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catch 18-time grand slam champion serena williams right after this break.now in some extremely lofty company and she tells us how surreal that is. >> doesn't seem right, chrissy, serena. i can officially be there. ♪ t-mobile's network has more data capacity than verizon or at&t. it's a network designed data strong. for over 19 million people. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirement income. so i can focus on what matters most. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. >> i'm rachel nichols welcome back to unguarded. this summer serena williams found herself in an extremely unfamiliar position. she struggled at the grand slam. she was fening off rumors of drug use after appearing disoriented durl a wimbledon doubles match. at 32 she heard opening questioning on whether sunny should retire. last month when things looked the most grim, williams did what sunny has done over and over in her career. she came up bigger than ever. winning the u.s. open. now as the wta tour prepares for its season endin

let's talk about serena williams.slamming the head of the russian tennis federation, for what she says are insensitive, sexist, and racist remarks. the chief appeared on a russian talk show and called serena and her sister venus the quote, williams brothers. and said they were scary to look at. he issued an apology, saying it was a small joke and was suspended from the women's tennis association for a year and fined $25,000. >> i thought his comments were very insensitive. i thought they were extremely sexist, as well as racist at the same time. and i thought they were, in a way, bullying. you know, we have done the best that i could do and that's all i can say. so i just wasn't very happy with his comments, and i think a lot of people weren't happy as well. so -- but the wta and the usta, they did a wonderful job of making sure that at this day and age in 2014, that someone with his power, it's really unacceptable. >> krystal? >> i mean, i was shocked that -- i guess i shouldn't be, but someone as incredible and athl

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a top tennis official calling serena and her sister the williams brothers. >> serena speaking out callinghat and other remarks sexist and racist. but that official claims the whole thing was a joke. she's known an the court for her powerful hits. >> i thought they were, in a way, bullying. >> reporter: but tennis superstar serena williams breaking her silence off the court, taking aim at the head of the russian tennis federation tarpashev over controversial comments he made last week. >> i thought his comments were insensitive and sexist and racist. >> reporter: tarpashev referred to serena and venus as the williams brothers, later going on to say, quote, it's frightening when you look at them. but really, you justice need to play against the ball. the comments ignighting a storm in the tennis world. they quickly fined him the tour maximum, $25,000 and banning him for a year. >> i think the wta did a really great job of taking initiative and immediately taking action. >> reporter: fellow superstars also rushing to williams defense, including world number two, maria sharapova. >> i think t

. >> serena williams cries foul after a russian tennis official defeigns the williams sisters with disparaging remarks. >> in this day and age, it's unacceptable to make such insensitive remarks. >> i'm andrea mitchell in washington. those who had contact with thomas eric duncan emerged from quarantine. >> she continues to mourn the loss of not only her beloved fiance, but all of her possessions and being displaced and those sorts of things. also sympathy for those who contracted ebola, but today is a good day. >> elsewhere, the pentagon is assembling a team to deploy where health workers may deal with future cases. carnival cruise line said the lab worker who handled duncan's specimens has tested negative for ebola. she voluntarily quarantined herself and disembarked in galveston, texas. live from dallas with the latest. thanks to you. tell us what is happening at that hospital because we have new cdc guidelines. are they changing what workers are doing in dallas presbyterian? >> we are told they will be using these guidelines. you do get the sense and i think if you saw the news conference t

. >>> insults from a top sports official won't stop tennis ace, serena williams.ow she is react to go sexist and racist comments today. >>> did you know a huge concert was come right here in a couple weeks? did you know 800,000 people could show up? i'm adam tuss on the national mall. the story, coming up. wothe way als dismantles someone like stuarty. is so painful. embryonic stem cells have so much promise, but barbara comstock voted to ban that research funding even though conservatives like nancy reagan support it. that takes away hope for a cure -- but also, for families like ours, who just wanted a little more time. house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially

he put everything into serena and i being professionals and how he did, i just don't know. obviously my mom was right there with him. and i'm grateful. >> we can talk about the relationship between you and serena, because it's a great one. because you are the big protective sister, but you aren't afraid to kick her butt on the court either, then you walk off and still be sisterly. so what is that relationship really like for you, particularly when you're preparing for a match? >> yeah, for us we dreamed of playing each other in the finals. you can dream all day, but to actually have it happen is a totally different story. so for us, especially playing in the finals is very special. and just to be able to know that williams takes all is great, too. there have been times that we've played in a final at wimbledon on multiple occasions and turn around and an hour later play doubles finals. if you had any issues, you need to let them go. >> you obviously had visions beyond the court. you have now since created a couple of businesses. you have a jamba juice franchise. you have a

serena, we are out of time and i appreciate all of the insight and information. thank you very much for what you're doing. >> thank you for having me. >> all right. we do have to take ahort break. when we come back we'll learn about the dangerous cnection about the dangerous cnection between smoking and lung mmmm. ring ring! ring ring! progresso. i forgive you. you do? it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmer vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you, soup people. this week at safeway, buy four progresso traditional soups for five dollars with your club card. > welcome back to eyond the headlines." we are talking about the risks of smoking tobacco. american women have caught up to men in terms of risk of death from smoking. women are starting to smoke earlier and they're lighting up more often than they did decades ago. it hit a plateau in the 1980s, but for women it's still rising. researchers say the risk of dying of lung cancer 25 times higher for smokerershan for women who have never smoked. dr. d

he was 71 years old. >>> crushing the competition comes easy to serena williams.he's ranked number one among women on the tennis court. but as you can see she's also pretty good at smashing and destroying her tennis racket. williams admitted to losing her cool, you think? during the women's tennis association semifinal against caroline wozniacki yesterday. williams says the racket will never do her wrong again. >>> at 6'5" and 255 pounds, dwayne "the rock" johnson is used to being the biggest guy in the room and on screen too playing characters like hercules. he tweeted 7'9" chinese basketball player, sun ming ming, the rock perhaps for the first time looks like a pebble in comparison. >>> when we come back, if you bring your dog to work, just make sure it behaves. one office has its own doggie hr department. >>> at one office in vermont, a rough day isn't so bad when your best friend is by your side to console you. but these dogs are held to a higher standard, their own version of a human resources department. so what happens when hr gets on their tail? nbc's har

. >> serena williams speaking out this morning. calling out a tennis official for the comments that she say were sexist. what the man said that has the tennis world rallying to her defend. ♪ we'll never be royals >>> lorde's huge hit benched just as the world series is about to begin. how kansas city is fighting back in a royal rumble. >> and we do say good monday morning to everybody. the world series gets under way tomorrow night. games have already begun. you're not going to hear this song played on san francisco radio stations. there's a good reason for that. it turns out that lorde was actually inspired by george brett. >> she wasn't even born in 1985. we have a lot to get to this morning, begin pg with the big ebola news. an important milestone for the family of thomas eric duncan and s of dozens of others in texas now declared ebola-free. released this morning after three fwheex quarantine. also after the largest company declared ebola-free this morning. new evidence of how hard it can be for the disease to spread. abc's tom

serena is in singapore.he wta wants him to give a formal apology. >> we'll wait and see what he has to say about that. >>> your man's got something. >> thank you for calling him that. at least you understand. we turn to matthew mcconaughey, generating so much buss right now, not for a role in a movie or tv show but for a series of cryptic commercials for lincoln. rebaek ka jarvis has the story. >> reporter: good morning. they're been called bizarre, surreal, and even strange. the bottom line is that matthew mcconaughey uttering deeply philosophical sweet nothings is sales gold for one car company. it's getting everyone clicking online. >> sometimes you gotta go back to actually move forward. >> reporter: they're the unusual new ads starring matthew mcconaughey that have everyone talking. >> i don't mean going back to reminisce and chase ghosts. >> reporter: he's turning lincoln pitchman. >> i've been driving a lincoln since long before anybody paid me to drive one. >> reporter: behind the wheel of the mkc. >

and find out why serena wasn't too happy at the wta finals.he rest of today's sport in about 20 minutes. rage has hanged a woman who killed a former intelligence official she says was trying to rape her. there has been international condemnation of the sentence. human rights group say she was acting in self defense when the man tried to sexually assault her. there urged iran's judiciary to halt the execution. accusing prosecutors to pressuring her to confess. >> if the international research on iran joining me from london g to have you with us on al jazeera. what is your reaction to the hanging? >> the internationals are shokd. they condemned her executionsho they condemned her execution. they condemned it in the strongest ways and they were hoping until the last minute the iranian authorities would grant her a retrial as other human rights organizations advocates had asked, both in iran and globally. >> why is it that your organization and others were calling for a retrial is there because iranian authorities say that this was a premeditated

serena describes her play as "embarrassing." yeah, there was some purple.urple's good. >> i didn't say i have a problem with purple. i just never played tennis on it. >> just a lot of it. >>> all right, now to this from the nfl. take a look. >> no more boys will be boys. >> no more, what's the big deal? >> no more, it's just the way it is. >> no more, he just has a temper. >> no more, but he's such a nice guy. >> look at these faces, right? you know these guys. giants quarterback eli manning among a number of other very well-known nfl players featured in a new antidomestic violence ad for the no more campaign. this psa is going to air during game broadcasts coming up this week. and hopefully, it's going to be very impactful. obviously, domestic violence has been in the news with the nfl, and we're seeing these guys show up post and talk about it, and maybe that's going to help bring the conversation along in the country. >>> on a lighter note, though, we move on to cowboys running back demarco murray making history on sunday, becoming the only player ever t

he was 71 years old. >>> crushing the competition comes easy to serena williams.'s ranked number one among women on the tennis court. but as you can see she's also pretty good at smashing and destroying her tennis racket. williams admitted to losing her cool, you think? during the women's tennis association semifinal against caroline wozniak ki yesterday. >>> at 6'5" and 255 pounds, dwaine "the rock" johnson is used to being the biggest guy in the room, playing characters like hercules. he tweeted 7'9" chinese basketball player, sun ming ming, the rock perhaps for the first time looks like a pebble in comparison. >>> when we come back, if you bring your dog to work, just man when i got shinglesif you it was something awful. it was like being blindsided by some linebacker. you don't see it coming. boom! if you've had chicken pox, that shingles virus is already inside of you. it ain't pretty when it comes out. now i'm not telling you this so that you'll feel sorry for me. i'm just here to tell you that one out of three people are gonna end up getting shingles. i was

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yesterday serena williams spoke out.he president of the russian tennis federation called the dynamic duo the williams brothers on russian tv friday. no, he didn't. he was then banned from women's tennis association for a year and fined $25,000. williams had this to say about his cruel words. >> i thought his comments were very insensitive. i thought they were extremely sexist as well as racist at the same time. and i thought they were in a way bullying. >> now, many of you directed appropriate snark at the tennis official saying, stay classy, russia. russian tennis federation has apologized. but serena is not letting his shade get her down. today she won her first game at the wta finals. >>> now, someone who has finally joined twitter, monica lieu win s lewinsky signed on today and has tens of thousands of followers. now this news. there's outrage today after an associated press investigation reveals how dozens of nazi war crime suspects were able to collect millions of u.s. taxpayer dollars. wethey were a littlehorizons

she is charges with break and entry. >>> and serena williams is calling the head of the russian federationial remarks about her and her sister. calling "the williams brothers" later going onto say it's frightening when you look at them. really you need to play against the ball. >> i thought that his comments were insensitive and racist. >> his comments were meant as jokes. he didn't think that the incident deserved so much fuss. they fined him $25,000 and banned him for a year. >>> trick-or-treat time coming up. some girls dress up as witches, princesses and superheros. there is a take back halloween for the young girls. the costumes are too sexy. if they wants to be a police officer it's called sassy. and the short-skirted ivy leaguer. aa unicorn manages to look grown-up. there are age appropriate suggestions that celebrate strong women in history. sexy hello kitty is not included. they have the funniest pictures and slideshows. she wonders do the little ones want to stay up because they think that mom and dad are secretly up all night and playing with their toys and reading their peekabo

. >> el manchester empatarÍa dos a dos, consiguiÓ el empate necesitado, la estadounidense serena willimas muy buenas tardes. >> a continuaciÓn,roger conversa con el cantante de john secada. >> el libro de john secada, un dÍa nuevo, estÁ lleno de anÉcdotas. >> nunca habÍa decidido entrar en los detalles. >> tuvo un enfrentamiento con la cantante shakira. >> yo le dije, tenemos que llegar a un acuerdo, al principio fue un poco difÍcil. >> ella no te querÍa dar crÉdito. >> nunca me dio crÉdito. >> cuenta detalles Íntimos de su vida. >> a los 16 aÑos mi papÁ toca la puerta del hotel, con una mujer de la noche y me dice, es blanca, te veo en dos horas. >> aquÍ no estÁ la prostituta. >> sÍ esta la foto cuando firmÓ su primer contrato. >> antes de despedirlo una pregunta sobre shakira. >> hicieron la paz? >> sÍ. >> ya se te olvidÓ? >> le creemos o no, ahora continÚen con mÁs. >> antes de finalizar le contamos que este fin de semana pasado, la comunidad celebrÓ en grande, danzantes moros y cristianos se enfrentan como los residentes del pueblo que festejan este dÍa, tratan de mantener la cultura

they all are predicting that serena williams will be the greatest of all time.dest number one at 33. she is driven and loving the sport and wants to continue to play, and she is focused on records. time will tell. each generation takes it to the next level. >> stacy. i just, before we go, can i get road takingon this place with serena williams and the russian official and the comments he made that she deemed as sexist. , andhave made my statement we found his comments irresponsible and disparaging to one of the greatest female athletes in the world, along with venus. in his position in sports, as a ieter of the ioc, as in president-- as a itf of the russian tennis federation, he has a duty of care to act responsibly. he has apologized, and we are moving on. we are not going to spend any more time with people who do not treat our athletes with respect. >> stacy, thank you so much, and good luck with the tournament. the wta finals taking place in singapore. forext, no monday blues modi. find out what made his weekend so memorable. "on the move" is back in a couple

. >> serena williams hits back at comments made by a russian official. all the details in sport. . >> thousands gathered in rome for the beautification of pope john paul vi, would died in 1978. celebrations are overshadowed by a row over homosexuality, welcoming gays into the church. >> translation: the church says people with homosexual tendensies should not be discriminated against, but marriage is only possible between one man and a woman. things are such. we want repeat it a million times, but they do not change. >> claudia lavanga is live at vatican city for us. i think we can join her who is in vatican city for us. can you hear me? first of all, on monday, they have come up with reports that stated homosexuals will be welcome in the catholic surgeon. something that was ground braking, and specially compared to the large whimming used in the past, through homosexuals. that changed on thursday, when the english trapslation changed from poiming to providing for homosexuals within the catholic church and community. a change came along when the final re

. >> serena williams hits back at comments made by a russian official.jo will be hear with the sport a little later. >>> thousands of catholics gathered in room to celebrate the beautification of pope paul vi. it's the first step towards sainthood. however, the celebrations are overshadowed by a row over homosexuality. catholic bishops rejected a statement welcoming gays into a church. the church says that people with homosexual tendencies should not be discriminated against, but marriage is only possible between one man and one woman. things are simply, we can repeat it but it doesn't change. >> we bring in an analyst from the national catholic reporter. what do we make of the controversy. how much of a snub is the rejection of the language that the pope wanted. how much of a rejection is it to the pope? >> well, i think what we have is a situation where the bishops want to do two things. they want the church be a loving mother, but a clear teacher. this is a problem that parents over the world can relate to. they want to reach out and recognise and wel

and e serena williams defends hr crown. more later on. >>> the world health organization has declared nigeria ebola-free. it had no reported cases of the virus for past six weeks. nigeria's president goodluck jonathan said his country won the battle against ebola because the country took all the necessary precautions. >> one government said, we should not move coffins unnecessarily, practice of holy communion, so on. just stop had a practice within that period. shaking people across, tell individuals within that period. nigerians become mindful, even friends stop embracing, until we get out of ebola. so it had a buy-in of the population. >> aid agencies have expressed their frustration at how slow the international community has been in responding to the ebola crisis. they have been speaking with health experts gathering in berlin how to control it. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> local health care systems are imploding, families and communities have been torn apart. the crisis will wreak havoc on local economies. the inter

venus and serena there too. >> november 7. >> thank you for coming. >>> the good news, an extra hour of sleep this weekend. the bad news, less daylight. coming up, how the time change and weather changes can lead to seasonal depression. plus, a warning for parents. the new trend has thiefs opening credit cards in your child's name. >> your daughter watched all tennens is of beverly hills 90210. does she know that luke perry once tried to kill you, does she know this? >> yes. >> coming up at 1:00 this afternoon, jennie garth explains what happened there. that's right here on nbc 4. >>> news 4 is working for you. there's a new trend where scammers are targeting your children's i.d. it's called synthetic i.d.s. police say thieves are stealing children's social security numbers and using them to open bank accounts and even credit card accounts under fake names. one father in florida noticed something was wrong when his 7-year-old daughter started receiving mail. police say children's identities are easy targets because no one is monitoring their credit. >>> just 15 minutes from now, a gr

hopping copping -- hong kong gobbing back to the streets after talks are deadlocked >>> in sport, serena williams suffers one of the heaviest defeats in years. >>> iraqi troop and pro-government militia recaptured part of tikrit from i.s.i.l. the government is trying to take it back, because it lies on an important supply route for i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. fighters in syria seized u.s. military supplies meant for kurdish forces in the besieged found of kobane. the u.s. confirmed that one of the 27 bundles of weapons and ammunition it dropped has gone missing. >>> one of libya's rival prime minister's has been holding tacks with the envoy. the militias that back him took over the capital in august. the prime minister and cabinet he pushed out are in the east of the country, in tub ruck -- tobruk. >> reporter: well armed and fighting street-level battles. there are two governments pushing for supremacy in libya, and a town south-west of tripoli. they have chosen side. libya is a tribal nation, loyalties strong and demonstrated with passion. what is happening here is a confined example of what aff

serena pulling it back to 1-set all, and wept on to win in a tie break. a fourth match point in a contest that took over three hours >>> williams will face the winner of another semi. it's halep who has tape the first set 6-2 >>> mark marquez recently was ground world motogp champion. the spanish rider has surpassed the record of most in a single season, most polls. he was fastest in qualifying for the malaysian grand prix. the 13th time he'll start from the front of the grid. >> there's more from sport later. >> now, in afghanistan - hundreds of children and young people are due to hear their parents voices and other things besides for the first time. hearing aids are being given out. it's part of a joint programme. jennifer glasse is in the capital kabul >>> the end of silence. he has been deaf since birth. his hearing aid, low cost, low power model will allow him to hear for years. he can't wait to show his parents. so many dreams could be fulfilled, a new life for the hearing impaired afghans. >> it would mean a better education, learning skills, you

serena williams has made it through to the quarter finals. her match with some great rallies including the one which saw williams dig dip. cross court forehand ending the match. her challenge was unsuccessful soser serena is moving through. in major league baseball, the two playoff games taking place with detroit at baltimore. kansas city takes on the angels. on wednesday the giants beat the pirates. to reach the national league divisional series. the wild card game was scoreless, when a grand slam hope tore put the giants 4-0 up. it was the first grand slam in post game history. madison also kept the home crowd quiet, as he shut out the pirates giving up four hits in the game. winning this 18-0. all the sport on our website check out aljazeera.com forward slash sports preview there on the japanese grand prix taking place this sunday. raul, thank you very much. and that's it for this news hour on al jazeera, thank you for watching adrian is with you next, i hope you stay with us. >> hard work! >> hard work! >> dedication! >> dedication! >> ha

necesitaba vencer en dos ex para avanzar pero lo dejÓ fuera dejando su sueÑo de destronar a serena williamsda, es una presiÓn. todo el mundo lo estÁ haciendo entonces tÚ lo haces. >> willie colÓn dice que aunque la probÓ la rechazó por los problemas familiares que tuvo que enfrentar. >> yo era muy antidrogas, mi papÁ tambiÉn tenÍa problemas de droga. mi hermanita tambiÉn muriÓ por las drogas. >> a pesar de su dramÁtica vida, siempre se hay ido innovando en twitter expone sus puntos de vista sobre todo contra el gobierno de venezuela ya casi tiene 3 millones de seguidores. >> cuando chÁvez tratÓ su cÁncer dijiste un comentario, venezuela tiene dos presidentes, uno maduro y otro podrido... que piensas del gobierno de venezuela? >> yo pienso que es un desastre. el gobierno de venezuela es un tÍtere de los castros en cuba quieren adueÑarse del petrÓleo de venezuela para sobrevivir. y por eso pusieron a maduro que es en verdad un zombie castrista. >> tÚ crees que mataron a travÉs en cuba? >> es muy posible, Él no estaba en el plan de entregarle completamente venezuela a cuba. el querÍa mantener

serena williams has one the wga finals the third year in a row.it is the americans heaviest loss in 16 years. the commanding win in the giant slalom on sunday, the first event at the alpine skiing season. the champion finished at 1.58 seconds. the frenchman claimed third place here. >> i'm very happy to make a strong start to the season. it's always easier when you get on the podium earlier. >> wenceslas just before the end out of reach. elsewhere on sunday, the latest victory of 21 point over the irish. >> hello and welcome to encore. coming up in today's music special, we have a new release from use of cat stevens. we take a look at an ambitious cover album for the flaming lips. and a french singer-songwriter with his first record after a breakout hit earlier this year. let's get started. >> thanks so much for being with us. but fellow, olivia. it's a pleasure. we are getting started with a new release from the artist that is now known asyusef cat stevens. it's called "tell them i'm gone ." what direction has he taken for this record? >> back to

. >>> serena's racket. the tennis super star defending herself this morning after her anger gets the best of her on the court. what she's saying today, sunday october 26, 2014. >>> this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester hill. last time we talked to you, you were stuck in bermuda. >> it was beautiful. yeah. >> welcome back. >> we missed you. we are happy to have the team reunited this morning. a lot to get to this sunday. our first story is a troop redrawl. the final marine to pack up there and hand over two military bases to afghans. we are following this from the white house this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you eri erica. according to u.s. military officials, u.s. marines and british forces officially ended operations in afghanistan today. that was marked with a ceremony turning over leather neck. the images show the american flags lowered and folded. this comes 13 years after a

in the other group serena williams suffered one of the worst defeats of her career >>> rafael nadal iso the quarterfinals of the swiss indoors event. he had an easy time against french qualifier. the spanish yard, who has been playing through appendicitis needed less than an hour to clinching a win -- clinch a win >>> roger federer began his campaign for a sixth swiss indoors title - dominating from the start, taking 47 minutes to dispatch his opponent. after falling to the world number 8. the swiss star could finish sop of the ranking. >> andy murray is moving to a spot at the end of the championships. he won 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the valencia open. day two of the first test between pakistan and australia in dubai. pakistan is building a large first-innings total. a turn around from the time yesterday when pakistan started badly, moving to 450. the second sepp turian is ahmed. and he is at the crease. >>> australian marathon swimmer chloe mcardle completed a 126km open water swim in the bahamas. the 29-year-old is hoping her exploits will be recognised as a world record. she

. >> serena williams hits back at comments made by russian officials. will have all of the details in sports. the u.s. and 4 european allies are calling for an end to the fighting in libya. they said they are ready to impose sanctions against individuals, forces loyal to former general halifa fighting malitias in the city of benghazi and klikla in the west of the country. dozens of people have been killed. thousands of civilians have fled the violence. let's go now live to tripoli, al jazeera's narsala bed ri joins us. first of all, give us an assessment, an idea of what civilians are facing. we have had pleas from humanitarian organizations the western side, the western mountain side of tripoli about 120, 150 kilometers from the capitol, tripoli in really, really they are facing anonslaught. two cities have come under chef shelling from the forces allied to the city over the last few days. the number of casualties has been increasing. so far, we are talking about over 100 dead and over 200 people actually have been injured. many of them actually have v

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. >>> serena end the season at the the a at the top of the game.ll have that and more in sports. >>> but first to the far lament are you lexes in tunisia. polls have now closed and the turn out is estimated to be 51%. the front runner is up against the tunisian party. tunisia is about to complete a vital step in its democratic transition, this is the second vote since the up rise that go overthrew the former president. they are inspired by political islam, this party took 40% of the vote in elect that his followed the resolution in 2011. well, that made way for lexes under a new constitution this year, which allows parliamentary oversight and independent monitoring. the parties are competing on two key issues, a shaky security situation and an economy with unemployment at around 15%. we are following the elects and joining us from a polling station in tunisia. voting has now ended and the talk is that a national row lungs is inevitable. >> reporter: that seems to be the likely for civility. if you look behind the doors are closed which means that t

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this really upsetting news about serena williams firing back about comments made by a member of the olympic committee who refer referred to her as one of the williams brothers and called her scary. she called the comments made very insensitive, sexist, racist and bullying. he apologized for his words after being fined $25,000 by wta. as head of the russian tennis federation, he's banned from tour involvement. >> he wasn't fired? what's it take to get fired? >> pretty rude stuff. >> how do you not lose your job? >> that's a great question. pretty rude comments made right there about the williams sisters, who have done a great job for the sport of tennis and are great athletes. >> they are some of the greatest players of all time. >> let's check on the weather. a lot to watch. >> we had bermuda getting hit over the weekend. and it wasn't all that bad. it stayed far enough away to dump heavy rain. the surf was up though. the surfers were out enjoy iing it. we picked up five inches of rain in hawaii. you can see how big some of the waves were. what's the story this week? we're starting off with

. >>> serena williams is competing in the wta finals this week.s firing back for comments that referred to her as one of the williams brothers and also called her scary. williams called the comments, quote, very unsensitive, and very sexist and racist. he apologized but only after being fined $25,000 by the bta. he's also the head of the russian tennis federation and banned from tour involvement for a year. >>> before we go to our next story, we have to warn you. the video you're about to see is graphic. in china, two pedestrians are just lucky to be alive after that right there. they were waiting to cross the street when this ambulance ran a red light, hit the tail end of a car and that caused a car to crash into those pedestrians. they suffered several fractures. the driver, this is what's so fascinating, was fined equivalent to just 3 $33 for that accident. he got 6 points on his license. i guess that makes up for it. >>> this is an overhead view of a woman stuck in a chimney. she had to be rescued by firefighters. the homeowner was away this w

. >> the impact of proceed hong kong's proceedtests on the city's tourism and find out were serena wasn'too happy, the racket she was beating in singapore. but did she? joe will tell you in sport. sgrafrnling the number of intoolz cases in west africa has passed theebola cases in west africa has passed the 10,000 mark. sc scan. the latest country to be affected, health officials are trying to find people who may have been in contact with a 2-year-old girl who died from the disease. in response, moritania has closed it's border with mali. >> reporter: mali's first confirmed case of ebola was brought here to the dusty town of kayes. now, the country has its first victim. >> translator: well, i can say it's a two-year-old girl who traveled accompanied by her grandmother. it's possible these two people arrived when the symptoms were not detectible but that the illness evolved. >> malian health officials say the girl may have contracted the disease in the very place where the first case of ebola was reported in december of last year in the town of kisaduku in southern begguinea. they say she w

indianÁpolis se convirtiÓ en el primer jugador en superar dos veces las 500 yardas la estadounidense serena ronaldo fue el gran triunfador de la gala de la liga de fÚtbol. se ganÓ el mejor jugador de la temporada, se alzÓ con los galardones de mejor delantero y mejor gol objetaron la lista de premiados el croata... el colombiano carlos.. elegido el mejor jugador americano y taylor navas el costarricense que ganÓ el premio al mejor portero, regresamos. hoy en día, cargar con una hipoteca puede abrumar hasta a la persona más fuerte. pero hay una manera de aliviar su carga, especialmente si está enfrentando la pérdida de su casa. una opción es conseguir el consejo de un asesor certificado por hud en asuntos de vivienda. es absolutamente gratis. aprenda más sobre otras alternativas aparte del embargo hipotecario. visite www.makinghomeaffordable.gov. porque el embargo hipotecario no es la única opción. >> gracias por continuar con nosotros, cuÁles son los efectos de la mariguana en el cerebro de eso nos hable la doctora maritza fuentes. >> asÍ se titula esta noticia, incluso el uso ocasional de

it will be a serena williams made from the blood of patients who have recovered from the disease in liberia. they are building more treatment centers. our global health correspondent reports to us now. >> acting how what volunteers face when they go into homes to retrieve the dead, the fear and frustration of losing a loved one is almost overwhelming. this is part of a british-funded training exercise for an ebola burial team. it is a grim and dangerous job. bodies are particularly contagious. >> bourls are absolutely important. we are getting estimates that tom nation rates are caused around 70% by burials and management of dead bodies. a major part of the contamination chain are people that have died and still in the communities contaminating neighbors, families and friends. >> on the outskirts of the capital, this british-funded ebola treatment center is days away from being completed. this facility can't come soon enough, and there is no doubt here the medics here will save many lives. but with cases doubling every month, the sad truth is that these beds are likely to be full in days an

and serena storms to victory to end her season at the top of the game once again. details coming up with joe in sports. now to pardon me parliamentary elections. the leaders of two of the largest parties have now voted that's the anada party up against nadat tunes party led by albagi. tunisia is now about to complete a vital step in its democratic transition. this is the second vote since the uprising that overthrew the then president benali, the party inspired by political islam took 40% of the vote in elections that followed in 2011. >> made way under a new constitution this year which allows parliamentary oversight and independence monitoring. the parties are competing on two key issues. a shaky security situation as well as an economy with unemployment that's standing at around 15%. let's cross over to tunes and bring in albara. i was mentioning the security situation there, which we will talk about in just a moment. it's just about two hours left until the closing. the official closing of the polls there. how has it been? >> . >> reporter: well, international

serena is already geared up and even big foots believes in the giant -- big foot believes in the giant' fans. this little fan is now split since rooting for both teams all season. now she has to pick a side. we have so much more coverage of the world series on our website. head to ktvu.com to see more fan slide shows or instagram your photos with the hashtag giantsto -- win. >>> you will need the orange and black sunglasses for today. tomorrow, it could be the orange and black umbrella. i'll explain that in a moment. giving you a live look at the mostly sunny conditions over at&t park. we have a fabulous day in store for today. temperatures already in the upper 60s to near 70. we'll hold there for the next few hours. we do have fog up along the coastline here. i do expect that to sort of stick along the coast for most of the day. if not the entire day. the rest of us, enjoying, again, plenty of sunshine. backing it up just a little bit here over northern california, we can some rain earlier this morning. now it's moving farther north taking a nudge into oregon we're left with mostly su

. >> tennis superstar, serena williams, discusses just how sunny stayed so good for so long. >> trainr 30-something years is it is

. >>> world number one-ranked serena williams suffered one of the most lopsided losses in her career at the wta finals in singapore. williams calls the 6-0, 6-2 round robin loss to simona hallop "very embarrassing." >>> the nhl postponed last night's game between the maples leafs and senators in ottawa. earlier, shootings at the capitol building killed a canadian soldier. ♪ o canada >>> in pittsburgh, the penguins paid a special tribute to canada and those affected in the shooting. "o canada" was sung prior to the game against the flyers. >>> clippers' blake griffin is being investigated for allegedly slapping a victim during an argument over a photo. no charges have been filed yet. the nb sank looking into the matter. >>> no more boys will be boys. >> no more what's the big deal? >> no more, it's just the way he is. >> no more he just -- >> a new psa campaign against domestic violence called "no more" features current and former nfl players. it will air during all nfl games starting tonight. >>> all right, time to get down to best with cnbc's kate rogers. good morning, kate. >> good