so i said, "i'm going to go with that angle on larry bird." so i called larry up and i said, "listen, "larry, this is a chance for our kids to see us playing "in the olympics — not on the boston celtics, not on the lakers..." for the country. yes. for america. for america, representing our country. he said, "magic, my back is hurting." i said, "larry, you don't have to play 30 minutes a game. "you can just play ten minutes a game. "all i want to do is come down and do a no—look pass "to you and you shoot a three—pointer. "we both going to be very happy." he said, "all right, i'll play." i said, "good, so i got larry covered." now, the harder one was michaeljordan. so i said, "man, what can i say to michael? "he has everything, he's done everything. "he's already won championships. "he's already played for the olympic team." but i said, "you know what i'll tell him? "we're going to hang out every night and play cards together." and he can play golf all day, come to the game, just score 30 at half—time and go sit down. and guess what? that's what

this urban kid from michigan and larry bird this guy who worked carrying trash. one place for the los angeles lakers, the other place for the boston celtics. it's a great story the lakers had several chances. >> and here's larry bird jumping down the throat magic johnson leads the attack. >> look at that pass. >> oh, what a show oh, when those championship games are in prime time and people are paying attention to that television feeds into those rivalries and makes them bigger than they've ever been before i didn't challenge me with that somewhat primitive skill. >> they're just as good as dead. >> every mike tyson fight was an event because every fight was like an ax murder. when he fought michael spinks. the electricity, you could just feel it watching it on tv. >> here comes mike spinks in. he leads the right hand. >> there he goes. >> tyson was made for tv because there was drama. it's all over. >> mike tyson has won it. >> not a lot of junior high school kids can dunk, especially at five. >> but everybody tries. >> now i bet nobody tries. >> i think that he

listen, larry bird was so offended if a white guy would guard him he would yell at the black man forll. i get it. what you really says as i have earned everything i have an sure i will acknowledge that there is advantages to being quite. sure, fine. she just wants to play ball. the problem is she is a jump shooter in a layup leak and they cannot stand it. her ability has nothing to do with the colour of her skin it is her work ethic. she did what she needed to do she continues to improve. she is bringing something new to the game and here is the scary thing for the establishment. they want more caitlin clark. they want more 25-foot jays and 30-foot jason from women and it will change the dynamic of the league. she is more of a threat to their way of doing things. those of us who watched the playoffs that sat down to watch it, it was brutal. it was brutal. somebody had 20 rebounds. not because it was dennis robin because nothing was going good. it was brutal. so somebody like caitlin clark represents a change in the easiest thing to do is make it about her skin but it is not. she is j

so listen, larry bird was so offended. if a white guy would guard him, he would yell at the black players for not respecting him enough. so again, this is her just she just wants to play basketball, i get it. and what she really said was like, i've earned everything i have. and sure, i'll acknowledge that there's advantages to being white. sure, fine. she just wants to play ball. the problem is she is a jump shooter in a layup league and they can't stand it. and her ability has nothing to do with the color of her skin. it's her work ethic. she did. she did what she needed to do. she continues to improve. she's bringing something new to the game. and here's the scary thing for the establishment they want more caitlin clark. they want more 25 foot j's and 30 foot j's for women. and it's going to change the dynamic of the league. and so i think she's more of a threat to their way of doing things, because those of us who watched the playoffs that sat down to watch it, it was brutal. it was brutal. somebody had 20 rebounds. it

we are glad to sent down from new england to duke to get his postgraduate basketball training larry bird videos at age six. welcome. glad to send down the best college basketball player in america from new england. commissioner mr. jones, thank you for being here today. healthy nutritious food is an essential part of making sure we can treat and prevent chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes and i've been proud to work with my colleagues including senator marshall on supporting access to healthy foods as a means of treating chronic disease. having experts and committed civil servants is essential for implementing evidence-based strategies for improving americans. is that correct? >> yes. >> how important is it for the fda's work on nutrition and chronic disease to receive support from the secretary of health and human services? >> it is very important. >> from my perspective, we have a potential nominee for secretary of health and human services. talking a lot about nutrition and chronic disease. some would say what he says importance of healthy foods is reasonable. how

>> i think it's larry bird's last season, right? >> well, his ended abruptly with a bad back, so that actually might be -- >> doesn't fit because you're going on to play for another team. >> that's right. >> our team with us full time. >> yeah. >> i don't know, is it -- >> i've asked for the foo fighters to play me out like david letterman. >> yeah. >> they haven't responded yet to our request. i'm not sure that's going to happen or not. >> we'll be reaching out. >> yes, see if they're available. >> in the corner near rattner. >> we look forward to you and your new iteration. >> thank you, guys. appreciate it. >>> we begin with president-elect's warning to senate republicans, opposed to some of his cabinet nominations. in a wide-ranging news conference from his palm beach estate yesterday, the president-elect was asked about lawmakers who don't support his picks. here is what he said. >> senators who oppose your nominees, your cabinet knock-knees, should they be primaried? >> if they are unreasonable. i'll give you a different answe

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the numbers, all the ratio of uh, so just come birds and not come buds um, categories in gaza to afghanistan to iraq. this is was the, is larry public opinion and the main stream media is doing. you know, the story was yesterday that channel 30 we bought is about people stopping and you guys out and offering footage of, uh most people in guys uh that uh 5 d for a piece of bread. so the story was that there was a story. so uh is, uh, is still busy ways, october sevens, and the biggest, important, uh, is still, uh, portrayed itself as a victim of the conflict. samsung tanner, isn't that, as well as still considering itself, the victim here. i mean this is nearly a year as well since the i c j set that applause will, genocide was happening and goes on ordered israel to take steps to prevent it nearly a year ago. and yes, it's done. the exact opposite are suddenly correct load. i mean, i mean this is a human side that has a lot of tv. i mean life on daily basis. but nothing is real hard and nothing is that because a specialist they say it is i've chosen enough to to put some guys on also means treatments and they're sending me to