because of oprah. women will come in and talk about those secret things that have made them unhappy or kept them from their dreams coming true because oprah has made it possible to answer the questions that everybody has. so oprah was a pioneer in that way. oprah, we are going to miss you, although you re not going anywhere. it s like you re moving out of the neighborhood. you ve been down in that house in the corner for all these years. we ve always been able to stop by. you have good parties. and now you re leaving the neighborhood. quite frankly, the street s not gonna be the same without oprah winfrey. love you, girl. i remember when i was on the show for the first time with the entire cast of steel magnolias all in one frame, just sitting there thinking, this can t be happening to me. that s probably my favorite, like, scared oprah show moment. i didn t really belong there, which i think you can see by the way i m dressed. the nice thing about oprah is she has be
ith in god that guide me today. reporter: her announcement couldn t be better timed. a new des moines register poll has her neck and neck with mitt romney for first place. when it comes to the conservative voters who make up the bulk of iowa caucus-goers, bachmann crushes romney. we have to recapture the founders vision. reporter: she s the darling of the tea party. the conservative weekly standard magazine even crowned her queen this week. as she makes her campaign official the scrutiny is increasing on statements the three-term congresswoman has made. calling upon ainvestigation into whether members of congress have anti-american views. are you a flake? well, i think that would be insulting to say something like that. reporter: wallace later apologized for the question. like the others in the republican field, bachmann has her eye on the general election. we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. reporter: the latest abc news poll found that in
former champion and she really let it show yesterday. the bbc s tim franks reports now from wimbledon. reporter: victory in round one should be routine for defending champions. right? wrong. serena williams has barely played for the last 12 months. she was, she says, on her deathbed. she had blood clots on her lungs. it s been so hard. you know, it s just it s been a disaster year. but, you know, i ve been praying and, you know, had my family, you know. i love tennis. to be able to come back at wimbledon is pretty awesome. reporter: over three sets, serena made her comeback. if not quite of biblical, then at least of deeply personal proportions. i didn t expect to be having the emotions. i just expected to walk off and but i was pretty excited. and i just thought about all the things that was happening and me not being here. and i wasn t necessarily expecting to come to wimbledon this year and making it and
winning was pretty cool. reporter: last year, john isner and nicolas mahut s match lasted 11 hours, the longest match in history. if that was incredible, then this was unthinkable. the two men, now good friends, were drawn again this year in the first round. it was rather more straightforward today, isner winning in straight sets. tim franks, bbc news, wimbledon. you know what s funny, one of the mathematicians who s working i think as a line judge at wimbledon calculated the odds of those two meeting again in the first round for that epic match was less than like 1/100th of 1%. and the fact that they re good friends is sort of an added cool factor. yeah, and it s nice. and of course it s nice to see serena come back. good to see the emotion. do you remember, we played that set and you were crying after we finished. remember that? don t bring that up again.
the bbc s tim franks reports now from wimbledon. reporter: victory in round one should be routine for defending champions. right? wrong. serena williams has barely played for the last 12 months. she was, she says, on her deathbed. she had blood clots on her lungs. it s been so hard. you know, it s just it s been a disaster year. but, you know, i ve been praying and, you know, had my family, you know. i love tennis. to be able to come back at wimbledon is pretty awesome. reporter: over three sets, serena made her comeback. if not quite of biblical, then at least of deeply personal proportions. i didn t expect to be having the emotions. i just expected to walk off and but i was pretty excited. and i just thought about all the things that was happening and me not being here. and i wasn t necessarily expecting to come to wimbledon