he converted to islam during a jail stay ten years earlier and took the name abdul. >> abdul means servantlike serving god. when i'm living right, doing right and on the straight path i'm god's servant. that's why i chose that name. >> about 10% of the inmate population is muslim and for those who request it the jail provides meals that meet the religion's dietary requirements. >> it's blessed. like kosher. that's what makes it special. it's blessed. >> got to wait for another list. so i know i try. he can't wait. look he can't wait to eat the. >> 19 hours. >> edwin estrada said he embraced the religion because among other things he's fear of going to hell as taught by his catholic upbringing. this inmate has served as a mentor but said he has to keep an eye on estrada. >> you got to watch him. he asked me for canteen. i'm going to fast, let me get a honey bun. >> estrada hoped he would find peace in islam but not so sure he's cut out for it. >> i'm not going to do it. >> i've been telling you that. nobody can force religion to you. either you want -- you told me you want to be muslim. i s

abdul jabbar, it's a real honor to have you here today. thanks for your time tonight. >> it's a pleasure to talk to you, rachel. >> you wrote today that you're basically as bothered by mr. sterling's evident racism in this tape as you are by everybody acting like it was a huge surprise. why do you think -- why do you think that happened? why do you think that is? >> well, i think it has a lot to do with the fact that mr. sterling is very wealthy. he employs lawyers and pr people to help make him look good. people feel very uneasy calling him on things because he has the means, especially financially, to make their lives miserable. >> you wrote that it bothers you that this conversation was taped under circumstances that we don't totally know. we can't even ascertain the veracity of the tapes. certainly we know what they sound like but we don't know where they came from and what the motivations were of the person that taped them and mr. sterling isn't admitting that they are him. those murky circumstances give this a real salacious gloss ev

first round's on me. >> the engage bin for life for sterling taunted by our next guest kareem abdul-jabbard and six time nba champion the all-time leading scorer and author of the new book entitled on dash untitled on the shoulders of giants great to have you with us. no one would rather talk with about this they you. first your reaction on sterling? >> i think the commissioner just a great job to figure out to do with this problem. we had indications of his character over a long period of time,b%u especially during the federal issues he had refusing to rent his properties to minorities or those with small children. that gives you the insight into his character and it took this incident for the league to have the opportunity to deal with him and he is an embarrassment to basketball and to himself for quite some time. lou: i said talking with the viewers of love for someone to expect -- explain to me why it took 33 seasons? no one knew this man's character or what he was? that is inexplicable. >> they knew about it but no one had the opportunity to deal with it or had the power to deal with

abdul jabbar notice that side of him? >>> and the search for flight 370 is entering a whole new phase. [ female announcer ] working together means working efficiently. and a lennox home comfort system may just be the perfect example. its air conditioner works together with the furnace, and that works together with the air purifier, and that works with you by saving you up to half off your heating and cooling bill. call now to get up to 1,700 dollars back or special financing on select lennox home comfort systems. offer ends june 13th. plus download our free lennox mobile app with an energy-savings calculator. ♪ if your current system is 10 years or older, start planning now and take advantage of special financing. so call now to get up to 1,700 dollars back or special financing on select lennox home comfort systems. offer ends june 13th. and download our free lennox mobile app. ♪ lennox. innovation never felt so good. >>> welcome back to "the lead." the sports lead now. we may soon learn in donald sterling will be able to

i'll get a chance to talk to nba legend kareem abdul. reporter terrance moore will be wayi weighing in as well as former george zimmerman's attorney mark o'mara. that's all ahead here on "cnn newsroom." >>> president obama says the world must unite to show its disapproval of russia's actions in ukraine. speaking from malaysia today, the president said an international coalition is needed to avoid the perception that this is strictly a u.s. versus russia issue. >> it's important for us to take further steps, sending a message to russia that the kind of destabilizing activities that are taking place in the east and the south ukraine have to stop. >> moscow has refused to pull back thousands of troops at the ukrainian border and have denied flying military aircraft into ukraine's air space. >>> all right. here in the u.s., residents in several states are bracing for a possible outbreak of severe weather today. this could include tornadoes. we've already seen warnings and watches in several states. jennifer gray is in the cnn weather center.

so says nba great kareem abdul-jabbar today, and he joins us next. stay with us. >>> while i understand anger that would be naturally expressed over hearing a tape like this, i also believe that ultimately the players and the rest of the nba family has confidence that we'll deal with it appropriately. >> nba commissioner adam silver today assuring the country that the nba will deal with the controversy surrounding l.a. clippers owner donald sterling, in his words, appropriately. joining us now is kareem abdul-jabbar, former nba player and mvp, former coach of the l.a. clippers at one time. he wrote in "time" magazine today, welcome to the finger-wagging olympics. it's time to look at ourselves and our collective moral outrage in the mirror. it's an honor to have you here, thanks for your time tonight. >> it's a pleasure to talk to you, rachel. >> you wrote today that you're basically as bothered by mr. sterling's evident racism in this tape as you are by everybody acting like it was a huge surprise. why do you think -- why do you think that happened?

anyway, thank you, kareem abdul-jabb abdul-jabbar. the highest scorer in the history of the nba. thank you for joining us. coming up, a former nba all-star and politician who's seen the nba grow from an also-ran league back in the '60s to what it is today. and knows firsthand what african-american players have faced in the league and grew increasingly dominated by black athletes. also, if there is a silver lining it's the negative reaction to sterling's comments that made it clear this kind of behavior, and you've got to think of it this way, is no longer tolerable in america. and a new report says only 19% of what tea party groups have spent cycle on candidates actually goes to candidates. we'll see that. the rest goes to tea party me mebs on their families. they're making out pretty well with consulting fees. one of the activists? this fop list movement issic maing $450,000 a year. that's $50,000 a year more than the president. the if the they don't like, that's president obama. finally, before we knew about sterling there was clive bundy and the welfare cattle rancher. he's re

kareem abdul-jabbar continues. the big question is what should be done next? i hope sterling loses his franchise. i hope whoever made this illegal tape is sent to prison. i hope the clippers continue to be unconditionally supported by their fans. i hope the clippers realize that the ramblings of an 80-year-old man jealous of his young girlfriend don't define who they are as individual players or as a team. they haven't playing for sterling, they're playing for themselves, for the fans, for showing the world that neither basketball nor our american ideals are defined by a few pathetic men or women. so says nba great kareem abdul-jabbar today, and he joins us next. stay with us. peace of mind is important when you're running a business. century link provides reliable it services like multi-layered security solution to keep your information safe & secure. century link. your link with what's next. hey kevin...still eating chalk for hearburn? yea. try alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heart burn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling bett

kareem abdul-jabbar is the all-time scoring leader in nba history. he was inducted into the basketball hall of fame in 1995. same amick covers "usa today." tmz posted a tape that they say is donald steriling. it hasn't been authenticated but sterling has not denied it's him. a statement from the clipper's president says steriling is emphatic that what's on the tape is not consistent with his views. but let's listen to the stay. >> people call you and say that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers you. >> yeah, it bothers me a lot. if you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people, your whole life, every day, you can do whatever you want, sleep with them, bring them in, do whatever you want. the little i ask you is not to promote it and not to bring them to my games. >> and we'll have more from that later. but here's more of it now. >> do you know that you have a whole team that's black, that plays for you? >> you just -- do i know? i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. who gives it to them? d

parramatta , abdul ghani baradar, and peter greste are falsely accused of mohamed fadel fahmy, abdul ghani baradar, and peter greste within accused of providing a platform for muslim brotherhood. al jazeera denies charges. >> abdullah al-shami has been held since august and has been on hunger strike for 98 days. abdullah al-shami sent a letter from prison, describing his 250th day in gaol and writes:. >> christians arounded worlds are marking easter sunday. some in jerusalem say they don't have the same freedom to celebrate. >> why is it that the christians and muslims can't get to their holy site where is the jews can. >> a dispute over access to holy sites in jerusalem. >> and a state in india ensuring its people do not go hungry, even the pore. well it's official... xfinity watchathon week was the biggest week in television history. but just when you thought it was over... what now? with xfinity on demand you can always watch the latest episodes of tv's hottest shows. good news. like hannibal... chicago fire.... ...and bates motel. the day after they air. xfinity on demand. all th

it doesn't matter who the owner is. >> kareem abdul-jabbar, thank you so much. thank you for the book, the movie, for all you've done. you were here and we talked about your children's book. and we hope you'll come back as we continue to follow this and not let this drop this time. >> great to talk to you, andrea. >> thank you very, very much. >>> historic rainfall. we can hear some of it right here in the studio over in washington. it's really serious down south, in florida in particular. the past 24 hours has brought the southeast to a standstill. it's being called a once in a generation flood in an area already hard hit by severe weather this week. the tornadoes, of course. the danger is not over yet. nbc's gabe gutierrez reported on the latest from pensacola, florida. >> reporter: andrea, we've been seeing some incredible pictures coming out of pensacola. florida's governor has just declared a state of emergency for 26 counties. the florida panhandle really is at a standstill. that train behind me isn't going anywhere. and many businesses are reporting a lot

it was kareem abdul-jabbar. you know he is quiet, reads a lot, tries to mind his own business, but what took place three days ago got the big fellow up, and he got on the road the last couple of days. he has been up half the night articulating his views, so i would like karim to come up and all the former lakers to stand beside him. >> thank you, mayor kevin. i don't know if i'm going to ever get used to that, but thank you so much. >> i just want to say if i start stuttering, it's because i haven't gotten much sleep in the past couple of days. this really bothered me. i'm just thrilled with what commissioner silver did. he got on the case immediately and got to the bottom of whatever mysteries that there were involved in this, and figured out what the truth was and his actions and focus were so on the mark, it was unbelievable. you should have heard us in there when we were listening to the press conference. we all started clapping because he handled it the right way. i'm so happy that he did that, and it's goi

although the birdshot remains in his eye, abdull can see.hooting he quit his accountant job and works full time as a reporters and photographer for on tv, an egyptian news channel where he continues to capture egypt's violence. [ screams ] >>> coming up -- a sports photographer gets too close to the action. >> whoa! >>> a motorcycle and rider skip dangerously off a racetrack and fly straight at a photographer. >> could have died. i didn't see the people -- people caught up don't walk away from. >> may 6th, 2012. >> the starting grid -- >> the mce british superbike championship in england. the mce is an intense and competitive annual race where bikers speed around the track up to 200 miles per hour. hugging curbs and sometimes smashing into barriers. in this high-speed world, it only takes a split second for the riders to go from facing the finish line to facing death. >> if you're not crashing, you're not trying hard enough. >> but their lives are not the only ones on the line. >> at the time, you think, oh, this is a great shot. you sort of

i will never forget the image of abdul standing straight up in the middle bravely shooting the ak-47 at the high ground while to american soldiers hammered the mountainside with machine guns. in one of the firefights he was shot in the lake and wanted. one men carried him in on his back as a call for the medic i fetch him water and he smiled weakly. he loved to fight and he was on our side. in a race against time jim began to move small groups of the tribal recruits up to the observation post of the high ground. they could push the taliban back. it worked in the attacks stopped insecurity expected. much later i learned the strategy was even more successful than we do. he was targeted by the and then other than osama bin lauded. the navy s.e.a.ls that rated the hideout gathered up of large number of documents. it included a copy of jim's paper one tribe that is time that had ridings in the margin as well as a directive to identify him by name in ordering the he be killed there is much more to this story that kincaid's insights for the future of military intervention in a traditional s

bing west responds for that caller. >> guest: well, abdul is right.ind this, and we don't know what to do about pakistan. pakistan has 50 nuclear weapons. they did, they continue to give sanctuary, 1500 miles of sanctuary to the taliban. if the taliban did not have that sanctuary, this war would have ended quite some time ago. finish we -- we have no national policy for persuading pakistan to change who they are, and they're determined to keep the taliban as a cat's paw so that india doesn't get too much leverage against kabul. now, i know you're saying, well, wait, wait, india's over here to the east, they think the indians are going to go around and come into afghanistan? but that's how the pakistanis, too many of them, think. is abdul is correct that we cannot talk about this or war without acknowledging the complicity of pakistan, and we -- without acknowledging the complicity of money that comes from saudi arabia and other places to help the there arists. the terrortists. the other thing i'd say though, abdul, and i know i was gratified that you

you hear from kareem abdul jabbar and you heard the conversation where you said i worked for mr. sterling for three months, i know the man, i know his voice and that sure sounds like his voice. >> it it was not my voice i would come out the next moment i could get on camera and say that's not me. the fact he didn't speaks volumes. >> it was very telling in your view he's disappeared, not at the game, not denying any participation in these recordings, nothing. >> if he does not have a perfect explanation for this, you needs to make a decision to move away from the nba and not try to salvage something that he can't deal with in today's society. >> as it pertains to the ownership, he is an owner of an nba team, whether the nba players association has a strong point of view on this or whether it's the new commissioner, mr. silver, who is going to take some action on this, because he is an owner can heu.s. removed because he made the insulting remarks? what leverage do any of the organizations or entities have? >> the lawyers who interpret the contract that exists between the nba and

although the birdshot remains in his eye, abdull can see. he quit his accountant job and works full time as a reporters and photographer for on tv, an egyptian news channel where he continues to capture egypt's violence. [ screams ] >>> coming up -- a sports photographer gets too close to the action. >> whoa! if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now that's a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite. help protect your eye health. you are about to become very popular because when you buy the new samsung galaxy s5 on verizon, you get a second samsung galaxy s5 for free. so, who ya gonna give it to? maybe your brother could use it to finally meet a girl. your mom, but isn't your

de imponerle una multa, el alcalde de los Ángeles, rodeado de jugadores y ex jugadores, como karim abdulÁs alta de los residentes de los Ángeles. >> la acciÓn disciplinaria surgiÓ tras los comentarios racistas hechos por sterling a su novia. el comisionado de la nba dijo que tratarÁ a toda costa q ue el equipo cambie de dueÑo. la Única manera de que lo venda es logrando que las dos terceras partes de los equipos voten a favor de la medida, algo que toda la gente con la que hemos platicado desea que suceda cuanto antes. >> a propÓsito de las sanciones que ha recibido sterling le preguntamos a nuestra audiencia que preguntaba al respecto, muchos de los mensajes son a favor de las sanciones, como es el caso de sandra sÁnchez que nos dice a travÉs de facebook, que para ella todo lo relacionado con racismo estÁ mal. >> entre los mensajes en contra, estÁ el de jazz -jazmin bermÚdez en facebook, dice que no esta de acuerdo porque todo tiene - cada quien tiene sus opiniones. >> ♪ ♪ >> no era ninguna exageraciÓn que la muralla china buscara protegerse lo mejor posible ante un tiro libre de robert

general abdul is a war lord, he is widely reported to be at least partly responsible for the massacre of 2,000 taliban prisoners in 2001. that would make it larder for an administration to make peace with the taliban. and the pragmatic general often switches sides, he has been allied with almost every afghan leader since 1979. but he needs the 1 million plus votes he can cast. >> when charismatic leaders emerge from history, they become more than the embodiment of their individual beings. people literally -- when hester had respect, and harnessed that energy, that is now focused on the individual, to collective process his advantage is his ethnicity, his passion, easily the major ethnic group in the country, so he mite get their vote. bringing him onboard won't be enough to get him the vote he needs in fact it may put some people off, he also doesn't have a running mate, and they are the second largest ethnic group. so that may also reduce his appeal. for thousands of afghans as well as iraqi interpreters have risked their lives helping u.s. fors but for most of them, promises of a li

i just spoke with kareem abdul jabbar. he's speaking a very similar sentiment. >> yeah. look, it's not surprising to hear that kind of talk from donald sterling. for those of your viewers not familiar with him, before this incident, let me give you a little background. ste sterling made some of his money in real estate development and two times he was sued for discriminating about what kind of tenants he had in his buildings. there was enough evidence that sterling settled for huge amounts. one time it was a record amount. an all-star worked for sterling and the management of the clippers. baylor filed a lawsuit against sterling and one of the quotes entered into the record in that suit is sterling allegedly saying that the reason he discriminated back in his apartment buildings was that, quote, black tenants smell and attract verment. and the nba has been criticized in the past for not doing anything about sterling. but now this recording, it really does seem to be the tipping point, fred, and a lot of people are demanding that they take action. >> so what kind of actio

. >> steve, kareem abdul-jabbar came out and said shouldn't we be equally angered by the fact that this private, intimate conversation was taped and then leaked to the media. the making of this tape was sleazy. listening to it makes me feel like an accomplice to a crime. is this the future of america. a conversation between two people supposedly in a relationship wind up going public and then somebody who makes clearly inappropriate remarks has everything taken away from him? >> megan, i think you're spot on. this potentially becomes the norm. look at this. if this happens to mr. sterling, this potentially could happen to anybody. you never know what potentially could happen. this could be the opening of a huge pandora's box. >> what do you make of it, colonel west because the nba has come under fire in recent years, there's a book written about nba in 2004 about the number of crimes that players have committed or been accused of or convicted of which is the only relevant standard. to see the players uniformly stand shoulder to shoulder to shout down racism was a powerful thing and a go

. >> once rachel arrives, she is met by rajab abdul, her nubian cart puller. they will then distribute the milk, first by cart, then by wheelbarrow through the winding streets of kibera, one of africa's largest slums. kibera was established in 1918 as a soldiers' settlement 5 kilometers from nairobi city center. plots were allotted to the nubian soldiers - who were from sudan - as a reward for service in britain's various wars. since then, it has been allowed to grow informally. kibera is now a town of 1 million people with its own vibrant internal economy. one of the most visible sectors of this is food supply, whether through the ubiquitous street vendors or the more established "hotels". in these days of skyrocketing prices, those who sell to the poor know best the thin line between profit and loss. fatuma is of nubian descent; her family has lived in kibera since its inception. in 1992 she started up her first hotel in kibera. don't be confused, "hotel" is the kenyan word for cheap eating-house, people don't actually rent rooms here. she now has a few bran

. >> in an he is say today online in a was scathing, but also quite funny, kareem abdul jabar noted of the players they're not playing for sterling. they're playing for themselves, the fans, for showing the world that neither basketball nor our american ideals are defined by a few pathetic men or women. players are pretty constrained, aren't they. they can't just refuse to take the court. they're contractually bound. >> that's right. the contracts --the nba buy laws to suspend and find players if they protest. however, there are statutes in place that say if a worker is fined out of a sense in a discriminating environment, they cannot be penalized. it has put the league in a game to echo the previous presenters, it's put the league in the position how do you find a player whose own conscience does not speak on behalf of the situation. >> it's one of those optic moments where major number of the stars are black, and play with white owners. they're making big punish themselves, but it points to one of those moments where the optics of the american sport can be difficult, can't they? >> w

kareem abdul-jabbar supporting magic johnson and his club. bumgarner struck out ten and got help from the offense. michael morse, first home with the giants. 2-1. in the fifth two men on for sandoval. lined to left. first of the year, next batter, buster, see ya. second of the year. took him 17 games to get one last year. 7-2 the final, improving to 5-1. >> in rain in oakland but the a's checked with leigh glaser and they're playing ball. seattle in town, pitcher's duel. straily struck out seven in six innings, king felix dominateses, lasted 8 third-1/3, and the fifth, the two-run shot. then the solo shot. straily allowed three runs on six hits. bottom nine, tying run at the plate. fernando rodney strikes out josh reddick. a's lose, now 23-on the season. afterwards, bob melvin impressed with flex herb -- felix hernandez. >> we started to get some good swings at the end genes him but for seven innings, that's as good as we have seen. >> more disappointed with myself than the second one than the first one. it what it is. >> college hoops. women

demonstrations have gathered since abdul fatah al-sisi stepped down from his position as head of the awned forces -- armed forces, to run for president. >> al jazeera is demanding the release of its journalists who have been in prison for 104 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr appeared in court on thursday. the case was adjourned until later this month. they were accused of providing a platform for the outlined muslim brotherhood. >> a fourth journalist, abdullah al-shami of al jazeera arabic has been detained without trial sips -- since august. he's been on a hunger strike. >> hundreds of runners have taken part in the second west bank marathon. it was highlighted to highlight a lack of freedom for palestinians. athletes from gaza couldn't travel to the west bank to take part. >> we are live in bethlehem. no doubt there are challenges of hosting a marathon in a place where there is a lack of land, and that's a reel issue. tick us through the challenges. >> you mentioned there are a lot of challenges when they host any event, let alone a marathon. the organize

kareem abdul-jabbar supporting magic johnson and his club. bumgarner struck out ten and got help from the offense. michael morse, first home with the giants. 2-1. in the fifth two men on for sandoval. lined to left. first of the year, next batter, buster, see ya. second of the year. took him 17 games to get one last year. 7-2 the final, improving to 5-1. >> in rain in oakland but the a's checked with leigh glaser and they're playing ball. seattle in town, pitcher's duel. straily struck out seven in six innings, king felix dominateses, lasted 8 third-1/3, and the fifth, the two-run shot. then the solo shot. straily allowed three runs on six hits. bottom nine, tying run at the plate. fernando rodney strikes out josh reddick. a's lose, now 23-on the season. afterwards, bob melvin impressed with flex herb -- felix hernandez. >> we started to get some good swings at the end genes him but for seven innings, that's as good as we have seen. >> more disappointed with myself than the second one than the first one. it what it is. >> college hoops. women

kareem abdul-jabbar supporting magic johnson and his club. bumgarner got the win. struck out ten. the fifth, two men on for pablo sandoval. lines to left, first of the year. panda with the three-run blast. next batter, see ya. buster posey, took him 17 games to get one last year. giants win their fourth in a row, 72, improving to 5-1. >> not raining but doesn't mean then a's are going to play. oh, wait, they are. seattle in town. pitcher's duel early on. straily struck out seven in six innings. king felix dominating the a's. john jaso, one of eight strikeouts, centrally -- trailly, trouble in the fifth, and then almonte, the solo shot. bottom nine, two outs, tying run at the place bit fern unanimous derodney strikes out reddick to win. bob melvin was impressed with felix hernandez. >> i say for seven innings might be the best we have seen him, especially early on. a little more hop on his fast ball. we started to get some good swings against him, but for seven innings that's as good as we have seen him. >> more disappointed with myself with the second one than the first one. it is

we have the picture of ubah mohammed abdule at a refugee camp in far eastern ethiopia where she talked with a reporter about her 14-year-old son. her boy was told she was dead but recently learned she was alive. last sunday he hid in the wheel well that flew in from san jose to hawaii. my son was silent but intelligent when he was with me. i know concealed himself in a plane to see him. his father demanded my ken to take the children to the u.s. if i wanted a formal divorce. i said no. un officials said the mother could qualify to im great to america in less than a year. a new report from the highway patrol says an alameda can sheriff deputy was speeding when he struck a car killing one and injuring the other. he was speeding and it happened north of hayward last april. he was looking for two cars escaped police. we confirm that deputy ham's siren and emergency sirens were off at the time of the crash. the da declined to file charges against the deputy. >>> students at a santa clara high school are dealing with a vandalism case. it began last friday night. they were taken into custody

i mean, so this was out there. >> kareem abdul-jabbar said this.e worked for sterling in 2000 and wrote this about his former employer. quote, the poor guy's girlfriend undoubtedly ex-girlfriend now is on tape cajoling him into revealing his racism. man, what a winding road she led him down to get all of that out. she was like a sexy nanny playing -- okay. this is not the part of the thing i wanted to do. what kareem was saying, the part that i thought was fascinating was we're shocked and stunned now that we've got this guy on tape. and, you know, what's going to happen. we're going to attack him and then the parade is going to move on. when the bigger question is why didn't they address this a decade ago? >> a decade ago? how about a couple of decades ago? there's been seemingly indifference toward what donald sterling is for at least two decades among other nba owners. now, that might be oddly enough it might be the result of the fact that the other nba owners were pleased to have such a layup when they'd play the l.a. clippers. i mean, he was a

final announcement will be mid may, but if this stage, if figures could change, it looks like abdullah abdularni are headed for a run-off vote. >> could be held at the earliest at the end of may. both said they will take part in a run-off if they consider the first run round was conducted failure. the election complaints commission they haven't been at a significant enough level that would affect the outcome of the poll. so, therefore, they will almost certainly be a run-off. they might not know who the president is going to be. the new president is going to be. the final results were all in and count cowed and disputes dealt with. the country that's known as africa's narco state. it has become a major trafficking point out of south america. the trafficking is set to be spreading to nearby countries. a recently haul was picked up in anything thatting agabegiguinea it has a history of coups since gaining independence from portugal. the last coup was two years ago. now an inflewential report says there is a corrupt and centralized leadership and an inadequate and underfunded justice system. ca

thomas sowell a great writer and friend i have this card and they carried around like abdul carries the 10th amendment in his pocket. much of the social history of the wisdom rolled over the past three decades has involved replacing what works with what sounded good. our friend bob muckle who i co-wrote this book into a column for "usa today" called common ground acknowledge is that of the social programs were begun in good faith in the lyndon johnson administradministr ation the so-called great society but he acknowledge is now that we didn't take into consideration human nature. giving people a check and providing women with checks when they have babies out of wedlock was not only good for them it wasn't good for the country. we have moved a long way from john kennedy's admonition ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> host: you believe people should remain engaged with government and politics? >> guest: absolutely or it wouldn't be writing my syndicated column. you shouldn't expect more out of government than it can deliver and less out of

. >> and appearing in the hearing is abdul and brother in law of the late muammar gaddafi with a crackn on resistance and wanted by icc but libya doesn't have anything to do with the hague and will cause consternation with human rights groups and issues of the airing of a video last month which saudi gaddafi is seen apologizing to the libyan people from his prison cell without any lawyers present. andrew simmons, al jazeera, tripoli. >> al jazeera wants the release of journalists in egypt and they appeared in court on thursday. the case has been adjourned urn till later this month and falsely accused of providing a platform for the muslim brotherhood and another journalist in detention is held without trial since last august and on hunger strike for 84 days and al jazeera rejects all the charges. we are in guinea in a few moments where voters hope the elections will end years of political instability. looking for the stars, why it's getting harder to find these collarful creatures along california's coast. ♪ al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more

obviously kareem abdul-jabbar and magic. but i think broadly the owners need to come out and to shun him as a fellow owner, to say this has no place in our league, this is not something we stand for, this is not what the nba's a about. and i don't think that type of condemnation has occurred yet and i would look for that to come from both the owners universally and the commissioner tomorrow. >> and if they don't do that tomorrow going into the next game, if they don't do that in a way that is firm and that is economically accountable, then what? >> i think that as magic said, it is absolutely essential that the players come together to protest this. people have compared it to muhammad ali. nobody is questioning somebody going to jail. nobody's talking about taking away people's livelihood. nobody's saying that somebody's going to be forced to go to a war. this is not a comparison to muhammad ali. what we are saying is players as men, as multimillionaires, as very prominent citizens in america, need to stand up collectively a

hall-of- famer kareem abdul-jabbar once worked for sterling and the clippers. did that sound like his voice? >> it sounded like him to me. it really did. i wasn't surprised, because i was just aware of his track record of discrimination suits against minority people trying to rent some of his properties. >> reporter: in 2009 sterling paid a record $2.7 million to settling a housing lawsuit claiming he discriminated against african-american and hispanic renters. and today, the naacp rescinded a lifetime achievement award it was planning on giving sterling next month. l.a. chapter president, leon jenkins, explained why sterling was initially picked. >> his organization gave more money to the community... to the minority community than others. >> reporter: so far, more than a dozen sponsors have cut ties with the clippers including carmax, corona and mercedes benz, and scott, the n.b.a. has now hired an audio forensics expert to listen to the voice on that recording and try to determine that if it is, in fact, that of donald sterling. >> reporter: and we'll hear f

de imponerle una multa, el alcalde de los Ángeles, rodeado de jugadores y ex jugadores, como karim abdulopÓsito de las sanciones que ha recibido sterling le preguntamos a nuestra audiencia que preguntaba al respecto, muchos de los mensajes son a favor de las sanciones, como es el caso de sandra sÁnchez que nos dice a travÉs de facebook, que para ella todo lo relacionado con racismo estÁ mal. >> entre los mensajes en contra, estÁ el de jazz -jazmin bermÚdez en facebook, dice que no esta de acuerdo porque todo tiene - cada quien tiene sus opiniones. >> ♪ ♪ >> no era ninguna exageraciÓn que la muralla china buscara protegerse lo mejor posible ante un tiro libre de roberto carlos, su remate saliÓ como un balazo, fusilÓ al portero y abriÓ el baile brasileÑo de cuatro a cero a la porterÍa china, en corea-japÓn 2002, fue una patada demoledora que solÍa superar las 100 millas por hora. >> sÓlofaltan 44 dÍas para que inicie la fiesta del mundial, evento que transmitirÁ aquÍ. >> hay jÓvenes que saltan de alegrÍa durante su graduaciÓn, y otros deciden dejar una marca inolvidable, eso quiso hacer bo

>> you know who said this best was kareem abdul-jabbar. it seems we have more to fear from tmz than the nsa. i think what mark is talking about what happens if you would secretly tape nba players when they are talking about gays entering the sport? what would you hear then or what they were talking about the cheer leaders or what they were going to do after the game? what kind of language would you hear in a locker room, would be positively frightening? i'll use the word -- that's the ss, everybody is vulnerable to being secretly taped. that ges to the second wave of this story. is the girlfriend going to be arrested? because most people do feel that she's kind of gross what she did. it seems like this was planned as bigoted as he is, this was probably planned and he seemed kind of medicated. i would know. it's like will she be arrested? did she break the law in california? >> she did in california. so katie, i think she knew that he felt this way, so she deliberately tape-recorded him because she wanted some kind of revenge or whatever he

. >> among the former nba stars watching at announcement in los angeles former lakers great kareem abdulabbar. >> his actions and focus were so on the mark. it was so unbelievable. you should have heard us listen together press conference we started clapping because he handled it the right way. >> i am banning mr. sterling. for life. i hope that every bigot in this country sees what happens and recognizes if he can fall, so can you. >> doc rivers trying to deal with the issue and coach his team. nba coaches normally meet with media 90 minutes before tip off he held a news conference at the staples center. >> i don't think this is something that we rejoice in or anything like that. you know, i told players about the decision. and you know, i think they were just happy that it was a resolution and it's over. at least the start of it to be. >> mark jackson spoke with the media just minutes ago addressing the possibility of the league-wide playoff boycott. there was a real chance warrior woz not have taken the court tonight. >> i'm not sure if there is discussion between two teams i'd probab

kareem abdul jabar, an athlete is exhausted by the moral outrage. the nba legend, and my racket ball partner says this, if we will all be outraged, let's be outraged that we weren't more outraged when his racism was more evident. let's be outraged that private conversations that people in an intimate relationship are publicly played. let's be outraged that the person who did the betraying will probably get a book deal. and some celebrities defend sterling. >> all of those ideas are really beautiful. >> i was thrilled and surprised. >> for me it is much more personal. i get a kick out of him. i just really love spending time with him. >> you don't have to hate so much. >> he and i became close friends. >> he is an awesome guy. he is a great guy. i am putting that out there. >> kind and fun. >> he is so generous. >> really, really special. >> it makes me laugh every time. >> and it is untrue. i don't want to get sued. >> i am going to howard since you are the first person -- this is your first time here and that excites me. what do you make of the pun