david stern did us a huge favor, he banned it in the nba. we ran a big ad saying, banned in the nba and every kid wanted a shoe. david: michael jordan has not played in the nba for more than a decade but the shoe is still the best selling shoe. why is that? phil: when michael jordan required -- retired we were selling $700 million of jordan products. really knew who he was. some kids do not know who he was. it became a brand. it went from an endorsement to a brand area -- a brand. david: let's talk about your philanthropy for a moment. when did you realize that you cannot take it with you and your better to give it away. phil: it was early in the process. give a $40d you million gift or $500 million gift, do you write a check out or you wire the money? ♪ david: because of the success of the company, you are one of the wealthiest men in the united states and in the world. also one of the biggest philanthropist in the united states and the world. cannotd you realize you take it with you and you are better to give it away? at what point do you s

david stern did us a really huge favor. they banned it in the nba. an a big ad that said banned in the nba, and every kid wanted the shoes then. [laughter] david: when you wear his shoes, do you jump higher. if i wore those shoes, i wouldn't be jumping higher, right? phil: you might. david: i might go get some. ♪ ♪ david: there was a university of oregon runner, steve prefontaine, a legendary track star, and you became close to him. how did you get him to wear your shoes? phil: well, we worked at it and worked at it and worked at it. he had worn adidas his whole life, but he was right there in eugene, and we had a small office in eugene, and the guy who ran the office became his brother practically and ultimately convinced him to switch to nike, and he was our first roll prominent track and field athlete. david: you win after others. you have to pay them to use your shoes or they just like it so much they use your shoes? phil: they just like it so much. david: really? phil: no. [laughter] phil: if they are good enough, they demand an endorsement fee f

david stern did us a huge favor. he banned it in the nba. ran a big ad that said banned in the nba, and every kid wanted them. [laughter] david: when you wear his shoes, do you jump higher. if i wore those shoes, i wouldn't be jumping higher, right? phil: you might. david: i might go get some. ♪ david: there was a university of oregon runner, steve prefontaine, a legendary track star, and you became close to him. how did you get him to wear your shoes? phil: well, we worked at it and worked at it and worked at it. obviously, that he had worn adidas his whole life, but he was right there in eugene, and we had a small office in eugene, and the guy who ran the office became his brother practically and ultimately convinced him to switch to nike, and he was our first real prominent track and field athlete. david: you went after others. you have to pay them to use your shoes or they just like it so much they use your shoes? phil: they all just like it so much, they wear them. david: really? phil: no. [laughter] phil: if they are good enough, they

david stern did us a huge favor. he banned it in the nba. hat said "banned in the nba" and every kid wanted to shoe. david: it is still may be a best-selling basketball shoe? we were selling billions worth of jordan already and some kids knew who he was but some kids didn't know who he was. it became a brand. david: can you jump higher? if i were the shoes, i wouldn't jump higher. you might. >> when did you realize you just can't take it with you? and better to give it away? disappear.all they said, if this is a dream, don't wake me. david: when you get a $500 million gift, do you wire the money? is it hard to write this checks? mr. knight: yes. ♪ david: because of the success of the company, you're one of the wealthiest men in the united dates and one of the wealthiest men in the world. you're also one of the biggest philanthropist. this talk about philanthropy for a moment. when did you realize you can't take it with you and better to give it away? at what point, do you say you have to do something with this other than hold onto it? mr. kni

, handsome, spoke well, and the shoe was distinctive looking and david stirred did as a huge -- david sterns a huge favor. he banned them in the nba. and so we ran a big ad that said "banned in the nba" and every kid wanted the shoe. [laughter] david: michael jordan has not played for more than a decade and yet the shoe is still your best-selling basketball shoe. why is that? phil: we were selling $700 million worth of jordan products when he retired. it has now become a brand and we are selling over $3 billion, but some kids don't even know who he was. they know he is all-time great, but some kids don't even know who he was. it went from an endorsement into a brand. david: when you wear his shoes, do you jump higher? if i wore the shoes, i would not jump higher, right? phil: you might. david: i will go get some. when you realize you can't take -- when did you realize you can't take it with you and it is better to give it away? phil: it was late in the process because i kept thinking it was all going to disappear. i'll reset if this is a dream, don't wake me. -- i have often said if this is

we have david stern, he co-wrote the initial politico article on which all of this is based and cnn politics'serica. let's start at the beginning. david do you think that the trump team is trying to conflate these two things, that whatever meeting don junior had with this russian attorney is eclipsed, they say, by whatever this dnc consultant did with ukraine. what is your take on this? >> well, first of all, i want to say i'm not here to say whether there was collusion or not collusion. that's not my place to say that. i would say that in broad strokes what we have here is a similar situation, as we've had previously. it's not unknown. we've had these discussions many times before about foreign governments taking an interest in the american elections. we are the most powerful country in the world and obviously people do try to influence it in their own way. so in a broad way, yes. these are similar situations. but when you dig down into the details they're very, very different. it's important to note the difference. we said in our article -- this was back in january, already there were obviou

and the shoe was distinctive aoking and david stern did us huge favor, he banned them in the nba. we ran a big ad that said "banned in the nba" and every kid wanted the shoe. [laughter] david: michael jordan has not played in the nba for more than a decade and the shoe is to your best-selling basketball shoe, why is that? phil: when michael jordan retired, we were selling $700 million worth of jordan products . it has now become a brand and we are selling over $3 billion, but some kids don't even know who he was. it became a brand. it went from an endorsement into a brand. david: when you wear his shoes, do jump higher? if i wore the shoes, i would not be jumping higher, right? phil: you might. david: i will go get some. let's talk about your philanthropy. when did you realize you can't take it with you and it is better to give it away? phil: it was late in the process because i kept thinking it was all going to disappear. i have often said if this is a dream, don't wake me. david: when you give a $500 million gift, you write a check out? check?ard to write that phil: yes. ♪ ♪ dav

vogel and david stern. it says, ukrainian government officials tried to help hillary clinton and undermine trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office. they also disseminated documents implicating a top trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election. and they helped clinton's allies research damaging information on trump and his advisors, a "politico" investigation found. a ukrainian american operative, who was consulting for the democratic national committee, met with top officials in the ukrainian embassy in washington in an effort to expose ties between trump top campaign aide paul manafort and russia, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation. this is "politico" reporting of the collusion between hillary clinton, her campaign, and the country of ukraine to stop and defeat trump. now, where has the "politico" reporting on this issue been since january? i appreciate them pointing this out back in january. but appare

david: trying to sort out soon, michel barnier gave a pretty stern talk of the european commission sayinghe british people as well as the government was not coming to terms with what brexit went -- what brexit meant. you have to give up some things. the clock is ticking. do you think the people and the government are prepared to make the compromises required to have an effective agreement? >> good question. the british people increasingly are becoming aware that brexit is going to be costly. the negotiation is not about now can we have a cost free wonderful new relationship where the british people are no worse off. that is not an option. it is about limiting damage. you will see numbers of members of parliament saying that we ought to think about this again. the british people are's -- are that it is, possible. we can have our cake and eat it. we don't have to sign a large check. we don't have to have freedom of movement but we can have friction free trade with the european commission. the rest of the eu and we can have single markets and all of those things. the problem is that no one h