at softball practice, our coach -- susan said, billie jean king and played tennis. our coach said, they give free coaching here every week at the park. i heard the word free and thought, there might be an opportunity for me to play more. so i go out, and i am on the court with clive barker. i will never forget this day as long as i live, because of the end of the day, i knew what i wanted to do with my life. i wanted to be the number-one tennis player in the world. done. my poor mother picked me up. she said, do you -- did you have fun? i said mom, i know what i want to do with my life. come on, come on. i mother is going to be 90 in about two weeks. she still remembers that day. we still have a good laugh over it. she says, you are still going. what is going on here? she is funny because she did not really care. my younger brother was a relief pitcher most of his career with the san francisco giants. a good righty, good slider. my poor parents did not care if we were any good, but here's what happened. most people i know play in clubs. the country club. over 70% of

. >> billy jean king was tweeting earlier. bledon, you know, wimbleton champions use real racquets, they use these little babies. what's good enough for billy jean king is going to be good enough for you, serena. >> i have never played with a wood racquet. >> don't want to hear any excuses. ball, please. >> oh, my. you're good! here we go. oh, my god. that was out. there is so heavy. okay. here we go. >> just to clarify, the four times winner of wimbledon doesn't want to play with the racquets. so try my serve. ♪ ♪ took my chances went the distance now i'm back on my feet ♪ >> see? barely across. you can't be serious! that ball was good! >> it was out. definitely out. ♪ don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past ♪ ♪ you must fight just to keep them alive ♪ ♪ it's the eye of the tiger it's the thrill of the fight ♪ >> yes! yes! yes! >> oh, come on. >> yes! >> that was nice. you did good. you beat me. good job. i'm proud of you. i'm proud of you. it wasn't wimbledon. >> look out. you're a good player. it will come again. >> o

. >> billie jean king was tweeting earlier. >> when billie jean king won wimbledon. channels use real ratchets they use these little babies. so what's good enough for billie jean is good enough for you, vee from. >> good luck. >> i never played with a wood racket. no excuses. >> no excuses. balls please. we'll feel the power. >> oh, my gosh, you're good. here we go. oh, my god. okay, here we go -- >> just to clarify, the four times winner of wimbledon doesn't want to play the old ratchets. now shall that she's got her tools back. >> my serve. >> oh, man! come on. >> that ball was good. >> it was out. definitely out. >> i'll be better this time, yeah? >> come on. >> yes! >> that was nice, you did good. you beat me! >> i'm proud of you. i'm proud of you. it wasn't wimbledon. but - >> you're a good player. >> you -- thank you for a nice game. a drink? >>> hello, i'm don lemon. thanks for joining us. story we're talking about and first, news you need to know. >>> a group of civil rights leaders are commending president obama for what they call hills evolution on gay

. >> billie jean king was tweeting earlier. >> when billie jean king won wimbledon. channels use real ratchets they use these little babies. so what's good enough for billie jean is good enough for you, vee from. >> good luck. >> i never played with a wood racket. no excuses. >> no excuses. balls please. we'll feel the power. >> oh, my gosh, you're good. here we go. oh, my god. okay, here we go -- >> just to clarify, the four times winner of wimbledon doesn't want to play the old ratchets. now shall that she's got her tools back. >> my serve. >> oh, man! come on. >> that ball was good. >> it was out. definitely out. >> i'll be better this time, yeah? >> come on. >> yes! >> that was nice, you did

. >> next, a look inside nasa's space shuttle program could than billie jean king talks about equal pay and women in sports. after that, commencement speeches by new york mayor michael bloomberg, baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings but, and oklahoma mayor >> tomorrow, the preview on the supreme court decisions remaining for this term, including the affordable care act and the arizona immigration law. the egyptian presidential election and what it means for the egyptian people. a conversation with a "washington journal" columnist. >> what i want people to get is a better understanding of who she was, which was like during those four years been there have been a lot of books written and most of it has been written by people who are friends of friends. >> former secret service agent clint hill. >> palin click she was a times and how intelligent she was at times. and how rambunctious she was and put me to the test many times. i did my best. >> more sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on q&a. >> now remarks by the deputy director of the johnson space flight center. she spoke at the u.s. air force acade

then billy jean king talks about equal pay for women in sports. after that, commencement speeches by new york city mayor michael bloomberg. . we were doing software, inspections, or day to day decisions for the shuttle. we were there to provide during actual missions, we had a management team at meetings where the shuttle management as well as representatives from the various areas would gather and make decisions depending on how things were going the objectives of the flight, if there were failures that were happening, understanding whether we should go to the next milestone, whether it was rendezvousing with the space shuttle or things like that. in the meetings i attended in my new position was in december 2002 -- i had just been named to the position that month -- the space shuttle program had a "council meetings," which was management of the program and people like me representing mission control, or safety and engineering information. we would meet and talk over issues. the manager stood up at this meeting and said at the basic thing was tha

. >> billie jean king was tweeting some advice to me. wimbledon, champions used these little babies. so what's good enough for billie jean is good enough for you, serena. >> i've never played with a wood racket. >> i don't want to hear the excuses. balls, please. you're going to feel the power. >> oh, my gosh! you're good! here we go. >> oh, my god. this is so heavy. okay, here we go. [ "eye of the tiger" playing ] >> now my serve. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you can't be serious! >> that was out. definitely out. >> try to cope with it better this time, yeah? ♪ it's the eye of the tiger >> yeah! >> oh, come on! that was nice. you did good. you be

. >> billie jean king was tweeting some advice to me. wimbledon, champions used these little babies. so what's good enough for billie jean is good enough for you, serena. >> i've never played with a wood racket. >> i don't want to hear the excuses. balls, please. you're going to feel the power. >> oh, my gosh! you're good! here we go. >> oh, my god. this is so heavy. okay, here we go. [ "eye of the tiger" playing ] >> now my serve. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you can't be serious! >> that was out. definitely out. >> try to cope with it better this time, yeah? ♪ it's the eye of the tiger >> yeah! >> oh, come on! that was nice. you did good. you beat me. i'm proud of you. it wasn't wimbledon. >> you're a good player. >> thank you. >> thank you. ♪ >>> hello, everyone, i'm don lemon. thank you for joining us. first the news you need to know. a group of civil rights leaders are commending president obama for what they call his evolution on gay marriage. reverend joseph lowery and julian bond helped write the letter. will their views carry weight in the africaer

pong the athletes on hand, tennis legend billy jean king and olympic gymnast and silver spring nativeinique doss. >> today we live in a culture where one in three young kids are overweight and obese. we need to make sure they understand that they've got to be physically active. they've got to have proper nutrition. it really does start within the home. >> quarterback drew bres is also part of the president's council. i'll be talking with him later this morning about his role in getting youngsters fit. >>> don't be surprise if you see dozens of prince george's county officers and cadets going for a jog in your neighborhood. the runs are a part of the transforming neighborhoods program. it's a community outreach program to residents living in six communities that have been crime hot spots for years. county executive rushern baker joined the group for the jog through langley park yesterday morning. >> it's about education, about health care, about social services, job opportunities in working with our nonprofit communities in these areas until we actually see them change. >> similar two-

tennis champion billie jean king discussed equal opportunity and equal pay for women athletes. she also touched on the benefits of tennis as an exercise to address the obesity problem in this country. after her remarks she answered questions on the future of women's professional sports and empowering young girls to play tennis. this is just over an hour. >> please visit our website at www.press.org. to donate to programs offered to the public through our national press club journalism institute, please visit press.org/institute. on behalf of our members worldwide, i'd like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalist who is are club members. and if you hear applause in our audience, we note that members of the general public are attending, so it's not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalism object tift. i'd also like to welcome our c-span and our public radio audiences. our luncheons are also featured on our member produced weekly podcast from the national press club available o

[applause] >> tennis champion billie jean king discussed equal opportunity and pay for women athletes here in washington. she also described how tennis could help address the obesity problem in america. she answered questions on the future of women's professional sports and empowering young girls to play tennis. this is about an hour. >> did you guys decide what the menu was going to be today or what? [laughter] also want to thank andrew price and all our servers for being so kind to us and taking good care of us. it means a lot. it's a pleasure to be here today. do you realize i've never spoken here in and i'm 68. it's never too late. [laughter] so i'm really happy to be here, and thanks, teresa, and thanks to the national press club and all the officers, the board of governors and the members of the npc speakers' committee for having me. i am thrilled to be here because i've certainly watched enough people speak here, so thank you. to john vigosin who was already introduced by teresa, our chairman and president of the usta and everyone at the usta. we have got a lot of people from t

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