they said the players will not play for donald sterling. that precisely the kind of loss that article 13 of the constitution of the nba is the basis for taking away a team? >> it probably is. but let me tell you, mr. sterling has been thrown out of his office. he's had no contact with the sponsors. he doesn't know the allegations of the sponsors. and if you think most of the players are going to give up 2, 5, $10 million because of mr. sterling's remarks made in 2013 and stop playing, i think you've got another guess coming. i think it's an idle threat. >> so what you're saying, those sponsors only came back when the nba said they were going to take away the franchise. if donald sterling is there, the nba loses money. and isn't that a good basis to take away a team? >> but they only left because the nba made these untrue charges based on illegal evidence. if the nba would have done what i think they should have done and to say we're rejecting the use of this illegally used evidence and not violating charges, no response sor would have left i

>> keep it moving, donald sterling. go on. your time passed. >> dave? let's not forget the thousands of victims, black and brown, in los angeles who suffered under the sterlings for decades. >> a lesson under stereotyping. he is making it look as though they are responsible for his misdeeds. >> mr. mark? >> sterling has become a care couture of racism. he made a joke of himself with his beliefs. we need to learn from him, like sunny was saying, and move on. he just needs to be ignored and forgotten and needs to lose his nba team. >> thank you everyone. thank you, gentlemen. and can you pick up dave's book. called "brazil's dance with the devil. the world cup, olympics and fight for democracy." that's his book. and mark and sunny, please stay with me. well continue our conversation coming up. from secret tape recordings to elevator videos. supposedly of jay-z and beyonce. is the age of privacy over? we'll get to that next. i missed you, too.ou. hi buddy. mom! awesome! dad!! i missed you. ♪ oh... daddy. chevrolet and its dealers proudly support military a

>> yeah, i'm doing good. >> how long you have known donald sterling? how did you meet him? >> straight off the bat. i knew donald about five, six years. how i know him? that's a good question. you know, donald likes to have fun. donald likes a lot -- donald likes a lot of women. it's obvious. the world knows donald, i mean it's no surprise. >> so how did you meet him. >> how i met him? i met him through a few -- a friend of mine introduced me to him. and i actually ran a service in las vegas. >> okay. >> in your previous life, you were involved in an escort service. is that how you know donald sterling? >> correct. that's how i know him. >> so you introduced him to ladies from time to time. >> correct. >> okay. >> and -- go on. >> and after a while, he didn't show no sign of racist to me. he seemed, you know, straight forward. he didn't have any -- he never showed no sign of racism to me. when i heard the tape, it threw me off. >> did he like a certain kind of girl? did the race of a girl matter or anything like that? >> he liked, you know, he liked light skinned. i'm not go

which made donald sterling green with jealousy. here is the answer on whether he even knows her. >> first of all, you were photographed with v. stiviano, you were probably photographed with millions of people. he claimed in this interview i did the other day he said you knew her and knew her well. >> here are the facts, i never met her, i took a picture with her, looked like at a dodgers game. that is it. that is all i know of her. and then he says i'm trying to set him up. how am i trying to set you up? >> so the whole thing, you pull one thread and it all comes apart in a lot of ways? >>> yeah, donald sterling in my interview claimed that magic johnson knew v. stiviano well. in the original recording v. stiviano said look, i took a photograph with him. i respect him but i don't really know him. it was donald sterling who said you can do whatever you want, just don't bring him to games and be photographed with him in public. so just for the record to clear it all out, magic johnson pointing out he takes photographs with tons of pe

this is the last week we should focus on donald sterling. >> that is it, i'm going to be one more interview not anymore. i'm tired of talking about donald. i'm -- it is a shame. i wish i had done something to deserve this, right? taken a photo with a young lady and then i have to answer all of these questions. but that is okay. i'm going to pray for him, i'm a god fearing man. i'm going to pray for donald and his family and i just hope the board of governors does what they're supposed to do and i can get my life back and go back to just being herbert magic johnson. let me correct, donald, what does he do? he owns the dodgers, he doesn't work for the dodgers, he owns the dodgers. >> we'll leave it at that. >> he owns the dodgers, doesn't work for them. i should point out that last night of course we spent the hour airing a lot of my conversation with donald sterling. when i spoke to donald sterling we spoke for about an hour and 20 minutes and frankly ran out of time to bring you everything he said. there is some of that conversation right now coming up. ...we'll be here at lifelock doing ou

chad says, if you have to try and prove black people like you, you're probably racist donald sterlingd point. >> that's your answer? >> i think he's right. >> okay. all right. that's easy. i like it when you're quick like that. sunny, a lot of questions about shelly sterling's future roles. if the wife gets to run the clippers, it would be the same as donald sterling running the team. he still gets a profit from it. >> that's true. >> and will that come in? >> i think so. that will be brought up. what is interesting to me while she's 50% owner, she's indicated that she wants to be a passive owner, that she's not going to have any operating duties, she's not going to deal with day-to-day management. absolutely true, even if she owns only 50%, california community property, donald sterling still owns 50%. >> judge, isn't it a case that a spouse should not be held accountable for the comments or misdeeds of their partner? >> and i don't disagree with that, don. this is an elite club and they can decide who they want in the club. if they decide that all of them have to go, they can bite,

more of my exclusive interview embattled clippers owner donald sterling. u have not heard from him as the backlash grows by the day. there's been talk of a player boycott led by lebron james if sterling is still the owner when the new season starts in the fall. in a few moments, we'll hear from roger mason, jr., the national president of the national basketball player's association. he'll try to set the record straight on what the players are planning to do. sterling has been banned for life, fined $2.5 million for

this is the last week we should focus on donald sterling. >> that is it, i'm going to be one more interviewot anymore. i'm tired of talking about donald. i'm -- it is a shame. i wish i had done something to deserve this, right? taken a photo with a young lady and then i have to answer all of these questions. but that is okay. i'm going to pray for him, i'm a god fearing man. i'm going to pray for donald and his family and i just hope the board of governors does what they're supposed to do and i can get my life back and go back to just being magic johnson. let me correct, donald, what does he do? he owns the dodgers, he doesn't work for the dodgers, he owns the dodgers. >> we'll leave it at that. >> he owns the dodgers, doesn't work for them. i should point out that last night of course we spent the hour airing a lot of my conversation with donald sterling. when i spoke to donald sterling we spoke for about an hour and 20 minutes and frankly ran out of time to bring you everything he said. there is a lot more of that conversation. there is some of that conversation right now coming up. who d

you were close to donald sterling. >> yes. >> you do not kid hconsider him racist? >> no. >> v. stiviano says over the 2 1/2 year relationship she was helping hem to change his point of view. >> people were used to mr. sterling being mr. sterling. and here comes everything changed. mr. sterling is kind to everyone. he greets and treats people with equality. and i brought that light to him. >> so you helped him become a better person? >> in every way. >> uh-huh. >> in every way. >> but the question on everyone's mind -- can you tell me what your relationship with donald sterling is? >> i'm mr. sterling's right hand arm, man. >> are you in love with donald sterling? >> i love him. >> i'm not sure that's what i asked. are you in love? >> no, i am not in love. >> you love him what like a friend, like a romance? >> i love him like a father figure. >> look a father. >> do you and donald sterling have a financial arrangement, you say you are his assistant. does he pay you? >> yes. >> at first he started paying me as an employee, and then he started paying me off the books. >> is he stil

he's going back to playoffs after this interview and is done talking about donald sterling. interesting to hear what he has to tell anderson tonight. >> that's tonight. we ask you to both stick around. there's more to talk about. we want to talk about aspect of ownership, sterling's wife and how the nba is responding. shelly sterling is weighing in this morning with new comments you'll want to hear. she says she thinks her husband has dimensiementia and magic wi down with anderson cooper tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> really an unbelievable scene in new hampshire. a house literally explodes in a fireball on live tv. just moments before that massive explosion, a man in the home shot and killed a police officer. the officer was responding to a domestic disturbance call. the man who shot the officer is believed to have died in that fire. the officer who was killed leaves behind a wife and two teenage daughters. >>> two miners are dead after getting trapped inside a mine. the federal government conducting an investigation. at this point they say it was a ground failure, which means

donald sterling is the boss.tely different role from somebody who is subject to a boss' whims. he is the boss. he is the guy with the whim of iron if he wants it. it's a different example than brendan ike. he was the ceo. >> it's a perfect example. what brendan ike said was obnoxious and the board hated it, and brendan got fired because the board didn't like what he said. >> you're talking about brendan ike who came out against same-sex marriage. >> brendan ike was the ceo. you're a ceo of a corporation or a large organization, then your personal views, your personal activities are very much a part of what you are hireto put forth. and that's exactly what happened. >> let's stick to donald sterling here. i'm glad you said that. so, louis, you think his first amendment right is being violated in this particular case? >> the first amendment wasn't violated because the constitution doesn't apply to corporations. but his right to free speech certainly was. >> michael? >> i don't think his right to free speech has bee

donald sterling himself. in a new audio recording released by radar on-line, a man said to be sterling is speaking on the phone with an unidentified man. cnn can't independently confirm this is donald sterling but if it is it is the first we've heard from him since he was banned for life from nba. on the recording sterling says he is not a racist and seems to lament the fact that everybody jumped to conclusions about him. listen. >> it breaks my heart that magic johnson, you know, a guy i -- that i respect so much wouldn't stand up and say well, let's get the facts. let's get him and talk to him. nobody tried. nobody, from here on -- on beverly drive and sunset, across from the beverly hills hotel. you know? >> donald, i think they're probably trying to force you to sell it, that is the thing. >> you can't force somebody to sell property in america. >> by the way, we've offered donald sterling the opportunity to speak any time he wants. i met with him on friday. he has not spoken. other people have met with h

it's not as though donald sterling had a sterling record -- sterling, there we go.ot like he had a sterling record outside of this terrible thing. he was pretty much terrible in every single way. you could point to nba and the transaction of chris paul and chauncey billups. i think more important than talking about that specific to sterling is the larger issue and bigger discussion when it comes to the things we talk about when matters race come up. we get too caught up in things that allow you to point out whether or not one person is or is not a racist as opposed to looking at how these big things happen, how donald sterling was part of something that's much bigger. you could make an argument, a lot of academics do, you could walk everything back to housing discrimination. that's so much more important but it's not as interesting to people. >> exactly. >> i'm not sure how the media is supposed to balance that. they're in the business of selling these stories, what to read, there's a demand element but there's a responsibility also. >> yes. i guess the sexual aspec

our best value plans ever for business. >>> this is the first time donald sterling has spoken publicly on the record since he was banned from the nba for making racist comments. in sterling's analysis he's not a racist. he was just jealous because the woman he was interested in was bringing other guys to the games. that was his defense in a phone call that was released to radar online last week. >> what the hell i'm talking to a girl. the girl is black. i like her. i'm jealous she's with other black guys. i want her. so what the hell can i in private tell her? you know, i don't want you to be with anybody else? >> i want to hear more from sterling about this idea it was jealousy not racism that motivated him. take a listen. >> here's what i don't understand. i get you were saying you were jealous, you didn't want her to be seen with other guys. you didn't want her to be photographed with other guys. you thought she was throwing it in your face. >> did you ever like a girl, were you ever jealous of her a little bit if she was with other guys. it's not that i didn't want her to be photog

the same voices who denounced donald sterling, where are they in support of michael sam? i want to bring in cedric maxwell, who played for sterling's clippers. he is with the sports hub in boston. kenneth shrob sire. jay thomas, an actor and host on sear yus radio. and here next to me on the hot seat is mel robbins. so mel, you're in the hot seat. you heard the apology from donald sterling. he says he's not a racist. >> i almost spit on you i was laughing so hard. his wife says he has dementia. >> possibly. >> come on. the finney thing, he walked out of the studio and i had a chance to talk to him. i said to him, anderson, i guarantee you when you walk into work tomorrow there is going to be a bouquet of flowers from adam silver. all he has to do is hit play on that thing and do an up and down vote. >> let's look at more. he did call anderson a racist. watch. >> i think you have more of a plantation mentality than i do. you know what? i think you're more of a racist than i am. i'm not a racist. and i've never been a racist or will have be a racist. you're asking me about q

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more of my exclusive interview tonight with donald sterling. the part you have not heard from him as the backlash against him grows by the day. in the wake of the interview with sterling there is talk of a possible player boycott led by lebron james if sterling is still the owner when the new season starts in the fall. in a few moments we'll hear from roger mason, jr., president of the player's association. he will set the record straight on what the players are planning to do. sterling has been banned for life, fined two and a half for racist comments. he made the recording that was leaked on line. today, he talked about his relationship with v. stiviano. that is also coming up later. the story continues to gain momentum, partly because of the interviews aired on this program in the last two nights, of course with sterling and magic johnson. throughout the hour you will hear parts of my interview, including his thoughts on his estranged wife, shelly, whether he believes they will get divorced and his thoughts on racism. first, well get you up

they blindfolded him and threatened to kill him. >>> plus, key players in the donald sterling scandal of the clippers and if sterling is a racist. stand by. our panel has provocative thing to say about that. >>> a u.s. spy plane causing a major disruption in air travel in the united states. we have tdetails ahead. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> right now, russia is pouring more fire on the crisis in ukraine. intensifying their fight to reclaim pro-russian strong holds. it's a very deadly situation that's forcing the united states to consider new moves to moscow. let's go live to ukraine, nick paton walsh is standing by. first, let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: all the talk by the obama administration has been about sanctions against moscow for its actions in ukraine. the question now, is there anything else the u.s. could do? ukraine is now spinning out of control. the violence spilling into western ukraine where in odessa a police station is attacked. riot

now the narrative isn't donald sterling is this terrible bigot, a racist. the narrative is he's an octegenerian, an 80-year-old being taken advantage of. >> you think sterling is behind some of this or his camp is in an attempt to change the narrative? >> no question about it. it's a smart narrative. it's the narrative he wants. i know you're going to disagree, mark, but you know it's true. >> i'm going to say tommy lasorda is not the only one who's got a problem with this woman. anderson's going to show an interview with elgin baylor later. and the baylors who have no love lost for the sterlings, they're not exactly fans of this woman either. this is not a role model, not somebody you're going to say i want my daughter to grow up and be v. stiviano. >> she's not a noble person in this but she did do us a service by exposing his racism. >> jeff, you come in here. >> the one thing the l.a. district attorney is going to say is, there is no way in the world i'm getting in between these two crazy people. i am not going to decide who's the perpetrator, who's the

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clippers owner donald sterling -- >> donald sterling going on a racist tirade. >> donald sterling. >> l.a. clippers owner donald sterling. >> and the anchors and the pundits were quickly joined by pretty famous faces from nba history who rallied against the owner of the l.a. clippers. >> it was one thing to say something that's controversial but it's another thing to say something that's repugnant. >> we cannot have an nba owner discriminating against a league -- we're a black league. >> he shouldn't on a team anymore. he should stand up and say i don't want to own a team anymore. >> we don't want mr. sterling's face to be the face of the nba. >> sterling backed out of discussions to appear on abc's 20/20 leaving v. stiviano to explain their relationship. >> what's the biggest misconception about you? >> that i'm a mistress or a whore. speculations of not real journalists doing their job, asking the wrong people information about me, that they don't know or have real facts. >> and sterling's sole comment to the website du jour? "i wish i just paid her off." amy holmes, and mara of nat

could donald sterling hold on to his team? joining me is layla ali, the daughter of muhammad ali, one of the greatest athletes of all time and a civil rights icon. thank you for being with us. your dad is known as both a sports and civil rights icon. i have been wondering what he thinks about the story. have you had a chance to speak to him about donald sterling? >> hi, don. thanks for having me on. yes, i have been able to get my father's perspective on this. and you know, he feels that if he was playing for the clippers that he would, you know, once those statements were made, he would have walked off and just wouldn't have played. >> he wouldn't have played. >> yes. >> let's talk more about that. he put his believes above his sports prowess. he once sacrificed his title by refusing to go to vietnam. how do you think he would have handled the situation. the players were saying that they were going to boycott the game and weren't going to play as well. did he speak to you more about it? >> my father did put everything on the

>> only god knows. >> can you tell me what your relationship with donald sterling is? >> i'm mr. sterling's right hand arm man. i'm mr. sterling's everything. i'm his confidant, his best friend. his silly rabbit. >> his what? >> his silly rabbit. >> his silly rabbit. is that what he calls you? >> no. i joke around and make him laugh. i do things that some people find very silly or i do things that sometimes people can't understand our relationship. i'm his everything. our relationship started off, me working for mr. sterling in his nonprofit foundation. and it's evolved to so much more, on a level that's become a big scandal. >> scandalous? >> on a level it became a big scandal. >> yes. >> yeah. why? >> i think god has its purpose. i wish i could answer that question sometimes. i keep asking myself, how, when and why but is truth is that, how, when, why doesn't even matter anymore. it's here. and some things needed to be brought to the light. and i think sometimes we're forced into situations, into circumstances, in which we have to choose to do good by. everything and everyone is

did you know donald sterling to be a bigoted man? >> i did not. i have had a lost discussions in the last few days since this came out. donald had been a very respectful to me in person. unfortunately, he was harvesting these types of feelings for years and it was unfortunate. for me, when i was with the clippers, he cost me millions of dollars by not playing me. not only did i not get a chance to be on the court, which was very important, it cost me endorsements, it cost me an opportunity to have a second contract and i was probably just one of a series of players that, in reality, they thought we were a bust but we never got the chance to shine. so imagine this. i come out of college, i'm a lottery pick, eighth pick, averaged 35 numbers in college, numbers that no one has put up in 70 years. yet, that being said, i can't even get on the court and contribute to a team that needs that type of scoring. now, what do you think would have happened if i had eight more minutes of playing and had been allowed to do the great things that i was allowed to d

clippers owner, donald sterling, his team. >> is donald sterling a racist? >> no. i don't believe it in my heart. >> v. stiviano's surprising comments on this whirlwind story. plus, what sterling is now saying about how he should have handled her. >>> up in flames. a school bus inferno. >> we were yelling at him to get off the bus. >> a wild move two heroes pulled off to warn students that their lives were in danger. >>> caught on tape. the frantic moments after a 4-year-old girl fell into a pool. >> she's not breathing. she's turning blue. >> you're going to hear the officer's efforts to rescue a girl. and the exact moment he knew he had saved a life. >>> princes and the king. taking care of business, william and harry go to graceland, the home of elvis, while in memphis for a big wedding this weekend. plus, a strip club special invitation for harry to check them out. >>> good morning, everybody. we want to get straight to that abc news exclusive interview this morning. barbara walters, sitting down with v. stiviano, the woman who set off the scandal that has engul

but, she says, she is not fully supportive of his reaction to the controversy do you think that donald sterlingely. >> did you success discuss this with him? >> yes. >> will he apologize? >>. >> our ted rolands joins us live. what did she say about her relationship with sterling? >> that's one of the big questions since this started a week ago, water the deal about the 80-plus-year-old and the 30-year-old, water going on will? barbara walters asked what is your relationship? >> he's in his '80s, are you in your 30s? >> i'm 31.

mike, welcome. >> thank you, howie. >> i thought the media were done with this donald sterling story. now there are new tapes in which sterling talks about having sex with his girlfriend. he's fighting the $2.5 million fine. is this an important story? >> yes, it is. it is salacious as well, but it is an important story. i don't know the last time that we had a public figure in a place like los angeles, no less, someone who owns a sports franchise, all these things are true about donald sterling, say something this hateful that became public. i know he thought he was saying it privately, but in this day and age i think that people who have public lives at all know that nothing can be guaranteed to remain private. it's like archie bunker without the laugh track. you say this and you know you are in a business who the players who are your employees are 70% or north of that african-american. you know that. if you were in some other industry, maybe this doesn't cause the stir that it does, and this wasn't donald sterling's first time, and the players very famous, well paid, high profile p

she owns the team 50/50 with her husband donald sterling. man whose racist rant has led to him be being banned from the nba for life. >> mrs. sterling has announced in his strongest term possible her husband's racist comments. >> reporter: shelly sterling is the only sterling we've heard from on the record. her lawyers have released statements regarding the clippers on her behalf. and her lawyer says she's running the team without donald. and now we know shelly sterling has no plans to sell her stake in the team. her lawyer says she's running without donald. >> they've been estranged and not living together for over a year, okay. and while they share business, you know, business properties, he's out of the team, has nothing to do with it, and sheebs the oshe's the owner in charge. >> reporter: nba commissioner adam sill version deliberately or not, did make it open for shelly to own the team. the clsterlings own the clipper through a family trust. >> this ruling applies specifically to donald sterling and donald sterling's conduct only. >> sh

. >> it is orchestrated by not only shelly sterling, donald sterling, but by shelly sterling, donald ng and the nba and the management. so all of this is a fait accompli. that is why they called off the meeting. you saw the rapid fire sell of the team. they are suing right now because they want to orchestrate to sell the team they want to rescind the 2.5 milli$2.5 million therar life. >> this is really stunning, it added immense value. >> i can't help but smile, anderson. it is a stunning amount. shocking, this time last week when i was on your program i talked about a billion dollars would be a good deal for the clippers. this is a stunning amount. $2 billion is almost incredible. what a steal -- >> what impact does that have on other teams? >> well it is tremendous for all sports franchises. particularly the nba who previously had a record amount of a sale of $550 million, the milwaukee bucks, now increases the value to all the other franchises not just in the nba, anderson, but across professional sports. >> and remember, the milwaukee bucks sale was within the last four weeks. thi

it's not always been said about her on tape. >> could this be donald sterling on tape again? time turning the table on his mistress whose original recording got sterling in hot water. a man sounding like the l.a. clippers owner tells someone, reportedly his long time friend, that v. is the racist. listen. >> she said i will never go out with a black guy. do you know what it is to wake up every morning and wish you were white? she tried so hard to make her skin white. >> it's a far different tone from sterling's conversation earlier this week. where in tears he admitted that he made the racist comments. no mention of stiviano's beliefs. >> everybody wants to be cared for. i made such a mistake. i thought that woman really cared for me. i'm the guilty one for uttering the terrible, ugly words that i don't mean. >> and when anderson asked him about this about stiviano? >> do you think she was trying to get money from you in any way? >> she is a good person. she is a beautiful person. >> now listen to what he told his friend about how stiviano treats her family. >> the family is

>> that's when i thought he has dement dementia. >> reporter: donald sterling hasn't said anything tohis personal health. we asked a neurologist what if sterling has a mild tomorrow of dementia? could someone experiencing dim dim min sha say these things? >> that doesn't mean they don't have those beliefs. so if someone has held beliefs like that all his or her life, then a dementia might cause a disinhibition so he or she might be more likely to actually express those beliefs. >> what about severe dementia? dr. mark says with that it's possible to have racist thoughts you've never had before but it's improbable. he says for an illness to manufacture that kind of world view is very unlikely, wolf. >> clearly doesn't have severe dementia. >> not at this point. >> thanks very much. >>> let's bring in cnn's anderson cooper along with anchor don lemon and senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. anderson, you spent quality time with this guy. did he give you the impression that he had at least early stages of dementia? >> look, i think in order to judge that sort of thing, you actually have

maxwell blecher, donald sterling's attorney telling me moments ago a lawsuit has been filed by donaldus news reports saying this is in excess of $1 billion for damages and we're trying to get more details -- >> they haven't released the actual text, the actual document, have they? >> not at this time that we can tell. we have people at the courthouse. we're searching other outlets and we're trying to get some more information from his office right now. just a lot more detail that we want to get on the damages we're seeking, what they're claiming in the lawsuit. we're also trying to get response from the nba. we're trying that for a while and have not heard back from them. >> let's get quick reaction from don lemon and l.z. granderson. don, what do you think? >> he's not going to go away quietly. i don't think he was going to from the very beginning. i'm not sure what this means for the sale of the team. i'm not sure what this means between him, he and shelly sterling. he's going after the nba. wants to be vindicated. i imagine this is one way he thinks he'll be vind kaicated. >> l.z.?

and the nba is going to fall back on that constitution and say, donald sterling contractually agreed e those rights. >> absolutely. >> and have everything arbitrated within. it's a family affair. >> you know, stephanie elam used the phrase "interesting marriage" to describe the sterlings. i now hope that no one in the history ever describes my marriage as interesting. >> interesting. complex. >> jason -- >> conspicuously odd coupling, that's all. >> that, too. another one. >> it's a business relationship. it's a business relationship. >> is that what people are saying? >> i think people -- look, a couple things. when it comes to their relationship, i think a lot of people -- and who are we to judge people who have been together for many, many years. >> between two people. >> how they want to live their lives? aside from that, shelly sterling cannot play both sides of it. she cannot play like she's on the side of -- >> but she is. >> -- the clippers, showing up at the games, at the same time showing up outside of a restaurant and defend her husband, donald sterling, and say that he's n

of the clippers. >>> our anderson cooper sat down with donald sterling. there's a picture of the two of them chatting. you can see his schusive interview on ac-360 tomorrow night 8:00 p.m. eastern time. we'll have a sneak peek tomorrow morning on "new day" at 6:00 a.m. eastern. don't miss the exclusive interview with donald sterling tomorrow night here on cnn. >>> you may have trouble getting fast food later this week. will fast food workers go on strike thursday? that's next. >>> and -- aiming for the major leagues in million dollar arm. actor jon hamm changes the game of baseball. the inspiration behind his character coming your way next. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like

embattled clippers owner donald sterling. the parts you have not heard from him as the backlash grows by the day. there's been talk of a player boycott led by lebron james if sterling is still the owner when the new season starts in the fall. in a few moments, we'll hear from roger mason, jr., the national president of the national basketball player's association. he'll try to set the record straight on what the players are planning to do. sterling has been banned for life, fined $2.5 million for racist comments he made and there is another new recording that just come out where a person believed to be sterling is talking about his relationship with v. stiviano. the story begins to gain momentum because of the interviews that aired on this program over the past two nights with sterling and then, of course with, magic johnson. throughout the hour, you'll hear parts of the interview donald sterling that you never heard before, including his thoughts on his estranged wife shelly, whether they're going to get divorce and what he

tuesday, nba commissioner adam silver seemed to offer a way out for donald sterling. now and sterling would avoid the special hearing early next month requiring him to face charges that he damaged the league and the vote by nba owners potentially forcing him to sell. >> i prefer he sell it than we go through this process. so if that's what you by man to man, i'm open to that. >> reporter: a move toward selling the team is an about face for all sides. from donald sterling who through his attorney refused to pay the fine or sell the team, threatening to sue the league. >> money is not what i'm interested in. >> so why not walk away? >> i want to show all the people that are associated with basketball and the world i'm not a racist. >> reporter: and shelly sterling who throughout the firestorm professed love for the team. >> i talked to some of the players. they hugged me. >> reporter: while swearing she'd hold on to her 50%. >> i think half the team is mine, and i'll fight for it. >> and a spokesman mike bass now is responding to the reports about donald sterling s surre

tonight, my exclusive interview with donald sterling and magic johnson who got brought into this by donald sterling. we heard from donald sterling for the first time since he was banned after making the racist comments. i sat down with him in his home. there were no ground rules or limits, no pr or staff telling him what to say. he denied saying he was a racist, he also said a lot of shocking things. his comments about magic johnson will be deeply offensive to a lot of people. as i said later you will also hear from magic johnson who sat down to speak about what sterling said. but first, it started with the audio recordings released on line to tmz sports to sterling talking to a woman, v. stiviano, and in response to a picture she posted with her and magic johnson. >> he happens to be black, and i'm sorry. >> i think it is nice, i have known him well and he should be admired. i am just saying it is too bad that you can't admire him priva privately. and during your entire whole [ bleep ] life, admire him, bring him here, feed him. i don't care. but don't put him here, and don't -- >> people