december dos the serb born for comparisons between the mass and women's game and the reason for serena williams' dominance today in the arena claims most of her wins by means of power and strength but when she's not a full capacity or injured like against stevens she can be outplayed because she loses her main asset power this long stints in stevens is a perfect example of how unpredictable women's tennis is ahead of the australian open i would have expected serena to win it. a world solution then in the men's event no backdrop of which was a strong favorite and he did win it because said look we expected all four top guys to be in the semifinals the only question was how many sets to give away. and for those fans who greet or disagree your feedback is still welcome. aarti. now after watching his arrival in france let's hear from david beckham he was happy about joining. but his french was a little rusty. my wife and children in there will be staying longer because the children go to school there now so. we're excited as a family to be on the biggest one month registration or even the way one z

december last the serb born how comparisons between the man's and women's game and the reason for serena williams dominance to. serina claims most of her wins by means of power and strength but when she's not of her full capacity or injure. like against stevens she could be outplayed because she loses her main asset to power this long stephen stevens is a perfect example of how unpredictable women's tennis is ahead of the australian open i would have expected serena to win it or stewart would solution for then in the men's of bend no backdrop of which was a strong favorite and he did win it quickly said look we expected all four top guys to be in the semifinals the only question was how many sets to give away. and for those fans to greet or disagree your feedback is still welcome regarding your own r.t. . now after watching his arrival in france let's hear from david beckham he was happy about joining. but his french is a little rusty my wife and children there will be staying in london because the children go to school then so. yeah so we're excited as a family to be honest to go before my diffe

who produced the biggest shock of the tournament the nineteen year old stunned compactor and serena williams in the quarterfinals and was only stopped by the eventual jump down in the last four. and stevens moves well and hits hard and she can read her opponents but she's not good at offensive play yet if she needs to create more opportunities if she improves this aspect she'll be very hard to beat. meanwhile the other semifinal saw another favorite bow out as maria sharapova was pressed by former french open champion we often china only particular . there are some psychological factors that affect a chair opposite performance i mean opponents produced a very solid tennis at the same time and ali who beat her in the semifinals had some old scores to settle it was extremely motivated i think maria played good tennis but not good enough to win this particular grand slam wash because. the man's around so all four top seeds reached the semifinals before world number one joke of each claimed an open era record of three a throw an open titles in a row and four in the twenty five year olds who thre

stephens who produced the biggest shock of enjoyment the nineteen year old don compactor and serena williams in the quarter finals and was only stopped by the eventual jump down in the last four. and stevens moves well and hits hard and she can read her opponents but she's not that offensive in play yet if she needs to create more opportunities if she improves this aspect she'll be very hard to beat. meanwhile the other smith one also another favorite bow out as maria sharapova was pressed by former french open champion we often china look at the q are. there some psychological factors that affect a chop us performance i mean opponents produced a very solid tennis at the same time and ali who beat her in the semifinals had some old scores to settle and was extremely motivated i think maria played good tennis but not good enough to win this particular grand slam watch because. the man's around so all four top seeds reached the semifinals before world number one joke which claimed an open era record of three a throw an open titles in a row and four in the twenty five year olds who threw in car

she showed some in press of service -- impressive service, beating serena williams in the third game.he came back to score a tiebreak. azarenka one the tiebreak and took the set. williams stepped up a gear in the second set as she broke her opponent's serve early to take the lead. apparent discomfort after a nasty small. -- fall. the grand slam champion brokers serve again. but serena's hopes of competing were dashed as azarenka rope twice and took a three-love leave. she closed the match with a powerful serve to end a run of nine consecutive defeats against williams. reminding the fans that in this match at least she was number one. >> it is the goal to be number one. but the most important is to win the tournament. if i am consistent and keep winning titles, it will come back. >> she might not be the worlds number 11 anymore, but she is number one here. her next stop is due by for the championship -- dubai for the championship. >> rafael nadal is one his first tournament in eight months. he won the brazil open on sunday. he will defend his grand slam title in paris in may. picking u

serena williams will become the oldest woman ever to hold the no. 1 ranking in women's tennis. she turned 31 this year, so she is hardly long in the tooth. she became the oldest woman right number one in three decades. she will face a challenge to a whole lot of that title playing a 25-year-old maria sharpova. tom tasselmyer has the seven-day forecast. how much know? we have that coming up. >> investigators say a woman was stabbed in the arundel mills parking lot. the late breaking details after they pursued the suspect. a presidential honor for a extraordinary baltimore woman. those stories and much more following "rock >> we will get some is no good. good as the ground is warm. >> most of it will be milton on contact. the front is moving through tonight. tomorrow, flurries and showers. just some uncertain colder coming in. only around freezing on sunday. presidents' day, 39 degrees. >> i will look forward to that 39 then. >> thanks for joining us. it >> we will see you back here at 11.

of the year in 1998 at age 36, after 15 years in the league - you got to serena oldest #1 ever serena williamsned her number one ranking today in qatar after beating petra kyitova in three sets. in doing so, at age 31 she becomes the oldest woman williams cried after the match when addressing the crowd saying she never thought she would be here again

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we have $0.50, andy roddich, serena williams, lo lo jones. michael vick.is celebrities and athletes in town for superbowl weekend. and we've been here since monday, and we've been feeling the excitement build every single day. and today, tonight, it's really reached a peak. people are ready for the superbowl. lots of excitement and we're going to be posting tons of pictures, so be sure to check out our website. live from the red carpet, i'm kristin fisher, wusa9. >> great assignment. wusa9 is the place to be fo are the superbowl. -- for the superbowl. >>> topper, four chances of snow in the next five days. >> we have a game on tomorrow night too. four chances is going to add up to a hill of beans, but there is still four chances. i just looked at something that looks like the best chance may be monday night now. >> okay. >> another chance tuesday night. let's start with a live look outside. let's get to the weekend first. it was 36 today for the high. temps fell all day. temps down to 20s. 22 is a downtown temperature. not a wind chill. dew point 1 lonely

while on friday serena williams cried tears of joy after the american tennis star guaranteed her return to the world number one. sports with a three six six three seven five victory is a check pay tribute to that in the quarterfinals of the cats are open for thirty wallace arena is the oldest woman ever to top the w.t. a standings the fifteen time grand slam winner went on to lose in the final to the player she'd leapfrog toria bizarre into. that on saturday tour de france runner up chris froome proved he's in the right form to go one better this year after the team sky rider prevailed at the tour of oman for the first stage race victory of his career the twenty seven year old briton edged out former tour champions alberto contador and could evans the race also mark the comeback of russian t.v. to show he won their appeal over their license to compete this season. and on sunday mild weather couldn't spoil perhaps toughest test so far as the upcoming olympic venue hosted world cup events on the freestyle snowboarding in bob's place circuits with less than a year to go before the games au

tennis superstar serena williams is still relishing her new to regain status of well number one even though the american pulled out of the dubai championships with a back injury we want czech patrick cleared to go one in the event off to beating so ronnie in the final. working really hard it's ok you know why are you fighting the injury every day that i every day have your head up like today in training for. and golfing great time there would spoke in glowing terms about his president barack obama after the two americans hit the greens together but world number two woods and top ranked rory mcilroy both crashed out on the opening day of the w t c match play championship and matthew shot won the title in the snow hit how resign now does it kind of forgotten is he's a lefty. but to see him out there and hitting shots and me hit it well and we didn't play under the users conditions we played ball hard of the nurse it was little cooler than us so we played some under some tough conditions and. hit the ball well and got amazing touch you can certainly chip and putt and finally three time

at 31 serena williams is the oldest woman to hold the top rank. president obama heads to russia next month it could include the iron dome defense system. last night on "60 minutes" bob simon looked at israel's game-changing technology. >> reporter: over the past 11 years, more than 15,000 rockets and mortars have been fired at israel by hezbollah and lebanon in the gaza strip. as of recently the only thing civilians could do is run for cover, but in the latest round of fighting between israel and hamas late last year some stopped running and tried to get good picture because this time when hamas fired rockets, iron dome fired missiles to inder september them in the sky before they could do any damage on the ground. you're looking at an iron dome missile on its way. you can't see the hamas rocket it's going after, but watch how the missile will adjust its course to get close to the hamas rocket and blow it up. at night the images of iron dome are even more spectacular. this video was taken at a wedding in southern is rile. a squadron of iron dome m

i was serena williams. and i have had to pad my butt for serena. a big butt.was also madea, from tyler perry. hello there, jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: i feel like they have been waiting for so many years with regis and kelly there. they were like, finally we can have black characters on the show. let's make michael every black woman in america. >> yes. and speaking of which, when i got back in the dressing room. you are very good at giving gifts. when i got the job you sent me a nice basket from zabar's and a note saying congratulations. you have very tiny shoes to fill, which was funny. and then, speaking, speaking of the -- i laughed like you did when i read it. but speaking of black characters on our show, when i got here there was watermelon in my dressing room. yeah, watermelon. i know it is not even watermelon season. so -- is jimmy trying to tell me something? then i finished it all. i mean -- thank you for the watermelon, man. i know you went out of your way to get it. >> jimmy: now i am praying our next guest, miles, got watermelon too. because -- >> i wi

he gave out shoutouts to charlie sheen, serena williams. the manifesto at points made no sense. does that give you a look inside how crazy he was? >> it's interesting. i took it the same way. when you read the first part, it seemed to make sense. i couldn't guarantee what he was saying was factual, but it was logical in how he was laying things out. he was articulate. then towards the end it does become nonsensical. he starts talking about the -- >> the prettiest women on earth. >> and he's given advice to news commentators about what they should and shouldn't do. to me that was an indication there was something off with his thinking but also i think it indicated that this guy is a guy who had an increased sense of himself. kind of what we would call a malignant narcissistic personality disorder. that people would care. >> that the world cares about his life to that extent. >> exactly. why would these newscasters really think what he thinks and give them advice on their jobs? it's ridiculous. >> why would he run to the mountains if his vendetta was to kill all the lapd officers

. >>> finally serena williams is playing in the final of the qatar open today and win or lose she willn top tomorrow at 31 years of age williams will become the oldest woman to be ranked number one in the world. time for weather enover to number one ranked meteorologist ginger zee. >> thanks, ron. some of the coldest air of the season settling into south florida this morning where our live shot comes to us. they're in the upper 40s here. hollywood beach is what you're seeing a really nice shot but slightly deceiving. oh, poor south florida. just so cold of here we are in the 20s up here in the northeast. let's look at the mild air. it will not last for that long. i know ron had a vested interest in this. orlando goes from 56 of a high today to 78 by tuesday, miami, you're getting close to 80 by tuesday so don't worry. it comes right back at you. there is some blizzard action happening, though at least behind some warmer air up in the dakotas, parts of minnesota, through kansas city, 52. indianapolis is 31 and kind of a cute look at the presidents day forecast across the nation. that's

the only thing kithink of is venus and serena williams, and their parents as they play in the grand slamows who better and who has more strategy? their father's been a coach 40 years in high school and college football. they have the same background with very, very similar in terms of their way they go about their approach. but their styles are much, much different. jim had his game face on on friday. he's a little bit less outgoing. he doesn't have as much patience for the whole process and the media. he is very focused on his team. john, much more seemingly to be enjoying of the moment and wanting to let others in. but really, really good guys and obviously, excellent coaches. >> jamie: this is a great family and what an example they set for their play rez. one thing i know jack does is review all the tapes of all the games and sends notes to both sons. that must have been challenging for him in this situation. >> jamie: i asked him about that if he has been asked by either son for advice, he said, up until this point, on friday, he had not been asked. i skid what happens if you are? i

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. >>> in sports news, serena williams is making history, becoming the oldest woman ever to claim the highest spot in women's tennis. she clinched that top-ranked title on friday with a quarterfinal win at the qatar open. claiming the oldest woman ever title. she's only 31. >>> can you think of a better way to say happy president's day than with cheese? at ripley's in new york city, a master cheese carver is taking 160 pounds of cheddar cheese and turning it all into a six-foot-long replica of mt. rushmore. that's the news. back to lester, erica, and dylan. the interesting thing about that story, they have it as cheese for six months, they melt it down, they make nachos and invite schoolkids to lunch. i'm joking. >> i'm like -- when, tom, when should we be there? >> erica's looking -- >> my 3-year-old said he learn good abraham lincoln and george washington. he said he learned abraham lincoln didn't have cars or lights. he did not have cheese like that either. >> yeah. >> no nachos. >> dylan dreyer has a first check of the forecast. welcome back. feeling okay? >> yeah. no lump on my h

. >> i see pictures in your office of you with monica seles, you with serena williams. ou have a favorite female player? >> all time? would have to be serena. >> not a bad choice. she's still rocking. >> oh, yeah. next weekend, the issue of china's apparent cyber war on the u.s. and america's drone policy. discussion with the president of the council on foreign relations richard haass. >>> the final favorites ahead of tonight's academy awards. >> be nice. she's making crappy snacks. come on, dad! mallon brothers magic? watch this -- alakazam! ♪ [ male announcer ] staples has always made getting office supplies easy. ♪ another laptop? don't ask. disappear! abracadabra! alakazam! [ male announcer ] and now we're making it easier to get everything for your business. and for my greatest trick! enough! [ male announcer ] because whatever you need, we'll have it or find it, and get it to you fast. staples. that was easy. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... tha

williams. parents of serena and venus williams. they had this in grand slams many times before.hat it is like for him and his wife jackie to have both son against each other in the big game? >> it is no different than when they came home and said dad, i made our junior high school football team. and that smile on their face. you hugged them. i'm so proud of you. when they said dad, i'm the starting whatever on our high school basketball team. oh, the emotions you feel aren't any different. just the stage is bigger and there is more people to share it with. but as a parent the emotions are all the same. >> and of course after the game the emotions are going to be really, really much, much different. for one, they will be on the victory platform, hosting, hoisting the vince lombardi trophy. for the other it will be really in all aspects of agony of defeat. they will have to contemplate the opportunity of a lifetime. i asked jack how will you handle the after the game? >> our first thought will be the one that came up a little bit of short. that agony of defeat type thing sips we a

i haven't seen anything like this in sport, greta, other than the williams sisters, venus and serena, have played in grand slam championships. it's very difficult on the mother and the father. >> i can't decide if it's better for a huge blowout or to have it a cliff hanger, where it's a real heart break. i can't decide which i would rather if i were the parents. which would you prefer? >> the mother jackie has petitioned roger goodall and asked that the game be allowed to end in a tie, which is against all the rules. she has not gotten a response. i would think the strain would be off if it's a blowout. but of course, the country wants to see a close game. the last time they met, thanksgiving, 2011, it was a ravens victory, right? >> yes, it was. on thanksgiving. >> and the teams, have they changed dramatically since then? >> yes, they have. in fact, they changed dramatically during the season. both of these head coaches -- their father jack was a coach for 40 years in high school and college. he knows what tough decisions are. john harbaugh fired his offensive coordinator, carl camer

we have had it with serena and venus williams. we have brother against brother we have father against son. >> what about the father football coach don't worry about me. is he a football coach. is he saying we're so happy and his mom is so pumped up. i thought that their real life characters actually helped sell the story. let's do something that hasn't deny done. let's talk about the game. are we going to see the ravens, patriots second half when we see the baltimore ravens or are we going to see a team that lost 1.4 games in a row during the regular season, gary? >> i think they have turned it around at the end of the regular season. season against the giants where they seemed to have found an identity. relying a lot more on joe flacco to win these games. he has elevated his play in the playoffs. you are right. they didn't open up the offense until the second half against the patriots. they are fortunate because in the first half of that game the patriots have tremendous field position and didn't take advantage of it and they cou