thanks mom. serena williams choking back tears thanking her fans, parents, and big sister. i wouldn t be serena if it wasn t for venus. the heartfelt moment followed last night s heart stopping match. for more than three hours, the 40 year old williams battle 20 nine-year-old australian ila tummy elovitch in the third round of the u.s. open. williams, backed by a deafening crowd oh. dotted with famous faces, including director spike lee an nfl quarterback russell wilson and wife sierra. plus fans who credit the williams sisters for opening countless doors for women of color. they inspired an entire generation. that s just not made-up. they really. did the 23-time grand slam champ recently studying the change for retirement, telling vogue she was evolving away
asked her to wake me up when she got home like she always does she said, okay, thanks mom, i love you. and that s the last i ever heard from her. reporter: the search expanding to multiple agencies, including the fbi. police also pushing the party goers, including teens from nevada to the bay area, to come forward with any information. we re not concerned about what was happening out at the party. our only concern is to get kiely back reporter: erin mclaughlin, nbc news heart breaks for those parents. next when a house is more than a home. we ll explain in our series inside the metaverse. metaverse. not just structures and skyscrapers, but teams who make it all possible. after all. we wouldn t be where we are today without them. so we made sure that like these buildings. their futures may also stand the test of time.
was, okay you re gonna fight every one of them, all five, home one of the time. thanks mom. so, i going to five fights, with three and went to. and so we go back to our place, and i m crying and she says, don t cry, you did what you re supposed to do. it doesn t matter whether you won or lost, it matters that you stood up for yourself. russell went on to make a name for himself as a high school basketball star, before leading the university of san francisco did two ncaa championships. and waiting eight consecutive nba championships with the boston celtics. but russell, who is initially the only black player on the team, faced widespread racism from boston fans, including the vandalism of this home. as nbc sports reports, quote,
and nba star bill russell, who died yesterday at age 88. as russell recounted it, he was forced to develop courage and tenacity at a young age, when he was harassed by a group of older men in his neighborhood. these five guys drive by, and one of them slap me as a drive-by. i was nine years old, i had nine-year-olds are supposed to do, i want to tell my mother. and she said what s? she grabbed the keys to the house, grab me, we went all through the projects looking for those five guys. and so she says, are these guys? i say yes ma am. i don t know what she was gonna do, i thought she was gonna take care of it. but the way she took care of it was, okay you re gonna fight every one of them, all five, home one of the time. thanks mom. so, i going to five fights,
Chantel Moore's mother testified at her inquest Monday, providing a glowing description of her daughter, pleasant memories of their final visit together and a tortured account of two visits by Edmundston police officers in the early morning hours of June 4, 2020.