le bron james has not responded to that controversy. bronze take he said i do not believe there was any consideration for the consequences. of the tweet my team just went through a difficult week i think people need to understand what a treat all straight. now there's a lot of context behind this we'll go through it step by step but 1st here's a look at why china last called a fall over boston ball mixing with politics. the houston rockets in damage control this play is enlisted to help smooth over a full out they could risk a money spinning relationship with china last year were opposed. to. the with the title with the no plane or. the no for both of us in this we will go there you know was twice a year the grovelling apology came after the team's general manager daryl morey tweeted support for the protests in hong kong he quickly deleted the tweet and said he didn't intend to cause offense humble words that underline the importance of chinese money to be in b.s.a. china's state broadcaster announced it would no longer show rockets gam

and le bron james is like look, you have got to be careful what you tweet. >> my grandpa on the phoneblessed with natural talent, he wasn't blessed with common sense. trish: by the way, that's not just no common sense. if you ask knee, there is something else going on. and it's ka-ching. >> for a guy to who tweeted injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere. he said i don't care about injustice as long as i can line my pocketbooks and get money from china. trish: and i will speak out against the guy who dared to say something about it. i will condemn him and say you have got to be careful. you shouldn't have done something like that. >> his response yesterday, he said he will clarify. he said it's been a tough week for the nba. it's been a tough week for the millions of chinese people in concentration camps who are having their organs harvests by an authoritarian regime. he had a chance to go on the right side of history and stand for freedom and he's not doing it. trish: 1.5 billion dollars worth of basketball games televised over there. we weren't born yesterday, we know what's g

the los angeles lakers the leak has been locked in a war of words with china and lakers player le bron james has inserted himself into the crossfire some protesters directed their criticism squarely at him. the face of the n.b.a. le bron james was the focal point of protests at the season opener los angeles lakers top player was targeted after he criticized an official from a rival team for tweeting support for hong kong residents in their political dispute with china last week james took to social media himself stating i do not believe there was any consideration for the consequences and ramifications of the tweet my team and this league just went through a difficult week i think people need to understand what a tweet or statement can do to others but james attempt to salvage the lucrative relationship between the n.b.a. and china before the season started it didn't really work chinese t.v. didn't broadcast any of the n.b.a.'s opening games in protesters in los angeles are disappointed at the league's response i asked the n.b.a. to come out and make a forcible statement that they support th

lakers last night the league has clashed with china over its hong kong policy and lakers player le bron james he's now in the crossfire some protesters with a director their criticism directly at the star player. base of the n.b.a. le bron james was the focal point of protests at the season opener los angeles lakers star player was targeted after he criticized an official from a rival team for tweet the support for hong kong residents and their political do. sputum china last week james took to social media himself stating i do not believe there was any consideration for the consequences and ramifications of the tweet my team and this league just went through a difficult week i think people need to understand what a tweet or statement can do to others but james attempt to salvage the lucrative relationship between the n.b.a. and china before the season started didn't really work chinese t.v. didn't broadcast any of the n.b.a.'s opening games and protesters in los angeles are disappointed at the league's response i asked the n.b.a. to come out and make a forceful statement that they support th

area i know earlier today le bron james tweeted that he had to leave his home because of the fire he couldn't find a place to stay for the next day i mean that was just one example of someone who's had to flee their homes how bad is it for the rest of the folks where you are so about 3000 people were evacuated in that area where le bron james lives also i don't swear snigger was in fact away this morning and the fire this morning really came out of nowhere it started about 2 o'clock in the morning and spread very very rapidly when we 1st got the call it was about one to 2 acres and literally about 20 minutes later it was already up around $100.00 and you give it another hour and then it was up over $400.00 so it spanned it spread really really rapidly and it's just chewing up the vegetation so people in that area had to go and they had to go quick you know when we look at the picture behind you it looks like there is this haze between the water the land in the sky if that the smoke from these wildfires and talk to me also about the response of the firefighters what kind of job do you

threatening homes in the los angeles area some of las wealthiest residents including basketball star le bron james and even the terminator him self arnold schwarzenegger has been driven from their homes. their 405 freeway in los angeles the latest fronts in the california wildfires early monday morning a new fire broke out here sweeping through the hills. thousands of people were forced to flee as the fires scorched the wealthy west side of the city authorities urged residents to heed the warnings and get out. if you're in the mandatory evacuation zone and you're still there watching this you're an idiot get the hell out it's way too dangerous people that stay behind are just a danger in themselves and not helping the worst affected area is sonoma county in northern california 88000 homes here are in danger 4000 firefighters are battling to get the blaze under control but there is new hope after days of strong winds conditions have improved. but today's focus continues to be perimeter control and structure protection especially during this 24 hour window of opportunity we currently have with favor

choose days of the game then it's called 30 points to leave the clippers to a 10 point victory over le bron james and the l.a. lakers. but as we mentioned china's main channel refused to show any of the action the media blackout shows the n.b.a.'s lucrative chinese broadcast and sponsorship deals remain vulnerable florence louis has more from beijing. politics is still casting its shadow over basketball here in china state broadcaster c.c.t.v. which holds exclusive rights to n.b.a. games did not to broadcast the season's opening matches on when states and when we checked sports showed you for the weekend no gains when the state now earlier this month c.c.t.v. had said it was reviewing its relationship with n.b.a. after the general manager for the houston rockets daryl morey treated in support of antigovernment protests in hong kong and even though more a deleted in street and said it did not represent the n.b.a.'s views or his team's feelies his actions have angered not just the chinese government but also fans and business partners of the rockets who had severed all suspended ties with the n.b.a

bron james he's offering his take on this p.r. disaster. i do not believe that there was any consideration for the consequences and ramifications of the tweet le bron tweeted my team and this league just went through a difficult week i think people need to understand what a tweet or statement can do to others. is le bron james now an apologist for an authoritarian regime known as the chinese communist party or here is more on why china has called a foul over american basketball's freedom of speech. the houston rockets in damage control this stuff play is enlisted to help smooth over a full out they could risk a money spinning relationship with china last year were apologized for you know. that with the title with no plane there. are no rules for both of us because we didn't go there you know once twice a year the grovelling apology came after the team's general manager daryl morey tweeted support for the protests in hong kong he quickly deleted the tweet and said he didn't intend to cause offense humble words that underline the importance of chinese money to be in b.s.a. china's state broadcaster announced it would no longer show rockets games

down to one winner takes all match on wednesday david stokes al-jazeera as well and be able star le bron james has sent a tackle a truck to feed 1st responders who are tackling the wildfires in california james himself was one of thousands of people forced to flee their homes and los angeles. but 1st a long one off around 1 30 in the morning and then the 2nd one for the emergency evacuation was like 145 we found the house after 2 o'clock and you know finally got some word to say around 4 am in the morning. and get to sleep we find really got to sit around like 6 am 615. and i was just going to this it was it was this crazy it was great to say the least well it was an ideal preparation for james but he still play that for the l.a. lakers against the memphis grizzlies and he scored $23.00 points at the start of the show is anthony davis who got 40 points the lakers running out easy win as $120.00 points in mind to one. well it wasn't a great night for los angeles in major league soccer though the seattle sounders it beats at a.f.c. 3 want to reach the m.l.s. cup final for the 3rd time in 4 we di

have driven some of ellie's wealthiest residents from their homes including basketball superstar le bron james and even the terminator himself arnold sorts there are several fires currently burning out of control in the states the biggest in the wine country beyond san francisco has spread and firefighters are struggling to contain it the local electricity supplier says one of its power lines may have started the blaze despite shutting off electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers to prevent downed lines starting wildfires. heading into an inferno san francisco firefighters on their way to battle the biggest and most destructive blaze the kinkaid fire. so the south in california the smoldering remains of several homes in los angeles fire swept through the tinder dry hills here prompting this warning from authorities if you're in the mandatory evacuation zone and you're still there watching this you're an idiot get the hell out it's way too dangerous people that stay behind or just the danger in themselves and not helping. the good time is of the essence there's been a short rest night

some say the other game that it's called 30 points lead the clippers to a 10 point victory over le bron james and l.a. like. the washington nationals are taking a one of baseball's world series against the houston astros despite falling behind on a 20 year old played a starring role in helping washington when what was their 1st ever world series game pietistic. than 2 teams with very different histories the nationals looking for their 1st ever world series title the astros' aiming for a 2nd championship in 3 seasons when one so-so was struck out by garrett cole he had no idea what impact he was still to have on this game. used with to nothing up early on and looking good on home soil at minute maid park jelly fish but then this solo home run from wrong and zimmerman brought the nationals back into the game and then it was soto's turn to shine clean up the exterior 1st the 20 year old hits a home run to label the schools. and then he hit a 2 run double as the nationals opened up an unassailable 52 lead not bad for a man 3 days shy of these 21st birthday and everybody was a little bit down but

homes in the los angeles area some of the ways wealthiest residents including basketball superstar le bron james and even the terminator himself arnold schwarzenegger have been driven from their homes. heading into an inferno san francisco firefighters are on their way to battle the biggest and most destructive blaze the kinkaid fire. so the south in california the smoldering remains of several homes in los angeles fire swept through the tinder dry hills here prompting this warning from authorities if you're in the mandatory evacuation zone and you're still there watching this you're an idiot get the hell out it's way too dangerous people that stay behind or just the danger of them selves and not helping. the good time is of the essence there's been a short rest but in the winds fanning the flames but set to pick up again. what we're starting to get ready for there was another red flag event all right now it looks like that's going to start sometime midday tuesday and push us into wednesday morning so we've got a kind of a quiet 24 hour window right now and then we're going to go into another cr

team in tuesday's game leonard scored 30 points to lead the clippers to a 10 point victory over le bron james and the l.a. lakers if you wait for champions league continues on wednesday holders liverpool become welcome back muhammad salla to their starting line up for their trip to game has been a recovering from an ankle injury but has been passed fit to play and wednesday's game that match kicks off in a few minutes we don't want to make bigger than they are but they are in the champions league and they play good football they are told when they could be annoying but they were against the police not to be had big chances but parts of the game they play good football it's a brave team that became lost a champion in belgium which is not so easy 2 games have already finished and germany at leipzig beat is in it to one i ax were beaten one nil at home by chelsea league is considering legal action after the el classico match between barcelona and real madrid was moved it was postponed because of protests in barcelona after 9 cattle on political leaders were jailed it was supposed to be played th

following i will continue to support le bron james none of the chinese people would accept comments you took me by dear old morry going to adam silver so you can redeem your sports your thoughts heard here on the panel what does this tell us about where these sports fans loyalty of live are like we'll still love le bron but we don't like your boss but it's really interesting when you look at it like you said china is one of the biggest n.b.a. markets yeah one of those famous chinese basket players to come out of the n.b.a. he actually sits on the board of the chinese basketball association and he kind of was supposed to be the mediator between silver and fans we see that's not happening fandom is always been a monetary thing organizations monetize their fans they want to be able to have that the message growth product for the n.b.a. and then it's a $7000000000.30 of that comes from china so while you have the people canceling their subscriptions and they're angry and they're not going to watch a 10 cent as a $500000000.00. real stream n.b.a. games are not going to the rockets games anym

the session shuttles for wednesday in shanghai were for le bron james l.a. lakers and the brooklyn nets the 2 basketball teams were due to play 2 preseason basketball games in china now there's doubts about whether those matches will go ahead this follows chinese state t.v. refusing to show preseason meetings involving the houston rockets that are the n.b.a.'s manager tweeted support for protesters in hong kong all now rockets products are being pulled from the shelves in china which is a lucrative market for the n.b.a. with billions of dollars a year. to thomson is a visiting senior research fellow at the league kuan yew school of public policy at the national university in singapore and joins me from there good to have you with us on the program mr thomson i mean the dispute with the n.b.a. as we've been reporting is highlighted the sort of commercial sensitivities many companies have to face when dealing with china but are you surprised at how upset the chinese have been over this because millions of people and individuals tweet about hong kong for exampl

governor of california has declared a state wide emergency as new wildfires break out basketball star le bron james and his family are one of many forced to leave wealthy neighborhoods in the hills above los angeles 180000 people have been ordered to move to safety in the wine producing region of northern california more than a 1000000 electricity customers have been warned of more power cuts to reduce the risk of fires being sparked by damaged cables chile's president has announced a new cabinet in a move that ending weeks of antigovernment protests sebastian pinera sacked is ministers over the weekend and announced he would form a new government and introduce social reforms this is new and has more from santiago. where outside of the supreme court here in santiago where a very large demonstration is taking place at this hour many of the demonstrators are wearing black as a show of protest against massive charges of human rights violations that have allegedly taken place here in chile all over the country not just in santiago since in the last 8 days of protests but particularly since the state of

governor of california has declared a state wide emergency as new wildfires break out but all star le bron james and his family are one of many forced to leave wealthy neighborhoods in the hills above los angeles and 180000 people have been ordered to move to safety in the wine producing region of northern california more than a 1000000 electricity customers have been warned of more power cuts to reduce the risk of fires being sparked by damaged cables early results from your acquirers presidential elections suggest there could be a runoff vote the ruling leftist party's candidate danielle martinez and his main opponent failed to get the 50 percent vote share needed to win outright or this means the broad front party's at risk of losing power for the 1st time in 15 years it's been under pressure fire for failing to revive a weak economy presidential runoff is likely now in november the u.n. special envoy for syria is due to have talks with the turkish uranian and russian foreign ministers before a major meeting on a new syrian constitution a $150.00 member constitutional committee finalized afte

then one of those matches is featuring the lakers and of course lebron james plays for the lakers le bron james is a huge basketball star here in china in terms of business basketball is a very very sizable industry here children the kids by the jerseys the branded goods the branded bags the branded shoes but nevertheless the response to this has been that the the the they are putting china and their love for china ahead of their love for the n.b.a. now the reason the basketball this all important it's important to note is actually the time difference between the u.s. and china it's about 12 hours that means that many of the basketball games that are streamed through companies chinese companies like 10 cent for example that take place right about lunchtime here in china and on a saturday and sunday that captures a huge audience predominantly because there is no other sport going on there at the moment so that's what people watch but again as i say the response has been very much a push back by and by china in the global times which is a state newspaper here there's an editorial this morning say

stages which is good news the climbers like defending champion egg and bed now of team in the us le bron jamessaid the general manager of the used and rockets acted selfishly when he tweeted in support of the hong kong protests darrell maurice tweet caused a backlash from n.b.a. fans and broadcasters in china you're misinformed. about something and just talk about you know the tweet itself you know you never know the ramifications that can happen. you know we all see what they did you know you did probably. most of america for people. in china as well and sometimes you have to think through the things that you say that may cause or not only for yourself or for the georgian people le bron's criticism of mori didn't go down well with these basketball fans and protesters in hong kong they made their feelings clear about hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb and china's president xi and they stomped on pictures of the brand to. that's the difference between great player and good player and the difference between a hero and. here's a good basketball star here's one of the greatest of all time but

california has declared a state wide emergency as new wildfires continue to break out basketball star le bron james and his family are one of mayor forced to leave wealthy neighborhoods in the hills above los angeles and 180000 people have been ordered to move to safety in the wine producing region of northern california more than a 1000000 electricity customers have been warned of more power cuts to reduce the risk of fires being sparked by damaged cables. and lebanon roads are being blocked in the capital beirut as part of a 12th day of demonstrations on sunday tens of thousands formed a human chain stretching almost the entire length of the coastline from north to south there's anger over corruption and mismanagement of the economy stephanie jackers and. it is day 12 and people remain on the streets blocking the roads this is one of the main highways through beirut it's one of the tactics the protesters are employing to keep the pressure on the government now there's almost a community feel here a lot of people sitting around actually if we can offer one of these ladies why are you here what hi

basketball star le bron james has sent a taco truck to feed 1st responders who were tackling wildfires in california james himself was one of thousands of people forced to flee their homes in los angeles. but 1st a long one off around 1 30 in the morning and then a 2nd one for the emergency evacuation was like 145 we found the house after 2 o'clock and finally got some word to say they're offering in the morning. and get to sleep we find really got to sit around like 6 am 6 but. you know it's just it was that was this crazy it was great to say it was it was an ideal preparation for james but he still played for the l.a. lakers against the memphis grizzlies and he school 23 points but the star of the show was anthony davis who got 40 points the lakers easy winners 12091. in italy and similar in of move to. a $21.00 victory over break into took the lead through allow time for martin is. romelu lukaku added a stunning strike which was enough to say and then tell you can't his men 2 points clear eventis although they do have a game in hand they will host general on wednesday. the world cha

california has declared a state of state wide emergency as new wildfires break out basketball star le bron james and his family one of many forced to leave wealthy neighborhoods in the hills above los angeles. and 180000 people have been ordered to move to safety in the wine producing region of northern california more than a 1000000 electricity customers have been warned of more power cuts to reduce the risk of fires being sparked by damaged cables us house democrats are threatening to hold a witness in the impeachment probe into president donald trump in contempt former security advisor charles koppelman had been ordered to appear before house investigators on monday however he's now filed a lawsuit asking a judge to decide whether he's obliged to testify officials in the house have sent a letter to government saying his lawsuit lacks merit and is a tactic by the president to obstruct congress. joe castro joins us from capitol hill in washington d.c. so what does this mean now for the impeachment process. well sammy it means that the flow of relatively cooperative witnesses for democrats of th