plan to hire police to deal with crime against republican calls to de-fund the fbi. on labor day, the president will march in pittsburgh s labor day parade. afterwards, a stop in wisconsin. russia received a delivery of drones from issue ran to help fight ukraine. putin s forces launching a new round of shelling today in kharkiv. ukraine continues its counteroffensive in kherson. u.n. inspected will get access to the nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhia, the source of fears of a catastrophic potential radiation accident because of artillery fire in the area. serena triumphs in straight sets during a spectacular first round match at the u.s. open, sparking hopes of a magical run before her planned exit from the professional tour after this final grand slam. we begin this hour with president biden. joining me now are peter alexander, mark murray, former congressman david jolly, donna edwards. peter, take us through what we can expect from president biden in his remarks tod
reporter: a stellar start for serena williams, earning a win in the first round of the u.s. open. the grand slam victory just weeks after the tennis star announced she will be evolving away from the sport. i prefer the word evolution. i m at a stage of my life where i m not necessarily retiring. i m just evolving from tennis. reporter: joining her family to watch the match inside arthur ashe stadium, a star-studded crowd. bill clinton next to dr. ruth. hugh jackman and mike tyson. the u.s. open holding a special celebration. know that i love you so much. i m so excited to be here. reporter: thousands of fans packing the grounds in the big apple. all for the chance to see the 40-year-old star play one last time. serena making her u.s. open
oprah: yeah. and then you know what? i m gonna get a special pledge for you. will you sign a no phone throwing ok, i ll i ll sign it. i ll sign it. oprah: a no phone zone throwing. [applause] because you re too pretty. you re too pretty. you re too pretty externally not to have that match inside. you really are. and so real growth, at 40, you get to b were meaning to be at 40, and the real, real, real gift to yourself will be doing that work for yourself, and i really, you know, i m rooting for you. i m rooting for yo rooting for you. congratulations on 25 years in the business. naomi campbell. bye, everybody. mwah. [captioning made possible by king world] [captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org ] each and ev