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ayla ludlow was inspired by her brother who said the boys are better soccer players than girls. mary: the u.s. women partial soccer team is taking a victory lap at the white house today and joining them was teen from pembroke, ayla ludlow. a kind. mary: it all started back in june when her brother nicholas, was watching -- nicholas was watching television and said that women' s world cup was not as good as when men play. ayla: my brother comes into the room and says, "boys are so much tter at soccer than girls." whoever is reading this should know that i hate the fact that boys' s sports gets so much more attention than girls' . i want to do something about it. mary: that part of the letter was sent to president and mrs. obama. president obama: i don' t know where your brother is right now, but this is some payback right here. [laughter] mary: the next thing she knew, she was meeting her heroes and taking pictures with them and signing autographs with them. they were tweeting about her. kerry lloyd -- carli lloyd posted a copy of her letter, calling her an inspiration. president
ayla ludlow was inspired by her brother who said the boys are better soccer players than girls. mary: the u.s. women partial soccer team is taking a victory lap at the white house today and joining them was teen from pembroke, ayla ludlow. a kind. mary: it all started back in june when her brother nicholas, was watching -- nicholas was watching television and said that women' s world cup was not as good as when men play. ayla: my brother comes into the room and says, "boys are so much tter...
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ayla ludlow spent yesterday with them and president obama. boys are better at soccer than girls area -- girls. ayla wrote a letter to the president saying how she hates that men' s sports get more s. invitation to the white house. we caught up with her as she incredible experience. >> it was quite shocking. once i got up, i was quite comfortable. they are all so nice and kind. the trip could be paid back to her little brother. still ahead this morning, there is a warning in arlington over a phone scam. randy: what you need to know to stay safe. celebrities like you' ve never seen them before. randy: all right, everybody in the water. chili dip here for the cross-country team. they took a dip in the pond to mark the last home meet of the fall season. congrats to both teams. they won before diving in. and congrats for us emily: surviving it, yeah. cindy: we clearly have some rain coming over the course of the day and we need it, definitely. if you look at the deficit since the first of the year, it is over eight inches now. we sure do need some rainfall. looks like a windswept, soaking
ayla ludlow spent yesterday with them and president obama. boys are better at soccer than girls area -- girls. ayla wrote a letter to the president saying how she hates that men' s sports get more s. invitation to the white house. we caught up with her as she incredible experience. >> it was quite shocking. once i got up, i was quite comfortable. they are all so nice and kind. the trip could be paid back to her little brother. still ahead this morning, there is a warning in arlington over...
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pembroke teen ayla ludlow spent yesterday with them and president obama. and it all started with something her brother said. he told her boys are better at soccer than girls. so ayla wrote a letter to the men' s sports always get more attention than women' s. the letter went viral, and won the 13-year-old an invitation to the white house, to meet the world soccer champs. we caught up with ayla as she returned, to talk about the incredible trip. >> it was quite shocking but once i got up i was comfortable because we practiced it a couple of times. they were nice and kind. emily: the president joked that ayla' s trip could be payback to her little brother. seems the soccer team had some fun of their own. all star abby wambach posted this selfie to her instagram, thanking the president for the invite. she noted that she accidentally cut herself out of the frame. you can see the top of her head in the lower left corner. whoops. randy: updates ahead on our breaking news this morning. the overnight fire ruining homes in lynn. and a scary find at the blue line. an
pembroke teen ayla ludlow spent yesterday with them and president obama. and it all started with something her brother said. he told her boys are better at soccer than girls. so ayla wrote a letter to the men' s sports always get more attention than women' s. the letter went viral, and won the 13-year-old an invitation to the white house, to meet the world soccer champs. we caught up with ayla as she returned, to talk about the incredible trip. >> it was quite shocking but once i got up i...
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women's soccer team thanks to a letter. 13-year-old ayla ludlow was upset when her younger brother said boys are better than girls when it comes to sports. she wrote a letter to the president telling him about her brother's comments. he invited her to washington. she introduced the president during tuesday's event. >> i was a little nervous but i was really excited. i didn't know what to do. i am just so grateful i got to go and it's so having. >> ayla's brother admits he learned his lesson and says girls are just as good as boys. although he still looked like he had a question on his face. >> he did. is sounded like it was forced but i think he was a little embarrassed by it all. >> he'll never forget that. >> christa: i told you so. >> jeremy: speaking from that side of the planet, sometimes we don't think. stuff comes out of our mouth. we have cool conditions. rain develops about 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. showers. steady rain this evening. temps warm through the day. upper 50s to around 60. rain and wind overnight tonight. tomorrow morning's commute could be squirrely with temperatures tomor
women's soccer team thanks to a letter. 13-year-old ayla ludlow was upset when her younger brother said boys are better than girls when it comes to sports. she wrote a letter to the president telling him about her brother's comments. he invited her to washington. she introduced the president during tuesday's event. >> i was a little nervous but i was really excited. i didn't know what to do. i am just so grateful i got to go and it's so having. >> ayla's brother admits he learned...
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ayla of ludlow was invited to deliver the opening address by the president himself. she had written to him during the world cup because her brother told her that boys were better at soccer than girls. she begged pamd to do something about it and he sure did by inviting her to speak after the women won. >> it makes me mad that people do not treat girls equally. a lot of girls are better at sports than boys. >> this teen taught all of america's children that playing like a girl means you are a bad like a girl means you are a badass. >> 25 million people watched them win. former u.s. captain abby wombach announced her retirement after the white house event. >>> a rhode island couple is suing filmmakers because people are trespassing'!ininer that home that was scene from "the conjuring." filmmakers never change the names and town in the film and she said she feels violated. >> but the worries of the one or two that could be more serious than just tress paging and that is what we -- trespassing. that what we live with every day.originally she told reporter she had seen an
ayla of ludlow was invited to deliver the opening address by the president himself. she had written to him during the world cup because her brother told her that boys were better at soccer than girls. she begged pamd to do something about it and he sure did by inviting her to speak after the women won. >> it makes me mad that people do not treat girls equally. a lot of girls are better at sports than boys. >> this teen taught all of america's children that playing like a girl means...