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light. you think you know your government. what do you think? >> do i -- think again. >> think about the malaysian government and whether they know about it you mean? it's hard to know. there's politics. there's compassion. there's science and engineering. they don't always overlap. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you, david, jeff, and joule. >> my pleasure. >> that's it for me. i'm don lemon. i'm don lemon. "ac360" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening. breaks news tonight. was it something he said? nba officials take the next step to bounce donald sterling and say our exclusive interview with him is one more reason why he has to go. also tonight, the heat now r50e67ing the white house from the story we first broke on the va hospital scan tall. new questions and now new
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answers on what president obama knew. >> the spear fisherman that never bargained for this. >> the nba commission is working on stripping donald sterling from the team he owned. the spark? racially loaded language caught on tape. the added fuel? more remarks to me made to me in an attempt to explain himself and ask for a second chance. here with details rachel nichols and our senior legal analyst. the statement from the nba, walk us through. they are not only laying out a timeline for action against sterling they also detail the charges against him. >> absolutely. these are the official charges against donald sterling, this is what we've been waiting for since adam silver came out and gave that press conference saying he was going to pressure the nba ownership to force donald sterling to give up his team. first they had to notify him. that they wanted to do that. that's what they announced that they did today. sterling has five days from today to respond. he's going to do that legally,
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we expect him to possibly even go into the court system file at least a temporary injunction. even if he can't win he will get some kind of small victory. so he can claim he did something against the nba. if he doesn't, if he does respond to those charges within the five day period then the nba has ten days after that to hold this hearing. guess what, anderson? they are not waiting that long. they announced they will hold a hearing on june 3rd and that's when the board of governors will vote to strim him of his team. they also said in this announcement why they are going to do that. we all know the reasons we've been following this story for weeks. they cite basically the damage that he has done with his comments against minorities to the nba as a league, the damage that he's done to the league's relationship with its fans and the damage he's done to the league's reputation. >> the nba in their comments, they cite not only the original statements but something that he said to me in our interview and i want to play that for our viewers.
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>> that's one problem i have. jews, when they get successful, they will help their people. and some of the african-american, maybe i'll get in trouble again, they don't want to help anybody. so maybe i'll get in trouble again. >> i think he's right. >> what he said there's a violation in the nba constitution. >> according to the -- according to the document released today. the general thrust of the argument is that this was not just something that interfered with -- that was bad politics, it was interfering with the business of the nba. if you look at the statement the nba released they emphasized the fact that sponsors are leaving, players are threatening not to play, that the financial interests of the nba are hurt and that's why they are making this move. >> rachel, donald sterling told me last week he spoke to some of the owners and claimed they supported him but he wouldn't say anybody -- he wouldn't give
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me the name of anybody who supported him. is there any doubt that the owners will vote to remove him? >> you know, there's some chatter in private, some owners saying that they were a little bit concerned even publicly, mark cuban the owner of the dallas mavericks was a little bit worried about the slippery slope of a private tape recording being made public and owners put on trial for the private conversations they had. honestly, anderson, the conversations i've had around the league in the past week say that your interview basically cleared everyone's conscience. if there were any owners who were concerned about, gee, should we be kicking someone out because of a private tape now feel more comfortable. now donald sterling went on tv with you and made statements that were abhorrent. shelly sterling, donald's wife made clear they intend to sue as well, and shelly went as far as to directly threaten she wants to get the other owners
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into depositions asking them about private lives and conversations to compare, gee, is what we did so bad? that's a concept a lot of other owners are not crazy about. none of them want to be the person who stood up with donald sterling. adam silver from the nba has put so much public pressure on everyone, no one wants to be that guy. i don't see any problem. >> jeff, could she do that? could she get depositions from other owners? >> i doubt it. that's the threat she's got hanging out there. her lawyer released a statement today and said that the nba's filing was actually voluminous. all we saw was the press release. they have a long bill of particulars against the sterlings. but thing i thought was interesting in the nba's statement is they kept referring to membership in the association. that being an owner, not like you own a piece of property, you're a member of an association and we can decide who our members are and who they aren't and we're getting rid of all the sterlings, mr., mrs., baby sterlings, they are all out according to the nba.
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>> jeff, thanks very much. the crack down on creep wear. if you don't know about this and have a child or a computer in your bedroom, you should hear about this. software that can turn your computer into a window into your private world using that little camera on a lot of laptops or webcam on your desk to do it. the software in question is called black shades. one of the creators and dozens more in 19 countries are in custody. the software or creepware may have infected the computers of half a million people including a beauty pageant winner. this is creepy, the idea that a computer in your bedroom or your daughter's bedroom or son's bedroom if it's open could actually be accessed by someone and that camera turned on and someone could be watching your child in their bedroom. pamela brown, reports. >> reporter: reigning teen miss usa cassidy wolf is accustomed to be front and center on the public stage. now the 19-year-old beauty queen is in the spotlight once again as the victim of cybersnooping.
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it was a notification from her facebook account that alerted her. >> i received an e-mail 30 minutes later saying he sent me an e-mail and said what he was doing to me and gave me three options and attached two nude photo of myself that he had taken on my computer. >> the hacker was someone she had gone to high school with. a college freshman in computer science. wolf wasn't his only victim. according to fbi records, abrams is accused of hacking into as many as 150 computers, taking nude photos of women in order to blackmail them. wolf was among nine known victims in his scheme. fbi officials say abrams gained access to a private space by entering her computer through back door using software better known as creep ware. over the past week 100 people have been arrested on a worldwide crackdown of the users and sellers of the malicious commercial software called black
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shades. the remote access tool used to break into wolf's computer. >> the rat is inexpensive and simple to use but its capabilities are sophisticated and it's invasiveness breathtaking. >> reporter: officials say hackers pay as little as $40 for the software, enough to cost wolf her sense of security and privacy. >> this is obviously going to change the way i use my computer for the rest of my life. >> reporter: pamela brown, cnn, washington. joining us now is cassidy wolf. it's brave and important you're speaking out and continue to speak out and not be intimate dated in this situation. and helping so many other people because so many other people can be impacted by this. explain when you first realized what had happened. >> when i first received the e-mail the first night i found this happened i was in shock. >> he sent you a picture. >> he sent me an e-mail with three options. they said, do as i say or i'm going to release every photo i
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have of you. he had multiple photos he had taken of me. >> did you instantly know where the photos were. >> i saw my tv, the way i hung my backpack, i knew it was my bedroom and it was taken from my webcam. >> did you know this person well? or just somebody in your school? >> i knew his name and i knew him from passing but not personally. >> so what did you first think? how did you first respond? >> oh, my gosh i was speechless. i read it on my iphone and i threw my iphone across the room. my mom was in contact me when this was happening. we were in tears and in shock. we didn't believe this could really happen. >> so scary. >> i know. it was traumatizing. and it's so great to hear them coming up with this and bringing light to such an important cause because i know what it peoples like to go through something like this. >> you went to police. >> we contacted the police the first night and then contacted the fbi the following day. >> and you hear that, you know, as many as 700,000 victims in this, people who have gone through this.
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i mean, it's incredible. >> it's insane. >> had you any idea that a camera on your computer could be remotely accessed? >> i seen it in movies but i didn't think it happened in real life. >> what's your message to people out there? >> to be cautious of what you're doing on and around your computer and to keep a sticker on your webcam to delete your browsing history, cookies, be careful with your password. i have a lot of tips. i've gone and talked to a lot of schools and girls and guys my own age because i feel that's the age group i really want to share my story with because we're the ones that are sort of naive and don't believe this can happen. i feel that's the age group i should speak to. i have a couple of tips. >> also such a sense of violation in the privacy of your own home, your computer -- >> it's your bedroom. that's your most private intimate space and that's where you should feel the most safe but to think somebody was watching me in my bedroom for a year and had all my most
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intimate moments and had conversation i had with my mom and my brother and knew everything about my life and somebody could have access to all that. >> he could hear what you were saying? >> yeah. he referred to certain conversations i had with my mom, my brother. >> when you didn't give into his demands what did he do? >> he lashed out even more. he requested even more. he had a tracker on my e-mail where he could see when i opened an e-mail. and if i didn't respond to him, which i didn't, he would send me more e-mails with time limits of, if you don't do what i say in five minutes i'm going to post every photo of i have of you for the world to see. >> do you have a computer that has a camera on it? >> i got a brand new computer but i have a sticker on it. i have my computer shut. i only go on my computer for homework, school or work related. >> you don't keep your laptop open with the camera uncovered? >> correct. i mean, i think i learned my lesson. >> incredible. you're really brave for speaking out and helping so many other people. thank you.
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>> thank you for having me. >> it's great to have you here. quick reminder make sure you set your dvr to catch 360 whenever you like. growing questions about what president obama and other top officials knew about problems in the va hospital. and the possibility they've known from day one. what you need to know about to stay safe now that a deadly virus has made it to this country and spread for the first time here from person to person. dr. sanjay gupta joins us. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com.
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waiting. waiting for months while hospitals cooked the books to cover it up. we've been on story from the very beginning long before the problems in the phoenix va system catapulted this to a national scandal but so far triggered federal investigations, two congressional probes and the departure of a top va official. and landed secretary shinseki in the hot seat. he said he's mad as hell. he won't sit down and talk to us about it. >> we've been trying to get an interview with eric shinseki since last november. >> you've been trying for months. >> i didn't get a callback today. again no response to our request. they do not respond. we're again requesting an interview with general shinseki. >> the invitation for secretary shinseki to come on the program. president obama is said to be mad as hell. both promise to fix the problems. the question is how long have they known something was wrong? >> when was the president first made aware of these problems, of these fraudulent lists that were
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being kept to hide the wait times. when was he first made aware of those problems and when did other white house officials, top white house officials become aware of these problems. >> when you say these problems, the fact that there have been -- the specific allegations that were reported by your network out of phoenix we learned them through the reports. >> so "keeping them honest" that may be true in the narrowest sense. pertaining directly to phoenix. which begs the question, since this appears to be a long standing and widespread practice of fudging the numbers and playing games with waiting lists, how long has the administration known about that? drew griffin joins us with more. so, it seems to be boiling down a question presidents are always asked when scandals emerge what did the president know and when. >> that's why jay carney today made clear he was talking about the scandal in phoenix when the president first learned from cnn's report presumably on this program because that's when we first told the story about the secret wait list and allegations that as many as 40 veterans died
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waiting for care. the other bigger question emerging through all of this is just how long the president and his staff have known about these huge wait lists at va hospitals across the country and the fact veterans have been dying waiting for care. he certainly talked about it way back in 2007 when he was on the campaign trail. but a new report, anderson, in the "the washington times" he also knew back in 2008 there was a problem with the wait time data. that's when wait times being reported were unreliable and not to be trusted according to times. the president and his incoming team were briefed about it in that transitional period just before he took office. so while not exactly like our reporting in arizona is certainly similar that's the question why has it taken this so long to do anything about it? >> and just to be clear, there's no proof anyone in the white house knew specifically about the secret lists in phoenix
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ahead of your report? >> no. but did the va know about that in advance and more specifically did the va leadership know about possible destruction of evidence of that list had existed. that we do know as investigators from the office of inspector general have known about the phoenix issue since last fall and an investigation was under way since last fall, and very recently there have been these allegations that evidence in that investigation was being destroyed. today was the va's deadline to respond to a congressional subpoena to turn over any evidence, e-mails, or reports that discuss what was happening in phoenix. material was delivered in congress, anderson. we don't know what's in it. >> all of this has taken place while you say the investigations are expanding? >> yeah. they are expanding. let me remind you what the va secretary eric shinseki told the senate last week about the allegations that va hospitals under his control are trying to hide the true wait times of veterans waiting for care.
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the allegation that the va is cooking the books. >> in your judgment, based on what you know, are people quote-unquote cooking the books? is that, in fact, a problem within the health care system? >> i'm not aware other than a number of isolated cases where there is evidence of that. but the fact that there's evidence in a couple of cases behooves us to take a thorough work. >> there are inspector general investigations and/or allegations of manipulating wait times in at least ten states. the latest albuquerque, new mexico and now gainesville, florida where cnn has confirmed three more health officials have been placed on administrative leave and inspector general investigation is under way. we had several whistle blowers worked in the va as clerks. they have come forward telling us they were told to cook the books, hide actual wait times. that may be why general shinseki thinks this is isolated but to a lot of people it's looking more
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and more systemic and the problem is yet to be fixed. >> thanks very much. we'll continue to stay on this story. another troubling first for a virus that looks like the common cold but kills one in three people who catch it. first american person to person transmission of mers or middle eastern respiratory syndrome. here's the good news the first american patient survived so did the second. he's out of the hospital. the bad news is a third person has tested positive for the virus and how you got it is raising serious concerns. here's with the fact, dr. sanjay gupta. this new case of mers was passed just by a handshake. does that change everything we think we know about this virus? >> it could, anderson. there's a couple of important caveats here. when we think about this virus spreading only through close contact what we typically mean is health care workers or family
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members, people who have prolonged contact with a sick person. what's very important to point out and you may have heard this new case was someone who did not become ill, they weren't sick, they were screened because they had come in contact with someone that was known have the infection. they didn't become ill themselves. also they didn't find the virus in this third person's body they found what are known as anti-bodies. ant -- ant body -- antibodies, are a clue that the virus was there and the body fought it off but didn't find the virus itself. so what's interesting here there could be a lot of people exposed to mers, got mildly ill didn't visibility their doctor and that could be good news. this could mean it's not as serious or as deadly as we had thought. >> what are the symptoms that signal someone could be infected. >> it starts off looking like a cold. people may develop a fever, cough, difficulty with breathing. it can progress into more significant pulmonary, respiratory problems and kidney problems and that seems to be
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what's causing death in about 30% of people who are documented to have died from this. but it's -- you know, again, you may have a broader spectrum. there could be people who have a little bit of fever, little bit of cough and people who get deathly ill. >> i read that a third of the people who contracted mers, they have died. but you're saying that that statistic may not tell the whole story. >> this is interesting. this comes up in public health all the time. the first numbers you hear with something like this are hardly ever the complete story. we crunch the numbers. about 614 people have documented inspection. 180 have died. about 29% mortality. scary number. those are the people who got tested because they were sick and they were of concern. if there's a lot more people out there, anderson, who have been exposed to the mers virus, but only had mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, maybe the denominator isn't 614 but maybe
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60,000 or 600,000. if that's the case the mortality comes way down. we've seen it with other viruses that we thought were far more deadly but then realized it's affecting a lot more people many of whom didn't get sick or just mildly sick. >> how can people protect themselves. but from what you're saying you don't want to give the sense that this is something that everybody will come in contact with and therefore needs to protect themselves from. what should people do if anything? >> the basic rule still applies with regard to -- you hear about this particular case, a sick person shook hands with somebody, and maybe as a result a person became infected. the basics apply. washing your hands, obviously not touching your hands to your eyes, nose, or mouth. >> what is it sing "happy birthday" while you wash your hands. >> sing it twice. >> thanks very much. >> thank you it as always you can find out more on the story at cnn.com. up next incredible video of a diver's close call with a great white shark. how he kept his cool.
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he had a spear gun with him. that's much to defend off a 14 or 15 foot great white shark. he joins me ahead. plus my own close encounter with great whites. not by accident. we chose to get into the water without a cage to see these amazing predators up close. we'll show you that up ahead. predibut, manufacturings a prettin the united states do. means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out.
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the shark away and escape. very close call that easily could have turned out definitely. -- differently. he joins me tonight. jimmy, this video is remarkable. walk me through what happened. i know you were down at the bottom, you were far away from the shore, you were about to begin spear fishing and a shark came up and bit your air tank. did you know immediately what happened? >> not immediately. i felt a thump and heard what i suspect is the teeth hitting the tank and it shot out in front of me. i wasn't sure how big a shark or what kind of a shark it was at that point. until it came back at me. then i knew right away it was a great white then. >> the visibility, doesn't look like you had great visibility. >> no. we have an average of maybe 10 to 15-foot of visibility where we dive out in our area. it was good for our vis. >> i understand the shark, as
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you said went away, came back about eight minutes or so later. i see you're pointing your spear gun, you're trying to keep it between you and the shark which is obviously, i guess, a wise think to do. you poked it several times. did you get a sense it was aggressive or just curious. >> once i poked it a few times. i've had a few shark encounters. you poke them with different types of sharks and they leave right away. i noticed this one didn't want to leave. he kept getting more aggressive. there at the last, i hit it pretty hard and it left long enough for me to get away and get to the surface. so i was glad about that. >> i've gone diving a couple of times for stories with great whites off cape town and visibility was really low and there's nothing creepier than suddenly seeing an enormous great white come out of the shadows, essentially. what was that feeling like? >> it was overwhelming, you know. like you said, 15 feet away and
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it appears right on you. in most of this video it's only six or seven feet away from me. so, yeah. i was more worried how i was going to get to the surface. if it was going to leave me. i knew i had plenty of oxygen left because i just got down there. so i was grateful that he did decide to leave after i poked him pretty hard that last time. >> i understand you went diving again later that day. a lot of people might be like i'll take a couple of days off. >> when i got to the surface and told my friend what i had seen and told the story and everything we loaded up everything and we ran about three or four miles down the reef and dove the rest of the day and we didn't see any more sharks that day. >> i imagine one of the creepier moments is as you were exiting and you get back in the boat and your feet are still in the water. was there a moment i need to get in the boat as quickly as possible. >> yeah, i can promise you that was the fastest i've gotten to the surface at that depth.
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that's what i was worried about. when i was hiding behind the rock you got a little bit of protection. he's not going to come from underneath you or behind the rock at you. when you're going up he can come from any direction. so that's what i was more worried about. >> did you think at any point of actually firing your spear gun? >> right there at the end you can see it comes around right before i hit it hard the last time, you can see me reach up and start to unhook my line from my shaft in case i had to shoot it. but it returned on me too fast and i had to hit it that last time. i hit him as hard as i could and i actually seen the tip go into the shark this time and that's when it took off long enough for me to get away. >> and i mean, i guess a spear gun like that, frankly wouldn't do all that much to a 14- or 15-foot long shark.
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>> yeah. that was going through my mind too. it's not going to do nothing but hopefully it scares him enough. >> when i went diving with sharks the expert told me i should project confidence. i was like, how do you project confidence through a wet suit and snorkle and goggle and all that. i guess you were projecting confidence. >> yes. don't let him be the winner, i guess. >> i'm glad you're okay and an amazing video. thank you so much for sharing with us. >> you're welcome. thank you very much. >> having dived with great whites off south africa it's awe inspiring and terrifying. just ahead, what it was like when i got into the water with them without a cage for protection. >> what do i need to do? >> don't make fast movements. what we are is the same as a jackal at a lion feed. as long as the jackal behaves they don't get killed. >> we're the jackal at a lion feed. they will let us be there as long as we don't interfere. >> don't grab a bone and run away.
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jimmy about his close call with the great white shark off of florida's coast while he was spear fishing. he hadn't planned on getting so close to a great white. that's what in set off to do off of south africa's coast. you heard of cage diving where diver is protected by a metal cage. that's not what we chose to do. it was an incredible experience. preparing to swim with great white sharks without a cage produces two reactions. the first is, well, fear. it's hard to believe you're about to actually do this. the second reaction is a surge of adrenaline. gets your heart beating. mike knows that better than anyone.
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he's dived with great whites without a cage hundreds of times. he once even caught on a great white's dorsal fins. he insists they are top predators but not the man eating machine so often portrayed in movies. we decided to take him up on his offer to dive with the sharks without a cage. to see the great whites in their natural state. >> what do i need to know before going down. >> whatever you do, don't make fast movements. we're jackal at a lion feed. as long as the jackal behaves he doesn't get killed. >> we're the jackal at a lion feed. >> exactly. >> they will let us be there as long as we don't interfere. >> don't grab a bone and run away. >> the water is filled with chum, fish parts, and blood. a number of sharks are already circling the boat. so it's time to go. to get to the bottom i climb
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into a cage which is lowered about 20 feet to the ocean floor. mike is already there scouting for any sharks. then he signals for me to swim out. almost immediately my weight belt falls off, struggling with that is the last thing you want to be doing around great whites. the current is really strong and mike has me hold on to a rock to stay in place. visibility is low. but then suddenly the sharks come in to view. it's clear they see us but they are keeping their distance, gliding by slowly, gracefully. it's remarkable to see them like this, to be so exposed to an animal that's so feared. mike warned me they don't like the sound of air bubbles and told me to hold my breath when they got near.
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truth is, my heart is pounding so fast, holding my breath is almost impossible. at one point there are four different sharks swimming around us. it's important to stay alert, but after a while i'm also able to appreciate the beauty, the power of these animals. widely hunted, universally despised, capable of such destruction and yet when you see them like this not lunging after bait but simply gliding through the water you see them in a different way. you understand there is more to them than we know. we stay down for more than 30 minutes until our oxygen nearly runs out. see it so close. never seen anything like it. it's amazing. >> alive, hey?
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>> that was great. thank you. >> great job. >> pretty amazing. you get a totally different sense of them seeing them like that versus seeing them from a cage where they are attacking a piece of bait. >> they are just being sharks. >> more breaking news. moments ago l.a. clippers owner donald sterling responded through his lawyer. to the nba's move to strip him of the team. we have details on that ahead. later raw data that focused the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 could soon become public. we'll tell you about that. and ryan lewis is half of the duo of macklemore and ryan lewis. but he is also half of a mother-son duo, trying to change the world. they have started a project called the 30-30 project. our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters.
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breaking news. confirmation donald sterling will fight hard to keep the l.a. clippers or that's what they are saying now. at the top of the program nba notified him they are seeking to terminate his ownership rights. sterling has responded through his attorney. the attorney demanding the league give sterling three months to answer the charges against him. the nba declined comment on that demand. we'll follow this in the days ahead. for the first time ryan lewis
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one-half of the hip hop duo of macklemore & ryan lewis is speaking out about a challenge his family has been living with. his mother is diagnosed with hiv. to honor 30 years since she was first diagnosed, they have started the 30-30 project to build health centers worldwide that will stand strong for at least 30 years. i spoke to them about what the diagnosis did to them 30 years ago. ♪ >> producer, musician, artist, these are the titles that describe ryan lewis, one half the rap group macklemore & ryan lewis. ♪ number one single, magazine covers, four grammy awards and sold out concerts. ♪ the future seems bright for the 26-year-old lewis. but right now he's revealing the description he holds dearest,
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grateful son. >> a huge part of what has made me who i am is something i haven't talked about. >> until now. meet julie lewis. she's ryan's mom. she's also hiv positive. >> you were infected with a blood transfusion. >> yes. >> by the time you found out you had three kids. >> the birth of her first daughter in 1984 was a difficult one. julie needed a blood transfusion. it wasn't until six years later and two more kids she found out she was infected. >> what was the initial reaction. what was your initial diagnosis. what did the doctors tell you? >> my initial reaction was -- actually i was relieved that it was only me that was infected because every person in my family needed to get tested. the first question they asked me do you have a living will and are your things in order. >> wow. >> and i'm 32 and i'm like, what 32-year-old has a living will? one that's going to die. >> we're about five minutes from the house that i grew up in as a kid.
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>> ryan was only 6 years old when he learned about his mom's condition. >> did you know? did you understand it at age six? >> i was 6. i think i understood that my mom was sick, and that she could die. and i think for a 6-year-old that's kind of fearful enough. i think i was probably the only one in my family that was young enough that i was kind of oblivious to the stigma that it was. i was telling my second-grade class. the. >> you were very public with it. how did they react? >> my teacher called my mom. >> ryan is sharing special information today. >> oops. >> life threatening diseases like hiv/aids can be managed. what people need is access. >> when julie was first infected there wasn't a life-saving medication there is now. thanks to that medicine she's still going strong 30 years
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later. that's ten times longer than doctors originally expected. to celebrate ryan and his mother have launched the 30-30 project with the goal of building 30 medical centers worldwide that will sustain for 30 years to come. they're first project is in southeast africa. ♪ for ryan this project isn't just celebrating his mom but also a chance to use his fame for good. >> for me personally to hop on board and be the amazing success and blessings in my life to pull off something like this, the 30/30 project is awesome. >> through the 30/30 project ryan and julie have connected with old friends. >> we want to ensure this project comes to life. >> as well as made new ones. >> i got a message two days ago somebody was diagnosed a week ago. just wondering what to do. would love to talk to your mom.
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i have no idea what to do. >> i have responded to almost every one of those that we've gotten. if i can figure out where they came from and how to get back to them. >> julie couldn't be prouder of her son's achievement but in the lewis family ryan isn't the only success story. >> everybody says you have to be proud of you son but you have to be very proud of your mom. >> absolutely. for more information and to donate go to 3030project.org. we have a link on our website. a mississippi man who received a pardon from former governor haley barber pleaded guilty today to manslaughter. his plea stems from a deadly shooting incident last year. previously he was granted clemency from a conviction of selling marijuana. malaysia's government wants the raw satellite data used in the search for flight 370 to be released to the public. that would allow for independent
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analysis so it's asking inmarsat the satellite company, to make that available. the plane disappeared on march 8th with 239 people on board. california chrome will run in the belmont stakes next month and attempt to win horse racing's triple crown. today new york racing officials lifted their ban on horses wearing nasal breathing strips. california chrome has already won the kentucky derby and preakness. see this selfie. san marcos, california firefighter snapped a photo of himself and other firefighters to show his wife and kids he's okay. the firefighters are part of the team battling wildfires in southern, california. you can really see how exhausted they are in the background. >> their efforts are incredible, the kind of equipment they have to lug up there up these hills and up these mountains. it's incredible the work they do. >> the selfie is telling his wife and three kids, look i'm okay. you see the hard work they are
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doing. >> susan thanks very much. dallas morning show goes off the rail. the ridiculist is next. al this . step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. ...i got lots of advice, but i needed information i could trust. unitedhealthcare's innovative, simple program helps moms stay on track with their doctors to get the right care and guidance. (anncr vo) that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare.
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honestly, the off-season isn't i've got a lot to do. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film and drawing up plays. it's got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, it's just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright, russ. back to work!
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on this. michael sam kissing his boyfriend. now to say that this bitterly divided the all-important demographic of ladies in dallas knock off of the view is an understatement. >> why aren't they allowed to kiss? >> why aren't i -- >> it comes off as being racist towards homosexuals. >> racist. >> this is the problem. >> you can't say what you feel without being persecuted. >> no. >> if it doesn't go along with main stream. >> there's more. if you happen to be playing predictable excuse, get ready to mark some boxes. >> in a moment of celebration for something very exciting to happen to him because he worked his butt off and now we're beating him up -- >> why are you making a face? >> i don't call it a moment of celebration. >> attacking people -- >> here's the thing. >> hold up. why aren't you calling that a
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moment of celebration? you didn't feel that was a moment of celebration. >> no. here's the thing. here's the thing. it's being pushed in faces. >> had he been kissing his wife -- >> i would have said get a room. my turn. here's the thing, espn would not have aired any of it had he been kissing his wife. can we agree this was an opportunity to make news? >> no, i think we are making a mountain out of a mole hill. >> we can agree this was an opportunity to make news. >> i agree. >> period. >> the one who is air quote upset got so flustered she ended up storming off the set but not before she got in some more salient, totally not homophobic points. >> i just don't want it in my face. >> when parents don't have a choice whether or not they want their children to see this, it's wrong. >> amy has been taking criticism. she has every right to express her opinion.
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she wants us to think of the children and she has a point. if we don't take action tv could become a free for all replete with half naked men and indiscriminate kissing. >> ticket are still available. right now. if you are the fourth caller, you get to take home a calendar. yes, you do. stay tuned. >> okay. she was kissing strippers and didn't even know them. it's not like two guys who are in love or anything. that's offensive. look, i get a lot of people in the country agreeing with her and that's their prerogative. it will take time. there was a recent poll that found nearly half of those surveyed thought it was inappropriate for networks to show the michael sam kiss. to amy's argument nobody shows football players kissing their wives or girlfriends that's not true and i don't think she's being honest when she wouldn't want to see that either or get a
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room. uncomfortable seeing some kind of affection why not say that and leave the excuses about why you're uncomfortable where they belong on the ridiculous. that's it for us. anthony bourdain parts unknown anthony bourdain parts unknown starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com [ speaking in a foreign language ] ♪ ♪
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