but adam has been the heir apparent for years under david stern.l of the owners are very familiar with adam. adam is measured. he is an attorney. and i think what adam is going to do is take into account exactly what the blowback on the league is going to be. right now, there are, in fact 30 members who comprise the board of governors. these are the owners of the team that comprise the league. adam can take action but the other owners are probably, i hope, having as many private talks with donald sterling as they can to convince him that what should happen is whether adam has to take a hard line or if donald sterling realizes that his actions are costing not only the clippers significant money but it's eroding the value of the team. it's also eroding the value of the nba. so i'm hoping they're talking to him about selling the team. he can -- if as i heard earlier the team was worth 800 million to $1 billion if he spent under $20 million for the team he is still going to walk away with a handsome profit. >> i know adam silver also and he will act de

he started in 1992 serving as everything from deputy commissioner to david stern to rez of the nba's entertainment division >> now, warriors owner says there no room for racism in our world, period. >> apologize for his words and apologize to magic johnson. to the black community. to nba. and commit some of the profit he makes from the sale of the team to educating people and fighting this awful racism that was exhibited p the comments. >> well, as you can tell there are powerful and pointed things said today. if you want to watch the news conference with nba commissioner in it's entirety we have posted it on our web site. abc7 news.com. >> college women in berkeley spoke up about sexual assaults this year and now, white house is getting involved. administration today announced new guidelines, education outreach and celebrity-packed public service announcement. >> we have a big problem. we need your help. >> it's happening to our sisters, daughters, wives and friends. >> it has to stop. >> uc beshg sli reacting to the recommendations. abc7 news joins us live from uc berkeley which ha

in the mid 80's then commissioner david stern fined the clippers owner $6 million for moving the team from los angeles from san diego without league approval. team ownership is an elite club. once you're in its hard to get kicked out, but it has had. an owner was suspended for making disparaging remarks about blacks and japanese. later when she said that hitler was good in the beginning she was suspended for three more years, and the year later she sold her stake in the team. but baseball and basketball are different. the baseball commissioner can make decisions in the best interest of the game. the commissioner of the nba does not have that broad power. owners can be forced out by consent but only over financial reasons, not moral. there will be an announcement on sterling's case on tuesday. >> who knows if any other major sports owners consider players as pap perked serfs. donald sterling has presented the other nba owners with a problem, but now what? that's this time on inside story. joining us to discuss the business of sports and the touchy subject of race in a sport where most

. >> the bbc david stern there in kiev. thanks for that update from kiev about what's happening in the east of the country. >>> let's go to afghanistan where the u.s. embassy in kabul has confirmed three american doctors have been killed in an insider attack in a hospital run by the american christian charity cure, specializing in child and maternity health as well as general surgery. the attacker was a member of the afghan police force assigned to guard the hospital. the afghan interior ministry has released more details about the attack. >> this was an unfortunate incident. the attacker was a police security guard that opened fire on foreign nationals who were there. three of them have been killed. one is injured. the injured has been taken to the hospital. the police have arrested the attacker as well. we will investigate to find out the motives behind this attack. >> let's go to bbc in kabul. what about the kind of hospital this is and the fact this is taken place? >> reporter: well this is a hundred bed hospital taken

he's known certainly david stern knew.nd allowed it up until this point. so all of a sudden let's come together and kick him out now. mike, you know better than me. you've been doing it longer. but they've known gr a long time. thank goodness for the crazy girlfriend who recorded it allegedly and got the tapes out there. because finally now i believe the right thing will happen. >> off what sage just said, mike, the precedence for this doesn't exist really. there is sort of a precedence. there's no precedent tr taking a team from someone. >> mark cuban said it's a slippery slope. no one knows how sweeping sterling is. bud has never actually used them. even against mcchord when the sees the team for financial reasons. the closest you can come is george steinberg was temporarily suspended from baseball for life for paying a dead beat $40,000 to dig up dirt on one of his players. they're going to make it as unpleasant as possible except this is a stubborn old man. and he -- as a friend of mine said yesterday, he will sue them

well, david stern is in kiev for us.old me it remains to be seen how the russians will react. >> we will see whether sit inflammatory or not. as you said, the parliament has approved a series of military exercises with nato countries, including the united states. there are two exercises with the u.s. one in particular, sea breeze, has been conducted in the past and the russians have objected to. this exercise, sea breeze, took place on the crimean peninsula. it will be taking place near crimea near dessa on the black sea and within the black sea. so it remains to be seen how russia will react this time. obviously this is something they very likely will not take -- at least they will not look on positively. >> and of course mr. putin, president putin said last week the last thing they wanted to see, they did not want to see nato anywhere near they satisfactory poll, the home of the russian black sea fleet. we have seen the tension, haven't we, in the last few weeks, the idea of having a lot of troops from opposing sides i

getting out from under shadow of david stern, who was commissioner for some years, some revisitation stern did and sitting on sterling for so long. >> i think the players association is paying attention which i believe they are. they are going to raise some questions about why nba didn't put efforts into an investigation. david: in fairness to david stern there were a lot of other people willing to give steriling a pass including the naacp who twice awarded him with lifetime achievement award. >> as i told you yesterday, i don't know what the naacp was thinking. you will not get an answer from me out of that, i can not believe they did that. david: they weren't only ones. >> highest ranging civil rights organization in this country. they probably tell you they dropped the ball. david: today is adam silver's today, no question about it. >> i think it is. i don't think he is out of the woods. i think he will be questioned why they didn't move sooner. liz: lee hawkins, "wall street journal" celebrity reporter. come back on again. david: good stuff. liz: tonight, 7:00 p.m. eastern. we ne

it was handed over to him from david stern. he was the heir apparent. and everybody unanimously agreed that adam silver was the man to take over. he'll get the votes. how you go about forcing that and the legalities, they don't have antitrust exemption, unlike baseball. so theoretically, if donald sterling decides he wants to go into the bunker and fight this, he'll go to some court somewhere and try and get an injunction and say that's not american, you can't do that. however, i would think at some point he will come to the realization that owning this team is not going to -- there's nowhere to go with it because you won't be able to recruit -- as long as the sterling name is on this team, he'll come to the realization, there will be no sponsor, no fans, no players. no free agent will ever come to play for him. >> and also no doc rivers as the coach, he's made that clear. jim gray, thank you for your reporting and your phone calls with donald sterling and his reaction. time to bring in exavier pope. these legal questions, first of all, bombshell announ

but nonetheless, david stern was adam silver's mentor. and this is a guy who was more socially and progressively pro-active in regard to race and diversity than any other commissioner in the history of modern american sports. and adam silver took it one step further yesterday. he did not sound like a lawyer. he did not sound detached. he sounded like a person, a citizen of this world. not just a sports commissioner. and i think it really was his moment. having known him for 20 years, it was a sight to behold. >> do we have a timetable for when the owners will actually have this vote? >> yes. they're going to have a conference call on thursday. they have an advisory and finance committee for the nba. that's when they're going to determine the timetable, when they'll do the vote and also if the vote will be made public. the players association is really keeping an eye on this because while they were satisfied with yesterday's happenings, they weren't content. that's where roger mason told me in person. he said, look, we want to know when th

keep in mind david stern was commissioner three decades adam silver is brand new. what david stern's righthand man, regarded as a brilliant legal mind i'm sure mr. silver researched extent of the pours i think people were concerned over the weekend that nba like a lot of corporate giants will try to sweep it under the rug. silver confronted this head on. it's swift action like we haven't seen before. >> a powerful move. what happens now. can sterling be forced to sell the team? >> you know he's going to fight it tooth and nail. there is no clause in the nba bilaws that says a chigser can force an owner owe sell a team but there is a process called termination allowing for a team to be dissolved, i'm guessing that is going to be the course the nba chooses then, the team could be reborn with a new owner, presumably sterling would be paid off and clippers might be worth $1 billion. however, donald sterling is going to fight this. he's an attorney, i'm sure he's going to go to court. nba bilaws say the disputes are supposed to be settled by arbitration. >> you know he'

he's not operating under the same principles that david stern did.ies the public demand for official response to be quick and strong. i think that in an unusual way there's this alliance of people who are outraged by the most recent comments. you have lebron james and michael jordan and magic johnson. not only demand but you have the backing to do something. let's face the facts. donald sterling's previous victims were mostly poor, black and hispanic tenants in his housing units. i'm not sure that either they or the women who sued donald sterling for sexual harassment, those were the people he was in court with, i'm not sure the offenses to them registered the way that these very public insults of popular figures like magic johnson did on this tape. >> they quite obviously did not and denying minorities the chance to rent an apartment is so much worse in a certain way than whatever mr. sterling said to his girlfriend in that house. >> donald sterling paid one of the largest monetary settlements ever reached in a houses discrimination case in californ

. >> let's go to donetsk live now with bbc david stern. has there been developments in the situation around that government building david, any negotiations? >> reporter: no, nothing at all. as you've been hearing from james down the street from here, there's no movement. in fact, a more of a digging in. this deal is barely a day older. it seems to run into difficulty. of course the pro russian activists saying the government in kiev is itself an armed military group and must vacate the buildings it has occupied. it should be said we're still early in this. as i say, it's only a day old. it's not clear if this is political posturing or perhaps russia has not been able to bring the influence promised on these groups. it should also be said the western officials and ukrainian officials say that russia is s disgenerous saying they're carrying these operations out themselves. >> russian forces are still on the border. wh are ukrainian troops visible in donetsk? >> reporter: yes, they are. it's a stand off. ukrainian troops are pulled back after

let's go to david stern also in donetsk. what are you gathering from other scenes like that around eastern ukraine? is anyone giving up ground? >> reporter: well no, nik. nobody is giving up ground yet. we've heard from the pro russian activists down the road as you heard from james. they are holding ground. they say the government in kiev is itself an illegally arm add group that seized power. until they leave, these people here won't leave. obviously there's a launch that needs to be done before this agreement is implemented. the question also is is really what is russia prepared to do. part of this agreement is russia would exert influence on protestors. russia up until now said they have no influence. officials and ukraine government say russia is disingenuous. >> do you think it are really is just a matter of time and eventually passions might cool and allow this deal to at least be implemented for the time being? >> reporter: well nik, it's difficult to say. but yes it's still very early. this deal is less than a day o

, he would know about that as would david stern. neil: that is an excellent point. >> adam silver does have a chance where there is a crisis there is an opportunity. personally i think he should go beyond what the legislation of the constitution calls for, fourth donald sterling to take them into court and be able to say what i said wasn't that bad. you cannot go that far, forcing him to do that. but he has to make a statement about what this means and he has to do it quickly before they play tomorrow. neil: i am no lawyer, but i think you are, right? i am thinking that is a lot easier said than done. if you want to give him the heave, good luck, this could drag on for quite a while. unless another bidder for the team emerges with a credible offer, not just a bunch of former players. >> there is one credible guy out there who would like to buy the team and happens he is part of this whole thing. magic johnson. the people of los angeles. as a somebody who lived in l.a. for many years, this came as no surprise. we all know who donald

. >>> well david stern is in kiev. we heard duncan craw ford with that analysis. has there been reaction there to list of 15 names released by the eu? do you think it goes far enough? >> it's difficult to say if it goes far enough. in general the reaction of officials is positive to any move against russia, any form of sanctions. they see this as a form of support from the west. they welcome any sign of support from the eastern leaders and capitals. as duncan was saying, it's difficult to say what effects this will have on the ground given it hasn't stopped situations for example the annexation of crimea. russia is orchestrating the events in eastern ukraine and obviously if that's true, it hasn't stopped that yet. there's the question of maybe it is taking a bite out of russians and they're not saying it. we have heard sharp words coming from moscow today accusing of cold war tactics of the european union being under the u.s. thumb. some point to this and say this is a sign it's had effect in some point. >> is this to say they're getting more political support fr

david stern, the commissioner for 30 years, someone who coddled donald sterling for many years who didn't do anything when the housing discrimination slum lord lawsuits went down. he's out of the picture. adam silver was able to say, we are turning the page. when we talk about these things there is form and content. the content was very, as we said, the hammer comes down. but the form could not be more different from stern who adopted this pompous attitude when he was up there as if he was the godfather. >> okay. dave, i will cut you off. we have doc rivers right now. >> hello, everybody. i come with no noteses or prepped statement here. the last three, four days have been very are difficult for everybody involved. no matter what the race is, it's been difficult. i thought adam silver today was fantastic personally. i thought he made a decision that really was the right one that had to be made. you know, i don't think this is something that we rejoice in or anything like that. i told the players, you know, about the decision. you know, i think they were just happy it was a resolution and

with retired players association to sit down with adam silver as he was taking the reigns from david stern. we sat down and had a great conversation. i think we could tell at that point he always talked about being grateful for the tutelage he got from david stern but he was ready to put his own mark and own ideas on this league. that's are tough shoes to fill. i don't think he expected to start like this his first up at bat. i thought he did an excellent job. >> i never heard praise leveled on a commissioner from players as issued right now. >> new era for the nba? >> in some ways, yes. i do think it's a new era. i think it was unprecedented what happened. i think it goes like we've been talking about beyond the nba and into society with our kids. >> good message for our kids. >> thurl bailey, one of the good things about the story is spending time with you in the studio. coming up, it's described as torture and utter chaos. an execution botched when something goes wrong with the execution. how can something like this happen? we'll explain later "@ this hour." >>> last night an execution

let's go to david stern who joins us live from kiev. these comments by the interior minister, david, have these talks begun? >> reporter: well, no. they have the authorities outside of the security services building in lia gans k. that's where the activists have taken over. they allegedly have hostages and are wired for explosives. the activists deny they have hostages. they also deny they have explosives. but they do have arms. they have opened up an arms cache and they seem to be very heavily armed. it's difficult to say exactly what the situation between the two sides are. if negotiations are begun or if the authorities are just trying to frighten the activists. but, as you say, they have set down this ultimatum. this ultimatum for the eastern part of the country. we also have another building that has been occupied. not by -- not in the same way, but in donetsk there's a group that's barricaded themselves in. they've declared a people's republic of donetsk p p that's for the region. there are two standoffs causing great concern to th

with adam silver at the helm, is he relying on david stern's advice and is david stern playing a roleying to navigate what happens next? >> i am not sure he is but i am sure he is a confidant. but there is a contrary of executives and people he can rely on and lawyers that can help him think through the process. one thing to be very clear about here is the nba has limited rights. the nba cannot terminate his franchise agreement. terminate his franchise agreement unless the other owners choose to do so and under the constitution itself, there are very limited circumstances in which you can terminate an agreement. gambling, you can terminate. -- actual racist patent statements is not specifically in the cost of tuition. >> you write angry op-ed pieces. what is the hot button for you in this discussion? >> i think what we mentioned at the top is we should be talking about these incredible playoff matches and for the first time in decades and the clippers are the talk of the town and not the lakers and instead we are talking about disastrous ownership that for years has been the most desp

maybe as strong as david stern, maybe stronger. >> i think he did the right thing. >> i think he'll be stronger. he'll be much stronger this young man. he got it right. >> meadowlashing can you still hit that half-court shot? >> no. >> you can't hit that half-court shot? you still throwing water? >> i make one out of 1000. >> how come every time i went you never missed the half-court hook, ever? >> i didn't think i could miss. i was real cocky in those days. >> good to see you. tim thanks for being with us. >>> coming up we'll talk about the hypocrisy, why is the naacp giving an award, an honorary award to reverend al sharpton. and we have the next installment of our exclusive hannity investigation as we expose the va betraying our brave men and women in uniform and ann coulter is here tonight on hannity as we continue. nowchoose one option fromith red lothe wood-fire grill,trios! one signature shrimp dish, and a pasta. all on one plate. three delicious choices. all for $15.99 for a limited time only! come sea food differently today! be a sound sleeper, or...l you a mouth breather? wel

>> he flurnished for a long time. >> it's not just david stern.f people turned the other way, right? >> you can't really reflect on the past. >> naacp. >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> you can't reflect on the past. only thing you can do is reflect on what happen sometimes in life it takes a dramatic act for people to come together and see that something is wrong and this is one of those acts that sterling has displayed. and and most people would be puzzled by donald sterling, he gives money to minority organizations, but the fact of the matter is she's very strategic. he gets people to buy in to what he believes. on the surface, he looks like he's a great guy. >> that's what leigh articulated in the beginning. i want rachel to respond first and then you guys can as well. i'm going to read it here. just yesterday, mark cuban said, in this country people are allowed to be morons and forcing someone to sell their team because of what they said in the privacy of their home is a very slippery slope. i mean he obviously said what he said was wrong but do you

he'll be a strong commissioner.r maybe as strong as david stern, maybe stronger. >> i think he did the right thing. >> i think he'll be stronger. i think he's going to be much, . much stronger. this young man, this young man t got it right. >> can you still hit that half-court shot? >> no.u >> you can't hit that half-court shot? you still throwing water? >> i make one out of 1000. >> how come every time i went you never missed the half-court hook, ever? >> i didn't think i could miss. i was real cocky in those days. >> good to see you. with tim, thanks for being with us. >>> coming up we'll talk about the hypocrisy, why is the naacp giving an award, an honorary award to reverend al sharpton. ainsley earhardt is back with io the next n installment in our exclusive hannity investigation as we expose the va betraying our brave men and women in uniform and ann coulter is here tonight on hannity. female announcer: sleep train's interest free for 3 event ends sunday. it's your last chance to get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort; even t

. >> deciding how to move forward, the first big decision since taking over for david stern who led from 1984 to january of this year. this evening, silva talked about the comments. >> the audio recording posted by tmz is truly offensive and disturbing. i understand anger that would be naturally expressed overhearing a tape like this. i also believe, ultimately, the players and the rest of the nba family has confidence we'll deal with it appropriately. >> the warriors take on the clippers tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 followed with live post-game interviews and highlights. >>> we have a little bit of more rain coming in our forecast right now, looking at our tower cam in san francisco. there are some clouds looming above the bay in the dark. francis shows us what is in store for the bay area, francis? >> that's right, ama. we have mid level and high level clouds over the bay area, but enough to show you the view. live doppler 7 hd sweeping around picking up cloud cover, even some light rain and precipitation in the clouds but not quite falling to the ground and i'll show you that there. so

the bbc's david stern is there.asked him what's happening. >> reporter: well, it's not particularly pro-russian as anti-government group. it's a group which is based in the second largest city in ukraine, the eastern city. they have taken over the first two floors of the city administration building. the mayor's building. and they are demanding that the -- the regions in the east be allowed to hold a referendum about extensive autonomy or possibly independence. it should be said that they are there, they are well armed and they're wearing masks. but people are allowed to come in and out of the building at will. there's more of an occupation than i guess you could say a seizure. >> i can see it's a beautiful day. spring is there, david. what about those political tensions behind the scenes in that critical part of the ukrainian industrial base, in the east of the country? >> reporter: nik, i have to say, it's not only behind the scenes. it's out here in donetsk. just a few moments ago a military jet flew over the cen

that is interesting perspective what it says about david stern? >> first of all you have to ask yourself, given the fact that elgin baylor had a lot to say about racism when in his own lawsuit and department of justice do the same thing. now you have players coming out of the woodwork who are saying talking about states he made, why did it take this long? that is the first question. and this is, amazing test for adam silver. can you imagine being the job of your dreams and a couple months into it the irony of this all, is that this is a laker town. it's a laker town and i love the clippers but it's a laker town. this is their chance to finally retake los angeles and -- melissa: does this help our hurt that? if you have a change in ownership, they have a fresh start, does it help them take over from l.a.? i'm from l.a. originally. i understand it's a laker town but also a lot of fair weather fans in l.a. originally from somewhere else. it's a town where people root for other teams as well. >> not anymore. melissa: no. >> thank you. i'm part of the

in his first crisis after taking over as nba commissioner less than three months ago from david stern, adam silver threw the book at l-a clippers owner donald sterling. "mr. sterling may not attend any nbva games, be present at any clippers facility or participate in any decisions relating to the team." players were proud that silver said he'll urge the nba's other owners, to force sterling to sell the clippers three quarters of the owners must agree to it. "we want immediate action. we want a timetable for when this vote will happen." the clippers' website immediately showed only the phrase "we are one" after the commissioner's news conference. according to the commissioner, sterling confirmed the voice on the recordings was his, condeming his girlfriend, vivian stiviano from associating with african-americans including former nba superstar, earvin "magic" johnson. while clippers players turned their jerseys inside out in protest, sponsors, kia motors, carmax and state farm insurance bailed. kevin johnson spoke on behalf of nba players. "i hope every bigot who sees this realizes that

. >> it wasn't a david stern scandal. it was donald sterling. withe talking about it each other.needed to happen and hopefully can still happen. group of find a directors to turn the team over to that board. people.spected magic johnson, what a group of respected people in charge of the team. apologize, say he is incredibly said he knows he made a huge mistake. maybe he will end up like george steinbrenner. >> have you been approached? are people trying to pull groups together? >> there are some calls. initially the discussion was what can he do? what should he do? there are calls being made. david geffen. i seem all the time at the laker games. maybe people switches uniform. reminder of the value of sports franchises. sports. don you are trying to something this quickly, and we are talking about a highly valued team, how does that come together? what kind of map has to take place to figure out whether it can stay to be a local group? >> nothing is going to come together quickly. no one has decided he has to sell the team. what i have heard so far from the legal side is it is wid

. >> i think it's the only black eye on david stern's tenure. david retires a few months ago. we just celebrated everything that david accomplished in the nba and the list of accomplishments is tremendous. this is the only [ eye because we have known this for a long time. >> who wins this? sterling or sober? >> i think adam needs help from the owners. >> kareem? >> iejs it's going to be tough to discipline him because he owns the team. they have to figure out some way to discipline him and let the world know we're not going to tolerate this and do everything we can to represent the way america should be represented. >> apparently you don't have much confidence in not having another citizens united decision here. from the supreme court. anyway, thank you, kareem 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 domi

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. ♪ a question about whether nba picked et right man to succeed david stern commissioner silver handingown stiffest punishment ever. silver banned clippers owner and will now try to force him to sell the team. if it had not been so severe leaders of the players association say they're going to urge their players to boycott playoff games. this is an issue threatening the league and when silver made his decision known today it received universal support. >> mr. sterling may not attend games or practices may not be present at any clippers facility. may not par miss 'tis pat in business or player personnel decisions involving the team. as for mr. sterling's ownership interest in the clippers, i will urge the board of governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team. and will do everything in my power to ensure that that happens. >> among the former nba stars watching at announcement in los angeles former lakers great kareem abdul jabbar. >> his actions and focus were so on the mark. it was so unbelievable. you should have heard us listen together press conference we started c

let's go to the bbc's david stern who joins me from kiev. david, the details coming out suggest really a level of planning and opportunism using pro vac ters to shoot. >> that's right. it was a wide-ranging press conference. obviously this reaches all the way to the top of the government. mr. yanukovych but also some of his top ministers. we heard against russia. the russia secret service is providing weapons and also helping with the planning. this can be very inflammatory. ministers have said they have the evidence to back this up. they have extensive evidence, including phone calls and paper trail, other things including photographs. obviously there's quite a bit there. we have over 100 people who have died. but they say, for instance, one gun killed seven people. >> we are out of luck today. david, we have lost you. the signal has gone down. there you can see the events from february 20th. david, are you back with me? can you hear me? >> reporter: yes, i can hear you. >> pick up from 15 seconds ago. we lost you at that point. >> reporter:

let's go to david stern for more. it seems as things are escalating further in the down trip. what's the latest you're hearing david? >> reporter: it seems they're apparently escalating. we're getting various reports. there are bbc journalist on the ground there. we heard from steve in slovyansk who said things were quiet. dan said one check point he went through manned by the pro russian gunmen. he went through a former check point with no sign of government troops there. the government has said they freed the city hall of pro russian militants there. she says the city hall seems to be in control of the pro russian separatists still. so it's not clear exactly what was going on earlier. there were many reports of fighting and clashes or at least the sound of it. at the moment in slovyansk, things seem to be stable. >> how much weaponry is on the ground as well? pro russian groups, are a lot of them heavily armed? >> reporter: some do seem to be heavily armed. it comes and goes. we can see people walking around with weapons and other times seem to be walking with sticks and meta

let's go to david stern in kiev for us at ukrainian capital. first of all the condition of the mayor and what's happened. what do you know? >> well as you've heard, this has happened in the last hour or so. it's breaking news or happening as we speak. we don't know the condition of the mayor. he is in critical condition. doctors are operating on him. it should be said that's an extremely important city, second largest in kiev -- i'm sorry, ukraine. mr. kenes was formally a pro yanukovych mayor. since yanukovych has been deposed, he has now come out on side of new government. this assassination attempt is very important indeed. there have been disturbances, unrest in the city up until now. it remains to be seen how the situation will affect there. >> there's a situation with monitors who have been held. what's the late oest on that? >> they are not necessarily osce monitors. they're military monitors. they describe themselves as diplomats in uniform. one has been released reportedly for health reasons. seven remain. also ukrainian officers are b

. >> let's go to ukraine and speak to david stern joining us from kiev.what's happening on the ground in the east of the country, in particular kiev and donetsk? >> well with the same situation we've been hearing in nick's report, the tensions remain there. obviously the pro russian gunmen holding the government buildings and in fact towns they have been occupying some time now. the very latest is that the mayor who was shot yesterday has been flown to israel for further treatment. apparently he's in stable condition. it's still serious. that's the extent of what we're hearing. obviously his absence and his shooting adds another element to the instability. many wonder what will happen today since there were the attacks by pro russian separatists or activists on this pro government ukrainian protest or demonstration yesterday. >> you mentioned the mayor being flown to israel. he has an interesting background doesn't he? explain that. he was a member of viktor yanukovych's party. this raises questions about who was behind the shooting. >> exactly tim. it's

♪] >>> good evening, if there is is a question about whether nba picked et right man to succeed david sternng down stiffest punishment ever. silver banned clippers owner and will now try to force him to sell the team. if it had not been so severe leaders of the players association y they're going to urge their players to boycott playoff games. this is an issue threatening the league and when silver made his decision known today it received universal support. >> mr. sterling may not attend games or practices may not be present at any clippers facility. may not par miss 'tis pat in business or player personnel decisions involving the team. as for mr. sterling's ownership interest in the clippers, i will urge the board of goveors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team. and will do everything in my power to ensure that that happens. >> among the former nba stars watching at announcement in los angeles former lakers great kareem abdul jabbar. >> his actions and focus were so on the mark. it was so unbelievable. you should have heard us listen together press conference we started c

heat sensing his protected by a leg was your feeling about that and be very surprised to know david stern from going back and really surprise me if things look like by this would to but not and never let the law really don't know. you think about the other owners who are scared. >> : people do things on the cover of darkness hopefully know what the polls everybody will be on the same page with this. should the nba owners have off clause in the constitution that covers this kind of thing you think. again i'm not on that level but a short they would have something in there that would protect a make the owners stand up ever is governed by elite. should that clause of some sort of cover this type of behavior. >> : you support that. no question anything that would flow our game i think is very very important. i understand that i can delete it is very different in 1916 and had made a lot of progress. we will continue to move forward. in the game is just underway the infighter for player for corporate what is impact emotionally all this on both teams. both coaches are concerned about that becaus

>> i think that's a good question, and as much as i admire and have tremendous exsent for david sternhe dropped the ball on this. donald sterling has work going back decades, the way he treated workers in his own organization, i think this all provided some grounds for at least a shot across the [ inaudible ] so he would be prepared to get in line. >> what can the league actually do here? >> i think there has to be some kind of bylaws that have to do with behavior, and statements, detrimental to the image and integrity of the league and the game. i think the owners can get together and do something, they can most certainly show that it is unlikely that free agents will sign with him, he may not even be able to sign the players on the team now. it's questionable whether he will be able to get his drift picks to sign on for him. who wants to work for him? and then it becomes a league matter because you have a franchise that is non-functional. >> in fact the league itself can only impose penalties, fines, something of that sort as we see sometimes done with players. in this case when peo

david stern and roger gadill are tough to people in these types of insstances and i am sure adam silver spent a lifetime preparing for this position will take it in account. i believe that sperling should be suspended and not able to go in any nba arena. >> before i let you go. you mention the collective bargaining agreement and the position the players for. i am curious with the relationships with players and donald sperling. he is 81 years old and longest tenured owner. and does he reach out to the players. you covered him. what type of a relationship does he have with them? >> no relationship and for him to now reach out and say something there is no defense. he said the words. i know he is saying other litigation and involved and this woman after him is supposed mistress and person he was spending type with and had a vendetta and she also stole money from him and so forth. he still said the words and i don't know if the tape was or was not doctored but he said it and to roach out to his players it is all damage control and no way to unwind it. it is done. passage of time make its be

a lawyer for david stern. he's a good guy. >> what do you think he should do? >> i don't know they have -- i don't know the bylaws of the league, but he has to go. >> this guy, donald sterling, should not own a team? >> he's got to go. because he's tainted all the other 29 partners. he's tainting the league and he's tainting america. and when you hear something like that, that is the mentality of a slave master. he sees his players as slaves. >> he feeds them. he -- >> yes. what is that? >> he works them. >> and then i want to say -- i want to say what magic said. not just magic. people say, doesn't he know all of his players are black? yeah, he knows that. masters know that, too, when we were out there in the cotton fields and whatnot, would go. so had he has to go and i would like to see even though the league is 75% african-american, i think this is -- outside fr from -- i this -- i ven heard from white players. >> you think -- >> everyone. if you are someone who believes in humanity, justice for all, whether based on race, sex, whatever, this is a front to