that you're associating with black people. >> shouldn't own a team anymore. >> commissioner silver will way have to weigh in forcefully and quickly. >> president obama just announced a new round of sanctions against russia. >> and expanded list of individuals and companies will be affected by sanctions. >> in eastern ukraine, more violence, the pro-russian mayor of the second largest city is in serious condition after being shot in the back today. >> president obama was welcomed in the philippines today, the final stop in the week-long tour. u.s. officials signed a 10-year agreement to position fighter ships and troops at philippine bases. >> pope francis presided over a double papal canonization ceremony. two at once. that's the papal sainthood equivalent of a kfc doubledown.

first up, breaking news, the worst may still be yet to come from a massive storm system that has spawned dozens of tornadoes in the last 24 hours. at this very hour, four states remain threatened by the tornadoes or severe weather as the storm system makes its way east. it's already being blamed for more than 16 deaths across central and southern united states. today 17 states are dealing with some level of destruction caused by 31 different tornadoes. >> all of a sudden got black and ended up on the other side of the highway. luckily -- >> bearing the brunt, arkansas, where state of emergency has been declared and the national guard has been activated. no town hit harder than m mayflower where they describe a sheer and utter state of

devastation. >> devastating for people who lost property and more devastating for people who lost loved ones. we begin with jay gray. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is the kind of devastation, debris that so many are dealing with here in may flower, arkansas. perhaps the hardest hit. we know ten people are dead. the rescue and recovery mission continuing. this was an rv sales center and there were three people working at the time. let me show you how they survived. down here into the basement they took a cat with them as well and the cat survived. they walk out and this is what they find. this is all that's left, complete devastation here. look across the rot. there were 60 rvs or more out here. many have been taken and thrown and tossed on their sides. their vehicles here weren't here before the storm. they are trying to assess all of that. we're in the early stages of what's going to be a difficult

cleanup and recovery. fema agents moving in as well, the work just beginning in earnest after what was a horrific storm here. >> that was nbc's jay gray in arkansas. breaking news today. on another subject, the nba will make an announcement tomorrow about l.a. clippers owners donald sterling. pressure has been building on the league to take action against sterling after the release of additional new racially charged recordings. two websites posted those recordings over the weekend. they identified them as arguments between sterling and his mistress at the time. take a listen. >> people call you and tell you that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers you. >> yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. how about your whole life every day you could do whatever you want. you can sleep with them, you can bring them in, you can do

whatever you want. the little i ask you is not to promote it on that -- and not to bring them to my games. >> reaction to the recordings from nba players past present have been fast and furious. >> he shouldn't own a team anymore and he should stand up and say i don't want to own a teamany more. >> if somebody wants to be racist, that's already, that's their thing. when you're in a position of power and you can take jobs and economic opportunity from people, that's what crosses the line. >> we found a way to make this the greatest game in the world. and for comments like that, it taints our game and we can't have that. can't have it from a player, owner, from a fan, so on and so on. doesn't matter if you're black, white, hispanic, whatever the case may be. we can't have that as part of our game. >> sterling's remark even got the attention of president obama who said this during his asia tour. >> when ignorant folks want to

advertise ignorance, you just let them talk. that's what happened here. >> clippers organization released a statement saying, quote, we have heard the tape on tmz. we do not know if it is legitimate or it has been altered. players staged a silent protest turning shirts inside out before saturday's playoff game, a game they went on to lose. the los angeles naacp planned to give sterling an award, which they are now yanking because of the controversy. a new conference is under way at this very hour and we'll monitor that development. we'll tell you as things develop out of that. we need to point out here that nbc news has not yet been able to authenticate the voice on the tapes is donald sterling. we just learned that car max is ending his spon sponsorship and they were of course clippers sponsors and also state farm is another company taking, quote, a

pause in their business relationship with the team. to discuss the fallout, william roden, author of "forty million dollar slaves." dave, i'll start with you. the league could fine sterling and forbes says he's worth $1.5 billion. what else can they do? you've seen the precedent on this. >> this is an unprecedented act that calls for an unprecedented response. as long as he's a partner of the 29 other owners his views in fact who they are and they must be made to feel the consequences of his conduct, his comments and conduct. sterling got it wrong when he

said he feeds them and buys them homes. this is the first time in my memory that he's had a team relevant in the offseason -- postseason. consequently, his mediocrity, he lived off the lebron james and kobe bryant and magic johnson and patrick ewing throughout the league through revenue sharing. he's delusional. not only do they reflect vile ignorance he's delusional how he should make his money. they should find a way to force him to sell the team. until they do, not only should sterling feel the consequences but the 29 other owners must as well. >> strong words there. we'll see how feasible this turns out to be. i want to go to you to see how they it achieve all that. let's go to the naacp happening live right now. >> i honestly don't know. >> why go ahead and rescind this honor if it's still up in the

air? >> well, the reason that we're doing it is because there is this things that happens, that you have to take immediate action. now, this is one of these times that we can't wait a week or two and especially given the fact that our freedom fund dinner is two weeks away, we have to make preparations, we're getting our journal together and make decisions. it was a decision that we would rather err on the side of caution than to do something with advance knowledge that it may be harmful to what we represent. >> hold up. we're going to allow everybody to ask a question. if you ask one question, you don't get a chance to ask a second one. >> what was the criteria used to nominate mr. sterling for this recognition? >> what we do, we look at the body of work he's done.

and what we specifically looked at. we looked at all of the sport franchises in la, the dodgers, the lakers. even in the angels, the red wings and the ducks and we look at how involved are all of these organizations are in the community. mr. sterling's organization has on a consistent basis brought in numerous minorities and inner city kids to games. every game there is a section where there are young people there. he also has over the years we looked at, contributed to a lot of minority charities, including the naacp. so we looked at comparing that with all of the other l.a. franchises, his organization gave more money to the community, to the minority community than others. >> has anyone from your organization --

>> hold up. >> so when he approached you, when these -- this money started to come in -- >> what money? >> the contributions to the naacp, to the community, this talk of donald sterling, when does someone like mr. sterling's reputation suggest he is -- when does that sort of become so disrep putable -- >> we don't deal in rumors. if you've got specific facts we're willing to listen to them. rumors about someone's character is not something we deal with. we deal with the actual character of the person as we see it and as displayed. fz there's rumors or stuff, that's not a factor -- >> just overall not only talking about the community here in l.a. but nationwide, how would you explain how detrimental.

>> that was leon jenkins, president of the l.a. naacp, fielding a lot of questions and scrutiny about the donations that group took from this controversial figure, sterling. bill, you obviously are a columnist and see a lot of power of money in sports. do you think they should give back the contributions? >> probably never should have taken them. this is the whole problem. when you're dealing with people who are racist, you're taking their hush money and all of a sudden it blows up in your face. know everybody has explaining to do. why did you take the money in first place? this is going to be the second time. sean he's talked about rumors. there's no rumor. i mean he settled out of court. he would not rent to black people and mexican-americans. >> let's talk about that. in light of the fact this wasn't first time he showed sign of this kind of zrims discrimination do you think the league turn a blind eye to him? >> i think a lot of institutions

turn a blind eye to racism when money is involved. this is a prime example. i mean, it's no secret that this guy had these kind of racial issues and again we have to finds out if this is in fact his voice and all of that. we have to follow the truth where it leads. but it's just a number. now all of a sudden the players are caught in sort of the middle because all of the state farm is playing out, this guy is pulling out. that indirectly affects their money. i think -- >> by the way we have fresh evidence of that trite now coming down the wires. we have a statement from virgin america, one of the sponsors of the team. while we continue to support the fans and players, virgin america made the decision to end its sponsorship of the l.a. clippers. big economic impact for everybody involved. >> this is going to be the thing. dave was exactly right. the commissioner has got to -- he cannot let this fester any longer, this is startsing to

hurt everybody's business. starting to hurt the other owners. they've got to essentially assassinate this guy, not that he's the only one who -- >> i was going to ask about that, bill, do you think this is an ab whoation or something that just scratches the surface? >> this is sort of like an old school hanging curveball. 81-year-old guy makes blatant racial statements. racism has become so insid uous and so subtle. this is like hanging fastball that everybody is jumping on. if you think that he's the only person that thinks like this, again, you are delusional. i think now the issue is, the moral imperative falls on fans on the consumers. how will you react? the players are under contract but the fans aren't under contract. you don't have to go -- you don't have to attend these games. >> david, what about the role that the nba players can play? >> i think that kevin johnson

has spoken on behalf of the players indicating essentially five objectives which boil down to the real focus of players being involved in the decision-making and kept abreast of what the commissioner intends to do. let me tell you this, if donald sterling is an owner next year, players should make all of the nba feel the consequences, not just donald sterling. i think when the hawks play the magic, the magic shouldn't show up. when the bucks play the nets, the nets shouldn't show up. they should do periodic strikes, don't have to be sanctioned by the union and make everybody feel the pain as long as this guy is a partner. it doesn't mat every if others may hold these views, they haven't said anything. we're not outraged at donald sterling being a fool. that's his right. what we're outraged is if his

foolishness isn't -- if he's not held accountable for his foolishness and given the nature of what he said and the majority of the players being black in this league who feed him, not the other way around, he needs to be out. >> we'll see if that results in strikes but certainly already resulting in condemnation, kobe bryant tweeted, i couldn't play for him. last question, bill, it seems over the last week we've had an abundant set of reminders this isn't just sports. we've had the clivein bundy comments. there pervasive racism everywhere? >> it is, this whole joke about post racial is a joke. this thing brings it home to maybe a younger generation who thought there was a myth of post generation. if you sit in any meeting and see no african-americans on a staff or any production meeting and partner in a law firm and there are no african-americans, people are saying the same things without saying, what

bundy said or what sterling said. the comment is still the same. we don't want you, we're not going to hire you. we don't want nothing to do with you. this is another sobering learning moment for all of us. what we want to do is when the stuff comes up we want so suffocate it and knock it out. >> that is the only saving grace fully open display today. the amount and swiftness of condemnation but too often goes uncondemned. thank you both of you. >> thank you. >> just ahead, european monitors are being taken hostage. a mayor fights for his life and things in ukraine go from very bad to much worse. we have all of the latest next. if i can impart one lesson to a

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today president obama noupsed a new round of sanctions against russia, trying to

increase pressure as pro-russian forces defy international demands to stand down. seven government russian officials and seven companies now face penalties. >> the goal here is not to go after mr. putin personally. the goal is to change his calculus with respect to how the current actions he's engaging in in ukraine could have an adverse impact on the russian economy over the long haul. >> this as events grow increasingly ugly. the mayor of an eastern ukraine city was shot in the back and fighting for his life. one of the cities where pro russian gunman seized buildings. today they called for the release of seven european military observers still being held hostage by pro-russian forces after being accused of spying for nato. one was released jed for health

reasons but their cap tors refuse to discuss when the others might go free. president obama addressed the ukraine crisis from the philippines. the big news out of that tour, a new 10-year military agreement just signed with the philippines, expanding america's military presence in the region in what the white house called a historic commitment to the pacific. this on the heels of commitments that the u.s. would defend japan, south korea and other countries in their territorial disputes with china. all confronting a rising and increasingly tense chinese super power. do we risk a new cold war? and can we manage two frosty relationships with super powers? for that i turn to an expert on u.s./china relationships jeff dire and nicholas christoph. president obama hasn't gone all out and gone for the sectorwide crackdowns he threatened at times. why is he holding back? >> he wants to have something in

reserve if russia does indeed send troops across the border into eastern ukraine, he has something -- a real threat. what was announced was the mild end of what was plausible. i wish they would signal a little more clearly that the banking sector will be devastated if russia does take the next step. i'm not sure they signaled as clear as they could have. >> he's blamed part of this on europe, we're going to be in a stronger position to deter mr. putin when he sees the world is unified, say we're not going to allow certain arms sales but every european defense contractor back fills what we do. can we expect europe to take the lead given the economic constraints they are under and how close they are to russia? >> i think that leadership is going to come from us. and europe is very divided. you have countries like poland that would like much tougher stances and germany which is completely in bed with russia

and given that dysfunction and disagreement, we can provide more leadership there. >> and seems to suggest something that's an unrealistic outcome, that they'll leap first. you've argued that china has benefited from the periods of frosty relations between the u.s. and russia since it does forge a tighter bond between china and its neighbor. do you think that's what's happening here? >> that's definitely one of possibilities. russia, if it becomes more isolated from europe as the crisis unfolds and nationally it's going to be clopushed clos to china. a gas deal almost a decade now and there's a possibility it might be signed because they have an opportunity. the chinese are awkward about the situation and don't like the idea of countries, one country invading and encouraging separatists but by sitting back they are -- in the long run. >> president obama denied

charges that this is about containing china. we're not interesting in containing china. doesn't he have to expect that's how the trip will be read given the strong position he's taking in the territorial disputes? >> there will always be people in china whatever the u.s. does in the western pacific, they will say the u.s. is out to contain it. containment is what the u.s. is trying to put in place with russia, trying to isolate it from international community and economy. with china, it's about deterring certain types of chinese behavior and putting in place a defensive network making it harder for china to push for any military domestic nation. it's a different kind of policy. >> you had very interesting reporting on exactly the type of potential plan to counteract china that the pentagon has put in place. nick, you know the chinese authorities very well. do you think there's a harsher reaction still to come from

china? they've been pretty subdued? >> i think we miscalculated by having president obama step forward and saying we will use military force if necessary to back up japan over the sen kak cue island dispute. >> you think that was a step too far? >> we've gone from assistant secretaries of defense making that point to cabinet members and now this is the first time that a president of the united states has said that the united states/japan security treaty applies to these uninhabited islands and we don't take a position on who has sovereignty but willing to risk a nuclear war with china over these islands. >> where do you think that comes from? he did have to pars this careful stance, we're not taking a side but if china goes too far we'll engage in a military confrontation. >> there's been a mistaken view that we need to back japan up to show that we stand by our allies and that this will indeed

intimidate china and make it a void, but we tried that and in fact the result has been that japan overreached and that triggered more violent reaction from china. i think this policy essentially failed. >> and it does seem to the extent this is personality driven to come at a time when president obama is getting flak for the trips not being substantive enough, saying there's nothing to this trip and what has come out, implying for better or worse, you've described this confrontation with the defining geopolitical context of the history. can you describe that? xbr the sorts of things you've seen outlined while the president has been in asia. you've seen this deal with the philippines. you saw the discussions with japan about military cooperation. you're seeing the pentagon slowly putting in a network of

much of -- not quite alliances or bases but facilities that is available to use across the western pacific and allow it to expand its presence. the u.s. has done a similar deal with australia and singapore. talking with malaysia and indonesia and vietnam. whole series with which the u.s. is talking about have a closer military relationship. that's one part of it. the more controversial bit is the military tactics the pentagon has been discussing how they would deal with some kind of conflict with china. one of the ideas that some people in the pentagon have. if there was any kind of dispute the way to approach that would be for u.s. to try to take out some of the chinese missile facilities which are the key bit to the chinese military platform. that's a dangerous escalatory step. you get into scary and difficult questions. >> it's a frightening scenario,

everything you're describing and that ramp up, americans hope we'll avoid. 61% of americans say the u.s. should be less involved in world affairs. it seems like this trip is anything but that. thank you both. we'll watch this closely. and we're starting something new today. our georgia gun watch. we keep an eye how life in on that state is changing under the radical new laws. it allows people to openly carry guns from bars to churches and schools and even little league games. last week a man flaunted a gun, he was openly carrying, displaying it to anyone he encountered and said according to witnesses, there's nothing you can do about it. after the man refused to leave, panicked parents flooded 911. 22 calls came in and pulled children behind the dugout as a precaution and canceled their

game. police arrived and questioned the man and said there was nothing they could do. he had a permit and within his rights. the sheriff said he found the man's conduct inappropriate. we hope this will be the last time this bill stokes fear and unrest in georgia but we don't expect it to be. we're going to ask you to share your own updates and we'll cover them as they come in. if you have news about the georgia gun laws, tweet us at the hash tag guns everywhere. why the 9-month-old royal baby is em broiled in a photo shopping scandal. get air brushed with us, up next. bulldog: oh boy!

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standard operating procedure for magazines and advertisements and the latest brushup, the 9-month-old royal baby caught up in a controversy after us us weekly made his cheeks rosier and eyes britder. the magazine hit back describing them as an overall color shift for printing purposes. debate over the use of photo shop and larger issue of what is considered beautiful has been spurred by dove and the real beauty campaign using untouched images of real people in ads and producing this iconic video called evolution, a model's transformation from being made up to the magic of photo shop that occurs afterward. this 37 time lapse video further exposed what happens to a woman's body from photo session to photo shop, showing the radical effect of altering body

image. global democracy.com as part of a campaign they launched calling for mandatory disclaimers on all photos of air brushed models. joining us now is the woman in the video, sally gifford piper, model who writes a blog at body evolution one. internet native and gone quite viral but it took a while for it to take off. why do you think it's connecting with people now and over the last year? >> it's just something that so many people are still passionate about. we did it a number of years ago and i'm so thrilled it went viral because i think it's a call to action. and we have to have this conversation. >> so where do you draw the line? obviously there are publications that say right up front that they don't do air brushing and don't manipulate the image in a way you saw there. even those, the new york times and "washington post" will dodge and burn images, which is more of what you saw in the "us weekly", make an eye brighter,

shadow darker. >> for me personally it's okay to remove a pimple, something temporary, a funny piece of hair going in one direction. i am really against this idea that people have to look perfect. and i think that's where photo shop becomes a problem and perpetuates that pressure. >> we've seen people like lina dunham who has come out and said, layoff, we should have allowed to have glamourization of it, not that big of a problem and women turning on women sometimes with you see these attacks. >> i love her. i'm a big fan of her show but i don't agree. i think that women should never turn on women, obviously. but i don't think it's necessary to sell this idea of fantasy all the time and that seems to be what happens in magazines and film and television. >> part of the answer is transparency. your group is calling for disclaimers. have you seen anyone pick up?

>> i haven't. i think now a lot of people know it happens and maybe that's why. but i ask myself, why does this continue to happen? why is it necessary? a lot of editors i don't mean to knock other women, a lot are women and have the power to stop this. >> you also just had a child recently. what kind of pressures have you experienced in terms of body i am image and body standards and the control room is saying, she looks amazing. no photo shop happening on this show right now. did you feel pressure? >> i'll still feel the pressure. i'll be honest, i caved and did a cleanse, not recommended by a doctor because i wanted to lose the weight. i feel months ticking by and feel lots of pressure. people make comments. >> do you regret that decision at all? >> i feel weak. after i do it, why? i've got to be strong for my son

and fellow women. >> it's something that everyone on the team as we were discussing goes through in their own lives and men in different ways go through this. thank you for taking a stand. >> thank you for having me. >> for our call to action, we're focusing on the definition of beauty and asking you to send us a short video telling us why you are beautiful. selfies and tweets are welcome too but we would really love your videos. tell us what you think on twitter at ronan daily, on facebook or e-mail. and next, on rfd, the momma grizzly ended her hibernation this weekend and cited in her natural habitat. talking politics in iowa with casey hunt who joins our political panel next.

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we're back, it's time for spring and state fairs and on the campaign trail, that must mean it is time for sarah. sarah palin was in iowa stumping for joni earnst. >> watch out washington, she's a momma grizzly ready to take a stand against the russian bear. that's what the mama grizzlies are doing, protecting next generation of americans knowing what it takes to slap back the threats, the let's to the next generation. >> the woman who gave us this memorable campaign ad. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. cut wasteful spending and balance the budget. i'm joni ernst and i approve

this message. let's make them squeal. >> palin naturally had some pig puns of her own at the ready. >> she, won who grew up castrating hogs, she will know just how to make the big spending piggies there squeal. d.c. knows pork products but never seen anything like joni ernst. >> oh, boy, joining me now are two reporters who covered this event, casey hunt and robert costa. you have interesting reporting about how exactly how palin came to endorse her if the first pla place. >> there's a lot of mystery to decide who she's going to endorse. they met some years ago and joni said she had been impressed by sarah palin and they reached out to palin's team and asked for the endorsement.

palin has made a significant difference in republican primaries and has a fairly good track record of picking especially women candidates, backed up fisher in nebraska and nikki haley in south carolina. didn't hear much of anything until they released the ard you just showed. very quickly after that sarah palin's team loved the ad and were excited about it and wanted to endorse her. >> evidence that candidate are still reaching for her support. robert, you had a fascinating piece in the "post" where you reported how thin the crowd was that came up for palin. you said, quote, palin is a diminished figure in the republican party, even as she travels to iowa and elsewhere to bolster hand picked candidates, he cli eclipsed by a new cast of stars. is she fading from the radar do you think? >> i think she is.

it was evident in iowa yesterday, though she has a lot of fans and does have some support, you're seeing a lot of conservative base in the republican party looking to new stars, ted cruz, mike lee, rand paul, mike huk abee and these are the people who are really in that space winning a lot of favor. >> and what does she have to do at this point to make a comeback? >> well, it doesn't seem like she's going to run for president in 2016. she's busy with her own tv show on the sportsman's channel and does these kind of sporadic political travels. to come back, she's going to have to show some kind of serious message on policy to try to wade into the debate more on capitol hill. as we saw in recent comments at the nra convention, we're not -- i'm not so sure about where palin wants to go and not so sure she knows exactly where she fits right now within the republican party. >> there's a sense -- >> in the meantime she's making a lot of endorsements.

>> with all of her projects, almost the political stumping is reinforcing political endeavors. casey, let's go into actual politics, how she's strained from the mainstream, some comments about jeb bush actually to you. you asked her about those immigration comments that he had made. let's take a listen. >> do you think governor jeb bush, what do you think of his act of love comment? >> i think that anybody who breaks a law in america as their first action putting their first foot on our homeland illegally, it may be an act of love from their heart but it's illegal and they are called illegal immigrants for a reason. >> what do you make of that answer, casey? >> there's -- this issue has been a difficult one with the republican base in particular as the national party tries to wrestle with broadening appeal to hispanics. in this case there are a lot of

talk radio listeners and others who led backlash against marco rubio when he backed the comprehensive immigration bill. you're seeing that in the sent. to the reaction to bush's comments. if you talk to the lawmakers who have been at the forefront over the tousle what to do over immigration reform, i was down in south carolina with lindsay graham, been a participant in the endeavors and worried for a long time about drawing a primary challenge in part because of his efforts on the immigration bill. if you talk to him and talk to voters down in south carolina, the issue is actually sounds like it's more neutralized than it was this time two or four years ago. i think it's going to be an interesting next election cycle to see how aggressive the split on immigration continues to be or if there's calming down about it. >> it seems like regardless, sarah palin will not be the king maker in that debate. what did todd palin have to say

about this? you spoke to him recently? >> i spoke to him briefly. it was an interesting moment. standing at the back of the room and casey said hello at well. he's alone watching the whole scene unfold, half full ball room in west des moines. >> he's with her at these spots, integral to her team? >> yeah. >> gate keeper. >> that's right, i think been a gate keeper. he's a friendly guy but it's interesting to think, ronan, six years ago, in the summer of '08, where palin was scaling the heights of national politics and now she's in iowa, still in the mix but it's certainly a different type of political stat tour for the former alaska governor. >> on that point -- >> casey? >> i'm sorry, ronan. robert is absolutely right. i was with sarah palin at the iowa state fair back in 2011 and she was absolutely mobbed. it was impossible to get close to her. it was reporters, 25 deep.

the contrast between that and what we saw, what robert and i saw in iowa was quite frankly stunning. >> she has mega watt star power and at the primary phase a lot of utility to when she throws her hat into a race. well, up next, stick around, both of you, we're going to weigh in on heroes and zeros today, one involving whether one of us can get any lower? i'm looking at you donald sterling. and the other involving whether some of us can get any higher. i promise it will make sense right after the break. >> i want to talk about sear yu issues such as -- >> nuclear proliferation. nuclear proliferation. nuclear proliferation.

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time for our heroes and zeros today. today, remember, we've been covering those alleged remark from l.a. clipers owner donald sterling, one of the few silver linings here, the swift enunciation triggered by the racist comments. even from often warring politicians on different sides of the aisle. republican senator booker and

democratic senator claire mchaskell condemn the remarks yesterday. >> it's just outrageous in 2014 that comments like these are being made. how i thought the president's response was appropriate. i don't know what else to add to it. it's beyond belief. >> well, in our country we have a first amendment, which allows racists to say whatever they want to say. however, i hope the nba takes swift action against this man. i can't imagine how it must feel to be one of the african-americans playing on his team, how they must feel today, knowing that the owner of the team is obviously such an ignorant racist. >> of course, loss still some lunacy in washington today. one example? house resolution 4192, which is expected to be voted on in just

a few hours. congress has been offered spring recess for the past two weeks and one of the first measures they're addressing on the return? this one which calls for the height limit on d.c. pashlt buildings to be lifted so more penthouses can be built on top of d.c.'s highest buildings. can it get this bad? is we hope not. our graphics department was having some fun. the current limit is in place so residences don't rise above the capitol dome, a landmark. it's preserved one of the things that makes d.c. unique and uniquely livable. a resolution designed to allow penthouses to ruin the charm? that's cause for hr 4192 to be today's zero. that from our two d.c. regulars, casey hunt and washington post robert costa. casey, robert, you both live in this town. do either of you really see a dire need for penthouses to be allowed above the current building height limit? casey. stwloo i'm not sure that i see a dire need. i think the only counter

argument to that is this idea that rents have gotten much, much higher. it's much, much more expensive to live downtown. it's forced out many long-time residents of some of the neighborhoods that have historically really contributed to the culture of the city. >> don't you think this will have a contribution of high cost housing to explode if it's passed? i mean, these are penthouses we're talking about. >> perhaps. they only seem to go up to the 11th floor because much the current rules. i think casey has a point. i think d.c. is such a vibrant city. so much history. then you see so many people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s that moved to alexandria, virginia, or maryland just -- there's no room, affordable housing in d.c. we'll have to see how it plays out. >> this bill was introduced by congressman darrell issa, one of the wealthiest congressmen on the hill.

i agree with him on some issues. he has taken a stand on some privacy issues. there are moments of common ground there. >> what do you think, robert? >> one of the best little nuggets of republican gossip on capitol hill is that darrell issa may be eyeing a presidential bid in 2016, so who knows how this current legislation fits into that possible calculus. we'll see. >> of course, the final big predict story of the day, congressman michael grim surrendered to the fbi today and then was subsequently released on $400,000 bond in the last few hours. do you think there's any chance that he could salvage his political career at this point? there are some who are talking about still standing by him. robert. >> well, i think grim is in a

very difficult situation. a former fbi agent. this is a swing seat. this is staten island. republicans will have a tough time winning this seat if grim has these mounting problems. just like mcalister, you will see pressure for maybe grimm to step aside. >> do you think his fellow republicans will stand behind him? >> that's the question whether or not he will face pressure internally to step down, but even if he does, i mean, we've seen cases like this before. congressman william jefferson who was pressured by a house leadership to step down after thousands of dollars were found in his freezer. he was indicted eventually. it took the voters to throw him out. >> all right. well, huh both of you. it's been a real pleasure. that wraps things up for today's edition of "ronan farrow daily." you can catch me at 1:00 p.m. eastern time rvr on msnbc. now it is that precious, sacred time of the day. "the reid rrt" with my league, joy reid. if you were indicted, i would

bail you out for $400,000. >> i believe that. that is despite the fact that i'm not internationally known, but i am known to rock the microphone. >> excellent, indeed. >> all right. great show. next on "the reid report" wrout rage over donald sterling still building, and that is a push to punish the clippers owner in the pocketbook. the reverend al sharpton will be here to talk about it. then a reid report exclusive. the battle over where it to put president obama's library. i'm back from chicago where some big players are weighing in. "the read rort" starts minutes from now. (woman) the constipation and belly pain

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