as we understand it, all the operation are over, and the ships are bringing back these migrants to sicily or to mainland italy that information will trickle over the next few hours. the ships involved were from germany switzerland ireland malta, spain and a commercial shep had to be called upon becauseship had to be called upon because it was the closest. in the next 24 to 36 hours these migrants will come on land and will have to be relocated.

as you mentioned lauren, this is happening around several ports of sicily and the mainland as we speak. so if you can imagine just all these people arriving each with different needs each wanting to go to a vision location and the burden of this, yes the eu is helping with the initiative, 26 countries and not any of them take them back to their own country. everybody comes to italy. >> children traveling without a parent. it seems staggering that they're making this journey on their own. >> absolutely. i have to say i saw that. i saw children really as young as 12-year-olds traveling alone and it was quite shocking to see. they were -- they are very vulnerable. they were completely dehighhydrated. oosms the the reason they travel alone they are hoping by sending the children alone they could get refugee status quicker. miles an hour according to international law cannot be sent back home even if they're only economic migrants they are not escaping a war. so you do have that happening and then you have simply orphans, people who lost their parents along the way or people who were orphan

following the death of about 850 people a couple of months ago in the strait of sicily where i think manage to reinforce the rescue operation that was there, and many other countries provided naval resources. and it has really become much better which is a good thing. it does not mean tragedies will not happen because it just takes sometimes a few minutes for one of the very rickety boats to capsize and there are many people aboard who cannot swim very often or are trapped into the hold. but it has become more effective. of course the fact that it's good weather right now makes things a little bit easier. >> it does indeed. >> 3,000 will be brought. of course it's still very dangerous, extremely dangerous to cross the mediterranean. we've seen many deaths before tragedies, but it's sort of telling and very distressing that people have to take their life in their own handsing make this very dangerous crossing and that's only because at this moment there do not appear to be any other legal alternatives any other legal options to actually come to europe from areas of you know for many o

so sicily -- sisley soldiers on, hoping the vegas odds are with her.nearly 3,000 miles away in boston another study, another seed of the revolution is just getting planted. >> it's the most exciting time i can think of, really, for marijuana research. this is high times in marijuana research. it really is. >> what i need you to do is identify the number that's different, okay? >> harvard university's dr. staci gruber has been researching marijuana since the early 1990s. they call her the pot doc. we first met her two years ago when she was researching the possible damage of recreational marijuana to the brain. now she's also set her sights on the possible benefits of medical marijuana. massachusetts as it turns out is the perfect sort of place for this sort of study because they just legalized marijuana. gruber's goal is to study new patients who have never used cannabis. >> our goal was to look at these folks before they started using medical marijuana and then three months in, six months in, and then a year. primarily to look at frontal executive fun

they are expected to arrive in sicily on wednesday >>> migrants trying to reach the u.s. is facing obstacles. the mexican government is deporting more. as john holman explains being caught by the authorities is the least of their worries. >> reporter: a short breather for central american migrants. it's the second time guatemalan rudy is making the trip. this time it's been much harder. >> translation: there's lots of border patrol and police ready to grab us. it forces us to use other routes and go hungry passing through places that don't have houses. >>> a crackdown by the security agencies forced the undocumented refugees to travel through remote areas, where they say the government is vulnerable to gang attacks. >> translation: we were walking on the train tracks i saw a guy with a fist hall. -- pistol they robbed us of everything. >> reporter: border control focus on "the beast" those hitching a ride face serious injury. a few months ago many cling to the tops and sides of the train. as you can see, there's almost no one on it. >> blocking the passage of those desper

we are live at da tanya on the italian island of sicily where many migrants are taken. we're talking huge in connection of people here. how are the latest rescue efforts going? >> between saturday and sunday, there have been 31 rescue operations that we know of and the information is still not complete. we keep updating as it comes. some of them are still on going. now, the latest figure we heard today from the coast guard is that at least 1,500 migrants have been rescued. those additional to those rescued yesterday. we've just heard from the british ministry of defense that the h.m.s. bulwark has rescued a thousand people, 2300 throughout the week and the squeezish navy rescued 500. we still don't have all the rest of the information, it is trickling in from the coast guard and at the moment, they are extreme lip busy because all these people will be arriving here in sicily or mainland over the next 24 hours. they need to find plainses for them to sleep. they need to find the doctors needed they need to find all the facilities need. you have tomorrow that these people

we're live at the italian island of sicily. that's where many migrants are taken, and, indeed that ship mind you have brought more migrants on it. >> yes actually carrying 1,145 migrants. they were picked up in several different rescue operations on sunday. the ship did dock a while ago but we still have not seen no one come out of it. what usually happens the italian authorities go on board speak to the crew, try to figure out who needs to go to the hospital, who just needs some health treatment maybe just treatment on deck, and then try to see how many families there are, how many miners are minors are traveling alone. after that they'll get on buses and they'll be relocated to different reception centers in sicily and maybe some will be airlifted today to other areas of italy. i'm just looking behind me what is going to happen. these are the first three migrants actually coming out of the ship. i can see from here a young man a lady, and an another man it seems that they need some sort of treatment into the red cross who are

. >> reporter: after 36 hours, the phoenix nears the first sliver of sicily. [ singing and clapping ]it's a lovely city. >> it's beautiful. >> i'm looking there. i cannot wait. i cannot wait. i cannot wait. >> some of these guys have been on the road for years. it's a very special moment for everybody. they're excited. they're not quite sure what to expect. >> no, sir. >> reporter: so many saw this as the finish line. but the journey clearly is not over. many people don't know where they want to go. and even if they do have an idea of which country they want to end up in they don't really understand what it's going to take to get there. this historic flood of migrants and refugees has deeply divided europe. >> they're fleeing conflict and seeking a better life. there's no alternative for them. there's no legal pathways for them to take an airplane and come to europe. >> reporter: as countries squabble over a plan to share the burden most new arrivals are packed into holding centers, hoping for political asylum. others simply looking for work. those who don't qualify for either will be

we are live at catania on sicily where many are taken. it doesn't really matter what the politicians say the boats just keep coming. >> yes absolutely. we are actually here because we are waiting for a navy ship. it has carried out several rescue operations and sunday, the exactly number is still not clear, but it has onboard migrants due to arrive here and dock anytime. the ship is just outside of the port waiting for port authorities to tell it to come in. >> we know onboard there are quite a number of pregnant women, also minors. i'm hesitant to give you the exact figure, because they have been floating around over the past few hours. behind me, you have the red cross, the civil protection, everybody is setting up, because once this boat docks it will take hours or all these migrants to come off the boated to be given, for example here at the first tent, they will be given this treats for those with low blood pressure, then given shoes. most have lost they're shoes in these rubber dingy's where they were picked up. then they will have

last week you had a large number, 900 that were taken to the island of sardinia a bit further from sicily. despite the fact that now you have this triton mission 40 countries taking part in it, all the rest accuse come to italy. so certainly the authorities are bracing themselves for a very difficult summer because also there's a huge uptick compared to last year, 30% increase already. >> thank you for that hoda abdel hamid. leaders from the seven richest nation are arriving for ag7 summit the fighting in ukraine is said to be dominating the talks. dominic kane is live from the summit. dominic wanted to ask you about ukraine, that's one of the main focuses i believe. russia is not there so what are they hoping to achieve? >> jane behind me the officials here are going to erect the podium where the family photo of leaders will be, the g7 and the european union council and commission will be but one of them would won't be is vladimir putin, the russian president. g-8 voted to seclude his country, and said it was impossible to hold meaningful discussions with mr. putin and clearly those cond

we're about 24 nautical miles off the shore of sicily. any boat in the area needs to identify itself, otherwise it gets searched. >> and further away the german navy. it's carrying out a rescue. see the little white dinghy on the screen. later it was destroyed by fire. for a while the smoke dominated the horizon. they are all part of the recently established triton mission. >> it consists of sea patrols from various eu members. we had to call upon commercial ships nearby to help. there are no borders in the sea so if there are lives to be saved we will go wherever they are even beyond the triton area. >> beyond is the area in bright blue in this map dubbed mare secura or secure area. it is here that we saw the crew rescue nearly 250 people a little more than an hour just a few days ago. thousands more in the past. and while the eu politicians mum over how to deal with the never ending influx, unsung heroes like the montesperoni crew comb the sea in search of lives to save. hoda abdel hamid, al jazeera, in the mediterranean sea. >>> demons

most of these migrants will go to a reception center in sicily but five or 600 will have to be flown to mainland italy and scattered among the places where there is still space for them to spend the first few nights on italian soil. all this comes from the middle of a huge row we heard from the league today that they were against hosting and receiving more of these migrants. one of the leaders of the northern league said quote unquote there would be repercussions even though he didn't explain exactly what he meant. we're at the beginning of the summer italy is bracing for a continued influx of migrants, it will be extremely complicated for authorities to act as swiftly as they need to. >>> many of the african migrants heading for a new life in europe are from eritrea. a state of fear through what it calls a pervasive repression system. its reports says eritrea effectively enslaves people by the a system known as arbitrary service, sexual torture forced labor and absence of leave. around 5,000 eritreans flee every month. >> we seldom see human rights violation of the scope and scale a

for the migrants themselves, they will all be taken back to sicily.t happens then is a matter of heated political debate and uncertainty for those desperate to make europe their home. gabriel gatehouse, bbc news, off of the coast of libya. katty: 100,000 migrants alone this year crossing the mediterranean. battling a massive fire that started at an oil refinery near kiev. 60 fire engines were dispatched to the site where smoke rose into the air after an explosion. tom has more. tom: well people video the fire -- this. an explosion, and those filming ran away. flames and thick smoke filled the sky. in the end you have a sense of the scale of the challenge facing ukrainian firefighters, as they battle to stop further explosions at the oil depot. there was an exclusion zone, and the ukrainian military moved ammunition from the military base situated 15 meters from the depot. there have been a number of small-scale bombings in different parts of the country in recent months links to the war in eastern ukraine. authority said the fire, which started last n

. >>> many of the women were rescued just a few days ago have been relocated to sicily. she hoped to join them soon. >>> it's over she says, thanking god. >>> in sea i was really tired and the water was coming in, and the boat was rocking. >>> i kept my eyes closed the whole time, i add headache and i was dizzy. >>> they had been stranded for 20 hours and, they were terrified, when the rest could youers found them in the men's quarters she we meet him and his companions. he has been smile smiling. at the time he said he would celebrate drinking ten pepsis. >>> i don't have a pepsi. >>> he didn't, but is happy anyway. >>> they were very scared in libya, they were forced to drink fuel and had food once every few days. and, he shows the marks on his back, he was beat win an elecka cal rod by the smugglers and his friend has marks cigarette marks, by the guards and, they have seen several similar cases. >>> he says he did not have a shower for 40 days and soon they will move again. >>> but, he wants to stay in italy, in rome, i don't know what freedom means i have to discove

. >> the numbers in paris are still small compared to sicily am a government fears and influx .hat is why you're not seeing a welcome for the arriving migrants. every day european navies are rescuing more people from the mediterranean. the governments have no policies to deal with them. this announcement is double-edged. shelter for those seeking asylum in france, but little for those trying to reach other places, like britain, or for economic hydrants -- economic migrants. >> the french government has enough measures for asylum seekers. >> it is hard to see the measures working. many see no future in france and want to reach britain or holland. he says other boys from his village are in the netherlands. in a complex and escalating crisis, this child has learned to trust only his own instinct for survival. katty: the plight of migrants in terrorist. now to the netherlands where people are standing taller. the dutch top the world's height chart. 150 years ago they were three inches shorter than the average american. what led to their growth spurt? jane o'brien went to the netherl

and more to the ports in sicily and we don't know where the rest will arrive. it's a logistical nightmare for the italian authorities. many end up in mainland italy. some more ships are heading to the area of the southern mediterranean, an area that is under e.u. mission called the triton mission. they are heading there because they could very well be more rescue operations in the hours or days to come. it's usually on weekends that there's an uptake in the number of boats leaving the coast. when i was in libya i was told it's because when the libyan weekend starts on thursday, to sunday morning, there's less people on the streets, it's easier for the traffickers to transport a large number of migrants to the empty beaches from where they leave from. if we compare the numbers of this year to last year at this time, there's an increase of 30% of migrants. there's an estimated 1 million waiting in libya to make the crossing. these arrivals are an indication that it could be a busy summer for the ships patrolling the mediterranean >>> to other news and people in t

we understand all the operations are over, and the ships are bringing back the migrant to sicily or or to other areas an the mainland. the ships were from britain, germany, island spain, malta and italy, and a commercial ship had to be called upon because it was the closest one in one of the operations. what will happen next is through the next 24 to 48 hours all the ships will come to italy and all the migrants will have to be relocated somewhere, at least for the first few nights, a huge logistical challenge for the italian authorities. even though the european countries are involved it's the italians that take care of the migrants once they come on land. >>> thousands of soldiers and police officers standing guard, mexicans are going to the polls for midterm elections, votes to elect governors and mayors and a foegsz of irrelevant -- focus of unrest. candidates have been killed. local media reported a gunfight between vigilante group members in guerrero state leaving 13 dead. >>> a key opposition leader in burundi urged the president to disarm government militias and allow the media

the women and children are below as we make our way to sicily.as a huge wave of boats leaving the coast crossing the mediterranean. i got below deck on one of those small boats and got a look at the cramped conditions. we're told this is where 250 people made the journey. it's a small space. they would have been crammed in here like cattle with very little air. there's a strong odor. it's dirty. bottles of urine everywhere and water coming up through the boards. absolutely miserable conditions. these my grants tells us yesterday pushed into the sea by smugglers they paid thousands of dollars to for the chance of a better life in europe. this has become a full blown crisis. almost 2,000 people dying in the mediterranean trying to make that crossing. that deadly risk is worth taking for the chance of a better life for themselves and their children. >> you can see more exclusive reporting from the rescue ship coming up on this week on "nightline." coming up later. we'll be right back. when i started at the shelter, no one wanted benny. so i adopted

to get the green light from the italians to know where to doc these ships in which ports here in sicilyt's at full capacity they will have to hoff some of them to mainland italy. this is an inkrdbly challenging logistic operation for the italians, coast guards and italian authority. >> talking about move to go mainland italy, a bit of a rebellion on the receiving end of my grantsz. tell us about that. >> i think the italians have been for quite awhile. last year european union was pointing the fingers at them saying they were not doing enough in the 7 that once these immigrants land and request political asylum they should be identified here. they should have their files open here and the italians were overwhelmed and is hesaid we need help. the italians are trying to find an employ building or facility to put them. local communities are standing, also, the fact that amount of the local politicians are northern league, for example, are using this issue of immigration for their process. they mix it with the fact that maybe members of isil could be among these immigrants. this is a securi

already moved on many of the women who were rescue add few days ago have already been relocated to sicily to another center. they hope to join them soon. >> it's over she says. thanking god. it was really tired the water was coming in and the boat was rocking. i kept my eyes closed the whole time, i had a headache and i was dizzy. they had been stranded on the rubber ding gi for 20 hours. they were terrified anddy oriented when the rosaceaes found them. in the men's quarter. >> he has been smiling ever since he saw the italians come to his rescue. at the time he said he would celebrate drinking ten pepsis. >> he didn't, but is happy anyway. >> no pepsi. >> they were very scared in libya, they were forced to drink fuel and sometimes had food once every three days. >> he shows us the mas on his back, he was repeatedly beaten with an electrical rod by the smugglers. his friends have marked on his stomach. cigarette burns be i the guards at the libyan detention center is. aid workers say they have seen oseveral similar cases. >> they say he did not have a shower for 40 days. soon they will mo

our correspondent hodor live for us on the italian island of sicily where many are taken. the numbers we're looking at here are huge p.m. how are the rescue operations going on? >> well, between saturday and sunday there has been 31 rescue operations of which six are still undergoing. so far between those two days, about 5,000 people have been rescued, but that number is very likely to increase, maybe by another thousand, another 1500. today of the rescue operations that have already been done and dusted with and an their way back, they were two groups of people found on fisher boats that were 500 people. those were picked up by that the british navy and swedish navy. just to show you on one single importation, you can have hundreds of people. this is a huge challenge. we have to compare these numbers to last weekend when we were talking about record numbers. last weekend the record numbers were a little more than 4,000. well we're still not done with this weekend and we are already past that record number. as i said earlier the number will increase in the next few hours.

many of the women who were a few days ago have already been relocate today sicily to another center.e today join them soon. it's over, she says, thanking god. >> translator: in the sea i was really tired. the water was coming in and the boat was rocking. >> translator: i kept my eyes closed the whole time. i had a headache. and i was dizzy. >> reporter: they had been strand odd a rubber dinghy for 20 hours, they were terrified and disoriented when the rescuers found them. in the men's quarter we meet these men. he has been smiling ever since he saw the italian comes to his rescue. at the time he said he would celebrate drinking 10 pepsis. >> i shall have a pepsi. >> reporter: he didn't. but is happy anyway. they were very scared in libya. they were forced to drink fuel and sometimes had food once every three days. he shows us the marks on his bad. he was repeatedly beaten with an electrical rod by the smugglers during his transit through libya. his friend has marks on his stomach. burns by the guard at the libyan detention center. aid workers say they have seen several similar cases.

sicily. no way. no way. did anyone come to an island with a good intention?w world. best case in the world, bring syphilis. pretty much. at the very least. >> yes. captain cook put his sailors ashore just a little northwest of here. hawaii killed its first tourist. philippines killed their first tourist but people on the islands born on the islands. view anyone who comes ashore with suspicion. >> what defines a hawaiian? maybe should go back in our imaginations to could have been 2,000 years ago. the tahitians had this voyage way before any other culture was exploring the deep seas. somehow, someplace in the south pacific, single most isolated in the planet. fast forward to captain cook and get a glimpse, very productive people. they're industrious, healthy. strong, time for the arts. that was a large population, more than half of what we have in hawaii today. fully sustainable, because there was no other choice. so over time, the native hawaiian population goes to 22,000. it's the same story. introduced the inability to deal with it, people die. 1926, public

>>darya: police in sicily are looking for the person who tried the police officer with their car was trying to get away from the cops and had ride o'clock last night and police said a countywide in for task force will try to conduct a truck stop when it pierced the driver of the driver to of the drive in the officer and that is what another officer fired into the car. one would describe to the car >>: i was in a row watching tv when i heard 2 gunman shot fired in a car speeding away the sound like a regular car could you tell of gun shots were exchanged by two different parties or just one person? >>: is it like this one person to gunshots and the sound exactly the same type of gunshot. >>darya: is unclear if it would in that car was injured because the card that away officer who was dragged by the car was not injured >>mark: it is almost over for the five of the golden state warriors championship tonight for the cleveland cavaliers gave one obviously the big store for the series is listed james and steph curry there are exciting for a series to begin we're excited and we cannot wait

many of the women who were rescued just a few days ago have already been relocated to sicily to another center. they hope to join them soon. >> it's over, she says, thanking god. >> in syriaat sea i was really tired. ii kept my eyes closed the whole time. i had a headache and i was dizzy. >> they had been stranded for 20 hours. they were terrified when the rescuers found them. in the men's quarter we meet fasel and his travel companions. fasel has been smiling ever since he saw the italians come to his rescue. at the time he said he would celebrate drinking ten pepsis he didn't but he's happy any way. they were very scared in libya. they were forced to drink fuel and sometimes had food once every three days. ahmad shows the marks on his back. he was repeatedly beaten by an electrical rod by the smugglers. his friends have marks on their stomach. aid workers say that they have seen several similar cases. >> he said he did not have a shower for 40 days. soon they will move again. but fasel wants to stay in italy, in rome. >> i still don't know what freedom means exactly. i have to discove

the exact thing is happening at a smaller scale not only around sicily but mainland italy. >> okay, hoda abdel hamid, thank you very much indeed. >>> coming up this hour, china gives itself a glowing human rights report. (a) we'll look at the challenges facing egypt under president sisi. and find out how the fifa movie fared at the box office. yes, ma'am's president hadi says he won't be talking about reconciliation with houthi rebels at u.n. brokered meetings on sunday. instead discussing a u.n. resolution which calls on houthis to stop violence. senior houthis have confirmed they will be attending. the president of the houthi revolution council mohamed al houthi insisted that no foreign sides should influence the decisions that would result in building the new yemen. we want the yemen people the decide for themselves what they want. meanwhile, saudi led coalition forces are continuing to bomb houthi rebel forces in yemen. these pictures are said to show coalition planes carrying out attacks in aden and sanaa. >>> this video shows the aftermath of fighting, after progovernment fighters

. >>> many of the women were rescued just a few days ago have been relocated to sicily, to another center and she hopes to join them soon. >>> it's over, thanking god. >>> at sea i was really tired the water was coming in and the boat was rocking. >>> i kept my eyes closed the whole time, i add headache and i was dizzy. >>> they had been stranded for 20 hours and they were terrified and disoriented when the rescuers found them. in the men's quarter we meet him and his companions. >>> he has been smiling ever since he saw the i a yens come to his rescue, at the time he said he would celebrate drinking ten pepsis. >>> i don't have a pepsi. >>> he didn't. but is happy anyway. >>> they were very scared in libya. they were forced to drink fuel and, had food once every three days. >>> he shows us the marks on his back, he was beaten with an electrical rod, by the smugglers, and his friends have marks on their stomach and cigarette marks on the guard by the guards. and they have seen several similar cases. >>> and he says he did not have a shower for 40 days. soon they will move again. >>> but h

cnn it national correspondent, nic robertson at a point in sicily when one of the rescue ships came ins us an up close at the migrants' plight when they arrive in europe. >> reporter: when the boat docked here it was already dark. the women in the lower deck were singing. joyful that they finally made the to land. the men on the upper deck there, under tarpaulins, hiding from the heat of the sun earlier in the day. 372 migrants aboard the vessel "m.v. phoenix." 366 people. part of a massive wave of migrants that flooded across the mediterranean this weekend. the highest number by far so far this year. in the period of just two days. close to 6,000 so far. the numbers still going up. the operations going on. still into the night. expected to begin in earnest again with day light monday morning. but the people on board this boat beginning, beginning to be -- allowed off for processing. this is where the processing begins. there are some children just coming off here. with their mother right around here. you can see them. first of all, there is medical screening. medically checked. the pr

they were delivered to sicily. >>> we are hearing the 911 calls from the deadly flooding in texas.ne was made by a young mom who later died when the rising water swept her family away. >> it's coming up to the second floor. i mean, it's so high up. >> okay. >> we have no exit out. >> how sad. that was the voice of laura mccomb, who called for help just moments before her house was swept down the river. her husband was rescued but she and her young son died. her other child remains missing. another caller to 911 watched the mccomb's house float away. >> it just went by in the river and there's a person in it with a spotlight. >> okay. you said there's a house on the river? >> a house, yes. just went by. through the river. and there was someone in it with a bright light. >> authorities say it's not clear if the mccomb's got any warning their lives were at risk. >>> the police officer seen in a video wrestling a teenage girl to the ground at a pool party handed in his resignation two days ago but now we're hearing his side of the story. here's nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: the fi

as we understand it, all the operation are over, and the ships are bringing back these migrants to sicily or to mainland italy that information will trickle over the next few hours. the ships involved were from germany switzerland ireland malta, spain and a commercial shep had to be called upon becauseship had to be called upon because it was the closest. in the next 24 to 36 hours these migrants will come on land and will have to be relocated. a huge logical challenge for logistical challenge. the italians take care of all these migrants once they come on land. >> an outbreak of mers or the middle east respiratory syndrome continues to grow in south korea. today the health ministry says 23 new cases have been confirmed, 83 is the total number, six of those victims have decide, more than 2500 others have been quarantined in the largest outbreak of mers outside saudi arabia. al jazeera's harry fawcett is in seoul to explain. good evening harry. >> that's right the health ministry on monday south korean time said the government didn't do enough in the early days of this outbreak to staunch

and over the weekend, rescuers saved about 6,000ing my raptss at sea. 1200 of them have arrived in sicilyrocessed and receive medical care. the u.n. says nearly 100,000ing my raptss have crossed into europe so far this year. and you can see how quickly this yois is escalating. at this time last year that number was at about 50,000. and another 1,000, another nation where thousands of these migrants are setting foot and landing in is greece. they arrive happy to have made it alive after a long and perilous journey, but some locals don't share that sentiment. isa suarez reports. >> reporter: this is greece's new reality. boat load after boat load of migrants landing on their idyllic shores. exhausted yet relieved, they rush to set foot on a more stable land. only the remnanting of their past is left behind. they turn their backs on turmoil and follow the coast guard who escorting women, men and children through the streets. here, two very distinct worlds collide, when tourists come face to face with the migrants. it is a scene repeated daily eye. while some stare, others nap, taking refuge

and they need the green light from the italians to know where to dock the ships, and which port in sicily or if it's at full capacity they'll have to move some to mainland italy. it's an incredibly damaging logistic operation for the italian coast guard and authorities. what is happening at the moment is the italians are trying to find an empty building or facility to put them. local communities are a bit scared. it's the fact that a lot of the local politicians, are using this issue of immigration for political process, mixing it with the fact that members of i.s.i.l. could be among the immigrants. it's a security concern, an economical concern >>> israel launched air strikes on gaza, saying it's in retaliation for rocket attacks. no casualties have been reported on the strikes in what is thought to be a hamas facility. israel closed the crossings into gaza >>> saudi arabia's supreme court upheld a sentence in 10 years of gaol and 1,000 lashes against a blogger. he and his wife said she was shocked by the decision. the judgment handed down despite international criticism. he was charged

some of them are now in sicily being processed and receiving medical treatment. robertson reports. >> reporter: barely 24 hours earlier, these migrants were plucked from the sea. more than 1100 saved by the british navy from certain death off the coast of libya. >> i have no doubt with heightened winds and heightened sea states that the 1100 plus people we picked up yesterday might not be here today. >> reporter: now safely stepping ashore in italy. part of the biggest wave of mediterranean migrants in a single weekend this year, close to 6,000. ten were pregnant women. >> there is one happy story. one woman's water broke as she was being recovered. so i took the decision to fly her ashore. and she gave birth to a little boy. >> reporter: first health screening and immigration processing. many escaping war in syria. others from kenya, either openyeah, libya, mauly, nigeria even pakistan. this ship, one of several from european navies ramping up rescue efforts, italians, germans, spanish, swedish and independent operators struggling to keep pace with the exodus. >

on the island of sicily is where many migrants are taken. hodor, what happens when the migrants are taken there? >> they first have to get here, and all these numbers you are not talking about have not reached land. the 800 picked up by the germans were picked up yesterday where as the 500 picked up by the british were picked up today. i have to give you a quick update we just heard from the italian coast guards, there are 16 rescue operations that happened today. ten are done, six are still on going and in addition so far the preliminary number is another 1500 migrants picked up, even though we don't have the full picture yet. it's going to become a challenge at this point because the clouds are coming in, the wind has picked up a built. the sea is swelling, and the coast guard's actually, people at sea saving these lives say that's a huge challenge because migrants don't know how to swim, because they're tired dehydrated, they're panicking. at the moment, the main challenge is to make sure all these people will be able to touch land before

losing themselves in the wilderness of "the last of the mohicans," the streets of sicily in "the godfathernew york underworld in "goodfellas," the films were more than entertainment, they were salvation. >> the movies taught us like, sort of how to speak to one another. >> are you talking to me? >> how you interact with another person and have an opinion. >> marvin, what do you make of all this? >> reporter: with hours, days, weeks, months, years to fill, they would watch their favorites again and again. >> "the dark knight." >> "pirates of the caribbean." >> "blade runner," "taxi driver." >> "apocalypse now," "citizen kane," "no country for old men," "halloween." >> "gone with the wind." "sunset boulevard." "the thing." >> reporter: at some point, simply watching is not enough. the boys decide to become a part of the movies they love. in the confines of their tiny apartment, their imagination runs wild. >> every time my fingers touch brain, i'm superfly, tnt. >> we kind of thought why don't we do those films, be those characters? >> reporter: they painstakingly transcribe every word, spen

. >>> an italian ship carrying 400 migrants arrived at a port in sicily. 4,000 have been rescued in recentt of russian bombers was grounded after a crew member was killed and another injured in an accident. one of several mishaps involving russian planes this summer. >>> israeli defensive menster, said no peace in my lifetime. is one of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's closest allies. that's your cnbc's news update at this hour. back to "squawk alley." >>> we do want to draw your attention to some movers today, shares of hovnanian a big drop. they say they probably will not be profitable for the year. and the airlines as well, southwest slipping after the company lowered its growth expectations, delta having a rough day as well. down about 1%. southwest leading the list of s&p decliners right now as oil is back close to $60 a barrel. >> the transport is in officially correction territory. both of them about 10.5% from their highs. >>> streaming music is in the spotlight this morning after apple's announcement of apple music yesterday. joining us in a cnbc exclusive, mike herring is is a