heavy hitters included ko owners, the nba commissioner david stern, lieutenant governor gavin newsome and mayor ed lee who may have lost the 49ers to santa clara, but gains an nba franchise that would home to san francisco from 1962- 1971. oakland lost his senses goes game. >> this is an opportunity that we have to pursue.

david stern, the commission, was and onhand. the tame will privately finance a $500 million arena and the city will lease this property to the tame. the warriors will be leaving in oakland if all goes according to plan. but the team's ceo says this plan makes sense because there are warriors' fans on both sides of the bays. >> we're very, very appreciative for the home we've had in oakland. they've been great fans. it's been a great community. but what people don't understand, our fan base is 50/50. >> we will play here in 2015. take that as a prompt miss. pro miss. we're all -- promise. we're all in! >> reporter: ed head coach, mark jackson, is just holding he can -- head coach, mark jackson, is just holding up -- is just hoping he can hold onto his job lock enough. >> that's 2515. how many coaches -- [ laughter ] >> how many coaches last that lock? [ laughter ] >> i did reach out with representatives but i cannot -- but i could not get a comment. we've been told there could be legal challenges to stop. move. we're live in san

the commissioner of the nba, david stern was there. jerry west took the podium.nd us, peter guber speaking here, and joe lacob, it's their money, their vision. >> we certainly considered oakland seriously. we considered san francisco seriously, we looked at a number of sites. but at the end of the day this, is the situation. we got a great offer from this mayor, and a very aggressive administration here. they realized they had a chance to go get the warriors. this is the best site possible. we have great fans, and they have been great in oakland. and we're not putting them down in any way. this is about picking the best site for the future. there are more season ticket holders who live in san francisco than in oakland. >> you produced rain man, what else? >> batman, color purple, flash dance. >> and i'll bet you you can't name five warrior, can you? [ laughter ] >> yes, i can. >> no you can't! >> no, he can. >> when i pay that money, and i learn all the names, everybody above the title i know well! i'm not sure i know the caterer, and i'm not sure -- but i certai

i think league commissioner david stern will have flowers and a thank you card on his doorstep this morning. that is a look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> coming up, he has a hit on his hands, no one knows how to let him know about it. entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> kids in the clutch at the national spelling bee. so how did the youngest contestant ever do? stay tuned you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a number of us waking up to cooler temperatures. in chicago, temperatures in the 50s. 72 in d.c., later this afternoon, beautiful across the east coast should help out travel conditions. central u.s. along the lower mississippi valley the chance for showers and thunderstorms, some capable of producing hail and gusty winds. friday showers toward the capitol. if you're watching us in hartford, in guilford, works of arts inspired by pets going to the dogs and cats and birds. >>> here is an early look at headlines in entertainment. jessica simpson is going to weight watchers, for four million bucks. after an endless pregnancy they

but commissioner david stern says prokhorov passed all the tests.think he's a man of character? >> i think he's as man who has passed a very tight security check, and nobody has come up with any reason why he shouldn't be an nba owner. >> commissioner stern believes prokhorov to be a shrewd businessman, although we found him to be a bit unorthodox. where's your computer? >> i don't use a computer. >> you have something against computers? >> we have too much information, and it's really impossible to filter it. >> he believes his biggest strengths are organization and leading people. any abilities you wish you had that you don't have? >> sometimes maybe to be less tall. >> to be less tall? [chuckles] well, you're about to enter a world of very tall people with the nba. you're gonna actually be pretty short. >> [chuckles] compared with the players, yes, but compared with the common people, i am tall enough. trust me. >> prokhorov has been brushing up on his english and his jump shot. if everything goes according to plan, in 2012, he will move the nets

governor newsom and commissioner david stern.e see what the arena will look like built on the pier. the mayor says it will be public transit accessible one of the most accessible stadiums in the country he says it will add new green space and revenue will be used ford city services senior services and potholes. co-owners saying how the arena will be privately funded he compared it to giant stadium he says it can be done it will be done they have five years to get it done. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> a prominent civil rights attorney appeared in an east bay court today to answer charges that he hit and killed a bicyclist with his car. spencer smith walked into the courthouse this morning the judge delayed the hearing until late june. investigators say piece of his mercedes littered the crash scene last tuesday. his attorney says his client is devastated that the victim lost his life. >>> only on 7, the wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is setting the record straight from her point of view in an interview with dan noyes.

governor newsom and commissioner david stern. we see what the arena will look like built on the pier. the mayor says it will be public transit accessible one of the most accessible stadiums in the country he says it will add new green space and revenue will be used ford city services senior services and potholes. co-owners saying how the arena will be privately funded he compared it to giant stadium he says it can be done it will be done they have five years to get it done. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> a prominent civil rights attorney appeared in an east bay court today to answer charges that he hit and killed a bicyclist with his car. spencer smith walked into the courthouse this morning the judge delayed the hearing until late june. investigators say piece of his mercedes littered the crash scene last tuesday. his attorney says his client is devastated that the victim lost his life. >>> only on 7, the wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is setting the record straight from her point of view in an interview with dan noyes

i think league commissioner david stern will have flowers and a thank you card on his doorstep this morning. that is a look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> coming up, he has a hit on his hands, no one knows how to let him know about it. entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> kids in the clutch at the national spelling bee. so how did the youngest contestant ever do? stay tuned you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a beautiful day setting up for many us across the western portion of the country. the southwest extreme heat. excessive heat warnings from phoenix over towards vegas and to south of the area and that's not even the peak of the heat, bigger numbers showing up for tomorrow, 112, near record temperatures across the southwest. stay safe out there. if you're watching us in san francisco go back to the time of dinosaurs, exploring gigantic plants. plantosaurus rex. >>> here is an early look at headlines in entertainment. jessica simpson is going to weight watchers, for four million bucks. after an endless pregnancy they thought about

heavy hitters included ko owners, the nba commissioner david stern, lieutenant governor gavin newsome and mayor ed lee who may have lost the 49ers to santa clara, but gains an nba franchise that would home to san francisco from 1962- 1971. oakland lost his senses goes game. >> this is an opportunity that we have to pursue. >> i do not think we have any plans to do anything different at this point. >> their lease runs out after the 2017 system -- season. >> the mayor expects groundbreaking into a half years after all the environmental studies and plans are complete. >> the warriors have called oakland home since the 1970's and now, the city is losing them. charles cliffords obesity councilmen and what that could mean for the open committee. >> oakland city council president larry reed says he is not worried about the warriors live in san francisco. >> i got a phone call to indicate that the rumors frost of courtroom. he says until now the city and owners have been talking about keeping the team in the east bay. in a statement released on tuesday the mayor said coliseum city is a long t

as for today's announcement, san francisco mayor, ed lee, joined the nba commissioner, david stern, alongwarriors executives, at piers 30 and 32. the warriors plan to leave for a new arena on a 13-acre pier. the warriors say they will which could cost up to $500 million. >>> hey, everybody. damon andrews from the xfinity sports desk. what's drewing in milwaukee? beer. and a giants power surge. the g-men going for extra hits. four on monday. with a little more left in the tank tonight. bottom of the first. the giants up 2-0. matt cain on the hill. nyjer morgan, has liftoff to left. melky cabrera hauls it in. and it is a melk man delivery. touching down. aoi can i. runner on for joaquin arias. his first big-league jack. 4-0, g-men. top of the sixth. 4-2. buster posey delivers, 438 feet off the scoreboard. his sixth of the season. giants go on to win by a final of 6-4. >>> angels and a's going at it in the coliseum. top of the third. already 3-0. anaheim, albert pujols has got to go. a solo crank to left. c.j. wilson had eight shutout winnings. striking out seven, allowing one hit in the bal

commissioner david stern prepared to watch. scary moment. strains an abmuscle in the process.e's listed as day-to-day. 13 points in the game. late in the fourth, up by three. lebron finishes the break with the jam. he wins 95-86. lebron finishes with 32 points, 15 rebounds, five assists. i think he can come up in the fourth quarter. and irving was named the nb a's rookie of the year for the season. >> all right, championships -- wins, but still -- no championships for lebron. all adds up to a whole lot of nothing. >> yeah. >> we've got a ways to go. >> one s [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. right now, a sweet price on honey nut cheerios, just $1.88. starbucks coffee is only $7.77. that's less than a quarter for a great cup of coffee. and fage greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients@for life. >>> the shuttle "enterprise" is ready for the move to the

i think lead commissioner david stern will have flowers and a thank you card on his doorstep this mornings your "first look" at sports, i'm mario solis. >>> for another look at the weather, here's meteorologist todd santos. >> if you have starting off with decent temperatures, here in new york, fairly mild. temperatures at 68 degrees, a little more comfortable, less muggy. 71 down in d.c. cool spots up towards the u.p. of michigan and the arrowhead of minnesota. the hot spot this morning, to the southwest, yuma, arizona. to get into warning territory you're talking numbers like that, 108 in phoenix for today. did put the colors so you could see the real heat across the country, that's where it is, extending into some of the southern-most valleys in california. could see numbers approaching the 112 rang and above. i generally see some of the hottest numbers across the country, those are real hot numbers. over towards the east coast, beautiful conditions. northern maine, maybe a few showers, chicago getting into some of the lighter rain right now. lower mississippi valley. the best chance f

mayor ed lee joins nba commissioner david stern and warriors executive to announce plans for a new stadium. here is a sketch of it. warriors saying their financinging the deal privately that could cost up to $500 million. plans to leave oakland in 2017. the war years owners said they have not ruled our luring another franchise to the arena. perhaps a pro-hockey team. the sharks owner will partner. >> that sketch does look cool out there. >>> giants say they continue to power surge in milwaukee last night. we take to you the highlights. bottom of the first, giants up 2-0. matt cain on the mound. brewers fly one to left. check out cabrera. makes the catch. fires it in. yes. that's money. called a double play. then later, a two-run shot here in the fourth. bang, zoom, good-bye. 4-0 giants on top. no, no. they are not finished just yet. sixth inning. giants up 4-2. how about buster posey? that's called serious flex-appeal. that one leaves the yard. sixth home run of the season. giants take this one by a final count of 6-4. a's side of the things. took on the angels last might. c.j. wilson, eig

got that from commissioner david stern in front of a packed home crowd. eight other players in nba history to be awarded three times and just getting started. backing up that mvp trophy he had 32 points and 15 rebeccas. the heat win, 90-85. >>> yesterday the clippers bench come as live scoring 25 of their final 27 points. nick young had 13. they move on to play the sop seeded san antonio spurs, spurs/clippers in round two. >>> the conference finals are set. rangers and devils paired off and play game one tonight. >>> out west kings and phoenix kye wricoyote coyotes. first period, morris blasts one from midice beating jonathan quick. look at the replay. look at that. midice. goalie caught napping. shot skids right over the pad and kings get one back, third period tied. dustin brown and kings take game one, 4-26r7b8g9s reds and nationals. joey votto, a big contract and ballot. solo home run in the first then another solo shot in the fourth. this time to straightaway center but the bottom of the ninth is where the magic happened. reds down a run, two outs, b

and simon phantom fletcher he is a portfolio manager with renaissance asset managers we also have david stern he's president of kraft foods and russia and ben heiress he is editor in chief of business new europe before we start our discussion gentlemen let's have a look at a snapshot of the russian economy before the st petersburg confound. this point predictions that little change with the dinner reelections this spring of two thousand and twelve has turned out to be an extremely eventful period in both political and economics he is in russia to push ahead with the main economic go set for the country during his time as prime minister putin will deliver his speech as the new kremlin leader at the sixteenth international economic forum that kicks off in just a few weeks' time in st petersburg the government intends to use the forum to showcase the strength of the economy while foreign investors flock to the event to meet with both russian business leaders and then you cabinet demoed putin. unveiled on may twenty first this year. it's even more attractive than it was last year new president yo

david stern will be signing books immediately after the presentation copies of his book american emperor "american emperor: aaron burr's challenge to jefferson's america" are at the tent. sometimes when you look back on it, it's amazing where life leads us. david stewart practiced law for 25 years clerking for justice lewis powell and arguing a couple of cases before the supreme court. his passion for law made for a great career also lead him in an unexpected direction. writing books. years ago, when stewart suspected than 0 boant in a lawsuit was misstating debates from constitutional debates he spent a weekend reading james madison's notes from the con veption. had struck anymore that he had to tell l story. it lead to the book the men who invented constitution which was a fabulous book. stewart's legal experience which included a defense at work as a defense counsel in a senate impeachment trial of a federal judge played a big part in his writing the next book, "impeach the trial of andrew johnson and the fight for lincoln's legacy" the large i untold story of a murky figure many amer

everybody is wondering what kind of fix david stern put in.i think the wizards have 4th pick in the upcoming draft. >>> let's take a look at the doppler. this is going to be discussed over the next 10 minutes a lot. we have rain coming our way. we have a lot going on this week earned. one of -- weekend. one of the big things is dick's road across maryland -- ride across maryland. we want this rain out by saturday morning. it's going to be close. vigorous area of low pressure. today beautiful with a high of 83. by tomorrow, you're going to need your umbrella. we're going to be putting them away on saturday, the skwe when. ron matz live in howard county. it's time for the ride across maryland, kick a little breast cancer rare good. >> >> reporter: good to see you. >> the weather is going to be trefk. sglir feel it. we're going to have a great day saturday and sunday. you're going to be there. >> i'm going to be there. >> reporter: we're ready to roll. sgltsz we've got -- >> we've got checks. >> reporter: big surprise. we're live at howard county

today with much pomp and circumstance and with nba commissioner david stern looking on, they announce a move across the bay. mayor lee says now the hard work begins. [applause]. >> i'm very committed. this is in my opinion, my signature legacy if you will. 590. i would like to get this done for the whole bay area but also for future generations. >>reporter: envision is 500 million dollar state of the art high tech arena. 0for ban. concerts and conventions. it will sit at the tip of pier 3 30-32 just down from the giants ballpark. investors are lined up to privately finance the project. but still in san francisco there are always road blocks and political challenge challenges. >> there are risk is. always a risk when you do anything like this. this is a very, very big project. massive gamble. >> the city believes the facility will create thousands of new jobs and bring in revenue from a boom in business around the arena. fans want to know is will the move attract big name players. to create a winning team? >> this is incredible location and i think it only makes us that much more entic

or two, jay leno really is the unlikeable guy that he's painted as by conan o'brien, david letterman, howard sternhose two are true i guess. >> one more sound bite. let's roll it. >> jay was always the guy, the funniest guy, he was the guy. he was the guy you'd go to see the guy you wished could you be more like. he was funny, also a bit of a brat. a bit of a brat, and so then when this came along, i said oh, yes, this is the jay i know. and i kind of, i refer to that period as the golden age of television. >> do you think jay leno has been watching? >> if he didn't see it live it's been replayed so many times and that's part of the joke. i think we're bonding over it. they've all triumphed and done much better, moved on, done other things. >> it's fascinating the way this resentiment, leno is like the mariah carey or celine dion of carey. conan and letterman will be respected. >> his tweets are fantastic as well. >>> still ahead this is quite the story, rescued by the u.s. coast guard off the coast of florida, 6 years old, trying to leave his home country of haiti. is he 24 now, orlando morale ce

howard stern, jay leno, jerry seinfeld or david letterman? >> i'm going to say "c." >> no.e at all. he started his first comedy club in 1973 while he was in college. >> thanks for coming to see us, robert. >>> coming up next, funny man martin short shows off his animal attraction. oh, my god! we're going to talk to him right after this. another cup of coffee? how long is this one going to last? forty-five minutes? an hour? well... listen. 5-hour energy lasts a whole lot of hours. take one in the afternoon, and you'll feel alert and energized 'til the cows come home. it's packed with b-vitamins and nutrients to make it last. so what's it going to be, partner? 5-hour energy. wise choice. 5-hour energy. hours and hours of energy. with smooth caramel and chocolate. ♪ hmm twix. also available in peanut butter.

jonathan is a professor of psychology and a visiting professor at the nyu stern school of business. is often mentioned in david brooks near time column and you probably heard him on npr talking about his studies in moral psychology. jonathan is also a partner speaker. i was watching a video yesterday that had over one dainties but it's nice that we get to have you in an intimate setting here tonight. his research focuses on morality by understanding more about our moral roots johnson soap is how we can learn to be civil and open-minded. he began his career studying negative moral emotion but then moved on to the understudy positive moral emotions like admiration, all, and moral elevation. this move got johnson and bald in positive psychology and let him to write his first book, "the happiness hypothesis." so i will invite him up in just a moment. there will be time for q&a toward the end of jonathan stock. and for that we ask that you please come to the microphone in the center of the room because we are coming tonight. and fund the program will have a book signing in that corner so we just ask that you line u

howard stern, jay leno, jerry seinfeld or david letterman? >> i'm going to say "c." >> no.assachusetts. his guidance counselor said you shouldn't go to college at all. he started his first comedy club in 1973 while he was in college. >> thanks for coming to see us, robert. >>> coming up next, funny man martin short shows off his animal attraction. oh, my god! we're going to talk to him right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ whoa-oh, yeah, yeah ♪ well, she goes the extra mile ♪ ♪ she's gonna make you smile, yes, she will ♪ [ female announcer ] from special occasions to unplanned thursdays, it's one good time after another. town house®. where good times reside™. [ male announcer ] who can clean your toilet thirty-six hundre[ ding ]a year? scrubbing bubbles toilet cleaning gel. it's flush-activated to prevent buildup of lime scale and hard water that cause toilet rings. the freshest way to keep a toilet clean. [ toilet flushing ] flush after flush. [ female announcer ] s.c. johnson. a family company. so you're telling me he didn't win the batting title in 1935, but he won ii'm 99.9% positive