. >>> a former player for the los angeles lakers is behinds bars tonight, accused of murder. javaris crittendon who played for the lakers and wizards among other teams was arrested in southern california last night. he was taken into custody at john wanye airport in orange county to face a murder charge in a deadly atlanta shooting on august 19. reportedly it was an accidental shooting. a report today obtained by the associated said crittendon was robbed nearly $60,000 worth of jewelry in april. authorities say crittendon was retaliating when he accidently shot a mother of four. >>> former giants slugger pronds will be sentenced this december -- barry bonds will be sentenced this december for his obstruction of justice conviction. the date of december 16. he is expected to receive a lesser punishment than six months in prison. he gave evasive testimony during a 2003 grand jury hearing. the home run king plans to appeal. meanwhile, prosecutors are still deciding whether to retry bonds on three perjury charges which the jury deadlocked on. >>> the united nations is warning ther

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the lakers have just recently fired 20 employees.se people will get their jobs back when the lockout ends. two video guys that may not get their jobs back. these two video guys have worked with the team for a combined 16 years. >> wow. >> and this really rubbed the team the wrong way. kobe bryant, derek fisher, kobe bryant, the team's two captains, decided to cast a vote among the team members and decided we're going to take $65,000 worth of our playoff bonus money and we're going to give it to these two video guys so they can have cash in their pockets as they look for more work. the players when they advance to the playoffs get a bonus. the lakers because they advanced to the first round of the playoffs got $600,000 in bonus money and get to decide, the team gets to decide how they divvy the money. nice gesture on their part. $65,000 to these guys, a drop in the bucket. but it can help a couple video guys who are out of work. >> wish it was a little more, frankly. let's talk about a-rod and what's going on with him. all these alleg

. >> jimmy: i had the lakers game on. i said there must be a television.lakers game that i can watch when i come there. they said, no problem. it will be taken care of. i sat down to watch television and watch the game. and the tv kept switching channels. i had no idea why it was happening. >> i was in the next room. i had a thing that matched -- you could turn tvs in the other room. i carry one around. >> jimmy: you drove me insane. i went crazy. i'm like, what's going on with this television set? >> but i'm always bothering people. even when people try to help me, i can't help myself. i was in a -- i travel. i was in a nice hotel. i do this a lot. every time i walked down to the hotel, down to the lobby, he's going, mr. mantle, is everything okay? i'm going, everything's okay. how's your room. so i figured, you know what, i'm going to give him something to do. i said, there is one thing. in my room, the -- i don't -- the toilet water, it's like a -- it's tart. there's like a salty -- like an aftertaste. can you -- and he doesn't even, like, hesitate. he

. >>> there will about be a hearing on los angeles lakers forward ron artest's request to change his name to med da world peace. meda is a buddhist word meaning loving kindness. he cited personal reasons for wanting to make the switch. and happy birthday to macaulay caulkin who turns 31. you can follow those headlines as they break on msnbc, and be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." finally here's a look at what's coming up later on the "today" show. as the east coast braces for hurricane irene, al roker is live in north carolina with the latest. >>> and the grammy award winning band train performs live on the plaza for the summer concert series. now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

los angeles laker, ron art evident, and chaz bono, just to name a view. >>> this comes to us from wtvj, where a hurricane recovery specialist travels up the east coast to help thousands devastated by hurricane irene. the volunteer crew is doing its part to get lights back on for their neighbors up north. they'll assist washington d.c.-based crews are restoring power. a great way to give back for those crew members who so many times have been on the receiving end of aid and assistance. in florida, of course, a place no stranger to hurricanes. good for them. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> a russian pole vaulter's hopes of gold were snapped in half, quite literally, at one competition in south korea. the athlete's pole broke completely in two when he was airborne sending him tumbling to the mat. he wasn't able to continue in the competition. amazingly the sail same thing happened to another pole-vaulter later that day. check your pole there's. >>> it might not be an extreme sport, but it is definitely an extrem

>> kobe and the lakers. this is a good samaritan story of sorts.middle of a lockout and a lot of people laying people off. the lakers just fired 20 people, front office people, scouts, trainers. but when the lockout ends, a lot of these people will get their jobs back, but there are two people who won't get their jobs back, most likely, two guys in the video department. this rubbed a lot of the guys the wrong way. so kobe and derek fisher got together and put a vote out and said, we're going to give some of our playoff bonus money in these guy's pockets so they can have some money while they look for other work. so $65,000 to these two guys. not a lot of money to kobe bryant and derek fisher, but a lot of money for two video department guys. >> it is a lot of money, so we applaud them. thank you. >>> looking for a travel deal? look no further. when you are looking to flying cheap, it's all about the time. alison kosik has done the research and she shows us how to make sure the price is right in this "on the go." >> reporter: the cost to fly is up a

. >> los angeles laker mat barns got that a fight tonight at pro am game in san francisco. it happened at pavilion in a game druring the dream team and team called east bay. barns apparently punched an east bay player in the face. the referee didn't see it. barns was not ejected from the game. >>> oakland neighbors wanting to make the streets safe from the sex trade march tonight along international boulevard. they are asking the city to do something about the prostitutes who walk it and johns who cruise to it pick them up. community groups paid for 2 billboards featuring neighborhood moms. they ask men trolling for section international boulevard to stop it. what would they do if it were their daughter working the street it asks. >> of course it's going to take a lot more than just billboard billboards. it's going to take people l as myself to just reach out to them. >>reporter: neighbors also want more visible police presence on international boulevard. city of oakland has sued to shut down 3 hotels known for prostitution. >> fire investigators are trying to figure out if

the move comes after lakers legend magic johnson told the times he might be interested in buying the team. wolf says no one asked him to ts no interest in buying the dodgers. >>> giants pitcher sergio romo is teaming up with health officials to encourage parents to get their kids the whooping cough booster shot, and soon. the chronicle is reporting tonight that the pichler be at the department of public health on tuesday morning to greet kids. the deadline to get the shot was push back 30 days from the start of school. but as of right now, only about 40% of bay area children between the ages of 10 and 18 have done that, and in san francisco unified, only 22% of seventh through 12th graders have the shot document on file. so that needs to be done before you go to school. >>> in milpitas tonight, a long-time business has closed its doors for the final time to make way for new development. cal skate of milpitas just wrapped up its final farewell skate. >> we're all sad to see this place go. i mean it's an incredible place in the community. >> yeah, a real gap in the summer fun. >> no, y

long as i feel how say you know there is no need injuries so i'd like to continue playing at the lakers i mean i still want to play i had a surgery a couple years ago on my shoulder and i most missed for almost a year and i was like i was great to spend time with your family because my career i've been trouble with a lot come you know spent a lot of time away from the family but you know in the same time i felt like there is still i still want to play and you know and i'll still continue playing somewhere. and that is how the sport is looking for the moment with the weather coming up next. great. so good for. india. the hotel the. hotel the grand imperial truly. run the same hotel treat. the police to the police with. british. government. patrols of themselves. a source school for the united states. for the first time in a century. also. used to gain. exclusively. three years since. bill.

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starred alongside barcelona coach pep guardiola and a charity match in washington the los angeles lakers man not exactly sparked inform him from the go maybe he did have other things on his mind bryant has said if the n.b.a. lockout continues into the all to him he would consider playing the season to start pushing to express tracks. we'll keep you posted that is all support from our. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. a.

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you can get a lakers jersey television, a race car television, this television is built into a golf ball. this television is gray with a real football leather. there are also soccer ball televisions. there are some cool vehicle televisions like this ambulance, fire truck and this is bigger firetruck. there are no will to televisions of all kinds. the store manager told me that the couple televisions are the most popular. he does not know why, but he cannot keep them in stock. i was pleasantly surprised to see the price of these themed televisions. there reasonable. it would make a great gift. >> what kind of television when you like to see? >> it does not matter, as long as everyone has a television to watch us on the weekend. >> it will be sunny tomorrow. the fog will clear quickly and we will have a nice day. >> we will be back at 11:00 p.m..

with all developments there on twitter you can follow what she's saying that r t underscore calm and lakers coverage reveals a yet more disturbing side to. right she says earlier on the sebring she witnessed three what appear to be very young boys committing vandalism kicking in a shop window partly just for fun that kind of tallies in with the pictures of you looking out over the last few minutes log on to r.t. underscore com to find the latest on the other developing stories we're covering here on r.t. international. president barack obama has defended the american economy claiming the u.s. is still a aaa country the markets there don't seem to be in full agreement though they followed the rest of the global economy following friday's downgrade of american credit the dow jones indeed has lost around five percent report miles got the latest from new york. well the mood right now is still very in secure after president obama u.s. president barack obama addressed to the nation that the market continued going down as you mentioned the dow is down more than five hundred points since the market

and the colorful nba star rod our test the lakers a small forward in the cnn talk show host and nancy grace will stick her neck out and give it a try. at >> this should be interesting. we'll be back with more news to come. >> this is video of the flames in oklahoma. powell was kicked out to thousands of homes and to building were destroyed. the house side of you to the national park the fire is have for contained its start on monday in charred up with an eight square miles its start with a motor home caught fire, the recent progress-- one person has been injured. in a three in the 60 a. brush fire on l.a. county now 90 percent surrounded lightning sparked the blaze on saturday and in san diego county a three and 50 a. brush fire is 60 percent contained out no homes or threaten their. and this is our final look at the weather. >> we will see the fog return overnight but as we head into later this week, we will see no fog over the bay area tomorrow very similar to what we saw out there today. sunny in the afternoon attempt on the mild to cool side. little fog expected for thursday and t

her back in june when they arrested him at the airport on monday he has played for the los angeles lakerszards and >> n.c.a.a. said 12th when university of miami emmy players have received benefits from a poster they must repaid for the benefits they received their starting to jack ray harris it was mentioned in the scandal this came from a poster that is now in jail he gave team members lavish gifts >> time right now is 541 a m and we will have more on the latest heartbreaking news this is a live look ahead at the san mateo bridge a little bit hazy their both directions are equal once the commute gets into full swing we will be right back. we just heard from adp had a 91,000 jobs in the month of august it is below expectations >> time right now is 5:45 a.m. it was pretty cool last night this morning is shirlechileeyilly. will warm up4 degrees by 8:00 p.m. habra terms of your visibility her in the santa rosa the you are seeing some improvement there. you're still dealing with some low cloud cover it will clear by the 7:00 a.m. our idea 11 a m and you will see some patchy fog drifting arou

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there are not many guys who turned down the lakers, celtics and heat to come to kron. good luck until the next contract. for >> one last thing, choirs your talking basketball. it is some interesting nba stuff from out at the stadium. >> j. r. the first time we work together your thoughts? it >> this is a pleasure i see on tv all the time. is it >> there is something that everyone teaches j.r. because he is 6 ft. 5. when you walked in i was like i like jimmy mother she is 90 years old. so what, i am 6 ft. 5. i get another shot, he is so tall. and you find when you walk in, you are a single man, do women prefer a taller man over a shorter man? and >> that is something that you have asked the ladies. i do it i can, i say little of this and i say little of that and they often smile some time. it >> is there any way i can shake my wife and three kids and just spend a week with you? >> let's do it. >> alright j.r. very strong young man see you. fabulous. you know he could sit here and be a lot cheaper and just throw me out and put j.r. stone there. it >> don't suggested. it

. >>> san diego police want to talk to los angeles laker star kobe bryant about an altercation that he reportedly had at a local church. a man attending sunday service says brian injured -- bryant injured him -- bryant was reportedly concerned the man was taking pictures of him and his wife during a service. witnesses say they never saw a confrontation. >> i didn't see anyone trying to speak with him. even during the sign of the peace i didn't see anyone trying to make contact with him. >> bryant's attorney says the allegations are baseless and he is prepared to fight them. >>> a new study shows watching too much tv may take years off of your life. scientists in australia found that people that watch an average of six hours of tv a day lived about five years less than people who never watch tv. their research showed a person's life span decreased by 22 minutes for every hour of tv watched. the researchers say the problem is not the tv but the lack of activity during long periods of time. >>> have you seen this commercial? some bay area cities are being given national recognition thanks

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. -- remember arizona maw lakers are taking matters into their own hands collecting private donationse website launched last month. how many donations so far? how much money raises and how many states are the donations from? joining us arizona senator steve smith. how much money do you have so far? >> thank you for having me. great pleasure to be here. we are closing in on $200,000 from mail-in and online. in the first 24 hours when the site up we received donations from people from all 50 states across the country. unbelievable. better news on top of that, i just got word that we received many donations from military men and women from u.s. military bases all over the world. it is just -- you have those brave men and women defending us, yet they still understand the battle we are fighting here in our country. for them to take their time and contribute, the support has been overwhelming..Ñaw almost 3,000 individuals have donated. it is just great. >> greta: the military, i didn't know about the military. that's interesting. the fact that all the states have -- people from all the stat

. >>> los angeles laker matt barnes got in a fight last night. happened in a game between barnes' dream team and a team called east bay. barnes punched an east bay player in the face. refs didn't see it. barnes was not ejected but there was commotion and screaming going on. >>> oakland police chief anthony batts as he expects two anti-prostitution proposals to be reality soon. dozen of neighbors marched along the boulevard yesterday to demand crackdown on prostitution in the area. blocks between 17 and 23rd street are known as "the track" because of the prevalence of the sex trade there. two bill woords have been put up between neighborhood moms asking so-called johns what they would do if it was their daughter working the streets. >> of course it will take more than billboards. it will take people as myself, to reach out to them. >> chief bats says police look to posting mug shots of men who have been arrested for soliciting prostitution online. police are looking into using dmv records to send warning letters to the owner of vehicles seen loite

we rebounded from that and swept the lakers and beat oklahoma city. fell behind to miami. i'll tell you, the interesting thing, after game three of the miami series, our guys said they aren't making adjustments, we got them. the so the confidence was through the roof. >> the moment you knew you won, what was going through your head? >> there's actually, i watched the video and i just screamed. i literally screamed all that anxiety just let it out. >> did you think of anybody? >> i thought of my dad, my wife, my brothers much the one thing i planned because i'm so superstitious was to bring down donald carter and his wife, the divisional founder of the mavericks. i wanted him to experience. he started the team and i sleeps, lives and dies with the team. when we played l.a., he said to me, mark, i don't know how much time i have left. but if we can win this, it would be the crowning moment of my life. when we did win it, that was the one thing i wanted to do. was let him hold the trophy up before any of us. >> it was a very special moment. enough americans decide they quite

and with us now, former laker secretary robert reich who served in bill clinton's administration andssor at the university of california at berkeley and in new york john fun, senior editor of the conservative magazine, "the american spectator." bob reich, let me get right to you. i know you think the president needs to go big. you just heard what jessica yellin was saying that it's unlikely big could get passed. so, why should he do anything at all? >> well, very good question, gloria. the real choice, and this has been the debate in the white house is my understanding, the real choice is a bunch of policy initiatives that sound completely reasonable such as jessica was talking about a moment ago, that may one or two particularly if they're tax cuts have a chance of getting through a republican congress. but really are small compared to the magnitude of the problem. 25 million americans right now who are unemployed or underemployed who are looking for full-time jobs and as you said a record number of men who are not employed, or alternatively go big and maybe say to the congress, the

sports is big here, you can get a laker jersey tv, a race car tv this tv is built into a golf ball. the football tvs are created with a real football weather as well as the back--basketball tvs. they have embolus, this fire truck and its bigger fire truck there are tvs of all shapes and sizes the store manager told me that the apple televisions are the most popular he did not know why but he cannot keep them in stock. i am familiar with this line of television they work well, and i was pleasantly surprised to see the price of these tvs, it was reasonable they would make a great gift. in san francisco i am gabe slate with kron4 news. >> a gun in a hotel put police on alert and visitors on aids. >> i look-- >> it puts visitors on aids. ---on edge. >> and gifts of prostitutes. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] >> a shot fired from the hotel room the shooter

. >>> san diego police want to talk to a los angeles -- want to talk to los angeles lakers star kobeant about an altercation he reportedly had during a sunday church subpoenas. the man claims the basketball -- church service. the man claims the basketball player was trying to stop him from taking a picture. >> i didn't see anyone even trying to speak with him. even during the time of the sign of peace i didn't see anyone try to make contact with them. >>> addition has been declared a chronic degrees -- disease. it's coming from the grain and -- brain and nervous system they say. not took the -- it took the american society of addiction medication four years and getting input from some 80 experts to come one a solution. >>> native-american tribes are out the -- are at odd over gambling. the moi ron go are urging a pass of 740. supporters say the state would generate hundreds of millions of dollars in much-needed revenues. however, other gambling facilities want then to slow down on this. >>> 7:49. wells fargo is testing a $3 a month fee for customers who use their debit cards. the tes

former nba player is accused of murdering a young woman the police arrested the former los angeles laker guard today. this is video after he was taken into custody he was boarding a flight at john wayne airport in orange county investigator said he shot and killed the 11 mother on august 19th in an apparent retaliation. and >> now we have a governor out there saying a couple months ago we met and i want to be accommodating. we are getting this yo-yo effect. i think the fed's air on the side of caution months ago the market was crashing and then the fed said that they would do everything they need to the economy starts looking better and then ben bernanke backed off and then it was just a ultimately nicer that the fed will be in our corner. consumer confidence did fall. >> but that seemed to not hurt the market much. >> consumer confidence issue is tricky because it is not really a great indicator of the future of the stock market began, it is showing you that people think that we are back in the 2009 level of the economy. >> another winner home prices. are they beginning to stabilize at

. >> los angeles laker nba champion ron artest. >> reporter: guys usually wait till week eight to pull how will you avoid the tight pants and healed shoes and sequins? >> man, i'm trying to be conservative and i know they'll have their little standardized wear, whatever you call it so i'll have to take it there but i hope i don't have to wear feathers or nothing like that. >> reporter: chaz bono just revealed to his mom, cher, that he'll compete on "dancing with the stars." >> she wanted to know how everything was going, was i nervous? >> reporter:r:f you weren't transgendered you wouldn't have taken on the challenge. >> no, never. i wouldn't have felt dancing with a male dance partner. >> it's against the law -- >> reporter: j.r. martinez and i worked together on "all my children." he was burned over nearly 40% of hihibody in the army fighting in iraq. >> my life was almost taken away from me and i understand and i believe that i've learned how to really maximize every single second of my life and every single second of opportunity, whether it's to love, whether it's just to grow, to

joining nancy to compete for the mirror ball trophy are actor david arquette, chaz bono, los angeles lakerst ricki lake. >>> the upcoming season of the "real housewives of beverly hills" is set to premiere next monday. the network that airs is plans to run a special on suicide according to entertainment weekly. bravo tv will air the special following russell armstrong's suicide. armstrong was the estranged husband of one of the stars of the show. the network also plans to reedit the series so that it does not feature armstrong. it's unclear when the sue suicide special will air. >>> 19 years old, raped and forced to become an executioner for moammar gadhafi. a libyan woman's story of horror. arwa damon is live from tripoli, next. >>> 50,000 people killed in the libyan civil war. that figure coming today from the rebels. it includes both civilians and combatants who died since the fighting broke out back in february. a rebel spokesman says the figure is based on estimates from rebel groups in every region of that war zone. in another key development today, the rebels are warning gadhafi loy

you know, i grew up in so cal with lakers playing the celtics. in the nba finals for ten years. that's what i grew up watching. and then obviously watching the bulls. michael winning six in a row. that's as good as it gets. so for me, and obviously with derek and the yankees, being a big yankee fan to see what those guys have done. so it was -- i've always liked that. i think the game is cyclical. you know, when i came out here, it was still had -- playing well, ollie. you know, now my generation of phil ernie. now you have this new crew coming up. and there's probably two generations to that young crew. the guys that are early 30s like adam is what? 30? and those guys who are in probably mid-20s, and then there's the teenagers, you know. being 19, and it's ungodly how good these guys are at such an early age. you know, it was being here from the states no one turned pro in their teens. that was unheard of. we always went to college. but overseas, it's different. guys are turning pro at a very young age. and getting way more experience than we ev

the los angeles laker's star, kobe bryant is being investigated by san diego police.ow reportedly kobe was at a local church service on sunday, saw a man taking pictures of him on a cell phone. kobe took the phone from the man, didn't see any pictures, and left. but the man is claiming that bryant hurt his wrist and he had to be treated at the hospital. now that police investigation will continue. >>> a high fly ball to the left field, hit well, young going back to the track to the wall, it's gone! >> and it's history. the minnesota twin's man just became the eighth player in major league baseball history to hit 600 home runs. and he did it last night against the detroit tigers, just an inning after hitting home run number 599. you can see his kids and his wife and his teammates giving him hugs and kisses, everybody came on the field to congratulate him. >> and that is quite an elite group. >> it really is. >>> all right, it's eight minutes now before 8:00, back in safe hands, a stolen sketch is found. the unusual place where it turned up. >> and there is something ha

faucet to the aged the tsunami that what is actually confronting policymakers is a time when the lakers -- are taking huge amounts of confirmation and dumping it out there. the question is how to control it. that is genuinely hard. you can imagine turning this over to the government and say "you tell us what you what released." their answer with be in "nothing." what is the mechanism to find the right balance between these two extremes that deals with the fundamental problem where is not 10-pages are even pentagon papers but it is gigabytes of data that no one has the time to actually investigate? my understanding of the history of wikileaks is more charitable. the early version of wikileaks was of the grotesque, oblivious entity that he was criticizing. they said their job was to put the data out there. there was an evolution within wikileaks trying to figure out what is the way to facilitate this properly. part of that was what you are seeing, turning over the archives to six or seven journalistic entities and st. "you tell us what is the real stuff that ought to be out there." wikile

according to the police the lakers star thought 21-year-old star thomas was taking pictures of him with cell phone so he took it away. no pictures turned up and cops say bryant left. he filed a police report claiming he suffered a sprained wrist and an attorney for bryant calls the claim baseless. >>> may be one of the hardest things to do in baseball, turning a triple play. now we've seen two of them in back-to-back nights. the boston red sox did it last night going around the horn, third to second to first against tampa bay. the last time the sox turned three -- wow, 17 years ago. the night before, the milwaukee brewers turned a more unconventional triple play in a game against the dodgers. the dodgers that night hit into four double playsp. there have been three triple plays in the major this snooens i love seeing that. good defense is exciting. >> just ahead on "american morning," job applications that stand out for all the wrong reasons. we'll tell you what not to do when you're looking to get hired. >> looking forward to this. >>> plus, why rocker gene simmons can kiss his chance

. >>> former laker javaris crittenton arrested last night at a southern california airport and facinglling a mother of four in atlanta. >>> cashing in on the comeback. michael vick has signed a new six-year, $100 million contract for the eagles. $40 million of that is guaranteed and makes him one of the highest paid nfl players in the league. >>> and it's official. we now know the lineup for season 13 of "dancing with the stars." the big names battling it out for the trophy is david arquette and ricki lake and chas bono and one of our own, nancy grace! we will be watching you, nancy. has is the news you need to start your day. "american morning" back after a break. >>> good morning, atlanta. sunny and 73 right now. mostly sunny later today and a seasonable 92 degrees for late august. >> that's right. for atlanta, that's pretty normal. >> back to normal, yeah. >>> your a.m. house call a warning from nun health official about a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus. a mutant strain of the virus may be spreading in southeast asia and appeared in china and vietnam. it can side-

[applause] i like the celtics a little better than they could clippers and the lakers but that's okay. don't hold that against me, all right? i hope you do like basketball because there is a lot of it in the book. i'd love to lose myself in the intensity of the game when i played. on the court, but chaos and let downs in my daily life are completely out of my mind. there were clear rules and boundaries that i actually needed. i knew my abilities and how to use them when i played. i once told my coach as a matter fact when i was younger, probably eight to ninth grade, that i wanted to wear knee pads because that was the cool thing. he told me scott, serious players aren't the guys with kneepads but the ones with the scrapes and bruises because they always die for the ball and then brush off the pain. those are the guys you have to watch out for. given my home life i knew exactly what it meant to brush off the pain. on the basketball court i i wasn't the fastest kid, that being tough and a hard worker counted for an awful lot. now, l.a. basketball fans might remember the wisdom of the l

[applause] i like the celtics a little better than they could clippers and the lakers but that's okay. don't hold that against me, all right? i hope you do like basketball because there is a lot of it in the book. i'd love to lose myself in the intensity of the game when i played. on the court, but chaos and let downs in my daily life are completely out of my mind. there were clear rules and boundaries that i actually needed. i knew my abilities and how to use them when i played. i once told my coach as a matter fact when i was younger, probably eight to ninth grade, that i wanted to wear knee pads because that was the cool thing. he told me scott, serious players aren't the guys with kneepads but the ones with the scrapes and bruises because they always die for the ball and then brush off the pain. those are the guys you have to watch out for. given my home life i knew exactly what it meant to brush off the pain. on the basketball court i i wasn't the fastest kid, that being tough and a hard worker counted for an awful lot. now, l.a. basketball fans might remember the wisdom of the l

the lakers. >> wrong. [ buzzer ] >> oakland raiders? >> they're in california.s, aren't they? >> kathie, you muffed that one up. >> that's what he said, east coast/west coast. >> you went down. kathie, what comes next in this song about california. music.cc1: ♪ once you party with us ♪ you'll be falling in love ♪ california girls are unforgettable ♪ >> it's katie perry, i know that. >> daisy dukes -- bikini -- ♪ daisy dukes, bikinis on top >> i'm going to hit you with one more, because you know what, redemption is in order here. name two real housewives of beverly hills. >> oh, kelsey grammer's wife, camille and lisa, who owns villa blanca. i know her because i love that restaurant. i went to that restaurant many times before i knew she was on the show. and i'm sweating in one of my favorite things. mondays we do favorite things. i went into my little michael kors shop in greenwich. feel that. it's a little michael kors dress, $135 and i loved it. and bobbie told me about this stuff a couple of weeks ago and i fell in love with it. can you get a close-up of my e

[applause] i like the celtics a little better than they could clippers and the lakers but that's okay. don't hold that against me, all right? i hope you do like basketball because there is a lot of it in the book. i'd love to lose myself in the intensity of the game when i played. on the court, but chaos and let downs in my daily life are completely out of my mind. there were clear rules and boundaries that i actually needed. i knew my abilities and how to use them when i played. i once told my coach as a matter fact when i was younger, probably eight to ninth grade, that i wanted to wear knee pads because that was the cool thing. he told me scott, serious players aren't the guys with kneepads but the ones with the scrapes and bruises because they always die for the ball and then brush off the pain. those are the guys you have to watch out for. given my home life i knew exactly what it meant to brush off the pain. on the basketball court i i wasn't the fastest kid, that being tough and a hard worker counted for an awful lot. now, l.a. basketball fans might remember the wisdom of the l