"cnn's special report" with don lemon is coming up. >> i'm don lemon. we have a live exclusive interview in just moments that you don't want to miss. first, i want to tell you donald sterling is not a racist. well, at least according to him he's not. but a more exclusive interview anderson cooper, he admits he did make a mistake but says nothing about selling the los angeles clippers and tonight we have an exclusive interview with a man who says he is the one, he recorded one of the phone calls with donald sterling and then released them to the media. we're going to press him on that and what those tapes reveal. plus, donald sterling says he's not a racist though his own words tell a very different story. how do any of us really know if we are racist? plus, bieber in trouble with the law again. is celebrity behavior get worse or are we just living in a world where cameras are everywhere? before we get to all of that, we want to begin with that breaking news. an aspiring rapper by the name of mazz ratty man is a friend of donald sterling and he recorded

it's cnn's don lemon, officially dr. words of wisdom when he gave today's commencement speech at emerson college in boston. listen to leno's serious advice for new college grads. >> accept criticism, resolve to do better. you know something? i never read bad review, i always read bad reviews. you'll learn more from your critics than you'll ever learn from your friends. >> our own don lemon warmed up the crowd. he received an honorary degree from emerson, so he's now officially dr. don lemon. ♪ >> don lemon, talented journalist, revered role model and courageous advocate for gay rights. your courageous memoir titled "transparent" broke important new ground in which you became one of the first nationally known broadcast news anchors to come out as gay. >> by virtue of the power invested in me by the commonwealth of massachusetts, and by the board of trustees of emerson college, i hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of dr. of humane letters which you have justly earned with all the rights pertaining thereto and welco

i am not don lemon. ouse correspondents dinner. don went to change clothes because you know how he does his prime time. >> that is so diva. >> i went to put his sunday go to meeting clothes because we are about to be live and giving everyone an inside look at the white house correspondents dinner. i am told we have the pool cameras up and we will take you inside. you have been coming to what affect iio affectionately called the nerd prom. >> i was doing news in washington. it was a very uncomfortable comfortable with don imus there. it's just a chance everybody to laugh and relax, the whole thing. >> that is what we are going to do for about three hours tonight. laugh, relax, and bring you the dinner and all its purest form. suzanne, don, and myself when we come back after the break. stay with us. b 'cause he studied all the right courses from the get-go. and that's an accountant, a mom, a university of phoenix scholarship recipient, who used our unique --scratch that-- awesome career-planning tool. and t

tonight's special report with don lemon starts now. >> this is a cnn special report, i'm don lemon. tonight, magic's he moment. magic sits down with anderson cooper and takes on his biggest critic, donald sterling. >> i'm one of the leaders in the black community. so i can't let anybody attack our people and not respond. >> so why would donald sterling attack a legend of the nba and american icon? >> i think he should be ashamed of himself. i think he should go into the background. what does he do for the black people? doesn't do anything. >> here is reality, as donald sterling goes down in flames, he is pouring the gasoline himself. and it all started with a conversation in his own home. what does that have to do with this? the jay-z elevator video. the fact that we even know about these events. is it an invasion of privacy? that's a hot issue that we are debating tonight. >> the right to privacy and right to free speech. what exactly does that mean any more? donald sterling was having a private conversation with a loved one in his own home and in his own home he is free to say and

and don lemon will be live here at midnight on cnn with that press conference from kuala lumpur. >>> as hillary clinton weighs a bid for the white house there is one issue that could be a deal-breaker. >>> and the exclusive interview with president bush, what he says about his brother in 2016. hey kevin...still eating chalk for hearburn? yea. try alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heart burn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. alka-seltzer fruit chews. enjoy the relief! nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app.

oh, where can i begin, will cain, mel robbins and don lemon. >> some friend, huh?just say your expectation of privacy sin the commission of a crime. monica didn't commit a crime. can i remind everybody right now for the last 16 years that woman has been vilified. she's been shredded and humiliated. it continues. expectation of privacy >> she dade because she lied on an affidavit under oath. that's not what this is about. >> that's not what linda trip is referring to. >> that's true. the truth is i look at this story very differently than i think the rest of the world does because i look at it through the lens of what does it take somebody to survive the most huh mailiating thing that drives you to want to kill yourself, basically. how does somebody survive that. we're all very are different. look at this as a story, i could care less about what happened 16 years ago, i look at this as a story of somebody who was able to push through it finally. it may have taken her longer than most people think they would be able to get through. >> conservatives loved this story 1

i'm don lemon. breaking news on two big stories. there are reports from "sports illustrated" and from usa today that donald sterling through a new lawyer told the nba that he will not pay his fine, and he will sue. plus, fires burning out of control in southern california. threatening homes and generating fire nados. cnn is on the scene. first, we get to cnn's gary tuchman. he is in san marcos, california where fierce files forced at least 23,000 people out of their homes. gary, there are multiple houses burning in something calls fire nados. what is going on where you are? >> don, i can tell you, this has been a scary frightening volatile day here in san diego county. this is san marcos, california. you see fire trucks there. they just put out a blaze on top of the hill. perhaps we've reached a turning point. you can see the helicopter dumping water right there. winds have now calmed down. the weather has gotten cooler. but many homes have been destroyed, don. you're talking about those fire nados. basically a fire tornado, combina

also with us, anna navarro and our cnn anchor, don lemon.the book on this whole sex scandal. it really changed her life. she went on to go to the london school of economics, got a master's degree, but she's now 40 years old, she can't really get a serious job. >> and more importantly from her perspective, because i did a lot of reporting about her, i've met her. she wanted one thing out of life, she wanted to get married and have a family. here she is, 40 years old, hasn't happened for her, no career, no family. it's a sad story. she behaved badly, the president behaved badly, but no one deserves to suffer for this long. she's become so famous, so infamous, that unlike the president, she's not been able to get her life on track and it's sad. >> she's 40 now, 24 at the time of the affair. don, she writes this in the article, i was never quite right for the position. in some cases, i was right for all the wrong reasons, as in, of course your job would require you to attend events and these would be events at which press would be in attendance.

i'm don lemon. i'm don lemon. right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the nba commission is working on stripping donald sterling from the team he owned. the spark? racially loaded language caught on tape. the added fuel?

by the way, don lemon hit it, it's the tip of the iceberg. that was only one small snippet of what anderson keeper was able to talk to don steriling about. you're going to hear more about it. magic johnson immediately got ahold of anderson cooper and said we will be talking about this on your program if you'll have me. 8:00 eastern tonight. sterling seems to be digging his heels in. he wants to keep his team. he says he thinks the nba doesn't want him. i'm not sure he knows what he's talking about anymore. the way everyone else is talking, sounds like that man's not listening. >>> breaking news comes out of florida. two health care workers at a hospital in orlando where a patient is being treated for mers are now being tested for that disease after suffering flu-like symptoms. mers stands for middle east respiratory syndrome. cnn's medical correspondent is reporting they are now trying to contact a number of people about this. she joins me live about this on the phone. i'm seeing there are possibly around 500 people who may have come into cont

i want to bring in don lemon, a writer for espn. l, what are your reactions to these statements made about magic johnson, a true icon. how shocked were you? >> i was shocked that he in the first place would even utter a negative word about magic johnson. i agree with you that he's a role model. but magic johnson has done a lot for every community. is he a philanthropist, someone who helps everyone. yes, minorities, african-americans. he helps everyone. and, wolf, remember when the president just a few months ago announces my brother's keeper because we have that really great conversation with magic johnson live on the air about what needed to be done to help young, black enmany, what needed to be done to help minority communities? he cares. so for anything to come out of donald sterling's mouth that has anything negative to say about magic johnson is just way off. it's just off base and it's insulting and ridiculous. >> it certainly is. l.z., in that first shot that we showed of magic johnson, you saw adam silver of the nba standing

you can catch more of this and later subject, later tonight, special report with don lemon that airs only here on cnn. 10:00 p.m. eastern. i recommend you check it out. 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> other news we're following, leaders of the republican establishment are promising to crush tea party challengers in this midterm election year. we're getting an early test of that today as three states hold primary contests, including north carolina, where voting ends soon. our political reporter peter hamby is in north carolina for us. set the scene for us, peter. >> reporter: hey, wolf, you're exactly right. look, outside groups, the republican establishment that galaxy of party committees, operatives, business interests, who really above all else care about winning and taking over the u.s. senate are really spending heavily here in north carolina. this is the marquee race of the day. republican senate primary. republican thom tillis is the state house speaker, has the establishment support, and the goal for him today is to clear 40% and avoid a runoff election, which would happen in july and

cnn special report with don lemon starts right now. >>> this is a cnn special report. i'm don lemon. tonight, an iconic face of the 1990s resurfaces after years of silence. monica lewinski speaks out. also, a legal word brewing in the donald sterling saga. the reported owner is on the hunt for an all-star legal team. we could be in for a long hall. >>> tennessee state senator refuses to apologize for comparing obama care to the holocaust. and rushes to apologize for -- well, you just have to see it. >> in the hunt for flight 370. a new poll suggests a large majority of americans believe the plane was taken down by terror. we're going to begin tonight with monica lewinski. just think about the news lately, right? we have spent a lot of time covering people who fall from grace and become social pa ryas. donald sterling is just the latest example. america loves a good redemption story for almost everyone. to hear a few names, bill clinton, charlie sheen, paula deen, martha stewart, kim kardashian, bill o'reilly, david letterman. vanessa williams, rob lowe, hugh grant and

cnn special report with don lemon starts right now. >> this is a cnn special report. i'm don lemon. for years the l.a. clippers were the laughing stock of the nba. tonight the clippers are one of eight teams left in the second round of the playoffs. as a team they have never had it so good or so bad. 28 owners will soon decide the fate of donald sterling's investment which could be worth over half a billion dollars. how would that vote go? i will talk with layla a lichld, daughter of the world champion and civil right icon muhammad ali. and we have the latest on the search for flight 3670. your tweets about the plane and donald sterling pouring in by the minute and my experts are standing by to answer them for you. forcing donald sterling to sell the clippers would be a wrong to his wrong. booting him out is okay. i want to begin with the fallout from donald sterling's racist rant. if you ask the american public, the people, it's not on easy decision. 47% of the public supports a forced sale of the team, while 50% are against it. could donald sterling hold on to his team? joining me

i'm don lemon. i'm don lemon.right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. breaks news tonight. was it something he said? nba officials take the next step to bounce donald sterling and say our exclusive interview with him is one more reason why he has to go. also tonight, the heat now r50e67ing the white house from the story we first broke on the va hospital scan tall. new questions and now new answers on what president obama knew.

i'm don lemon, thanks for watching.od evening, a powerful storm system with 40 million in the path from minnesota to texas. there is at least one confirmed tornado on the ground this evening. and at last check it was barrelling towards a major metropolitan area. meteorologist chad myers joins me now, 47 million people in the path. >> it is a large area, you go all the way from central minnesota all the way to round rock, texas, anderson.

don lemon starts right now. >>> this is a cnn special report, i'm don lemon. monica lewinsky's bombshell article hits newsstands. we got it tonight. who is really to blame for her troubles? >>> with a legal war brewing against the nba, is the amendment on donald sterling's side? could he take the entire league down with him? legal experts and attorneys are here to debate. >>> well, last night i got barbed rig bashed right here on my own show. why? just for being honest, for telling that i think monica lewinsky is to blame for everything that happened with bill clinton. bill clinton said, i did something terrible just because i could. tonight monica lewinsky by her own doing is back in the spotlight after 15 years with a revealing article in vanity fair. america loves a comeback and monica has never been able to garner herself one. i believe the public has largely moved on but she has not. she is stuck. i am happy that she has now realized that it is time for her to own her own destiny. because i was reprimanded by almost every one of my guests, tonight i got n

don lemon is here right now. >> this is "cnn special report." i'm don lemon.er tape alleged donald sterling saying, what, me, racist? ridiculous. i have expert attorneys debating the issue of race in america and the impact of the donald sterling saga and they will be answering your questions as well. >>> plus, this infamous moment, the birth of reality tv. remember this, everyone? i certainly do. it's 20 years since o.j. simpson's riveting bronco chase down the san diego freeway. 95 million people tuned in to watch. you probably did, too. we're going to tell you why this may be the moment that kicked off a binge of unscripted reality tv that is still going strong. >>> look, we're going to start with donald sterling. i'm not an audio expert but a new recording that you're about to be reported to be donald sterling talking to a friend denying he's a racist certainly could be the same voice on the first recording with v. stiviano, the one that surfaced a couple of weeks ago with the racist statements. so let's just assume that it is him. then why is he talking ag

jeffrey toobin is joining us as well as don lemon and lz gunderson.e're talking about $2.5 billion. there's a bidding war going on right now for the clippers. >> well, you know, i was just telling someone that i've been hearing this $2.5 billion number and i think people are getting ahead of themselves. this is the in. nba. not the nfl. to let you know how much value the team actually could pull in when the team does sell, i wouldn't go 1.5 to 2 billion just yet. there will be a bidding war but i don't think you're going to see those numbers. >> i'm hearing that those numbers are pretty realistic. apparently there's a serious bidding war. the word on the street, oprah may be out but magic johnson's name is certainly in there. how appropriate would that be in magic johnson, who is the victim who was attacked by donald sterling emerged as at least one of the co-owners of the clippers? >> i think it would be very interesting and i have to tell you the talk over at dinner, everywhere i went, people were like, hey, what is going on with donald sterling? wo

joining me now to talk about it, don lemon, cnn legal analyst sunny hostin and political commentator re to walk? >> there is only two sides to the street. that is a good point there. okay, but don, to you first. cuban kind of tweeted an apology of sorts today. he said in hindsight i should have used different examples. i didn't consider the trayvon martin family, and i apologize to them for that. beyond apologizing to the martin family, i stand by the words and the substance of the interview. so the hoodie of course, the symbol of the trayvon martin case. but was this a poor choice of words that sort of overshadowed? let me play devil's advocate here, overshadowed maybe a valid point that a lot of people actually connect with? >> i think that his examples were poor. i think he, you know, was inartful the way he said it. but when i got called to come here, why are we here? i don't understand the controversy really. i think he was very honest. and i think we cannot have it both ways where we say we have to talk about race, we have to talk about race. important moment someone like mark c

i'm don lemon. thanks for watching tonight.. >>> good evening. 60 mile-an-hour winds in california. a foot and a half of rain on the gulf coast. out west, there is a fire in the san bernardino forest and it's taking aim north of rancho kuk ka money ga forcing homeowners to flee. the earth gave way opening up and swalg a line of

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i did everything for this man in the last flthree years. >> let's bring in jeffrey toobin, don lemon, washington sports columnist, mike wise. could there with serious legal recourse against sterling if he, his associates were engaged in trying to destroy evidence, or lying, stuff like that? >> as a theoretical matter, i suppose it's possible. there's no way a los angeles district attorney is going to wake up in the morning and say, you know what, i want my first witness to be v. stiviano. they don't want to get involved in this sort of nonsense. this is something for the nba to deal with. it's very bad for sterling to keep control of the franchise, but i mean, i don't think the government needs to be involved here. >> don, listen to what else v. stiviano told dr. phil. >> never did he ever come on to me. what i meant by him being in love with me, i meant in love like a person, like a tour. in love with me in terms of hu also wanted to protect me. i sometimes make bad choices and associated myself with bad people. >> all right. let me get your reaction. what do you think about that? >>

cnn's special report with don lemon starts right now. >>> this is a cnn special report, i'm don lemon. monica lewinsky's bombshell article in "vanity fair" hits newsstands tomorrow, but we got our hands on it tonight. who's really to blame for her troubles? >>> and the donald sterling trauma, you may hate what he said, but did he have the right to say it? with a legal war brewing against the nba, is the amendment on donald sterling's side? could he take the entire league down with him? legal experts and attorneys are here to debate. well, last night i got bashed right here on my own show. why? just for being honest, for telling what i think to be the truth about monica lewinsky, that she is partly to blame for the whole mess in which she's trying to claw back. bill clinton is partially responsible, as well. bill clinton said, i did something terrible just because i could. i think that's about the most morally indefensible reason anybody could have for doing everything. tonight, monica lewinsky by her own doing is back in the spotlight after 15 years with a revealing article in "vanity

now, here's don lemon. >> welcome, everyone. well, you can say 2,700 people in this room are lucky tonight, but i don't think they're as lucky as having robin leech give you a shout-out. welcome, everyone, to our special coverage of the white house correspondents' dinner and the one night in washington when everyone takes a break from their daily routine and gets along with everyone. this is brett larson, our tech expert. there's a lot of selfies and tweeting from the room going on. brett is going to help me get through this. and the country, because the country has such a low opinion of the jobs that both the president and the congress are doing, these politicians need to focus on on improving their own credibility, so they do what any normal person would do, they invite a bunch of hollywood celebrities to the party. they even rolled out the red carpet, so the actors and the actresses didn't have to bring their own. and lent cnn a little space on it, so we could fawn along with the rest of you. and that's where we find our ente

i am don lemon.breaking news tonight, a news conference in kuala lumpur in the hunt for flight 370. we will bring it to you live as soon as it begins. meanwhile, what may be the most inexplicable thing about the mystery? >> malaysia 370 contact ho chi mihn. >> after those last words, it was four hours before anyone made the slightest attempt to rerescue anyone on board. four hours may have sealed their fate. you have been tweeting. why don't we find out what the authorities were doing for four hours while flight 370 went missing. let's begin with what we learned today about what happened in the hours after flight 370 disappeared. the newly released report offers a most comprehensive account so far about the fate of the plane and its passengers. cnn's jean cnn's jean is a sars has that. >> it takes 17 minutes from the time the plane disappeares from the cream until authorities realize it is missing. ho chi mihn control in vietnam contacts counter parts. they contact malaysian airlines, singapore, hong

joining us, our panel, don lemon, cnn anchor, cnn commentator, l.z. y toobin, senior legal analyst. don, what did you think? >> where do i start, wolf? i was about to jump out of my chair. i'm going to preface this by saying this guy is an eight-track tape in an itunes era. if donald sterling thinks that he helped himself, or if that attorney thinks he helped donald sterling, then he is sadly mistaken. that man that was just on television is just as out of touch, if not more, than donald sterling with the things that were coming out of his mouth. if you're going to get on television and going to talk about how you supported black causes, you should know that the name is united negro college fund, not the united negro fund. you should not get on television and say that donald sterling has been a member in good standing of the league when he actually sued the league because he wanted to move the team from san diego to los angeles. you should not get on television saying that donald sterling is not a racist and we should not believe our own ears because h

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our legal analyst jeffrey toobin is here, rachel nichols is here, don lemon is here as well.hat about this law as far as no legal status? >> i think we are somewhat overstating what a problem this is for the nba. the nba is an association. it has bylaws. it is not a corporation. this is a group that controls its own membership. if they want to throw these people out, they are going to throw them out. divorce, single, remarried, whatever. yes, it's a complication but, you know what, money solves everything. someone will come around with an enormous check, as you said, up to a billion dollars, and they will just go away. >> rachel, you had an exclusive interview with lebron james and you asked him about this is sterling scandal, this fiasco. what did he tell you? >> a couple nights ago, roger mason went on tv and scared a whole lot of people. he said that if donald sterling was still the owner of this clippers' team in the fall, that the players would boycott and he said that lebron james is not playing if donald sterling still owns the team. this created a lot of hubbub. i wen

eastern cnn tonight with don lemon. we'll be watching.ks very much. >>> just ahead, the leaders of north korea's brutal regime now saying, the leader, that is, kim jong-un saying he's feeling the pain of his countrymen. what is he up to? stay with us. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. you always get the lowest price book any flight or hotel and if you find it for less we'll match it and give you fifty dollars back that's the expedia guarantee c'mon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast, with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact. and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... tums

in the meantime, jeffrey toobin, rachel nichols, and don lemon.ey toobin, one of the things in this document the nba now has summarized, the legal arguments they are making against sterling, and i'll put it up on the screen as this, if the board, nba board of governors, by a three-fourths vote sustains termination charges on the basis of sterling's words, actions, and views, the constitution, nba constitution, calls for the entirety of the los angeles clippers membership in the nba to be automatically terminated." how do you read that, jeffrey? >> it's the death penalty. it's the provision that says we're going to take your franchise away and it takes three-quarters of the 29 owners who own teams in the nba to say we don't want you in our association anymore. and this is a key point. the nba is not a company. it is not a -- you know, it's not a publicly held corporation. it's an association. and they speak of members. and the owners are members of an association and they can choose to admit people and they can choose to reject people according to

don lemon has been taking a look at it. don?inable and happened in the town of brentwood, about 25 miles from manchester, new hampshire. pli police were dispatched to investigate an altercation between a father and his son. >> reporter: this violent explosion tearing through a new hampshire home is leaving police puzzled, and adding to the mystery just moments before the massive explosion, a man in the home shot and killed a police officer. >> we just felt an explosion. looked at each other, we got to get out of here. >> reporter: officer steve arkell was responding to a call of disturbance when he was fatally shot. >> officers arrived. a short time later the home was engulfed in flames and later exploded. >> reporter: according to neighbors, nolan lived in the home with his father. neighbors also saying a loud argument could be heard before the blast. >> we could see our house -- we saw the explosion go up and stuff, like blow over to our house. >> not only did we hear, we saw simultaneously. very frightening. >> reporter: the

i'm don lemon. breaking news on two big stories.rts illustrated" and from usa today that donald sterling through a new lawyer told the nba that he will not pay his fine, and he will sue. plus, fires burning out of control in southern california. threatening homes and generating fire nados. cnn is on the scene. first, we get to cnn's gary tuchman. he is in san marcos, california where fierce files forced at least 23,000 people out of their homes. gary, there are multipleou

cnn special report with don lemon starts right now. >> this is a cnn special report. i'm don lemon. laughing stock of the nba. tonight the clippers are one of eight teams left in the second round of the playoffs. as a team they have never had it so good or so bad. 28 owners will soon decide the fate of donald sterling's investment which could be worth over half a billion dollars. how would that vote go? i will talk with laila ali, daughter of the world champion and civil right icon muhammad ali. and we have the latest on the search for flight 370. your tweets about the plane and donald sterling pouring in by the minute and my experts are standing by to answer them for you. forcing donald sterling to sell the clippers would be a wrong to his wrong.

don lemon is here right now. >> this is "cnn special report." i'm don lemon.hat, me, racist? ridiculous. i have expert attorneys debating the issue of race in america and the impact of the donald sterling saga and they will be answering your questions as well. >>> plus, this infamous moment, the birth of reality tv. remember this, everyone? i certainly do. it's 20 years since o.j. simpson's riveting bronco chase down

i'm don lemon. another tape alleged donald sterling saying, what, me, racist? ridiculous.impact of the donald sterling saga and they will be answering your questions as well. >>> plus, this infamous moment, the birth of reality tv. remember this, everyone? i certainly do. it's 20 years since o.j. simpson's riveting bronco chase down the san diego freeway. 95 million people tuned in to watch. you probably did, too. we're going to tell you why this

we're back with jeffrey, suzanne, don lemon and mr. granderson. we left the last part of this conversation, don you wanted to weigh in. >> jeffrey says it won't happen. i think it's a real possibility. in this particular situation this is unprecedented. the easiest way to get rid of donald sterling, he's 80 years old with nothing to lose the easiest thing to do is kick the team out of the league. but the nba even if they kick the team out of the league, jeffrey, they won't leave those players hanging without jobs. the quickest and easiest way is to get rid of the team. he'll have a franchise but no team. >> john, i don't think the nba constitution necessarily allows for the solution you're proposing. there is a very simple solution which is forges the nba to conduct an auction for the franchise. basically forcing him to put it up for sale. that's what we've been discussing since this story broke. the idea of disbanding the franchise and starting it again i don't know what that accomplishes, and the nba, especially the players, they want jobs for t

granderson, don lemon, and james rainy from the "los angeles times" who has broken details in the storyr sources telling you, james, first of all, an shelly sterling to try to maintain some ownership in the team. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, i am hearing the same thing i think you are, she would like to maintain an ownership interest perhaps to make an immediate sale, but the thing everyone here has to remember, maybe you've already spoken about this is there can be no transfer from donald sterling to shelly sterling without approval of the nba owners. so if the other 29 owners don't approve this, it's as if it didn't happen. donald can do whatever he thinks he's doing with the transfer but it's like it doesn't exist. it could be much adieu about nothing. i don't know if this is going to be a hiccup in the long-term transformation. >> clearly the nba is hoping to avoid legal battles and avoiding a vote on june 3rd by the 29 other owners, james. let the two individuals, the steri sterlings to sell the team. is that likely? >> that might be one good people to ask the people

"cnn's special report" with don lemon is coming up. >> i'm don lemon.e exclusive interview in just moments that you don't want to miss. first, i want to tell you donald sterling is not a racist. well, at least according t

i'm randi kaye in no don lemon.oday after nearly five years of captivity by the taliban. sergeant bowe bergdahl since 2009 only seen in pictures and videos released by his captors. us special forces went in and picked him up in eastern afghanistan today. he was the only member of the u.s. military still held captive from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. at the same time, today, five detainees at guantanamo bay are released and now in the air en route to qatar. we just heard from the white house. they told us to expect president obama to speak from the rose garden about the release of bowe bergdahl at 6:15 eastern time. in the meantime, the people closest to bowe bergdahl never gave up hope that he would someday come home. here is cnn's jake tapper. >> get me! release me, please! i'm begging you! bring me home, please? bring me home. >> reporter: that is bowe bergdahl the only member of the u.s. military in enemy captivity. he had just turned 27 but four years of his short life have been spent in captivity held by a

tonight's special report with don lemon starts now. >> this is a cnn special report, i'm don lemon.ight, magic's he moment. magic sits down with anderson cooper and takes on his biggest critic, donald sterling. >> i'm one of the leaders in the black community. so i can't let anybody attack our people and not respond. >> so why would donald sterling attack a legend of the nba and american icon? >> i think he should be ashamed of himself. i think he should go into

i'm miguel marques in for don lemon. in san diego the firefighters say they have the advantage over a wave of ferocious wildfires. that doesn't mean the fires are out. far from it. thousands of acres north of san diego are still burning. dozens of homes and businesses are gone. and this western wildfire season has just gotten started. paul vercammen is in california. this is not a good sign for the rest of the fire season. they could use some rain out there, yes, paul? >> joo they could. i remember a piece you did when you were walking the central valley in california. extreme, exceptional or severe drought throughout california. the good news this san marcus fire is 70% contained and most of the san diego fires in the right direction. the drought is getting worse. when you look at the vegetation they say it's stressed. the vegetation can come back. but you need? rain. we are just not getting any rain in the west. i was talking with a top federal fire official and they said where are the areas of concern? almost all of c

tonight's special report with don lemon starts now. >> this is a cnn special report, i'm don lemon.gic's he moment. magic sits down with anderson cooper and takes on his biggest critic, donald sterling. >> i'm one of the leaders in the black community. so i can't let anybody attack our people and not respond. >> so why would donald sterling attack a legend of the nba and american icon? >> i think he should be ashamed of himself. i think he should go into the background. what does he do for the black people? doesn't do anything. >> here is reality, as donald sterling goes down in flames, he is pouring the gasoline himself. and it all started with a conversation in his own home. what does that have to do with this? the jay-z elevator video.

tonight's special report with don lemon starts right now. >>> this is a cnn special report, i'm don lemonbombshell article hits newsstands. we got it tonight. who is really to blame for her troubles? >>> with a legal war brewing against the nba, is the amendment on donald sterling's side? could he take the entire league down with him? legal experts and attorneys are here to debate. >>> well, last night i got barbed rig bashed right here on my own show. why? just for being honest, for telling that i think monica lewinsky is to blame for everything that happened with bill clinton. bill clinton