pennsylvania state archives have just released never before seen video of franklin roosevelt. his legs are supported by braces as we walks up a ramp at the 1937 major league all star game. that's it for me. thanks for watching. newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. >> and here we go. good afternoon. and in jusst a matter of really minutes, a fight turned into an all out war and it did not take long. small patches of flames erupted into these towering infernos. people are using the phrase fire-nado. this is all across san diego county. we are talking about more than 15 square miles. one of the blow outs ignited from a fire there in san marcos,

3,000 plus acres burned. this fire incredibly active, only 10% contained. >> there it is right there. there it is right there. >> holy [ bleep ]. holy [ bleep ]. oh my god. those houses are [ bleep ]. >> oh my god. dude. >> it is jaw dropping to look at these images here coming in from san marcos, california. people describing the scene like a series of bombs going off. burnt orange flames searing through the core of a number of homes. at least one person has now

died. the cause here of these fires still under investigation. but you see this young man? 19 years of age? he is one of two teenagers arrested in connection with two new brush fires. as of now they have not been linked to other larger fires. as for the firefighters here, they are desperate, of course, for calmer winds, lower temperatures to gain the upper hand. ted is right there in san marcos. ted, tell me what you're standing in front of. >> think back yesterday to your show when you were showing viewers those tornado like fire cylinders. this is that area and it is much different today. the hillside behind me, you see firefighters putting water on hot spots. you could not see anything yesterday during this time during your show.

this fire is technically 10% contained. but i can tell you at the next briefing tonight that number will go up because they have made such dramatic progress, of course, this is the reality for those that lost their homes. this is one of a handful of homes that were lost yesterday during this time. homeowners. as you can see, there is not much left of their homes. it has helped so far. >> which is great news weather wise. but seeing some of the firefighters with their fire hoses. and one of the shots you gris just showed, you can see smoke coming to the charred remains from that inferno from 24 hours, i mean, how many hot spots are there? and how difficult is that for firefighters to get a handle on?

>> that's a great point. the hot spots aren't bad when there is no wind but the wind could change at any minute. you combine that with the drought conditions in southern california and this can restart in a minute. the temperatures are going down. the winds are shifting. firefighters are confident that they do have the upper hand. one of these hot spots can turn into a fire in an instant. >> i want to stay on this story and show you a stunning time lapse video. the wild fire there in san marcos. the winds.

>> thick clouds of smoke almost blot out that beautiful blue sky. more than a thousand firefighters trying to quell the flames. crews are hoping as ted was alluding to with the weather, calmer winds and cooler temperatures may help today's battle but let's talk to the man in charge, the fire chief. can you hear me? >> i can. >> sir, how are you and your firefighters holding up here 24 hours after just infernos through these neighborhoods. >> as many people and equipment

as we can. the other challenge is when you have a fire of 3,000 acres, it's not just the edges, it's getting inside and making sure that there is nothing inside the burn that could ignite and cause issues with homes or safety and quite a few power lines. we're trying to keep the firefighters safe. >> explain this to me. when we talk about the san marcos area and the 10% containment, what does that really mean? does that mean there are active flames in 90% of this area? or does that mean you and your guys just don't have an entire handle on the area. >> on to the other 90%, i think that number the cooperation

weather and it appears we may get clearer weather tomorrow through the weekend. >> chief, just curious, i don't know how many years you have been working in san marcos, but i have been hearing from people who have lived in the area for decades and decades. the idea of eight and nine fires all at one time, is this unprecedented? >> i have been with san marcos fire for 28 years. it is the nature of what we live with in southern california. as we build more homes in california through the wildlife areas, it poses a lot of problems. we do have a history in this area, a similar area of this fire was in 1996 in a different position. but a lot of the same patterns. i think we have done a lot of the same things.

we have 150 foot clearance ordinance which will hopefully help us not lose any more structures. >> fire chief from san marcos, california, really doing an incredible job with your resources. >> i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> coming up next, magic johnson suggested donald sterling to quietly into the night but sterling, he isn't listening. we are now hearing the la clippers owner will sue the nba. so what changed since anderson cooper's exclusive interview? >> plus crews search for bodies in a tragic accident. tear gas and water cannons being used to quiet protesters? hear why they are furious. and some big time surprises for the one, the only barbara walters on her last day. you will see the highlights of that plus the joan london is

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>> as the sports pundits predicted and he himself predicted, sports illustrated is reporting maxwell bleacher has sent a letter to the nba saying sterling is not only threatening to sue the league but will not p

pay. he still insists that he did not do anything wrong. if that is the case, why did sterling apologize when he sat down and spoke exclusively with anderson cooper? >> why not walk away from it? you can make a ton of money from what you bought the team for. >> remember we said money is not what i'm interested in. >> why not walk away. >> i want to show all the people that are associated with basketball and the world i'm not a racist. if you're not a good member, i don't think -- i have to make them believe i'm a good member

who made a mistake and i'm apologizing and asking for forgiveness. >> joining me now is paul in new york and in los angeles our own stephanie ebram. you live in la. you can talking to fans, you are talking to la residents. when you're hearing the news here. he wants to sue the nba and he is not paying this fine, how is that sitting with people you are talking to? >> it's -- it's like mixed messages dot basketball. it's not a small enough dot. what would it be me fighting and paying millions of dollars and they are paying millions but the next minute you hear he's out shopping for lawyers and he's looking to get his side represented to fight this. i talked to people to see what

they felt after the loss that they had last night. >> uh-huh. >> paul, to you, really the big question, we don't know the chronology. the question is why does he all of the sudden, i am planning on suing the nba. we don't know. might in of us have to do with the reaction? maybe expected on the behalf of the sit down with anderson or anything that magic johnson said? >> i think it's a whole constellation of things. he wants to be vindicated and demonstrate that he's not a racist. if he goes quietly, he is enjoy ing bleacher is an anti-trust

expert. and you know, the thing that professional sports teams have always worried about is the application of the federal anti-trust rules to professional sports. those rules prohibit teams from getting together and having uniform rules about what players are going to be paid and what tv tracts will be handled. if those rules are applied to the sports franchises here, professional sports would be radically different. that's an atom bomb that has been brought into the room by sterling. >> with this atom bomb, do fans really want a boycott if this is still in legal imbow in some months? >> you know, after the game last

night we talked to some fans outside of the game. we love the players. we love doc rivers. we love this team. but if there is any sterling associated with this team we are not going to be there. for their part, the players and coach did take the higher road. we have some sound from them where they talked about how the sterling saga has affected their play off play. take a listen. >> to tell you the truth, we don't think about that. that's the least of our worries right now. i'm sorry, but we don't care about that. >> we have gone through a lot of stuff over the last three or four weeks and i don't think that was why we didn't win. i don't think we should use that as an excuse. we're a team in process. i believe we're good enough to win it this year. you know, oklahoma city told us we were not. >> the one thing about this.

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>> let me just be straight up with you now. i might not be in this seat had it not been for this woman. barbara walters. my professional road could have been much, much longer. barbara walters long a first lady of tv news is taking a step back from television. today was the last day on the show. she created the view and leave it to barbara walters of course, to have a headline guest, maybe you have heard of her, hillary clinton? >> as long as you're here, let me ask you a question. >> oh really? >> you knew that was going to happen. >> the question i want to ask is

are you going to run. >> i am running -- around the park. >> the best moment was when this incredible array of famous female journalists came out one by one by one and hugged her and kissed her and gathered around to pay tribute to the woman who paved the way for all of them. oprah winfrey, lisa ling, diane sawyer, connie chung. we will show you a still photo, the woman standing over her shoulder is a woman i happen to have on the phone, joan london who spent 17 years co-hosting "good morning america." >> it's great to be with you, brook. >> so, can we just talk about this moment here? here you are with barbara in this shot. i mean standing right behind her, can you just -- what was

that moment like? >> you know, it was incredible being in the room right off set with just all of these women who were iconic who really went down a path because of barbara and everybody felt it. and when -- she was actually really surprised. one after another, she really was quite overwhelmed. you know, for me, when i was, you know, in college, i was watching her on the air, i always thought she had the best job in the whole. it was her influence on me as a young woman who gave me the audacity back then in 1973, to walk into a news affiliate and ask for a job. >> there you go, you know. you have been such a success in your own right.

and get iting your own gig. i read a very old people magazine article where it talked about how you had had your baby, jamie, and you brought this itty bitty creature into the studios of "good morning america" during the day. you were to interview barbara walters and she sees you and sees this baby and says what? >> i had only been on the show as co-host for a few weeks. and i brought this little baby, eight weeks old when i started and i brought her with me because i was breast-feeding. i had a little room off of my dressing room where she would be. the morning that barbara was going to be on and i was so nervous to meet this woman and not only that, but to be interviewing her. she came into the make-up room and introduced herself, being very gracious assuming that i might be nervous and i looked

and instead of leaving and she was staring down by my dressing room and she turned around and said this is remarkable. she said this is going to change everything for women. and she said if i would have ever -- i never would have had the thought process to think about bringing my babies into nbc when i was doing the "today show." she was just amazed by it. >> what was she like, you know, babies aside, just walking down the hallways with her or at "the view" taping when the cameras were not rolling? >> she really was an iconic figure. she always cut a pretty wide path. she was incredibly gracious and she was very, very gracious with young women coming up. the buzz around the room at the view was everybody giving their story about the advice that

barbara had given to them. she had obviously went out of her way with each one of us. she pulled me aside after the interview that day. i remember every word of her advice. >> which was? >> don't fight for equality around here. i know what happens. do not. you will be exactly where your two predecessors are, right out the door. take what they will give you for now and if they are the woman stories, make each one of them shine. really let them see you shine in everything that they give you and that's how you will rise to the top. and she was right. and she also gave me one other piece of advice. send thank you notes. >> yes, my mother would appreciate that one. >> she said everyone wonders how i get all of these interviews. the reason why i get them is because when it's announced that someone is going to be in a play or a movie, i write them a letter and say i just heard

about this, good luck. i'm sure it's going to be terrific so that when it comes time around to do press who are they going to call? i'm the one that wrote them. >> that is exactly what someone else told me. she is on it like yesterday with writing those letters and we all -- if only all we could be a little like barbara walters and you, joan london. thank you so much for calling in. >> my pleasure. thanks brook. >> thank you. coming up next, this -- look at that. chaos in the streets. police hitting protesters in water cannons. this is a town in mourning after losing hundreds of miners. now they are taking action so that their voices can be heard.

>> bottom of the hour. i'm brook baldwin. fires burning across a 15 mile stretch across california. nearly a dozen are still burning. maybe those more moist winds, weather isn't quite as hot, helping the situation? >> yeah, we're starting to see conditions improve little by little. we were talking yesterday about the strong santa ana winds. you want on shore flow to pull in moisture and humidity. that's what we're going to start to get. this is today around 3:00. you can see winds are starting

to pull a little bit more on shore. we are going to see winds gusty at times but at least there will be an on shore flow. the fire danger will remain elevated through today and through the weekend. at least it will help these firefighters contain these fires a little bit better and stop them from spreading. that's what you want. temperatures are going to be cooling off a little bit, still above average. we have been running 20 and 30 degrees above average. now we will be 5 degrees above average by the end of the weekend.

>> i would already be seeing the wild fires. you would imagine it is a very, very long season. >> jennifer gray, thank you. >> from that mining catastrophe to police clashes, how much can the people of soma really take? tear gas is being fired. they are demonstrated against the deadliest mining accident in history. the explosion and fire killed at least 284 people and one man who knows some victims was seen collapsed weeping at the boots of a riot police officer yelling why are you firing tear gas in soma. my friends' bodies haven't been found and you are firing tear gas? and it's not just tear gas. take a look.

>> i mean, what is it that these people are doing on the streets that, you know, lends these measures being taken by riot police? >> it's just a remarkable response from the government here. >> we have seen heavy handed responses including what has happened in soma. protesting specifically against the mining companies saying safety was lax and that safeguards were not in place in order to insure that miners

would be able to escape in case of a fire or catastrophic event such as the one that happened a few days ago. we saw tear gas and our own i van watson, we saw sporadic protests as well in is ttanbul. there were no fewer than three police check points. when the prime minister visited here a view days ago it was first announced that the disaster was taken place, he was booed and year jeered. you can tell that they do not want this to happen again.

284 confirmed killed, lost in this mining tragedy but the figure of more than 100 missing was reduced by the energy minister here, but regardless of the final number it will be the worst industrial disaster this country has known, the worst mining tragedy. blaming the government and the mining company for not taking responsibility and not responding in a way that is sympathetic enough to those who had endured such tragedy. >> thank you. coming up next, after the kiss sparked a lot of conversation, oprah is producing a documentary about michael sam, the first openly gay player in the nfl. and the reaction? some of it's positive, some of it not so much. how will the players react to those cameras. is he getting special treatment?

we'll go there. plus one expert says someone has to be lying when it comes to flight 370. who has the data? why isn't it being released.

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treated differently from every other player. not every player gets a documentary done by oprah winfrey. tmz says that her networks' cameras were in the room when the whole world witnessed michael sam learn when he was drafted and in that emotional moment hugged and kissed his boyfriend there on live television. in a statement, this is what we have from oprah's network. we are honored that michael is trusting us with his private journey in this moment that has not only made history but will shape it forever. nice to see you. >> hi, there. >> nice to see you. >> let's play a little sound before we chat. i want everyone to listen to what sam said just this week. roll it. >> i wouldn't do a thing differently. i waited and waited and waited.

i said long ago that whatever team that does pick me, they know about my sexuality and everything about my past and that's the team i want to play for. >> to you out of the gate, you say michael sam is contradicting himself by saying yes, oprah winfrey cameras, you can follow me around. why? >> you know, it goes back to what he said when he first came out in a television. i think a lot of people interpret it for now. really hear about you. when you find out that -- right. so when you find out he's doing a series on the o network, that contradicts what he said. now does he have that right to spend his off time anyway he

wants to? absolutely. >> it's on the information. >> it's almost like sort of, you know, we wish he would just be quiet, keep his head down and play. it's almost like saying we did him a favor by letting him be drafted and now he has to pay us back. >> to some degree now you're hearing that he has to pay us back by being quiet and just

playing. >> it's interesting because you mentioned the cameras wouldn't be allowed in the locker room. how much would we see when cameras are rolling? things change when cameras are rolling. >> what is interesting is that it's not scheduled to be broadcast until after the super bowl. so we really won't see this impact directly, anyway, what happens in the locker room as if we were watching it as he is trying to make the team. i think players initially are going whoa, we thought you were going to focus on the football. once they realize the cameras

won't be in the locker rooms and they won't be required to participate and it won't be broadcast until after the season, it will be different. but hbo's hard knocks is more of a concern. they don't have a choice to participate. that's actually a bigger issue for them than oprah. >> this sounds like hard knocks light. but if they are going into the rams' locker room, that could be interesting. >> it could be. my guess is if i had to roll the dice on this, i would say that they're not going to pick them. the nfl exerts an enormous amount of influence. the nfl can easily say if you want to keep this going, then, we're not going to necessarily condone this. it would be to everyone's advantage if they did another team this year. >> at the end of the day this really is about football and i

will end with that seeing if he will get to play with the team in his home state. thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> coming up next, one of their own aviation analysts wonder if there is something to hide. who actually has the power to release this information? and more importantly, why haven't they? marge: you know, there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips.

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handed that over. so who actually has this raw satellite data? who should have it in why isn't it being give on the the public? some experts who can look at things with a fresh set of eyes? why not set it. the inspector general now works with the law firm that also sue s airlines. is someone lying here? >> to quote miles o'brian, they can't both be telling the truth or they can both be very confused which does not bode well for the investigation. there is an easy way out of this. they can both come clean because they can both produce the data. as the head of the investigation, malaysia under the international civil aviation guidelines, they can make anything public. they can put it out on the tokt tomorrow.

that's what our ntsb does. and of course inmarsat is not a party to the investigation. the party is anybody who can be found responsible in a nutshell. they were just helping. it does not look. he took it a step further. . do you think that's fair? >> when a government hides something, this is kind of what i did as inspector general for a number of years, you had to find out government they are hiding

their own insecurities and incompetence. really when you look at the data what comes out is, is this it? they may not realize that they have all the data that there is. usually a cover up involves incompetence. >> we should continue to echo the call for someone to release it. i know they have to find this plane. mary, thank you so much. jus into us here, a day after testifying alongside the veteran affairs secretary, his number two has resigned this as outrage grows over our veterans dying as they waited to get health care on these long waiting lists? it is a story cnn first broke. it has been all over. the secretary has accepted the

doctor's resignation. i should tell you he was scheduled to resign this year. we will talk live to the lead all about the fallout of yesterday's testimony. meantime we will take you back live to california. a huge story still there. the flames precariously close to all of these homes. we will speak to the two men who shot this video.

>> an opera singer had a soaring career but then a stroke nearly upended his career. we have the story on how the singer fought back in this week's human factor. ♪ >> every time i sing, my soul is bared. >> when he had a stroke a year and a half ago. 5:30 a.m., the morning of the stroke.

>> he was moving around and jerking around. then i realized there's something wrong. >> then the jerking around stopped abruptly. >> i slapped him. he wouldn't wake up and couldn't open his eyes. >> later a doctor revealed three large blood clots in his brain. >> i explained that eric was an opera singer and urged him to do whatever it took to get the clots out of his brain, especially in the speech area. >> doctors removed the clots, saving eric's life and against the odds, his ability to sing. only eight weeks after his stroke, the bass was back on stage. singing again somehow came easy. speaking is still difficult. so is memory loss. ♪ you are my sunshine >> but those are minor challenges, considering he's alive. and it's not lost on him that

one reason why was gabrielle crawling into bed with his parents that morning. >> he saved my life. and -- >> we look at him and we are reminded of our blessings. right? >> eric says that the incremental nature of his recovery has taught him to slow down and saver life's blessings. >> here we go, hour two. thank you so much for being with me. we have to begin with southern california. firefighters there are finally making some headway on monster brush fires. at least three of nearly a dozen wild fires raging san diego county are under control.

but look at this for yourself. the smoke continues to blanket neighborhoods. it's unreal for so many thousands of people who live in this part of the country and the damage is equally ominous. estimated to be in the $200 million neighborhood thus far. dozens of homes have been destroyed. more than 20,000 acres score ched. when you talk to people who are around the flames, who are hearing this firsthanded, it's almost like a series of bombs going off. as of today, at least one person has died. the cause of all of these fires is still under investigation. but you see this young man? 19-year-old isaiah silva, he is one of two teens arrested yesterday in connection with two new brush fires. as of now they have not been linked to other larger fires. let's take you live to cnn's ted

ro rollins. here you stand on what remains. >> the sad part of it is you have some homes lost. when you take a look at the video from yesterday and you told homes that are lost. a lot of air drops and you see. >> what a difference from yesterday at this time to today. >> it was amazing the intensity, the fire, the smoke. >> we can actually thank the weather for that. slightly lower temperatures and

higher relative humidity. >> do you have your hands around this now? >> we're working on this. it has become somewhat of a unified command. we're working on containment. >> good news is mother nature is coming to their aid and you mentioned the other part of the equation, the investigation. how did these fires start? obviously brooke is on the table. >> thank you so much. they said they had their hands around at least 10% of the san marcos fire contained. these two colleagues, two co--workers drove past these flames and in parts it looks like they drove through it. this is long before police and firefighters arrived on the scene. two friends in a car took a look at the carlsbad wild fires

orange flames just covered the sky and quickly they realized this wild fire was precisely that, wild. told everyone to get out right away. >> wow, there it is right there. >> oh my god. oh my god. holy [ bleep ]. those houses are [ bleep ]. >> that was right there.

>> get to the closest door to the back. >> you heard their voices. let's see their faces here. jeff drove the car and brian shot the video. guys, i'm glad both of you are okay. i have to begin by asking why you were out there and so close to the fires. >> we were out there because i noticed a small plume of smoke that i could see from our shop. and we decided to take a truck up there to investigate what we thought was a small brush fire. within five to seven minutes, it was a fully involved brush fire and a lot of homes were in danger and it was uncontrolled chaos, really. >> we thought if -- >> i was thinking i was going to

say we thought we had seen an incident. . what did it -- could you feel the heat? i don't know if your window was done at all. but could you feel the heat from that distance? >> absolutely. byron was on the side that could feel the heat the most. i was on the driver's side. it was hot. there is nothing hotter. i would say the only thing hotter than the fires right now is the real estate market. it was just blazing hot. you could not feel any warmer. what's your within? >> it was definitely intense. i said this morning if you liken it to standing next to a campfire and seeing how hot that is, and times that by 100.

>> did i hear one of you listening to the video? did i hear one of you say my house is right there? how are your homes? >> we both live close to the coast so our homes were in danger. obviously we feel bad saying that because there were people that lost a lot and it has been devastating a lot for sure. we're okay. we were evacuated from our work building. it was, you know, less than a quarter of a mile of the blaze and they wanted everybody in that area out of there. that is why we got out of there. >> when you look at these homes you think about if the homes

could be replaced, the sticks and bricks can be replaced but all the sentimental things, the children that have the small gift that was given to them from grandpa. sentimental things is really what you start thinking about. i hope they get out okay. everything else could be replaced. please get the things that are of value out. >> we were looking at someone going through a home yesterday and seeing charred remains of an old photo album. thank you so much. glad you two and your families hopefully are okay. coming up next. >> sterling is not listening to the suggestion of going quietly into the night. we are hearing that the clippers owner will sue the nba. what changed since anderson cooper's exclusive interview plus general motor's mistake is tied to the deaths of more than

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>> as the sports pun its predicted, donald sterling has let loose his lawyer and will fight to keep his la clippers. maxwell bleacher has sent a letter to the nba saying sterling is not only threatening to sue the league but he says he is not going to pay that max penalty, that $2.5 million fine that the league is demanding

from him for his racist rant. a he sat down with our own anderson cooper. you can count how many times sterling said he messed up. >> i made a terrible terrible mistake. am i entitled to one mistake after 35 years? i made a mistake. i hope it's in their heart to forgive me for that mistake. i'm a good member who made a mistake and i'm apologizing and i'm asking for forgiveness. it's a terrible mistake. and i'll never do it again. >> let's bring in sports agent in the house and drew aldridge who has covered the nba for 27 years. david, let me begin with you. my first question is do you think donald sterling sat down with anderson and did this

interview and assumed he would ultimately be forgiven? or do you think he always had this notion that i'm going to fight. >> i think he was going to fight. this is not a guy that is shy about being in court. even with former employees, coaches have had to take him to court to get money they felt they were owed after they were fired. he is a lawyer. he doesn't mind being in court. i don't know why he was surprised at all that he decided to try this in court and see what happens. >> it seem ed i think i'm. you know, listen, you work with, i imagine, some stubborn

athletes and folks in the sports world. how do you, if you were advising sterling the best thing for him is to sell his team, take his billions of dollars and move away from sports in general. spend his time trying to make good by giving to charities and getting involved and helping minorities and people that are not as fortunate as he is. this is a farce for him to fight this and make it a big story. he knows he's not going to win. the nfl obviously has enough documentation to enforce this. he's just going to waste a lot of people's money. i guess he's got a lot of money to burn.

he still owns the clippers. what do you think doc rivers and the players should do. should they? what's the bigger message. >> nobody has had to deal with this ever in the history of the nba or any sport for that matter. given what he has said in the last few weeks. what will be interesting is the clippers, now that they are out of the play offs, they have a number of players that are free

agents. they will have the option to stay there or leave and sign somewhere else. and other free agents will have the option to go to the clippers or sign somewhere else. i will be curious to see what players do this summer. the players will set the tone. if you see an exodus of free agents from the clippers, people not signing there, people who don't want to be there, then you will have a critical mass that could lead to something. >> brook, as an agent, david, i was going to jump in and say as an agent i know that my clients that i have talked to would not be interested in playing for an owner like donald sterling. i do think there will be an exodus. >> and other players say it's a job and when you're offered a job with all of those zeros, you play. >> if it's optional and you can go play for another team and you can play for other owners and you can go someplace else, that's going to be your last resort. of course these guys have to

provide for their family but the la clippers are going to be the last place anyone wants to play as long as donald sterling owns that team. you're going to shy away from he and that organization as long as he's the owner. >> okay. >> i'm getting fired up here. >> i feel you. i'm going to wrap this up. i wish we had more time but something tells me we'll be talking again in the coming months. thank you thank you thank you for that. coming up, he is the controversial man who is about to lead more than 1 billion people but he's not even allowed into the united states, at least not yet. plus you will see the highlights of barbara walters final day on the view and one of my own colleagues tells me what she's like when the cameras aren't rolling. don't miss that. she keeps you on your toes.

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>> general motors is paying a price for a recall. the detroit automaker has agreed to pay a $35 million fine. the company delayed its ignition switch for three years before finally ordering one in february. that may sound like a lot of money. we're talking about 2.6 million vehicles. those ignition defects have been tied to at least 13 deaths.

>> what this is is a settlement with a government. it's not over the faulty switches. it's less than 1% of what gm made in the last year. but that $35 million is actually the maximum penalty that the law allows. the department of transportation wants to raise that maximum but it's not going to happen for gm. the 35 million is going to stick. earlier there was a press conference when the press secretary said these deaths didn't have to happen. >> crashes happened and people died. had gm acted differently, perhaps some of this tragedy might have been averted. >> a little irony in this for

you, brook. the national highway traffic administration agency happens to be the very agency that is slapping the fine on gm but it is being questioned for how it dragged its feet in saying something sooner. representatives did appear before congress in april. so clearly there is a lot of finger pointing going on. for its point. it created a vice president of global safety. it is going back and checking any issues and ordering more recalls now. it's being extra careful to dot its is and cross its ts. >> coming up next, she has interviewed world leaders and celebrities for more than 50

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>> bottom of the hour. you are watching cnn. it is looking as though washington may have taken a bow to reality just a short time ago. the white house to confirm what cnn has been reporting that the united states will lift a ban that bars the indian prescribim

minister from stepping foot on united states soil. let's look at this man. as of today, the prime minister elect of india, the world's second most populas nation. he is pretty assertive as well, a force to be reckoned with, but why, you ask, has he been banned from washington? what if anything does the u.s. have to fear from this man? >> you wouldn't want to make an enemy of this man, let me tell you. on the point that you raised about those riots back in 2002

and the reason that the u.s. -- he has always denied those allegations and was cleared here in india by the supreme court but you are absolutely right to point out that he has not to date gotten a visa to enter the united states. let's just step back for a moment. back in 2010, when obama care here to new dehli he saw india and the u.s. forming what would be the defining partnership of the 21st century. he has a sweeping mandate for

change. he has swept aside the opposition and that being the -- this has turned politics and possibly indian economics on its head going forward. >> his mandate for change is about revitalizing what many people see as a flagging economy. anybody in europe will tell you that's a decent growth rate but given going forward, the

liberalizing. the reorganization of the infrastructure, just the potential for business going forward is a big promise on this side. let me give you a caveat here. this is a man who has run the state, which is in western india. he's effectively run it as a ceo. he has no experience on the national stage and things are very different, everybody knows.

>> you see here there is a certain sense of being jilt ed and then you have gotten china as a regional rival here as well. it would be as far as, i'm sure, the u.s. administration has worked out, good news both politically and economically to be on good terms. >> it's a huge story in india, a huge story globally. we just had to tell. coming up, probably the most bizarre debate you will ever see. these guys are men running for governor in the state of idaho. biker gangs and race.

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later today. i may not be sitting here talking on tv to you right now if it were not for this woman right here. an amazing number of female journalists followed in her footsteps and lined up today. look at the women on "the view" who paid tribute to the woman who paid their way. walters is taking a step back. she says she is retiring but she's not so sure. here is walters saying good-bye on her very last episode of the view. >> how proud when i see all the young women who are making and reporting the news, if i did anything to help that happen, that's my legacy. so now having had this amazing career, how can i just walk away and say good-bye? this way, from the bottom of my heart to all of you with whom i have worked and to all of you who have watched and been at my side for so many years, i can

say thank you, thank you. but then, who knows what the future brings. maybe instead of good-bye, i should say see you later. so, [ speaking french ] >> my partner talked with barbara walters about her amazing career. >> when you look at what you achieved, do you list this was most important to me? >> no. no. i'm proud of "the view" because i created it. it will be on when i'm no longer there. and i think that a lot of shows have sort of copied the atmosphere and idea of "the view," but when i look back at my career, the opportunities that i have had to be able to

witness the peace agreements between egypt and israel, to interview i'm pretty impressed with myself. not really. i think i have had the most blessed career. i never expected it. >> let's do it almost like a checklist. when i say words you tell me a name that jumps to your head. >> funniest? >> robin williams. >> smartest, present company excluded. >> i have to name you. i have interviewed many smart people and a lot of dumb ones. >> sexiest. >> i love hugh jackman. >> what about eastwood. >> if i had only played my cards right i could have been mrs. clint eastwood. >> how about scareyest.

>> i know i should say vladimir putin, but i won't say him. saddam hussein? but when you're working you're not scared. it's when you look back and think about it that you are. i have never, when i have actually been doing the interviews, i'm never frightened. >> personally most important? >> flashes in my mind is one who changed history. i knew him quite well. there's a special place in my mi mind. >> and here he is, chris cuomo. you go back quite a while with ms. walters. how many years exactly. >> brook, near about 15 years now. i have known barbara walters. i have known of barbara walters since i was cog any zant.

it was a big deal. and then we got very close over the years because of my work on 20/20. when i left gma and was offered to be the anchor, barbara brought the offer. >> wow. >> it just meant everything that barbara was considering me worthy of doing the work that she obviously treasured at 20/20. >> let's pull back the veil. what i wan to know is what barbara wallers is like when you pass her in the hall way when it's just you and barbara in an office. what she really like. >> she's not unlike bb -- brook baldwin. tough, no nonsense. she tells you exactly exactly what she thinks about a situation. a business that is filled with people who smile at you.

what really hurts isn't that she just outbooks you because she's barbara walters, because that's what you tell yourself. she really outworks you. she writes the letters sooner, she goes the see people. she's on it 24/7. very intense and incredibly worldly. she has been everywhere and met everyone. >> what an honor to be able to share her oxygen for so many years and sit down with her. thank you, sir. >> pleasure, thank you for the opportunity, brooke. >> coming up here on cnn, how many veterans have to die before the white house thinks twice about the man they have in charge of veterans' health care. coming up next we will speak live with jake here in washington about the white house's response. starts with back pain... ...and a choice.

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>> we just got the word that a veteran's affair official who testified with va chief has resigned. we're talking about robert, the va's undersecretary of health. you're next with the lead. you pushed him, you pushed him, you pushed him. and the follow is you call the va today.

>> every year whether it's a year ago, today, tomorrow, the president is dedicated to making sure. we work with the chairman, and work with chairman sanders and all the members of the house and senate to make sure that they have it. >> how many letters like this. how many dead veterans do you need before somebody asks the question maybe this guy isn't the best steward. >> are we doing everything we can to get the veteran the care and opportunity? >> but you're not. >> we have been working aggressively to insure that. opportunities made more ready to our vets but that people are held to account as rick is doing in this case. we will continue to do that. >> as we mentioned, here i am on your turf talking about this. you're really pushing him saying how many veterans have to die? and you followed up with the va today. what did they say to you? >> i was asking specifically

about the undersecretary of health. we know that he had announced last fall that he was going to retire sometime in 2014. it is not a coincidence. my sources tell me that the day after. the doctor who specifically is in charge of health at the va has been criticized specifically for a lot of these problems, wait times, the legionnaires disease and other horrific stories. it's not a coincidence that he resigned today. >> does that calmness or is that just the beginning of perhaps more, you know, resignations, more fall out. >> it is a head rolling. >> we will have to see what the

reaction is. they are the ones who are really causing a lot of the outrage here. >> okay. can we switch gears? because you are of course a presidential nerd and a lover of baseball. both true. i would like to play some video. this is brand new video to us, old -- new video to us showing franklin roosevelt who had walking, his legs supported by braces. this is the 1937 major league baseball game. >> fdr did not like people to see his disability. his administration da lot to hide it. there was some mention and some images of fdr struggling to

walk. there was a story back in 1936, editor and publisher of the reporter taking a picture of fdr struggling to get out of his car and the secret service running over and ripping the film out of his camera. as you know, the resolute desk, the famous desk used by every president since rutherford b. hayes, fdr didn't like the knee hole there because it showed his braces. it showed his leg braces, so he had a panel installed although i think he died before that panel was installed. but in any case, he was very sensitive. that's why images like these are so rare. >> so rare. i'm so impressed because you're a knower of all things on presidential politics. thanks for having me. nice addition. like it. >> you're welcome to come any

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the governor's debate in iowa is facing his challenger from russ fulcher. rather than debating fulcher one on one he invited two alternative candidates and it got a little entertaining. >> a couple of months ago i thought to myself thank god we don't get all the government we pay for. >> this is part of bible. for this cause god gave them up for even their women did change the natural use to that. >> when i was a kid i used to play army all the time. bang, i got you. no, bang i got you. i can't remember one time when i played politician. >> likewise also the men leading the natural use of the women burned in the lust.

>> anyhow i got out of the service. i was at the low point in my life. things were bad. i cried out to god. i said god put me back on active duty and making me a battalion commander. long story short he said no i have you a higher rank for you, i'll make you commander-in-chief. i staggered out of that promise. i got more. don't think i'm crazy. >> if lightning struck and you were elected governor could you do the job? >> well, they told me that we couldn't home school, i prayed about it, i stood on my hind legs like a man i i told them what i thought of them and the television taught to me for 30 minutes or an hour. what would you do if they take your kids. i'd shoot them what else would you do. >> i was personally thinking there could be a beard competition when it comes to this gubernatorial race.

that's your republican debate in the state of idaho. now to this week's cnn. hero busy battling wildfires as we've been showing you engulfing parts of southern california and when she's not protecting her community as a firefighter she is an adventurer, inspiring women all around the world to live ontheir medical traumas towards happier and stronger lives. take a look at the impact she has made. >> i initially got hurt in 2005. i've had 46 surgeries to save the leg. i finally decided on amputation. a lot of people knew it was a loss but i got my life back. >> very often people are saying, okay, i survived but now what? and we want to be that now what. >> good job. >> i was a world class adventure racer in the world championships.

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