. >> i'm john henry smith. the tigers miguel cabrera continued his march toward another triple crown monday night. highlights from motown coming up in aljazeera america sports. >> more witnesses are expected to testify today in the sentencing of major nidal hasan. he's the army psychiatrist convicted last week of gang down 13 of his fellow soldiers in 2009 at tort hood. it appears we may hear from the 42-year-old before his punishment is handed down. live with us from the texas army post is heidi zhou-castro. hassan admitted to the shootings, but has he shown remorse since the proceedings began? >> no remorse whatsoever. he was emotionalless. yesterday as we heard one after another, family members of the victims talking about their unmeasurable loss. hassan declined to cross those relatives, using that soft spoken measured voice. now, there was any indication of what was going on underneath that masked exterior, he did ask for frequent breaks between the testimony, perhaps some sign of disquiet. meanwhile, else

. >> i'm john henry smith. if there's one player who proves you don't have to be a power hitter to be a baseball star, it's ichiro suzuki. coming up in sports, we'll tell you about his latest milestone. w gear. >> a new york yankee moves alongside elite company. john henry smith now here with sports. >> we are talking about ichiro suzuki. he's had an incredible career. when he became the first japanese player to make the leap to major league baseball, many thought he was too frail to survive in the american games. suzuki has proven himself to be one of the greatest contact hitters this game has ever seen. he reached a milestone with his first inning single, collecting his 4,000th career. fans gave him a standing o., teammates congratulated him. he has only logged part of those hits in the major leagues, the rest came in japan. >> as much courage as it takes to play contact sports like football or hockey, it takes a special courage to stand in the batter's box and stair down a 90-mile per hour fastball. there wa

. >> i'm john henry smith. college football star johnny moon zeal received his punishment, but was it really a punishment at all? launched a new and needed voice in journalism. the new york times calls it "serious, straight-forward news". "accurate, responsible" says the washington post. and the baltimore sun says, "instantly engaging and powerful". al jazeera america, there's more to it. >> what are the laws going to begin to take effect? >> reporter: the laws do not go >> convicted killer major nidal hasan is facing years of mandatory appeals. wednesday, a court martial jury sentenced him to death years after the shooting rampage at fort hood. his sentence came less than one week after conviction. it was november, 2009 when he opened fire on his fellow soldiers. 13 people died and more than 30 others were injured. >> investigators say a north korean ship was carrying weapons in violation of u.n. sanctions. there are reports a ship seize said in panama last month contained cargo including missile launching equ

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john henry smith. >> you did that well. you're a pro. >> i did it twice. >> the national league central has seemed like a two horse race, two horse race between the cardinals and pirates, but as the announcer hollers down the stretch they come, the reds are lurking in third place, just two and a half games out of the top spot monday night. the visiting reds jumped on the cardinals 4-0 before sluggers jumped all over reds pitching, holiday going yard, turning a rout into a tight one. a grand slam, 7-10 with bases loaded this year, but that was the most impressive clutch knock. the cards take sole possession of first place. it was just a month and a half ago that mets pitcher matt harvey was starting the all-star game. his world has turned upside down, the result of a partially tosh legment in his elbow. the mets placed harvey on the disabled list after an m.r.i. revealed an injury could lead to tommy john surgery. the mets are hoping that several weeks of rest will allow the ligament to heal on its own. harvey's 9-5 this sea

. >> thank you, dave, i'm john henry smith. if you want drama, look no further than bail's national league central. highlights when aljazeera turns to sports. >> boston magazine released images of tsarnaev emerging bottoming the boat where he was hiding. he is pleading not guilty to charges. >> here's john henry smith with the sports. >> we had a young lady totally a breath of fresh air come out of the u.s. open. baseball, st. louis cardinals are the only national league central team to win a word series. you know what they haven't won in the last three seasons? a central division crown. jay bruce was in right field, tuesday night, should have tried a bit harder. matt carpenter had safe passage home. the cardinals take a 1-0 lead. they hold the lead until he showed what he could do. the cards would go on to win 6-1. they'll try and sweep the reds tonight. st. louis is also in first place, the second place pirates trying to keep pace. they couldn't keep aramis ramirez from going yard. that's his 350th career home run. they led 6

. >> i'm john henry smith. tiger woods can't find a comfortable bed. sports, coming up. mission. >> there's more to america, more stories, more voices, more points of view. now there's are news channel with more of what americans want to know. >> i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." this is "america tonight." sglovrjs our -- >> our news coverage reveal more of america's stories. >> welcome back to aljazeera, i'm dell walter, u.n. weapon inspectors driving in their convoy were hit repeatedly by gunfire en route to the site of the alleged chemical weapons attacks. they were forced to return to their hotel. there are no reports of injuries. >> california forestry officials say the wild of yosemite national park is 7% contained. strong winds are pushing the flames back into the park. >> the nation's third largest school district back in session this morning. students in the midwest navigating school closures and teacher layoffs. >> u.n. secretary said the world is watching syria as chemical weapons teams investigate a site near damascus. 335 people were killed in an alle

john henry smith is here with that story and more in sports. >> certainly an exciting time. over the last three seasons, the cardinals are the only national league central team to win a world series. one thing they haven't won in that span is a central division crown. they are trying to rectify that problem this year. the reds jay bruce dropped it in right field, and matt holliday's single enassures passage home. cardinals take a 1-0 lead. sin-soo choo went watered and suddenly the cardinals lead is down to one. the cards would win 6-1. they try and sweep the reds tonight. >> to tennis, the men's top seed at the u.s. open mostly played like it during his opening round match. despite facing eight break points, he managed to cruise in 82 minutes to a win. he had 28 winners and just nine forced errors in the match. he will now take on becker in second round play. >> the top-seeded american in this year's field was on his game tuesday, as well. he made an easy meal of the italian in first round action. he is trying to become the first american to win a tennis grand slam in 10 ye

john henry smith is here with that story in sports. >> some people have been saying tying is back. that phrase took on a whole new meaning, all week, tiger woods had been dealing with a bad back. wouldn't you know, he tweaked it from what he says was a soft hotel bed. hmm. despite the pain and stiffness, the big cat was still in contention, but on number 13, the back bites back. tiger in obvious pain as the ball sails into the swamp. believe it or not, this is the second straight year he has had back stiffness from a bad mattress. tiger got it going. he had a chance, check out the beautiful approach on number 17. tiger knocks it really, really close. he would birdie that to within a shot of lead. he needed this you putt, not going to happen. in fight the back pain, he guts out a second place finish. >> to baseball. the dodgers on the verge sunday of doing something they haven't done in two and a half months, lose a series. the red sox pounding out 12 base hits, including this two-run home run courtesy of saltalamacchia. the red sox brought their gloves, too. check out this play in

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for more i'm joined by john henry smith live in new york. for those who don't follow american football, give us a sense of how huge, how significant this settlement is. >> reporter: well, i think very early on the first reactions to the settlement were that this is a win for the nfl in terms of the amount of money we're talking about, $765 million sounds like a lot of money, but then you consider that the nfl made $9.5 billion last year. it works out to about 8%, but when you think about it deeper, it's a really significant win for both sides. the players don't have to wait five to ten years for this case to be litigated to get some money out of this. the players can get some money today. when i say the players, i mean all 18,000 former players around right now are eligible. they can get their money now, and the nfl doesn't have to go through that litigation and have the skeletons in their closets where concussions are concerned borne out for public view during that time period. both sides win for not paying attorneys for five to ten years,

our john henry smith has a preview. reporter: columnist dub rothson and doug, tell me, serena williams, she has come in, lost in cincinnati but she looks like she has come in with the eye of the tiger. it seems like there is one person who could really, really see her and -- beat her and that's azarank. with a do you think about the prospects? >> serena has played a pretty dominating season. she looked like she was in serena form in the first round. she put a beat down on her opponent. but i think one player that probably doesn't fear sere na is her. serena has a dominating record over here but ozeranka has shown she is one of the players that might be able to take her out of this tournament. >> on the men's side, jokovich comes in number 1 seated. but nadal having won one of the two tournaments in this and you have the defending champ as the third seat, tight at the top of the men's draw. >> absolutely. jokovich has been the best player on hard courts. nadal has had a phenomenal season since he came off from his 7 mont

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