available. win or lose tomorrow, though, pamela, she is going to be competing alongside her sister venus in a doubles match on thursday. that s good news for fans as well. joining us now cnn contributor and sports broadcaster cari champion. hi there, carrie. so serena williams has won a u.s. open match in her teens, her 20s, her 30s, and now in her 40s. what went through your mind as you watched her commandsing win last night? you know, two things stood out for me. most of us tennis fans know that serena williams won her very first grand slam at the u.s. open, so it is fitting and apropos for her to consider and yet still be very vague and say this is it, she is evolving. she has had over the years such a love/hate relationship with this particular tournament. last night we saw the love. the crowd, myself included, felt
rights of my mother s generation, that they had to fight for, i fought for, my daughter, in her 30s, fight for, and i have a brand-new granddaughter, thank you for your note. i did not think i would have to fight this battle for her generation but we are ready to take on that fight. i did not think we would either, i was worried we would. a lot of the folks do not understand what this decision means. it means, if you have an 11- year-old child who was a victim of incest and finds herself pregnant, which occurs, she cannot get choice, her health cannot be protected. you find, if you are raped, no exception, so many things people have not focused on. i just think that, as you pointed out, it will be a big
were completely ignored by mainstream media. cnn decided to hunt down and attack anyone who decided not to take joe biden s shot. the propaganda slandered our friend lisa boothe for turning down the shots. she s in her 30s, she is healthy and more to the point she is an american citizen. she grew up with in our data belief that she was allowed to choose her own medical care. but more than anything and this is really the point tonight, lisa boothe is a responsible person. she cares about others, she would never under any circumstances even consider for example coughing spittle into her hands and rubbing it on other people without telling them. there is not a chance lisa boothe would do it because she s better than that. she s not joe biden, she s not an imminent threat to public health. most of us are not. a member of congress is not and has been subjected to the same attacks. in july cnn s chris cuomo, of all people, called congressman donalds is stupid because he refused to take the m
43 year old laurel hubbard, who was born biologically male and came out as a trans woman in her 30s, has represented new zealand in the women s super heavyweight weightlifting competition. hubbard s participation is viewed by some as a landmark moment for inclusivity but others argue she has an unfair physical advantage. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. it was an appearance that made 0lympic history laurel hubbard today becoming the first openly transgender athlete at the games to compete in a different gender category to that which they were born. having lived as a man for more than three decades, and being a promising junior weightlifter, the new zealander transitioned eight years ago. her selection for tokyo was hugely controversial, but she also had backing. when a person is selected into the team, from our point of view, our culture and our team culture is very much about respecting, about making sure that people are treated well, that they re safe and that they re able to
history has been made at the games as 43 year old laurel hubbard, who was born biologically male and came out as a trans woman in her 30s, represented new zealand in the women s super heavyweight weightlifting competition. hubbard s participation is viewed by some as a landmark moment for inclusivity, but others argue she has an unfair physical advantage, as our sports editor dan roan reports. it was an appearance that made olympic history laurel hubbard today becoming the first openly transgender athlete at the games to compete in a different gender category to that which they were born. having lived as a man for more than three decades, and being a promising junior weightlifter, the new zealander transitioned eight years ago. her selection for tokyo was hugely controversial, but she also had backing. when a person is selected into the team, from our point of view, our culture and our team culture is very much about respecting, about making sure that people are treated well,