should someone lose their team for remarks shared in private and is this a slippery slope? >> standing up and asking a question, a question first raised by mark cuban. what do you think? facebook.com @kelly file. welcome back to hannity. tonight we have welcome to "hannity." tonight we have a jam-packed edition of the show. america, are you ready? it's time to roll. tonight, i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. >> the fallout continues from the racist rant of nba owner donald sterling. >> it's a very, very slippery slope. >> we got all the latest info including new details from his previous controversies. and then -- >> i can't afford to have tony

die on me. i just can't. >> there's so many beautiful people that are dying for no reason for lack of care and the secret lists. >> betraying american veterans and their families, aimsly area -- ainsley earhardt's emotionalr$rry to step down. wait until you hear what ann coulter thinks. this is a fox news alert. tonight in just a few moments we'll examine how the naacp and al

take a look. >> effective immediately i'm banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the oci nba. mr. sterling may not attend any nba games or practices. he may not be present at any clippers facility and he may not participate in any business or player personnel decisions a involving the team. i'm also fining mr. sterling $2.5 million, the maximum amoune allowed under the nba constitution.wed unde i will urge the board of the governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team and will do everything in my power to ensure that that happens. ens >> now banned for life, fined $2.5 million and being forced to sell. many are praising the f

commissioner's swift and harsh e punishment and after today's press conference fox news contributor and sports broadcaster jim gray spoke to ao sterling on the phone and the ba clippers owner said he had no ha comment but prior to the press conference sterling told gray that the team was not for sale.m here with reaction tonight, a former harlem globe trotter andr sirius xm sports broadcaster. i grew up watching you. walt frazier, earl the pearl and phil jackson, i love basketball. i hate this happening to didn'tball right now. what do you think of the in commissioner's -- what do you think of the commissioner's fine

and punishment today? >> i think he was right on. >> yeah. >> he didn't try to push it off on anybody else. he said you're banned. you know, when this story broke i was up in minot, north dakota, and i saw the expression on , griffin and chris' face and i saw the pain in their faces, ana i seen that pain before, the hurt that athletes have sometime, and i saw it and i wentnt to bed with it in my hear and yesterday morning when i woke up, i woke up crying because i felt so bad for all of them, including magic johnson and how he felt and it just hura me so bad. i thought was there anything that we could have done years ago to keep the young kids from going through what they are going through today. >> but, look, i used to go see you when you came to the nassau coliseum. i would go every year to see the globe trotters.globet the fans, all races, all everyb backgrounds, everybody came to see the globe trotters. i look at this as an anomaly .

the issue here is they couldn'te takeaway the team or force thist guy to sell, but three quarters of the owners, if they unite, they can force him to sell. do you want to see that happen? i think that would be best for basketball, don't you think? >> it is best for basketball and i like the commissioner, i know what he has done so far i think it's right on. right and i think the players like it also and i think the league will be better.al >> tim, your thoughts on all this? >> today was more about adam silver. it was not about donald ld sterling. today was. about adam silver an his leadership.lea and he showed tremendous by leadership by taking hold of this situation and going with the lifetime ban. he's going to be universally lauded for the decision.th the question though, becomes, in this world of 24/7/365 media why did it take an audiotape when there were decades long troublet

with this owner that were not y dealt with by the previous t commissioner, david stern? there were discrimination lawsuits dismissed.sioner there were all kinds of problem with this owner that were not dealt with by the previous commissioner. it's a shame it took this for h. that to finally come down with adam silver's help. >> i agree whole heartedly withy what you said. why wasn't this dealt with, tim? in 2009, you know, nearly cost him $2.73 million he settled a lawsuit. h but, he only apparently only wanted to rent his apartments to nonkoreans or wouldn't rent his apartments to korean tenants and the lawsuit quoted sterling in

sworn testimony that hispanics smoke, drink, and hang around the building and black tenants f smell and attract vermin. why wasn't this dealt with lo before? >> this league is known for this. for him to be an owner for this period of time with everyone turning the other cheek that being the owners of the other franchises and the commissionero prior to adam silver is something i think really we need to take a long look at.ve the reality is, okay, what's ne more unamerican than keeping some ethnicities who worked harh to improve their lives to move into neighborhoods to forbid is them of doing that? this guy was a bad apple a long, long time ago. >> i'm a knicks fan. phil jackson is advising the l.a. crowd to stay away and went as far to say i believe the fans the loudest statement they couli make is not show up to the game.

i'm against that because people don't go to see games to watch g owners. they go to see the players.. they are the third seed in the think westwo and for them not to haver their fans show up, i think would be a mistake. i want to get your thoughts on it. >> i think it would be a mistake also. i would like to see the fans go out and watch the ball players. i'm an nba fan. i've been a fan ever since i was 18 years old. and i just love -- i love nba basketball. i i think it's the greatest game in the world and i don't want to see the players hurt any more e than they've been hurt already. let them go out and play and you crowd of people from all over the world i want to you watch the playoffs. i think that's the right thing to do.o. and i think they're going to do it. i think the houses will be filled. >> i think you're right and i also think you'll see a lot of u black arm bands in solidarity.

tim, what are your thoughts on this? do you agree with phil jackson who i like a lot or do you want the fans to show up en masse ana support the team? >> you want the fans to show up en masse and support their teamt this is a separate issue, sean, in so many ways. the reality here is we have progressed a lot and the nba from a sports standpoint is one of the reasons why as a culture we have. we can't forget that simply because of this decision that was made albeit in a private conversation.on and one quick note about that. >> by the way it was marc jackson not phil jackson. >> it was marc jackson.t was the reality is in today's world we're always on. whether you're on audio or video, you had better be careful.video, and we all knew that there weree circumstances surrounding donald sterling that made him a bad e, owner. now it's there and it's blatantg for everyone to see. i'm really glad that adam silve dealt with it the way he did.

he'll be a strong commissioner.r maybe as strong as david stern, maybe stronger. >> i think he did the right thing. >> i think he'll be stronger. i think he's going to be much, . much stronger. this young man, this young man t got it right. >> can you still hit that half-court shot? >> no.u >> you can't hit that half-court shot? you still throwing water? >> i make one out of 1000. >> how come every time i went you never missed the half-court hook, ever? >> i didn't think i could miss. i was real cocky in those days. >> good to see you. with tim, thanks for being with us. coming up we'll talk about the hypocrisy, why is the naacp giving an award, an honorary award to reverend al sharpton.

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welcome back to "hannity. after adam silver announced the decision to ban donald sterling from the clippers and the nba for life, floods of comments came in on why this didn't come sooner? >> many people are outraged that

they knew this man was racist, a slum lord, and the nba hasn't done anything until today. can you please answer why? >> i can't speak to past actions other than to say that when specific evidence was brought to the nba we acted. >> so what exactly was that reporter referring to? back in 2003 a housing lawsuit accused sterling of being racist towards his tenants. according to cbs sacramento a property supervisor testified that sterling said quote that's because all the blacks in this building smell, they are not clean and he went on to say that it's because all the the mexicans just sit around and smoke and drink all day. he said is she one of those black people that stink. just evict the [ bleep ]. the department of justice sudden

-- here's rick unger. this is not new. the first person that pointed that out i never knew who the clippers was. >> i'm an l.a. guy. >> so you knew. i didn't know. i'm looking at this guy's history and thinking wait a minute. now all of a sudden after all of that now you'll get involved. they should have seen this coming. you knew this? >> for those of us who were basketball fans in los angeles we knew this for years. we've known this for quite a long time. he's a very rich guy. he owns most of wilshire boulevard in beverly hills. he's gotten away with this because he's a very wealthy guy whose considered an odd ball in the league. nobody ever cared -- >> horrible -- >> third seed in the west. i feel bad for the players -- >> absolutely. >> -- and doc rivers who i think is a great coach. >> yes. >> what do you do when he says

hispanics smoke, drink and hang around the building and black tenants smell and attract vermin? >> the key difference with the comments now versus the ones that's more historical is the phrase. let's go to the tape. we heard him saying those things where in the past it was lawsuits. >> they knew he was bringing hook towers games. sex for money. money for sex. >> his wife was like there the whole time. >> driving him around. >> the wife is suing the mistress. >> i talked to a couple of friends in the nba. he's well over 80. he's been a little bit off of it for a couple of years and the presumption was he was just going to go away pretty soon. he bought the team for under 15 million. the team is worth by valuation 700 million which means he can get a billion. you got magic johnson sitting there waiting to buy the club. everybody presumed over the past ten years with their losing record donald sterling would fade out. >> why did the woman tape him?

i don't need to go there. the issue is about what's in his heart, what he thinks, how detrimental it is to the game. we finally agree on something. >> we've had a big week on this. >> any good that's come out of this this is what racism is. this is somebody saying something like i don't like black people. don't post photographs of you and your black friends and don't bring black people to my games. >> you can sleep with them. >> that's okay. a lot of people like to throw the word racism around. this is what real racism is. >> one other thing, if you look at how everybody has just reacted rightly so and supports the commissioner, doesn't it speak volumes that most people don't support racism and you're right and i would argue you're a party, not you, i'm very clear. there are people on the left who constantly use the race card. the democratic party has used it.

i can trace the history of it, including the 1998 democratic ad saying if you elect republicans, black churches will burn. >> if you don't like obamacare it's because you're a racist, you're anti-black. i think that word is thrown around a lot and i think what sterling has shown is what actual racism is. >> what i find to be the most offensive thing in the whole donald sterling story, forget the women and whacko stuff, this guy has a team worth roughly a billion dollars more than when he paid for it because he had employees that are 75% black. they made that team what it is. >> if you listen to his tape he thinks he's responsible for their homes and cars. disgusting, ain't it? >> when it's just the opposite. >> how do you do that? how do you benefit to that degree? >> and still not change your views. extraordinary.ring black informn

to my games. let them work for me and make me a billionaire. >> guys, you can't make it up. well said. coming up here tonight on hannity. >> your good friend is in pain every single day of his life and has been since the beginning of december with a broken back. what goes through your mind? >> i don't know how he does it. i don't know how he does it. >> this story will break your heart. ainsley is back with her second intallme installment. we continue to expose how the va is betraying our brave men and women our vets in uniform. ann coulter in studio tonight as we continue. and our classic lasagna. with sauces made from scratch in our kitchens every morning. all served with unlimited homemade soup or fresh garden salad. and your all-time favorite, warm breadsticks. signature favorites now just $10. all day, every day. at olive garden, we're all family here. discover 70 lunch combinations including our chicken parmigiana sandwich

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ainsley's emotional trip this week to arizona. >> reporter: dan darling a decorated vietnam war veteran never hesitated to answer the call to serve his country. but after a recent accident he called on the phoenix va hospital to help him and his wife says they didn't return the favor. >> when he fell december 7th of last year and he broke his back, it's taken months to get the va to do anything. they would not set an appointment with the doctor for him. he was scheduled for x-rays, for mris, for bone scans, nerve conduction studies. finally after months of waiting we were referred to a neurosurgeon. he needed a procedure where they inject surgical cement into the back to fuse the bones, and the doctor told him if it was done within six months, it was tremendously successful.

it is now april 26th. it hasn't happened. >> is he going to be able to have this procedure? he has one month left. >> we don't know. >> when you call what's the reaction? >> i have the let the phone ring up to an hour and finally in disgust hung up. >> this is the 11th hour. >> for a man that's 65 years old, this is very, very discouraging. >> now they are not respond -- responding to your e-mails. your e-mails aren't going through. >> they shut it off. yes. we can't even e-mail. the only way we can contact them is physically going to phoenix and to go to the va. >> dan's good friend is also a veteran and knows all too well what dan is going through. >> i don't want the va to know any more about my health than

have to. i don't trust them. took me 11 1/2 months to get a pair of hearing aids. >> your husband has six beautiful grandchildren. >> this is a man who has loved life. he has been involved in skydiving. he's been involved in scuba diving. he loves to travel. i have to go places and do things without the love of my life. because he's in so much pain. >> why the emotion? >> well, i feel sorry for dan. >> what goes through your mind? >> i don't know how he does it. i don't know how he does it. i'm sorry. >> why the tears? what's going on? it's a sad story. >> i've gone to vietnam with him. we have a past. cancer. and i lost a kid >> do you feel like some of your nae to cancer. friends who have died might

still be alive if it weren't for the negligence of the va? >> it's very possible. it's hard for me to talk about my experiences and i feel it has to be told and somebody should do something about it. >> do you believe there's a secret list? >> i absolutely do. >> why? >> just based upon what we've had to go through with the va, the constant waiting. yes. i believe it. i believe it. there's a big cover-up there. they are not doing their job. >> what's your message for the va? >> shape up. take care of our american heroes. they deserve better. and i'm here today with dan's blessing. he said yes do this because maybe i go to the back of the list but maybe somebody else gets the treatment they need that would be life-saving. >> very powerful. and back with us is ainsley earhardt.

joe's husband wouldn't go on camera. why? >> because they're scared to death that they're not going to treat him now. they will treat him differently if he goes to va because he has one more month to get this life-saving procedure to fix his broken back. have you ever broken a bone? it's extremely excruciating. >> how do they justify no mri, no immediate treatment -- >> no phone calls. they turned off their emails. she has to drive down there to see somebody. she's a strong personality. she walks in the door and demands answers. >> i would assume they can't afford to go elsewhere. >> they can't. so the other guy in the interview you saw his friend marvin that was crying. marvin retired military. joe's husband doesn't have that option because he wasn't in the service for 20 years, but they don't have the money to go

elsewhere. he's at the mercy of the va hospital in phoenix. >> we learned 40 people were on this other list, this hidden list. >> a doctor retired and claims there are 40 people-plus that have died on that list. >> died waiting for the care they were promised when they served our country. >> they are trying to get the numbers. federally numbers look better. you call to make an appointment and seen in two weeks. so instead of putting you in the computer, they put you on the list. when they see they can see you in two weeks that's when they put you in the computer. >> somebody needs go to jail for this and these families need to be taken care of. somebody in washington needs to step up now ninth month. >> this guy needs this operation.

he has six beautiful grandchildren. he might not be around to see them. he's only 65. he's in pain with a broken back since december. >> ainsley, youl -- you'll be back tomorrow. >> back tomorrow. >> with another emotional installment exposing how the va is betraying our veterans. here's who you'll meet tomorrow night on the program. >> you got to believe that, you know, probably i'll be in a better place but you had to make the decision to pull the plug and watch him go? >> yeah. that's something that nobody should ever go through. >> you're holding his hand. talking to him. >> yes. >> that emotional story tomorrow night. coming up next growing calls for secretary of state john kerry to resign over comments he made likening the state of israel to an apartheid state. the always outspoken ann coulter weighs in next as we continue. i. and he never got it.

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now during remarks to a group of senior officials and experts from the u.s., kerry had this to say about our closest ally in the middle east. >> a unitary state winds up either being an art hide state with second-class citizens, or it winds up being a state that destroys the capacity of israel to be a state. >> kerry said he wishes he chose a different word. his attempt to back track a little too little too late. calls for his resignation have now begun. watch this. >> it's my belief secretary kerry has proven himself unsuitable for the position he holds. and, therefore, before any further harm is done to our national security interests and to our critical alliance with the nation of israel that john kerry should offer president obama his resignation and the

president should accept it. >> i think cruz is right. this is beyond something requiring an apology. i think this is a resigning type statement. >> with reaction author, columnist, ann coulter. he blamed israel when, during the peace negotiations when they wouldn't recognize israel's simple right to exist. >> right. no, i mean, obviously the word apartheid is to bring up, conjure the idea of south africa and it isn't like south africa. israel is just trying to be a country and as part of being a country, one of the things i -- in fact the one thing i admire the most about israel is their immigration policy. they have 11-foot razor wire walls probably built with u.s. money that we can't use to build them on our border. they round up illegal immigrants, put them on planes and buses, and send them home. >> like mexico does too, by the way.

>> can you get chuck schumer on the show and ask why it's okay for israel to do this but not the u.s.? when you catch them if you wouldn't mind sending them home. you can't get a job as an illegal. they put illegal immigrant on a plane and send them home. >> mexico does the same thing. so i was talking to you on the radio today. you are really animated about the sterling case and the nba. >> i was traveling a lot. doing a lot of packing and unpacking. >> you have a boyfriend in l.a.. >> i knew you would get to that. i was listening to probably 18 hours of this story before i heard the phrase, his wife. his wife. i flipped around and i said wait his wife. did the story change when i walk out of the room? no. this guy has been married to the same woman for 50 years.

he's an open whore monger. i'm writing about it this week. and much more than what you were just citing. i compare to it the case from 19d -- 1947. he was the manager of the brooklyn dodgers. he married a woman, an actress, the day after she got a divorce from her husband. he married her. she was a mormon, never smoked or drank. they got married through some confusion with the divorce decree. the california judge ordered them not to live together for a year in california. he stayed in a hotel, she lived with her mother. yet still that was a scandal. he was the manager of the dodgers. all these catholic groups pulled out with letters saying we consider him a polygamist. they also got a divorce in mexico. look at how the world has changed. meanwhile flash to this piece of crap covered with human skin,

donald sterling, who is openly consorting with prostitutes and bringing them to his games. the reason the testimony you just mentioned is on the public record is because he sued one of his prostitutes, trying to get property back he had put in her name. >> now the wife is trying to get back -- >> a different prostitute. that's the current prostitute. this was a different prostitute. >> i thought it was a girlfriend. >> he gave her -- >> two bentleys, a ferrari, a range rover. don't get the prostitutes confused. >> said girlfriend or prostitute.

>> the woman a decade ago openly a prostitute. he in his deposition -- these are his words. the cases you've been citing on the housing discriminations, these are accusations. there are two important points. look at how the world has changed -- this is not 1% of the outrage against him, point, two do not tell me you can generalize from this man about my feelings, about humanity's feelings. you can generalize about fat pig's feelings. you expect someone who behaves like this to be a prince on peace relation. how about a scandal on his sickening behavior with prostitutes? >> let me lean on your legal expertise here. there are one party consent states, two party consent states, in this case you must have the consent of the person you're recording in california. two party consent. >> first i haven't practiced law in a decade. i've heard -- >> new york is a one party. out there it's two. >> i've heard that he -- i don't know, we need to know the facts,

i don't know what difference it makes. >> not the issue at hand. >> i've heard he wanted all of his conversations tape recorded because he couldn't remember what he said. i don't know why she would be tape recording them in his room but that means he's aware he's being tape recorded. >> the nba knew about it. >> they knew he was a whore monger. he has the prostitute sitting on one side his wife on the other. >> i thought it was a girlfriend. >> current one is being called a girlfriend and yet she gave him sex and he gave her two bentleys, a ferrari, and a range rover. i think we're quibbling over the definition. >> last question. should the nba, should nba owners three quarters of them are needed to force him to sell the team, i think. it's a no-brainer. sell the team. >> i think they should have done it a decade ago and we wouldn't all be sitting back shocked that this disgusting man having sex with everything in sight and bragging about it in deposition. do you expect him to have good

race relations going? why are we acting shocked with this piece of crap point one. point two do not generalize. i'm not in the same species with this person. >> well said. coming up next right here -- >> billionaire owner of the clippers got himself tape recorded in the worse such case of verbal destruction since mitt romney's 47% debacle. >> how chris matthews found a way to compare sterling to mitt romney. and our meteorologist joins us to help set the record straight about how you can stay safe if severe weather tornadoes are headed your way. that and more as hannity continues. strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicines alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. nowchoose one option fromith red lothe wood-fire grill,trios! one signature shrimp dish, and a pasta. all on one plate. three delicious choices. all for $15.99

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destruction. >> okay. it's safe to say only matthews would find a way to use the sterling scandal to attacks republicans. i wasn't happy former new york knicks player larry johnson called for the formation of an all-black league. he put out a tweet, black people you're focusing on the wrong thing. we should be focusing on having our own team, own league. what does that mean? >> it means there's a lot of pain and frustration in the black community. it goes back to -- this is the latest incident about race. we've had trayvon martin. black folks are upset about the constant outcomes that are

unsatisfying. >> you think we're looking at the wrong things. >> in this rush to judgment on donald sterling -- >> rush to judgment? >> it's a rush to judgment in that three hours -- three days after the tape was revealed, they threw him out. >> wait a minute. he's been around 30 years. been doing business for 30 years. >> they had to confirm that was his voice which was due diligence. >> due diligence on what a private conversation between a man and his girlfriend. >> you're not bothered by what he said. >> i'm also bothered by the process because that process protests you and i. today it's donald sterling. you takeaway half billion dollar property he earned legitimately, he broke no laws and now you takeaway his property because he's unpopular. the outcome -- >> nba bylaws and he knew that going in i assume -- >> governed his private conversations with his girlfriend? >> i disagree. i want to applaud commissioner silver for his quick action. you know as we know he's a brand new commissioner and sent a very strong message to the owners of

the league that he's not going to stand for that type of behavior and jacque is dead right. sterling has been demonstrating this type of racist behavior for some time. i want to talk about how some liberals are using this and talking about a tape recording and talking about mitt romney and richard nixon. there's someone more recent and more immediate, a guy named secretary of state john kerry that compared the state of israel, which is an ally of ours, to apartheid south africa. you know, i wonder if the public sector and mr. kerry is going to be held accountable in the same way that the commissioner in the private sector forced this nba owner who obviously said

something and felt something and demonstrated racism in a league that's over 80% black? i wonder if the public sector will respond as efficiently as the private-sector did. >> now we agree on the substance of this. today an american star was born in adam silver. i think his action was courageous, timely and forthright. >> i thought he was very strong. >> i think he was forthright but also, he followed at least as due process as truncated this moment could allow. a lot of people are piling on both left and right. they're adding in their own agenda. >> on the one hand, isn't it a good thing that americans with one voice are ostracizing a guy that has such hateful and backwoods views? our country is united. nobody likes him. he's an idiot. >> it's unfortunate you have to be that extreme an idiot to get this result, but yes. >> al sharpton is getting an award from the naacp. i have a montage of al sharpton

calling the first black mayor of new york the "n" word and a whore. why does the naacp honor him that way? >> they have their reasons because in their mind -- it was a lifetime achievement award for all the things he had done on behalf -- >> for donating money. he donated $100,000. >> you're asking about sharpton. because of the things al sharpton has done -- >> does that include calling the black mayor of new york the "n" word? >> the nba got a little bit of a black eye, which is unfortunate and ironic. there's no more a progressive league moving forward in terms

of giving opportunity to people of color, executive opportunity to people of color. how ironic is it that sterling had as his head coach an african-american? >> i feel bad for him. he's one of the best coaches in the league and he's in a horrible position. good to see you. >> thank you. coming up, as bad weather now grips the nations in tornados now, we'll explain when we come back how you and your family, if you're in harm's way, how do you stay safe if a tornado is heading your way. almost like lightning bolts, hot strikes into my feet. the pain was, it was... i just couldn't handle it, so my doctor prescribed lyrica. the pain has been reduced and i feel better than i did before.

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