abc's paula faris tells us. >> reporter: tonight, serena cementing her place in history. after dominating her big sister venus in the australian open finals, falling to the floor ground overcome with emotion. the two embracing at center court, the win giving serena the most grand slams in the modern open era. >> 23-time grand slam champion, serena williams. >> reporter: the williams sisters considered tennis royalty, having both battled and supported each other since they were teenagers, facing off 28 times. >> the highlight of all of this is to be in that moment. >> i really enjoy seeing the name "williams" on the trophy, so this is a beautiful thing. >> reporter: venus carving out her own piece of history today, at age 36, becoming the oldest finalist ever at the australian open. >> i just felt like, it didn't matter who won or who lost i felt like we both were able to win today by just making it this far. >> reporter: and tonight, serena regaining her number one ranking, and while many now consider her to be the greatest tennis player ever -- she says she's looking for

. >> paula faris, that band will keep marching on.some controrsy. >> all right, george, it's so loud down here. you mentioned controversy. i'm going to give it one minute. should wait until the brass passes me by, george. >> let's watch. ♪ >> all right, george, i'm hoping you can hear me, because the talladega marching band's story is pretty remarkable. they were really scrutinized and criticized, but this is a historically black college, and the president of the university told me that he was receiving death threats, the students were receiving threats, as well, because they wanted to participate in this, but dr. hawkins, who is the president of the university, told me earlier this week, he knows in his heart that he made the right decision to bring this marching band from this historically black college in alabama, talladega college, here to the inaugural parade. he said that he consulted with civil rights leaders, he consulted with the board, with s top donor, with the students. and th all wanted to come here. he said, it's sad tha

venus and serena williams are hours away from facing off for the australian open title match and paula farishere with a closer look at what's on the line, good morning, paula. >> good morning. i heard you said let's do this. that's right. this was the first time the williams sister was go head-to-head. also at the aussie open back in 1998. look how young they were. venus 17, serena just 16. big sister won that day. telling serena afterwards, que, i'm sorry i had to take you out. venus williams aced her way into tennis history. >> 11 aces now. >> reporter: defeating coco vandeweghe in a grueling three-set battle. to become the oldest australian open finalist of all time. >> no need to contain the joy, venus. >> she can't believe it. >> the only one her thunder down under is her age 35 cruised her way to the finals with a series of straight-set victories. >> she's my toughest opponent. no one has ever beaten me as much as venus has. she's basically my world and my life. >> reporter: venus has been the comeback kid after being diagnosed with a career-threa n career-threatening auto immune illne

paula faris at st.president-elect and his wife making their way to their motorcade getting in the vehicle right now. inside of the church because it was closed. you can see the president-elect giving a thumbs up. it was closed. no cameras allowed. but the director of social media said the pastor said from the pulpit i told you you would be the 45th president of the united states long before the first primary vote. that was said from the podium. george, we know that president-elect trump and his wife melania are now on their way to the white house to have tea with president obama and the first lady michelle. but that's the scene. you can see mike pence the vice president and his wife karen exiting the church along with trump's children making their way to the podium as well. all of the secret service vehicles are lined up ready to take members of the president party to their next location and destination, george. >> vice president elect mike pence tweeted from inside the church as well. we begin this his

to abc's paula faris live at st. ent-elect and his wife, they'll leave blair house and attend a morning service there. what do you see there, paula. >> reporter: first of all, this bus just pulled in front of st. john's episcopal church. people have been arriving since about 7:30 as you mentioned, robin. we're expecting the president-elect and his family as well as members of the senior transition staff to arrive for this morning's service. we've already seen members of trump's hopeful cabinet, nikki haley, ben carson, tom price arrive but this is what's happened to happen inside the church. it will be about an hour long service. cameras not allowed so we won't be able to see what's going on during the service. but once trump does arrive here for this 8:30 service he will be in good company, robin, that's because presidents reagan, bushson, president obama all attended services here the morning of their respective inaugurations. >> yes, it is part of the tradition and explain to people why it is considered the church

elected to come out to the reviewing stand soon and paula faris you are there?reporter: i asked him, can you tell us what these days have been like for your family and donald trump. he said it is impossible to descri describe. he's a man that wears his heart on his sleeve and a lot of people around this country connected with him. i was told regarding this parade from officials expecting a lot of drums, a lot of bagpipes and horses, george. so we're in for a treat. >> and there's going to be a lot of cleanup on pennsylvania avenue tomorrow. we have been running behind for most of the afternoon. but president trump expected to come out soon on to that reviewing stand. no emergencies have cropped up for him today. his first day in the white house. he's got two key members of the cabinet who have gone through and been confirmed by the senate, general mattis, now the defense secretary, general kelly, the secretary of homeland security and of course homeland security so key right now. i want to check back in with pierre thomas. we saw the secret service kept a pretty

looks like something that would happen in paula faris' backyard. >> kids always find a way to see the positive. we want to take the situation seriously because it's dangerous. states of emergency have been declared in several states where they're dealing with downed power lines and fatal car wrecks and forecasters say the worst is yet to come. >> rob is standing by in colorado. adrienne bankert has the latest in wichita, kansas. adrienne, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. good morning, paula. yes, and here in wichita, in fact, across all of kansas, they're expected to see more of that ice that you're talking about, later this afternoon, and into tonight but things got dicey rather pretty dangerous when the freezing rain hit last night. overnight, millions of americans from the southern plains to the mid-atlantic impacted by a deadly winter storm. leading to treacherous conditions. the freezing rain and ice causing a 20-plus car chain reaction pileup in wichita, kansas. >> i could just see every single car that was coming to hit me and my air bag deployed and

elected to come out to the reviewing stand soon and paula faris you are there?reporter: i asked him, can you tell us what these days have been like for your family and donald trump. he said it is impossible to descri describe. he's a man that wears his heart on his sleeve and a lot of people around this country connected with him. i was told regarding this parade from officials expecting a lot of drums, a lot of bagpipes and horses, george. so we're in for a treat. >> and there's going to be a lot of cleanup on pennsylvania avenue tomorrow. we have been running behind for most of the afternoon. but president trump expected to come out soon on to that reviewing stand. no emergencies have cropped up for him today. his first day in the white house. he's got two key members of the cabinet who have gone through and been confirmed by the senate, general mattis, now the defense secretary, general kelly, the secretary of homeland security and of course homeland security so key right now. i want to check back in with pierre thomas. we saw the secret service kept a pretty

. ♪ >> paula faris, are you still with us on the reviewing stand?i'm still here, just outside of the reviewing stand. it's a little loud, guys, but the army band just passing by, and you mentioned that the nypd emerald society pipes and drums, we mentioned bag pipes, but they endorsed donald trump, and that's pretty rare for them, because they, in previous years, had endorsed barack obama, but shortly, we're going to see the wounded warrior project, and that will be the first of four veterans groups, we know that veterans groups are near and dear to donald trump's heart. and you will see veterans have a big presence in this parade, george. >> there's the salute from president trump. >> chief of staff of the army with him, a combat veteran in america and elsewhere. he was also at ft. hood, during the last mass shooting there. >> martha, talk a little bit more about the president's support from the military. this came despite the fact that several times during the campaign, he derided our generals. he did seem to have support at the grass roots. >> an

abc's paula faris, she knows about this all too well.r hubby -- >> listen, i know i'm going to take some heat for throwing my husband under the bus. honey, you know i love you. doing the series has opened my eyes and ears to the serious effect it can have on the snorer and snoree. i think i realized why i have been so cranky all these years, secondhand snore syndrome. it is real and you may be suffering from it, as well. ♪ >> it's a challenge some nights. >> make sure i'm really good underneath the blankets. >> it's like an obnoxiously loud train that's constant and loud. >> three couples, three denominator. >> we've been married 47 years and i've probably been snoring most of the time. >> actually make that four couples. unequivocally you snore. right, honey? in fact some studies suggest that snoring gets in the way of marriages so much so that one in six couples sleep in separate rooms. >> sometimes i got kicked from the bedroom to the couch. >> reporter: personally i haven't kicked my husband out yet but i sure have kicked him. >> why

abc's paula faris is here with more. >> robin thicke denies any allegations of child abuse. riate discipline and that his ex-wife paula patton is doing this as retaliation. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, superstar crooner robin thicke reportedly under investigation for alleged physical abuse of his 6-year-old son julian. this after thicke's son reportedly told his school that his father spanked him on multiple occasions. school officials reported the incident to the l.a. county department of children and family services, prompting the singer's ex-wife, actress paula patton to file an emergency order asking a judge to restrict contact between thicke and his son to monitor daytime visits only. >> under california state law, parents are allowed to spank their children. as the spanking is done with an open hand on the buttocks and doesn't cause physical injury, there is no violation of the law. >> reporter: in these documents obtained by abc news patton claims her son is scared of thicke and a school official noted julian said his father frequently, quote, punches him so hard but n

abc's paula faris is here with more. we've both been there.y youngest 3 years old. this photo showing the struggle of so many moms deciding to put unrealistic expectations on us to bounce back but peta murgatroyd is pushing back. ♪ she's a "dancing with the stars" champion but new mom peta murgatroyd now inspiring change outside the ballroom pushing back against post pregnancy expectations. posting this candid selfie on instagram liked by nearly 90,000 people writing, i took this photo eight days post birth. i left the hospital looking five months many people think a woman should shrink right back to her prebirth weight immediately. that is just not the truth for most. and experts agree. getting back to your prebaby body takes time. >> give me your hand. >> reporter: just ask 23-year-old alexandra killmurray, a mom of two babies both under 18 months old. >> my belly is messed up. you know, and i put it out there. >> reporter: alexandra is steving a lot of online support after posting this photo of her post-baby stomach on instagram writing it

. >>> first the morning rundown from paula faris. >> it is a busy monday morning.e. the big story, security is being tightened at mosques here in the u.s. after a mass shooting at a shooting in quebec city. at least six people were killed. witnesses say the gunmen stormed in during evening prayers and shouted god is great in arabic, two suspects are in custody. canada's prime minister releasing a statement saying, quote, we condemn this terrorist attack on muslims, religious tolerance is a value that we as canadians hold dear. and in politics more protests are expected today amid the fallout from president trump's executive order on immigration. thousands protested into the night. the president says this order is not about religion but it's about keeping the u.s. safe. abc's cecilia vega is at the white house for us this morning. hi, cecilia. >> reporter: paula, good morning to you. a u.s. homeland security official now tells us there are no detainees being held at american airports. this morning the white house is defending the president's order that temporarily b

their parents are speaking out and paula faris is here to tell us all about it. >> we all love this storyhance so incredibly rare the mother didn't know if she believed it at first. one looks like mom, the other looks like dad but both very special. 9 world klanalani and her fraternal twin jarani. >> i always have them dressed the same. if i don't people don't believe they are twins. >> kalani looks more like mom and jarani more like dad. >> never in a million years would i imagine having a lighter complected daughter with blue eyes. >> one mom, one dad and twin girls with different skin colors who shared the same womb. all live in illinois with big half brother talen. >> this is a pretty rare occurrence to have two twins that look very different but it certainly can happen with biracial cups and it's really just a matter of chance. >> the babies are now social media stars. their story shared thousands of times online. >> it's amazing that feeling, it's one of those feelings you can't even describe. >> reporter: but how are twins born with such different complexions? skin color is determi