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jr. on an episode of have i got news for you? that's tomorrow, 9:00 p.m. right here on cnn. have a great weekend. laura coates live starts right now conspiracy theories collide with the election and could end up hurting people who need help the most. we'll have all the facts. >> plus kamala harris rallies in michigan as one of the state's most famous personalities from their warns one particular move could call foster the entire election. and could the menendez brothers be close to getting out of prison? the man who says he found new evidence at the heart of their case joins me tonight on laura coates live >> we don't normally start the show off as something nutty. but hear me out. you may need your tinfoil hats for this one. okay? >> republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene tweeted

this about hurricane helene yes. >> they can control the weather. it's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done what she's talking about. >> first of all, who's they okay. >> so it's good spirits there. it may be silly, ridiculous shout out to you, gary coleman, but this next one isn't just silly it's just a terrible response from the white house they're missing $1 billion. >> that was used for another purpose and nobody seen anything like that. now a lot of the money that was supposed to go to georgia and supposed to go to north carolina and all of the others is going and has gone already has been gone for people that came into the country illegally and nobody's ever seen anything like that. that's a shame. >> and it's just not true at all. and here's why i'll

explain it very simply congress appropriated two separate pots of money. one specifically to provide shelter and services to migrants. >> the other specifically for disaster relief not a penny of the fund for storm victims has been used for migrants. >> it's two separate funds. now famous says it has the mind to deal with the immediate needs. now, but it's warn, it will need additional money if more hurricanes hit this year. in the meantime, they stressed that this kind of misinformation nation, it's nice way of saying it will hurt those who need help this level of misinformation creates the scenario where they won't even come to us, they won't even register and i need people to register so they can get what they're eligible for through our programs. and the need it is significant. parts of north carolina had been completely wiped out. >> more than 100 are dead in that state alone and dozens are

still missing. i mean, i talked to a couple of just last night who lost everything people do need help. fema is not perfect. >> but by several accounts, they are being responsive just doesn't the georgia's republican governor brian kemp today, who said this we'll continue to counties to the federal declaration list. >> we started with just 11 and after called both the white house and fema, they that number considerably up to 44, 45 counties he called they answered joining me now is cnn legal commentator and former obama administration official van jones, former dhs deputy secretary for the trump administration, ken cuccinelli, and senior political correspondent for puck. >> tara palmeri. they see all of you here on it's friday night. and what a week it as ben. let me begin with you,

ken. trump falsely claiming that there is no money for disaster relief. and the reason is because the money has gone to help migrants and that's not true. why make those claims? >> so that's of course not a question that's a statement and you're not entirely correct. the fact is that we move money around within dhs all the time in the trump dhs money got moved to enforce immigration in the biden/harris dhs it has been moved to finance illegal immigration and a lot of that money, including through fema, has gone to illegal immigrants. we didn't by the way, under the trump administration while i was there fema money didn't go for enforcement either fema money stayed in fema to be prepared to respond to situations like this. and you are right about north carolina and it's interesting that the responses are different in different states. but the combined state

federal response in north carolina, we worked as the worst i've seen since katrina. >> and yet in other states, right now, it's not that bad. >> it's much better. this is a very serious situation. >> and as david axelrod said earlier i believe it was today that this could have an impact on the election based on where the impacts are. >> the basics aren't being fec, they aren't being done quickly. and the an election isn't a basic, it's a level above that so until the basics are back in place, it's awfully hard to see this election coming off smoothly here i hear your comments, fema, of course, refutes your statements and ban. >> i see you shaking your head, but it's curious to don't they what >> i thought you and i we're going to have a battle of semantics. >> were not, right. okay, then let's go to you for this point here because obviously there is

going to be an appropriation of aid according to where the state's needed most in what's happening. but you were shaking your head during what can come? coach now he had to say about the allocation of resources since katrina and using the political backdrop, what's your response? >> i certainly respect the kens service to our country, but i just see it completely differently. first of all, i would take the word of the people on the ground, including republican governors who are not saying any of the things that you're saying republican governors have actually been praising the biden administration and praising fema for moving and doing a good job. and i'm thank you for putting it up. this is not this is not coming from the people who have any responsibility today. people have responsibility today are working hard and they're getting support from the government. that reality does it has been the republicans in congress, unfortunately, who have been unwilling to fully fund fema. fema has been saying all year that they're gonna, they will need more money, they will eat more money because we're having more storms,

because we're having more disasters and those disasters are getting bigger and it cost more money. now i don't know what marjorie taylor greene is talking about. maybe she thinks that jewish space lasers are changing the weather, but i'll leave that to her. but fema does need more money, but the money they need to be appropriated by congress. it's not being given to immigrants and i am very, very concerned here because when people are hurt, when people are scared, you want good leadership to have people turn to each other and not on each other. what's happening right now? some republicans, not the ones who have responsibility, but others are really interested in having people turn on each other turning against immigrants, turned against newcomers, as opposed to doing what people on the ground doing, which is turning to each other to help, i would really encourage republicans who do not have any responsibility, right now to follow the ones that do we have to tear. >> i want to bring you into the conversation because there are a lot of lives, a lot of rumors are swirling around right now and social media that both state and federal officials have launched websites to debunk these claims. we that's what they're having to do to

tried to muddy the claims wasted money and time and republican a carolina state senator kevin corbin posted while in exasperated plea on facebook saying will you all help stop this conspiracy theory junk that is floating all over facebook and the internet about the floods. >> and he's talking to western north carolina. fema is stealing money from donations, body bags ordered. the government is denied. bodies he's not being buried. it is just a distraction. two people trying to do their job. does this confusion and this sort of backdrop actually help the campaign for donald trump or society generally it's not good for society, but he's obviously weaponizing this time of desperation. people feel like there is a lack of funds, perhaps leadership there in one of these dire moments and they are obviously seeking leadership. so any sort of confusion, questions about the authorities and what they're able to do is going to make them look look towards other leaderships. of course, donald

trump is trying to fill that void and create the impression that the current government in which kamala harris is currently associated with is not doing a good enough job. so he's using this moment of crisis to essentially propel his campaign forward and you have the government agencies have having to dispel this. but of course it's ending up in the twitter sphere like you mentioned, reddit and often that's where people go for information rather than government agencies because he has sowed so much distrust with the experts, the media and the authorities. so people look to to the comment section to read it. >> well, you know, obviously immigration as we all know, is a big issue for people at the polls likely not bigger than the economy more broadly, which carville will always say it's the economy stupid. and there was a surprisingly good jobs report employers are still adding lots of jobs wages are going up, inflation is still too high. but harris has a

story to tell on the economy. and i'm wondering, ken, let me go to you on this do you think that she and her message it will be persuasive to the voters we'll know in the last few weeks, you've seen proposals like price controls and frankly, they took an incredibly long time to roll out any policies at all and her attempts to separate herself from the biden/harris performance. you can say what you want about last month's numbers. they downgraded the previous years by a million jobs, 1 million jobs. so that's not really a credible measure. any longer and people can ask the simple question and none, nobody can spin it are you better off than you were four years ago and the strong feeling and we see it in polling regularly, roles in around two to one the other way and so if she can't separate herself from the economic

record of this administration before voting really gets going. she's going to have a serious problem and i don't see last month's jobs report particularly so close on the heels of having a write-down 1 million jobs from the year before as doing the doing so doing the job to use the same morgue again on the economy. >> well, van i wonder your take on this because i always think about those two data points or you better off now than you were four years ago? but it presumes we live in a vacuum that the intervening years would have had no impact whatsoever on how the economy would fluctuate. what do you say to the idea of that being the singular day? in a appoint? >> well, i'm sorry, four years ago we were stuck indoors hoarding toilet paper and we couldn't send our kids to school, so i don't know what you're talking about. we're definitely better than we were four years ago and also, if donald trump inherited a great economy for from barack obama slowed it down we had a

manufacturing recession under him and then tank the economy under covid so we can argue back-and-forth, but i think we're kinda is right, is that people don't trust these numbers. they don't care about these numbers. these reports are good for political elites like us, of ordinary people are looking around trying to see am i do i have any hope, but do i feel any better and do i think any of these leaders, leaders are going to help me? i think kamala harris has done a good job and beginning to make the case, but as you have to remember, she's only been run for president for a couple of months or you're donald trump's been running for president for ten years and still can't tell you what he's going to do on health care. and so what i think harris harris has done, when she makes the case that she's going to do something concrete on housing, not blaming him immigrants for the housing crisis, but something concrete. i think that helps she makes the case that she's going to get more loans to small businesses. i think that helps which this week nobody pay attention. she came out, she finally sounded like a silicon valley innovation first democrat, which is what she is from our home state, from from california and talked about crypto, talk about innovation.

she kind of let donald trump still the march on that issue from her for a minute. she's now caught back up on that, slipped. she's got to make that case brick by brick by brick. i don't think these reports mean a lot to ordinary people, but i think real plan from a real leader like kamala harris, do perfect segue to my next conversation, van can tara? thank you all so much good to be with you well, donald trump tomorrow for turned the place where he nearly lost his life talking about butler, pennsylvania, the site of the first of two assassination attempts, just in the last couple of months he'll be holding a high profile campaign rally there and one guest of note, hence my segue billionaire elon musk. elon musk endorsed trump minutes after that shooting you recall in recent months has become a key figure in boosting trump's campaign i want to bring new york times reporter at teddy schleifer into the conversation. teddy, glad you're here. i mean, look, elon musk is taken a pretty big role in politics. he seems to

have trump's ear and trump seems to enjoy that as well. what about his influence on the election? what is the impact and the optics of him going there at this time what you'd forget given how much elon musk tweeted of donald trump that elon musk has not been in a frame with donald trump for a photograph this entire campaign, you want to mosques right did not attend the republican national convention. >> there were some speculation about yuan possibly speaking there. elon has not attended as far as we know, has never attended a trump rally at all, you know, 2016, 2020, 2024. this is his you know, first experience being like just like any reporter or any trump superfan who attends a rally and gets to see it up close. you know, i wonder whether or not you, and we'll speak. i could see that happening you know, clearly he has enormous influence with trump, who's a person who didn't really know personally at all. 12 months ago. now they text obviously ilan as my talk about spending a ton of money behind the scenes to help. he's not only

the world's richest person, you could argue is the most important donor in this entire election and now he's front and center on a pretty seminal moment in the campaign where trump is visiting this tragic sight. >> and yet he's very controversial. so i mean, the idea of having the influenza me obi outsized. people also know a great deal about him, and he can be material, he can be obviously unpredictable and i wonder what will happen tomorrow, but there was announcement today that had eyebrows raising and then tongues wagging and that was when trump announced on truth social today that he had a huge endorsement he said it was jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon. turns out though that's t true, and cnn has reported that diamond has no plans to endorse anyone. we've seen this before with kind of a taylor swift vibe. she came out to say, i and then she followed up with her endorsement. i didn't different direction. why would trump run with this i don't necessarily even know if crump really thought this was true or even scarier than i was. i was

going to say tim to me, the big takeaway from this is not whether or not jamie dimon endorsed on crepe or not? not. i don't think any voter in pennsylvania was waiting for the jpmorgan ceo to sway their vote. but like trump clearly was presented with information probably through social media if you sort of look at the way the diamond endorsement on truth social was rolled out, so to speak that that jamie dimon had endorsed him and trump pressed send up to untruth social and blasted that out to have tons of people. and then of course, he had to know that within minutes jamie dimon and jpmorgan who have a very highly paid communication shop, would disabuse the public of this notion that he endorsed. but like trump clearly did anyway, right? and it just shows like to me timmy the big takeaway here is it sort of shows the information ecosystem that we saw during four years of the trump presidency where, you know, random people are showing him half true things from right-wing websites and it wouldn't be a big deal if there were just kind of a crank who

you know, was fed bad info, but he was the president. i'd states and then he could then broadcast that that info to hundreds of millions of people who follow him every day on the internet. not unlike elon musk does so we don't know if whether he really thought this is true or not, but it just sort of shows, i think the information ecosystem that surrounds trump that he thought it was true and total bunch of people. well, he said, you know, i don't know anything about it somebody put it up was his statements by doing what it was false. and of course it almost follows that logic of it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission. but there's an advantage to that when you can't unring the bell, when he asked, then come out and say, no, i'm not. and you can spend that later to suggest, oh, you've changed your mind. i mean, it's one of those lose lose for the person who is said to have endorsed. >> and in fact, if he did this with jamie diamond, even earlier this year with regards to whether or not jamie dimon would be trump's treasury secretary? i one point, trump said jamie dimon, we're thinking about how to be treasury secretary. and then

mere moments later walked it back. look, i mean, clearly, i don't know if jamie diamond is the most important person, but i think this is a reflective window and sort of how trump thinks fool me once teddy schleifer, thank you so much kamala harris is campaigning in flint, michigan, according a very important group there, muslim and arab voters, will they show up for her november? that's the question. >> will filmmaker and flint native michael moore, he may have an idea and maybe a little bit of a warning for him harris he joins me in just a moment. >> and later, an interview, you don't want to miss as nba star jimmy butler gets deep about being a family man and the upcoming series, starting five with lee filter, america's largest gutter and gutter protection company, lee filter as over 150 locations and has been installed on over 1 million homes. >> we've in protecting homes now for over 20 years, our patented technology offers total protection for your home and comes with a lifetime transfer warranty. the process is simple. give us a call to

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almost 400,000 arab americans, more than 200,000 are registered to vote. and the midwest battleground state will likely come down to the very tip top wire. biden won michigan by about 150,000 votes back in 2020 and the polls right now show that harris and donald trump are tied this was just about a month go before election day. and on the campaign trail protesters are pressuring harris to do a lot more to stop the humanitarian crisis in gaza democracy, everyone voice matters. >> but i am speaking now you know what, if you want donald trump to win then say that otherwise, i'm speaking my next guest is an outspoken critic of the biden administration's response to the war in gaza, but also a staunch supporter of harris.

>> oscar-winning filmmaker, host of the michael moore podcast, and native of flint, michigan, michael moore. michael good to see it's night and this is a very important home stretch for these candidates. and aides. and you got a new poll that found that nationally, nationally, arab americans are evenly split between harris and trump, give or take a percentage point. do you think that this meeting between harris and arab american leaders will do enough to satisfy critics and push her ahead no i wish it would but we'll have to wait and see what happens with the meeting after now that it's over. >> it happened today those of us in michigan, we care very, very much for our arab and muslim neighbors. >> we grew up with them. it's, it's, it's a strong community it's done a lot for our state that 150,000 out of 200,000 registered voters that voted for biden and harris in 2020 than 150,000. now is i think

while it was 66%, harris and biden got in 2020, 66% of the vote in michigan the last poll that when biden was running, it had dropped to 12% 12% that were going to vote for biden but the thing is that trump, trump got a third of the vote in 2020, he got about 30%, roughly of the arab vote him in michigan and in this past, may, he was at 30%. >> so even though people that were very upset at biden they were not going to vote for trump that's clear and i think that will remain clear. >> that will not that won't happen, but i don't understand. i just kind of just i think there's so many items, so many people in michigan, especially i'm talking about arab americans and muslim americans. >> who've lost people in this

war. >> i mean, it seems like i'm hear from any, from probably people they know somebody who's died or killed by our bombs are funding of this war. and the marriott, the majority of americans don't want this war. the majority of americans want a ceasefire as those kamala harris and i think my feeling about i'm not on the inside of the white house everything i have heard is that she has made her feelings known this war has to end. there has to be a ceasefire and an the people of israel have a right to their bid to be protected and that killed themselves. so it i think, listen, describing is unbelievable to think about all that you've just been trying to unpack. and i here and just the difficulty in trying to even surmise all that is at stake and all the different angles. and to try to summarize the pain that is being experienced exponentially pretty single day. it's

difficult to do good no, i just yes. >> thank you. sum that up very well. there's a lot of pain in the state of michigan. we care deeply about our arab muslim neighbors. but i also think, and maybe this is just, i've taken too much hoping them today but i really believe i really, truly believe the fact that she would not sit on the dais there in congress when netanyahu gave that speech full of vitriol awful speech she wouldn't show up she went to a sorority meeting instead and i thought, wow, and he didn't like that and the next day he made a beeline down to mar-a-lago to go and meet with the american bibi you think that would have translated to the arab americans and muslim americans in michigan, her absence while she i significant convention i think it's i think it's i think a lot of them

have the same kind of hope that i have with her that we trust her heart, that she'll do the right thing. >> and that has shown in the in the polling in michigan that 12% of vitamin sunk to win the air michigan. the last poll i saw from last week in michigan it was 42% in a gone up from 12% providing the 42% for harris. >> well, let me ask you about it about thinking that direction and speaking of directions, frankly you actually warned that harris could hurt her chances if she drops her progressive positions in exchange for moving to the center liz cheney has endorsed her in a full-throated one at that. do you think that that endorsement and similar moves turn off the type of voters that she's trying to court should she he'd you door warning well, no, no. >> getting less cheney as well.

first of all, i'm pretty sure that dick cheney, he also endorsed her did not require that she invade a country like he did with bush that did had nothing to do with 911. i don't think that she's i think think that look, she's a politician. she's going to take anybody anybody says i want to vote for you. what do you say to them? i don't want your vote like no, that's all good thing. >> no problem. i have i personally have a problem that because i've met her. i've met or not all two or three times i've met her husband. i happen to be sitting next seated next to her front he made cheney one night no, i'm talking about a kamala harris. >> harris. good job. and they had there his daughter, her stepdaughter there. >> and it was a one wonderful discussion. i could see. >> i didn't know anything about this mom oleh thing back ten, but i could see how much she loved him, his kids. >> it was it was these are good

people. these are very good people. and i think that she will do the right thing and i may have to eat this tigers at long before the playoffs are worker, i don't think so though. i think that she is going to do the right thing. i don't think she likes all this slaughter. she hates the idea of civilians being killed. she does not approve of starvation as a war, as a weapon of war, which is what what's going on in until people like me i'm we're not it's not so much criticism as it is as we're trying to save palestinian lives right now and it's my tax dollars and our bombs that are killing them. and i can't have that on my conscience so i think it's why i want to be very clear about this, but i also believe that we've got our best chance with her. certainly better than with biden, who has not been able to control netanyahu and i think when she walked out of that meeting, she did have a finally the next day, a private meeting with

netanyahu. you somebody should roll that tape of her walk out of that meeting dressed in all a black. and the look on her face, and then the look on his face when he came out, he was not happy and i thought, yeah, you're not fly on the wall yeah. >> to be a fire in law, i'm guessing though, because she's a person of conscience and she's not in charge. now. she can't control the war right now, but i think everything she says is true. she will make sure that people of israel are protected and hopefully we'll get the hostages released but most importantly, right now, stop the killing i know i got to believe that's where she's at with this. yes. >> i metamora we will see in the next 30 or so days with the voters of michigan and other states believe as well. thank you so much for joining us and sharing your views tonight. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it it was a murder case that gripped the entire nation you know, now it's

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usually did for me >> we days it for on cnn a case that gripped the nation decades ago is back in the spotlight tonight prosecutors in los angeles are reviewing new evidence in the menendez brothers murder case why to determine whether they should have their life sentences overturned. remember that eric and allow menendez were created in 19 the 96 for murdering their wealthy parents, jose and kitty at their beverly hills mansion in 1989, the la county da says, no, there's no question they committed the murders but his office will determine if that new evidence warrants a resentencing for those crimes. at the core of all of this, a letter written by erik menendez before the

killings, because attorneys say that it corroborates allegations that he was sexually abused by his father was also a signed declaration from a member of the band manuel, who says that he was also molested by jose menendez now back when this trial happen the defense argued that menendez brothers feared their parents were about to kill them because they were going to expose their fathers abuse prosecutors claimed they wanted their parents multimillion dollar state the da says he believes that the topic of sexual assault would have been treated with more sensitivity the case had been happening today. a new hearing now has been scheduled for november 29. well, joining me now, robert rand, author, who has been working on the story of lyle and erik menendez for decades and for a federal prosecutor, neama rahmani. gentlemen, thank you both for joining me, robert, have to start with you. this case has been just spell binding for so many reasons.

you were the one that found the letter that which is now being used as evidenced. tell me about how you found it and how important do you think? >> pointing to be in their new case sure. well, in march of 2018, i was on deadline from my original melendez bucha and updated edition which came out september 10 and i was visiting with mark well, jim, sister, of the erik menendez and her son, andy kanno. >> sadly passed away from an accidental overdose in 2003 and i was spending a few days with ms carroll and she touched his bedroom since he passed away in 2003. and she told me, you know, there's a dresser full advantage papers to look through it and see if there's anything that might be helpful so within 15 minutes, i found

that letter and i read it was a letter that air menendez wrote to custody and he kanno in november of 1988 months before the killing realized this could potentially be major evidence in the murder case. and possibly give the brothers a chance to reopen their case. >> and the keeper is where erin is complain about the ongoing sexual abuse that was still going on what? >> he was 17-years-old at the time you wrote this letter? so i immediately realized how important it was and i actually hand carried it from west palm beach to the furnish office cliff is one of the politics are and go to josh office. >> he locked in a safe i talk on the letter nema. i mean, just hearing this and thinking

what robert is sad, man the da's office saying that none of this new information has been confirmed, but nonetheless, his office is looking into it if this evidence were to check out, somehow, you think it would warrants a resentencing well, laura, there's justice and there's the law and first-half to tip my hat to robert to finding this key piece of evidence, but let's talk about the fair and just result and i believe that erik and lyle were abused and that there should be released. the challenge they have is the law. they're arguing self-defense and we know that using deadly forest requires a threat of imminent bodily injury or death and shooting her parents in the back of the head while they're watching tv and eating ice cream doesn't really qualify. >> now, california is unique in that it has imperfect self-defense, which means that if you genuinely believe that you're at risk, even if it's unreasonable, it does reduce murder to manslaughter. >> and of course the brothers were convicted of first-degree murder, sentenced to life without the possibility of parole because they avoided the

death penalty. >> but manslaughter under california generally carries a ten-year sentence, which means that that reduction would get the brothers that the challenge though is, i don't necessarily think the brothers actions fits within the four corners of that self-defense law. >> i think the other alternative is for district attorney george gascon has gotten a lot of pushback from him, soft on crime he agrees to a re sentencing and the interest of justice. i think that's the clearest path for the brothers or of course, a pardon or governor newsome completing their sentence this would be unbelievable to think of how much notoriety this case has received. and i think about all the other cases that do not have the level of notoriety that might have a similar defense. but robert, i understand that you are in regular contact with the brothers what is their mood now? their case is being reviewed optimistic that something might happen, but they're also resolving to living the rest of their lives in prison so that you can very valuable members

of their community and we classes they are canceling other abuse survivors and actually just got his be degree from uc irvine in the first-class of the program that certain prison. and eric is working on his college well robert, what you've done in terms of furthering this investigation is really astounding, will follow this case very closely. >> robert ran neama rahmani. thank you both so much. >> thanks, for well ahead. >> he's an nba all-star, a prankster, a businessman, and the star of a new netflix series, who also drinks an insane amount of cappuccinos every single day. the miami heat's jimmy butler is our special friday night guest. >> next moment self-care has never been

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superstar in the nba. and i do mean superstar, you have to be able to play. there's no doubt about that. but in the modern game, you have to be entertaining as well, while heat forward jimmy butler, he understands that assignment for the last two seasons, butler has shown up to heat media day with them interesting looks. i mean, he put extensions to make. he had long dreads back in 2022, then last year we all remember this one is for the emo. look full with some fake piercings with the nba season right around the corner, fans were eagerly awaiting his latest look, which is why many were disappointed with they saw this on monday i don't know what i have planned, but all my plans went to complete in order not my way because what has transpired, but i'm here normal hair notion. and again no shenanigans is a new jimmy butler or more serious me butler or just the same great

jimmy butler. let's ask the man himself. jimmy butler joins me now. he's being featured in his new netflix series starting five along with lebron james, anthony edwards, demonte the bonus, and jayson tatum, jim, so great to see you tonight. i want to get the netflix series, but i got to ask you why no media they looked this year i got i stuck in a foreign country, so i didn't have to do my hair yeah. >> i was disappointed myself. i'm sorry. i that on my fans down. i promise to do something with my hair here. i promise you i will do what was going to be had you had right now, it wouldn't be a surprise for when it happens. so i cannot tell you. i wish it but i just can't do it i mean, how about laura coates, bob, i'm just saying you could have little swing action that's fine. no no pressure. that's fine. do what you want to do.

>> a multiple choice for my answer ground and the bob will be one of them. >> all right, well, there you go with, let's talk about starting five instead. now, the cameras followed you around to the last season. really in a pretty intimate way. and i want to play a clip for the audience from the trailer. watch this i'm leaving attorney to pause the myself, but this morning might be a game for you would like this is like my life broken in my work take but i don't think nobody think that's what he's saying is the bike king of all trades, in the best that is a statement this exclamation point. exclamation point, what are the fans going to get out of all this? >> a lot, they get to really know who we are as people. you really get to see like perfected version. whenever you watch his own tv and went up and down the basketball court.

but the behind the scenes of how we are as human beings, as father's, his friends and brothers and sons, all that good stuff i think that's what's really keyed in upon in a series that's gotta be on the one hand, really easy because that's who you are. you know, you're this whole person, not just who we see on game day, but also can be very vulnerable to let people into that part of your life. you're a family man, you have a daughter. what was it like? to show people the rest of your story it was different is something that i haven't done before in a sense of this is the first time that people get to see my children because nobody knows for my kids look like and i've done a great job of protecting them and i love my kids and i'm so very proud of them. >> i think that's a proud of that i've ever been my kid is not my career, not anything else that i've done. and i've been able to raise these beautiful little human beings. they get to see that part of me in everything that transpired

in the past year was documenting the good, the bad, all the motions, the imo jimmy was real i was very emotional. i share. >> i got to ask you about what we've been watching in terms of the whole person we see this play out a lot in the wnba when there had been a lot of people who were leaning in some for the first time in a league that you have been supportive out throughout your career and i do wonder, when you look at and see the focus on your fellow league what has gone through your mind this year as you see it grow, as you see the attention on the individual players i love it. >> i have a daughter, so this could be my daughter one of these days, i pray that that's my daughter wanted these days i just know how much women can do in sports and how entertaining that them going out there, hustling in being super

talented. that is, in farm for me to watch off, for me to learn from. the same way, i learned how to deal with my emotions way better because of women i learn how to do so many things better on the floor because of women. i show my daughter tons of women's highlights of what it takes to be a-pro, what it's like to be a role model. so they teach me so much to teach my daughter so much, and i'm grateful, very, very, very grateful. >> i love hearing that the hashtag girl dad is quite apparent, but you know what to do all that you do you must have more than 24 hours in the day, or you might have a secret recipe and i hear that one of your many passions is coffee that you really love coffee. i mean, you drink something like six to seven cappuccinos the day and you have your own coffee brand called big face. what more than that more than just before that's before noon? i got i got early mornings, late evenings, kids running around and actually loved coffee, gives me an

opportunity to talk to so many different people at a coffee shop. i'm going to get to be myself. i don't i don't have to be an nba player. well, i mean, there's sometimes i am though i've got an incredible team that's helping me whenever i'm out plan this oh, basketball when i'm out playing basketball you know, they're helping me grow this thing where i wanted to be. so after my career, whenever you come and catch me in california are in miami i'll be on my coffee shop doing my latte oh, wait, you did a little leaf the heart. >> what are you doing on the top? your latte? >> we do >> i'm getting there. i can do it, but not at the level that i want to be able to do it. >> oh my gosh. what if the level you play is what you're striving for the level of perfection and the latte art. i don't even know what to expect, but jamie, i have to tell you in the spirit of you being vulnerable and showing your children. i got to tell you my son is a huge fan of yours and he begged me to stay up late so he could ask you a question you game for hearing them of course.

>> all all right. adrian watch your question. a jimmy play saxophone, play basketball, like writing. >> i wanted to ask you how do you juggle all your priorities like with your basketball and your coffee business, how you do that it's not always easy, but you always made time what you want to make time for it? >> and if everything is so important to you, always tell everybody you got to set a sacrifice something. if you got to sacrifice, you know, going out with your friends a little bit, a movie here and there, maybe you don't get to take that napkin afternoon because you got to play the saxophone or you've got to write that's just what you gotta do to be great. you got to sacrifice something really good advice. >> i'll take it to heart. that was amazing. >> i'm really worried thank you. okay. i'm dying right now. and i might cry. jimmy butler don't get listen to your

mother and that was other asylum advice gave you, listened to mommy, right? yeah. >> yeah. listen to vegetables. all that good stuff go to sleep one time. >> he must be a father. you heard it here. jimmy butler. thank you so much. i cannot wait for everyone to see starting five at debuts on netflix on october 9. and here's to the coffee business. my friend all right. >> cheers thanks for watching. >> anderson cooper 360 is next research and unreal savings elevate your every day. >> cnn underscored biala review isn't recommendations that underscore.com and keeping same discover the power of week-old some lost over 46 pounds. we go and i'm keeping the weight

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