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. >> joining me now to talk about tiger woods' big win is christine brennan. is the cnn commentator and usa today columnist. good to have you with us. >> rosemary, great to be with you. and such a fascinating story and fascinating sports day. >> it is, isn't it? tiger woods' first pga title in five years. given his public scandal and his knee and back problems? >> absolutely. four surgeries on his back, four surgeries on his knee, he has his back fused together, part of his spine and one of the more recent surgeries. he couldn't walk. he wondered if -- to get around he had to crawl for a while. he wondered if he'd ever, not only not play golf again, rosemary, but be able to walk normally. that was last year, just a year ago. and, of course, the dui picture, i think many people remember that, tiger sinking to perhaps his lowest low with the dui, the dashboard camera which was memorial day weekend of 2017. so late may of 2017 just, what, 16 months ago. and to think of where he was then and people were just talking about could he get his life back together. and he

we want to be joined by cnn's sports analyst christine brennan and cnn sports anchor andy scholes. all right. thank you both so much for being here. christi christine, first of all, your takeaway from this. >> obviously, no one is for arguments or screaming or any kind of altercation on the court. however, when we consider the history of tennis, with the number of men who have yelled, screamed, what have you and gotten away with it, that is the point that serena has been making after the match and, obviously, all through the night on twitter. the conversation is there. that serena was treated differently. i don't think we can ever, ever doubt that that is the case. and i think it's an important point to make. many people, voices from billie jean king to chris evert to andy roddick and james blake, james blake saying if he had done that, he has done worse and never penalized so why did that chair umpire at that moment decide to insert himself and take over and potentially alter the match, the outcome of a very important grand slam final that could have been the 24th grand slam title

. >> christine brennan, our sports analyst, is with me.cinating opinion piece this morning in the paper. let me read part of it for our viewers. what is serena williams treated differently than a man would have been treated for doing exactly what she did and saying exactly what she said? if so, why? is it solely sexism? the easiest and most logical answer, or is it more than that? christine, is it? is it more? >> i think it is sexism. but the one person on earth, poppy, who is not talking about this, of course, is the chair umpire. and one thing that should change is pool reporters should be able to interview the chair ump just as people interview nfl referees and the head ref and the umpire in world series games. so, that's missing. serena is a very outspoken person. she is a champion for many. she is bigger than the game. and so there are a lot of reasons why someone might target serena or look at her differently. clearly she's an african-american woman. but we are seeing, as you've alluded to, over and over again now in the last, what,

and christine brennan. thank you both for joining us. christine, tennis legend billie jean king who championed gender equality writes in the "washington post." women are taught to be perfect. we aren't perfect. of course and we shouldn't be held to that standard. we have a voice. we have emotions. when we react adversely to a heated professional situation far too often we are labelled hysterical. that must stop. on the other hand another tennis legend writes in the "new york times" that serena got part of it wrong. i don't believe it is a good idea to apply a standard that if men can get away with it women should be able to, too. rather, i think the question we have to ask ourselves is this. what is the right way to behave to honor our sport and to respect our opponents? we have two tennis icons there. voicing two opinions. >> i think i agree with both at least to some degree. when i say that i mean this. you can believe that serena misbehaved and crossed a line and went too far. you can definitely believe that. you can also believe that

christine brennan is here and former president of the nfl players association. good morning to you. i believe, of what is continued long conversation about this through the nfl season. last night was, kickoff for game one of the official season. christine, you say this is almost like the next step in the conversation. what do you mean? >> i do. with nike's ad, which appeared before 11:00 p.m. eastern time, early in the third quarter, that two-minute ad, colin kaepernick, the conversation about that, it's almost as if the players maybe don't have to do as much now because the conversation has turned. everyone in the country has to know the name colin kaepernick. they know about the nike ad. the conversation -- it's almost like the players have won this particular battle. you've got nike, of course, a business partner with the nfl on your side. when the president is saying, what's nike thinking, well, i think nike is thinking we would like market share for 50 years with the younger generation, the parkland kids, the more socially active kids, so it seems like nike and the nfl -- frank

christine brennan, we appreciate your time.nk you so much. >> natalie, my pleasure, thank you. >>> lost in all the controversy was the fact that naomi osaka made history with her win. andy scholes talked to her after the match and asked if williams' outburst distracted her. >> it felt like a dream. and emotionally, i can't really pinpoint the exact motion. >> reporter: what was going through your mind when all the chaos was happening when serena was arguing with the chair umpire and the officials -- what were you thinking when all that was going on? >> well, i wasn't really noticing that anything was going on. i had my back turned and was really just trying to focus on my game and stuff. >> reporter: did all of the booing, did it ruin the moment for you at all? >> no, it was more like i had serena next to me, that made me more emotional than anything else. >> japan's prime minister shinzo abe is tweeting his congratulations to the tennis star. thank you for energizing and moving us during this difficult time. that could be a re

christine brennan, always appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> natalie, thank you. my pleasure. >>> all right. we go to u.s. politics and the critical midterm election this is november. they are creeping closer, aren't they? the former u.s. president barack obama was in california on saturday campaigning for democrats hoping to retake control of the u.s. house of representatives. unlike his sharp critique of donald trump a day before, mr. obama never mentioned the current u.s. president by name but everyone knew exact whether or not i and what he was referring to. >> the biggest threat to our democracy i said yesterday is not -- it's not one individual. it's not one big super pac billionaire's -- it's apathy, it's indifference. it's us not doing what we're supposed to do. when there's a vacuum in our democracy, when we are not participating, we're not paying attention, we're not stepping up, other voices fill the void. but the good news is, in two months we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics. we have the chance to flip the house of representatives

christine legarde says britain's growth rate will be less than half the global average even if a smooth breaks it transition is agreed paul brennan reports. at one point in her news conference christine legarde described herself as a desperate optimist but delivering the i.m.s. latest assessment of the u.k. economy her tone was repeatedly downbeat about britain post rex it so whatever the deal is will not be as good as it is at the moment and asked about the seemingly growing prospect of britain crashing out without a british deal now clearly that was to happen our assessment is that it would have very dear economy consequences it would be a shock to supply. and it would inevitably have a series of consequences in terms of. reduced growth going forward. increased deficit most likely depreciation of the currency and. you know in reasonably short order mean a reduction of the size of the u.k. economy the bracket deadlines are approaching fast for britain to depart the european union in an orderly manner next march they really need to agree the e.u. divorce bill by the end of this year and a u. leaders are braced for an emergency su

christine legarde also called the range of issues still to be resolved daunting and she warned that u.k. growth will be less than half the global average even if a smooth transition is a great or brennan reports. at one point in her news conference christine legarde described herself as a desperate optimist but delivering the i.m.f. latest assessment of the u.k. economy her tone was repeatedly downbeat about britain post rex it so whatever the deal is will not be as good as it is at the moment and asked about the seemingly growing prospect of britain crashing out without a break to deal now clearly we've got worse to happen our assessment is that it would have very dear economy consequences it would be a shock to supply. and it would inevitably have a series of consequences in terms of. reduced growth going forward. increased deficit most likely depreciation of the currency and. you know in reasonably short order mean a reduction of the size of the u.k. economy the bracket deadlines are approaching fast for britain to depart the european union in an orderly manner next march they really need to agree the e.u. divorce bill by the end of this year and a u. leaders are braced for an emer

brennan reports now from london. this news conference from the i.m.f. managing director christine legarde was not deliberately time to cause issues for the u.k. prime minister but the timing is going to be significant as britain faces a meeting later this week on bret's it and then a summit in november and the assessment of the i.m.f. regarding britain's prospects after bracks it looks quite really the growth forecast for example that the i.m.f. has put on british g.d.p. has been revised down from one point seven five percent to one point five percent but even that is totally contingent on what christine legarde described as a timely deal and a smooth process after that she said a kind of disorderly wreck set where no deal has been agreed and britain falls off a cliff edge would have significantly worse effects on the british economy other comments that she said was that the w.e.o. the world economic outlook for predicted global growth to be around three point nine percent so you can see that one point five percent or worse shows that britain really is lagging behind the other iss

economy paul brennan following the story joining us from london how significant are these warnings by christine legarde. i think that hugely significant and it's because of her position as the managing director of the international monetary fund she's not just some academic from a local university this is basically the the person who looks at the global economic outlook and makes judgments using the very finest of economic predictions and predict dos and some of the information that you came out with that news conference which happened just an hour ago was pretty bleak i mean she's revised down the u.k. g.d.p. growth forecast from one point seven five percent for the next two years down to one point five percent but she's made that totally contingent on there being a smooth process after bracks it's a deal that is done on bracks it so what you're saying is if there's a no deal on bracks if britain falls off a cliff edge effectively when it leaves the european union in march of next year then there will be no such thing as one point five percent growth it could be significantly worse than that a

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