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Choicehotels.com the addition of a leap second is supposed to allow the earth's gradually slowing rotation to catch up with atomic clocks. the tinkering could actually effect some systems. last time this happened in 2012 and some websites all crashed. and more than 400 flights were grounded in australia. and perhaps more nerve wracking this is the first leap second added since markets went completely electronic. markets ending trading early actually just in case. for those outside the u.s. trading and tech worlds you can set your clocks for 11:59:60 and

Either for no or yes. but we are confused on what exactly are we voting for because the government has framed that this referendum is about accepting a deal and having a negotiating tool. the europeans have framed it as a yes or no vote to euro and going back to the drag ma. and the ballot they have set exactly what we're going to vote for and it is a very bureaucratic and very technical question. so everybody is confused here because people in greece don't really know what they are voting for on sunday. >> sophia thank you for joining us from greece and neil irwin in washington appreciate it....

Million. that's pretty good. finally ayman in my opinion, summer can't last long enough. thankfully we have an extra second to spare according to the universal time that is. the clock goes to 23 hours 59 minutes and 60 seconds before the clock strikes midnight. this leap second helps make up for the irregular rotation of the earth. john oliver wants to help you make the most of it. take a look. >> an extra second doesn't seem like that bill of a deal. you can get a lot done. you can spoil the endings of classic movies. dude is dead. kich opinionentchen remodel still in progress but on track. w...

To pay $60 million to a chinese company that (aprsq" it owned the rights to the name ipad. and, if this weekend felt longer than normal, well, it was. one so-called leap second was added to the last minute of june 30th to keep the world's atomic clock in sync with the earth's rotation, and that change tripped up several websites, including readit, yelp, and linkedin. whoops! the dodgers snap a seven-game skid and tiger woods makes history. plus, a heartbreaking fall for one five-time olympic medalist. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. i l...

16 people have already died since thursday when triple digit temperatures unleashed the deadly storms leaving millions without power. you see all of these states in yellow? these are the states suffering in ohio, 425,000 customers without power as of 10:00 last night. same story in virginia, same story in maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are waiting, waiting for that electricity to flip back on. there is still really no let up in sight this morning. 20 states under heat advisories and there's a state of emergency in maryland, ohio, west virginia and virginia. athena jo...