.
Then, of course, you have hotels where hotel chains won't come here and also building new hotels is something where the government is behind where they want to be. And in the end, the biggest problem for many people is payment here.
It is impossible to pay electronically here because of the sanctions. Iran is cutoff from electronic international payments, credit card payments, and the like.
So all of these things are directly related to the sanctions and that's one of the reasons why the tourism industry, which is strategic to the Iranian these days is very much looking at what is happening in Vienna -- Max.
FOSTER: It has a big impact. Fred, thank you very much indeed.
CHURCH: Afghan officials and Taliban representatives have wrapped up direct talks. Pakistan hosted the meeting at the Hilltop Resort near Islamabad. The White House says this meeting was an important step in advancing prospects for a credible peace in the region. The participants agreed to meet again after Ramadan ends later this month.
FOSTER: Chinese investors are rattled to say the least. Up next, despite measures to pluck them up, the markets plunged again. A live report for you coming from Hong Kong.
CHURCH: Plus find out why a U.S. judge decided to unseal explosives testimony in the sexual assault scandal plaguing comedian, Bill Cosby. We're back in a moment.
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CHURCH: British bank, Barclays is firing its CEO, Anthony Jenkins, shown here, is out while the search is underway for a new CEO. The chairman is now the executive chairman.
FOSTER: Barclays needs to improve revenue, costs, and capital performance, and become more externally focused and deal with the internal bureaucracy by becoming leaner and more agile. Jenkins was the CEO for three years and clearly had a different view.
CHURCH: And he is out.
Well, French officials say 15 detonators and a stock of plastic explosives was stolen from a military base. Reports say thieves broke into the army base Sunday night after cutting their way through wire fencing.
FOSTER: The facility has 200 soldiers and holds weapons for foreign missions. Now the defense minister says he is investigating how the theft happened. France has been on high alert after recent terror attacks most recently at a gas factory in Lyon.
CHURCH: It has been another brutal trading day for Chinese stocks after plunging at the open. The markets continued to get hammered and more than half of all listed companies suspended trading.
Andrew Stevens joins us from Hong Kong with some analysis on this. So Andrew, Chinese stocks went into a tail spin and Asian stocks tumbled in response. How bad is this and how bad do you think it might get?
ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA-PACIFIC EDITOR: Well, it's certainly bad at the moment and worse by the minute if you look at the end of the day's trading in the greater China region. Let's take a quick look at the numbers. As you say, it was a big selloff at the start for the Shanghai market and did come back by a reasonable amount.
[03:20:00] And now in the late afternoon it's coming off sharply again, down 6 percent, but equally as worrying take a look at what the impact is on the rest of the Asian markets.
Yes, we do have Greece in as a factor the uncertainly about the Eurozone certainly a factor. But China is leading this now, and look at the number in Hong Kong. This is a separate number, 8 percent. You have to go back to the dark days of the global financial crisis to see that sort of slump.
A lot of the brokerages are down 10, 12 percent. There is a real sense of panic particularly in China. Don't take my word for it. This is actually coming from the regulator, the watchdog of China's stock markets itself.
It's calling the market mood a panic and one of irrational selling. That gives you an idea what is going on north of the border where we are at the moment. And perhaps more extraordinarily this is coming against a backdrop, Rosemary, of the government doing a lot to stop this.
So patently, they are failing to get control of the market. So Beijing with all of its controls and levers it is promising all sorts of measures and taking all sorts of measures, but as yet, it has been unsuccessful.
One of the reasons perhaps is there are so many small retailers here. They are spooked. They want to get out at all costs and they can't, at least half the companies have been suspended from trading.
CHURCH: Yes, very problematic and China is very different to U.S. and European markets isn't it? Individuals make up about 80 percent of the investors. How might that impact what happens here? And also, is this problem likely to spill over into the broader Chinese economy, do you think?
STEVENS: That is one of the key questions, of course, what are the ramifications of the slump in the market, you know, remember down more than 30 percent in just three weeks, $3 trillion worth of stock market values wiped off the stocks now just to give you an idea.
So you think those numbers would have a big impact on the real economy in China. Economists you speak to say no, not yet because even though there are a big number, 90 percent of the investment community in the stock markets in China are small retail investors, punters, it's not widespread as in the U.S.
These people are absolutely feeling the pain, but it's containable when you look at it in context of the broader economy. Having said that, Rosemary, that fear in the majorities can very easily move across the border, particularly when Chinese see that their own leadership been unable to deal with this which is what is happening at the moment.
And it can actually -- it can change people's psyche about spending and all sorts of things. It makes them nervous and they tend to withdraw financially, which means the Chinese economy, which is already at its lowest growth rate for 24 years won't get a boost at the moment even though the Chinese leadership is helping the broader economy. All in all, this is bad, bad news for China.
CHURCH: Yes, very unnerving when you think about the possible worst- case scenarios here. Andrew Stevens reporting there live from Hong Kong. Many thanks to you.
FOSTER: Europe is down pretty sharply as well. That contagion combined with Greece. The Shanghai story, but combined with Greece it is not in confidence.
CHURCH: In just a matter of moments, the skies over Sydney will put on an astronomical show that ought to be seen. Jupiter, Venus and the International Space Station will join in a rare conjunction.
FOSTER: You got to get out there if you are in Sydney. We sold this pretty well.
PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: This is in the next 7 minutes and you have a rare sight. What you will be seeing in the northwestern sky you will see twin stars, Jupiter and Venus within one fraction of a degree and in between them the International Space Station cruising right by it.
FOSTER: A clear night tonight?
JAVAHERI: In parts of Sydney it is.
CHURCH: You can see it without --
JAVAHERI: It can be seen with the naked eye. This is the strategicer of the International Space Station. And the sun has set in Sydney at 5:00 p.m. local time. This will begin at 5:31 p.m. which is in about 7 minutes.
Here we go as far as what you can expect to see out there. Break out the lawn chairs and look to the northwestern sky. At 5:31 is when we see the International Space Station really literally thread the needle between Jupiter and Venus.
[03:25:03] And this is a once in a lifetime set up since the International Space Station was sent up there back in 1998 and it cruises by in 7 minutes and the ISS travels 27,000 kilometers per hour and around the world in about 90 minutes time.
Another spectacular sight, a trio of tropical features in Eastern Asia, in particular Linfa right off the coast of areas of Guangdong Province. If you're in Hong Kong, you will get tremendous rainfall associated with this.
Back behind it, Chan-Hom is a very potent tropical feature as well. This typhoon is 2 million square kilometers in size. It would encompass the state of Alaska or the country of Mexico. It is going towards a very densely populate area, Shanghai, 24 million people.
It will weaken and move there as potentially a strong tropical storm. But the rainfall for 24 million people is not going to be a fun scenario there. Flooding being a concern.
CHURCH: Thanks so much. Appreciate it.
FOSTER: We are in France as well where we expect to hear from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras anytime now. A live report just ahead.
CHURCH: Plus U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, talks about immigration in an exclusive CNN interview. Stay tuned for that.
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FOSTER: Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Max Foster.
CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. We do want to check the headlines for you this hour.
[03:30:02] A number of European cities are buzzing with activity today as Greece works on a new bailout plan to deal with its debt crisis. The Euro Group president is in Berlin to meet with German lawmakers and in Strasburg, France the European parliament is expecting to hear from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
FOSTER: Despite government measures to contain a massive sell off, China stocks plunged again on Wednesday. The securities regulator says there is a mood of panic in the market. China's stocks have lost trillions of dollars and more than half of all listed companies have suspended trading.
CHURCH: The negotiations over Iran's nuclear program have been extended to Friday. One of the key sticking points now, an Iranian demand that the U.N. lift its arms embargo. Still the U.S. State Department says there has been substantial progress in every area.
FOSTER: On our top story, Eurozone leaders say Greece has until Sunday to agree on a new bailout plan, but there is nothing on the table yet. An emergency meeting in Brussels ended on Tuesday night without any long term proposals from Greece.
CHURCH: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he will have something by the end of the week. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker made it clear. His patience with Greek negotiators is wearing thin. Take a listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER, EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT: The commission is prepared for everything. We have a grexit scenario prepared in detail. We have a scenario as far as humanitarian aid is concerned and we have -- and that's the scenario and we prefer a scenario how to deal with the problem now of keeping Greece as a member of the euro area. I'm strongly against a Grexit, but I cannot prevent it if the Greek government is not doing what we expect the government to do.
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FOSTER: We are going to bring in Nina Dos Santos. She is live with us in London. She is looking at Europe stocks on Greece. I mean, that's the point, isn't it? Tsipras knows that those European leaders don't want a Grexit. He's pushing them as hard as he can.
NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: He really is, but it seems their patience is wearing incredibly thin here. I want to show you the markets behind me, Max. They've been trading for 32 minutes. Why are they looking positive?
Well, largely because what we are hearing time and time again is that the Europeans have a strategy for avoiding the kind of contagion that could filter through to the 18 other countries that share the single currency as well.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is also venting saying that Greece is one of 19 countries in the single currency union. We have to safeguard the other 18 members of this currency union that are playing ball while Greece isn't.
And just for a sense of frustration, the urgency here of these talks, let me just bring you a sound bite from the president of Poland. He is the man who currently has the rotating presidency of the European Council which gathers all these E.U. leaders as part of the summits.
And he was saying we are sick of deadlines. We are going to put a red line under this. It should be resolved by the end of the week. Take a listen to this.
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DONALD TUSK, EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT: If someone has an illusion that it will not be solved, they are naive. The stark reality is that we have only five days left to find the ultimate agreement. Until now, I have avoided talking about deadlines. But tonight, I have to stay it loud and clear that the final deadline ends this week. All of us are responsible for the crisis and all of us have a responsibility to resolve it.
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DOS SANTOS: So that's the European Council president there, Donald Tusk, the former president of Poland expressing extremely clearly what is at stake here and there's not enough time to get a third bailout if Greece is not willing to play ball. So Max, where do we go from here? Greece has appealed for a little bit more money to tide it over until the July 20th deadline when it has a repayment to the ECB.
We are hearing reports from ECB's Mario Draghi, the president of that institution, saying there might not be enough money for the Greek banks to reopen next week. Technically they are closed until Thursday and the Greeks have until Thursday or Friday to put forward a proposal which will go towards heads of state on Sunday, the 28th.
FOSTER: Does at least sound like a final deadline this time, doesn't it, Nina? Thank you very much indeed.
CHURCH: We'll take a very short break, but which comedian does the best impression of Hillary Clinton? The U.S. presidential hopeful answers that question and talks about immigration in a CNN exclusive interview. That's coming next. Stay with us.
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FOSTER: Hillary Clinton has given her first national television interview of her presidential campaign almost three months after entering the race for the White House.
CHURCH: She sat down with CNN political correspondent, Brianne Keilar in Iowa. The Democratic candidate talked immigration and putting a woman on U.S. currency. Here is the exclusive interview.
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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump is also creating quite a lot of commotion on the other side. He's a friend of yours, has been over the years. He donated to your Senate campaign and to the Clinton Foundation. What is your reaction to his recent comments that some Mexican immigrants are rapist and criminals?
HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm very disappointed in those comments and I feel very bad and very disappointed with him and with the Republican Party for not responding immediately and saying enough, stop it.
But they are all in the -- you know, in the same general area on immigration. You know, they don't want to provide a path to citizenship. They range across a spectrum of being either grudgingly welcome or hostile toward immigrants, and I'm going to talk about comprehensive immigration reform.
I'm going to talk about all of the good, law-abiding productive members of the immigrant community that I personally know that I've met over the course of my life, that I would like to see have a path to citizenship.
KEILAR: But what about Jeb Bush's approach to that? It's different certainly than Donald Trump's -- CLINTON: He doesn't believe in a path to citizenship. If he did at
one time, he no longer does. Pretty much -- as I said, they are on a spectrum of, you know, hostility, which I think is really regrettable in a nation of immigrants like ours, all the way to kind of grudging acceptance but refusal to go with a pathway to citizenship.
[03:40:15] I think that's a mistake. I think we know we're not going to deport 11 million or 12 million people. We shouldn't be breaking up families. We shouldn't be stopping people from having the opportunity to be fully integrated legally within our country. It's good for us.
It's good economically. It's good for the taxes that will be legally collected. It's good for the children so that they can go as far as their hard work and talent will take them. So I am 100 percent behind comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship.
KEILAR: What's changed with your approach to the media? You're doing this interview here today. It's been since you declared that you have done a national interview like this. We saw the arm's length with the rope incident this week in New Hampshire. What changed? Why now?
CLINTON: Well, nothing has really changed. I just have a different rhythm to my campaign. I'm not running my campaign for the press. I'm running it for voters. I totally respect the press and what the press has to do. But I wanted and was determined to have the time that I needed to actually meet and listen to people.
KEILAR: Have you given any thought to the woman who should be on the $10 bill?
CLINTON: You know, I am very torn about it. I want a woman on a bill. I don't know why they picked the $10 bill? Some are agitating for the $20 bill.
KEILAR: Do you think that it should be the $20?
CLINTON: You know, I want a woman on the bill and I think it might be easier to change the 20 than the 10, but we'll see. I don't like the idea that as a compromise you would have two people on the same bill. One would be a woman that sounds pretty second class to me. A woman should have her own bill and it may be more appropriate to look at the 20 than the 10.
KEILAR: And finally I know you have seen your new doppelganger on "Saturday Night Live."
CLINTON: Yes.
KEILAR: She plays you and she plays Justin Bieber, which is quite some range. I know you do. Who is the better Hillary Clinton, Kate McKennin or Amy Poehler.
CLINTON: You know, Amy is a friend of mine. Kate is doing a great a job. You are not going to get me to pick one of the other. I think I'm the best Hillary Clinton. I'm going to be my own self and keep going along and saying what I believe in. And putting forth changes I think that is good for the country. I'm not looking for ratings. I'm looking for votes.
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CHURCH: But Brianna tried to bring her in.
All right, let's take a very short break, but still to come, Pope Francis is attracting huge crowds in South America. Nearly 1 million faithful celebrated mass with him in Ecuador. More on his packed agenda still to come.
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FOSTER: Now to the latest in the scandal surrounding comedian, Bill Cosby. Two U.S. television networks, Centric and Abast TV are pulling reruns of his old sitcoms, newly unsealed court documents show that Cosby once admitted under oath that he got drugs to give to women he wanted to have sex with. CNN's Jean Casarez has more on that.
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JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): One by one they came forward.
JOAN TARSHIS, COSBY ACCUSER: I woke up or came to groggily with him removing my underwear.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The room started to spin.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cosby was on top of me, kissing me forcefully.
CASAREZ: More than 25 accusers over the past 40 years but some people have doubts.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Getting accused of stuff when you are famous opens is door.
CASAREZ: Some disbelieved. Singer, Jill Scott supported Cosby tweeting in December, "I'm respecting a man who has done more for the image of brown people than almost anyone ever." Now admitting she was wrong.
Scott tweeted after hearing Cosby's admission, "Sadly his own testimony offers proof of terrible deeds, which is all I ever required to believe the accusations."
That testimony is from a deposition given by Cosby under oath in 2005 as part of a civil case filed that same year in Pennsylvania by Andrea Constant, an employee at Temple University where Cosby was on the board of trustees.
Constant alleged she was sexual assaulted by Cosby in 2004. When you got the Quaaludes was it in your mind that you were going to use these Quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with? Yes. Did you ever give any of those young women the Quaaludes without their knowledge?
The lawyer objects. Cosby also describes an encounter in Las Vegas in the 1970s. She meets me backstage, I give her Quaaludes, we then have sex. While neither of the statements constitute proof, they are the closest Cosby has come to admitting he drugged women and took advantage of them.
According to ABC News, Cosby's camp said in a statement, "The only reason Mr. Cosby settled was because it would have been embarrassing in those days to put all those women on the stand and his family had no clue. That would have been very hurtful."
But Cosby's lawyer, Marty Singer, tells CNN, "We have no knowledge who issued the statement to ABC. It was not an authorized statement from any Cosby representative."
The records were made public on Monday after the "Associated Press" went to court to compel their release. In rendering his decision, the judge said Cosby had donned the mantle of public moralist and the stark contrast between Bill Cosby, the public moralist, and Bill Cosby, the subject of serious allegations concerning improper and perhaps criminal conduct is a matter as to which the public has a significant interest. Jean Casarez, CNN, New York.
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[03:50:09] CHURCH: All right, we want to turn now to Pope Francis and his eight-day tour of South America. The Catholic leader will visit a nursing home in Ecuador just hours from now before flying to Bolivia.
FOSTER: His trip amongst other things aims to draw attention to poverty and the environment. In remarks on Tuesday, he said that protecting the planet was a duty and called for protection of the amazon area and its indigenous people. The pope also posed for a selfie with people waiting to meet him.
CHURCH: And the pope also had lunch with members of the Jesuit community and had the chance to catch up with an old friend.
FOSTER: Our Rosa Flores is in Keto (ph) and spoke with the man about their long and eventful relationship.
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ROSA FLORES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A personalized message from a dear friend is always a good gesture.
FATHER HERNAN PAREDES, FRIEND OF POPE FRANCIS: I ask you to keep praying for me and may God pay -- may Jesus and the blessed mother take care of you.
FLORES: When that friend e-mails you a month after being elected pope is it a blessing practically sent from God.
(on camera): He was a busy man at that time.
PAREDES: Yes, he was. Can you imagine? But he had the time for a friend.
FLORES (voice-over): Father Hernan Paredes has known Pope Francis for three decades. Their first meeting back in the '80s when Pope Francis was a rector, the head of a hundred seminary in Jesuits including now Father Paredes.
(on camera): What do you call Pope Francis?
(voice-over): They stay in touch by writing letters and e-mailing all in Spanish. That's because Paredes says --
PAREDES: Forgive me, Pope Francis, but he failed twice to learn English. He went twice -- sorry about that.
FLORES: This picture, a memento from their visit in Argentina a few months before Francis became pope.
PAREDES: He gave me his blessing, but I asked him to have a picture. So he told me, Hernan, I don't -- I am not a man of pictures. You can see he is a very serious.
FLORES: Now with his rock star status, the 78-year-old pontiff who loves listening to opera is probably one of the most photographed faces on the earth and one of the most quoted as well. His message during his three-country visit to South America, one of inclusiveness, service and democracy.
Next on his agenda, Cuba and the U.S. in September. Father Paredes says he doesn't know if Pope Francis, famous for his who am I to judge quote about homosexuality will comment about the recent Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
PAREDES: The tradition of the church doesn't change overnight. But he acknowledged that there are other ways of living.
FLORES: Father Paredes who now lives in New York recently visited with the pope in the Vatican his first time seeing his dear friend since being elected. It was an emotional reunion.
PAREDES: He said I'm too American now.
FLORES (on camera): What does that mean?
PAREDES: Probably I put on weight.
FLORES (voice-over): Like two old friend they poked at each other, one of them just happens to be pope. Rosa Flores, CNN, Kito, Ecuador.
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CHURCH: Great story there.
FOSTER: You know, he's my friend. It's a cool thing to say. CHURCH: Carnival cruiselines has won American government approval to offer culture cruises to Cuba from the U.S..
FOSTER: They world's largest cruiseship operator plans to start the cruises next May. The news was welcomed by others in the travel industry. It will help ease travel restrictions from the U.S. to the islands. Diplomatic relations between the nations are expected to be restored on July 20th after decades of animosity in their trade embargo.
CHURCH: Undelivered or late mail can lead to frustration or anger. But in one case it has led to joy and a sense of reconnection.
FOSTER: A U.S. man received a Father's Day card from his deceased son decades after his death. Katie Brook has this remarkable story.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Somebody picked up the ball and carried it.
KATIE BROOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The 87-year-old Duane Schrock says it's unbelievable.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: After all these years, they must have still forwarded it.
BROOK: This card has been returned to sender, forwarded and juggled for almost 30 years. Schrock has moved around the country several times and the card couldn't catch up with him.
[03:55:01] DUANE SCHROCK, RECEIVED CARD FROM SON: I still kind of tear up when I think about it. Yes. To get it just a few days after father's day and mailed in 1989 father's day.
BROOK: Schrock says his son passed away in 1995. He was only 45 years old and died of AIDS. Schrock says he didn't agree with his son's homosexual lifestyle and their relationship was tumultuous.
SCHROCK: That's why I asked him if he made peace with God because I want to see him in heaven.
BROOK: So to get this 26 years later --
SCHROCK: Dear Dad, we haven't been in touch for quite a while. I'm doing fine and I'm very happy in Richmond. I'd like to hear from you. Have a happy Father's Day. Love, Duane.
BROOK: He says it's like a sign from heaven that his son is doing just fine.
SCHROCK: It was sure welcome and restores faith in the mail service.
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CHURCH: Lovely story and it got there in the end.
FOSTER: I think the mail service has something to answer there. But I'm not going to cast a negative on a very positive story.
CHURCH: Thanks for watching CNN. I'm Rosemary Church. "EARLY START" is coming up for our viewers in the United States.
FOSTER: I'm Max Foster. We are expecting Alexis Tsipras and others to address the European parliament anytime now. We'll bring that as soon as it happens. Do join me for more on CNN NEWSROOM next.
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