team? new details this morning. the new theory that everybody is talking about. we're going to take you inside the company that says it may have found the wreckage of flight 370. it's not where everybody is looking. >> your "new day" starts right >> your "new day" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. welcome to "new day." it's wednesday, april 30th. 6:00 in the east. oklahoma tries a new drug cocktail to kill an inmate but he winds up clenching his teeth on the table. the state of oklahoma delayed a second planned execution and now there's debate about whether the death penalty is okay. the man you're looking a, 38-year-old, clayton lock get did apparently died of a heart attack more than 40 minutes after he was injected. state officials blame, a quote, vein failure. pamela brown is in washington with the latest. good morning.

>> good morning. the inmate who died had been fighting to put a stay on his execution in court over what his attorney called an experimental new drug protocol. last night witnesses watched in horror as the inmate convulsed and seemingly struggled to talk well after he was given the lethal cocktail. >> he was struckling to talk but those were the words we got out, man, i'm not -- and something's wrong. >> reporter: they may be the last words spoken by oklahoma inmate clayton locket uttered during his botched execution. his vein exploded during the lethal injection prompting authorities to quickly halt the procedure. >> it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. >> reporter: the first drug in the lethal injection cocktail is supposed to render a person unconscious but they say locket was still conscious. at 16 minutes he seemingly tried to get up and talk. it was then that prison officials closed the blinds,

shutting out the media gatt thred to witness. >> we didn't know what was happening on the other side of the blinds. we didn't know if he was still dieing or if they were still pumping drugs in him. >> reporter: 43 minutes after the first injection, he died. >> inmate suffered a massive haefrt attack and passed away. >> reporter: locket and charles warner, said to be executed tuesday, both convicted of rape and murder, were at the center of a court fight over the drugs used in their execution. oklahoma's high court initially stayed their executions only the lift the stays last week saying the men had no right to know the source of the drugs intended to kill them. >> they wanted to hurry up and get it done with as little transparency as possible. there should not be another execution in this state until there's a full investigation into what went wrong. >> mary fallon ordered an investigation into what happened and issued an executive order granting a two-week delay in

executions. chris and kate? >> wool see if that sticks and how long that stay will need to be to complete that investigation. pamela, thank you. also this morning. there's universal praise for nba commissioner adam silver's decision that came yesterday to ban donald sterling for life after his racist ranting. making sterling go away doesn't seem it's going to be easy. it's not clear yet if the league can get other owners to force him out or if sterling will challenge the decision in court. meantime, the clippers had a pivotal playoff game last night at home. cnn's stephanie elam was at the staples center. she joins us live from los angeles this morning. a big win last night, stephanie, in many ways. >> reporter: a big win indeed, kate. there was a small spattering of people who did protest and still angry about the situation with donald sterling. for the most part fans came out and inside the staples center, the energy was palpable.

a rousing show of support as the l.a. clippers took to the court and then took home the victory against the golden state warriors in game five of the playoffs. the team warming up in shirts that read "one team, one goal, it's time." a symbol of their support after nba commissioner adam silver came out strongly against team owner donald sterling. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. >> reporter: the harshest punishment in the history of the nba. sterling who admitted the racist rant that surfaced is his own, was also fined $2.5 million. the maximum allowed under the nba constitution. before game five clippers coach doc rivers said now the healing can begin. >> i was just really proud of them. i've been proud of the players in the nba overall. i've been proud of the

ownership. we're all in beater place because of this. >> reporter: the commissioner's bold action igniting resounding praise from players, owners, and fans alike. charlotte back cats owner and nba legend michael jordan applauds the commissioner's swift and divisive response. lebron james echoing the sentiment as did magic johnson adding he woish he could be at the game. diehard clippers fans also relieved by the nba's response. >> basketball is our sanctuary, red, white, and blue. >> reporter: many nba teams showing solidarity online with the slogan "we are one." the fans on their feet, loudly cheering and proudly wearing clippers gear waving signs of support. the energy inside the packed stadium electric. the sentiment clear. we root for the team, not the owner. the players later expressing their gratitude to silver, their coach, and their fans. >> we ran out for warm-ups, one

of the most emotional things i think i've almost been part of. almost prouth tears to my eyes just to feel the support. >> reporter: and after the game, stars of the team, chris paul, blake griffin, and also coach rivers, said they were emotionally drained going into the game but they wanted the focus to be on basketball. rivers telling his team, if you win, that will speak loudly. chris? >> the discussion goes well beyond basketball. we'll continue having it this morning. stephanie, thank you. right now we want to tell you about the deadly storms still threatening millions of americans from the gulf coast to new england. massive flooding is a problem in parts of alabama and the florida panhandle where there's been close to a foot of rain. one drowning death has already been reported this morning in florida. meanwhile, tornadoes are carving up the midwest in plains states killing 35 people since sunday. martin savidge is live in kimberly, alabama. how are they doing there, martin? >> they're doing all right this morning. good morning, chris. we should point out this is a

weather one-two punch overnight we had the return of tornadoes and now just incredible amounts of rain. take a look. breaking over night, a third round of severe weather barreling through the southeast, spawning a deluge. the florida panhandle pummeled by over nine inches of rain and a massive thunderstorm. at least 65,000 lightning strikes light up the night sky. alabama hit hard yet again, flash flooding taking over streets and neighborhoods in mobile, alabama, inundated with 12 inches of rain. >> it's touching down. it's touching down. >> reporter: on tuesday at least one tornado in multiple funnel clouds responded in central north carolina. >> there's all sorts of stuff falling out of the sky. >> reporter: visible from space the massive three-day storm system tearing through large swaths of the south. >> no, no, no, no.

>> reporter: packing a mile wide ef-4 tornado. survivors barely making it out alive. >> the moment of death is just an inch away. >> reporter: mississippi and alabama still reeling from monday's wide spread destruction. homes pulverized, cars tossed around on the sides of the roads, and tens of thousands still without power. >> we've got a big problem with power poles down all over the southwestern portion of the county. >> reporter: the outbreak claiming 35 lives since sunday including 21-year-old, a member of the university of bam obama's swim team after a retaining wall in his basement collapsed. >> it was just unreal. the wind came up and it just roared. just roared. >> reporter: chris, let me tell you a little by about where we are at. we're in the small town of kimberly alabama, located just to the north of birmingham, alabama. this is the remains of the fire department. it was a part volunteer, part professional fire department. but as you can see, it is all gone. at least as far as the structure itself. look over here. this is the only part of the

building that still remains standing. and that happened to be where the fire chief and his wife and two other people took shelter at the height of the storm. the fire trucks were right here. they look all right but they've got to be checked before they can be put back into service. and take a look in the back here because this is quite remarkable. that's the fire hose rack. . that is not what was cleaned up. that is the way the storm left them. per fekly rolled as they were. everything around us ruined. michaela. >> the randomness of these tornadoes. the very people that are likely out there helping folks, their own fire station damaged. thank you for walking us through that. our hearts go out to the folks. let's give you a little more of your headlines at this hour. we start with sanctions against russia. certainly not slowing the violence in ukraine. hundreds of rebels stormed the government buildings. separatists raised their flag. they fired on police. this aggression comes in the face of new sanctions from the u.s. and european union which

don't seem to be slowing the russians down. amanda knox fighting back against a new report by an italian appeals court explaining their conviction by blaming knox for fatally stabbing her british roommate over a fight about mon money. she says the new claims are unsupported by evidence or logic since her dna was not foundnd i meredith kurcher's room. she was convicted again when italy's highest court ordered new appeals trial. minimum wage taking center stage today in washington. president obama fresh off his week long asia trip will push for an increase from $7.25 to $10.10. democrats appear to be making this an election year issue while conceding they probably don't have the votes. a long shot procedural vote is needed today. no republicans have yet come out in support of the measure. those of your headlines. kate? >> let's focus on weather again because we could be talking

about more severe weather today after just seeing what the weather already did in places like martin savidge was. let's get over to meteorologist e indra petersons. >> we are talking about heavy flooding or severe flooding. pensacola, florida, starting to see it making its way through panama city. mobile, alabama, rainfall rates as much as five inches an hour. imagine when the sun comes up people are trying to make their way through work. do not drive-thru it. turn around, don't drowned. it only takes two feet of water to float away your siv. six-hour loop here. look at this. the rain does not move out of this region. what's worse, let me show you what it's been looking like the last 24 hours. system after system continues to pour over the exact same region. places seeing 11 inches of rain in just the last 24 hours. of course, it is continuing to rain so flooding concerns are extremely high. into the southeast, yes, places

already seeing 11 inches. the heavier thunderstorms seeing eight inches. currently already raining. they are expecting two to five inches of rain. not as heavy but the flooding concerns high when you have heavy amounts of rainfall. severe weather is still here. 36 million of you looking at severe weather from d.c. back through florida. the threat for thunderstorms and tornadoes is still out there today. guys? >> that is a beast of a system. >> so slow moving is the biggest problem. >> thank you, indra. >> we keep hearing, well, this will be it, will be it. it's not it. it's day after day after day. >> friday it makes its way offshore. let's take a break here on "new day." when we come back, australian company says it has found the wreckage of flight 370 but nobody wants to go and look for it. is all the skepticism warranted? what's holding people back? does anyone have a better idea? we're going to examine the new claims with our experts. lifetime ban for owner donald sterling breathing new life into the los angeles clippers. a big win for the team last

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investigate iors remain skeptic a company's claim it has located what could be the wreckage of missing flight 370. thousands of miles from the current search area in the bay of bengal. joining us to discuss this and the latest on the search cnn's safety analyst and director of special projects at woods hole oce oceanographic institution, dave gallow and former inspector general at the u.s. department of transportation, mary schiavo. david, give me your take. we talked about it a little bit yesterday after we were all sit on the information coming out from georesonance. do you believe it? is it possible still? >> you know, i don't want to say it's impossible because i've seen enough things in oceanography over the years that i thought wouldn't happen that did that weren't possible but i think it's improbable. i just don't know. you're dealing with the physics of sea water.

i don't want to say they're not seeing what they claim to be seeing but it deserves to be checked out. >> where is the -- where are your reasons for concern? every theory we have, mary, has a big gaping hole in it. hence, why we don't have one prevailing theory it seems we talk about though we know exactly where we do want to be searching around the pings. where are your concerns in this theory can georesonance? >> my concern with the georesonance theory is it's not a tried and true method to find a plane. we haven't really used it in finding planes after air crashes. so the concern is that it's going to detour both the people and the resources. and somebody has to pay for all of these expeditions and these searches. and this would, of course, be just like the previous one. they would have to get a ship there. they've got a get a crew there, provisioning, and underwater autonomous vehicles to search. but the other theories have holes, too, and after five, amount six weeks, we don't have the plane yet following the other theories either.

so i agree. it's something that has to be checked out. find the crew and the money to pay for the job is another thing. >> talk to me about that area, mary. i want to get your take on that, too. the bay of bengal, is it easy to search, what are the conditions? we know it's a shallower area so that, i guess, is one benefit. what do you think? >> well, you know, any underwater search is difficult. you know, off the coast of long island for doing tw 800 was difficult but it was much shallower water and they were able to get literally almost all the plane and they were able to found remains from each of the passengers and crew. so it's certainly doable. i think what everybody is concerned about including the leaders of the search is now it's diverting the entire search and the focus of the search somewhere else to maintain searches on two different fronts and two different areas is difficult. not only just coordination but assets and resources and money. to but i agree. they, you know, like in high school when they tell you to show your work, well, they showed their work. and it's very interesting. it's very impressive.

you can't help but be interested once you see what they did and how they did it and the fact that they had a control search. they have data from before the crash and after the crash. and that's pretty pow erful stuff. >> showing the anomalies didn't exist before the crash but did exist after the crash. what do you think would be the best path forward to test this theory, david? is there another nation that's not currently involved in the search in the southern arc that could -- that has the resources to send over without having to reroute current assets? >> i agree completely with what mary said. i don't know that we need to get on a boat to get out there. maybe we should redo it from the air if it's done with air and satellites, show it again. let's do it one more time in front of a group of -- of the investigative committee. but i do question how they could look at so much of the indian ocean and what about the other stuff they saw, was this the only stuff they saw, this one plane? the fact that the data looks like an airplane troubles me,

too. >> which is a bit counter intuitive. someone not familiar with this method might think that lookses like a plane, that's great. for you that is a cause for concern. >> it is. but if it is true this is ground breaking. it's oh. >> it would suggest that the plane had to crash into the water and submerge under the water fully intact in the bay of bengal which is a possibility, mary, but still a more unlikely sent their row? >> right. it's very, very difficult to land on the water intact. i know people who have landed on the water and the plane was intact and they got out of it but they were small planes and it was a -- usually a controlled landing nape had lost their engines and they had no choice, they had to sit it down. they sat it down very gently on the water and they got out and the plane sinks right away. they don't float very long. i've known people who have done it but mostly small planes. in history there have been some planes that had done that but they were world war ii planes mostly that they find underd th

water intact, different kind of plane, didn't size of plane. it would be a first. >> we'll continue to test this theory and other theories throughout the show. mar mary, david, thank you. we're going to take you inside geo reresonance at the t of the hour, at the technology that gives this company, this group, the confidence that they have in their claims. chris? >> really is interesting whether or not this warrants being searched. and if it is, why isn't it happening? quick break on "new day." it's not over yet. the l.a. clippers and fans are clearly over joyed after the team owner was banned for life. but will the owners of the different teams in the league do what it takes to force a sale? and are you ready to debate whether or not the punishment fits the offense? nba stars are, join them coming up. ♪

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[ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system. only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. almost half past the hour here on "new day." welcome back. let's look at your headlines. a lethal injection fails, a second one now called off in oklahoma after a new drug cocktail left a convicted killikil writhing. there were issues with 38-year-old clayton lockett's vein. he died of a heart attack 40 minutes after the injection. a second execution of charles warner has now been post poened. 12 inches of rain triggering flooding in parts of alabama and the florida panhandle. one drowning death reported innin

escambia county. a state of emergency is in effect. the threat is i'm packing millions of people right now on the gulf coast to new england. right now iraqi voters are heading to the poll. two women died in a blast as they walked to one of the country's polling stations. this comes as prime minister maliki is battling for a third term in office. he is facing strong opposition with sectarian violence at its most intense in more than five years. this is iraq's first election since the withdrawal of u.s. troops three years ago. back here at home. wisconsin voter identification law gets rejected. federal judge struck it down ruling it violated the u.s. constitution's guaranty of equal protection. he said requiring the voters show a state-issued id at the poll imposes an unfair burden on poor and minority voters. the ruling could have implications in november when republican governor scott walker faces re-election. those are your headlines.

i'll send it over to you. the clippers are on the road to clinching a playoff series after their owner was banned from the nba for life. nba commissioner adam silver put the harshest punishment possible and also did something unprecedented. he encouraged the leagues other owners to vote to force donald sterling to sell. the question is, what will happen and will sterling go quietly and should he? we're joined now by bailey, the the vice chairman of the nba retired players association. thorough, the thought that comes to mind about this is there was so much anticipation about what silver would do which is actually still distracting to me. were you surprised he did everything in his power to punish? >> i wasn't surprised. i really wasn't. one, because as a board, as nba retired players board we had a chance to sit down with adam silver when he took over from

david stern during the all-star weekend. the one thing i got out of that meeting was that at some point he wanted to put his own stamp. he was grateful for what he learned from david stern but he wanted his own stamp. i don't think anyone at that time could have predicted this would happen. i think it sends a message. i think it sends a huge message that it won't be tolerated. and i think he did the right thing at the right time. >> important to note. had been secret until now but the bylaws and conversations stug constitution that the owners and league play under is now out. it is within his power to call on the owners to do it in in the constitution it says if 3/4 of the owners, you get 23, right, if my math is okay. >> right. >> they would have to say yes, he must be forced to sell and then he is. do you think the owners will step up? >> well, it's an interesting dynamic because they're his bossboss

s. you know, i personally think that he would not have stepped up to that podium to recommend that if he hadn't in advance made sure that it was going to happen. he felt confident in his deliberation yesterday that it was going to happen. so i would have to believe that there's a strong sense right now of solidarity, if you will. maybe i not 100%, but i think -- i'm confident that he has enough of the owners to be on his side. >> not to color his perspective. we don't want to set a precedent about forcing somebody to sell their property because we don't like them. true. however, in doing some research it's a basic contract. and in that contract the owners have among themselves they do have the power to force them to sell if you do certain things. do you think there's a legitimate argument to be made by sterling or others that this punishment doesn't fit his

offense? >> you know, first, i'd like to hear that argument. first, i'd like to hear from don sterling. we really haven't. >> important point. >> we haven't heard. we haven't heard anything from him. he hasn't denied the accusations, obviously. but i'd like to hear that first. i think in anticipation of all this from everybody involved, i don't think so. i think when you think -- you look at this day and age, things that we will not tolerate, not just in sports but in everyday life. >> we've seen worse, thurl. it's been treated less harshly, does it t matter? it. >> matters because we can't continue to do that. i think when you look at historically don sterling's background, things that may have been passed over, things that may have needed more attention paid to, i think the buck stops here. i think that's what the message was. >> can you imagine anything that he could say that would make you change your feeling about what should be done with him? >> not that -- what he could say

to change my feeling about has already been deliberated but it could perhaps give us a better perspective about whether he has any remorse. i think there's some part of us that wants that, there's some part of us that wants him to step up and take responsibility. >> it is interesting. the lifetime ban sounds like what it is. but it actually isn't. it can be removed. lifetime ban in the nba can be removed. selling the team obviously would be permanent. but it is an unprecedented situation we're living through. motivated the team to win last night. obviously this is bigger than basketball. i know that's why it matters to you. i'm happy to have the conversation with you. kate? coming up next on "new day," there's a lot of skepticism about one company's claim that it may have spotted flight 370's wreckage. thousands of miles from where searchers are looking now. we're going to talk with an expert about it. what are the chances it could be in the bay of bengal? ♪ ♪

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welcome back to "new day." a private australian exploration company is making a claim today in the search for flight 370

saying they've detected what they believe is wreckage of what could be from the aircraft of 370 in the bay of bengal. these images that you're seeing right here, these show a collection of what they say are metals that they believe typically make up a boeing 777. they detected it in this area. they say could be the plane. but with heavy skepticism from australian officials could this be it? let's test the theory and bring in cnn aviation specialist, retired lieutenant colonel michael kay. a lot to work through. let's look at, first off, where this australian company, georesonance, where they say they found these anomalies. they believe it's way up here in the bay of bengal. let's show it in relation, michael, to this northern and southern arcs and then we'll see how far away from the current search area, way down here, that they believe this is. it's so far off of where they -- the inmarsat data has told us

these handshakes put it on the arc. do you think this is possible? >> well, look, there have been so many leads so far in the 55 days plus this investigation has occurred that there have been strengths and weaknesses with every one. we've had enough information on table not to take any off. we don't have any information to take any of the theories off the table t table. that's where we're at. we've got inmarsat analysis. very powerful brains corroborated by the ntsb, corroborated by the nnaib from the uk and the australian investigation organization equivalent and the pings. so we've got inmar t sat, and we've got pings which has taken us to the southern location. the point is, kate, nothing has come up yet. so, let's go to the north. >> right. >> okay. what have we got in the north? let's look at the strength. you mentioned this, australian-based, mineral exploration company. it's been going since 2000. it's been going for 14 years. it uses spectral imaging

technology that you can use from airborne photographs. now, what we know is the photographs that they had weren't taken by the company. they're a third party import. >> is that important to you? >> i think it is. i think it's important. i also think it's important the fact that this is proprietary software they're not letting anyone take a look at. ntsb -- >> we can't get a look at all of their calculations. >> no way to prove what they're saying apart from if you look back, coaccording to their webse 2000 and they've been looking for platinum and nickel and gas and they've been proven in that area. the point is, is that on march 5th there wasn't materials with the 777 they have soon and on march 8th there was. that's the interesting bit. >> you're seeing right now this is another one of our animations that show the flight path as we know it from kuala lumpur and really all of the radar that it would need to cross you would assume in order to have flight

path that ended in such a different area. >> yeah, these are the weaknesses we're talking about in the whole lead. for example, you've got india, bangladesh, thailand. i would like to go and approach these countries and say this area that georesonance is talking about is 118 miles offer the coast, well within the bounds of primary radar and well within the bounds of air defense radar. india, show me what you've t got. bangladesh, show me what you've t got. let's corroborate this in some way. at the moment i would like to see that information. the other thing, too, let's not forget about the 6 1/2 handshakes from the inmarsat data. that tells us the aircraft was airborne for six to seven hours. >> right. i assume what you're saying is if it would land up here that wouldn't have been in the air some seven hours after last contact. >> exactly. if you draw a direct line, the radar traces take the aircraft out to the top of end noo dindo

then north. three hours flying time. what was the aircraft doing for the other 3 1/2 to 4 hours? it would have had to taken a very unusual track to eventually get to the resting place in the bay of bengal. that's unusual as well. >> one thing they're talking about now, kind of in theory because we haven't heard anyone say, yes, we're going to go search this. sending a ship from maybe india, maybe somewhere else to go there and actually search this area. this may be the one really good thing about it possibly landing in the bay is that it is much more shallow than the search efforts currently in the southern arc. it's only about 3,000, 3600 feet. >> 1,000 moot emeters in depth. angus houston has a number of assets at his fingertips. he's got all the maritime surveillance aircraft t operating out of australia.

i guess the question he's got to ask himself is if he takes something away from the current search in the south, is that going to effect all of the information that points us to the south and be detrimental and taking it north. has he got enough to justify that. here's the question for you. what if there is something down there but it's not ma 370? what if this is a nice little way of proving georesonance's capability but the aircraft isn't mh370. i would love to know why were they looking in that area in the first place? why the bay of bengal? >> the director told me yesterday that they -- when they started their search this -- the northern arc had not yet been discounted and they were still, the search effort was still in thisarea. but it does beg to question of why were you searching, why were you searching this area, and how did you really come up with all of this information? >> i think there needs to be more transparency about the software, about what

georesonance is about, atsb needs -- there were five countries underneat malaysian and this investigation. >> the problem that the australians would have down here with all of this is if this proved to be correct this would throw out all of the smart minds and all of that data and all of that complex research they have been basing their entire search on so far. >> there's a lot of investment that's gone into that theory, inmarsat and the pings we cannot discount that. >> a little bit of though why not if we haven't found that plane yet in six weeks. >> agreed. chris? >> kate, coming up on "new day," something is wrong. that was word from an oklahoma execution chamber as a drug cocktail failed. so what happened? and we're going to test the out rage, is killing only okay if it's done with kindness? plus, l.a. clippers owner donald sterling banned for his racist statements. is that the right call? kevin johnson, former nba star, and sacramento mayor joins us coming up. dear sun,

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and is this the right move by the league. joining us is kevin johnson, the mayor of sacramento, of course, a former great from the nba, and he's an adviser to the nba players union in this situation. two-time nba champ, game analyst for comcast sportsnet, philadelphia, he covers the 76ers. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. i'm sure you're both pleased on some level today, although it's not a situation that overall should be should make us very happy.johnson, start with you. why was that the right move? >> we felt very strongly this was a defining moment. we believe that moment was defined the way we felt it should be. you know, the players asked the commissioner to do an immediate investigation. he did so. we asked him to make sure that the players could weigh in. ultimately have a strong voice and not be passive participants. that happened. and thirdly, the players said they wanted the most severe

sanctions that were allowable under the nba guidelines. which ultimately would lead to the removal of that owner. and commissioner silver did a great job. he's an american hero today. >> american hero, malik rose. why is he an american hero? why was this the line that needed to be tested? why is this the example that needed to be made? >> i think just because he served justice. injustice of racism to anybody, nba player, nfl player, or the regular american citizen, is an injustice. and he quelled that injustice with swift, decisive judgment. >> malik, the pushback will be, but is this the worst that we've seen so that it deserves the worst or are we making an example of sterling that exceeds the level of moral violation that he committed? what do you say to that? >> moral violation, i don't really know how to answer that.

but i would say this was a severe injustice. racism cannot be tolerated anywhere inside of basketball, outside of basketball. and i believe the players believe commissioner silver acted accordingly, swiftly, and ju justly. we applaud him still today for his efforts. >> where i'm coming from, kevin, is that we see so much ugliness in our culture. and it winds up making you look at moral equivalence, right? because we've seen so much worse, people will say, well, was this bad enough to warrant it. what do you think the proper perspective is in this situation, kevin? >> i think you're right. zero tolerance. you know, this type of bigotry and racism, we have -- there's no place for it in the nba. when there's a hint of racism like cancer you have to cut it out. and i think what commissioner silver did yesterday is he removed the cancer and the nba has a very clear bill of health at this point, a clean bill of health. >> when you look at it compared to the nfl, you know, to me it's interesting that sport is having

to deal with this huge social issue. you know what i mean? you would think this would play out in ordinary government, not in a sports league. the sports league is setting a standard. when you look at what happened with that miami dolphin controversy, about what was being done from a white guy to a black guy and what was right, what was bullying, what was racial. what do you think the difference was in terms of how this was handled? >> well, i think from our standpoint sports has always advanced civil rights. if you think about mr. carlos and what happened in the 1968 olympics, mind ali, jacqukjacki johns johnson, it's bigger than basketball for all of us. my wife was traveling yesterday in houston at the airport. when adam silver said what he said, the airport erupted. almost this country exhaled and said, you know what, the nba did the right thing. we can kind of breathe. we can get back to business

because sports allows us that opportunity to have these hard conversations and make tough decisio decisions. >> while it is sport, malik, sport is what brings us together. everybody roots for their teams and ultimately for the spirit of the game. how much pressure are on these owners? what do you think is the chances to not make 3/4 of the ownership to make the sale? what do you think happens there? >> i would be really, really shock fed they didn't. not only, you know, to vote 3/4 of the way, i mean, i think it's going to be unanimous. you look at it, if nig anybody, you know, votes in favor of mr. sterling keeping this team and even if it's i believe a business decision, the way i believe the public is going to see it is they are siding with racism. i would be really, really surprised if it wasn't close to 100% if not 100%. >> you start wondering about well, what will this mean? when this happened, it was something that everybody wanted to see acted upon because of what it means in the larger context and, kevin, what do you think it means in that larger

context? what is the significance of this? do you think it lives beyond this decision? does it fade? should we let it fade? >> i think because the commissioner acted so swiftly we can all get back to business in one respect, let the players focus on basketball games and winning. we're seeing some of the best playoffs take place in the history of the nba. but it's a stark reminder of how far we have to go. and i think what took place yesterday, it doesn't matter how rich or powerful you are, if you're a bigot and this could happen to mr. sterling it could also happen to you. that it's a statement that was made unequivocally. >> i wonder how do we deal with it going forward? how do we make manifest or how do we keep this spirit of it and be productive with it? because, malik, when you hear like barkley, hey, after all, this is a black league. we're 80% black. isn't the point that it doesn't matter whether it's all black, there's right and there's wrong. you know, and that this gets judged regardless of color.

how do you keep that going? can we? >> yes, we absolutely can. and i really believe the players in the nba set kind of like the standard. you can fight injustice, be it racially or home mophobia, anytg like that, you can fight it if you stand together and speak in one voice. the players in the nba did that setting the precedent and setting the example for any and everybody else who comes up against any type of injustice and that's one of the main reasons me being a former player i'm proud today because the nba players for once took a lead and took a stand against something united. you're seeing the result. >> it's interesting, malik, you've been making the point in interviews that they stepped up in a way that surprised you that maybe wouldn't have happened tnb years ago. kevin johnson, what it means in policing behavior going forward. if you had a situation like kobe bryant and not to paint him with this brush but what he said about the official, he used an ugly word when he talked to an i was official once that was a

homophobic slur. do you think if that happened now, do you think the punishment would be harsher because there's a new standard in the league what matters. >> i think there's a standard and high expectation that we players always want to be held to a high code of conduct. we have no -- no concern whatsoever. that's what we want as players. but you have to have two-way accountability. think about this. if commissioner silver didn't do the maximum sanctions, think about how his ability to discipline players would be if he didn't do the same to owners. and i felt by him coming out as strongly as he did, we t got two-way accountability here. the owner are held accountable to the highest standard, we as players want to be held to the highest standard. that's what the nba is about. we embrace that. anybody who does anything detrimental or tarnishes this game you have to make sure you have swift action an that's what commissioner silver did. >> we'll see where it goes with the owners. we'll see what it means for the

dialogue in general. but productive at this point. it will be interesting to see what happens next. kevin johnson, malik rose, thank you for coming to us early in the morning. so we have what's going on in the nba. we also have controversy over this botched execution in oklahoma. a possible new lead also in the search for flight 370. and we have the latest on this round of deadly storms that just won't go away. a lot to talk about. let's get to it. after conferring with the war den it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. >> he was able to lift his head and his shoulders from the gurney. >> we found what we believe to be the wreckage of an aircraft. >> could that be human remains? >> possibly. >> effective immediately, i am ba banning mr. sterling for life. >> there is evidence that mare dit kurcher was killed by more than one assailant and that they

fought over money the flignight before she died. good morning. welcome to "new day." breaking overnight, a botched execution in oklahoma making the state take another look at procedures. a convicted killer left writhing on the gurney after the state used a new controversial drug combination. a corrections official says 38-year-old clayton lockett's vein exploded. he eventually died of what's believed to be a heart attack more than 40 minutes after he was injected. chris? so now it's about why did this happen, what happened, what does it mean going forward. let's bring in cnn senior legal analyst, jeffrey to obin. what do we know? there are differing accounts from witnesses and officials about what happened in the room. what's the best sense? >> well, this is a continuing controversy. it just happened last night. but what clearly did not happen is a straightforward execution

where someone was rendered unconscious and then their heart stopped beating. here, this was a 40-minute process where there was writhing, there was clearly not a procedure followed that worked as intended. the oklahoma authorities announced that mr. lockett had died of a heart attack, having caused by all this -- what was going on, but he was not executed in the manner intended. there were supposed to be two executions last night in oklahoma. and as a result of this fiasco with mr. lockett, the second one didn't take place. and so that has been rescheduled but you can be sure there will be more court activity between now and then. >> all right. so let's do some point, counter point here and get to the heart of the matter. one perspective on this is, for all the sensitivity we're hearing, so what, so what that he seemed to be in pain. the goal was to kill him. isn't it just -- is it about killing kindly?

is that how we're supposed to do it? >> and along those lines, it is worth pointing out that mr. lockett was convicted of an absolutely horrendous homicide where a 19-year-old woman was shot and then apparently buried alive. so i mean, this is a completely horrendous kroocrime. however, the law in the united states is, under the eighth amendment which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, you cantor chur someone when you're killing them. what's happened in recent years is that the european companies that supplied the lethal injection drugs have refused to participate in the death penalty anymore. so american states that have the death penalty have been scrambling for drugs or some sort of protocol that works and they've been trying to keep it secret from defense attorneys. this process has led to chaos and disorder in how the death

penalty is administered in the united states. and yesterday was the worst example of what's happened so far. >> well, obviously, you know, i'm cheating a little bit. i know the law. i know the linage of cases here. but i think that we have to speak to what just the common push on each side of this is. either you kill or you don't. there seems to be like a moral dilemma that goes on with this. and,yes, there's a trend that states are moving away from the death penalty and making it more qualified. but why such confusion over this issue? >> well, because there's a paradox at the heart of it. we have to kill people but we have to do it in a way that satisfies our rules. now, there's an inherent dro contradiction there. if you're killing someone, obviously the safe and effectiveness of the drugs is not something you would ordinarily think about. but the fda, the food and drug administrati administration, regulates all

drugs including death pen malady drugs. >> why use drugs? if you wanted to kill me quickly and mercilessly -- mers fully, i mean, we wouldn't think logically to go to the drugs, we would think of something much quicker, guaranteed to kill me right away. why don't we do it that way? >> you could. the supreme court has not said the lethal injection is the only appropriate method. utah doesn't execute many people but they have a firing squad. >> that's right. >> you could do that. we want to kill but we want to feel good about it? >> chris, that's exactly right. and that's why we struggle with this problem, because those goals seem to be inherently contradictory. >> what's your take? do you think this is proof that the death penalty is going to go away, that it just doesn't make sense anymore, we can't do it in a way thats a chiefs the aims or there needs to be a rebirth of

doing it more harshly but in a way that fits what our objective is in the first place? >> i think one of the less told stories in recent years is the decline of the death penalty in the united states. even in texas which has been known as world capital of the death penalty, prosecutors will r. asking for the death penalty less. juries are imposing it less. there are fewer executions. i think the death penalty is in a slow fade in the united states. but it's certainly not going away tomorrow. and these two people in oklahoma, or the one who is surviving, i can't imagine any way they will not be ultimately executed. in the big picture i do think the death penalty is in decline here. >> just to be clear. you don't think it's in decline because of which companies makes the drugs and the openness of the system and tul a systems being argued out in this lockett case in oklahoma. that's somewhat of a distraction, isn't it? >> i do think it's one factor. i think the big factor is dna evidence. jurors, all of us have seen how

flawed the american legal system is. and innocence project and other people who have used dna evidence to prove conclusionively that there have been innocent people on death row, that i think has driven this whole process. but also we have less crime in the united states than you used to. fewer murders, people are less panicked about crime. but i also think the discomfort a lot of people feel with the methods of execution is another reason why the death penalty is. i think all of these things play together. >> adding to it, new reports out about what percentage of people are innocent yet on death row because of this dna evidence and other factors and the more efficiency of the legal system as it goes forward. i think we both know, jeffrey, at the end of the day it's not about the methods. it's about the purpose. and either you're comfortable killing or you're not. i think the country has to come to grips with that central question. otherwise, we're going to see lots of different cases

demonstrating different points around the main question. thank you for the perspective this morning. >> always a pleasure. >> jeffrey toobin. >> thanks for that. let's get a look at your headlines. potentially deadly storms are threatening millions of americans from the gulf coast to new england this morning. massive flooding is now a major problem in parts of alabama and the florida panhandle of a foot of rain. one drowning death has been reported in escambia county, florida. tornadoes carving up the mid west and plains states. the severe weather has already . ukraine's says his country's armed forces are in full combat mode because of the threat of pro-russian rebels. that came after hundreds of separatists stormed government buildings of one of eastern ukraine's provincial capitals raising their flag, firing on police. the aggression continues despite new sanctions from the u.s. and european union. the los angeles clippers winning game five of their

playoff series against the golden state warriors just hours after the nba's unprecedented decision to banish the team's owner for life. donald sterling also fined the maximum allowed $2.5 million for the comments that he made that were viewed as very racist by many people. the commissioner says he's going to try to force sterling to sell the team. it's interesting i've had a lot of conversations with my friends and family back in los angeles. one of my friends who used to work for the clippers organization a long time ago said he didn't believe the clippers would ever make it -- ever, ever win a championship under the ownership of donald sterling. so maybe that day could come. >> maybe they will win a championship. >> look what they've been doing the last few years. used to be a joke in the league but they're not. oh, no, not. >> now they're the most important team in the league. >> and relevant. >> absolutely. >> go clips. let's get back to the big story on the malaysia flight 370. australian company is now

standing by its research, says it -- saying that it may have found malaysia flight 370 in the bay of bengal. very different area from where the search is currently located. the findings from georesonance has drawn plenty of attention and skepticism with the main search focussed thousands of miles away. why is the company confident it found plane wreckage that could be the doomed plane? our correspondent went inside the firm to get better answers. anna? >> kate, we spent several hours with a couple of directors from georesonance and they are confident they found the wreckage of the plane in the bay of bengal. it's important to stress they are not saying that this is for sure mh370. but what they are saying is that they have evidence, they have proof that they have sent to malaysian airlines and to the governments of malay sharks china, and australia. they've given them coordinates and all they are asking is that authorities go there with with their navy, with their ships,

with their sonars and see for certain what, in fact, it is. they have done these tests, if you like, with spectral imaging using is a lights and planes. they began this search some four days after the plane disappeared. and if you remember back then, authorities were looking towards the northern corridor. they weren't looking towards the south at that stage. so by a process of elimination, they went through certain areas covering thousands of square kilometers until they finally got to this location, 190 kilometers off the coast of ben bangladesh which came up with elements of titanium and copper and other elements that are in a boeing 777. let's have a listen to my xhongs with managing director pavo curser a little bit earlier.emek incredibly similar to the out line of a plane. can you explain that to us? >> what we did, we identified

again, three -- more than 11 benchmark elements that make up an airplane. and what we are seeing here is a projection of a source of electromagnetic radiation on the surface. so if you just concentrate on anomaly for the time being. . so that's how the projection of the elements looking on the surface, titanium, copper, and then some other elements, we also tested for hydro carbons and some alloys, steel alloys. >> reporter: now, it's all very confusing and rather scientific and we asked them to explain, you know, their imaging. they are reluctant to do so because of intellectual property. but, kate, just before i go, one thing that was wrathler alarming in their latest test, their last test that they conducted, they tested and found positive read

for organic matter. when i asked him could this be human remains, his response was, possibly. now, obviously this is extremely sensitive. families of the victims of the 239 on board are desperate for answers. georesonance is not saying this is mh370. what they are asking is for authorities to go and check it to make sure that, in fact, it isn't. kate? >> you can be sure they are now getting the attention that they want on their findings and the research. anna, great job. thank you. let's discuss this a little bit further with two cnn aviation analysts, mary schiavo and former inspector general at the u.s. department of transportation and miles o'brien, pbs science county. good morning to you. miles, mary and i were talking last hour. mary said she was not completely discounting this research and findings though she's skeptical. as i would say i think every analyst and every expert we've talked to is offering

skepticism. do you see promise in this report? >> no. not one bit of it, kate. my blood is boiling this morning. i have talked to the leading experts in satellite imaging capability at nasa. and they know of no technology that is capable of doing this. i am just horrified that a company would use this event to gain attention like this. this is magic -- excuse me, technology that is really is magic box. they owe a full explanation of how it could work. the experts who really know about this say it doesn't exist. >> i'll tell you though, miles, they said that they had been ignored by the australians and malaysians for probably, i think it came up to some weeks. that's why they decided to go public. now malaysian officials say they are taking a look at it. >> well, i think they have to. it's a public relations thing now. they have to say that. the families are now aware of this. i think it's just very cruel in

this situation. when you think of the families, to offer up this kind of false hope. everybody says, why don't we just check it out? in a perfect world one limthed resources, sure. but to the extent that it takes resources away from where we've heard pings, from with the inmarsat data verifies those pings and puts it in a place where some strange aero technology that no one has heard of that finds something that's not very credible, i think is a huge mistake. >> mary, you said you've heard of this before, though it has never been a proven technique used for searching for a plane wreckage. right? >> right. i've heard of it in relationship to searching for materials and metals and, you know, geo services, you you know, oil, things like that. more what you would expect when you're searching for some kind of minerals and metals. >> what do you think of the question that miles posed. everyone is saying in the absence of evidence elsewhere, why not go and check it out? do you think they eventually

will? do you think there will be pressure to do that? or is there another way to test this theory without having to divert resources? >> well, i think they can always repeat it again for the australian and malaysian authorities. show them why this is reliable. the problem with the situation here is, we've now spent a lot of time and a lot of resources searching where the inmarsat data said it should be and looking for the pings. we've come up empty. the pings were not 37.5, they were 33.5. and we still haven't found anything because -- because of that, because of the lack of findings where it's supposed to be, i think at this point the investigators are going to be hard pressed to blow this off. they're going to have to go and at least do a cursory look. you know, ask people to look on the shores of bangladesh and india to see if there's any wreckage. they woubldn't if the plane is intact. but at this point with the lack

of results and where they've been searching for six weeks. they're almost stuck. they have to go look. >> can i just interject here. there is a much simpler way to settle this. have this company train its satellite technology on a known crash site, ditching. there was a crash off of st. kroi a few years ago. there's a plane at 5,000 feet of depth near there. why not see if they can image that known site and if they can prove they can do it then let's proceed. >> also, kind of a question right along those lines, miles, the place where they believe the wreckage is, wouldn't it have had to cross quite a lot of radar? wouldn't it have deteched by -- am i wrong? >> no. >> in the bay of bengal that is a highly trafficked area that a lot of people are watching? >> we don't know how it got there, we don't know the route. those inmarsat satellite ping which we've talked an awful lot about, and i would like to see more data on them, the actual pings themselves and the circles are relatively reliable.

we shouldn't stray too far away from that. there's a lot of debate about northern and southern ruoutes. we have to stick with credible evidence by real experts. not this company that no one has ever heard of with technology that no one has ever heard of. >> mary, quick, if this theory was right, does that mean that the inmarsat data and the theory that they've been working in the southern corridor has to be wrong? >> well, it would presume that it would have to be wrong, although i guess it's not right on the northern arc. it's sort of similar or tangenttangent tangential to the northern arc. they can't both be right. >> the mystery continues with this new theory entering the conversation now. mary, miles, thanks so much. chris? we're going to take a break here now on "new day." banned for life. but will donald sterling leave without a fight? should he leave without a fight? do you think the punishment fit

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sterling's only reaction so far is, quote, the team is not for sale. let's bring in isiah thomas, nba hall of famer, former nba coach and owner and two-time nba champion himself. first, happy birthday, zeke. isiah thomas, it's your birthday today. do you see this as a gift, what's been done in the league here? >> it's a gift and an opportunity to move forward and have a broader discussion about race, racialization in this country. >> it's bigger than ball. >> it's definitely bigger than ball. it's bigger than -- as commissioner silver said, you know, the game is bigger than any player. it's bigger than any owner. this is a game where we transport our culture, we transport our values, and this is a game that we introduce kids to at a very young age. so this goes way beyond points,

rebounds, and assists. this really talks about societal values, your basketball values, your team values, the way you work with one another, the way you get along with one another, on and off the playing field. so commissioner silver did a great job yesterday in just xemp fiing what leadership should and could be in this country. >> when this first was going on people were saying, it's too bad, this is a distraction from is a great playoffs. you're saying, no, it's not a distraction at all. sports is a metaphor for life. this is more important thing than just watching the games anyway. >> sports is the place where we've traditionally come in this country to have the hard conversations. sports is a place that embraces diversity. sports is a place where we can, you know, assemble, where we can bring different religion, creeds, cultures, races together in one environment for 2 1/2 hours and cheer for the team in blue and cheer for the team in

white. it's a place where the playing field is supposedly level. and this is a place, again, where society transports its values and places its values within sport. >> so now there will be two challenges going forward at least. the first one, do you believe the owners will have the required vote that allows under the bylaws to compel sale? do you think they will get the 3/4 vote? >> i think the commissioner, i think adam silver will lobby for that. i do think there will be some business conversations around that. but i think at the end of the day, again, the game is the most important thing. and uplifting of the game is the most important thing to the owners and to the players. and i do think the game will continue to be unlifted and transported globally. >> so then the second challenge will be, with time, these situations tend to get tempered and people start to say, was it really that bad? did he really deserve this? is this the worst situation

we've seen or was it that initial flush of passion because race was involved? what is the case that you make for people to remember about why this was warranted, why this person, why this situation, why do you think this was the right move for this situation? >> well, in this country traditionally and historically dealing with race, the weight of racism, racialization in this country, you can't ignore what it means here in america and the decisiveness that it's had socially, economically, housing, and every place else. so what we try to do in sport, again, is we try to have a pure form of society, a place that society can really look at and say, this is the way a pure society or a true society can operate, where we do embrace diversity, where we do embrace different cultures. and this is a place where it does work. in sport traditionally,

historically, has been the place where we've come to to have these really tough discussions. and, again, we find ourselves here today having this discussion of race, racism, racialization, because society has failed to handle and continue to have this discussion. >> you're comfortable with what you know about what you said and the man who said it that this was deserved? >> i think that's the commissioner and the owners have come to that conclusion. and i think we all are comfortable with the decision that they've made. >> and for the game going forward, do you think this makes the league stronger and better league? >> well, any time you can root out bigotry, racism, and become more inclusive, it definitely makes the game better. it makes us better as a people. it makes our country better. >> i know a lot of the players we've been talking to who are grates like yourself say, boy, to me, it's impressive.

i don't know what would have happened when i was playing. today on your birthday you get to see this happening. you're now 40 years old. any thoughts about re-entering the league now at 40? >> no, i'm like my mother. my mother, when she passed away, but stopped at 34. she always said she was 34. so i'm 34 and i still got game. >> that's it? you still got game. isiah thomas, it's great to have you on the show, especially to be talking about this. >> thank you. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. what do you think about this? did the nba commissioner do the right thing? did the punishment fit what's going on here? what do you think is going to happen going forward? tweet us, use the #newday. kate? >> coming up next on "new day," could flight 370 be thousands of miles from where crews have been searching? one group from australia says it may be. the research and the questions ahead. and it's one of the most closely watched political race of the year. chris christie was supposed to give much needed support to florida governor rick scott

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welcome back to "new day." it's half past the hour. let's take a look at your he headlines. this morning the state of oak soak reviewing the execution procedures after lethal injection went terribly long. clayton lockett died of a heart attack 40 minutes after being injected within experimental drug cocktail that was supposed to kill him. the state has called off a second execution for at least two weeks as it tries to figure out what happened. the threat of severe thunderstorms and flooding is

facing millions of this morning from the gulf coast to southern new england. ham and damaging winds are also in the forecast. in parts of alabama and the panhandle, 12 inches of rain triggering mass i floods and shutting down highways and schools. a state of emergency has been e declared in escambia county, florida. leaders in the search for flight 370 are dismissing an australian company's claim that it may have found wreckage in the bay of bengal that could be the missing plane. georesonance says it spotted a wreckage thousands of miles from the current search area. in the meantime, the final aircraft helping in the search are starting to leave australia now. all will have departed the perth air base by saturday. they held a ceremony there just sort of signing off and heading out. >> next phase begins. >> next phase begins. >> transitioning over the next few weeks. let's get to "inside politics" on "new day" be john

king. sglon. >> let's get right to it. let's go inside politics. with me this morn associated press alumni association, a.p. friend of mine and julie pace, the white house correspondent to the associated press. vote in the united states senate today. harry reid wants to bring to the floor to raise the national minimum to $10.10 from $7.25. this will not pass the democrats do not have the 60 votes to proceed. so likely a show vote, julie burks sometimes a show vote is important. why? >> in an election year a show vote is important when you're talking about democrats were trying to build a message of income equality, economic fairness. this plays into that message. it politically works better for them if they have republicans that are trying to block this from moving forward. >> if you're an american out there whose wages have been stag na nating you're not going to get any help from washington until

we get a new crop of leaders. >> so the voters who think this is a good policy idea may be applaud the democrats but they don't get any results in the short term. is there a race or two out there where this could help a democrat? is it a mark pryor in arkansas? >> sure. when you are mark pryor, when you're somebody in one of these states that leans republican, trying to hang on to your seat you need to get your base out. this is an issue that appeals to democratic base voters. >> move on to another issue that is not percolating in a big way but could be by the election. supreme court says the president has the authority if he wants to try to regulate climate change, carbon i'm missiemissions acros lines. it could help democrat, could hurt some democrats. the democratic incumbent in a s alask alaskans, likely heed is dan sullivan. watch this ad. >> epa regulations that could

hurt the alaska economy and cost jobs. mark side with washington again. >> any doubt that the president will try to do something using his pen, the power of the pen, executive authority between now and election day? >> i don't think there's any doubt he will. i think the question is how sweeping it will be. we were talking earlier that climate change is an issue where the president actually could do a lot for his legacy long term. it's an issue that hasn't gotten a ton of attention but hugely important. it's been think that the president could couple these executive orders that we're expecting this summer with a decision to approve the keystone pipeline and appease both sides of the debate. i think that does raise some questions about how sweeping he will be this summer. >> how sweeping and will there be pressure, how much pressure and will he listen to it to wait until after the election? if you're mark begich in alaska, big energy state, you're thinking, mr. president, they're already trying to ahang obamacae

on my neck, why would you do this to me? >> it's pure politics. don't believe the administration when they say this is a review or legalities. it's pure politics. julie is right. this is a place where not only does he have the pen and the phone, the executive power, but the pen and phone and surprise supreme court ruling. this could be something 20, 30 years from now we could look back and what me may do this summer on climate change could be more impactful and bigger for his legacy than obamacare in is a big deal. let's move on. republicans say knewnewly relea e-mails about the benghazi attacks. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed. newly released e-mails prove a smoking gun, a cover up at the white house. what they point to is here's one of them from ben rhodes, deputy national security council official who works on press. before susan rice went on the talk show to explain what happened, the goal was to, quote, underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, not a broader failure of policy. they had other information,

julie, at that time, people at the state department and cia saying this was not an indigenous protest but a calculated planned terrorist attack. when republicans say gotcha, do they have a point? >> they're going to try to make this point to cast it as a smoking gun. for the white house, one of the biggest questions is why were these e-mails we're getting now under a foyer request. >> a lawsuit. a group had to file a lawsuit. >> why were the e-mails not released earlier? this is going to stretch the story out further. if you can just get all of your information out once, you can make the case for your position more strongly instead of dragging this out and giving republicans more ammunition. >> even some of house republican leadership had been telling chairman darrell issa, enough. you've spent enough time on this, absent any new information, drop this and move on. between now and the election i assume if for nothing else the republicans is going to use this but will the administration now be required to send out more

witnesses, to send out ben rhodes or answer questions about why did you sit on this? >> i'm not a conspiracy theorist but i'm a stickler for the truth and a stickler for fighting back against spin. this administration on this issue and many others has put politics first. if there's a smoking gun here it's the e-mail that shows rhodes working for the president said that our goal here, our number one goal here, is showing on the sunday talk shows through susan rice that the president is strong in foreign policy. that was the goal. the goal wasn't to find out the truth and find out what happened and make sure this doesn't happen again. they put politics first. it began to undermine their krernlt starting with benghazi and then the irs attacks. the irs incident. and then, you know, with aca, the health care, the idea that you can keep your doctor if you want to. this is undermining of his credibility. that's what's brought down his numbers. >> four americans are dead. full transparency. >> yes. what are you hiding? >> let the facts fall.

we talked about this last year speaker john boehner being a bit more candid than he is in washington about why you can't get an immigration reform bill to the president's desk. speaker boehner crying like a baby mocking fellow house republicans. remember this? >> here's the attitude. ooh, don't make me do this. ooh, this is too hard. >> now back in washington yesterday he gets this, you know, adjustment. he's back in washington, changes your candor level, i guess. speaker boehner said he was justing are a little fun and the main problem is that republicans don't trust president obama to enforce the law. >> there was no mocking. you all know me. you know? you tease the ones you love. all right? >> there was no mocking and i don't like beer. >> will he do something this year? chuck schumer, the democratic senator from new york, says he believes the house will do something and a possibility that

won't match the senate bill that passed mobtsz months ago. possibility they will get a bill to the president in 2014. i find that to be parallel universe. >> there's a theory out there there's a glimmer of hope that this summer john boehner who said he would personally like to do immigration reform, john boehner after the midterm primarys will put a bill on the floor in the house. i think that's unlikely. but there is a small glimmer of hope on that front. >> even if the house passed something, mitch mcconnell in a tight race back home, maybe he thinks he needs it then if he survives the tea party challenge. can you see with all this pressure to drive out your base, will the republican leadership risk alienating the conservative base bypassing the citizenship this year? >> it's hard to see. our leaders are asking that. the question is what's good for the country and what's good for the republican party? that's a no brainer, it would guess done. as we get back to you guys in new york, chris christie was supposed to be in florida today

to help rick scott. rick scott is down ten points. chris christie is not going. there's no big political thing here. there is flash flooding in florida as you guys have been noting and i'm told our mark preston reporting chris christie talked to rick scott this morning saying, i'm coming another time. you've got a lot on your hands. >> much needed support down there in florida for rick scott, that's for sure. john, thanks so much. coming up on "new day," australian company says it may have spotted plane wreckage thousands of miles from the current search zone in the hunt for flight 370. but the man who helped find air france flight 447 says he's skeptical and so do a lot of others. we'll talk to him about why. also, another twist in the amanda knox case. italian court says she's guilty but the prosecutor's theory is wrong. what does this mean for knox and the long drawn out legal drama?

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welcome back to "new day." possible new lead in the search for missing flight 370. australian team, firm, rather, says the analysis of airborne images shows an area in the bay of bengal that could be the missing plane. this area, keep in mind, is thousands of miles from the current search area. joined once again by david gal lo to break down what the images

could be showing and how easy it would be to investigate the claims. the images are showing weak electromagnetic currents. they paired the images which what they say show metal wavelength. science it out for me in regular speak. >> every kind of metal has its own electromagnetic field surrounding it. it's generated by the metal itself and the right kind of tools you can pick out different metals. >> the metals of steel, alloys, aluminum, titanium. >> each is their own kind of signature. i get that. that's proven. >> you are a skeptical or suspicious. >> suspicious because this ground breaking if it's true. it's revolutionary in the ocean world that you can see through that much water and see something on the bottom and sense it like this. i don't know any other capability like this. so if it pans out to be true it's revolutionary. >> if it isn't flight 370 or wreckage, what else could it be? >> you know, that part of the ocean, you're talking about

close up to india, bangladesh and that area, there's a lot of different areas that wash down the river. >> there's two rivers that flow out to that area. >> yes. so there's a lot of input from land sources. and in that land there's aluminum, titanium and other metal. those sediments probably have bits of all of that in there mixed in. plus, probably all sorts of other wrecks, shipwrecks, planes. >> one other things that people are suspicious about, the fact that they had images from before and then images after that show this but they're not showing the before images. >> right. well, that's another thing that i don'ten quite get because it looks like they make it sound like they did that entire area. almost half the northern indian ocean, gigantic area, so they must have seen an awful lot of stuff. came back a few days later and, whoa, theres. i'm simplifying a lot. i haven't seen their report. i'm guessing about what process they went through. here's the data.

>> right. i want to take you to -- we're talking about the ocean. i'm going give you the opportunity to draw on it because this is an area of your expertise to be certain. >> yeah. >> this area, the bay of bengal is vastly different. >> big time different. >> how so? >> in the case where we've been working, the water depths have been about 4,000 plus meters. 5,000 meters even. that's deep. it takes some incredible technology to run a cable back to here with the tpl first and then the bluefin that was zipping around on the bottom. and now we have a lot of lumps and bumps down, topography and seafloor. we're up here i think now the more i like at their report it sounds like they're up here on the shelf where this distance is only a couple of football fieldss. >> not as difficult which begs the question, why not send -- >> let's have a peek. >> why not? >> it still will take a while to get a boat and tools. many more tools that can do this

than that but it could still take a bit to get a ship out there. why not repeat it with a satellite or aircraft. >> i want you to focus on that. any scientist know it is you get a result, do the test again. >> let's get the investigative team with them. show us how you did this. let's see it again. >> it's also interesting, too, here the currents i think would be a different situation. all of that would be that. >> in this area within 100 meter or so of the sea sure face you can get storms and everything that would blow through here. you might think it's totally absolutely easier to work up here. different set of problems here. currents. >> every bit of ocean has its own challenges. let's look at the map. about 118 miles south of bangladesh. talk about this area. is it a big shipping route, water traffic? >> awful lot of traffic if you look at marinetraffic.com at any given day you can see ships up inside that area. so it's not in the edge of that shelf we were looking at is right about here. so this drops off quickly into deep water.

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welcome back. breaking overnight. a botched execution in oklahoma, renewing the death penalty debate as corrections officials begin to investigate what went wrong. a new drug cocktail left 38-year-old clayton lockett writhing on the gurney. cnn's justice correspondent pamela brown is in washington with the latest. pamela, what do they think went wrong? >> reporter: they're still trying to figure that out. we can tell you the inmate who recently died lost the court battle to find out the source of the drugs used in his excuse. last night witnesses watched in horror as the inmate seemingly

struggled to talk well after he was given the lethal chemical cocktail. >> he was struggling to talk. ma'am, i'm not, something is wrong. >> reporter: they may be the last words spoken by oklahoma inmate clayton lockett uttered during his botched execution. his vein exploded during the lethal injection, calling authorities to halt the procedure. the first drug in the lethal injection cocktail is supposed to render a person unconscious. but witnesses say lockett was still conscious seven minutes later. at 16 minutes he tried to get up and talk. it was then that prison officials closed the blinds, shutting out the media. >> we didn't know what was happening on the other side of the blinds. we didn't know if he was still dying or if they were pumping drugs in him. >> reporter: 43 mints after the injection lockett died.

>> he suffered what appeared to be a massive heart attack and died. >> reporter: they were at the center of a court fight over the drugs used in their execution. oklahoma's high court initially stayed their executions, only to lift those stays last week saying the men had no right to know the source of the drugs intended to kill them. >> they wanted to hurry up and get it done with as little transparency as possible. there should not be another execution in this state until there's a full investigation into what went wrong. >> oklahoma governor mary fallen issued an executive order granting a two-week delay in executions. interesting to note, oklahoma is one of several states fighting to keep information about the suppliers of lethal drugs confidential. back to you. >> thanks, pamela. we'll be following up on that story to be sure. coming up on "new day," now banned for life from the nba

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good morning and welcome to "new day." it's wednesday, april 30th, 8:00, just before 8:00 in the east. the los angeles clippers and their fans are trying to move on from team owner donald sterling's racist ranning that just got him banned for life from the nba. they took a big step last night winning game five of their play-off series against warriors at home. it came just hours after the league gave sterling the boot and handed down a pretty hefty fine. but will sterling accept the punishment, or does the league have a major fight on its lands? cnn's stephanie elam in live in los angeles and was live at the game last night. >> reporter: good morning, kate. this was a very decisive move by the league, by the commissioner. and afterwards it was across the

board we heard from owners, we heard from players. we heard from former players of all races coming out to say that this is what needed to happen and it seemed to clear the way for the clippers to take the win. >> a rousing show of support as the l.a. clippers took to the court and took home the victory against the golden state warriors in game five of the play-offs. the team, warming up in shirts that read one team, one goal, it's time. a symbol of their support after nba commissioner adam silver came out strongly against team owner donald sterling. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. >> reporter: the harshest punishment in the history of the nba. sterling, who admitted the racist rant that surfaced is his own, was also fined $2.5 million, the maximum allowed under the nba constitution.

before game five, clippers coach doc rivers said now the healing can begin. >> i was really proud of them. i've been proud of the players in the nba overall. i've been proud of the ownership. we're all in a better place because of this. >> reporter: the commissioner bold action igniting resounding praise from players, owners and fans alike. charlotte bobcats owner and nba legend michael jordan says he applause the commissioner's swift and decisive resummons. magic johnson adding he wished he could be at the game. diehard clippers fans also relieved by the nba's response. >> basketball is our sngt air, we're red, white, blue, all races come together and one and cheer their team on to a victory. >> reporter: many nba teams showing solidarity online with the slogan "we are one." the fans on their feet loudly clearing and proudly waving

clippers gear waiving signs of support. the energy inside the packed stadium, electric, the sentiment clear. we root for the team, not the evener. the players later expressing their gratitude to silver, their coach and their fans. >> we ran out for warmups, one of the most emotional things i think i've ever been a part of. almost brought tears to your eyes to feel the support. >> reporter: donald sterling has yet to utter any words of remorse for his racist rant, but many believe that he is litigious by nature and gearing up to fight to keep the ownership of the clippers. >> it will be interesting, stephanie, there is a contract among all the oerns. it could be as simple as what the terms of the contract says and what it allows. we'll take it on as it develops. we also want to talk to you about day three of potentially deadly weather, from the gulf coast to southern new england. the flooding is so bad in florida a person has already

drowned. they declared a state of emergency. let's start on the ground with martin savidge live in kimberly, alabama, where they're reeling from tornadoes that hit earlier this week. >> reporter: good morning, chris. they're doing okay this morning despite the devastation you may see behind me. they know it could have been a lot worse. overnight the weather delivered a one-two punch. we had a return of staeds to the south. then we have this torrential rain. really remarkable. take a look. breaking overnight, a third round of severe weather barreling through the southeast spawning a deluge. the florida panhandle pummeled by over nine inches of rain and a massive thunderstorm. at least 65,000 lightning strikes light up the night sky. alabama hit hard yet again,

flash flooding taking over streets and neighborhoods in mobile, alabama, inundated with 12 inches. >> it's touching down. >> reporter: on tuesday at least one tornado and multiple funnel clouds were spotted in central north carolina. >> all sorts of stuff falling from the sky. >> reporter: visible from space, the massive three-day storm system tearing through large swaths of the south, packing a mile-wide ef 4 tornado. survivors barely making it out alive. >> the moment of death is an inch away. >> reporter: mississippi and alabama still reeling from monday's widespread destruction, homes pulverized, homes tossed around on the side of the roads and tens of thousands without power. >> we have a big problem with power poles down over the southwestern portion of the county. >> reporter: the outbreak claiming 35 lives including 21-year-old john sur vatity after a retaining wall in his basement collapsed.

>> it was unreal. the wind came up and it just roared, just roared. >> reporter: real quick, let me tell you about where we are. this is kimberly, alabama, located to the north of birmingham, alabama. small down, 2500 people, this was their only fire department, part volunteer, part professional. it is all in ruins. maybe off in the side you can see some of the building still standing. that is the place where the fire chief, his wife and two other people sought shelter. they obviously chose wisely in that part of the building. as for the rest of it, the fire trucks would have been right here. they've been damaged somewhat, but they're going to be looked over and are expected to be returned to service. i should point out one other fact and that's this thing. you always see these with tornadoes, the rack of hoses in the back. those hoses are neatly stacked. that's the way the tornado left them. destroyed everything in the fire department but apparently left

them pretty much unmolested. in this town right now the fire service is being backed up by the local neighbor, warrior is that community. they'll respond to any emergencies if they happen here. that's the way people are down in the south and in much of this country. back to you, kate. >> especially when tragedy like this hits. you used the right word, it is remarkable what's demolished, what's devastated and what remains standing. they have a huge job ahead of them. thank you so much. the storm system is blamed for 36 deaths since sunday. unfortunately the threat isn't gone yet. meteorologist ichb drindra pete sons has the forecast. >> still in pensacola talking heavy amounts of rain and severe flooding. keep in mind more deaths occur from flooding than any other severe weather event. keep that in mind as this will be continuing for the next several hours. let's take a look at what it looks like.

this is training, training is thunderstorms developing over and over again in the exact same spot. it's like the rain cloud over your house that won't go away causing severe flooding. take a look at the last 24 hours. as the wind is coming off the gulf, you add in the heat, it's just to continue those thunderstorms developing. that will continue to be the story today and also spreading into the northeast. the rain in the northeast wopt be as strong, but heavy rainfall, even one to two inches is enough to cause flooreding there. flooding concerns from new york city through florida. in the southeast, mobile, pensacola, panama city beach, they saw 5.5 inches an hour. the severe weather threat still with us. from d.c. back through florida, if you're heading out of the philly airport looking at delays from low cloud cover, about 111 minutes. >> indra, thanks so much. keep with cnn, we'll keep you apprised of what's happening

weatherwise. this morning the state of oklahoma is reviewing its execution procedures after a lethal injection went very wrong. clayton lockett died of a heart attack more than 40 minutes after being injected with a controversial drug cocktail that was supposed to kill him. now the state has called off a second execution for at least two weeks as it tries to figure out just what happened. ukraine's interim president says his armed forces are in full combat mode. pro-russian aggressors don't seem to be slowing the offensive. hundreds stormed government buildings in one of the eastern provincial capitals and raised their flag. this comes despite new sanctions from the u.s. and the e.u. right now iraqi voters are heading to the polls amid fierce bloodshed as prime minister maliki is battling for a third term in office. he's facing strong opposition

with sectarian violence at its most intense in more than five years. this is iraq's first election since withdraw of u.s. troops some three years ago. those are your headlines. over to you, kate. more than 50 days after flight 370 vanished, could the best new lead be thousands of miles from the current search area? this morning we're digging into an australia company's claim it has located wreckage of some kind and they believe it could be the wreckage of missing flight 370, as we said, thousands of miles from where they're searching at this point. let's continue the discussion with mary schiavo, former inspector general at the department of transportation and miles o'brien, pbs skrins correspondent. we started this conversation. i say let's continue where we were. mary, we're talking about everyone is skeptical of these claims. some are giving a little more leeway than others. should this one way or the other be tested and dismissed? how quickly do you think they

can do that? >> well, i think it's going to have to be tested and dismissed unless they come up with something at their search site because the families are so sfrus streeted and upset. we had the pings, the at light handshakes. the australians were so confident. the first day they got the ping when they sent the "ocean shield" there. with this many days and nothing, i think they have to look at other theories whether they want to or not just because they have the lock of results where they're searching. i think it's inevitable. the question now becomes, since it's gone on for so long, who is going to pay and are they really going to shift assets? i agree with miles, i don't like the idea of shifting assets away from where they're dedicated to search. there's a question of money and assets at this point. >> miles, who do you think should handle that? if they need to run this theory down and it at some point does include moving assets, some navy is going to have to get out there, who do you think will

handle this? >> let's not get the cart before the horse here. before we start steaming in the navy of high-tech tools that will verify this, there are simpler ways to do this. number one, if they would train their satellite on a known wreckage site and prove they can actually do this, there are ditching sites the world over that we all know about where the planes are still there. we know where they are. let's see where they are. i'm from missouri, show me on that one. number two, why don't they train their satellite on the search zone and disprove that the plane is there? what's the matter with that? before we start moving ships on the water, very expensive, painstaking and most important taking assets away from where the evidence leads us, i think they should do this. >> mary, do you agree with miles? >> i do. what people have to know and other people have probably seen this, too, i know miles gets these every day, we get -- some of them with extensive research.

we get tips, the plane has to be in china, the plane has to be in the arabia sea. every day people have gone in. people have done a lot of work, very impressive work. there's no shortage of tips and possible sites that have come in. it really is tough o on the investigators, on the australians and malaysians to decide among so many leads. this one is getting traction because they went public. >> that's a very interesting perspective. when i spoke with the director of geo resonance, he said they had been ignored and that's why they decided to go public with the research they had. miles, do you think what mary is talking about here, that maybe being ignored wasn't necessary -- that australia and malaysia are ignoring them, they are just inundated with so many theories, this is par for the course. >> they were ignored because there is no known technology to do what they did, period. it doesn't exist.

now 50 days in when the media looking for another story, they release this information. i think it's cruel to the families, period. >> let's talk about the actual search that has the evidence that we know and the searchers are focused on. we've moving into the winter. we have seen they have had to call off the search for the day because of conditions. at what point do you think we'll have to bring the assets in and wait this out? >> actually pretty soon. that has happened in other searches in the past. angus houston, the australian also be the ones to make the call on that, because they're most familiar with the conditions and the seas. i guess the u.s. navy could if they're not going to send the ships out there, particularly with the bluefin anymore, the supply ship and the bluefin ship. i think the australians will and they'll call it off soon. they can use the time very profitably in doing some of the things that miles suggested, in

finding out if the fingers really degrade from 37.5 to 33.5 over time in ocean water. there are a lot of things they can do to beef up their search. it certainly doesn't mean they're ending it. that's had to happen in many searches. they've had to stop for bad weather conditions. >> i wanted to get your final thought on that, miles. when i saw the release from the australian search group -- the search leaders this morning that said we're going to transition into this next phase over the coming weeks, i thought, oh, that sounds like a delay. as mary is saying, there's a lot of work to be done even before then. >> let's remember, in the case of air france 447 when they found wreckage on the surface, it was two years before they found the wreckage below. we have a disconnect between the patience that we have and the families have and the patience required for a search like this. i would encourage everyone, including my fellow reporters to remember this and remember every time you report a wild claim that is completely

unsubstantiated, there are families' emotions being toyed with and i think it's cruel. >> important perspective. why we have you talking about it, when it becomes part of the conversation. any theory that has made such a splash and gotten so much attention. miles and mary, thank you so much. chris? coming up on "new day," a shocking twist in the amanda knox case. a new legal theory, a new murder weapon. we break down how an italian court came to its conclusion and an update on amman do knocks yourself that you're going to want to hear. eady. so he knows exactly when he can check in and power up before his big meeting. and when alan gets all powered up, ya know what happens? i think the numbers speak for themselves. i'm sold! he's a selling machine! put it there. and there, and there, and there. la quinta inns & suites is ready for you, so you'll be ready for business. the ready for you alert, only a laquinta.com!

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welcome back to "new day." the amanda knox legal saga got stronger. for the first time the court says the murder wasn't a sex game gone wrong, but that knox killed her roommate over money. the court also claims there was more than one murder weapon and more than one murderer. knocks, who is planning an appeal to face possible expedition to italy. we have joe tack pena, criminal defense attorney and senior cnn analyst jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, let me start with you. do i have it right that the judge says prosecutors, you're right, but the whole reason, the motive which matters in italy,

not here, is wrong. we're going to believe the killer and his take about the relationship between the two girls. is that accurate? >> that's right. i think, just to remind people because this has been going on so long now. there is someone in prison, rudy gude who is generally and believed to be at least one of the killers. his fingerprints were on the knife. this is a guy -- there's no doubt he was a principle figure involved in the murder of amanda knox. the question here and the one raised by the appellate court decisions yesterday is were amanda knox and her boyfriend, were they also involved in stabbing her? that's a theory, this money theory that hadn't bt been put forward before. i find it strange given my ground in the american legal

system that the prosecution can come up with a new theory seven years after the murder. on the surface it's not xlitly i'm plausible. >> do you see in this situation the proof, the evidence to support it? >> no. this is ridiculous. this is basically like a james patterson novel. they've come up with new facts, new theories based out of holed cloth. i spent almost three years in perugia. >> perugia is during the main trial, where it happened. >> yes. i spoke with the prosecutors, the defense attorneys, local defense counsel. and i will tell you there's not a stitch of evidence that implicates amanda knox or her boyfriend in this murder. >> you think she would have been arrested, indicted, charged in the united states? >> she never would have been charged. no way it would have gone past

the grand jury phase. >> alan dershowitz says people are in jail in the united states for less on the record than amanda knox has in this case. do you agree? >> i can't speak to every person in prison the united states. i'm not as categorical as joe is in thinking this is a completely bogus case. >> what's the best part of the case? >> her statements -- her presence at the scene. she did not behave in a particularly exculpatory manner, but the physical evidence has always pointed much more to rudy gude. the question is could she have a role as well? i thought the acquittal was the right judgment. it's worth keeping in mind that this judgment will go to the italian supreme court before it's final in italy again. so this is not over even in

italy. >> that being said, there really is -- there's not a fact that implicates here, the way she acted -- >> maybe her behavior was bad, maybe she didn't do the right things. maybe the story -- it doesn't sound great that she and her boyfriend told. >> but she lived at the scene. it was her house, so she was supposed to be there. the fact of the matter s in that room which was a bloody mess, there was dna of rudy gude all over the place. she would have had to be flying in mid air for her to be clean. >> the motivation says they cleaned it up and removed their dna. forensic experts say it would have been hard to clean this scene without basically torching the place. people have legitimately poked holes in the rationale story, the alibi story of sollecito, her boyfriend, and amanda knox. is there a difference between

saying my story as the defendant isn't great, and making the case against me? they're very different things, aren't they, joe? >> you can't supplant an implausible story and make that the evidence in the case. look, inconsistent story, coupled with some evidence is one thing. i tell you, chris, i ask jeffrey if he can articulate otherwise, there is not a stitch of evidence, scientific evidence that implicates amman do knocks. >> you think you have to have snit. >> for someone to spend their life in jail, you need some evidence. >> final point, jeffrey. >> she's never going to get expedited anyway. that's my larger point. the american government is never going to send her back, even if the conviction is ultimately upheld. as long as she decides to take her vacations in some other country but italy, she's never going to prison for the rest of her life. this is theoretical. >> that may be a relief to her

supporters. you know who it's not a relife to? amanda knox has told me she does not want this to come down to the united states and some expedition thing. that she is not ready to accept injustice. jeffrey toobin, joe tacapina, thank you very much. everybody wants to hear what she has to say about this latest turn and what her response to be. >> tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. we have an exclusive interview with amanda knox. she says she will back away from no question about what the court has to offer and you can judge for yourself. a botched execution in oklahoma raising the question again about the big question and the controversy over executions in that state and across the country. we'll speak with someone who witnessed the execution and ask what went wrong and what she saw. also ahead, the owner of the l.a. clippers is out of the picture for now.

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clayton lockett died 43 minutes after receiving the first injection. the nba says there is no place in their legal for donald sterling after his racist remarks. he's been handed a lifetime ban and a $2.5 million fine. dangerous storms threatening millions of people from the gulf coast to new england this morning. there's historic flooding in pens coal larks florida, nearly a foot of rain shutting down roads and schools and triggering a state of emergency. leaders of the search for flight 370 are dismissing an australian company's claims that it spotted plain wreckage in the bay of beng gan gal. meantime the final aircraft assisting in the search has begun to leave australia. president obama will hold an afternoon event touting a federal minimum wage hike from $7.25 to $10.10. the nat will hold a procedural vote on the issue today. we always update those five things to know. go to new day.cnn.com for the latest. the donald sterling story is not over.

the commissioner adam silver has banned him for life for his racist remarks and fined him the maximum $2.5 million. let's discuss. rachel nichols, host of "unguarded." certainly widely received positively what the commissioner did. did he have to do this? >> he could have. we've seen people do less when put under the gun. there was an anvil over his head that didn't come out untilt later in the evening. several of the players last night said they would have boycotted the games if silver had not come out and made this decision. the golden state warriors said they would have gone to the tip-off, done the jump ball and walked off the court all 15

players together. they asked the clippers to join them in that. they also made contact with kevin durant in oklahoma city, john wall in washington, d.c. and asked those guys to boycott their games. the nba would have had a disaster on their hands the entire time. now, of course, they've avoided that. >> that would have been exactly the wrong reason to make the decision, to cave to the kind of player pressure. the question becomes then why is this the right decision? why do you think this became such a flash point for people in the league? >> i think it made a statement. this is a zero tolerance issue. there are people who are having debates now. what he said was in private, not public. it doesn't matter. this is zero tolerance. it sets an example for other sports leagues, sets an example for kids out there. maybe you hear your parents using this kind of language, maybe you hear other people in your community. guess what? it's not okay. it tells kids who are children of color saying we respect you enough to say this is not okay.

you are important, you can go anywhere you want, you can be with anyone you want. this is what matters to us. >> the pushback that they've had other problems in the league and haven't been this harsh. first of all, it's a new commissioner. is there a relativism here? or do you think this is much big gir than dealing with someone who is violent in a game or violent off the court? >> i'm never going to progrecom about progress. if we get it right this time, i'm not going to be upset about that. the issue now is how much further are they going to go? they need this three-quarters vote league from the board of governors, the other owners of the other teams. i thought what adam silver did yesterday was such a power move. he came out and did the most he could have done under his powers, banned him from any operations with the team, levied the $2.5 million fine. then he threw it on the other owners in public. this is the key. a lot of other commissioners would have done consensus

building beforehand, polled those other owners. i asked adam silver in the press con sfrens, do you know you have the votes? he said i haven't talked to everyone else. he wanted to put the other owners on the spot in public. >> how does an owner not vote yes? >> the day before we saw dallas mavericks owner mark cuban say i don't know about this, it's a slippery slope? what if somebody says something in private, you can take their team away. remember these are hundreds of millions in assets. these are most of these businessmen's primary identity at this point. now commissioner silver basically has the power to point and say, you, i'm taking your team away. there are owners who are concerned about that, but by making it public, laying the challenge out there publicly, even owners like mark cuban who may be concerned about the precedent itself feel, well, i can't side with sterling, i can't publicly come out and be on the wrong side of history

here. privately if he tried to consensus builderly, i don't know if he would have gotten the votes. but now because he came out and laid it all out there, now those owners are under a lot of pressure from the fans, from their own players. >> the key will be timing. you'll know, if it goes longer, you know there are people waiting for it to cool down and see if they can step sideways. >> donald sterling is going to make some phone calls in the next few days. >> he's got to give an interview. not because i'm in the media. this is something that's all been against him. we have not heard from him. bailey said it, i want to hear from donald sterling, what's in his heart and why he did this. it's going to be important. rachel nichols, appreciate it. please make sure to watch rachel and her team with turner sports. remember the play-offs are going on. when her show returns, watch "unguarded with rachel nichols" friday at 10:30 eastern.

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good to have you back with us. earlier this month, dare devil climber joby ogwyn was to be featured in a live television special. april 18, an avalanche left 13 sherpa guides dead.

he was on the base camp during the avalanche. this sunday discovery channel is going to show "everest avalanche." joby ogwyn, a delight to see you. unfortunate under these circumstances, but i want to talk to you about april 18th. you were in your tent on base camp. you saw the whole thing happen. >> i did. i did. it was a strange thing. i just happened to be awake. it was early in the morning, and 6:45. i heard it. it actually didn't sound like a really big avalanche. but i could tell it was from the general direction of the icefall and i new my guys and other guys were up there. i unzipped the tent, i saw it come right over the top from camp one and covered everybody i saw. >> it covered three of the sherpas you had been working with directly, correct? and it took their lives.

>> it did. we had three guys that were going to go to the summit for the live transmission on the discovery channel. they were great friends, guys i knew for a long time. we lost all of them. >> then you had to discussingal with your decision, do you go on with this jump. initially i understand there were reports you wanted to press through but you later said we're not doing this. tell us how that came about? >> at first i really wanted to try to keep my team together, what was left. i was trying to show some leadership where there was a lack of that at the time and i think miscommunication and chaos. it was a very chaotic scene. >> understandable. >> i wanted the sherpas to have the time, not just the guys left on my staff, but all of the sherpa to have time to process a little bit of what happened. i think because the situation was so heavy and there was such a massive loss of life to everybody at base camp that very quickly it turned to we needed

to pull out and let everybody try to start the healing process. >> that's going to take some time. a lot of these men you talked to about this, they were the only breadwinners in their family, very tight knit community. >> they were. that's why i wanted to give them the choice of whether or not to stay and continue on or to leave the expedition. every year for the last decades people have died on everest. that's why it is such a big deal if you're able to get to the top because it is a risky en kefr. >> it makes a lot of people question why do it if you're going up against that risk. a lot of us wonder it? >> i think people like me who try to go there every year, earn joy the challenge of over womaning those obstacles. that degree of risk is something that can be -- i don't want to say enjoyable, but that challenge is definitely there the sherpas, they're not going to do anymore expeditions. essentially it's impossible without them. you support that obviously?

>> yes, absolutely, absolutely. i've been going to the himalayas and everest for 15 years. i have a great respect for the guys i work with there. like you said, we couldn't do anything without those guys. it's their mountain. >> in terms of what's being done, there's been controversy and discussion about what's being done, the government support in helping those families. i know there's a foundation set up. tell us about that, to help the sherpa community. >> my mission changed drastically from jumping off the top. my mission wanted to be helping the families and everyone working there. i started work with the discovery channel with taking care of their families with their immediate needs and long-term needs like education. we're working with the sherpa family fund, a division of the american him lay yeah foundation. i made it my mission to see how much i can raise for these people, hopefully to give the

children some educational opportunities. >> i also want to talk about this may 4th special. again, it was to be this winged suit jump. its changed its mission. you had a unique perspective. this is a special that airs on discovery may 4th. you feel very passionate about this, don't you? >> i do. i'm obviously disappointed i wasn't able to do my project. i think this could be even more powerful. it's a story that needed to be told. i feel lucky i had my team there, we were able to capture this. i think it will be a tribute to these guys and show how passionate they are about climbing up the mountain. >> you're not hanging up the winged suit, are you? >> no, i'm not. >> we'll expect to hear about that in the coming while. >> yes. the mountain isn't going anywhere. i the always go back and try again with more friends there. >> joby, thanks for letting us know about this, hopefully some

help can be brought to the people that need it most. >> thank you. >> everest avalanche tragedy airs sunday, may 4th at 9:00 p.m. eastern. kate? let's turn to this week's human factor. when a texas painter natalie irish was diagnosed with type i diabetes, she says everything changed, including the way she creates her art. here is cnn's sanjay gupta. >> when natalie was diagnosed with type i diabetes at age 18, even that become a structural for her. >> i can't keep my eyes open. i can't focus on my art classes. >> turns out her blood sugar was seven times higher than normal. doctors were surprised she had on the lapsed into a diabetic coma. >> my priorities changed, the way i ate, the way i lived my life, starting from scratch. >> reporter: not long after,

something else changed, too, her style of art. >> i put on my red lipstick and blotted it on a peets of tissue and saw a lip print. >> reporter: that's right, she paints with her lips. this is just a different paint brush. >> natalie creates masterpieces. she says some sell for thousands of dollars. she's using that attention to help raise awareness about type i diabetes. she says her biggest message, fix the physical, but don't forget about the mental. >> every day will be different. you'll have good days and bad days. it's not our fault. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. also coming up on "new day," donald sterling facing a lifetime ban from the nba, but it may not be over yet. will he try to hold on to his team or will he be forced to sell the clippers? sports analyst greg anthony here to weigh in.

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welcome back to "new day," one of the big stories today, the nba bang l.a. clippers owner donald sterling for life and finding him the max, $2.5 million. why? his racist rants you heard on a recording with his girlfriend. the question is will the league be able to force him to sell his team. for perspective on whether this is the right punishment and whether it will be fully effective, greg ability any, nba analyst for turner sports. mr. anthony, a pleasure to have you. do you like what you heard?

do you think it was right? do you think it will happen in terms of forcing the sale? >> i would say yes to all of the above with one caveat in terms of the forced sale. that still is a slippery slope there, but i think the process is put in place. the real issue is not whether or not the league would like to have donald sterling sell the team and have him removed from having any connection with the nba. the other issue is the precedent it might set, not from a racial standpoint, but from an owner's perspective of, okay, what other grounds potentially could one be forced to have to sell their team? i think that's a big concern for the owners in the league right now as this process continues to move forward. we'll have to kind of wait and see how that part plays out and see if donald sterling at this stage of his life and with all of the bad p.r. he's received is even willing to go down that road, if you will, in terms of putting up the fight that will be necessary to allow him to remain included in the nba.

>> he has said so far the team is not for sale. but we haven't heard from him. he hasn't given an interview. we don't know what happens next. the contract, the bylaws among the owners is vague. it says they can have this vote three-quarters based on violating what matters to the team and the bylaws themselves. so it's vague. it's open. this would be precedent. however, if you're an owner and you say, i don't know about this, i say you're a racist. if you don't vote to have this mansell his team, you, greg anthony, are a racist, do you think the owners are worried about this? >> i think this goes beyond that. it's about the precedent -- it's not the action that was taken by donald sterling. they're all in agreement, especially with how strongly the statement was from commissioner adam silver.

the question is whether or not they feel legally they can go down that road. >> they can do it legally. they can do it real sgli no, no, not that. what i'm saying is they don't necessarily want to set a precedent in the future that would allow for some of these actions to then cause them to have to lose control of their team. that's the issue. it's not about donald sterling. it's about the precedent that could potentially be set if they were to force him out. again, there is no specifics in their bylaws about being able to take a man's team, in essence, because of his racial views that were recorded in a private conversation that was also recorded illegally. it is a concern for them moving forward because, again, that's the one problem with a lot of things that happen in our society, we don't focus on after the fact how that's going to then relate to moving forward and what could or could not be accomplished. that's a huge concern from the league's perspective. if i owned the team -- as a black man if i owned a team, i would be concerned ashtd that

action moving forward. think about the context in which this man is ultimately going to lose his team? no one doubts his bigotry or racism. i was ab horted. the fact he had a conversation taped illegally in essence has caused all of this to transpire. that's the concern, chris. think of it from that perspective. forget donald sterling, just the fact that something had to happen illegally to bring this to light. that's where people in terms of their rights to privacy are going to be concerned. there are concerns about that not representative of donald sterling, but action that was taken to finally bring all this stuff to light. >> true. i think you lay it out all perfectly. one comma. the comma would be the league didn't set him up. we don't have any reason to believe that happened. this happened through whatever drama was going on in his life. but i think you lay out the issues anditis going to be sensitive. form owners to push back on this, they're going to have to

be very concerned about how that is portrayed. >> chris, real quickly again, i go back the precedent set by this young lady. how fearful will most people be now in public that they can have a conversation -- look at the assistant coach fired by the golden state warriors who would leave his cell phones and record corn sagss by players and coaches and the like. that's damning, frightening as well. all of us have said some things over the course of our private lives that might not be socially acceptable and how scary would that be if that now becomes a part of the social discussion? >> it's part of the new world. everybody hears everything. i've said things socially unacceptable on camera. greg anthony, appreciate having you on as always. kate? coming up next on "new day," a message from above or was it something else? a little boy is kidnapped and you won't believe what he did to escape, a very scary story that becomes the good stuff coming

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10-year-old willie myrick. he was snatched from his own driveway by a man he threw in his cars. he was released miles away and hours later unarmed. why? not because the guy was a good guy. every one of those hours willie sang "every praise" until the kidnapper couldn't take it anymore. >> eventually you start singing, and he stopped the car. what did he do when the car stopped? >> he threw me out. >> his church weren't the only people who noticed his bravery. >> it's really emotional for me because you never know who you're going to touch. i want to hug him, tell him i love him. >> that's hezekiah walker who wrote "every praise." he visited willie personally on his 10th birthday to sing him the song that probably saved his life. as an artist, it's all about impact and imagine he might have done something, not just influence this kid, but

influenced a man up to no good. that is the suspect right there, kidnapper still at large. police are hoping the sketch and you will help lead to the arrest. >> amazing how a terrifying situation became so amazing. happy ending. a lot of news. let's get to to the "newsroom" and ms. skarl costello. every praise to you, carol? >> thank you. i appreciate it. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com happening in the newsroom, a night of rebirth. >> one, two, three! >> los angeles rallies and the clippers conquer the court. the team's owner banned. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life. >> and fined just 1/1000 of his birth. will donald sterling be forced to sell his team? botched