stars megan rapinoe and alex morgan will join us in a moment.adrienne bankert is here with more. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: these players are among arguably the most famous players on the planet. they've taken their fight to the next level. >> that's it. game over. the job is over! the u.s. wins the 2015 women's world cup! >> reporter: they're world champions. >> alex morgan, she breaks free! >> i'm faster. i'm stronger. >> i'm not what i was when i was 30. i'm better. >> reporter: but this morning, 28 members of the u.s. women's soccer team, including superstars alex morgan, megan in arguing that in a newly filed lawsuit that they have been consistently paid less than eim when outpeormi them on the glob. >> the gold has gone to the united states of america. >> reporter: according to the lawsuit, if each team played and won 20 nontournament games a year, female players would earn a maximum of $99,000. while similarly ranked male players would earn an average of more than $260,000. the lawsuit also highlights pay discrepancy at the worl

world champions and they took on england in the second round of the games in the she believes cop megan rapinoe gave the home team the lead in the shell and was reached the semifinals of the world cup four years ago and they have back to go to one up but the game finished two two a second straight draw for the u.s. who play brazil the west indies batting legend chris gayle is looking good ahead of this year's world cup gael had a nineteen ball half century and a big win over england in space st lucia it was the fastest one day fifty and his country's history this series finished in a two two draw. and that's all your support for now it's now back to you. thanks very much indeed i'll be back in a couple of minutes with more all balls as it is news but that's it for. whether online. with the answer for them will not be granted or if you join us on saturday all of us have been calling it in some form or some fashion this is a dialogue react talking about a legal front you have seen what it can do to somebody people are using multiple drugs including the phone off and some people are secular out ev

half an hour in, and the real megan rapinoe was writing her name on the scoresheet, leaving the englande spot. when you are trying to be world number one, you need a leader. step up captain steph houghton with a sublime equaliser. what an equaliser, and really well played. well worked, that! england were finding theirfeet, and nikita parris was finding her range. this put the lionesses ahead. what a very good goal, and in the lead against the world champions. but the problem with the champions is you can never write them off, and while scrappy, they were eventually able to find a way through england's defence to deny them the win. we had fantastic performances out there on the pitch today. we had players that played with a smile on their face, and like i say, the result is irrelevant to us on the pitch. not irrelevant to the competition, though. well, this result means that the lionesses can now fly off to sunny florida in the knowledge that a win againstjapan will seal the trophy. perhaps it really is their time to believe. jo currie, bbc news, nashville. manchester city returned to th

reigning world champions and a con in england in the second round of the games in the she believes megan rapinoe gave the home team the lead in nashville england reached the semifinals of the world cup four years ago and they hit back to go to one up but the game finished two two a second straight draw for the u.s. who next play brazil. west indies batting legend chris gayle is looking good ahead of this year's world cup but gayle hit a nineteen a ball half century and a big win over england in census yeah it was the fastest one day fifty and his country's history the series finished in a two two draw the world cup starts in england in may. that's it for me back to the sun and thanks very much indeed you can find much more of course on our web site the address for the w.w.w. daughter zero thought that's it for me rob matheson this news out there is going to be here in a moment with more of the day's news but for now. part of. an army of volunteers has come together to help with the influx of tens of thousands of evacuees. but their retreat to a church shelter has brought new challenges an outbre

the us took the lead thanks to this stunner from megan rapinoe.in steph houghton with the equaliser. and phil neville's side have started the scond half strongly — taking the lead through nikita parris. and these are live pictures from nashville. 15 minutes into the second half, the score is still 2—1 to england. japan's win over brazil earlier means the competition will go to the final round of fixtures. you can watch it live now on bbc two and via the bbc sport website and app. barcelona beat real madrid for the second time in four days to move ten points clear at the top of la liga. ivan rakitic scored the only goal of the game, beating former chelsea keeper thibaut courtois. barca well on course to retain the league title now, whilst real‘s season continues to drift. tennis — and yet another milestone day for roger federer. 20 grand slam singles titles, he's won a record six atp finals and the davis cup with switzerland — and now he's won his 100th title on the atp tour. he did it by beating stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets at the dubai ten

two of its star players alex morgan and megan rapinoe tell us why u.s. soccer has devalued their success for too long. >>> we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >>> another deadly crash is raising critical questions about boeing 737s max 8 jetliner. >> no survivors after a tragedy in ethiopia. >> eight americans among the 157 people killed. >> r. kelly facing new allegations. >> a man in pennsylvania found a same of the r&b singer abusing underage girls. >>> a woman gets attack while trying to take a selfie with a jaguar. >>> a million dollar request for wall funding. >> he's going to stay with his wall and stay with the border security and i think it's essential. >> severe weather wreaking havoc across the south. multiple tornadoes touching down. >> oh, wow. >> a soccer player gets sucker-punched during a game. that fan arrested. >> what an absolute disgrace. >> all that -- >> oh! get away! >> whoa. >> another bat. at an nba game. >> bats in the belfry and all that matters. a young fan has a night he'll never forget when

ayers such as alex morgan, megan rapinoe ald carli lloyd said in the lawsuit, their working conditionsraining, facilities, medical trt and more-- were all affected by this alleged discrimination. elizabeth mitchell ce ers this for ew york daily news," and she joins me now from elizabeth, thanks for being with wi. let's star how we got here. there was a complaint filed with the eeoc, the equal employment opportunity commission a few years ago. how did that lead to this lawsuit? >> really it led directly necause what happened was whe the eeoc started looking into mt, they needed documents fro the u.s. soccer stating the women's revenue and they were unable to get them. so this is really trying to force discovery of those documents to figure out exactly what the women's revbeenue has , not only now but how much it has been in the past. >> so ere are some number they include in the lawsuit that you mention that's not just about e disparity in pay but a lot of it is about the pay i want to read you part of the lawsuit. they said the pay structure was so skew in2015 the men's national team e

women's national team, alex morgan and megan rapinoe.both of you. >> good morning. >> imagine it's you standin up in court and telling the judge why it is that women's soccer should be paid equally to men's soccer? what would you say? >> well, why not would be the first question that i would ask is why on earth wouldn't we pay people equally and treat peoe equally, and you know, invest in people equally in general? that would be my first question. but the -- i think the thing i would say is just, you know, trng to, i guess, think of how the federation is thinking or think of thejudge, i feel there's so much left on the table with this team. i think that we've had incredible success. we've bn able to push the spt forward in so many ways both on and off the field, you know, just fromr a soc perspective, commercially as well, and so why not take next step, invest in the team equally from top to bottom, whether that's programs, branding, the th youm promotion of the team, all of it and then let's talk about it then because i really feel that

. >> carli lloyd, alex morgan, and megan rapinoe, are the team's star athletes and amo the 28 players named in the class-action wsuit. formergoalkeeper, hope solo, filed her own pay gap complaint against u.s. soccer last year. >> it's been alonely, lonely road. >> reporter: today, she's no longer going solo. >> there is power in numbers, so i was hopingayhat this would happen, where the current national team players would finally overcome their own fear and the intimidation that u.s. soccer placed upon c therent national team players. >> reporter: no comment from u.s. soccer, as thers pla kick off this legal battle. >> speaking of which, can you talk about what the players are looking for in the lawsuit? >> the players are seeking backpay and damages. that could climb into the millions of dollars. this class action lawsuit means former players going back four years can join the lawsuit, as well. >> these women are sparked a revolution. >> absolutely. >> thanks. >>> dave is back with a quick look at the rest of the country's forecast. >> we gowe out . rain and mountain snow is what we'

. >> we asked megan rapino and alex morgan if they would consider boycotting the world cup if their salary demands were not met. both players said that has never been in their minds. >>> the countdown clock is mav context. the window closes at the end of the month. today sky 7 caught surfers out at mavericks. in december, organizers decided agai competition because the 50-foot waves were actually too big. now if the contest is held this year, it will mark the first time women will be included in the competition. >> interesting. >>> all right. boy, is this weather nice. let's just keep this going. because we've had plenty of rain. sun and sparkling weather. >> it makes you smile, spencer. >> it does. not only sunny and bright, it's a lot warmer. here is look at doppler 7. sunny skies. a few wispy clouds may pass through overnight. let's take a look at our 24-hour temperature change, if i can get my voice back. it is 13 degrees warmer in novato than at this hour. 14 degrees warmer at napa. and 15 at concord. 9 at hayward. you get the picture. all locations have warmed up quite a bit in the l

women's national team when named in the lawsuit it was filed in los angeles styles like lloyd megan rapinoe and alex morgan the legal move comes just three months before the team is due to defend its title at the women's world cup in fronts u.s. soccer said in a statement out there it doesn't comment on matters of pending litigation before more on this let's join gabriel elizondo in new york gabriel why all the players claiming they're being discriminated against. well this is the lawsuit right here it's twenty five pages long we've been going through it really trying to analyze what it's all about and what it comes down to is really two things pay and conditions let's deal with pay first women soccer women so football players here in the u.s. say that they're paid roughly about twenty five percent of what their male counterparts are paid now there's no dispute that women are paid less than the men it's just then it gets a little fuzzy after that how much less women generally say they make about twenty five percent less across the board and they say that that's unacceptable also the bonuses

half an hour in, and the real megan rapinoe was writing her name on the scoresheet, leaving the englandngland were finding theirfeet, and nikita parris was finding her range. this to put the lionesses ahead. what a very good goal, and in the lead against the world champions. but the problem with the champions is you can never write them off, and while scrappy, they were eventually able to find a way through england‘s defence to deny them the win. we had fantastic performances out there on the pitch today. we had players that played with a smile on the face, and like i say, the result to me is irrelevant to what i saw on the pitch. not irrelevant to the competition, though. well, this result means that the lionesses can now fly off to sunny florida in the knowledge that a win againstjapan on tuesday will seal the trophy. perhaps it really is their time to believe. manchester city returned to the top of the premier league after beating bournemouth 1—0. riyad mahrez scored the only goal of the game — enough to seal victory for city, who put pressure back on liverpool, with nine matches to