is. thank you, gents. see you soon. see you sunday night. tonight here in new york, the metropolitan museum of art held its annual met gala. now democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez attended the event in a gown featuring the message tax the rich. i m sure she didn t know that was going to get any attention, didn t she? the met gala raises money for the museum s costume institute, so there you go. look, mission accomplished, right? we re talking about it. republican governors digging in against president biden s rules to vaccinate federal workers and large employers. now florida governor ron desantis is threatening to fine states, counties and cities for requiring their employees to get vaccinated at $5,000 a pop.
in support of the embattled far right leader. emma raducanu s thrilling us open win ended britain s 44 year wait for a women s singles grand slam champion. the last person to hold that title was virginia wade, who was in the crowd at flushing meadows. sally nugent has been speaking to virginia about what it was like to watch, and how life could now change for britain s new tennis superstar. i was very proud when i won the us open. it was so long ago. people always say, you are the last british woman to win. and i say, yeah, but that s not what i am proud of. i am just proud i did win. i m just so thrilled that somebody as good as emma has come along and taken the world by absolute storm and just been brilliant. what makes her so good? watching that match, she started brilliantly. you were thinking, can she keep this up? oh, boy, she really kept it up, didn t she? she s been like that for ten matches in a row in this tournament.
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her to the title. she said herself that the - her to the title. she said herself that the process | her to the title. she said . herself that the process and mindset has to be retained to succeed in the future. her composure was just incredible even when she had won after falling on her back. she composed herself so quickly and spoke so eloquently. she is incredible. incredible. she is mature be ond incredible. she is mature beyond her incredible. she is mature beyond her years, - incredible. she is mature beyond her years, no - incredible. she is mature . beyond her years, no doubt. incredible. she is mature - beyond her years, no doubt. the way she carries herself in the way she carries herself in the way she carries herself in the way she walks around between the points. you know, she fell over towards the end and they had to stop because blood came out of her leg. 0n match point she had been serving to leylah s like just to be able to say this is a good time to change it up, she
was lovely about her game was that they gave the cloud, the rallies went on forever and just the range of shots that fernandez has, she was wowing us as much as emma raducanu was. it sjust wowing us as much as emma raducanu was. it s just that emma raducanu had more winners in. but make no bones about it, she will be a grand slam winner. she has incredible talent too. slam winner. she has incredible talent toe- talent too. i m ust looking at reaction to talent too. i m just looking at reaction to this talent too. i m just looking at reaction to this was talent too. i m just looking at reaction to this was of - talent too. i m just looking at reaction to this was of the - talent too. i m just looking at - reaction to this was of the official wimbledon twitter timeline reads, unbelievable, unforgettable, unstoppable. she finishes herfairy tale and really bounce back, didn t she, after wimbledon. clearly. we do not know for she, after wimbledon. clearly. we do not know for sure