>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, this is the news hour. coming up in the next 60s, ukraine's prime minister says he will do anything to prevent a crackdown on protesters in the east. pope francis makes his first public plea for fore giveness for child sex abuse.

and tensions grow along the border between north and south korea. >> hello, i'm robin adams, i'll have your sport update including the latest at augusta, and find out who will play who in the semifinals in switzerland. details later. we start with ukraine where the prime minister is holding crisis talks in the eastern city of donetsk. we -- he has been speaking to activists. they ordered the demonstrators to disarm and leave, and the deadline has now expired.

is the prime minister gaining any traction amongst the protesters, kim? >> reporter: parties have been yet responded to the calls from the interim prime minister that the region may have more power. that really was his central message that the eastern regions could have more power of the state of affairs in ukraine. the contents of the referendum isn't exactly clear, but what is clear is the issue of [ inaudible ] is definitely not on the table. protesters here have maintained all along that they want to independent inasmuch as they are a republican of donetsk, they have already self declared that. but that is still deeply -- there is still a deep division between that and what the interim prime minister is offering at this stage. >> we have had signals about

autonomy, and that makes you wonder whether the protesters are downgrading their demands from sus accusation to autonomy. >> reporter: here proactivists are still in control and they are appearing increasingly isolated in terms of their demands -- their demansd for being an independent republican. the offers from the prime minister come closer to that making concessions that yes, the regions should have more say, what is interesting, though, is that the protesters were not represented at that meeting. there were regional leaders but not anyone directly from this building as we understand. >> let's thank kim from donetsk. and it that's not the only where we have been seeing protests, in lieu hands k, protesters remain

in control of a building there. they say they will only disarm if kiev agrees to hold a referendum. and in the city of odessa, fighting broke out between pro-ukrainian, and prorussian demonstrators. oleg was escorted out of the building after protesters attacked a bus and burned a ukrainian nationalist flag. the foreign minister warning that europe's stability will be threatened by rising anti-russian sentiment. >> translator: to achieve this, it's necessary to stop attempts by every possible means to midge -- legitimize the

government. and the exception is a reform which would secure legitimate rights and interests of all ukrainians. it goes without saying that a firm guarantee provided by its constitution will be required. >> well, for more perspective on what is being thought and said in russia, let's head to peter sharp. the russians clearly drawing their line in the sand beforehand. >> that's absolutely right. and when lavrov talks about the government of mydan he is of course talking about kiev's interim go of which he has no time nor does the kremlin they regard it as stanchly prowestern and they see nato's threat everywhere. so he is laying out his diplomatic stall before these

talks start on wednesday in geneva that be united states, russia, the eu and ukraine and russia sitting down to try to work out something. interesting in that -- the sound bite we heard from sergei lavrov we is mentioning again the word non-aligned, this is one of the key demands the russians will be making. is saying, look, we want ukraine non-aligned. and with that, that means it is out of moscow's grasp too. >> western forces are saying they are doing illegal military

buildups. >> that's right. that's all taking place in the black sea and the offending vessel is the uss donald cook. it's presence in the -- in the black sea is a sign according to the defense ministry in moscow of nato's desire and determination to build up a battle fleet in the back sea, and moscow is saying, look, basically this convene tra -- contravenes the convention. non-black sea states are not allowed to remain on patrol in the black sea for more than 11 -- 21 consecutive days. well, the donald cook has been there now for 32 days, and it's drawing the eye and the fire of moscow. the americans say we're basically there to show our commitment to stability in the

area, but it's -- once again it's this shouting match between nato and moscow that seems to not go away. >> thanks so much. peter sharp live for us in moscow there. pope francis has asked that priests guilty of molest children be forgiven. he called it the damage caused by such priests. claudio when you think back to this pope's recent history, this is in line with him breaking new ground on controversial issues in an unprecedented manner, right? >> well, indeed. it isn't unprecedented for pope francis which did not ask for forgiveness only for the priests, he said he will personally take on all of the evil that was committed by the priests who sexually abused all of the children in the past, and personally asked for forgiveness

on their behalf. the first pope that asked for forgiveness by the priests was his predecessor, pope benedict 16, who in 2010 said i am sorry to the many irish catholics who were found be abused by priests for many decades, but he was criticized by shopping short by admitting that the catholic church covered up those abusers for decades. but pope benedict 16, and pope francis moved on to be the first to do more by defrocking 400 priests that were found guilty. but pope francis has continued that work and has even improved it but setting up a commission

that was announced last year -- at the end of last year, that includes seven persons including an irish woman who was sexually abused in the 1960s, but this was not enough for a united nations community that criticized the vatican heavily for still not having done enough to punish those responsible. so much that pope francis back then in an interview in italy went on the defense saying that the catholic church as a matter of fact has done more than any other institution to tackle the crime and yet it is the only one that was criticized. >> all right. thanks for that. north korea has denounced joint military exercises between the u.s. and south korea.

hairy a few seth reports. >> reporter: u.s. and south korean forces fight an imaginary threat. commandingers say they are not rehearsing any specific sen arrow. >> these exercises have been going on for a number of years, and we're not focusing on anything offensively oriented, it's focusing on the deterrents. >> reporter: this is all part of an annual round of exercises that at tracks yearly condemnation from north korea. just a few days ago they conducted their biggest amphibian landing exercise.

and north korea took the same day to exercise firing missiles. on friday they pledged to push ahead with counter measures for self-defense this less than two weeks after warning it may carry out a new form of nuclear tests. and so the defense ministry was giving new details into three drones picked up from crash sites in south korea in recent weeks. >> translator: after a joint investigation on the drones characteristics and equipment we found evidence that north korea was responsible for this. >> reporter: low tech and low flying they appear to have made easy work of breaching south korean air defenses. investigators are trying to extract gps data to prove beyond doubt that they flew from the north. still to come here on the

news hour . . . >> i am tired of people taking advantage of a small african american community. >> plus talks to end the violence, have venezuelan government moves improve talks. and in golf action from the first round of the masters coming up in -- german chancellor arrived in greece. during her visit she expected to discuss germany's contribution to a nearly $700 million investment fund to help greece's

economy. greece hooz now ended a four-year exile from bond markets. it has issued 5-year bonds which has raised money. there have been suggestions that perhaps germany is softening up on greece. what is the feeling there? >> well, that's definitely something -- an impression that might be given. when you look at the good public relations sequence that the greek government has built up over the last two weeks. last week they got approval in effect for the greek claim to have created a 2.9 billion euro surplus. this week they sold their first bond after four years, and they are crowning it now with the presence of the german chancellor in athens. it's very successfully done.

it has created the impression that perhaps some people are going to treat this as the end of the road for the tough greek adjustment program. i think that's the last thick the germans would like to see. i think there is an inherent position the more substantial recovery concerning the competitiveness of its economy. because there is a temptation here that the greek government may now oversell that position in -- towards greek voters and give people the impression that the hard slog is over, whereas it's not. the tough legislation that has been passed still awaits implementation. particularly in the public sector. it is so politically expensive that it still hasn't been done. >> all right. stay with us for a second. but on that note that you were

mentioning about greece's economy having a lodge way to go, let's look at some of the numbers. it still owes about 175% of its annual economic outlook. his crediting rating is in the so-called junk territory. john when you look at some of the figures and the chatter about how greece still hasn't fully met all of the terms of its bailout, has it really turned the economic corner? >> no, and that first figure you mentioned, the enormous debt is one of the most difficult points, because greece has been preparing to approach its euro zone partners after the presidency ends in june and ask them to kick the repayment of what it has borrowed down the

road by at least another 20 years, and encouraging countries to invest in greek bonds, because it has become clear that greece will not be able to repay that debt on schedule and have the necessary surplus by 2016 when it parts way with the international monetary fund in order to continue to service that debt. now that it has managed to sell this bond at 4.75 percent, some of its partners may turn around and say if you are considering yourselves quite independent, why should bekick the debt further down the road? so this success of the bond might be a bit of a double-edged sword as greek tries to increase

its arguments towards the creditors and markets. >> thanks so much john. egyptian police have killed two suspected members of the muslim brotherhood during a sheetout north of cairo. anti-government protestors are back on the streets angry about new protest laws that restrict public gathering. al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalists, peter greste, mo, and baher mohamed have appeared in court on thursday, the case was adjourned until later this month. they are accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a charge al jazeera denies. a fourth jurnal list has been

detained since last august. al jazeera calls for the immediate release of all of its journalists. opposition groups in aleppo have moved their forces. they have launched another offensive in a district north of aleppo. they are trying to cut a government supply route. anti-government activists say 68 fighters died on the border. those who died were members of al-qaeda. three years after the fukushima disaster, japan's government says it will have to switch its nuclear reactors back on. there is overwhelming public opposition to the move though.

>> reporter: ever since the disaster, japan has imported large amounts of oil and gas to replace its lost nuclear power, costing tens of billions of dollars. and now this government says it must face reality. >> translator: with the understanding that there is no energy source which excels on all of the aspects of stable supply cost and safety, we aim for an energy system which is realistic, pragmatic, and well balanced. >> reporter: but most in japan disagree. many believe the risk far outweigh the potential benefits. resent stress tests found that several plants aren't ready to reopen. activists say this events a serious u-turn by the

government. >> [ inaudible ] party to the japanese people to nuclear fade-out, let's say [ inaudible ] commitment by [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: hanging over all of these deliberations is the cleanup operation at the plant itself. it was beset with problems from the start. scenes like these of radioactive water, leaking from supposedly safe containers alarmed many people. as did the discovery of valving having been accidentally left open to allow contamination out. the plant's operator admitted it waited more than five months to fell the regulator it had detected a high level of radioactive substance in ground water. the current government was elected on a promise to phase out nuclear power for good. but yet now it believes it has no choice but to break that promise. the australian prime

minister says he is confident search crews have found the signal from the missing malaysian airline. it went missing on march 8th with 239 people on board. >> we have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box. i really don't want to say more than that, because i want to get the most up to date briefing between now and my meeting with the president later today, and as a sign of respect to china in particular, and the victims families, i would like to save anymore detail for the briefing

later today. a chinese court has upheld a four-year prison sentence for an activist. he leads a group promoting equality and more transparency from government officials. diplomats from several countries were stopped from attending the trial. let's get the weather now from everton. is it looks any better for them in queensland? >> to keep it short, no. >> oh, no. >> we are going to see really heavy rain across the area in the next few days. that's the position of the storm. you can see the eye of the storm there for a time, and as we sink further south. it made landfall just to the north of cook up to. and friday evening, cook town

saw 65 millimeters of rain in less than 6 hours. so these are flooding rains. and a little further north 105 millimeters have fallen. the winds are really causing problems. cooktown itself is in darkness, the power has been knocked out. it will then gradually work its way down towards townsville as we go on through the weekend. just ahead of landfall, the storm was packing winds of around 200 kilometers per hour. so a very damaging system. there is that really wet weather. this is going to be seeing the worst of the rain as we go through saturday. but much of queensland still seeing terrific downpours. so things will brighten up across the peninsula by that

stage but further south, really heavy rain started to come in. and is gradually going to make its way offshore but not before, some of these places will see up to 200 mill meters of rain or more. the law of [ inaudible ] louisiana is one of the most pal looted places in the united states. and its residents, primarily african-americans are concerned it will only get worse. >> this is my [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: dorothy felix and her town have lived in the tiny town of mossville, louisiana for seven generations. but she fears she will be the last. she says contaminated air and water is slowly killing the residence. >> the [ inaudible ] was

elevated three times. >> reporter: most of the 500 residents living here are african american. >> born and raced right here in mossville. >> at a townhall drenthzs shared stories of suffering, and accused the owners of what they call environmental racism. >> people taking advantage of a small african american community, why can't they keep our air clean, and clean water. >> i'm tired of seeing people die. i don't want to have to sleep with a gas mask on. >> reporter: state officials deny the plants pose a health threat, the state's governor recently approved a plan to allow the south african

petrochemical giant to build one of the biggest chemical plants in the western hemisphere in mossville. it's expected to spew millions of tons of greenhouse gases in to the air. it is offering to buy up some but not all of the homes that will surround the new plant. and state officials say residences shouldn't live in fear. >> the data i have accumulated since the late '70s, demonstrates how fwreenthly it crosses the for instance line and goes into the community, and the bottom line is they just seem to ignore it. >> reporter: so doerny and others are demanding that the state provide a texcology clinic free of charge. >> so they can be monitored and tested for other chemicals so they will have an idea of what their health problems are. what they are suffering from.

what their families are dying from. the saying goes, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. and the u.s. defense secretary, chuck hagel has done just that. he received a horse as a gift from mongol an troops. he named the horse shamrock but left it behind for the time being. plenty more still to come on the al jazeera news hour. including the haves, and the have nots. we take a look at the growing wealth gap in nigeria schools. and we'll reveal how hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants are being held in kenya.

♪ welcome back. you are watching the al jazeera news hour. let's recap the headlines. ukraine's prime minister is holding crisis talks in the eastern city of donetsk. there is also a group of protesteringses in luhansk who remain in control of the city services. the vatican has promised a zero

tolerance approach to child abuse. north korea has he announced joint military exercises between the u.s. and south korea. more than 7,000 soldiers are carrying out live fire drills in parts of the south. more than 2.5 thousand athletes have run in the second annual palestine marathon. parts of the route followed the israeli built west bank separation wall. the race was founded as a way of highlighting the problems that many palestinians suffer. >> reporter: the race began here at the church of the nativity, the runners made their way through two palestinian refugee

camps and the [ inaudible ] village. they also ran alongside the separation barrier, seen as an app part tide wall by most palestinians. there were challenges in organizing this event, not the least of which was finding the land to accommodate the runners. they couldn't find 42 kilometers worth of land under palestinian control. those doing the full marathon did two loops around. another challenge faced was trying to get permits for palestinians from the gaza strip to make their way to the west bank. those permits were denied by the israeli government. these restrictions are just the symbolism of what they face on a daily basis even when the cause is just a sporth event. one of the athletes not able

to travel to the event was this man. he joins us now from gaza city. good to have you with us. you are an olympic contestant in 2008. how do you feel about not being able to participate in a race so close to home after going all the way to china? >> translator: honestly, i'm very sad because i couldn't take part in this race because of the occupation army, and i need everyone to know that i represent pal stin in more than 50 events, and i don't know why the israelis refuse to allow me to take part despite the fact there are so many foreigners and arabs participating in this venning. they are not allowed. mostly because i'm -- the gaza strip is not allowed to go.

>> israel says it is not help you out, because the race you weren't to participate in is designed to delegitimize israel. is that your design in going? >> translator: no, this is not convincing at all. it is the race for all palestinian athletes and everyone from the world can take part and participate no problem. every marathon is like this, and we can accept the inventation. i am one of the athletes who am supposed to be the first one taking part in the marathon. it is a marathon in my country, and i'm completely happy to see such events in bethlehem in palestine, and every side has no convincing point about this. >> an event like this does drive attention to the problem of

freedom of movement that palestinians suffer. give us an idea of what that means for every day life when there isn't a marathon going on. >> translator: this means that the jews want to fight us in the besieged gaza strip and put us under siege even in the sports field. it is 42 kilometers, and this is the marathon distance, and we don't even have enough opportunity to get more training and the israelis are not even allowing us to take part in such a marathon they prevent people from gaza to take part. >> given those circumstances, does that dent at all your aspirations, your plans for the future? >> translator: no, never. this gives me more strength for

the future. i represent my country, and i know my country is under siege and there are political reasons, but as an athlete i have to go on, represent my country, continue by training, and if there are so many events in the future, in the west bank, i will apply to take part and to take part in every place in palestine, and the occupation army has to know that politics are something, and sports are something else. i represent palestine, no athlete in the world should be prevented from representing his country. >> thank you very much. talks to end the political unrest in venezuela have been held in car rack us. the president hosted opposition leaders but not the studented involved in recent protests.

>> reporter: there was no dialogue in the streets of caracas. demonstrators marched as the demonstration began. >> translator: they don't represent us, and i think before going to these talks they should know what those of us who are fighting for radical change want. >> reporter: students boycotted the meeting at the presidential palace where political opponents showed their mistrust. the president accused the opposition for the violence that have left at least 40 dead and hundreds wounded and detained. >> translator: you can't burn a university and call it a fair protest. 15 universities were burned down. you can't call this is a political struggle. you'll be measured by the way you measure others, and if you use violent confrontation nobody

wins. >> reporter: in this first round of talks he accused the opposition of trying to oust him. >> translator: it's only fair that the country hears what the other side has to say to overcome mistrust. >> reporter: the meetings were brokered to try to find a way out of the violence that has lasted now more than two months. >> translator: this cannot wait any longer while there are people hurt and killed in violence. >> reporter: but in the streets protesters are not willing to negotiate. >> translator: we will not have a dialogue over the tombs of our dead brothers. >> translator: his protesters say the only way to overcome the crisis is by removing the

president from his position. in kenya some say they will challenge their detention in court here is more from nairobi. >> reporter: outside the main mosque, people are anxious about the security crack down. thousands of people, mainly kenyan somalis and somali refugees have been arrested. most are muslims. >> translator: we're going to seek [ inaudible ] in a court of law. on monday we're going to fight [ inaudible ] that we are going to stop the victimization of the muslim community in this country. >> reporter: they want a judge to stop the arresting and deporting of these people. people here say they are next victims. some say they feel up wanted in

this country. and those who come from somali say they can't go home because their country is still at war. this man is a human rights activist. he said he filmed this video secretly at a police station in nairobi. >> everybody there, men, children, women, in all states of -- and very unhigh generic situation. there is a mess overhead and that's all they have for cover from the sun, rain, [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: the kenyan government denies the allegations and insists these pictures have been doctored. >> look, i took the pictures myself. i haven't done anything to those pictures click and put them in

memory. >> reporter: government officials say some arrest have had been released and others have been sent back to somali. protests have been peaceful but unsuccessful. now they plan to take their fight to the courts. the u.s. secretary of state delivered a tough message to south sudan. john kerry called on south sudan's government to stop the fighting that has display placed more than a million people. south sudanese officials have objected to the u.s. issuing an executive order threatening sanctions if they don't come to some sort of resolution with rebel forces any time soon. the south sudanese government say the u.s. is simply medaling in internal affair.

john kerry made it very clear that if the south sudanese did not stop their fighting with rebel forces, forces loyal to the former vice president, the u.s. would consider very seriously taking action. this comes not even 2.5 years after south sudan celebrated its independence from sudan, and it seemed the conflict, which has roots in ethnic, religious, and political disputes is seemingly up ending the fortunes of a country that is barely able to pay itself bills. the u.s. has already put in some $411 million in humanitarian aid in the last two years, and given that it has put his prestige as well as its money on the line, the u.s. feels it is entitled to demand that they find a path to peace sooner rather than later.

several newspapers in myanmar have printed black papers to protest. one of the situations for mie mie mars most vulnerable have been effected most by the decision. florence loui reports. >> reporter: 18-year-old has just given birth to her first child. during her pregnancy she developed high blood pressure and may have contracted pneumonia, having already heard how another lady died in childbirth two weeks ago, she feared she would lose her daughter. >> i cried a lot because i saw any daughter struggle. but we are refugees and we have no access to proper medical

care. >> reporter: more than 170,000 people still in refugee camps after the violence began nearly two years ago. many who are not allowed to leave the area, rely on non-governmental bodies for health care and food. the situation has been made worse after aid organization suspended operations following attacks last month. many buddhists perceive foreign aid groups as being biased towards the people. the pull out by aid organization doesn't just affect camps here but across the state because the town has been used as a transit point. abdul helps out with food distribution at this camp, and tells us they have not received rations for this month. people have been relying on friends in surrounding villages.

but the government says it has started to fill the gap. >> >> translator: it is completely up true that once foreign organization stopped there would be difficulty providing food. we have distributed food and rice already. >> reporter: this man used to work in a hospital but lost his job in '2012. now he provides basic health care to fellow people. here he is able to treat a patient who has malaria. but he says what is more crucial is emergency service referrals which have been restricted. >> translator: if the situation continues and we're faced with a worst case scenario, the loss of lives. >> reporter: he is hoping it doesn't come to that. robin will be here with all of the sport in a moment including two former roommates

meet again on the major league baseball field, but it is not a happy occasion for one of them. ♪

♪ welcome back. the united nations says 47 million children around the world won't go to school. but in nigeria delivering a good education can be challenging, even though billions of dollars have been allocated to improving it. >> reporter: this is a popular school run by local state government, but it is facing

major challenges in providing a decent education for the children here. there are 116 students to every one teacher, nearly four times the state's target ratio of 30 students per teacher. >> we have a shortage of toilets, and then our [ inaudible ] needs repair. >> reporter: the federal government has allocated over $2 billion to basic education in the last four years with some of the money coming from international donors. according to the federal government millions of dollars set aside for education are not being used by state government. it also says some state governments are employing large numbers of unqualified teachers. they don't have enough examiners and they are not inspecting schoolings property. this is leading to poor

educational standards in state schools. that's why this woman decided to send her children to private schools. >> they are more focused. and it's interactive. the parents get to have their input. >> reporter: there has been an increase in private schools like this, where the facilities are much better, and private schools need not be prohibitively expensive. fees can be as low as $1,000 a year. available federal funding only adds up to about 20% of the money needed. the state has to generate it's a own money to fund education. >> as a government you cannot put all of your money into education. we're trying very hard, and we are doing our best. as we speak, in the last couple of years there were 200 classes added. >> reporter: the challenges here

are hum. the number of children needing an education increases as the population grows to meet demand, federal funds will have to be increased. and the state will have to generate more funds for schools too. let's go to sports news now, here is robin. >> thank you very much. the champs league semifinal has been set in switzerland on friday. athletico madrid will place host to chelsea. the first legs will be played on the 22nd and 23rd of april. the europia league draw has also taken place. juventus are leading the italian

side you may remember. real madrid will be hoping for their world footballer of the year renaldo has missed real's last two games. and the club has confirmed he has suffered an injury to his left hamstring. he scored 45 goals this season, including a record-equalling 14 in the champions league. from football let's turn our at -- attention to golf. the leaders in augustia will tee off in the next few hours. >> reporter: bad weather may have affected the buildup to the

78th masters, but as play got underway, conditions were perfect. only 19 of the 97 field finished under par. three-time champion, phil mickelson had a bad day at the office with this birdie helping to repair the damage of a triple bogey on the 7th. he would finish 4 over par. rory mcelroi got often to a good start. >> it was solid. i need what i didded to do, i felt. the conditions were tough. the golf course was set up that it didn't really get you get a lot under par. it was a little disappointed to bogey the last, but anything under par i felt was a good

score. >> reporter: adam scott was in contention after the first round. the aussie closed with 69. the man they are all chasing is american bill hawes. he had 6 birdies and 2 bogeys. >> it is a new day. i was leading after the first round and finished 37, so i know -- very recently i know there is tons of golf left. and you just have to go out there and keep playing golf. try to hit that fairway on number one tomorrow. >> reporter: so with three rounds to go, the green jacket is still anyone's for the taking. unfair and unjust those are the word of the jamaican former 100-meter world record holder following his ban for doping.

the 31-year-old tested positive for a banned stimulant at last year's match. he says the positive test comes from supplements given to him by his trainer, declaring that he will appeal. >> we are disappointed having two months to review the matter [ inaudible ] no reasons, and the sanction would imply that the athlete had [ inaudible ] well it would have been, i think, appropriate [ inaudible ] same standard to themselves as provided us with written reasons. the second thing that we do not agree with, just [ inaudible ] taken it to the next level. thank you. jason henderson is the ed

for of athletics weekly, and he has been telling my colleague despite this latest scandal to hit jamaican athletics, it's proof that the drug-testing procedures are working. >> recently it has been quite big news in the sport of athletics the drug testing in jamaica perhaps hasn't been as good as it could be. i think in the rup up to the london olympics a couple of years ago, the drug testing was very, very sparse or almost non-exist act, and this is certainly a sign that the drug testers have clamped down. he believes he took a supplement that was contaminated, but even so, it is showing up in a drugs test and showing up as a positive test so it's a sign that good rigorous testing is taking place. >> things are getting very, very

exciting in the nba, because the san tone spurs are just one win agay from the top spot. tony parker was influential for the spurs. scoring 26 points to set up the 109-100-point victory. the mavericks are now in a must-win situation for their final two games. the two sides completing for the last two playoff spots. minnesota a 4-2 victory. giving the blues their fourth consecutive loss. [ inaudible ] minnesota opened the first round of the playoffs after clenching a wild-card spot in the western conference.

in the mlb the yankees beat the boston red sox. jacoby els burying making his first start against his former team. the yankees [ inaudible ] four-game series taking place on friday. that's our sport for now. thanks a lot for watching. plenty more later. >> thanks a lot robin. that brings us to the end of this news hour, but we're back to another full bulletin of news in just a couple of minutes. stay with us. >> the death toll could be much higher than anyone known. >> posing as a buyer... >> ...people ready then...

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>> america tonight, only on al jazeera america. this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters with a look at today's top headlines. kathleen sebelius is calls it quits. the president is expected to nominate this woman to replace her. search crews looking for the missing malaysian airline say they are now examining a new batch of information. the teenager accused of going on a stabbing spree may have been bullied. he is accused of