kate and william showed up in the royal box, along with billie jean king who's a six-time wimbeldon champion>>> the dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection today. the owner of the team, frank mccourt blamed the baseball commissioner's multimillion dollar deal just to broadcast the games. this is just the latest awful chapter for the dodgers. the team will continue to play, mccourt says all salaries will be paid, the bankruptcy filing lets the team buy some time to get their footing back. >>> a rare sight in baseball saturday, and the thing about this was no one who saw it in person realized it quite right away. but thanks to slow motion, we can now see what happened. the batter was troy tulowitski of the rockies in a game against the yankees. it looked for all the world like an ordinary garden variety line shot up the third-base line. but when they looked closely, he hit that ball not once, but twice, once in the meat of the bat and then again off the bounce on the end. same series, by the way, friday night, another great moment, this one in the stands, combat veteran michael caser who lost

faugh serena and maria bartolli from italy and look at billie jean king and it would be nice to get inshot with prince to middleton. take a look. p rince and princess. >>catherine: they are calling for the queen of wimbledon. she was just a regular person which makes that even more special. >> gary: wife is also saying nothing but just wonderful things about kate middleton. >>catherine: correct, they seem so sweet. >> gary: we will take your e-mails. >>catherine: we will be right back [laughter] >>catherine: jackson with a live is stiljacqueline with thet look at the weather. >>catherine: let me show you the latest computer model. he is going to be even more refined, with atm, still thalater morning with a.m.-- moderate rainfall. the possibility of thunderstorms. -to-at 8:00 a.m.. hill, lightning possible at 8:00 a.m.. which he'll come under, possible at 8:00 a.m.. with hillel, thunder, at 8:00 a.m.. with hill, under, at 8:00 a.m.. with pale, thunder, farquha withhihail. temperaturen the north, take a look! fourth of july weekend, with nearly 100 degrees in the inland valleys. a nice w

and billy jean king in the royal box for the venus williams max she loses with a store of 6-2, 6-3.his will be the first time in six years. top seed, eliminated is despite being ranked number one in the world, never won a grand slam event, losing in three sets today. and now the favorite to win her second wimbledon title. and men's side, defending champ raffle nadal battling a injury blowing a chance to take the opening set. there is a buy breaker, now match point leading in the fourth with a drop shot. and there is a is a four-set victory. roger fedderer with a point of the day after dropping opening set in a tie breaker, tracks down the lobbed shot. here it comes. between the legs, not one of the better efforts but misses an easy overhead. fedderer on -- a way to his record quarter vinyl. and marty fitch is still ahead and there is the first wimbledon quarter final. the warriors introduced three newest members in oakland. clay thompson, and thompson is a shooting guard, led the pac-10 last season, averaging 21 points per game. charles jenkins as hofstra's point guard. and thompson

billie jean king, and even the prince and princess in attendance. jacqueline bennett your thoughts?to wimbledon. >> this time, the williams sisters we have never, two or recollection have had that happen before. >> this year, saved. and 93,000. they matched that thousand 93,000! watching tony stewart smashed into the tire wall. finished. kirk bush, = #22. he victor wor had a vict his first victory, and 93,000 and the sonoma. >> the warriors' no. 1 crop draft choicdraft choice, clay, som thompson he's been called the next reggie miller. will see what cleat things about that he joins us coming next. if ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on your smartphone with u-verse mobile, included with most plans. or get u-verse tv for as low as $29 a month for 6 months. in the network you can take entertainment with you. >> with the 11th pick on the

billie jean king. [ cheers and applause ] >> good to see you. >> you're my tennis god. >> i'm going tot. i didn't realize that you're about to head to your 50th consecutive wimbledon. wimbledon is under way. right now. you hold a record 20 titles there. a special place in your heart. >> 1961, we won doubles. very excited to go over and see all of the great players of today. they're so much better, every generation gets better. >> they won 9 of their last 11 titles there. >> an american needs to be playing and representing us. >> something special about the all england club. so steep in history. we're about to embark on the 40th anniversary year of title 9. lot of big plans? >> huge plans. we're kicking off thursday is june 23rd. we'll have announcements all the time. people go to facebook, women's sports foundation, see what's going on. we still have a long way to go. women's sports foundation is the guardian angel and nancy, an olympic swimmer, is our legal adviser, she's right there working with us, too. nancy won three golds and one silver in '84. we're really happy that she's worki

along with tennis legend, billie jean king. that was my version of the wave. more of a dance wave. tle more reserved. but kate got him to do it with the rest of the crowd. and they went wild. and that is why it is a love match. that is our pop news heat index. >> they loved seeing andy murray win that match, their countryman. >> we did, too. it was great. >> yeah. >> a little overdressed for tennis. >> who is going to tell him? >> i guess i just did. not that he cares. >>> sam? >> george, robin, there is nothing hotter on the boards anywhere than what is going on out in times square right now. it's the kind of crowd and event that only "good morning america" could put on. alicia keys is going to play in the middle of times square, momentarily. let's get to the boards. one or two things we want to talk about as you head outside. wsb, our friends in atlanta, who know everything about atlanta, know there are thunderstorms that will pop up later in the afternoon. here's why. the long, cold front that extends all the way to northern new england. boston, new york city, washington, d.c., e

they socialized a little bit with billie jean king and there was even where you caught them doing the mexican wave. prince william didn't look too into it but i think indicate nudged him and he did do it. take a look at the headlines. the big news venus and serena williams are out. the irish independent has this headline. kate serves up a smile, despite early exit for williams sisters. it says speaking of their defeat, it goes on and says the shock waves rippled through wimbledon. if not the end of an era, it was certainly the diminishing after an aura. check out "the international herald tribune." the headline, the comeback ends. it remains very much to be seen whether it marks a clear end to williams era at wimbledon but it seems premature to make sweeping conclusions even if serena is 29 and venus is 31. the other big upset was the number one seeds. caroline is also out of wimbledon. the big talking point is rafael nadal sprained his ankle and we don't know if he will be able to continue or not. he went on and played an amazing game and he won but they are doing mri scans and we ar

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. >> there's billy jean king. >> there they are, looking very handsome and beautiful. >>> meantime we'red this morning by some friendly faces in rockefeller plaza kicking off their week with us. as we just heard, i'm ann curry along with willie geist and al roker. matt is going to be back tomorrow. >>> coming up this morning, we'll be talking about adoption and the internet. social media sites can help find children. what about contacts when they're contacted on facebook and in some cases do not even know they were adopted. that's going to be one of the issues we're talking about. >>> mr. roker, who is cooler than the fonz? henry winkler starred on "happy days" after he moved on to other projects. >> one of the nicest guys ever. >> just an accomplished author. just a great guy. >>> by the way, we've got the final four -- down to the final four on the hit series "the competition." we are going to meet the finalists just ahead. >>> but first, let's get a check of the morning's top stories. we've got natalie morales at the news desk. >>> good morning, everyone. record floodwaters have start

. >> before that, can we say hello to and bring in the legendary billie jean king?ou. >> love you. >> going back to wimbledon for the 50th year in a row. that seems unbelievable. >> i know. it's great. i just got double knee replacements last year. i snuck on the course and hit my first ball. if anybody wants to know what i had to go, go to rediscov rediscoveryourgo.com. i'm playing tennis again. i couldn't do anything. my life had closed in on me. >> you're saying you're not feeling -- can you -- >> i can do everything. jump. i can play tennis again. i couldn't even walk three blocks to a new york restaurant. i had to take a taxi to the gym. i'm telling you, i talk to people every day walking down the street. go to rediscoveryourgo.com to find out about it. >> on the subject of wimbledon, any favorites? >> oh, federer, nadal, djokovic, murray. i think maria sharapova is back. but serena and venus are playing again. i'm so happy. >> serena had the pulmonary embolism. >> she did. twice had the default or the problem with her ankle. >> good luck. >> we're going to run