so is raphael nadal going to make history? you know, i think the crowd wants him to make history. he said to come back story. you know, he injured his foot. he, he contracted cove, it, he just happy to be there really appearing in only his 2nd australian open final. if he is successful, he'd be one of 4 players to have $12.00 grand slam finals or multiple services. you know, so it's really the combination of something great. we're all watching raf. an adult, you know, arguably is, could retire after this certain. maybe, you know, he's, there is 35 years old, you know, but all in all, i think it's a great story in obviously with the historic achievement within his grasp, even greater that there's another person who has a little history. majid has a habit of stopping people from establishing grand slam records. is he gonna? does he have a chance of doing that again? well, you know, the head to head against. he and the doll. a doll has a slight edge, but amid, amid, would have won the last encounter between the 2 and he is known as a giant slayer. he prevented. no bad joke of it from

as germans stayed, battened down to get through the night with storm nadia raphael nadal has won the australian open making tennis history. it's a record breaking 21st grand slam title for the 35 year old from spain. his opponent donnell, medford ab took a to set lead, but failed to get the match wrapped up. and al clawed his way back, winning to set 6 for he then claim the 5th and final set after over 5 hours of plain time. that puts him ahead of note i talk of ich and roger federer as the soul grand slam record holder in men's tennis. you're watching the w news live from berlin. stick around up next is well stories both have the headlines view at the top of the hour. you can also find much more news analysis and video on a website as d, w dot com and for watching about interest .

hey, andy. >> raphael nadal, roger federer, novak djokovic all tied at 20. mateo berrettini. nadal hasn't won a grand slam since the 2020 french open. he awaits the winner between danil medvedev and tsitsipas. the men's final sunday morning. trying to qualify for the world cup in a very cold columbus, ohio. kickoff attempt 30 degrees. another slow start against el salvador. anthony robinson going to get the u.s. on the board right here. robinson, a pretty acrobatic celebration and the crowd went nuts. they have two more cold weather matches in the next week. with wins they could be on the verge of clinching a spot. >>> to the nba, lakers falling to the sixers in philly with lebron sitting out with a sore knee. in the fourth quarter carmelo anthony took exception to something a sixers fan said. he went over to confront him. the refs having to hold him back. the fan crossed the line calling him boy. one fan was dejected. they would be in charge of any perfect discipline. it's another example how fans think they can say whatever they want to the players. fans s

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we find out what's hindering i'd efforts and sport history. beckon's tennis. dow raphael nadal surges into the final of the australian open his dream of a man's record 21st grand slam title is ever closer. ah, i am rebecca writ is welcome to the program. translates the bid for dialogue with russia to try to diffuse tensions over ukraine, french president emanuel, my call is due to have a phone call with vladimir putin today to determine the russian latest intentions. meanwhile, the u. s. and germany of ramped up their diplomatic offensive warning that the nod stream to gas pipeline could be part of a sanctions package in the event of a russian invasion of you, crime hush, and military drills on the border with ukraine. these are the scenes keeping the west on its toes. yet russia has repeatedly said it has no intention of invading ukraine. and that even the thought of war between the 2 nations was unacceptable. a position also echoed by residence in the streets of moscow. but we were young a little, i am not ready to go to war with a fraternal people we are slavic. it's not acceptable

you're emma now, spanish tennis star raphael nadal has powered into the final of the australian open . he beat elite mike, there. you're better, danny, and is a step closer to a record 21st man's grand slam singles title. you'll play danielle met with the f in sunday's show piece match. oh, the brink of history. rap on a doll needs just one more triumph to become the 1st man to 21 grand slam singles titles. he faced italy's mateo better t mean is a strain in open semi final taking the 1st set 63. no dollars only will near still, you know, once before in 2009 but a 2nd success edge closer as he took a to set lead. there are seni managed to claim the 3rd set in melbourne and threaten to come back but nadar would not be denied. he is level on 20 titles with no back doc of it, and roger federer, but with federal, injured and 2021 champion, jock of its deported for not being vaccinated against covey. 19 the door has opened for the spaniard. the 35 year old now has the chance to become the most successful men's grand slam tennis by of all time in sundays final the report by mike met m as i

and raphael nadal pulls off an epic title when at the australian . i've been winning a record 21st. when i'm slammed twice. ah, after boston scooped up 60 centimeters of snow st. are much calmer on monday. hello, everyone. here is the weather pitcher, a temperature of minus one for you, but much clear conditions through the northeast and the new england states was found. we go the rainfall warning will be dropped for vancouver. we'll see some sunny or conditions here. snow rolling across the canadian prairies coming off the rockies right through to the northern plains as well as for the west coast of the us. things are calm here. los angeles. 20 degrees will be the high for you, but we are likely to see some severe storms roll across that gulf coast of texas. on monday, in time, the north wind still dragon down temperatures across areas of the caribbean, now said 18 degrees havana at $22.00. we take a closer look at havana, your overnight low off, down to 8. the record for january is 6 degrees, so getting pretty close to record breaking stuff. heavy falls for ecuador, the capital qu

if novak djokovic had got the jab like everybody else, including raphael nadal, who's been fairly vocal on a -- then all of this nonsense would have been avoided. he came into the country in a very -- in a very skinny loophole and it was closed when he got here. >> i assure you get the jab translates pretty much worldwide. we all know now what it means. it's a serious point what it can mean to your life to get it. that is what the science says. novak djokovic says he has a different opinion. i'm interested what you thought of the statement he put out? when he first tried to explain this on that instagram posting, it gave us more questions than answers. now this statement seemed to have a different tone. it did seem to be more conciliatory and take the temperature down a bit. >> i want to again explain the context. melbourne victoria, the victorians, i stant to be corrected, i'm not sure there's been a more locked down state, city in the world than melbourne. they went hard. they went early and they were locked down for months and months. so the image of a sports person who everybody tho

. >>> in tennis, raphael nadal is just one win away from becoming the all-time leader in the men's grandlam title. he's currently tied with novak djokovic and roger federer. he had a four set victory over berrettini. nadal is currently ranked fifth in the world. and that does it for me here on "cnn newsroom." i'm isa soares from london. our coverage continues with "early start." i'll see you on monday. have a wonderful weekend. two loads of snot covered laundry. only one will be sanitized. wait, what? adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria detergent alone, can't. one role of a lifetime...one sore throat. but she had enough. she took new mucinex instasoothe sore throat lozenges. show your sore throat who's boss. new mucinex instasoothe. works in seconds, lasts for hours. new year, new start. and now comcast business is making it easy to get going with the ready. set. save. sale. get started with fast and reliable internet and voice for $64.99 a month with a 2-year price guarantee. it's easy... with flexible installation and backing from an expert team, 24/7. and for even m

. >>> raphael nadal one step closer to a record-breaking 21st grand slam title.ome stomach problems and in that sweltering heat he dropped the next two sets before he beat 22-year-old canadian denis shapovalov. the men's final is sunday night. meantime, american madison keys cruising into the women's semi-finals over barbara korachokova. >>> nick kyrgios playing doubles. kyrgios smokes it anyway. unfortunately it hit a young fan. kyrgios immediately felt terrible about it. after waiting for a moment kyrgios then went over to the fan, grabbed one of his rackets and ran into the stands to give it to the fan. happy ending there, guys. i don't know, would you take a tennis ball to the chest or face if you got a racket in return? >> for a concussion? no. >> i would do it if it was roger federer. >> i'm like one of those safety moms. i want to take my kids to a baseball game wearing a bike helmet. mom, you are so crazy. one of my kids almost got hit by a foul ball. i can see the tears. the tears are justified there. >> thanks, andy. >> thanks, andy. >>> taylor swift ha

he's tied, remember, with roger federer, who is out with an injury, and raphael nadal who is coming back tennis world it was just a matter of fact that novak was going to break records and end up with the most titles. now that is very much in doubt. >> big picture, the djokovic gambling that his tennis is so good that his legacy can survive this ordeal? if so, is he right about that? >> well, i think his legacy as a player is written to a certain extent, wolf, because he's had such an amazing career already. his legacy as a human being is certainly going to be really tough for him to overcome that as he moves forward. he's drawn so much negative attention all over the world. in serbia they welcomed him as a hero because he's a national hero in that country. but he's got a lot to deal with the next few months. >> he could solve it and simply get vaccinated as hundreds of millions of people around the world have already done. thank you, as usual, for joining us. >>> coming up, an intensifying feud between former president trump and the floor governor, ron desantis. all me mom. at northwest

that's something both andy murray and raphael nadal, too have said they want explanations from vdjokovic. but the ball is in his court, and he'll have a lot of time to think about it as he gets on a plane home. the next one back to dubai, he could be out of here very soon if he decides there is no avenue to stay and fight. >> and how do you think the decision is going to go down there in melbourne among tennis fans? >> the support in melbourne, a large population that's been very behind the deportation order. probably when it came out today 71% of people polled in the melbourne area wanted djokovic to get deported. only 14% thought he should stay and play. so this was a very politically attractive decision the government was able to get to in the end, a very popular outcome. and it's something clearly was in many ways scored political points so they stayed with it in some ways. but also they wanted to show the people and reassure them there was no getting around these rules, which people here have very steadfastly followed for two years now during the pandemic. >> been great to have your

a tournament he's won nine times, he's trying to win his 21 major, which would put him behind raphael nadalis is a guy who is so precise in his footwork on the court, but he has made so many missteps, he's lost the favor to have the country and the locker room, in my opini, and, yeah, i think he's got to pull out. >> reporter: i think it's no only about missteps nor is it really just about his vaccine skepticism, of course, he lied on his immigration forms. he went to an event the day after testing positive for covid. do you think that he just doesn't care, or does he believe the rules don't apply to him? >> oh, he regrets what we did, after he knew he was covid positive, that he went unmasked and he went to a couple of different events. he had an interview with a french reporter, didn't tell the guy he was covid positive. these are huge mistakes, and i think in the beginning to have the week when all this nonsense was happening, the locker room thought, oh, it was a loophole, it's kind of sketchy, but, you know, it would be good to have him in here now. i think everything's moved away from

but raphael nadal said the solution is the vaccine. to be better for the well-being of everyone and for the health of our sport. how is the rest of the tennis community reacting to this, and do you think his reputation will suffer a hit? >> it's a great question. i think generally the players have been pretty restrained but they're starting to come out now with the frustration with the way that has dominated discussion, it's picking up all the air in the room. some players are frustrated trying to get their own bite of the apple and there's a feeling that a lot of players got vaccinated, kind of against their best judgment in some ways but they did it for the common good and to be able to play in the australian open, whereas novak took a different path and trying to get his way in. playing by different rules but there's been pushback from guys like nick cure owes, he said he felt like novak was being treated like a weapon of mass destruction, without good cause, and that australia was overreacting to the situation, you're seeing pushba

i was joking, unable to compete. raphael nadal is looking to beat him, see that wreckage? 21st grand slam title in melbourne. the spaniard was up against mancha sharon, on the opening day of the australian open. he broke his american opponent 5 times in a 61646 to victory. to reach the 2nd round. dal currently sit on 20 grand slam titles, alongside joke which and roger roger federer with both of those players absence. he's in a good position to try and snatch the men's all time slam record outright low. he admits he still not 100 percent after recovering from coven 19. i don't know. i don't know if sometimes you are a little bit more excited because of it or because i haven't been out the door for the last 6 months. not so difficult to do to know exactly. but yeah, the symptoms haven't been nice. i have been for days in, in bed and then 3 more days this that i had physically now, but i'm after that i started to feel it will be better. i was so i had the bcr mega if after the 9th or 10th day. and then i had one or 2 practices at home and then i can hear the chair umpire fro

and raphael nadal is up and running at the australian open as he chases a record 21st grand slam title. ah, so martin luther king day in the united states is being marked with the march to demand more protection for voting rights. president joe biden has vowed to pass and new protection law, but he lacks support in the senate. democrats say new legislation is needed to protect the rights of ethnic minorities and low income workers from republican efforts to disenfranchise them. last week the president said, he's tired of being quiet about voting rapes. well, we're tired of being picked and says, yeah, you are 62021. when the insurrection us attacked our capital, 19 legislatures have passed 34 laws, clawing back voting rights for their citizens. and states like my home state, where new laws i should say of georgia are designed to confuse voter so i don't know where to go. al jazeera, she habitat, he attended the march and spoke to activists. daniel martin luther king junior day parade was canceled this year in washington, dc because of the pandemic. but a smaller piece walk is taking pl