rafael nadal honored by madrid. he hails from the island of majorca and has been spain's main man winning their team trophies. they asked nadal to become an adopted son of madrid on monday. >> rafa, you have the admiration of the fondness of the city. we want to show you that by designating you an adopted son of madrid. if you accept, many thanks. [applause] nadal did accept the title, a boost for him as he tries to rediscover his form after two quarterfinal exits on clay. >> to be named a son of madrid is a responsibility. it is an important recognition and because of this i like to commit to madrid and be at your disposal always. i would like to thank you for naming me alongside other people who are part of history. for me it is a great honor to be alongside figures such as the nobel prize winner coming is a sailor. the more important title awaits nadal, the defense of his french open crown looming at the end of the month. french rugby legend sebastian announced his retirement. he made the decision after helping l

and he has beaten one nadal to claim the rome masters and nadal looking for his 8th title in the italian this is 6-4. and he fought back to take the next two sets, 6-3-6-3 in two hours and 20 minutes to claim this and put pressure on nadal's top ranking. >> to be able to win some tough matches against great players this week and be against nadal in the challenge in a very good fashion is something using confidence and this is the best possible lead up to it and hopefully i can carry this in. >> reporter: chicago in the. in hs and the blackhawks are the stanley cup champions and 1-0 league in the best of 7 series, for the 3-1 winners over the kings. and game two takes place on wednesday. >> i thought we had a good first five minutes or so and it came back and it is even most of the way and had stretches in the second where they had a plan. but they got balance on their for lines and energy and active d so it's every shift going forward will be i'm in the series. >> major league baseball and the kansas royals beat the oriols with three homers with an 8-6 victory. the royals second win in a

laura, world number one ralph nadal is on track to claim another french open. the spaniard is battling with a back injury, but it doesn't seem to be slowing him down, moving into the third round. >> on the hunt for his ninth title, rafael nadal is certainly making his intentions clear, to leonardo mayer. in the women's the win over spain. and she hit the ball so hard, very ball, and i needed to stay low and focus from the first ball to the last. >> hampered by a leg injury, former wimbledon champion crashed out to 2009 winner svetlana. 9-7 in a tense deciding set that lasted more than three hours. >> i left out there everything that i could, yeah, i came up with a win. but that was very close to the loss as well. i was very strong mentally, and i'm very happy with that. >> while former french open anna is going home beat no one straight sets by lucy saparova. sarah pope, al jazeera. >> world cup coach has named the final squad for 2014. they'll face manchester city, but manchester united and chelsea has made the cuts saying it has been warming up for the world

the scots at the first set, but nadal turn the tide, leveled the score at one set each. deciding set with a tense battle, but the spaniard came through to win 7-5. back to some news now, a russian rocket has burned up in space just minutes after taking off. it was carrying a satellite worth more than 100 million euros. the rocket was launched from kazhakstan. -- the rocket completely disintegrated, somental fall to earth. will fall toments earth. and it was 40 meters long, 20 meters high committed and it weighed as much as 14 african elephants. paleontologists in argentina have found the remit of what they see as the biggest dinosaur ever to walk the earth. scientists have found around 155 slightest bones from several different animals. they say the newly discovered species was an herbivore and lived in south america around 90 million years ago. just to recap our top story for you, talks are underway in eastern ukraine and that e -- aimed at easing tensions there. we will have updates on that story and many more at the top of the hour. thank you for watching. ♪ >> paul s

. >> in sport, rafael nadal books a spot in the master's follow. he will be here in just a moment with that story and more. >> i'm joe berlingerr >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the >>>guests on all sides of the >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions >> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >>> hello again. robin is here with an update on all of the day's top sports stories. >> formula one uses in where mercedes have continued their domination. they grabbed the first two places on the starting grid of the spanish grand prix. lewis hamilton fastest in qualifying, his fourth pole. britain qualifying ahead of teammates fourth consecutive victory. anothe

nos vamos al tenis espaÑol nadal avanzÓ a la final del masters de madrid derrotando a roberto bautistates recordarles que la informaciÓn estÁ en la página de univisiÓn. >> gracias alejandro una ediciÓn especial de aquÍ y ahora con un invitado especial, juan gabriel. ♪ >> sus primeros pasos en michoacÁn. >> le gustaba saltarse las clases, se escapaba. >> sus comienzo buscando una oportunidad. >> estilo, querÍa estilo. que todo el mundo anda buscando. >> hasta que se convirtiÓ en un Ícono de la canciÓn mexicali mexicanaun recorrido por su mÚsica y su carrera artÍstica. >> asÍ es. juan gabriel amor eterno este domingo a las 7 de la noche con marÍa elena salinas y teresa rodrÍguez, el presidente ruso putin olvidar ♪ >> mientras en ucrania crece la tensiÓn del presidente ruso putin dejÓ atrÁs las tensiones por la crisis y decidiÓ calmar el estrÉs participando en un torneo de hockey sobre hielo para aficionados, estuvo jugando con un equipo local mostrando sus dotes, anotando seis goles y 5 asistencias su equipo ganÓ 25 a 20 en la liga de las estrellas creada por el propio putin donde juegan

robin will have more on rafael natal nadal's hopes. >>> welcome back. reminder the top stories this hour. china has sent to vietnam. >>> severe flooding and landslides have killed 25 people in the balkans. tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate homes. in serbia, bosnia and croatia. the largest power plant is under threat in the worst hit region. >> a no-fly zone over the eastern city of benghazi following violence that left 79 people dead. forces loyal to former general have been battling armed groups in the city without the approval of the central government. >>> yemen's military has launched the largest offensive in years against al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula but the country is struggling to pay for the operation. now the they are calling on western governments to help. in the capitol sanaa, this report. >> reporter: yemen's southern provinces are battle grounds, a large military operation against al-qaeda is underway. the army is making gains. it has recaptured some areas where these fighters established a state of their own wit

nadal and jovovich serve up a thriller. details off the break. do stay with us. >>> we have the latest on sports. >> thanks very much. some worrying pictures are coming out of spain. up to 25 people have been injured after a railing collapsed during a crucial la ligamatch. the home side needed at least a win if they were to avoid a relegation from the la liga. it happened in the 12th minute when he opened the scoring. while celebrating, home fans caused a railing to collapse and it resulted in 25 injuries. fortunately, none of them appear to be serious at this stage. the game had to be suspended for 35 minutes as supporters were carried away. it did begin again. they scored a second goal, and they did get a goal back. they win 2-1 but it was to no avail as both sides were regular gated because al maria just avoided the drop after they held athlet lehleti athletico to 1-0 at home. they were one position from relegation. >>> the other ren gated team lost 1-0 at home to grenada. this is a goal summing up their season. 1-0 is the final score there. >

nadal was pushed to three sets in the second match in the third round clash.fending championing doing more than e enough. andy murray celebrated his 27th birthday with a victory and sharing up cake. the furtherest he's gone at this tournament. second seed novak losing. micha michael fepz is competing over the weekend in north carolina. >> i don't care who i'm competing against, i don't want anybody to beat me. that is still the same. sure, i'm more laid back and more relaxed now than i ever have been and that's still, i mean, he's heard me say a couple of comments and showing how fired up and motivated i am. >> bradley wiggens maintaining the lead in california. finny winning stage five. wiggens 12 seconds back, the advantage at 28 seconds and three stages are remaining. back to you. >> thank you so much. see you later. >> now a woman in the united states said to be killed from late stage cancer with a dose of the measles vaccine. it is a medical first. from a clinic in the state of minnesota we have a report. >> stacy gone from hopeless to history maker. for

this is the racket that rafael nadal uses. brand.re the >> tells about the smart racket, frank.k? >> the first ever connected racket. look second normal racket if you look at it. it will give you feedback on your game. >> is a meaty to switch it on before you start playing? does this mean you switch it on before you start playing? what does it measure? what sort of stats canada measure? measure? will give you the details of what kind of shots you have been doing. if it was a slice, spin, if it was more slack. one of the most amazing applications, it gives you the impact location on the string bed. >> to think it will improve players games? >> it will definitely help them. for the first time you will be able to know what is happening on your racket. tennis players have always been blind. they couldn't see. you could feel it, but you couldn't see it. the player racket will help them understand better what is happening in the racket so that . ey can improve the smarts o >> these are not allowed according to tennis regulations, yes? -- >>ce the french open has anyone used it at the

nadal will play for a spot in the finals. world number one had to dig deep in his quarterfinal match. it was the first time the pair had met on court includinger, and it was murray who took the first set, but nadal hit back to win in three sets. presented with a cake to celebrate his birthday, but his coach did not waste time cutting it up. now a top football team in bolivia has made a surprising signing to announce the nation's president morales will join the club as a midfielder next season. >> reporter: a professional football club signing a 54-year-old is no common sight. the president of the country signing for a pro team, well that's almost unheard of. >> i can announce having spoken to the president that his contract can now be registered. >> he has been president of bolivia since 2006, but he can now add sport midfielder to his title. he has played in exhibition games with former brazil international kafu. now he'll donn the number 10 for bolivian first division team but there will be no presidential treatment when it

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nadal move on in straight set victory. big upset today.ly out played by the 41 rank garcia lopez. way too many unforced error said he had no idea why he didn't play better. winner 4 sets. final 2 by a skr of 6-2 and 6-o and maria and the this sports report brought by toyota. >> a little bron dunk. >> that series is over i think. >> all right. thank you mike. >> and these all for now. for all of us here at abc 7 news at 9:00 thanks for watching. 7 news continues on line. twitter facebook all mobile device with our 7 news app. device with our 7 news app. good night see you at 11:00 narrator: er close that you might hearken the story of fat neil. born stout of heart but large of bone, his adolescent years were shadowed by scorn and mockery. ♪ hey, fatty, fatty hey, fatty, fatty ♪ outlets of fantasy afforded him some escape from the darkness throughout high school.

we have more on rafael nadal's hopes for an eighth title in the italian capital. >>> the libyan army imposed a no-fly zone in the city of benghazi, following violence between forces led by a retired army general and fighters based in the city. 79 people were killed. benghazi is libya's second city, and the birthplace of the 2011 revolution. it's been a battle ground between the army and militia groups. the retired germ behind the attacks -- general behind the attacks sees himself as the chief of the national armed forces. he has support of some officers and army. he is said to be funded by a foreign state, opposed to the interim leadership. forces accuse the government of losing control of militias. he is said to be backed by tribes and his actions amount to a coup. let's go live to the capital tripoli. update us on the fighting if you will. >> reporter: well, the situation in benghazi is calm, but remains very, very tense. rebel sources in benghazi - those former rebels, i would say, tell us that they are preparing for the worst, and they are sending few troops around to kind of ent

. >>> tennis world number one rafael nadal closes in on the title.they booked a win over ball tista, 6-4, 6-3, rafael nadal one win away from a 27th masters title. the final on sunday. >> meanwhile in the women's, former world number one maria sharah poa is into the -- sharapova is into the final for the second year running. more later. >>> another full bulletin of news coming up. >>> voters in eastern ukraine head to the polls deciding whether they want to remain part of the country or become independent. >>> tornados tear through missouri, toppling trees, damaging hundreds of homes. [ singing ] >>> taking to the streets. cities across the country rally in support on the hundreds of school girls that kidnap in

rafael nadal won in three, taking the decider 7-5. he is on course to win the title for an i think time. >>> gregor dmitri of - he was presented with a cake to celebrate his birthday. the coach didn't waste time cutting it up. the 23-year-old progressed to the semis after tommy haas retired injured during their match. world number two novak djokovic is through. he was tape to three sets by david ferrer, showing few signs of an injury keeping him out of the masters last book. li na was knocked out in the women's. the australian open champion lost to sara reynie of italy. she had only taken five games off li na. she won in three sets, the second rear in a row that sara rainy reached the feenls. >> bradley wiggins extended his lead in the tower of california. a columbian attacked the mountains winning in 4 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds. wiggins began with a lead of 28 seconds, but pushed it to 30.finishing 6th. a top football team in bolivia made a signing of the the naegs's president i'vo morales will join the club as a midfielder. >>

the world number one rafael nadal is facing through to the third round. where he is joined by the wimbeldon champion andy murray. >> top seed rafael nadal's quest for a record 9th french open title remains on course. this spaniard completing a routine 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over 20-year-old dominic. the result improved he is incredible record to 61 wins on the role. he will take on argentina's leonardo maya in round three. >> the mana call in last year's final also advanced. going into the next round with a straight set win over italy's simon. fastest five moving through perez says he could have played better. >> well, i think that this match was okay. i didn't really feel that great myself, but i think that the match was how can i say, not brilliant. we would need to have more brilliant match with something more in the forehand. >> andy murray has beaten marin coe, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3, to set off third round meeting with phillip. in the women's, serbian 6th seed destroyed japan's caroomy naira who collapsed in the second set, defeating her 7-5, 6-love. despite

rafael nadal helping with the women's draw, attempting to win a ninth title at roland garros. he may have to get past last year's finalist in the quarterfinals. rafael nadal lost three times, and that is the first time in 10 years that happened. >>> serena williams has a tough route to retain the women's, facing venus williams, and maria sharapova in the quarters. >>> north korea says it will take part informant asian games in south korea despite political and military tensions. north korea announced it would send athletes to the games. it comes after they exchanged artillery fire over a border. north korea has not participated in more than a decade. >>> the chicago white socks beat the new york yankees. they lasted under four hours. adam dunn starred for chicago. bouncing home. he secure his side a 6-5 win on friday. >> all of the big sport stories on the website, and a look to the champion's league. aljazeera.com/sport. >> very exciting. >> no little game >>> more to come. coming up in a couple of minutes - we'll take you though the day's news and beyond. >>> a papal pilgrim

otro que tuvo debut exitoso por el espaÑol rafa nadal.avÉs de unimÁs y de univisiÓn deportes network.la no convocatoria de donovan, que comentario te merece? >> bueno, yo creo que, no sÉ, honestamente, porque no lo ponen. estaba jugando bien y todo. serÁ por los aÑos, la edad de Él, pero creo va a hacer mucha falta en el mundial. >> el tÉcnico que dirige a la selecciÓn de azerbaiyÁn. será el asesor en el mundial de brasil 2014. yo sÉ william bonilla. regreso al estudio. >> muchas gracias. sin duda estaremos pendientes de este resultado. nos vemos mÁs adelante. veamos un adelanto del clima. >> feliz martes! al regresar de la pausa, buenas temperaturas en california. que pasa en mÉxico con amanda? les tenemos todos los detalles al regresar. ♪ >> las relaciones conflictivas provocan que las personas mueran mÁs jÓvenes. segÚn el estudio realizado en dinamarca, entre 4% de mujeres y es de por ciento de hombre, murieron por causas, que desencadenaron en cÁncer, permeable cardiovascular, del hÍgado, accidentes y hasta suicidios. una de cada 10 p

. >>> the french open starts on sunday and world number one nadal is once again favored to take the title times before and the eiffel tower is the back drop and williams is marking the start of this year's championship and nadal will silence doubters after a season so far and williams is chasing a 18th grand slam title. that is all the sport for now and more later. >> thank you very much indeed. a lot more to come here at al jazeera. including a bulletin coming up, in about a minute or so from now. >> the military takes over thailand officially declaring a coup d'etat. >> the house passes a bill to curve n.s.a. spying on american citizens. some say the move doesn't go far enough. >> this one's closing, also this one right over here is closed. >> struggling american communities getting a helping hand from the peace corps. how that group is using skills

and we report. >> reporter: on the hunt for a 9th french open title world number one, nadal made hislear. up against american world cup robbie, the top seed made no town of disposing of the opponent and it was 6-0-6-3-6-0. >> i didn't play well in the second and we had a terrible game with the field with mistakes and after that i think i started to play a little bit better again. so in the third i finished the match playing not bad, good, so it was a solid and i'm happy for that. >> reporter: world number two had a win over portugal and wind and rain halted play numerous times before it was claimed 6-1-6-2-6-4 and shortening his name has not worked out for the man formally known as rorinka and the australian open champion goes by the name stan fumbled out in the first round by winning three sets to one. >> it's a tough loss and it just happened so it's tough to exactly know what was the problem. >> reporter: in the women's draw 2012 french open champion booked her spot in round too with the other two and the match started more than an hour late due to bad weather. but she did not do

novak djokovic and rafael nadal advance. also through to round two are and mannarino.women's tournament, kvitova, cheryl popa, and cibulkova all reached the second round in paris. vinci did7 seated fall at the first hurdle, losing parmontier. said to be building him calmly ahead of the world cup. they have a match tonight against norway. the goalkeeper is expected to go straight into the lineup along with skipper sakho. >> of course we are ready. we have been doing some good work with the coaching staff since monday. we have even done double training sometimes. we also had a training game against the under 19 team which allowed us to get back to our game pace. so we find ourselves physically fit. lloris tosual skipper -- rested, he will hand the captain's armband to defend their sakho. >> hello, i'm john cleese. have you heard of the 13th century sufi mystic whose poetry outsold all other poets in the united states for over a decade? when unesco declared 2007 as "the year of jalaluddin rumi," they rightfully recognized his contribution as an advocate of interfaith tole

nadal djokovic all advance at the french open. >> all right thanks.

djokovic has won the italian open for the third time after overpowering rafael the doll in rome -- nadal in rome. of the lastwon 8 9 sets they played together. serena williams swept to victory in the women's final beating sara errani in straight sets. the american is the first woman to win three wta titles this year. this is her 60th overall. fresh from victory in the italian capital, serena williams has set her sights on a bigger prize, the french open which begins may 25. the world number one will be defending her title after beating maria sharapova in last year's final. she is also chasing and 18th grand slam title. >> i am so excited to be back in paris. i think it is going to be a great opportunity for me. i'm excited to be here. i'm at the stage of my life where i don't care who or where i play as long as they have an opportunity. i feel good about it and am looking forward to it. >> she also spoke about dealing with the pressure of defending a grand slam title. >> i never read any interviews i do. i never read what people write about me. i never watch the t.v. i think that keeps m

djokovicnis, novak has beaten nadal to win the rom e masters, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.t is his third title in comes a week before the start of the french open. talking of france, all the talk in the cannes film festival is about the film "welcome to new york." diu.eatures gerard depar oui. [speaking french] >> power, politics, and sex addiction. in the film, he is called devereaux, but he's identified as dominique strauss-kahn. strauss kahn try to have the film banned. the background. strauss-kahn, a leading hopeful for the french presidency was arrested in new york. he was accused of sexually assaulting a chambermaid in a hotel. those charges were dismissed but other allegations of sex attacks started to emerge suggesting that struasauss kahn might havea serious problem. interest in the film's premiere was great. audiences were keen to see the fall from grace of a man once so powerful. the fascination with the case and the man remains high. depardieu plays the part of a man controlled by lust, stopping only when taken into custody. it's a caricature. some critics say i

simon lost narrowly to world number one rafa nadal. diego won stage five of the ride. he edged out evans. still leadstriot overall. stage four of the tour of california was a 165 .1-kilometer ride. he hoped to extend his lead in the mountain classifications. with the final climb some 40 kilometers from the finish, you would have expected the sprinters to finish strongly. instead, the initial six man breakaway ran a perfect race. wigginséÑ?

moving onto sports now, tennis superstar rafael nadal has moved a step closer to defend a case french open title. >> the a's-time champion cruised to victory against a young gun from austria -- the eight-time champion cruised to victory. germany's andrea petrovich also advanced after hanging on to beat the swiss player in three sets. it's just two weeks away -- the world cup in brazil, and problems continue in the host country. fifa is now worried that the stadium will not be finished in time. seating still has to be installed in the stadium, which is due to host its first match on the 13th of june. >> now added the tournament, our sport desk has been analyzing the various squads. over the next two weeks, we will be profiling front runners and dark horses. we start out with the reigning champions. >> spanish fans have gotten used to celebrating victories. with the major titles in a row, the euro 2008, the world cup two years later, and in the world cup championship again in 2012, spain has a fearsome reputation to defend. >> specifically in times of economic crisis, spain's soccer sta

nadal needed three sets to get ey to set up a final -- semifinal against andy murray.rsenal has the chance to win the first trophy in nine seasons. the biggest fa cup final surprise since this came last year when manchester city was beaten. the coach says he will not remind the players of last year. any don't believe we need warning. we know a final is a final. ball, they canhe create chances, and it is just down to us form and well on the day of the game. and we just want to focus on that. theince scraping by in semis, arsenal won five straight games to finish fourth in the premier league but expects a tough encounter against a team playing in its first ever fa cup final. thisnestly, i don't think is his complacency. we know the difficulty of the task. if you look at our ru in the fa cup, we had a hard run. we played against top men. we played against everton. coventry was maybe a little bit easier. but still the overall run we had, it was a very tough run. we have done all this job and will want to finish it now. >> arsenal will be boosted by the return of jack wilsh

. >>> in the french open, rafael nadal dominating the clay courts winning in straight sets. american twin brothers bob and mike brian win their match against a home team there. they'll move on to the third round. >>> and on the west coast, the dodgers/pirates. l.a. trailing 6-3 when yasiel puig, he makes this amazing catch in foul territory. the pirates hold out for the win. bill, kairns, did you do a couple of those when you were playing ball? >> never into a fence like that. >> every game he's making a catch like that. >> i think don mattingly called him the best right fielder in baseball. let's talk about this forecast out there. we're going to continue to watch the deep south with some showers and storms over the upcoming weekend. it looks warm throughout much of the eastern half of the country. the acception being new england. especially new orleans to mobile there with the rain. the forecast today, shower and storms from dallas to kans and to new orleans. new england is going to be a little bit chilly especially around boston. sunday being the better of the days over t

i know top seed rafael nadal continued the defence of his madrid open with a straight edge rushing to the oddity of events to reach the quarterfinals. despite its welcome but one was in no mood to hang the phone call from raced through to the center for just one game the three time champion who suffered chocolate fondue defeat in barcelona and multicolored last month faced stiffer opposition in the second set but the lovely little place for a place finish apartment to see not that i sit one six four in the state of one of the final french open warm up bands of the old will make six c thomas with a complete record of the trial. former european into long jump record holder yet. amanda has been found dead at his home in the air signal from spain to the toes of his death will get none of the secure or have long been suffering from depression and in june twenty eleven was hospitalized for psychiatric problems. evidence given to a record of twelve championships in nineteen ninety nine. i would like to take his will but also to get enough of the silver medal behind cuba cuba and rosso it was

injury forced him to withdraw during the final of the madrid open in spain against top ranked rafael nadal. nishikori took the first set but retired in the third. >>> people in the u.s. central plains bracing for another day of severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. our meteorologist jonathan oh joins me now. jonathan, how much longer will the severe weather last? >> well, shery, it looks like that we're going to have to monitor this throughout the day today. and also, as we go in to tuesday, because the system is still pretty vigorous. you can see here the clouds really billowing up toward the central portion of the united states. and we have some video to show you coming out of missouri, where a tornado plowed through a town there saturday causing widespread damage to homes and buildings and severe thunderstorm warnings were in effect for missouri and kansas. it toppled many trees and power lines and debris was scattered throughout the town. thankfully no injuries have been reported. the same storm system will affect other parts of the u.s., as we go throughout monday and into tues

nadal djokovic all advance at the french open. >> all right thanks. we'll be right idlteacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he be speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. in every life, there are when you know, you know. the all-new volvo v60 sportswagon. the s60 sedan and the xc60 crossover. test drive one today. model year end sales event. the s60 with 0.9% apr and up to $2500 in allowances. early morning risers look at wake up weather. patchy low clouds early tomorrow morning. it will be breezy. winds out of the north west 10 to 20 miles per hour and gusting even higher. temperatures between 48 and 58 degrees so a little cool to mild but not a very chilly morning. pleasant day. >> ve

like rafael nadal, who at age 27, has already ruled this clay a record eight times. to stop him, current world number two novak zoning vitch for whom a french title is is all that's missing from a career grand slam.

nadal djokovic all advance at the french open. >> all right thanks. we'll be ithe part of us that a littwants to play,on. wants to be mischievous, wants to run free, all you have to do is let it out. find your inner minion only at the despicable me minion mayhem ride at universal studios hollywood. early morning risers look at wake up weather. patchy low clouds early tomorrow morning. it will be breezy. winds out of the north west 10 to 20 miles per hour and gusting even higher. temperatures between 48 and 58 degrees so a little cool to mild but not a very chilly morning. pleasant day. >> very mace anti-day coming up. >> thank you spencer. that's our report tonight. thanks for watching. 7 news continues now on lane ontwitter face back all the mobile devises. up next oh, look. we have a bunch of... announcer: babies who are talked to from the time they're born are more likely to have a successful future. talking and reading to children in their first years has a huge impact on what they do with the rest of their lives. the fewer words they hear, the gr

. >>> french open, rafael nadal here, dominating the clay courts, beating dominic king in straight sets. in men's doubles, u.s. twin browers bob and mike brian win their match against the home team. they'll move on to the third round. >>> the toronto blue jays were chasing their tenth in a row against kansas city. jose batista starting things off, slamming to left for a two-run shot. bottom of the sixth. edward encarnacion hits it deep for a second home run of that game. an error in the ninth takes them to extra innings. jays streak is broken. royals win it 10-8. >>> and to the west coast, the dodgers, 6-3 when puig makes this amazing catch in foul territory. you got it. great effort, but the pirates hold on for the win in the end. dara, back to you. >> thanks so much, richard. >>> just ahead, battle of the evil doers. can the gorgeously sinister star angelina jolie take down the box office kings in the x men and godzilla? let the battle begin. [ brian ] in a race, it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. it's important to know the differ

. >>> world number one rafael nadal now heads to the masters for the big one in paris. >>> germany'smartin kaymer was tied going into the final round, but the 20-year-old could not keep his tournament going. giving him a final run 74, tied for fourth. and former number one kaymer did enough booze furyk picked up a check for $1.8 billion for $1.8. >> children are channeling their energy collecting world cup stickers. >> all over the world groups, mostly boys, are huddling outside their schools swapping their football stickers. many parents wonder why they can't apply the same type of dedication to their school home work. it is also infectious. were. >> it's for my grandson. it's a passion for my grandson. i come with him as his grandmother. >> and in england costa rica, spain. >> if collectors don't get the stickers they are after during the week they come to this bark in be ben buenos aires, rain or, to what has become a trading street. for many this is a rite of passage, a truly international experience where competing countries across the world, not just in the 32 nations taking pa

. >> well, for the second day in a row rafael nadal has been pushed to three sets at the rome masters. in their third round match, he will now face andy murray, the wimbeldon champion celebrating his 27th birthday with a straight set victory. >> another early exit on the clay, the australian champion losing to 36-year-old tommy hass in three sets. knocked out in just the second round last week. >> have to move well, actually, so nothing serious at all. maybe just need two days off that's it, but i wanted to try because you never know, and yeah, it was not easy to put all the energy and everything in the game, i try, i took the first sets even if tiffsn't playing my best, but yeah, the end was tough. malyia sarapova has lost her set enclave this year. a moment of good fortune in this third round. one of the shots hitting the net, before landing in the court. it is the first defeat in the clay other than serena williams since back in may of 2011. australian open champion in the final eight as well, she beat australia 6-3, 6-1. now the international cricket council are investigating wide

. >>> right now tennis world number one rafael nadal at the masters.hat match still in the first set. the winner of that one will play djokovic. djokovic coming through 6-3 there in the decider. and then the women's draw, serena williams will play arani in the final. beating jankovic to become the first to reach this final in 30 years. it's her best result since reaching the 2012 french open finals. >>> now a top football team in bolivia have arguebly made the most surprising seaso signing oe season. president morales will join the club as a midfielder next season. >> reporter: a professional football club signing a 54-year-old is no common sight. the president of the country signing with a pro team, that is unheard of. >> i can announce having spoken with the president that his contract can now be registered. >> he has been president of bolivia since 2006, but he can now add sport midfielder to his title. he has played with former brazil international kafu and even actor sean penn is an one time teammate. now he'll donn th for the team. >> we're contr

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. >> in a del wanedal took pressul nadal's top ranking. >>> in the current champions taking the 3-1 winner over the kings. >>> and in major league baseball the kansas city royals beat the baltimore orioles. an 8-6 victory. that's sport for now. >> thanks so much, robin. spring has arrived in toronto, and so have many animals at the local zoo. they came into being with the help of frozen genetic materials. >> reporter: preventing extinct with a genetic deep freeze. this is the bio bank of sperm, eggs, dna and cells from dozens of endangered animal species. it's shared by other zoos and used at the proceeding program at toronto. >> understanding reproductive health, making babies, reproducing the genetic material for the future, but the big mandate is the long-term bank. that's what we do. >> reporter: there is genetic material at the bio bank. but interest there is a strong emphasize of wildlife in canada. the wild population is infected with tuberculosis from cattle. a familiar pattern in canada where encroachment by humans isn't the main challenge for animals. >> the fact that bev a lot o

ralph nadal attempt to go win a ninth title. >>> korea said that it will take part in the asian games in south korea. they will be sending athletes to the game. it was announced on state run television. it comes after military fire disputes earlier this year. they have not participated in sports in the south in a decade. >> now we go to new zealand because maori tribes believe they have found a way to support its kingdom. from the north island of new zealand we have the story. >> reporter: in this remote wind-swept part of new zealand the pine trees are hiding the potential for positive change. the owners of the land in the central north island believe they may have found a new income stream. hidden beneath the canopy and the soil is a crop of ginseng. the herb is highly sought after particularly in china and korea for medicinal purposes. and the ginseng ma may be of the highest quality. >> we believe these are good specimens. >> it is grown by a tribe from an area known as king country. they are income is mainly from tourism, but it's hoped that ginseng could take over. over the year

nadal beat fellow spaniard, breezing past in straight sets. he broke the italian serve five times. >> i think that this match was ok. i didn't really feel that great myself, but i think that the match was not brilliant. we would need perhaps a more brilliant match with something more on the forehand. >> on court, looking to confirm her spot in the third round, also in action right now is christina from france. >> the lead by the indiana pacers, george scoring 31 of his 37 points in the second half, leading to a win in which they kept their series alive. this came a day after he was fined $25,000 for criticizing officials in the prefers game. the pacers must win friday in miami to take this series to a decider. >> i thought our whole team had a little bit of a yellow light mentality and got hesitant a little bit when we got down. my message to the whole team is lightning needs to be on green for all of us. you need to go, attack and be aggressive. paul took it and ran with it to a crazy level. >> you have to give him credit. they stepped up the

that ties him for the most in history with rafael nadal. venus williams had no problems in her first round either. she beat a 17-year-old from switzerland. her sister, serena williams also won her first match. if both williams sisters win in the second round, they will face each other in the third round. >> a guy in chicago got a surprise while trying to squeeze in a little exercise. >> for a little legged buddy decided to turn the heat up on his workout. matt gibbs doing his pushups. doing the role of training jumping on his back. extra burn in those pushups. >> gibbs says it is a thing with tucker. he gets so excited every time he sees somebody doing a pushup he wants to jump on their back. >> extra 25 pounds or so. >> nice. >>> coming up, from doggy pushups to a ducky traffic hazard. what the police did to avoid ruffling feathers in the mix. >>> and the suspense-filled indy 500 and what you may not know about the underdog. you are watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by finish power and free.

. >> tennis world number 1 rafael nadal has ended his worst run on clay for a decade in monte carlo in barcelona, third time lucky a spot in the sem ease at the open. he will face baptista. >> this season, happy for that. in the semifinals here in madrid very important week for me. a positive result, for that, thomas and a story. this advancing to the final fourth, a victory over lenar. shar shar hopes to be boosted by the news that sarina williams is out. she pulled out with a thigh strain. >> the out door athletic season is officially underway. doha, the venue for the first diamond league meet for the year. an incredible indoor season, february saw the 23-year-old ethiopian breaking the 1500 and 3,000 meter indoor world records. but she faded badly in the 3,000 meters here at kenya. bear lin winning back in 6th. with kenya's david radisha struggling, the men's 800 meters was won by mohammed aman, winning gold, recent world indoors and took last year's 800 world title in the absence of radishu. more sport for me later on but that is it for new. >> later. thank you very much indeed. we

. >> rafael nadal ended his worse run on clay for a decade. spaniard lost his previous two quarters fines in monte carlo and barcelona. he overpowered thomas bird itch. >> maria sharapova's advance to the final four in the women's with a 3-set victory over australian open champion li na. hopes have been boosted by the withdrawal of serena williams. >>> saturday will be the final day of the bundislega season with bayern munich climping the title. hamburg is facing relegation. the 6-time german champions need to be ninth to avoid automat iing relegation. they are the only club featured in every season of the bupdize leagua since it was founded in 163. >>> manchester city's top scorer will be fit for a title decider on sunday. the argentinia recovered from a groin injury, they need a point against west ham to win the league. >> expect to win. we need one point. what happen if we win. to win the match, the level way to do it is to play the way we always look. >> sure to be a climax for the english premier league on sunday. i'm not sure if anyone w

. >> that is sport for now but more on the website on al jazeera/sport and nadal at the french open andnteract with the team using facebook and al jazeera/sport. >>> new york film festival opens this week and one film was written and acted entirely by young people who grew up in foster care and we report how they turned their experiences into an inspirational movie. >> we are here to take your daughterers from the home. >> reporter: children enter the foster care system in the united states forcibly taken from an abusive home. for others it may be due to a parent's death or in the case of her a parent's drug addiction. >> when she came she was like get some of your stuff and i didn't know what to take, where am i going, what to take. my mom is not going, just me and my brother? >> reporter: in all cases it's a real life drama here played out in a movie called know how from actors who lived through it. >> we are doing screenings of the film. >> reporter: it's a product of the possibility project run by paul griffin and he has been teacher theatre to under privileged kids for a tool for t

and number one nadal clinched the masters and forced to the draw 2-6-6-4-3-love in the final and goess before moving to paris. germany martin has ended a two-year title drought after winning the players championship in florida. he was tied with home favorite jord jordan spietz and the runner up in april couldn't keep his bogie-free tournament and got a 74 and tied for fourth. instead his coleader and former world number one hit enough to secure a one-shot victory and jim was second and win it a check for $1.8 million! we work so hard and we went through up and down the last two years and as an athlete you always want it now and you always want success now but in golf you just cannot force it and if you win one of those tournaments it's a relief you have done well. >> that is sport and we will have more later. >> we will still here with the world cup kickoff weeks agree i away and people are channelling through a four-year ritual, the collection of world cup football stickers and we report on the football madness from buenes ares. >> groups are hudingoutside of schools with stickers an

with me is barbie nadal who wrote about this issue. how did these women find each other?ll, they found each other on an open facebook page in which women, they say they represent a small sample of a huge number of women who are in love with priests or who have been in relationships with priests or want to be in relationships with priests. they met these priests in church situations. these are presumably devout women who don't want the men to leave the priesthood. they want the pope to live the celibacy rule so they can live as couples. so these aren't just women off the street who want a marry a street. these are women part of the church already. >> with a sincere desire this could maybe improve the church's community. according to las stampas translation, we want to humbly lay at your feet our suffering so that something can change not only for us but for the good of the whole church. what do they want him to do procedurally? just get rid of the celibacy requirement all at once? >> well, celibacy is a discipline. it's not a doctrine. and that makes it possible for the po