the company just launches brand-new mario kart 8 game and players will be able to drive a mercedes for the first time. nintendo's mario or her also appears in a mercedes commercial in japan as nintendo tries to make more money from licensing. of the day -- steve ballmer have something new to get excited about and retirement. the former microsoft ceo known for his emotional speeches during microsoft events, jumping up and down, has reached a deal to buy the l.a. clippers for $2 billion. that shattered the record for an nba team. 550previous high was million dollars pay for the milwaukee bucks this month. in a statement, ballmer says -- i love basketball and i intend to do everything in my power to ensure that the clippers continue to win and win big in l.a. signed the agreement with the sterling family trust, which moved to sell the team after owner donald sterling was banned from the nba for life or making racist remarks. the big question here is -- did ballmer overpay? the clippers always been second fiddle to the lakers. our senior west coast --respondent jon erlichman thank you so m

they launched their mario kart and players will be able to drive a mercedes for the first time. the mario character appears in a mercedes commercial in japan as nintendo tries to make more money. to our lead story of the day. steve ballmer is going to have something new to get excited about in retirement. the former microsoft ceo known for his emotional speeches, jumping up and down, has reached a deal to buy the l.a. clippers for $2 billion and that shatters the record for an nba team. the previous high was $550 million paid for the bucs. ballmer said i love basketball and will ensure that they win big. ballmer signed the agreement when the sterling trust moved to sell after donald sterling was banned for life for making racist remarks. the big question has ballmer overpaid? jon erlichman is in l.a. and former president of the golden state warriors, thank you for joining us. first of all, what kind of owner will he be? >> i cannot wait to see the clippers play the mavericks. to see cuban outjump ballmer on the front row. that is what this is all about. these are people who have

especially mario kart. my mom will sit down and play it. rom the age of 4 to that has beenand the appeal. mario is the biggest selling franchise of all time. it is sold almost 500 million copies of some kind of mario game whether super mario world or mario kart. kart has 100 million copies. duty as farall of as the unit sales, nothing comes close to it. that has been the bonus. they have harder games. i played some mario 3-d on nintendo today. i played the new donkey kong. forward thata step a lot of people would be surprised to find for nintendo. if you go in the store, you would be surprised. it is not the type of gamer you shoot and kill people all of the time. may be safer for the kids. >> and did you enjoy it? ofi like playing all kinds games. i enjoyed the donkey kong game. playingof mario kart is against other people. you can play against four people. you can sign up online for their against 12n and play other people. you can have a really big rallies and that would be the most fun. >> matt miller. >> i challenge you, john workman, an

it is important to keep the mario kart franchise moving forward. >> talk about the cross promotion withautomakers. >> that is something nintendo is doing. want to focus more on marketing these characters like mario. in japan there is a commercial where mario is driving a roombas and steps on a -- on a goomba. they also have the car, the , in the japanese version. there's no word on whether they are going to start doing that here. it is safe to assume that is another revenue stream. this is a company that lost hundreds of millions of dollars last year. there are used to making $1 billion or $2 billion per year. they have to get the low hanging fruit by putting out a game like this. >> you have alluded to this. you chime in here on the whole mobile gaming acts that -- mobile gaming aspect. know if they are doomed. i think they are continuing to evolve. we were used to having three major console makers and microsoft, sony, and nintendo. nintendo has been here before on the console side. they know how to come out of it. is definitely a lot more competition out there. all three of them are f

i was just in stores in houston this morning, liz, before i came on the show, and mario kart tomorrow be fantastic. we think nintendo has had some struggles in the past year, but we think that the wii-u is an important console. liz: i know you have to be agnostic, so you're nice to all the companies. [laughter] let's spin it forward to your competition. walmart coming in and saying we will also sell used games. what kind of market erosion have you seen there, market share erosion, i should say, on your send? >> sure, sure. you know, liz, we've said on our first quarter call that we think it's good that other competitors enter the preowned business. we know that means it's a good marketplace. now, we are a very tough competitor, and we also said we've really not seen any impact from any of our big box competitors. you know, a lot of people are in the preowned business and have been over and over again and have exited et in the past. so we're very focused on running our play. you know, our 7 million power-up rewards members tell us every day they prefer us as the destination for trading

fans are revved up for mario kart 8. it is mario princess peach.now with anti-gravity built in. what makes this so popular? >> mario kart has been a beloved franchise since the '90s. with every version it's like a fine-tuned machine. not only is it high-definition, you have anti-gravity to go up walls and upside down. you have a whole cast of characters. >> fire it up over here. >> hold on. all right. >> gentlemen, start your engines! >> they're tearing down the plaza. look out, folks. >> i think i'm going to win something, finally. the first time on the show. >> that's so much fun. so mario kart is out right now. >> all right, tucker, back to you. >> congratulations, clayton. >>> a parents' worst nightmare, a child kidnapped, but the emotional rescue all caught on tape. >> how often do kidnappings like this happen? more often than you think. a child expert joins us live next with details. >>> we are heating things up this morning. adriana lima helps kick off your day ahead. >>> good morning. after the rage, the robots, be fast food workers kicking