. >> later in the program andy murray gets his ambitions off to a good start. >> hello hundreds more migrants have been rescued from people-smuggling boats in the mediterranean sea. neefer 6,000 people havenearly 6,000 pee 6,000 people have been taken to the italian port. an estimated 40,000 have made the dangerous journey since january. officials expect the total number of arrivals for 2013 to top 200,000, that is in italy alone. italy is the main transit route to europe. it is estimated smugglers make at least $90,000 u.s., for each boat load. augusta, on the italian island of sicily, 126 people children were also on board. further north in calabria, several children were among the 700 migrants brought to shore a number of newborn babies and pregnant women were aboard. accommodate people reaching the shore and preventing further death. stefanie dekker witnessed the overnight arrivals. >> they approached the port in silence. silhouettes in the dark sky. >> the boat has just docked and it's quite a powerful moment as the migrants stand silently as the boat has just come to shore. man

>> two grand slam champions andy murray at the french open. find out who is joining him. >> we haven't got it yet... >> it's all or nothing... >> i've told walgreen's i quit... >> hard earned pride... hard earned respect... hard earned future... a real look at the american dream hard earned only on al jazeera america >> part of our month long look at working in america. "hard earned". >> "compass" will challenge the way you look at the world. talking about big subjects. telling human stories. >> there's a tidal wave. >> we all have a problem. >> could you have seen that coming? >> hello again. here are the top stories. italy's navy has helped to rescue more than 4,000 migrants trying to cross the mediterranean in the past 24 hours found on 22 different boats. more than 72 people have been killed in northern syria after government forces dropped barrel bombs. 55 people were killed in the town of al bab, which is in isil control. sepp blatter said that he does not fear arrest and denyies his involvement in the fifa scandal. he said it's his job

facing victoria azarenka later, but novak djokovic is already through, having beaten kukanakis, andy murray saw off the check of nick kyrgios, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. marin cilic was a strait-set winner over me leonardo meyer. >> and facing the new york rangers, tampa bay lightening. keeper henrik lundqvist won six successive game 7s for the rangers and made a number of key saves. the lightening scored twice and face chicago or anaheim in the western conference. >>> more sport on the website. for the latest check out aljazeera.com/sport. anaheim - not easy to say that. >> i was impressed. thank you for that. we have another bulletin coming up in the next couple of minutes. it's a full half hour. i expect to see you then. thanks for watching this one. his one. >> well, 4,000 people are rescued from the mediterranean in just 24 hours. i'm jane dutton. you're watching al jazeera. also ahead. [ sirens ] >> more than 70 people are killed in northern syria by barrel bombs dropped by government helicopters. nigeria's new president takes charge we talk to people in the troubled north about their hopes in th

andy murray won his first title on clay last week at the munich open.y mcilroy in golf remains in contention at the players championship in florida. the northern irishman hitting a 1-under par round 71. he is four shots behind the leaders. 2-time champion tiger woods made the cut thanks to a birdie. ate shots adrift. i think i birdied the last three last year to make the cut a little more comfortable. i take the two scores that i shot over the weekend last year again, and see where i stand at the end of it >>> more later, that is the sport for now. >> thank you, andy >>> now the kazakh government is worried not enough of its citizens can speak their own language properly and is spending millions to project an image of a strong state. for the series on cultural protectionism, we have this report. >> reporter: if you have ever tried learning a language you know that songs can help. this course is also keeping alive an ancient oral tradition. the organiser in the pink dress worries that the kazakh language is in trouble. >> translation: we linguists are co

after a deteet to andy murray in madrid another blow for nadal.nding by with the details. >>> in nepal there's a major attempt to preserve the country's cultureal heritage sites badly damaged by the devastating earthquake. many buildings were destroyed, and there's concern ancient tradition could be lost as well. andrew simmons has been to visit a 5th century temple. >> reporter: there's a different tempo to the relief operation now, more than two weeks after the earthquake. instead of attempts to save lives, this pain-staking work is about trying to rescue ancient tradition. the temple dates back to the 5th century and within it lies treasure but modern day social media spreads stories of wrongdoing. another part of this rich heritage lies destroyed along with many other icons, there are myths associated with it. there are rumors circulated that jewelry societied with a d.e.i. ty is missing. a priceless jewel entrusted vest is said to be stolen along with other items. that's firmly denied by officials who say it will be recovered. the earthquake

. >> thid seed andy murray, has just was an early loser. the span yeard going out in straight sets to world number 74 74 thoams b rurvetion -- burrdish is safely into the next round. >> waiting store me trying to improving smiex i'm feeling well i'm feetle physically, mentally strong and that's the best possible start i can have and just now be patient working for two weeks and try to go as far as i can. >> highest ranked woman to exit this time, beat the 14th seed in three sets. first time advanceka singles 2007. >> she's not really my favorite one. and i gis its not not getting better even when we are trying the do everything. so i just want to forget about that and focus on grassy guess. >> defending champion maria sharapova, seeded 2 behind vienna williams. -- behind be serena williams. >> closing in on a series win over houston best of 7 series with a comfortable win on saturday. know team has come back from ooh a 3-1 deficit. >> whenever you can show up at big games and when it matters most, we still are a lot of work to do so hopeful

. >> andy murray has won one of his first claycourt titles.the world number three winning in three sets in monday's final. he's the first british player to win a title on clay in 39 years and as a special treat did he an encore costume change so he could collect his trophy in traditional lederhosen. >> we should build a few more clay courts in the u.k. that's a very long time. and i think it's always nice to try to--i wasn't aware that that was the case, but it was nice to have done that, and i can try win another one in the next few weeks. >> stephen curry has just machine named the nba most valuable player. he averages 7.7 assist and edge edging out houston's james harden for that award. in the east top the hawks were beaten. a win in game one. the wizards becoming the first team in nba history to win four straight game ones on the road, and they remain unbeaten in the postseason so far. >> everybody sacrificing and not complaining for us to win. during the regular season sometimes you might not get than put everyone is out there and we'll k

. >> nadal could meet andy murray in the final when the world number three reaches the semifinals for the first time. he won 6-4 7-5. formula one world champion won in good time in the spanish grand prix. hamilton is looking to claim his fifth pole, and a second consecutive spanish grand prix win. >>> new england patriots quarterback tom brady spoke out for the first time since a report claims that the team intentionally deflateed football. brady threw for three touchdowns but it was discovered that some balls were deplat deflated, making them easier to grip, catch and throw. the report said that brady was aware of the deflating activities. some have called for him to be suspended the four-time super bowl winner said that he was not concerned. >> has this, however, detracted from your joy of winning the super bowl? >> absolutely not. [ cheering ] >> why not? >> because we earned and achieved everything that we got this year as a team, and i'm very proud of that, and our fans should be, too. >> he's confident. nfl journalist believes that brady could still find himself in trouble with

defeat of andy murray and rafael nadal. that promoting music in french has had its day. >> all right, time for sport now here's robin. >> climax to sporting league is still hanging in the balance of high level talks. as things stand spanish league's premier league will come to a halt next saturday. cub finalists still be played. taking legal action to try ostop the players from striking in support of the cub's national football association. lee wellings is in madrid for us to see how spanish football got itself into such a mess. gls a scenario in spain, what's differently is that their titles may not even finish. spanish turmoil after ordered a suspension of all football from maize 16. >> can it be resolved at this time sir? >> because of a disagreement with the government over running of the game. predictably, the cause of the dispute is money. spanish league has been holding their meeting and they're in agreement with the government over how television money should be shared with clubs. on the odor side, the spanish footb

. >> andy murray seems to have taken his superior form into clay court easy first round win are, in paris straight set win oaferred argentinaover argentina. rodek stefanek. lopez was an early loser. are be are champion maria sharapova refusing to do an encore interview because she wasn't feeling well, french finals winning two of them, as she beat in straight sets. >> of course, i totally understand that you know everyone usually does does postinterviews and answers a few questions of the crowd. it's absolutely normal. i'm not making any excuses but i go to do what i got to do. >> seven time grand slam champion venus williams a big loser. 14 seed agnes garen beaten here by anica beck of germany. >>> indy 500 for the second time, broken ankle for one crew member here as james davidson drove into two of his own teams in the pits. the rules have been amended after four cars were involved in airborne crashes but plenty of unscheduled be issues, you can see, held off be willpower to win and he is the overall indy car series leader. plenty more sport for me later on but that is it for me now ma

and nadal will face the win are of the match between andy murray and 3-2 down the first set. >>> after a two-nil win it took bas tirvetion rvetiona, to confirm their chances pedro rodriguez securedriguez. real madrid, down 2-nil desperate for the points, in the late kickoff to try avoid relegation. english premier league, denny scored the only goal, 4 into that drop zone, with only two games to go, bernie is seven points hin. goals from danny graham, and jamil they got three less games against lester arsenal and chelsea. >> it was not a great game, i was sad but in the other hand it was very effective and that's ole what counted everton outplayed us, they did really well including the goalkeeper. obviously sunderland did awful awfully well. >> dropped to 17th after their draw. england cricket coach peter moores has been sacked hours after andrew strauss was made new national director of cricket. following a dismal world cup and a draw series with the west independent eas. indies. >> leading for long periods coming from jeremy thrush put the hurricanes ahead and two late penalties seale

. >>> in tennis in the men's draw andy murray will face argao of argentina. earlier on monday, thomas berdych moved into the second round with a straight win 7-5 6-3. frenchman also survived to play another day. he won in straight sets to move into the next round. >>> the palestine football association will continue their bid to have israel suspended from fifa. they say israeli security restrictions are limiting the movement of palestinian players visiting teams and equipment. fee at a former president visited the region last week trying to resolve the tensions. the proposal will be discussed at a fifa meeting next friday. >> last week he was here, and he tried to find a solution and describe the efforts. they would continue to be in tune for the other than peace. >> chelsea has been celebrating their success on the streets of london. mourinho clinched the title three weeks ago. they finished with a 3-1 win over sunday land. sunderland. >>> it's a tight contest on the final derby at lourdes. england had been bowled out for 478 in their second inning. trent bo

elsewhere today, andy murray venus williams and mariasharapova are among the other big names in actionungest player at this year's soap a local star. 17-year-old francis tiafo is from college park. his grand slam debut was a short one. he was defeated in an hour and 40 minutes. big deal to be on the big stage, though. after the break, roger federer's >>> a lot of you are talking about a heart-wrenching story today. pontially disturbing images are part of it. a woman with severe anorexia made a plea for help on line. she weighs just 40 pounds. she posted this video on youtube to try to get help from folks before the sickness takes her life. it has more than two million views right now. page to show you that her husband started for her. it's raised over $179,000 so far to help with her medical care. you can donate through a link we posted on the nbc washington facebook page. now we have another image to show you that's making news today. take a look at this. this has to do with roger federer. a fan in white walked on to a tennis court where he was playing in france to ask him for a selfi

. >>> nadal lost the final to andy murray on sunday, but he's back on track in rome. well murray is the current foreign player on clay. he considered missing rome but he decided to play in rome and won his opening ranch to move through to the last 16. >>> another word sport mans is considering his professional future after returning to his home country. manny pacquiao received a hero's welcome in the philippines. the reason for his delayed return, surgery in the united states on an injured shoulder. he's still facing potential legal action in the states for not disclosing his injury before the fight. >>> the u.s. came second to the jamaican team in london 2012. gay turned in his medal last year after testing positive for banned anabolic steroid. now his three teammates who ran in the rely final and two squad members who ran in the heat will also have to hand theirs back. >>> the first athletic in doha on friday. mow farah the champion at 5,000 and 10,000 meters he'll be running in the 3,000 meters as he starts his build up for the world championship in beijing earlier

. >> andy murray has quit the open winning his last two events he beat nadal in that final, he is playingxt play, standard roger federer also through he beat south africa anderson in two set. this is one title he has yet to win serena williams has bulled out of the women's tournament, with an elbow injury. her sister is out as well, the remaining world number two set up a meeting with alexandra. congress that door suffering a really bad crash at the end of thursday's stage. the spaniard is the overall leader injured his left arm during a crash on the final sprint. colliding with a camera held by a fan and then bringing down other cyclist avoiding the crash was gentleman righter who sprinted to the victory. contador was able to walk over the line, but the severity of his injury is zillion being determined he is aiming to become the first rider in close to 20 years to win the tour de france. in h the same year. the very first term on the pratt tick lap. amazingly he was able to walk away, and is set to take part in car fying for the race. >> ouch. >> andy, thank you very much indeed for tha

. >> reporter: andy murray to win a title. stock play at the munich open. two singles and a double match. friday's play was washed out. and the time against germany's player was abandoned on sunday. leading 3-2 in the first. >> roger federer has won the inaugural open with a victory to uruguay. the number two running out a 6-2, 7-6 winner roger federer's third tour title of the season. >> ty break was crazy. i don't know i felt unlucky, and i was so lucky, unlucky and lucky again. i'm happy to do the interview >>> usain bolt suffered a defeat on the athletics act. albeit at the world championships. jamaica beaten by the u.s.a. in the bahamas. jamaica are the reigning champ and this was the first time they lost is world final since 2006. the windies won the third and final test against england in barbados to square the series. they are resuming play on day three. they were out for 123. that left the winies chasing 192 to win. darren hit an impressive 82 to seal the win. >> that is the sport. more for you later. >> thank you very much indeed. >>> peru century

andy murray beet kei nishikori, and britain looking to win back to back titles after claiming his first ever trophy, which was in munich last week on that surface. >>> 3-time pga winner chris kirk takes a one-shot lead, 10-under par for the tournament. not a lot of breathing space. rory mcilroy is right in contention the northern irishman finishing 6-under par. he is four strokes behind the leader. >> they have a chance to win this thing. it is so bumped. anyone that is sort of you know five, maybe six shots behind they can go out and shot tomorrow and especially during the afternoon, the greens get a little firmer, conditions tougher. and back at the minute we'll sow where i am at the end of the day. >> okay. plenty more sport from me. >> see you later on. thank you very much. >> tuesday, general elections in the u.k. the separatist party that lost won 56 of the 69 seats in westminster. but the landslid victory is not celebrate by all, as barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: here they are, more than 50 of them. many no doubt amazed by the scale of their victory. scottish mps had a te

. >> just a few minutes, ravel nadal will play andy murray in the madrid master's final. : nadal hasost three times this year. the spaniard hasn't dropped a set so far in this tournament. britain looking to win back to back clay court titles. the women's event is won with victory over knetsiva. earlierents saw her become the first to beat world number 1 certaineana williams, she dropped three games on her way to this title win. three time pj winner will take a 1-shot lead into the final gulf play championship the american hitting a round of 68 in his 10 under par for the tournament. a lot of players on his heels including world number 1 rory mcilroy still in contention the. the irissue men finished six under his, four strokes behind the leader. >> it seems like half defendant tour have a chance to win this thing. this is so bunched. anyone that's sort of five or six shots behind, they can go out and shoot al knew one tomorrow an especially during the avenge the greens get a little firmer, conditions get a little tougher. nor sport ator on. >> ghana's textile industry is suffering, la

. >> it's day two of the french open andy murray will face the argentinean. the four seed sealing it. maria sharapova will face the estonian. >> it's about taking it a match at a time and i've formed so many nice memories in the past three years here and hopefully to continue that and continue that form with that experience would be special to be able to do it again. >> the palestinian football association will continue their bid to have israel suspended by football's world governing body fifa. they say the movement of palestinian players are limited. fifa president visited the region last week trying to resolve the tensions. the proposal will be discussed at a fifa meeting on friday. >> last week, he was here and tried to find a solution, however and despite the good intentions the football association has chosen to continue being a tool for the apartheid rather than one for peace. unfortunately, i have to say the israeli association is following the political agenda of their extremist government. >> the mercedes team apologized to world champion lewis hamil

. >> tennis andy murray claims a victory over rafael nadal to win the madrid masters. he was heading for a win, the defending champion outclassed at his first masters on clay and second victory on the surface after winning in munich on monday. >> doesn't feel like i put too much pressure on myself in the last couple of weeks which is a good thing. obviously to win a masters on clay for me is you know, a step in the right direction, something i have never done before >>> cricket matches between india and pakistan are said to resume. the twosides with a strained relationship since attacks in 2008. the series includes three tests five one dayers and three t20 internationals in the united arab emirates. >> i came here to state that this is an important beginning a revival of pakistan and india cricket, which is so important for the cricking community of -- cricketing community of india and pakistan. >> one of the world's greatest distance runners gabriel salese says he's retiring from competitive run, he claimed two gold eight victories and 27 world records. he's the world

also ahead, andy murray gets his bench open trepidations off to a winning start. >>> some make and some don't. those that don't, not all of them perish as so many have. they're left stranded. the latest migrants rescued from people smuggling boats in the mediterranean have arrived in italy. in the last 48 hours alone, nearly 6,000 people have been taken to the italian port. in a minute we hear from stephanie dedekker of those arrivals. what of those turned back? she met some whose dreams were ended after he set off from the north african coast. >> reporter: by now they've been at sea for over 12 hours. it was a smooth sail. they thought they had made it if it weren't for the libyan coast guards. we ought up with the boat off the shores of western libya. the coast guards have carried out an overnight rescue operation, five rubber dinghies each with about 100 people on board. they come from nigeria, ghana, mali senegal and beyond. men and women, young and old. you want to go to europe? many of the migrants here are not happy they're returning to libya. to reach this point they have travel

"adidas gives andy murray new shorts after balls pop out." [ laughter ] it happens. >> steve: yeah, it jimmy: it happens to the best of them. you know you need a new pair, yeah. >> steve: got some new shorts. >> jimmy: want to keep your balls in there, you know. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: well, that's how you serve. >> steve: you got to keep a a couple in your pocket. >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this next one is from eliza cachiotti in bayside, new york. she was searching petfinder to get a shelter dog, which is a a great thing to do. >> steve: oh, yeah. >> jimmy: let's see what she found here. oh, there's "molly" of course. there's "red." and there's "goo goo aka lilly." [ laughter ] >> steve: soylent green. >> jimmy: honey, where's grandma? i don't know. i put the food out for her this morning. [ laughter ] she hasn't eaten any of it. >> steve: she hasn't drank any of her water. >> jimmy: someone else adopted grandma. [ laughter ] >> steve: where's the leash. >> jimmy: the new holiday special from nbc. after "the slap." this next one was sent in by mahea villabroza

. >> andy murray quit the italian open citing fatigue. he's been in great form winning the last two event. he beat rafael nadal in a final and the spand yard is playing in rome. he reached the last date and will next play. in qualifying tom baluchy took novak djokovic to three sets recovering from losing. and teed up a final with kei nishikori. roger federer is through, beating south africa's kevin anderson in two sets. roger federer a 3-time runner-up in rome. this is a title he is yet to break. >>> okay this is al jazeera america. i'm tony harris live in new york city. we have been given the 2 minute warning to president obama. the president concluded his meeting with gulf leaders at camp david and will address the media. i want to bring in marcela, for a couple of moments before the president speaks. she is a former u.s. ambassador and currently president of the arab gulf states in washington d c. great to talk to you. there's a number of things we'll talk about in a couple of moments following the remarks from the president of the uni

. >> andy murray won his first clay court title the world number three winning in three sets. in the final the match had been stopped sunday halfway through due to rain. the first british player to win in 39 years perhaps as a penalty, had to collect his trophy in germany laider hosen. >> that's obviously a very long time. it's always nice to try and -- i wasn't aware that that was the case but it's nice to have done that and hopefully i can try and win another one in the next few weeks. >> in the nba playoffs, the golden state warriors beat the memphis grizzlies in game one of their western conference semifinal. in the east, top seated atlanta hawks were beaten by washington wizards in game one. helping washington to a 104-98 win, they remain unbeaten so far in the postseason. >> everybody is sacrificing doing the little things and not complaining just for us to win. like in the regular season, sometimes you might not get that because a long 82 games. everybody's locked in. we have one goal, to keep winning and advancing. we're sacrificing a lot. >> fans were welcomed from ar

andy murray also went through. >>> alberto contador increased his lead it the geeky jai recipients giroor is attempting to become the first rider since 1998 to win the giro and the tour de france in the same year, philipe gilbert won his second stage of this year's events, there are three more stages to go. >>> rory mcilroy had a day to forget at the irish open as he shots a 9 over par 80 and is in danger of missing the cut for a second tournament in a week. it was his worst score of the season in what is effectively his home vents in northern ireland, he bogeys half of the holes and couldn't find a single birdie. paul carrington shares the lead with maximillian kiefer, both shot a 4 under par 67. >>> and that is sport miriam. >>> sey, thank very much i'll be back in a few moments with the latest on the breaking news in iraq, two hotels have been hit by suicide bomb, he reports coming in to us suggest at least 10 people have been killed, 27 wounds. this according to reuters back in a few moments of time with the latest on that. >>> blasts hit two hotels in iraq's capital baghdad, at lea

. >> reporter: the french open andy murray begins campaign having won to clay court tiels already thisface this man of argentina in round one. and the women's draw they will start the title of astonia. >> it's really about taking it a match at a time and formed nice memory in the past three years here and to be able to hopefully continue that and continue that form with that experience will be special to be able to do it again. >> reporter: the mercedes team apologized to lewis hamilton after admitting a mess -- mistake and rossburg won for a third consecutive year and we have more. >> with the glitz and glammar he has victory in the place he calls home and mercedes leader was in prime position for the first monocco win since 2008 on a track for over taking he knocked down attempt to steal in early march and continued to stutter and they forced the driver without a nose and left him with a five-second penalty. that was of little consequence for the second race in a row a mechanical failure forced him to retire. teenage sensation barged in the barriers to ruin what promises to be easy p