lebron james may be the world's most recognized athlete. king of the court and now the business world, too, as he eyes a billion dollar fortune. "nightline" goes one-on-one. >>> and, high water hell. violent weather kills dozens across three states, devastating homes, submerging entire regions and threatening the most famous music city landmark. we'll have the latest on this unprecedented flooding. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," ma 4th, 2010. >> good evening. he is a husband, the father of two children and a newly naturalized american citizen. bum as of tonight, faisal shahzad is an accused terrorist, charged with attempting to explode a car bomb in times square. as we learn more, the contradictions seem to multiply. why would a man who benefited so much from this country tie to kill so many of its citizens? our chief investigative correspondent brian ross has been following developments from the moment shahzad was taken into cu

of course, nike has made sure everyone knows who lebron is. we caught up with him at a photo shoot for his newest shoe, which is so secret we can't even show it to you. superstitions. do you have any where basketball is involved? >> absolutely. >> reporter: socks, shoes? every single game since i was a rookie i've had a brand new pair of shuchs. >> every game? >> reporter: every game. i don't know the calculation. >> reporter: that's a lot of shoes. >> 82 regular season games and i play about 100 games a year. it's like 800 -- >> reporter: every pair has a fair shot. >> yeah, got a fair shot of making history. >> reporter: the question now is, where will those shoes make history. after this season, lebron becomes a free agent, which means he could leave cleveland and go, well, anywhere. you have a big turning point coming. it is continue stayly joked about. how often do you have to think about your future? >> um -- not as much as everyone else thinks about or talks about it. everybody knows my future and i have no idea. so. >> reporter: you sa

it's just fun to have lebron james around. we're having a lot of fun.ve a lot of fun. even the front office, believe it or not, they have a lot of fun too, and clearly by the way mike is dressed, he has a lot of fun all the time too. so it's just a lot of fun to be around here. no fine involved. no worries. you're always wondering what lelebron james is going to do next. what's going to be his next dunk, his next move to the basket, what's his next record he's going to break? when's he going to teach the next player how to dunk, how it all works? he is a guy that also a lot of you don't know gets involved in marketing. a lot of the stuff that you see regarding some of the things he does and the commercials and all that are his ideas, so it's more than basketball, it's a lot more than basketball. i happen to watch for the second time the movie here obviously based in akron, "more than a game," and i've got to tell you something until you really see that movie, and i'm not from akron, but you really get an incredible feel as to really more than what lebro

john calipari, might coach lebron, in chicago. pat riley, wants him in miami.with all that salary-cap room, pretty good players, would be a better place for him to pursue a title. losing like this, the reasoning goes? makes it easier for lebron, to close the first chapter of his career, cleveland chapter, and seek the happy ending elsewhere. >> worse playoff loss in cavs' history. >> nothing noble about how they went out, didn't happen in the finals against kobe, and the lakers or even in the conference finals against orlando. the cavs, were taken out by the celtics. team thought to be too old, most of the responsibility for this failure will fall on lebron james. because, pro-basketball, the buck stops with the superstar. >> ♪ >> the n.b.a. final, whether the league likes it or not, now have to share the rest of the spring with free-agent speculation. the a listers are too high profile to hold back that discussion, from lebron, to wade, and bosh, to boozer, and johnson, and perhaps stoudemire, and dirk nowitzki. it should be the most frantic summer in the n.b.

raised in akron by his mother, gloria, who was only 16 when she had lebron.d himself with people who come from the same place. >> what's up, baby? >> reporter: several years ago he fired his agent and replaced him with a team of close friends who handle the multi-million dollar business of being lebron. >> everybody brings in these experts from all these big places. that's the way it has to be done, that's the way it has to be done. you said no. >> no, i just -- i come from a good culture of basketball and a good culture of family. i kind of brought that same instillment, that same blueprint, to the professional level. that type of camaraderie can happen on the court, off the court, the boardroom, anywhere. i mean, it helps a lot. >> reporter: they take lebron, inc., very seriously. carefully cultivating a global brand. signing endorsement deals with heavyweights like mcdonald's, vitamin water, and of course nike. ♪ from the backbone of the planet dunk ♪ >> reporter: it's business, not just basketball, that has opened new worlds to lebron. so you're very big

if lebron returns next season, he will be playing for a new coach., mike brown is relieved of his duties. brown coached the cavaliers for five spns he leads with the franchise's highest win percentage. including one trip to the nba finals. the team had two 60-win seasons under brown. he's the 2009 coach of the year, but the one thing he couldn't do was win an nba championship. the move fuels speculation that the organization will seek lebron's input on the next head man that will coach the cleveland's cavaliers. two names thrown into that mix, coach k of duke, as well as potentially phil jackson from the lakers. because his contract is now done. lebron has spoken lying highly of both of them. >> why would you leaf duke? that's one of the best jons earth. >> you wouldn't want to coach lebron james? >> actually probably not. not with the situation he's got in duke. i can't imagine why anyone would want to leave. >> look what happened to the last coach. >> how can you do better than that? >> we'll see. i predict lebronry mains in cleveland. >>> venus an

. >> the road to the nba finals may go through cleveland, but lebron and the cavs still need to go through an old nemesis. and saturday night's all right for fightin'. we'll get you ready for moseley-mayweather next on "espnews."

and has a new york strip club made lebron james an offer he can't refuse? this story would shock you if he were still capable of being shocked and do gay actors have trouble playing straight characters? greg? >> thank you. >> whatever, greg. >> move on, andy you move on. >> i have moved on. >> fine. >> okay. >> let's move on and welcome our guests. a delightful author and columnist. her latest book is called "losing our religion", the story of r.e.m.. she's so hot, brush fires try to contain her. and as funny as two leprechauns playing ping pong was a bloody eye ball of a keebler elf. something reeks. and only the terminally ill send him flowers. >> and the delicious doctor, mark lamont hill associate professor at columbia university. he knows co-ed like i know premeds and he is made of ink but lives to drink g to see you again, pimpblg does a good job is liz robbins throwing rather than lob ins by never be a snobbins making my bad place thobins. the end. >> i wish it was the end. i wish it was the end. all right? now, to the gregga long. it's a jack-a-lop

mo williams, lebron james, touchdown.touchdowns. >> yeah. >> and drew rosenhaus, that's a pile of flaming bricks. was that cgi? >> feels like it, doesn't it? >> this score is cgi, but anyway you slice it, not looking good for cleveland. 92-68. boston on the verge of taking a 3-2 series lead. this could well be lebron james last home game as a member of the cleveland cavaliers. they go to to boston, they lose, they're not coming back. >> rajon rondo, 14 points in the second half. from that we go to the jets. they added santonio holmes, cromartie, and tomlinson in the off season, and tom brady has taken notice. the patriots quarterback praised his archrival. he told "sports illustrated" to win this division we'll really have to earn it this year. jets head coach rex ryan agrees with that. >> he's a smart guy. we're not afraid of that. we're making sure that everybody knows it. that we plan on being that team that wins the division this year. we know it will be a great challenge. i think this is going to be a tremendous seas

off lebron.is a matchup of the last two eastern conference champions, orlando eliminated boston last year, but that was without kevin garnett. first quarter, ray allen. magic shot just 4 of 20 in the first quarter. they fell behind 22-14. second quarter. one of eight assists for rajon rondo, celtics led by ten. under ten seconds to go in the first half. vince carter. he had 23 points in his first career conference finals game, but the magic down nine at the half. jameer nelson. third quarter. 20 points on 8 of 18 shooting. magic within three. but moments later here come the cs. paul pierce. all he did was go for 22-9-5. celtics led by six. moments later, ray allen. all he did was go for 25-7-3. celtics back up by 16. head by as many as 20 in the third quarter, but fourth quarter. magic. they called an offensive foul on dwight howard, and after further review, mike, the old denzel right there. >> yeah. >> maybe a little acting. >> this is rondo. sent back by superman. another look. and when he get

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he will play against phoenix. >> what would lebron have donemp with two good arms?ltics last night, outscoring their team in the first quarter en route to handing boston its worst home playoff loss in celtics playoff history. today he spoke. >> after the game two loss, i understood how bad we played and so i didn't -- i never got down, never -- you know, never panicked at that point. i knew we had to play much better in game three to win that game. i mean, the third quarter in game two was just probably one of the worst quarters we had and we allowed them to get into their sets easy, we played a lot of one-sided basketball and a lot of zone on offense and they just completely took us out of our game. so, you know, throughout those few days that we had off, i watched a lot of film, broke down a lot of things that we can help each other, how i can help the team and we were able to bounce back. this is the best time for basketball players, being a part of the nba. this is what you hope and dream for, that you can be a part of this. and for me to have our team in the po

. >> the cavaliers will have to wait to find out whether or not they will have lebron james. he will play for a new head coach if he comes back. mike brown was fired today, each of his five seasons, the past two years, the cavaliers have the best record in the nba. they failed to make it to the finals both years. it will hold off hiring a fax until that the chance of bringing james back. they open on july 1. >> they have the distinctive pressure, and everyone named -- and not named fetterer -- taking on in taking apart his opponent. he surrenders on a double fault. the day just gets tougher. backhand, into the net. if you make unforced errors against fetterer, you will have a very tough afternoon whether you're paying on -- playing on clay or crushed glass. we sail out with the seven-day forecast. >> here is what we're working on for tonight. a new grocery store is moving in and looking to hire about 200 positions. the latest on that tonight in a new details on the local slot parlor fought over in court. we uncover some late breaking details. those stories and more tonight >>

. >>> if lebron james stays with the -- brown gets the boot after 5 seasons. won more games than any in caps history. hockey's family the philadelphia flyers captain gets the goal of the game. challenged by goalie, wins the challenge and pokes in a goal. the flyers meet chicago starting saturday. >>> let's finish with a fishing trip. oriole slugger on his day off from baseball today. shipping with a father and son from annapolis. his 9-year-old son won the excursion. his day on the water included a 10-pound 28-inch rock fish. dinner for somebody. out of the boat and back on the field tomorrow night. >>> thank you, ,,,,,,,, for every ant or roach you see in your home, there are hundreds more you can't. the solution? try combat source kill max baits. while aerosols only kill the bugs you spray, combat baits target the source of the problem. ants and roaches take the bait; carry it back to the nest and share it. the result? you destroy not just one, but the entire infestation. if you have unwelcome ants or roaches, try combat source kill max. also look for new co

lebron james never said he wanted the cleveland cavaliers to find a new coach but he seemed to hint at that. the king has clout. mike brown was fired today. he took them to five straight playoff with his tenure in cleveland. they failed to make it to the finals in both of the last two seasons. the free agent market waiting to do anything they can, the cavaliers want to let him know that he does not have to leave cleveland to play for a new head coach. you do not have to leave to get gas is very expensive, and just when you think the gas prices are going down, they go back up again. we know saving money is important. this summer, shop with your giant card and save on shell fuel. earn one point for every dollar you spend. every 100 points earned gets you another 10 cents off per gallon. the more you spend, the more you save. i'm saving money at the store, i'm saving money at the pump, and that works for me. more savings every time you shop, only with your giant card. >> turn up the heat. >> 78 to borrow and 89 on wednesday. the upper 80's on thursday. hot and humid weather prince the cha

now the question will be will this move help the cavaliers retain lebron james.ffs, suns and lakers. even at 86. stottlemyre makes a nice move. and goes up and under with the reverse. stottlemyre with 42. lakers down three. kobe bryant loses it and saves it but it gets to nash who finds richardson on the baseline for three. the suns trail 3-1. the celtics look to sweep the magic. >>> federer returning to the french open as a defending champ. first round, federer serving in the near court to peter. the top seed was pushed the first set but managed to cruise to a 6-4, 6-16-2 victory. top seed serena williams also advanced in straight setses. >>> caps goalie odor has been nominated for the king clancey memorial trophy award given to the player who best displays leadership qualities off and on the ice. i'm dave feldman. back to you. >>> now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. keep it right here. tmz on tv is up next. the series final lee of "24 "is tonight. back after that.   - ( music playing ) - now's the time to invest. i

franchise history but he's gone now and question is will this move help the cap leerz retain free agent lebron's a many million dollar question. doug collins is back where his nba career started. the former number one pick of the sixers introduced today as the new head coach of the team. he replaces the fired eddie jordan who had a record of 27 and 55. he rae applied kon collins in d.c. and now collins replaces jordan in fill >> i a lot of people say why would you want to do this. my answer is why not. >> reporter: seems like a good reason. collins in philly today and the flyers in philly tonight. trying to eliminate the montreal canadiens in the eastern conference finals. flyers leading the series 3-1 but montreal struck not even one minute into the game. 1-0, montreal but all philly from there. tied at 1 in the second until aaron ashrom gets one and the flyers do not look back. they win game 5, 4-2. afterwards the captain mike richards gets presented with the prince of wales trophy for winning the eastern conference. le touch it? he does. not everyone does because they say it's bad luck. you

it can admit lebron james is the best basketball player in the country, even though he hasn't playedl the last few games. >> cheryl: we'll give julian the last word. he's going to take it anyway. we'll take a break. when we come back, apparently the washington lawmakers learned nothing from greece. because this might as well be the scene on capitol hill right now. reports that democrats were scrambling to spend $200 billion in two weeks. find out why. and as americans beg for jobs, did the white house just make their job search even hahard? and these guys even happier? (announcer) we're in the energy business. but we're also in the showing-kids- new-worlds business. and the startup-capital- for-barbers business. and the this-won't- hurt-a-bit business. because we don't just work here. we live here. these are our families. and our neighbors. and by changing lives we're in more than the energy business we're in the human energy business. chevron. i thought you said carl was our best presentation guy. [ worker ] well,e is. last wk he told my team about fedex office print online for our

we'll see if lebron and company are willing to go along with that. but i think boston is going to be very poised and relaxed tonight and maybe they win and end this thing in six games. >> let's think positive. that would be very painful for the nba. >> we want basketball on the weekend, definitely. >> absolutely. good job, timmy. >> thanks, linda. >> the associated press is>> t taking a revote for defensive rookie award following the suspension of last season's recipient, texans' linebacker brian cushing banished for the first four games of the 2010 season after testing positive for a banned substance. the s.e.c. minute was collectedh for slightly elevated levels of h.c.g. jairus byrd could be the beneficiary of the revote. byrd finished second in the voting, which cushing won going away. the last safety to win was mark carrier back in 1990. parkers' linebacker clay matthews and redskins'0. linebacker brian arack bow also received votes. we're now joined by espn's john clayton. john, what did you think of the a.p.'s decision to have a revote? >> i ap

game three, lebron came out applying a first quarter knockout of the celtics. bono: it's not about politics. or religion or the economy. it's not about oil, water, global warming, global pandemics, elections, sanctions, communism, socialism, or capitalism, war or peace... love or hate. this is about the one month every four years when we all agree on one thing. 32 nations, one world watching... marvelous >> red sox have lost five of the last seven at fenway against the yanks. mark teixeira batting .186 in april, but may a new month, solo shot off clay buchholz. 4-3 yanks, top of the fifth. top of the seventh, teixeira. this one is headed to right field. around pesky's pole. it's 7-3 for the yankees. top of the ninth, teixeira. he's done it again. this one to left field. mark teixeira becomes the first yankee to hit three home runs at fenway since lou gehrig did it in 19be27 -- the yankees throttle the sox 14-3. like gehrig, teixeira hit five r.b.i.s in the rout and in case you were wondering the 1927 yankees won the world series. >> the mets coming off a walk-o

how desperate is cleveland to keep basketball superstar lebron james.chors and local celebs recorded a "we are the world" video. to get him to stay. liston this ♪ no one is going to love you half as much as we do ♪ ♪ here's the choice you're making ♪ ♪ will you go or will you stay ♪ ♪ include lines like, lebron we love you. no other market is going to love you half as much as we do. how about star power, president obama said through david axlerod says he thinks that lebron would look good in a chicago bulls uniform and new york mayor, michael bloomberg, he would love living in new york for the knicks or the nets. i say he goes to chicago if he can handle the michael jordan legacy issue. what do you say? >> i think it'd be great if he could go to chicago. i don't think there's any chance he comes to new york. let's check with rick reichmuth, who is outside on the plaza. >> i say make the music stop. >> i love it, rick! >> oh, check this out. we have a birthday girl, what's your name? >> page. >> happy bert day today. >> yesterday. >> how old are you. >>

. >>> seems like everyone has an eye on the lebron james' sweepstakes these days. he will become a free agent this summer. if president obama has an opinion on where he could wind up. president obama says he could see the nba superstar fitting in well with his hometown chicago bulls. >> we knew that was coming. >> i think so. a little predictable. >>> 64 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. >> still ahead in the next half- hour, the federal government looks at safety. we will tell you who wants to ban one type of baby bedding. >>> anger towards bp and the federal government, and the latest efforts and whether they're working out in the gulf. >>> today will be a lot like yesterday, but there will be big changes by the >> live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. good morning, washington. welcome back on this monday morning, may 24. glad you are joining us today. i am alison starling. >> i am doug mcelway. adam caskey checking on the weather. >> outside you'll see the moisture on the windshield and on your vehicle. there's a light drizzle in isol

. >> the road to the nba finals may go through cleveland, but lebron and the cavs still need to go through an old nemesis. and saturday night's all right for fightin'. we'll get you ready for moseley-mayweather next on "espnews." movement was incredibly important and like any think it's important it opens up accountability to big businesses and corporations. it is a good thing. and, you know, there's always point be some trivial lawsuits. >> host: these are trivial these are lawsuits that can destroy the company. and some deserve to be called irresponsible behavior and, you know, i would really hate to see anything that would inhibit the possibility of consumers to hold corporations accountable because corporations have too much power as it is. the pharmaceuticals have made the zillions on contraceptive products particularly the pill and the need to be held accountable to make sure they are safe and the low and access a well and affordable. and, you know, i don't see that as a particularly critical demand. that's just -- the we cannot turn around. they haven't made more progress and we can

it definitely won't be a night off just because i'm not guarding lebron james.hey surrounded him by plenty of shooters is you can't help as much. a lot of guyed spotted up on the perimeter, just seems like everybody that comes in the game is going to shoot the 3-point shot. >> as important as it is to have a guy guarding, you know, howard straight up, probably as important for us to stay in front of nielsen. the double penetration actually cree yeas more 3's in their post game. >> if you wanted out of the east, you had to beat orlando. and i wanted our guys to make sure they had focus on that. >> i think it will be played the right way. the sky is the limit for us. you know, we're -- we should win this series. we have to believe that, and we have to understand that. it's not going to be easy, but if we -- i keep telling these guys if we do the things that we know how to do and control them then we should win. >> this city salt lake hungry like cleveland was hungry. i think there is a lot of cities that haven't had the success that say boston and la have had, tha

. >> coming up, lebron james and the cavs lost to the celtics in game two.onceding the home court. friday, they took it back. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] degree men responds to increases in adrenaline. from the new adrenaline series, comes degree men adventure. but, to get the most out of every style, you need hair that's full and thick. new head & shoulders hair endurance for men is designed to help restore your scalp's health... for hair that's fuller and thicker looking -- guaranteed. >> marlins and nationals. jorge cantu in an 0-19 slump. not anymore. i saw the reaction that time. craig salmon wasn't happy. stands on the mound. solo home run for cantu, his seventh of the season. marlins win 4-2. in his triple-a debut, nationals prospect stephen strasburg allowed just one hit over six scoreless innings for the syracuse sky chiefs. he struck out six and walked one, facing 20 batters. he also drove in two runs. in six minor league starts his e.r.a. is 1.29. he said, "i'm starting to get comfortable." brewers and d'backs. top of the fourth. jimmy edmonds. going o

. >> cleveland re-sign lebron james?o always asking the tough questions. >> thank you very much. >> up next, back inform the gulf oil disaster. it is spreading. more than 200,000 gallons a day. now pouring into the gulf. serious worries could it hit the florida shores soon. >> what now does florida bush back hard on more offshore drilling? some answers from senator bill nelson. he's also on the select intelligence committee and ask him about the times square terror probe and much more in two minutes' time. >>> in washington at this hour, we are waiting for attorney general eric holder to come out and make comments about the arrest made in pakistan of a possible terror suspect linked to times square bombing. we are monitoring that situation and going to talk about that as well with our next guest. we are going to talk about terrorism and that oil spill in the gulf of mexico. which, of course, as you know, threatening local and state economies. joining from us capitol hill is senator bill nelson of florida who wants to rai

. >>> lebron james, the most valuable player, according to multiple reports. the vote wasn't even close. coming off his finest season in his seven-year career. james becomes the second youngest player behind only queem -- kareem abdul-jabbar to win back-to-back m.v.p. awards. he averaged just under 30 points per game. just the third player with those numbers in a single season. joining jim brown as the only cleveland athlete to win multiple m.v.p. honors. >>> stunning first place mets off their 9-1 home stand taking on the phillies. jerry manuel. david price off kyle hendrick. fourth of the year. setting the tone. two batters later, jeff francoeur showing off his blast. into the seats. it's francoeur's fourth home run of the year. bottom second. nobody on. raul ibanez. francoeur, he used to play football. that helps. he into the wall, makes the catch. meanwhile, wow -- rod bra jas -- barajas adds to the punishment against the phils. six in 21 at-bats against his former team. mets have won eight in a row. they've taken it to another level during this win streak

guys that have been there before, they've won a title so they might be able to pull it off against lebronother phillies fan on the field last night in philadelphia. it's every night now. >> did they shoot him? >> they didn't pull out the taser tonight. he ran onto the field. they arrested him without incident, apparently. this a day, remember, after a teenager was tasered in the outfield. security did not use the taser this time. . this is two night ago. he swre video now. we have video now of the guy running out on the field. this is the incident from two nights ago. he was zapped with the taser for about -- he made it 30 seconds before -- >> my gosh. doesn't the audience at this point think he was shots. >> authorities examined the tape and they said the officer acted within department guidelines which allow officers to use tasers to arrest fleeing suspects. >> give me a break. >> there's children there. >> fleeing suspects. he's surrounded by 60,000 people. >> and walls, by the way. >> and walls. >> giants walls. >> what about the kids, mommy daddy, did they just shoot him? >> remember