family? another trump relative is set to meet with the january 6th committee in the coming days. this time it s don jr. his appearance is voluntary so what are his motivations here and what might he say about those text messages he sent to mark meadows just days after his dad s big loss? and later in the hour, punishing athletes for the sins of their leader? or a good way to send a message to putin? head over to twitter to take today s poll and let me know if you think the decision to ban russian tennis players from wimbledon is justified. former tennis pro and nbc sports analyst mary carillo will join me to break this down in a bit. before we head to break, here s dara brown with some of the top headlines you may have missed. police say a man opened fire from his apartment window injuring four people in a sniper-style shooting in washington, d.c. one of the victims is a 12-year-old girl. they are all expected to be
minister s decision to cancel his visa on public interest grounds they said over his vaccination status. plus, ending his hopes of defending his australian open title. most players in the tournament are pleased just to be talking about tennis again rather than covid culture wars. if he s not playing, it will be a great australian open, with or without him. joining us now is nbc sports analyst mary carrillo. mary, it s so good of you to take the time to talk to us today. so i want to talk about the precedent that has been set. we re already seeing france s sports ministry saying they re not going to let an exception for him, his vaccination status for the french open in may. do you think this could lead to djokovic maybe changing his stance in time to compete? andrea, i think he s got to. i mean, one of the great secret of happiness and unwith of the great secrets of politics is
away from the tee off at the open championship tomorrow at the royal st. george s course in england. the major tournament was postponed last year because of the pandemic. joining us now nbc sports analyst, and reporter for the pga tour, david feherty. it s great to see you my friend. we re excited to have the open championship back. we re missing a few guys due to covid. bubba watson won t be there because he was exposed to somebody who had covid. what should our viewers know about the tournament tomorrow? what are you going to be watching? you know, willie, it s one of the quirkiest golf courses that they play on the open championship roster. they say you play with one shoe on your foot, and the other shoe on your knee. there are no even lies on it, you can drive the ball down the middle of the fairway, kick left, or kick right. there s a lot for the players to put up with at royal st. george s, someone with a good attitude that will win this week.
you wanna go where people know welcome back, america. it sure is good to see you. the cruel irony of all of this is that naomi wanted to be low profile at this tournament. instead she s the biggest story. that was nbc sports analyst mary carillo on today after naomi osaka, the highest paid athlete in the world is dropping out of the french open saying she needs to prioritize her mental health. officials threatened to suspend her and fined her $15,000 over her decision not to do media interviews so she could focus on the game. joining us now sportswriter, sports and culture writer for the athletic, thank you for being on the show with us.
dedication to their sport. i think sports has a unique opportunity to change people in ways they never expected and my come backs have always made me a stronger person and i m very sad to be leaving my sport, but i know that because of everything i ve learned i can take that into the next chapter of into i life and do something even more incredible. so thank you all so much for your respect and i m going to miss it. vonn s boyfriend p.k. sue ban posting this pretty cool picture to instagram of vonn getting a standing ovation while accepting that award. blue jackets and lightning in columbus last night. the puck gets deflected into the bench area and it nearly drills nbc sports analyst pierre mcguire. look at the replay, it just whizzes by his face. unbelievable how close it got.