nba commissioner adam silver called bruce levenson's 2012 e-mail "entirely unacceptable." mend levenson for self-reporting that e-mail to the league office. >>> also, a stunning moment for women's tennis today at the u.s. open, right here in new york. serena williams won her third straight u.s. open title. look at that joy and exhausting. she won it in straight sets w that win, williams scored her 18th career grand slam title. femme his fans are eager, of course, for tomorrow's unprecedented showdown in the men's singles final. japan's contender beat djokovic, the first japanese man to reach a grand slam final. >>> also today, the stars turned out for joan rivers to remember her, quite a legend she was. mourning the lady who left us all laughing and missing her a lot. >>> joan rivers got the hollywood sendoff she probably would have appreciated today. it was complete with a star-studded lineup, friends and family gathered at the private funeral service here in new york city. our alexander field has more on the comedienne's final good-bye. [ bagpipes ] ♪ >> reporter: the sty

bruce levenson apologizing and selling his share of the atlanta hawks.e said and what's next for the team ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." john berman is off. it is september 8th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. up first, president obama as plan to take out isis. on the day before 9/11, the president will address the nation. he is expected to announce a phased military campaign that could take three years to complete. the president is hinting most plans to seek

bruce levenson, copropietario de los atlanta hawks venderÁ parte de su franquicia. precisamente dominado por negros. la controversia. >> parece que estos dÍas la forma mÁs sencilla de comprar un equipo de bÁsquetbol es que el dueÑo haga un comentario racista. hace unos meses, el dueÑo de los clippers tuvo que vender por un comentario racista. ahora el dueÑo de atlanta hawks tiene que hacer lo mismo. bruce levenson asumiÓ que habÍa escrito un e-mail con racismo. dijo que la kiss cam era muy negra. dijo que estuvo mal y que para evitar mÁs escándalos puso el equipo en venta. >> jorge ortiz es cronista deportivo. >> tÚ no puedes insultar a tu clientela, independientemente de lo que piensas. y hasta cierto punto Él insulso tanto la gente de raza blanca como a los blancos, porque estaba asumiendo que los blancos no querÍan estar con ellos. >> no todo el mundo piensa que los comentarios de bruce levenson fueron racistas. algunos piensan que es sÓlo un hombre de negocios buscando forma de atraer mÁs blancos a los juegos. ¿usted quÉ piensa? >> recordando martin luther king,

only bruce levenson knows and he hasn't shared it yet.nba offices if they know why he decided in the middle of the summer to self-report a 2-year-old e-mail and he they said they didn't know his thinking, i don't know if he had a moral crisis of conscious, i don't know if someone would do it if he didn't do it himself. he knows it's a more sensitive time. things have changes since donald sterling's incident earlier this spring. i think the nba had to declare a portion on this, they made it clear, this is not okay. we will not tolerate this at all. and that means at all. so instead of dealing with potential player boycott, which is what they were dealing with potentially in l.a., instids of dealing with sponsors who may pull out, a double standard they launched the independent investigation and bruce levenson came to them before the investigation was completed and said, i realize it's in everyone's best interest for me to walk away. he's going to walk away a rich man we saw the clipper sell for $2 billion. at least half of that, probably m

levenson at his home. the man that answered the phone did not identify himself but said bruce was not talking to media and would not be releasing anymore comments. >> nick reporting live from atlanta. you heard some of the e-mail written by levenson. consider this, one of the greatest nba players of all time is waeighing in on time.com. it entitles bruce levenson is not a racist. he's a business man. he says quote, he wasn't valuing white fans over blacks. he was trying to figure out a way to change what he thought was white perception in atlanta to sell more tickets. that's his job. steve koonin will oversee the day-to-day operations as the sell of the stake goes forward. >> there's no real repercussion for him. >> he will make money. that's the outcome of this. i do think there's significant repercussions for him. i don't think we'd be sitting here tonight talking in our practice gym. i don't think people would know the that i mean bruce levenson. people would not have the feelings and emotions. i think are there are severe repercussions. he's repaying. the only thing we have in our life is our reputatio

the atlanta hawks' controlling owner bruce levenson is voluntarily selling his stake in the team becausent an e-mail in 2012 that contains racially sensitive remarks about the fan base. >> ashleigh, bruce levenson has already apologized and he has admitted to writing that e-mail of 2012 in which now he says was totally inappropriate and was clearly offensive. the new ceo -- and i say new. he's only held this post with the hawks for about 60 days, that's steve kunan. he has to step in and take over which is nothing short of a public relations' nightmare. it's an e-mail that cost a team. bruce levenson fired off these insights on why the franchise wasn't attracting more affluent, white ticket holders. looking around our arena during games, it's 70% black. my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites. i think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority. i have even bitched the kiss cam is too black. it's another embarrassment as the league is trying to overcome the racially diatribe. levenson was one of sterling's big

i don't think people would know the name bruce levenson, i think people would not have the feelings and emotions that they do about bruce and i think there are severe repercussions and i think he is paying -- the only thing we all have in our life is our reputation and his was damaged today by him, not by anyone else. >> of course the hawks' reputation has been damaged as well. steve koonin said the most difficult thing he had to do was how to explain it to the fans but he had to meet it with team members. he said it was like walking into a funeral, carol. >> so what are they going to do now? are they going to come up with some campaign to tell fans that they're sorry? what are they going to do? >> essentially yes. that's part of what they have to do. they have to be very candid, they have to come forward and start building bridges into a community. as he put it, he said there's no rule book, there's no way to know what is the correct path to go forward. steve coo anyone said his intention to is to tell everybody what happened and what the next steps will be. up to wait to see if the fa

i mean, bruce levenson has never publicly been accused of any racist behavior the way donald sterlinghas been throughout his tenure. you heard him on wolf's show, one of most vocal owners in advocating zero tolerance policy and the need to get sterling out of the league. the idea ta he would be the one in this position now is a big surprise. but regardless, there's no question, that zero tolerance policy is where the nba is right now and this post-donald sterling world. and this e-mail and the way of thinking it represents are completely unacceptable. we don't know at this point the events that led up to levenson's self-reporting the e-mail, but i am told that after he did that, once the nba launched an independent investigation, levenson decided he didn't want to put himself or family through the public scandal that he feared was eventually coming. that's why he called adam silver last night, before that investigation had even wrapped and said, he thought it would be better for everyone if he sold the team. and there's a lot of relief around the league right now that he decided to go

bruce levenson said he sent an insensitive e-mail in 2012 written to three team executives. levenson listed his concerns including the majority of fans being black. cheerleaders being black. and hip-hop music being played at the arena saying quote my theory is the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. the league had been investigating the e-mail prior to levenson's decision to sell. levenson said by focusing on race i sent the unintentional and hurtful message that our white fans are more valuable than our black fans. if you're angry about what i wrote, you should be. i'm angry at myself too. nba commissioner adam silver said, as mr. levenson acknowledged the views he expressed are entirely unacceptable and are in stark contrast to the core principles of the national basketball association. >> we have to separate these things out. i understand what the commission certificate saying. this guy just talked about southern whites, southern whites have a problem going to a place where they

bruce levenson offering to sell his stake in the team. because of an e-mail he sent back in 2012 where he expresses somewhat of a frustration that the majority of fans going to hawks games are african-american. levenson writes, quote, my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there aren't enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. he went on to write, we're not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority. donald sterling first denied making racial remarks, levenson owned up to his e-mail and he said, i trivialized our fans by making cliched assumptions about their interests, by focusing on race, i also sent the unintentional and hurtful message that our white fans are more valuable than our black fans. how did we know about this e-mail? >> the league made a big deal about the fact that bruce levenson self-reported the e-mail. this is different from the donald sterling case. but his hand was forced. what happened was the gm of the team repeated on a conference call

bruce levenson of the atlanta hawks went to the nba and said i give, i recuse myself. suggesting the ravens and ray rice should say we are going to do the right thing. we are going to take him away from the game for a year. >> and speaking of hour long conversations, even longer we can talk about it. it points again and i feel like it will come up again drug aus into a bigger problem than violence against women in the nfl. >> it's not just the nfl. >> right. >> we still have cultural problems understanding the severity of domestic violence. when you think about beyonce's big hit "drunken love" and the throw away line that made fun of domestic violence, you think about how much fans still support chris brown despite his domestic violence, we have a problem about that issue. >> and it needs to be addressed but hopefully we'll see changes. this conversation won't die here. i feel like the two of you are going to be very, very busy on this topic and also the topic of the hawks. thanks for spending time r w me. two whole blocks. >> thank you. >> all right, l. z. and rachel,

bruce levenson announced he's voluntarily selling his controlling interest in the nba team. venston says his decision is based in part on inappropriate and offensive comments in an e-mail he wrote back in 2012. levenson said he made assumptions about fans and nba should have no tolerance for racism. he says he's embarrassed and apologized to the team and its fans. >>> the u.s. coast guard called off recovery efforts for a private plane which crashed off ja jamaica. a debris field was found but unable to find survivors. the aircraft plunged into the caribbean on friday hours after air traffic controllers could not make contact with the pilot. the plane was flying from new york to florida. >>> intense flooding in south asia left more than 250 people dead and dozens more injured or missing. one of the hardest hit countries is india where 2,000 villages have been affected. officials say homes are destroyed. bridges and roads have been washed away and power and water systems are crippled. >>> an american detained in north korea soon will learn his fate in a north korean court. mat

owner bruce levenson is selling his portion of the team. e admitted sending off an e-mail that he said was inappropriate and offensive. in the letter levenson said he was concerned about the low fan base. wanted to attract more white fans saying the mainly black crowd scared off white ticket buyers. he went on to say he wanted more white cheerleaders and to move away from hip hop music played at the arena, in favor of music favorable to a 40-year-old white man. he said by focusing on race i sent the unintentional and hurtful message that white fans are more valuable than black fans. llevenson's be decision to sell the team, the being commissioner said, i commend mr. levenson. atlanta hawks ceo steve coonan made this statement. in partnership with the nba we will work to ensure that a new ownership team is put in place united and committed to community. earlier this year, the nba commissioner forced donald sterling to sell the team after his racist comments were made public. robert ray, atlanta. >>> president obama is said to announce a plan

. >>> atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson announced that he's voluntarily selling his controlling stakethe team. levenson self-reported an e-mail he sent to co-owners in 2012 saying he was grappling with low attendance in hawks games and needed to attract more season ticket holders and corporate sponsors. we have that e-mail. here's what it says in part. "i start looking around our arena during games and notice the following. it's 70% black. the cheerleaders are black. the music is hip-hop. at the bars it's 90% black. there are few fathers and sons at the game. the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant fan base. there was nothing threatening going on in the arena back then. i never felt uncomfortable but southern whites were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority." levenson said he sent an unintentional and hurtful message that hawks white fans are more valuable during the black fans but during the donald sterling scandal in may, levenson told our own wolf blitzer he cannot be

andy scholes is here with more in the bleacher report. >> bruce levenson, the controlling owner of thee will sell his interest in the team because of the inappropriate e-mail he sent two years ago. levenson made racially charged comments about how to improve attendance at hawks games. my theory is the black crowd scared away the whites. according to espn, the hawks started an internal investigation after one of the owners was notified and the nba launched its own investigation. before it was concluded, levenson said he will voluntarily sell the team. he apologized for the e-mail. calling it inappropriate and offensive. >>> the nfl season is in full swing. peyton manning and the broncos off to a good start to avoid the super bowl hangover. the broncos held on to beat the colts, 31-24. week one wraps up tonight with the giants and lions. >>> serena williams cruised to her third straight u.s. open title beating caroline wozniacki in straight sets. this is serena's sixth u.s. open title and 18th straight grand slam win. good for her. tonight, we have the u.s. men's final. it will be kei ni

fall another n-b-a owner is losing his franchise over racially the atlanta hawks' bruce levenson announced he will sell his controlling stake in the team. he admits its because of an email he sent that contained inappropriate and offensive comments back in 20-12. some of his statements included --quote--my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites". and "the kiss cam is too black." this incident comes just months after former l-a clippers owner donald sterling made racist remarks. and he was banned from the n-b- a for life. incredible and rare video inside a lava lake.as daring explorers armed with go-pro cameras descent into the heart of an active volcano. and next. a bay area woman gets a wake up call that may have just saved her life. we'll hear from the man who says he was just being a good neighbor. for our monday were going to see tempters dropped 3 to 6 degrees. what have your forecast that will be $22 dollars and 50 cents. $22.50. that's insane! jack. what? it's not even a meal? right now, at my place you can get my spicy chicken club combo. it's my classic spicy chicke

atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson said he plans to sell the team because of racially charged remarksmade. he wrote in an internal e-mail two years ago that white men might not be comfortable in an arena with a high percentage of black fans. about four months ago, the n.b.a. banned los angeles clippers owner donald sterling for life over racist comments he made. the team was later sold. we take a close look at these developments with, christine brennan, sportswriter and columnist for "u.s.a today" and "abc news." and kevin blackistone, a sportswriter and commentator for espn. he's also a professor of sports journalism at the university of maryland. we welcome you both back to the program. christine brennan, i'll start with you. the video of ray rice so disturbing. a lot of questions tonight about whether the football league has handled this properly. what are your thoughts? >> judy, this is a stunning turn of events where all of a sudden ray rice is getting ready to return to the ravens and now he's gone, a pariah, history, that's it. a great ending to a terrible black eye for the lea

>>> the controversy surrounding racially charged e-mails sent by atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson set getting worse for the franchise. another executive has been accused of making racist remarks about one of the team's former stars. cnn's george howe is here. >> follow this with me if you can. we've read that e-mail from bruce levin son saying that the hawkes phillips arena is too black and that would scare away southern white fans. well, that letter came to light because of an internal investigation into the hawks and to documents and e-mails basically from another owner, a co-owner, michael guerin, who basically sent a letter to levenson demanding that the gm and president of basketball operations, his name is danny ferry, that he be fired for comments that he allegedly made about a free agent, lowell deng. this letter was obtained by cnn affiliate wsbtv here in atlanta and cnn has been able to confirm with the hawks the authenticity of the letter. in the letter, guerin says ferry made the following comments about deng who, again was a prospective player. that he has a little africa

this time it's atlantic hawks co-owner bruce levenson. racist remarks tied to the hawks fan base. he said, "my feelings is that the black crowd scares away the whites and the kiss cam is too black." his solution, more cheerleaders and music for white guys. he said he is now selling his share of the team. >>> to other sports headlines when it comes to action on the field, my friend richard lui. >> good monday, frances. week one of the nfl starting off with a kick in the face. antonio brown putting his heel into the punter's face mask. 15yard penalty. the failed hurdle, lands unending. pittsburgh wins it 30-27. ouch. oakland's running back, kicks the ball. who recovers it? his own quarterback. luck does not last. frances, oakland loses to the jets 19-14. fun to watch. sunday night's game, peyton manning against the colts. manning 3:00 throu manning threw three touchdowns. >>> and ap grand slam crowd for serena. >> gets up to get a $4 million booty. $4 million is a lot of money. beat carolyn nasniaki and an 18th grand slam win joining chris

. >> reporter: one of his many critics was bruce levenson. >> it should be 0 tolerance for what he said. just zero. >> reporter: he was not coerced in any way to reveal those e-mails. >>> it was just a couple of weeks ago that president barack obama did not have a strategy to deal with isis. the president plans to meet with leaders to fill them in and announce the plan to the american people on wednesday, the eve of the anniversary of the september 11th attacks. >> i just want the american people to understand the nature of the threat and how we will deal with it and confidence we will be able to deal with it. >> the group killed two american journalists in recent weeks. the president says it is possible that isis could be a threat to the united states itself. >>> family, friend, fellow celebrities gathered in new york today to say their final farewell to joan rivers. outpouring affection from the leading lady of comedy. >> reporter: as bagpipers played, out pouring of celebrity friends added a touch of celebrity on the upper east side. hundreds of camera, snapping fans, young, old, str

bruce levenson announced he'd sell his controlling interest amp admitting he'd sent a racially sensitive e-mail in 2012 written to three team executives. lists his kearns about the cheerleaders being black and hip-hop music played at the arena. my theory, the black crowd scared away the whites and simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. the league was investigating the decision to sell. in a statement levenson said in part "by focusing on reece i sent the unintentional and hurtful message that our white fans are more valuable than black fans. if you're angry, you should be. i'm angry at myself, too." adam silver said in a statement, "as mr. levenson acknowledged the views that he expressed are entirely unacceptable and are in stark contrast to the corr principles of the national basketball association." this follows donald sterling's lifetime ban by the nba. >>> breaking news to pass along from buckingham palace. the palace announces prince william and the duchess of cambridge, kate middleton are expecting their second child. our congratulations t

bruce levenson says he voluntarily reported the e-mail to the nba in july.e now says the e-mail was inappropriate and offensive. levinson says he made "cliche assumptions about whites versus blacks and about stereotyping their perceptions of one another." >>> making strides to honor the heroes of 9. "eyewitness news" in pennsauken, camden county, one of four areas that participated in the 9/11 hero's run 5k today. now, the run is inspired by marine first lieutenant travis manion who was killed by a snipe interiraq in 2007. last year the foundation in his honor gave $240,000 back to race communities for veterans and for first responders. four more races will be held locally this month. you can log onto cbsphilly.com for more details. >>> lower moreland athletic trainer amy ruth raised over $41,000 for the progeria foundation. the disease causes premature aging. they joined ruth for a day of her 250-mile fundraiser which is a walk along the appalachian trail. >> asteroid brushed by earth earlier today. the 60-foot long asteroid flew over new zealand around 2:1

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. >> atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson apologizing tonight for making offensive comments about race in this e-mail sent two years ago but seen by fans for the first time today. i want some white cheerleaders. i want the music to be music familiar to a 40-year-old white guy. he complained the kiss cam is too black. in a message to team management about how to sell more season tickets. and he voluntarily reported the e-mail this summer announcing today he will step down selling his ownership in the team just four months after publically criticizing donald sterling for his racist rant and refusal to apologize. >> donald sterling, what he said, i'm his partner, i can't be partners with somebody who shares those views. >> reporter: why would he come out now two years after the e-mail went out? >> the nba is still reeling from the donald sterling story and in many ways, they know they can't get away with this anymore. >> reporter: the nba commissioner says the league is still investigating the circumstances of his comments but calls them entirely unacceptable. abc news, washington. >> tha

bruce levenson voluntarily reported this e-mail to the nba in july. the e-mail was inappropriate and offensive. levenson says he made quote cliche assumptions about whites versus blacks and about stereotyping her perceptions about one another. this is the second time this year an nba owner lost a team over racially incentive commen comments. >> amateur treasure hunter in the uk could be in lieu now for a huge pay day. john stoner found a very rare coin bearing the date 1652 in a farmers field. the three penny coin is expected to sell for up to $1.6 million in auction. stoner intends to give half of the proceeds to the farmer that owns that land where the coin was found. very this. >> all right. justin i'm finally feeling that cool down. >> oy told you it would come. >> you told mow. i hooked you up. cooler the next few days but by the end of the week we start to bring back the heat and humidity a little bit. a little something for everyone this week if you like fall weather you'll like the next few days. let's see what's happening outside right now. n

. >>> after he admitted sending a racist e-mail, bruce levenson reported the e-mail back in july.t two years after it was sent. that was the time that the league was involved in the sale of the los angeles clippers after its owner donald sterling made racist remarks. levenson was one of the harsh critics of sterling who was banned from the league for life. >> i can say we were deeply offended. we all quickly spoke out against these words that we heard on that tape. >> reporter: levenson apologized today calling his e- mail to other team executives inappropriate and offensive. he says it was meant to bridge atlanta's racial divide. in his e-mail he said, in my theory it's that the black crowd scared away the whites and that the kiss cam is quote, too black. >>> health officials are worried about the spread of an intense cold virus that's sending hundreds of kids to the hospital in the midwest. >> a couple of days ago i couldn't breathe at all. >> reporter: matt cornej is one of 1,000 children hospitalized in colorado hospitalized for severe stress. it brings on a very intense cold

the atlanta hawks' bruce levenson announced he will sell his controlling stake in the team. he admits its because of an email he sent that contained inappropriate and offensive comments back in 20-12. some of his statements included --quote--my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites". and "the kiss cam is too black." this incident comes just months after former l-a clippers owner donald sterling made racist remarks. and he was banned from the n-b-a for life. levenson had previously comments. donald sterling, what he said. i'm his partner, i can't be partners with somebody who shares those views. i think i speak for all of my partners when i say we were all deeply offended. we all quickly spoke out against these words that we heard on that tape. the n-b-a commissioner called levenson's email unacceptable, though he did praise him for self-reporting the email to the league. a growing wildfire near yosemite national park has prompted evacuations of about 100 campers.some by helicopter. the fire has burned 400 acres today. sending huge plumes of smoke into the air

bruce levenson will sell his controlling interest in the atlanta hawks. levenson has come under fire for an e-mail her sent to the club's co-owners in 2012. in it, he said the fan base at home games was 70 percent black, and whites were being scared away. levenson admits the remarks were inappropriate and insensitive. pittsburgh steelers antonio brown looked more like bruce lee during this punt return. brown looked like he was on his way to score, since all he had was cleveland's punter in front of him.. but then brown jumps and kicks the punter right in the face. he got tackled right after that. and then he was called for unsportsmanlike conduct.. a 15 yard penalty. the steelers went on to win the game. >> i don't even know what to say. >> we could display that all morning. just getting word in from buckingham palace. the duchess of cambridge is expecting her second child! she said to be suffering from very acute morning sickness just like the first time. she's been treated by doctors. no word on a due date. prince george is 15 months old. >> very acute

he was punished withg5 a lifetie ban and forced to sell the team inch this any cause, bruce levensontarily told the league about the e-mail and is it in the hawks' best interests for him to sell his stake. jonathan, a lot of differences between the way that the sterling and levenson situations were handled. >> yeah, that's right, john. in fact, one could argue that at levinson's e-mail was an admittedly awkward attempt to boost ticket sales among an underrepresented demographic, in this case white suburbanites. perhaps not as insend area as a team inner telling his grandfathered not to bring african-americans to games which it what happened in april when the i'ms surface in l.a., but when donald donald sterling's ry charged comments were made public, itsit rocked the nba and forced the league and its owners to change the way they deal with these types of issues. listen. >> i think that donald sterling is going to be the bell weather for situations like there is and in the case of bruce letch venson it was an immediate recognition that something serious is going to happen if i don't c

bruce levenson will sell the atlanta hawks after admitting to series of offensive emails. he said in a statement, trivialized our fans making clicheed assumptions about interest, i.e., hip-hop versus country and white versus black cheerleaders. stereotyping perception of one another, that white fans might be afraid of black fans. this one one of the first ones to come out and say the league will not tolerate this when it came to donald sterling. >> i probably get myself in hot water. melissa: i love that. >> donald sterling came across as crazy racist. he came across, our business has not enough black customers but not enough white customers. companies like nike look how to shift customer base and collect millions of dollars. melissa: maybe he saw donald sterling came out like robber baron and laughing all the way to the bank. wait a second, you know what? i wrote offensive things too. somebody come buy my team from me. this could be what happened. i don't know, what do you think? >> you know, i think is very sad when things like that come out. i think it is really is. doe

bruce levenson cited an inappropriate and offensive team he sent two years ago.lked about the contents of this e-mail. let's take a listen. >> basically, the e-mail is very offensive in regards to black people, even going so far as saying that the black crowd scares away white people from the arena and at the bars populated by mostly blacks and that's affecting attendance. >> levenson said he sent that e-mail due to concerns about low attendance and the need to attract suburban whites. he said he realized it made it seem that white fans are more important. >> the must anticipated i-watch. i'm excited about this. this watch. >> you are? >> i am. it may be a new piece of jewelry, too, if it works. the hackers broke into the healthcare.gov website. what did they do? >> the government found that it was called malware, a virus placed into the computer servers housing the testing site for healthcare.gov. it wasn't the actual site but the teit was where they test co. what they found with this breach it was set up to be a denial of service attacks. what that means is ess

bruce levenson is selling his controlling stake in the team due to his e-mail in 2012. levenson said that"my theory is of the black cloud--crowd pressure with a white". along with several other remarks. phipps levenson has called his words embarrassing and has apologized to the hawks families and the fans. you stated that this was entirely unacceptable. steve kuhn and will oversee all tin operations will the league determines the appropriate due process. the result in low was sent to hawks manager into ownership partners. will be right back. video at a southern california where the water has called--has led to 4 ft. deep water in some areas. the water close roads and freeways. courtesy of hurricane that norbert witches brew in their off the bottom of the peninsula. there is a slight chance that were going to get a little bit of sprinkle activity in the south bay area. was he does all of this morning. you can see a moderate this drug and moisture's from lake tahoe area . it looks like we'll do a slight chance of sprinkel activity. a burly get cloudy conditions the start

. >> all week we've been telling you about bruce levenson, the hawks controlling owner and an inflantory the investigation was triggered by another set of controversial comments by the team's general manager danny ferry. he was talking about free agent lual deng who happens to be from africa. cnn has obtained a portion of that conference call and we want to play it for you so you can listen for yourself. >> he'll be fine. he's still a young guy overall. but he is also -- he's a good guy overall but he's not -- he's got some africa in him and i don't say that in a bad way other than he's a guy that -- >> [ bleep ] you sound like sterling. that's going to be on tmz tonight. >> but he's like a guy who would have a nice front store that's beautiful and great but he may be selling some counterfeit stuff behind him. >> that laughter comes from michael gearon and you can hear noticeable gasps. whether or not this should cost danny ferry his job, that's up for debate. we have reached out to the atlanta hawks franchise, they have not gotten back to us. carol? >> i'm just stunned someone would say

in august 2012, bruce levenson wrote his co-owners and general manager to ask them more be done in orderto attract southern whites uncountable around african-american spectators. citing the playing of hip-hop music and a cheerleading squad that's majority black, levenson said -- levenson called that attitude "racist garbage," but concludes --t it should still be cited catered to in order to boost ticket sales. it is the second time in months in nba owner has sold his controlling interest over racist remarks, following donald sterling of the los angeles clippers. a federal judge has approved new york city's $41 million set in it with a central park five, wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in central park 25 years ago. the five black and latino men were tried as teenagers. media coverage at the time pretrade them as guilty and used racially coded terms to describe them. but their convictions were vacated in 2002 when the real rapist came forward and confessed after the five had already served jail time terms of up to 13 years. each man of the five will receive around $1 million

atlanta hawks bruce levenson says he's selling his interest in the team because of an e-mail he wroteuote, i start looking around our arena during games and notice the following, it's 70% black. cheerleaders are black, the music is hip-hop. at the bars, it's 90% black. there are few fathers and sons at the games. we are doing after-game concerts to attract more fans and the concerts are either hip-hop or gospel. my theory is the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. thanks for joining me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> cnn taking the pulse of the american people and that pulse is beating very fast about the threat from the terrorists of isis. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead". 90% of americans say they consider isis a threat. most also think isis is already on our soil, some eye-opening new polling that we're releasing moments from now. >>> the sports lead, we're finally seeing what happened in that elevator between this football star and his then-fiancee. now that this sho

. >> bruce levenson is selling his controlling interest in the team over a racially charged e-mail ined to the nba which was conducting an investigation. more news later. now back to lockup. >>> daytime is one of the most uncomfortable times for medium and maximum security inmates housed on the old side of the fairfax county adult detention center. the 20 men in each unit are locked out of their cells and must share a dayroom measuring 21 by 19 feet. most watch tv or play chess and cards. robert barr likes to draw. he just arrived here after serving 30 days in disciplinary segregation for starting a fire in his work release housing unit. >> something to do. i'm not a very good artist so i can draw lines very good. >> you just draw boxes. >> pick them up. >> that will look wild when it's finished. a bunch of geometric patterns. cool. >> for david rother, he was fearful about being housed on this jail. barr was a welcome sight. >> i've known david since high school? >> over ten years, plus? >> yes. >> he walked in and i was -- i had a big old smile on my face. i didn't recognize him at

how about atlanta hawks controlling owner bruce levenson's email he wrote in part: my theater is thathe black crowd scared away the whites and not enough affluent white fans to build a significant ticket base. but it isn't just creepy owners in the nba. from the nfl. check out the picture of 71-year-old jerry jones, owner ever the class cowboys, is he getting sued to the tune of a million dancer a pc word for stripper for allegedly sexually assaulting her in 2009. that's real classy. i'm sure his wife and family don't deserve that you know what? neither do the fans or the young kids looking up to these owners. money, power, notoriety with that comes extra responsibility. and these guys? well, they are gross. they should just go away. spare us, leave the rest of us alone to enjoy the games. that's my off-the-record comment tonight. thanks for being with us. before we go on the eve of september 11th, a live look at the national memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. and a special tribute to the people who died on united flight 93. a lantern ceremony is being held in their memory tonight

. >> mark:while many have referred to the email as "racist," others say bruce levenson was just talking business. >> mark:one of his defenders is n-b-a legend kareem abdul- jabbar. >>: he was trying to assess how to run his business. i don't think it had anything to do with keeping blacks out of the arena. or in his ways saying that black people were the problem. >> mark:levenson himself apologized for implying white fans were more important than black fans and for associating styles of music with race -- such as hip-hop and gospel with black fans. >> mark:coming up.an update on the condition of the boy who was attacked by a mountain lion in cupertino sunday. >> mark:plus the u-s may have identified the man who executed american journalist james foley. >> mark:flooding not only washes out the interstate but washes some of it away north of las vegas, nevada. >> mark:we'll have more on how the record rainfall has flooded parts of the southwest, coming up. >> mark:authorities have resumed their search this morning. for the mountain lion that attacked a 6- afternoon. >> mark:the boy was rel

because we had the atlanta hawks owner, at least part owner, bruce levenson, selling his stake resigningecause of email. i will read the email. my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites. he is talking about customers for his nba team and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. now he was making a judgment about what he sells, which is a sports team, based on the racial composition of his audience. for that, he takes himself out of the running? i'm wondering if there is any situation anywhere where an owner can make a judgment based on race anymore without being called a racist? >> we, david i think he was making a business model decision, in terms of what you read. i happen to be more machiavellian than you are david in this situation. i think, look, he has been trying to sell the team on and off for number of years. we just saw the the milwaukee bucks, another small market team sell for $550 million. i think he is using this was a way to put the team up for sale, without saying, i'm tell selling this team because the busi

the blackhawks majority owner bruce levenson says he's selling his stake in the team after being insensitivethe mill he said in 2012 among the things he wrote my theory is the black crowd scared away the whites of the kids cameras. and _ of course comes after the now sterling and for life for making racist comments about black people coming to his games levenson here spoke out against sterling at the time meanwhile and that 2012 e-mail levenson said he observed that audience of home games about 70 percent black and perhaps to be white fans away >> : levenson has apologized for the e-mail saying is, for opprobrium the commissioner on seller says the no-fly acceptable regionally mels said for the park's manager into ownership partners >> : 77 rose and fell in fairfield little cooler that has been the past couple days reaching more temperatures to go coming up >> : ntur areery ffertthaneal teet. th're out n tis fternd have surface res ere cter n muiply polident kil 99.% of od-caui and lps ssolve sins. for a clner,resh, briger dtureveryy. helping you find a dentist you'll want to go to for the r

atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson under fire for an e-mail he wrote in 2012, examining why the teamed to draw white season-ticket holders. he wrote in the e-mail the team "white fans might be afraid of its black fans." there were several other comments. it is mind-boggling. from harvard,n public health school sing $350 million from the family of the foundation of real estate developers from hong kong-based group. the school will be renamed. >> and the rich get richer. >> they're putting that money to good work. serena williams has made history at the u.s. open. the --omes the winner of her 18th grand slam title. --ising to sate stretch straight sets. with christied everett and martina navratilova. chart, a lineyst chart. >> single best chart today looks at how some of the big cap tech names are to point their cash. the lines are for quarter moving averages. white, intel and yellow are leading the charge. both spent a lot on some connection -- semi conducting. apple is in blue, spends a lot on production equipment. microsoft and amazon increasing spending, but assets are mostly data

. >> darya:in the email, bruce levenson was addressing the troubles the franchise faced in attracting fan audience at home games was about 70-percent black, and that perhaps this was keeping white fans away. >> darya:hawks c-e-o steve koonin says he thinks levenson will face some backlash. >>: i think there will be severe repercussions and at kinky as paint with his reputation. >> darya:levenson has apologized for the email. saying his comments were inapporpriate. >> darya:n-b-a commissioner adam silver said the email was unacceptable, but he commended levenson for reporting it himself. >> mark:the giants and the a's both looking to gain ground against closer to the playoffs'e giants looking for the sweep in detroit. >> mark:but miguel cabrerra got in the way. >> mark:the tiger's slugger hit a 2 run homerun in third inning to give detroit a 3 to nothing lead and that would be all the tigers needed. >> mark:cabrerra finished the day with 3 r-b-i's. >> mark:tiger's win by a final of 6 to 1. >> mark:the giants are now three games national league west. >> mark:meanwhile.the a's taking on

this time, it's atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson, reporting himself to the league.e, quote, i want some white cheerleaders. i want the music to be familiar to a 40-year-old white guy. levenson was an outspoken critic of donald sterling. to avoid further damage, he's selling his brooes sbrooes in the hawks. >>> investigator trying to figure out what caused the fire that killed four children found in a bedroom. two adults in krill call condition. >>> in kentucky, a car struck a gas main, setting off an explosion that tore apart this hotel. >>> the u.s. military is joining the fight against ebola in africa, providing equipment to health workers. president obama says confronting the virus is a national security priority. an experimental vaccine is being tested on humans after protecting monkeys for ten months. >>> general electric is selling its appliance unito electrolux. the price? $3.3 billion. >>> olive guard season trying a new idea to boost business. it's selling what it calls a never-ending pasta pass. for $1,000, you can get unlimited pasta for seven weeks. only

this time, it's atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson, reporting himself to the league. of an e-mail he wrote while explaining a plan to improve ticket sales. he wrote, quote, i want some white cheerleaders. i want the music to be familiar to a 40-year-old white guy. levenson was an outspoken critic of donald sterling. to avoid further damage, he's selling his interest in the hawks. >>> and a tragedy overnight in chicago, investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire in this apartment building that killed four children found in a bedroom. two adults in critical condition. >>> in kentucky, a car struck a gas main, setting off an explosion that tore apart this hotel. as you can see, more than a dozen rooms destroyed but thankfully everybody evacuated in time. >>> the u.s. military is joining the fight against ebola in africa, providing equipment to health workers. president obama says confronting the virus is a national security priority. an experimental vaccine is being tested on humans after protecting monkeys for ten months. >>> and in business new, genera