this could be the same situation for levenson. we do know is when levenson bought the hawks in 2004, it was estimated value of $200 million. the team now, ten years later and playoff appearances, the estimated value is $425 million. christine. >> nick valencia, thank you for that. >>> a final farewell for comedienne legend joan rivers after the break. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ >>> 24 minutes past the hour. she didn't get meryl streep crying in five accents, but joan rivers got the glitz she wanted. donald trump to howard stern packed temple emman-el in new york. it kept people laughing. the service was filled with song from hugh jackman and humor to balance the tears. >> it was joan all the way. the sanctuary is filled with white orchids. you can't see the altar because there are so

levenson has a behaved better. what happened is that there was a comment made by the gm of hawks repeating a racially charged comment in a scouting report. the gm repeats a comment in a scouting report. people on the phone and in the meeting get concerned why is the gm repeating something. why would he say this in a meeting? this launched internal investigation within the hawks organization saying what about the racial at tourtitudes here? they interviewed people and uncovered 24,000 documents in the investigation. one of those 24,000 was the bruce levenson e-mail. there's a little fracturing between the hawks partnership. some partners went to bruce and said you know what, we want we have -- we have to bring this out to nba. bruce wanted to get out in front of it. admit it and back off. if you fight it rgs it gets worse. he took the advice. they released the e-mail saying this is better than a witch hunt. he said i don't want to drag my family through some scandal. he called adam silver saturday night and said it'

i mean, bruce levenson has never publicly been accused of any racist behavior the way donald sterlinghas been throughout his tenure. you heard him on wolf's show, one of most vocal owners in advocating zero tolerance policy and the need to get sterling out of the league. the idea ta he would be the one in this position now is a big surprise. but regardless, there's no question, that zero tolerance policy is where the nba is right now and this post-donald sterling world. and this e-mail and the way of thinking it represents are completely unacceptable. we don't know at this point the events that led up to levenson's self-reporting the e-mail, but i am told that after he did that, once the nba launched an independent investigation, levenson decided he didn't want to put himself or family through the public scandal that he feared was eventually coming. that's why he called adam silver last night, before that investigation had even wrapped and said, he thought it would be better for everyone if he sold the team. and there's a lot of relief around the league right now that he decided to go

the nba commended levenson and his decision.l us about the league's response to all of this and why he kind of preemptively is disciplining himself. >> first there was a lot of shock around many corners of the nba. this wasn't expected. you showed him on with wolf blitzer. he was one of the loudest voices among owners condemning donald sterling so you wouldn't expect this kind of scandal with him just a few months later. along with that shock, there's some relief and some admiration for the way he has handled it since then. i'm not going to get into comparing racism. any racism is bad and damaging to the league. the only conversation is now what happens after that initial racism and bruce levenson decided first to self-report the e-mail that he sent and then in the course of an independent investigation that the nba launched that they took this outside so it would be impartial and independent, he decided to step down basically communicating to people around the league he didn't want to put his family through any kind of public s

i mean, look, it's unclear, only bruce levenson knows and he hasn't shared it yet.omeone at the nba office it is they know why he decided in the middle of the summer to suddenly self-report a 2-year-old e-mail and they said they really didn't know his thinking. i don't know if add moral crisis of conscience. i don't know if somebody said they were gonna do it for him if he didn't do it himself, did he come forward himself and decide to do it. i think he does know that this is a more sensitive time. >> thank you, rachel, for that. nba commissioner adam silver called bruce levenson's 2012 e-mail "entirely unacceptable." he did commend levenson for self-reporting that e-mail to the league office. >>> also, a stunning moment for women's tennis today at the u.s. open, right here in new york. serena williams won her third straight u.s. open title. look at that joy and exhausting. she won it in straight sets w that win, williams scored her 18th career grand slam title. femme his fans are eager, of course, for tomorrow's unprecedented showdown in the men's singles final. ja

levenson's self-reported this e-mail last month. dealing with its punishment to then-clippers owner sterling for his remarks. back in may levenson told wolf blitzer he could not work with someone like donald sterling. listen. >> donald sterling, what he said, i'm his partner, i can't be partners with somebody who shares those views. i was voted into the league by my partners. i can be voted out of the league by my partners. i think i speak for all of my partners when i say, we were all deeply offended, we all quickly spoke out against these words that we heard on that tape. >> rachel nichols, host of "unguarded" who follows the nba in this closely joins me from the u.s. open so, we know that bruce levenson has apologized, he self-reported this. he's going to sell the team. how's the nba responding? >> reporter: there's been a lot of shock around the nba today. you've got to remember, donald sterling had a history of being accused of racism. in fact, sued for racial discrimination by our own u.s. government. bruce levenson has never

abuse levenson self-reported the e-mail. technically, sure.at happened was gm danny ferry was in a meeting, a conference call where he was reading a scouting report prepared by someone outside the organization full time but still and it had a racist comment in it and the fact that danny ferry would repeat this comment in a meeting disturbed enough people within the organization that they called for an internal investigation. they talked to 19 different people within the organization about, gee, what is this franchise's attitude toward rates in this city of atlanta. they reviewed over 24,000 documents and in those 24,000 pieces of evidence, one of them was this e-mail. and once that e-mail came to light, some of the other partners said to levenson, hey, we've got to report this, this is important. that's how it got to the nba. bruce levenson gets credit for instead of fighting it the way donald sterling did and insisting he did nothing wrong -- >> you have to give him that. >> i don't have to give him anything. >> fair enough. >> we do say some

not everyone is calling levenson a racist. kareem abdul jabbar has written a statement.rticle reads in part, "it seems reasonable to ask those questions. if his arena was filled with mostly whites and he wanted to attract blacks, wouldn't he be asking how they could deemphasize white culture? don't you think every corporation in america that is trying to attract more of a diverse customer base in their tv ads and just a sidebar note as well, the author of what i just read to you, kareem abdul jabbar is going to join anderson cooper tonight. join him for that. here is cnn commentator and legal analyst mel robbins. mel, you have a unique take on this as well, saying that business is business and whether he feels that way or not, the e-mails seem to be about the business of the way people think, maybe not necessarily the way he thinks. >> yeah. you know, i tend to agree wholeheartedly with kareem abdul jabbar's assessment, that this is not a sterling assessment of a blatant racist. yes, he said things that were offensive to people but what is the job of the ceo of a basketb

levenson want on. "i think southern whites were not comfortable being in an arena or bar where they were in the minority." martin savidge joins us in atlanta where he interviewed steve co steve cunanan. what did he say? >> he realized that to go forward you have to be fully transparent so that was one of the reasons he wanted to speak to me about all of this. keep in mind, steve coonan has only had the job of ceo for about 60 days so he's landed in a huge minefield. one of the things i began talking to him about were ramifications for what is the owner, bruce levenson rand there any? here's what he said. >> it's an investigation and the investigation was coming to an end. in the nba, rather than fight, bruce said i am put mig interest up for sale and walking away. >> and that's what it sounds like. there's no real repercussion for him. he'll a make money. >> i think there's significant repercussions for him. i don't think people would know the name bruce levenson, i think people would not have the feel

bruce levenson, copropietario de los atlanta hawks venderÁ parte de su franquicia. precisamente dominado por negros. la controversia. >> parece que estos dÍas la forma mÁs sencilla de comprar un equipo de bÁsquetbol es que el dueÑo haga un comentario racista. hace unos meses, el dueÑo de los clippers tuvo que vender por un comentario racista. ahora el dueÑo de atlanta hawks tiene que hacer lo mismo. bruce levenson asumiÓ que habÍa escrito un e-mail con racismo. dijo que la kiss cam era muy negra. dijo que estuvo mal y que para evitar mÁs escándalos puso el equipo en venta. >> jorge ortiz es cronista deportivo. >> tÚ no puedes insultar a tu clientela, independientemente de lo que piensas. y hasta cierto punto Él insulso tanto la gente de raza blanca como a los blancos, porque estaba asumiendo que los blancos no querÍan estar con ellos. >> no todo el mundo piensa que los comentarios de bruce levenson fueron racistas. algunos piensan que es sÓlo un hombre de negocios buscando forma de atraer mÁs blancos a los juegos. ¿usted quÉ piensa? >> recordando martin luther king,

the league had been investigating the e-mail prior to levenson's decision to sell. levenson said by focusing on race i sent the unintentional and hurtful message that our white fans are more valuable than our black fans. if you're angry about what i wrote, you should be. i'm angry at myself too. nba commissioner adam silver said, as mr. levenson acknowledged the views he expressed are entirely unacceptable and are in stark contrast to the core principles of the national basketball association. >> we have to separate these things out. i understand what the commission certificate saying. this guy just talked about southern whites, southern whites have a problem going to a place where they are in the minority. that may have been okay. the nba commissioner can act shocked all he wants. i read an espn article yesterday this guy said something in a very inartful clumsy way that every front office in the nba is grappling with, how to get white suburban fans in an arena along with people of color. >> can you just say let's -- we have to find ways to make this a more inclusi

nba commissioner adam silver commended levenson for self-reporting this e-mail to the league. silver said in a statement "i come mr. levenson for self-reporting and being fully cooperative with the league and its independent investigator and for putting the best interest of the hawks, the atlanta community and nba first." so all of this was volunteered from the e-mails, sending it to the nba, asking the nba to further investigate but then, you know, he didn't wait for the final decision from the nba. he said i go ahead and remove myself from the equation. >> that seems to be what has played out. this e-mail was sent in 2012 to two of his co-owners. there's a group of partners that own the atlanta hawks and he's one of seven. we believe he has controlling interest. we don't actually know what percentage his share is. this e-mail was sent to two of his co-owners. two other partners like him were based outside of atlanta working in washington d.c. this summer in july in the wake of the donald sterling scandal, he then reports himself to it the nba and they decide to set up an ind

levenson acknowledged the views that he expressed are entirely unacceptable and are in stark contrast to the corr principles of the national basketball association." this follows donald sterling's lifetime ban by the nba. >>> breaking news to pass along from buckingham palace. the palace announces prince william and the duchess of cambridge, kate middleton are expecting their second child. our congratulations to them. we know there, that's the image of their first child. their son george, who is about a year old, i think he just celebrated his first birthday earlier this summer. there we have -- a picture there from july 23rd. yes. celebrated his third birthday, in july. that's great news. for them. congratulations to their ever-growing family. when's harry getting married, though, jen? when? we switch gears and on to business news. on wall street a lot of focus on smartphones. not only a business wireless convention in vegas, apple is expected to take the wraps off its brand new iphone. joining us live from london where the anticipation is building. we won't talk about the royals. ju

bruce levenson offering to sell his stake in the team. because of an e-mail he sent back in 2012 where he expresses somewhat of a frustration that the majority of fans going to hawks games are african-american. levenson writes, quote, my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there aren't enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. he went on to write, we're not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority. donald sterling first denied making racial remarks, levenson owned up to his e-mail and he said, i trivialized our fans by making cliched assumptions about their interests, by focusing on race, i also sent the unintentional and hurtful message that our white fans are more valuable than our black fans. how did we know about this e-mail? >> the league made a big deal about the fact that bruce levenson self-reported the e-mail. this is different from the donald sterling case. but his hand was forced. what happened was the gm of the team repeated on a conference call

in a statement yesterday levenson says, quote, if you're angry about what wrote you should be.myself, too. itself was inflammatory nonsense. we all may have assault biases and preconceptions when its comes to race but my role as a leader is to challenge them, not to validate or accommodate those who might hold them. john in. >> thank you, jonathan. ever wonder how much pasta and bred -- bread sticks you can eat in seven weeks? now is your chance to fine out. that's next. before using her new bank of america credit card, which rewards her for responsibly managing her card balance. before receiving $25 toward her balance each quarter for making more than her minimum payment on time each month. tracy got the bankamericard better balance rewards credit card, which fits nicely with everything else in life she has to balance. that's the benefit of responsibility. apply online or visit a bank of america near you. >>> the city of dubai and united arab emirates has the world's tallest building. now officials are unveiling the plan to build the world's largest away. they say it will cost

owner bruce levenson is selling his portion of the team.he admitted sending off an e-mail that he said was inappropriate and offensive. in the letter levenson said he was concerned about the low fan base. wanted to attract more white fans saying the mainly black crowd scared off white ticket buyers. he went on to say he wanted more white cheerleaders and to move away from hip hop music played at the arena, in favor of music favorable to a 40-year-old white man. he said by focusing on race i sent the unintentional and hurtful message that white fans are more valuable than black fans. llevenson's be decision to sell the team, the being commissioner said, i commend mr. levenson. atlanta hawks ceo steve coonan made this statement. in partnership with the nba we will work to ensure that a new ownership team is put in place united and committed to community. earlier this year, the nba commissioner forced donald sterling to sell the team after his racist comments were made public. robert ray, atlanta. >>> president obama is said to announce a plan

. >>> after he admitted sending a racist e-mail, bruce levenson reported the e-mail back in july.t two years after it was sent. that was the time that the league was involved in the sale of the los angeles clippers after its owner donald sterling made racist remarks. levenson was one of the harsh critics of sterling who was banned from the league for life. >> i can say we were deeply offended. we all quickly spoke out against these words that we heard on that tape. >> reporter: levenson apologized today calling his e- mail to other team executives inappropriate and offensive. he says it was meant to bridge atlanta's racial divide. in his e-mail he said, in my theory it's that the black crowd scared away the whites and that the kiss cam is quote, too black. >>> health officials are worried about the spread of an intense cold virus that's sending hundreds of kids to the hospital in the midwest. >> a couple of days ago i couldn't breathe at all. >> reporter: matt cornej is one of 1,000 children hospitalized in colorado hospitalized for severe stress. it brings on a very intense cold

levenson had previously comments. donald sterling, what he said. i'm his partner, i can't be partners with somebody who shares those views. i think i speak for all of my partners when i say we were all deeply offended. we all quickly spoke out against these words that we heard on that tape. the n-b-a commissioner called levenson's email unacceptable, though he did praise him for self-reporting the email to the league. a growing wildfire near yosemite national park has prompted evacuations of about 100 campers.some by helicopter. the fire has burned 400 acres today. sending huge plumes of smoke into the air. that smoke can be seen from three separate counties. the fire is burning between little yosemite valley and half dome. several trails in the park are closed.for more details visit kron four dot com. the cause is still under investigation. fire crews making progress on a separate fire in mariposa county. the bridge fire has burned 300 acres about 10 miles east of mariposa.and is 65 percent contained. still.700 structures are threatened. though ev

. >> the controversy that cost brazil levenson his ownership stake in the of land to a hawks.it started in june when his co- owner wanted him to fire the coach for allegedly making racially insensitive remarks. then levenson the admitted he had made racially charged remarks about the team's fan base. >> wanted levinson to be given the benefit of the doubt. how to run his business in a more efficient and profitable way. i do not think it has anything to do with him trying to keep blacks out of the arena where his team plays or in any way saying that black people were the problem. still >> levenson agreed voluntarily to sell his stake in the team. >> air ambulance carrying another american ebola patients from west africa arrived this morning in atlanta. a doctor infected with the virus while working in a treatment center in the sierra leone. he will be treated in an isolation unit. it is the same facility where two others were recently treated for ebola. but both have since been released from hospital. in man is dead after a shark attack a popular beach in australia. the victim

bruce levenson apologizing and selling his share of the atlanta hawks. what he said and what's next for the team ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." john berman is off. it is september 8th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. up first, president obama as plan to take out isis. on the day before 9/11, the president will address the nation. he is expected to announce a phased military campaign that could take three years to complete. the president is hinting most plans to seek congressional approval for this. we get more from erin mcpike. >> reporter: a looming question we expect on wednesday's speech to answer, christine, will the president propose air strikes in syria. it will be tricky in iraq because the u.s. does not support the syrian government. we expect the speech to layout the fine print of the strategy. to that end, will he seek congressional approval? it is hard to tell so far. listen to how he couched that on "meet the press." >> i will ask congress to make sure they understand and support what our plan is and it will require some resources, i s

levenson admits the remarks were inappropriate and insensitive. pittsburgh steelers antonio brown looked more like bruce lee during this punt return. brown looked like he was on his way to score, since all he had was cleveland's punter in front of him.. but then brown jumps and kicks the punter right in the face. he got tackled right after that. and then he was called for unsportsmanlike conduct.. a 15 yard penalty. the steelers went on to win the game. >> i don't even know what to say. >> we could display that all morning. just getting word in from buckingham palace. the duchess of cambridge is expecting her second child! she said to be suffering from very acute morning sickness just like the first time. she's been treated by doctors. no word on a due date. prince george is 15 months old. >> very acute morning sickness. i have heard that before. >> is that just speculation? >> can't we all feeling that this morning? >> she's doing just fine. how are you feeling? >> i am getting there. it is coming. getting there. >> we are off not long from now.

levenson said that"my theory is of the black cloud--crowd pressure with a white". along with several other remarks. phipps levenson has called his words embarrassing and has apologized to the hawks families and the fans. you stated that this was entirely unacceptable. steve kuhn and will oversee all tin operations will the league determines the appropriate due process. the result in low was sent to hawks manager into ownership partners. will be right back. video at a southern california where the water has called--has led to 4 ft. deep water in some areas. the water close roads and freeways. courtesy of hurricane that norbert witches brew in their off the bottom of the peninsula. there is a slight chance that were going to get a little bit of sprinkle activity in the south bay area. was he does all of this morning. you can see a moderate this drug and moisture's from lake tahoe area . it looks like we'll do a slight chance of sprinkel activity. a burly get cloudy conditions the start off and then some shun the afternoon. as the area. . . to the ultimate prize for t

citing the playing of hip-hop music and a cheerleading squad that's majority black, levenson said --levenson called that attitude "racist garbage," but concludes --t it should still be cited catered to in order to boost ticket sales. it is the second time in months in nba owner has sold his controlling interest over racist remarks, following donald sterling of the los angeles clippers. a federal judge has approved new york city's $41 million set in it with a central park five, wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in central park 25 years ago. the five black and latino men were tried as teenagers. media coverage at the time pretrade them as guilty and used racially coded terms to describe them. but their convictions were vacated in 2002 when the real rapist came forward and confessed after the five had already served jail time terms of up to 13 years. each man of the five will receive around $1 million for each year they were wrongfully imprisoned. the agreement is one of several underrights settlements new york city mayor bill de blasio, after fears opposition from his pred

bruce levenson voluntarily reported this e-mail to the nba in july. the e-mail was inappropriate and offensive. levenson says he made quote cliche assumptions about whites versus blacks and about stereotyping her perceptions about one another. this is the second time this year an nba owner lost a team over racially incentive commen comments. >> amateur treasure hunter in the uk could be in lieu now for a huge pay day. john stoner found a very rare coin bearing the date 1652 in a farmers field. the three penny coin is expected to sell for up to $1.6 million in auction. stoner intends to give half of the proceeds to the farmer that owns that land where the coin was found. very this. >> all right. justin i'm finally feeling that cool down. >> oy told you it would come. >> you told mow. i hooked you up. cooler the next few days but by the end of the week we start to bring back the heat and humidity a little bit. a little something for everyone this week if you like fall weather you'll like the next few days. let's see what's happening outside right now. n

city leaders and civil rights activists say levenson's email is offensive.n nelson says former l.a. clippers donald sterling racially charged comments were made public back in april and rocked the nba and forced the leaving and owners to change the way they deal with these issues. listen. >> when you have something that is as electric as "the donald" sterling situation was, i think there's a faster realization of, i shouldn't have said that. i was insensitive. and i really need to make amend here. >> reporter: bruce levinson issued a written statement yesterday saying if you're angry about what i wrote you should be. i'm angry at myself too. it was inflammatory nonsense. we all may have subtle biases preconceptions when it comes to race but my role as leader is challenge them, not validate or accommodate those who might hold them. in retrospect, levenson he said he realize the comments he made in the email were offensive and he regrets them. he is self-reported the contents of that email to the nba and levenson said he decided it is in the best interest of h

here spoke out against sterling at the time meanwhile and that 2012 e-mail levenson said he observedthat audience of home games about 70 percent black and perhaps to be white fans away >> : levenson has apologized for the e-mail saying is, for opprobrium the commissioner on seller says the no-fly acceptable regionally mels said for the park's manager into ownership partners >> : 77 rose and fell in fairfield little cooler that has been the past couple days reaching more temperatures to go coming up >> : ntur areery ffertthaneal teet. th're out n tis fternd have surface res ere cter n muiply polident kil 99.% of od-caui and lps ssolve sins. for a clner,resh, briger dtureveryy. helping you find a dentist you'll want to go to for the rest of your life. million you find a dentist people find that dentist, and we can do the same for you. call 1-800-dentist today. ♪ justin of the memphis thought he was recording a flash mob more violent than that laurence quarters reports in >> : inner-city i don't know where i can and can't go this man who asked to identify him on his way kroger saturday

atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson said he plans to sell the team because of racially charged remarksmade. he wrote in an internal e-mail two years ago that white men might not be comfortable in an arena with a high percentage of black fans. about four months ago, the n.b.a. banned los angeles clippers owner donald sterling for life over racist comments he made. the team was later sold. we take a close look at these developments with, christine brennan, sportswriter and columnist for "u.s.a today" and "abc news." and kevin blackistone, a sportswriter and commentator for espn. he's also a professor of sports journalism at the university of maryland. we welcome you both back to the program. christine brennan, i'll start with you. the video of ray rice so disturbing. a lot of questions tonight about whether the football league has handled this properly. what are your thoughts? >> judy, this is a stunning turn of events where all of a sudden ray rice is getting ready to return to the ravens and now he's gone, a pariah, history, that's it. a great ending to a terrible black eye for the lea

>>> the controversy surrounding racially charged e-mails sent by atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson set getting worse for the franchise. another executive has been accused of making racist remarks about one of the team's former stars. cnn's george howe is here. >> follow this with me if you can. we've read that e-mail from bruce levin son saying that the hawkes phillips arena is too black and that would scare away southern white fans. well, that letter came to light because of an internal investigation into the hawks and to documents and e-mails basically from another owner, a co-owner, michael guerin, who basically sent a letter to levenson demanding that the gm and president of basketball operations, his name is danny ferry, that he be fired for comments that he allegedly made about a free agent, lowell deng. this letter was obtained by cnn affiliate wsbtv here in atlanta and cnn has been able to confirm with the hawks the authenticity of the letter. in the letter, guerin says ferry made the following comments about deng who, again was a prospective player. that he has a little africa

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. >> darya:in the email, bruce levenson was addressing the troubles the franchise faced in attracting fan audience at home games was about 70-percent black, and that perhaps this was keeping white fans away. >> darya:hawks c-e-o steve koonin says he thinks levenson will face some backlash. >>: i think there will be severe repercussions and at kinky as paint with his reputation. >> darya:levenson has apologized for the email. saying his comments were inapporpriate. >> darya:n-b-a commissioner adam silver said the email was unacceptable, but he commended levenson for reporting it himself. >> mark:the giants and the a's both looking to gain ground against closer to the playoffs'e giants looking for the sweep in detroit. >> mark:but miguel cabrerra got in the way. >> mark:the tiger's slugger hit a 2 run homerun in third inning to give detroit a 3 to nothing lead and that would be all the tigers needed. >> mark:cabrerra finished the day with 3 r-b-i's. >> mark:tiger's win by a final of 6 to 1. >> mark:the giants are now three games national league west. >> mark:meanwhile.the a's taking on

we have planned for $300 million what is all that about >> director levenson might be able to walk you through that a little bit. >> i said what was the plan we have how to spend the $300 million. >> it will pay off existing death and for the amount of constituents. >> how much do we have debtor do we have now and total debt? >> we have at least 3 hundred - >> approximately 8 hundred and 55 million in tax allocation debt that includes mission bay and if i may briefing amend what the director said mission bay is not involved in the refunding. >> i said almost all of our debt (laughter). >> >> we owe lots of modern then. >> yes. >> there are no questions saving money is always good. >> i move it. >> there's a motion and second please call roll. >> commissioners. commissioner san francisco historic preservation commission. commissioner chairperson rosales. madam chair the vote is 3 i's >> thank you item passes. >> item 5 k workshop on the payment schedule for january one to 2015 proposals 14 and 15 b discussion. commissioners green under state dissolution law the state every 6 months appr

fall another n-b-a owner is losing his franchise over racially the atlanta hawks' bruce levenson announced he will sell his controlling stake in the team. he admits its because of an email he sent that contained inappropriate and offensive comments back in 20-12. some of his statements included --quote--my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites". and "the kiss cam is too black." this incident comes just months after former l-a clippers owner donald sterling made racist remarks. and he was banned from the n-b- a for life. incredible and rare video inside a lava lake.as daring explorers armed with go-pro cameras descent into the heart of an active volcano. and next. a bay area woman gets a wake up call that may have just saved her life. we'll hear from the man who says he was just being a good neighbor. for our monday were going to see tempters dropped 3 to 6 degrees. what have your forecast that will be $22 dollars and 50 cents. $22.50. that's insane! jack. what? it's not even a meal? right now, at my place you can get my spicy chicken club combo. it's my classic spicy chicke

this time it's atlantic hawks co-owner bruce levenson. racist remarks tied to the hawks fan base. he said, "my feelings is that the black crowd scares away the whites and the kiss cam is too black." his solution, more cheerleaders and music for white guys. he said he is now selling his share of the team. >>> to other sports headlines when it comes to action on the field, my friend richard lui. >> good monday, frances. week one of the nfl starting off with a kick in the face. antonio brown putting his heel into the punter's face mask. 15yard penalty. the failed hurdle, lands unending. pittsburgh wins it 30-27. ouch. oakland's running back, kicks the ball. who recovers it? his own quarterback. luck does not last. frances, oakland loses to the jets 19-14. fun to watch. sunday night's game, peyton manning against the colts. manning 3:00 throu manning threw three touchdowns. >>> and ap grand slam crowd for serena. >> gets up to get a $4 million booty. $4 million is a lot of money. beat carolyn nasniaki and an 18th grand slam win joining chris

because we had the atlanta hawks owner, at least part owner, bruce levenson, selling his stake resigningecause of email. i will read the email. my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites. he is talking about customers for his nba team and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. now he was making a judgment about what he sells, which is a sports team, based on the racial composition of his audience. for that, he takes himself out of the running? i'm wondering if there is any situation anywhere where an owner can make a judgment based on race anymore without being called a racist? >> we, david i think he was making a business model decision, in terms of what you read. i happen to be more machiavellian than you are david in this situation. i think, look, he has been trying to sell the team on and off for number of years. we just saw the the milwaukee bucks, another small market team sell for $550 million. i think he is using this was a way to put the team up for sale, without saying, i'm tell selling this team because the busi

. >> reporter: one of his many critics was bruce levenson. >> it should be 0 tolerance for what he said. just zero. >> reporter: he was not coerced in any way to reveal those e-mails. >>> it was just a couple of weeks ago that president barack obama did not have a strategy to deal with isis. the president plans to meet with leaders to fill them in and announce the plan to the american people on wednesday, the eve of the anniversary of the september 11th attacks. >> i just want the american people to understand the nature of the threat and how we will deal with it and confidence we will be able to deal with it. >> the group killed two american journalists in recent weeks. the president says it is possible that isis could be a threat to the united states itself. >>> family, friend, fellow celebrities gathered in new york today to say their final farewell to joan rivers. outpouring affection from the leading lady of comedy. >> reporter: as bagpipers played, out pouring of celebrity friends added a touch of celebrity on the upper east side. hundreds of camera, snapping fans, young, old, str

bruce levenson cited an inappropriate and offensive team he sent two years ago.lked about the contents of this e-mail. let's take a listen. >> basically, the e-mail is very offensive in regards to black people, even going so far as saying that the black crowd scares away white people from the arena and at the bars populated by mostly blacks and that's affecting attendance. >> levenson said he sent that e-mail due to concerns about low attendance and the need to attract suburban whites. he said he realized it made it seem that white fans are more important. >> the must anticipated i-watch. i'm excited about this. this watch. >> you are? >> i am. it may be a new piece of jewelry, too, if it works. the hackers broke into the healthcare.gov website. what did they do? >> the government found that it was called malware, a virus placed into the computer servers housing the testing site for healthcare.gov. it wasn't the actual site but the teit was where they test co. what they found with this breach it was set up to be a denial of service attacks. what that means is ess

l levenson wrote about how to sell more season tickets and he voluntarily reported the e-mail this summer announcing today he will step down selling his ownership in the team just four months after publically criticizing donald sterling for his racist rant and refusal to apologize. >> donald sterling, what he said, i can't be partners with somebody who shares those views. >> reporter: why would he come out now two years after the e-mail went out? >> the nba is still reeling from the donald sterling story and they know they can't get away with this anymore. >> reporter: the league is still investigating the circumstances of his comments but calls them unacceptable. abc news, washington. >> thank you. now to the asteroid flying close to new zealand. it was a near miss to planet earth and abc reports scientists didn't even see it coming until just last week. >> reporter: tonight a narrow miss for all of us. measuring 60 feet, roughly the same size as a small house whizzed by earth. just 25,000 miles away. this as extraordinary so big and powerful. if it had hit the earth, the result, disastr

bruce levenson says he voluntarily reported the e-mail to the nba in july.e now says the e-mail was inappropriate and offensive. levinson says he made "cliche assumptions about whites versus blacks and about stereotyping their perceptions of one another." >>> making strides to honor the heroes of 9. "eyewitness news" in pennsauken, camden county, one of four areas that participated in the 9/11 hero's run 5k today. now, the run is inspired by marine first lieutenant travis manion who was killed by a snipe interiraq in 2007. last year the foundation in his honor gave $240,000 back to race communities for veterans and for first responders. four more races will be held locally this month. you can log onto cbsphilly.com for more details. >>> lower moreland athletic trainer amy ruth raised over $41,000 for the progeria foundation. the disease causes premature aging. they joined ruth for a day of her 250-mile fundraiser which is a walk along the appalachian trail. >> asteroid brushed by earth earlier today. the 60-foot long asteroid flew over new zealand around 2:1

bruce levenson is surrendering control of the atlanta hawks. black fans scared away whites. and fans turned out for the fine ral of joan rivers. she described her services this way, i don't want a rabbi crying on, i want, political divide in colorado. that's it for this weekend and this edition of pbs newshour weekend, i'm hari sreenivasan. thank you for watching. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. "truly california" is a kqed production presented in association with... next on "truly california"... bob forrest was the creative force behind felonious monster. they weren't even comparing us to the chili peppers or to soul asylum, or stuff. they were comparing me to john le

. >> atlanta hawks owner bruce levenson apologizing tonight for making offensive comments about race in this e-mail sent two years ago but seen by fans for the first time today. i want some white cheerleaders. i want the music to be music familiar to a 40-year-old white guy. he complained the kiss cam is too black. in a message to team management about how to sell more season tickets. and he voluntarily reported the e-mail this summer announcing today he will step down selling his ownership in the team just four months after publically criticizing donald sterling for his racist rant and refusal to apologize. >> donald sterling, what he said, i'm his partner, i can't be partners with somebody who shares those views. >> reporter: why would he come out now two years after the e-mail went out? >> the nba is still reeling from the donald sterling story and in many ways, they know they can't get away with this anymore. >> reporter: the nba commissioner says the league is still investigating the circumstances of his comments but calls them entirely unacceptable. abc news, washington. >> tha

i don't even understand how you can read what levenson has written there and not take away from thatat he is thinking about, contemplating placating unreasonable racist fear or discomfort around african-american people in the stands and how do you look at that and look at the history of this country and realize what kind of business interests have been used to propagate the most grotesque forms of racism in this country. >> let me play devil's advocate here because kareem's not here on this. as a businessperson if you were saying, we need to fill more seat and why don't we have a greater more diversity in our audience, why don't we have big companies paying big money for box seats and things like that, maybe some people feel uncomfortable, maybe we need a greater diversity in our cheerleading staff, a greater diversity of those who appear on television on the kiss cam. is that wrong? >> dig down to what you're saying. if you're saying that the reason that they won't do that is because there is a visceral reaction to the -- to black people and that we need to modify the people who com

levinson's e-mail focused on demographics, specifically how to sell more season tickets, and levensonn told by the primary buyers of season tickets are middle-aged white guys. levenson himself, a middle-aged white guy wrote, quote, i start looking around our arena during the games and notice the following. it's 70% black. the cheerleaders are plaque, the music is hip-hop. at the bars it's 90% black. there are few fathers and sons at the games. we are doing after game concerts to attract more fans and the concerts are either hip-hop or gospel. and then, my theory the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. the solution, i want some white cheerleaders. and while i don't care what the color of the artist is, i want the music to be music familiar to a 40-year-old white guy, if that's our season tix demo. i have also balked when every fan picked out of the crowd to shoot some shots in the time-out contest is black and i even think that the kiss cam is too black. i know that sounds racist but when i re

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