hello and welcome. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with a major story in ukraine with the authorities they are saying more than 40,000 people are at risk from flooding after that major dam in the south of the country was attacked and collapsed yesterday. we can bring you the latest on the story because in the last few minutes president putin has been discussing what has been happening in a call to the turkish president, calling the dam burst a barbaric act, kyiv s barbaric act. he has gone on to say it is a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe. he made those comments while talking to president erdogan. those comments being relayed from the kremlin. and of course it is pretty much the usual tactics from russia s president with any major situation like this, constant denial. those are the latest comments from president putin. let s get more on what we have found out and what is happening on the
that s it. new ball. shots are 2-2. got by him. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes that the
that s it. [ applause ] 2-2. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially in an african american context. there does still persist in the world myths about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletics. some people think we are all brawn and no brains. and i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketb
President with any major situation like this, constant denial. those are the latest comments from president putin. let s get more on what we have found out and what is happening on the ground in ukraine because while kyiv and moscow blame each other, once again it is civilians paying a heavy price for russia s war. this is the scene in the city of kherson. entire houses and streets submerged under water. some people waiting to be rescued. affected areas have been forced to spend the night on rooftops or trees as the waters rose will stop the damn supplies water to large tracts of agricultural land including crimea. the reservoir behind it provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant further up river. both areas are currently under russian control. president zelensky is warning that hundreds of thousands of people have been left without drinking water whilst the un says the dam collapse
Point in the first celt, the 19-year-old mcenroe double faulted three straight times. this event was like a huge deal for me. i was in college at the time, and to play arthur there, and actually save a couple match points was just so crazy. it meant a lot to me. arthur was tough. mcenroe got the $100,000 first prize. ashe got $65,000 for second. he got more, there gratitude of everyone who is over 30 and feels younger. i would be willing to stack myself up against any 28-year-old on the tour, anyone. because i work harder than just about anybody. i m in excellent shape. i take care of myself. and i ll be around for a while. i think about denial a lot because i accuse arthur of being in constant denial. but there s good denial and there s bad denial.