it's just crazy. >> michaela, i want to get your take on this.picture and the caption reads "ebony and bigotry." what do you think? >> i thought it was genius. there really is power in political satire. we've seen it throughout history and particularly again because millennials and young people will respond to that and hopefully it will incite them to have the conversation because i think we're really seeing a divide in one group of people that believe in equality and diversity and this whole other group. and we're having this cultural war, it seems. >> michaela, you're going to get upset because i'm going to ask your question to bomani. how much has social media shined a spotlight on this topic? i know you're passionate about it but go ahead and answer, bomani? >> i think people want to pack themselves on the back for every revolution that they start. i can tell because of the donald sterling story, that it would have blown up on its own. i'll always believe that there are other stories that do but on this one i just don't think that happened. >

>> they perhaps do, michaela. >> you certainly do.o. >> we asked those questions of john mccain. >> yeah, we did. absolutely. >> but i think democrats ought to consider just the prospect, what if she doesn't? >> but it's a legitimate question, but it's how it's asked. it was sort of dropped as a bomb. he dropped the mike and walked away. >> karl rove. >> karl rove. >> look, i don't have to defend karl rove to question hillary's qualifications and competency to be president of the united states. outside of any speculation about falls she has taken. >> will cain, marc lamont. marc, five seconds or less? >> there's absolutely no reason to question hillary's competence or age. it's a reasonable question because of the health issue like john mccain. there isn't one now except the one karl rove manufactured. let's stick to the issues here. >> marc lamont hill, will cain, come back very soon. >>> coming up for us, donald sterling says he doesn't think racism is a problem in america. he also says he's a very, very nice guy. part two of the cn

>> well, thanks, michaela. let those kids play ball and make sure they're reading some good books. >> yeah. they're reading a lot. i'm their dad so i'm not sure they're going to be giants -- >> come on, you're gigantic. >> and fast and good. the reading is more important. pick up "football genius," okay? >> there you go. all right. >> thanks so much, tim. >>> ahead for us "@this hour," take a look at this coming up here in this picture. there it is. >> oh, my goodness. >> there is the gash in the pavement. that was made by lightning! >> wow! >> that's not the only place it struck. it hit a guy! and he lived! and we're going to talk to him! next. i dbefore i dosearch any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my p

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i'm john berman. >> and i'm michaela pereira. we begin right now. >> we're going to begin on the front line of the wildfires raging in california. >> wow, there it is right there. there it is right there. >> [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> the sights and sounds simply overwhelming. you can hear the terror in his voice. one person has been killed. extends of thousands have been evacuated as fire crews in san diego battle fierce wildfires that keep rolling from one community to another spawning firenadoes which are real things, funnels of flames that look like tornados. >> terrifying images there. terrifying to live through. we know this at this point. more than 10,000 acres have gone up in flames. we're talking about home after home. hood neighborhood after neighborhood scorched. our dan simon is live with us from escondido. they're hoping for better weather conditions. what is the situation right now, dan? >> reporter: first of all, it was a tough long night of firefighting. the latest neighborhood to get hit was where i

michaela starts now. >> the vote is on. primary elections in several states pitting tea party candidates against the gop establishment. what is this going to tell us about the race ahead? >>> more than two months after flight 370 disappeared, the malaysian government and immarsat working together to share information. >>> who is stealing what from whom? full blown diplomatic drama. china is furious. "@ this hour" beijing threatening to retaliate. >>> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. those stories and more right now "@ this hour." >> you can smell it in the air. >> can you? >> election day. key ballots are being cast from coast to coast right now. what happens in the primaries today will shape the fall elections and could reshape congress. the six states holding primaries right now are arkansas georgia, idaho, kentucky oregon and pennsylvania. >> and in four of those primaries, voters are deciding between establishment republicans versus tea party challengers including a challenge in kentucky to sen

a fitting time to throw to "@ this hour" with berman and michaela.starts now. >>> flight 370 vanished more than 60 days ago but almost 70% of americans want is that search to continue. >>> then, it's not the first time she's talked about it. >> i was a 22-year-old foolish kid. >> monica lewinsky, can she undo the past by talking about her affair with former president bill clinton now? our image experts weigh in. >>> an nfl style draft to pick prom dates? >> organized way of doing it. >> supposed to be like a funny thing that the guys are doing. >> funny? it has parents shaking their heads and ours too. >>> good morning. i'm michaela pereira. john berman is off today. it's 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. out west. those stories and more right now "@ this hour." after 61 days of searching, it's back to the drawing board in the hunt for flight 370. officials from malaysia, china and australia are due to meet today to plot a long-term strategy for finding that missing jetliner. the australians are leading the search and they say the next phase of the h

i'm michaela pereira. thank you for joining us. >> we'll get to the big public news. the establishment strikes back. establishment republicans beating back insurgency within their own ranks. >> from georgia to oregon, tea party and anti-establishment candidates fell to moderate republicans every single time. >> in kentucky, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell survived a challenge from a businessman. >> in georgia, they pulled ahead of a crowded field of conservatives to land in a july runoff. >> and in oregon, the more moderate republican will face democratic senator in november. >> joining us now from louisville, dana bash. looks beautiful there. let's talk about this. mitch mcconnell will face a tough challenge in the fall from democratic secretary of state alison grimes and it sounds as though the attack ads have begun already. >> reporter: it's going to be a long, long, long hot summer here in kentucky. they have begun. people here in kentucky are already waking up to new ads opening the general ele

i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. happy friday. we have those stories and more right now "@ this hour." >> a young woman who was held captive and abused for almost ten years has been reunited with her family but questions they continue to swirl this morning. many people wondering why she didn't just run. >> those critics have infuriated another very brave, young woman. michelle knight was held prisoner for a decade and chained to the floor and repeatedly raped after kidnapped in cleveland. she and two other women were freed from their own house of horrors a year ago. she spoke about the california case earlier today on "new day." >> people shouldn't judge people by what they see and what they hear because there's a lot of people out there that go through pain and they can't stop it. they don't know how to cope with it. they don't know exactly how to go through it. people shouldn't say anything about what they can't explain because it may be difficult for that woman. that woman that went through this. and it's very hard for her when

you can be the vector, too. >> i just called michaela a vector. >> wash your hands.r. hopefully that information is on cnn.com. >> yes. >> you can check your freezer and fridge. >> we've got the lot number and also the retail stores. >> great to have you here. >> thank you. >>> all right. still ahead, mom, this one is for you. angelina jolie says privileged moms, they shouldn't complain. here's a question. does she have a point? mom guilt and oh, so much more. after the break. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. 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. ♪ that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is sl

michaela morrow it's unfortunate but it's the state that we are in and we have to do our part to conserve and it's part of our responsibility as citizens and residents of livermore and i think it's going to be fine. frank wynne it might be an extra 20 -30 dollars a month on your water bill. yeah, you could put that towards gas or something like food. i like to take long hot showers because i have a bad back. scheanelle green i don't think it's a good thing at all. we already have high taxes and too many things to pay for so why should we do that? more water is flowing into the east bay. the east bay municipal utility district is tapping into the sacramento river. this is providing water to more than a million customers. the project cost rate payers almost half a- billion dollars. and it will help to prevent mandatory water rationing. customers are still being asked to voluntarily cut back ten- percent of their water usage. crews have now salvaged the wreckage of the plane that crashed into the san pablo bay over the weekend. this is video of the recovery from our helicopter partnership wi

i'm michaela pereira. >> i'm john berman. 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. in the west. those stories and more "@ this hour." analysts are poring over satellite data used to calculate where malaysian airline flight 370 might have landed. they released that information more than two months after the families asked it be made public so other experts could test the data. >> almost a ream of paper. 47 pages of technical information that details communications. so-called handshakes between the planes and the immarsat satellite network. some key info is not there. how the company traced the jet's path that led search teams to one of the most remote places on the planet. immars immarsat's ceo spoke about that on "new day." >> what we have put out so far is dissemination of the raw data across our network which is what came out today. there is obviously more information inside the investigation team. different models. different workings. a variety of different information that go to create a three dimensional picture of what may have gone on. it's clearly possible to make furthe

. "@ this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >>> jealousy is what may have fueled donald sterling's racist rant. new audio leaked once again posted on radar online said to be sterling explaining himself to an unknown man. >> i didn't want her to bring anybody to my game because i was jealous. >> controversial reality. a reality show canceled before it even airs. so what the network afraid of a backlash over host comments that some see as anti-gay? >> it's only going to get worse because there is an agenda that wants to silence the beliefs that we have. >> political games or a genuine search for the truth? democrats threaten to block a republican inquiry into the benghazi attack. >>> it's friday, everyone. hello there. i'm john berman. >> i thought we would raise the roof for friday. >> that was my raise the roof. >> i'm michaela pereira. 8:00 a.m. out west. 11:00 a.m. in the east. i was jealous. that's the excuse we're hearing in a brand new audio recording that purports to catch l.a. clippers owner donald sterling explaining that racist outburst that got him banned from the nba. >>

i'm michaela kufner with your weekly check on the global issues that make an impact. and here's what we have coming up over the next half hour. more than a parakeet -- how colombia tries to preserve the bird species that can only be found here. volunteering for a better society -- how young professionals in panama inspire change. and training malawi's youth for the future -- where football makes youngsters fit for life. every time we lose a species to extinction, it marks a total surrender to the damage we have done to our planet. true -- darwinism does factor in something known as a natural extinction rate. but we are losing species by a rate that is at the-very-least 1000 times higher than that. colombia is still home to dozens of indigenous bird species. the non-profit organization "proaves" is working hard to keep it that way. once a population is down to only a few dozen it takes a lot of resources to pull them back from the brink. in the sierra nevada de santa marta, rangers are proving that every effort is worth it. clicks they're flocking to the hummingbird fe

i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. thank you for joining us. 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. out west. >> there is not a human being in the united states who will not be affected by this. no matter where you live, get ready for worse storms, worse droughts, more fires, more disease. that is according to a new report that the white house is releasing today in which the white house calls for urgent action. >> hundreds of the nation's top climate scientists are weighing in on this report. they said the last decade was the warmest in record and lays out steps to cut carbon pollution and prepare americans for the impacts of climate change likely to come in the next 50 years. we have chad myers and senior white house correspondent jim accosta. good to have you both. chad, let's start with you. seems like we had a taste of this over the winter about what is to come. you had a chance to look through this report. what exactly is it saying about what will happen and what has already happened? >> i think what we're going to see are fewer normal days. when you watc

i'm michaela kufner with your weekly check on the global issues that make an impact.d here's what we have coming up over the next half hour. more than a parakeet -- how colombia tries to preserve the bird species that can only be found here. volunteering for a better society -- how young professionals in panama inspire change. and training malawi's youth for the future -- where football makes youngsters fit for life.

. >>> michaela, over to you. >> chris, thanks so much. well. >>> let's talk about the hard time of general motors. 29 recalls so far this year covering nearly 14 million vehicles. once proud auto giant reeling from safety problems, eight figure fines and cover-up charges. since 2009 when gm filed for bankruptcy the company has recalled more cars than it actually sold. wow. we bring in chief business correspondent christine romans. we seem to be talking about this all the time. >> 29 separate recalls just this year. they have now recalled more cars this year than they have made in the past five years is just mind boggling. recalling for a lot of different things though. everything from faulty tail lamp wiring to little clamps inside the fender to the really important recall, 2.6 million recalled because of a faulty ignition switch. >> why now? what's going on to just sort of cue all of these recalls all of a sudden? >> more aggressive, more active gm. the new gm. here's why. it has been revealed that gm knew, the engineers knew about the i

i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. we begin with this.eloved poets and authors past today. maya angelou died at her home at the age of 86. >> i've seen so many tributes over the last few hours. >> a radio host saying "i believe each of us comes from the creator traili ining wisp o glory. . >> she was awarded the medal of freedom. fredricka whitfield looks back at her extraordinary life. >> the hells we have lived through have sharpened our senses and toughened our will. >> reporter: maya angelou may have been speaking about her day. she was born in st. louis, missouri, april 28. the hells she lived through began at the age of 7. he was beaten to dead by a mob. she blamed herself. >> i was 7 1/2 and my 7 1/2-year-old logic deduced that my voice had killed him so i stopped speaking for almost six years. >> it was during those years of silence that she discovered poe theory and her love of art. >> and somehow i'm able to get down inside myself, deep where a poem may live and find out what it has to say. >> reporter: her poetry was first phys

michaela?gton preparing to hold memorial day events after a surprise trip to afghanistan sunday. the president offered his thanks to our troops as the u.s. prepares for withdraw by the end of the year. by at home, the focus remains on the growing veterans affairs scandal. cnn's michelle kosinski is live in washington with the latest. this conversation takes a different feel when you talk about what day it is today. >> reporter: while the va scandal is going on at home, suddenly the president appears in afghanistan with the troops. his advisers said it was a chance to thank them in person for their service, just as he's about to make decision about what america's role will look like in afghanistan. he didn't mention the va scandal by name. he seemed to allude to it when he talked about the obligation to care for wounded warriors. he got big cheers when he told soldiers this is likely your last tour of duty in afghanistan. and bigger cheers when he said this. >> by the end of this year the transi

. >> i'm michaela pereira. those stories and more right now "@ this hour." >> so donald sterling had a chance to ask forgiveness when he talked to cnn. maybe at least attempt to salvage his reputation. he might have been trying to do that frankly it's hard to tell because the exact opposite has happened. >> trashing magic johnson is shocking to many people. it moved the nba commissioner to apologize on behalf of the league and promised to fast track sterling's removal. even shocked those in los angeles who say don't judge us by this guy. "l.a. can't afford to have a silly rabbit and daffy ducks on the loose making national headlines like this." here's more from that interview with anderson cooper. >> what has he done? can you tell me? big magic johnson. what has he done? >> he's a business person. >> he's got aids. did he do -- i would like -- did he help anybody in south l.a.? >> he has hiv. he doesn't have fun blown aids. >> what kind of guy goes to every city and has sex with every girl and then catches hiv

i'm michaela küfner, and here's what's coming up waiting and anticipating -- will president obama finallygive the go-ahead for a new oil pipeline to canada. nowhere to go, how the inhabitants of nigeria's floating slums fight eviction and caught between droughts and flooding, how bangladesh suffers under the effects of climate change. "keystone xl" is not just any pipeline. for its supporters this multi-billion dollar project is a job creator and an important step to more energy independence. for its critics it's a sell-out to the oil lobby. the keystone pipeline already connects canada's main oil source, those tar sands in alberta with the oil refineries in the southern united states. plans for the new "xl" route mark a short-cut that would allow faster delivery of more oil on a direct route towards the gulf of mexico. it's all up to u.s. president barack obama. if he signs off on the project, canada's oil sands exploration will be boosted. if not the oil companies would have to start lobbying all over again. the political battle is on with a lot at stake. >> what do we want? >> climate

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i'm michaela kÜfner, and today we look at why south africa's struggle for democracy is long from over-- two decades after its first free elections. and here's what else is coming up. being gay in africa. we find out how dangerous that can still be. going wild again. german zoologists help save a rare horse breed from extinction. and china's generation gap. how the new middle class sees the world. celebrate. it's been 20 years now since the first free elections saw nelson mandela become president. no doubt the country has come a long way since then. its constitution-making process was such a success that it has become a role model for democracy, now much referred to in many arab spring countries. and yet the new south africa is struggling to deliver the equal opportunities it promised to everyone. millions of black voters still feel left behind and the call for jobs and more opportunities is growing louder. as south africans go to the polls in a general election on may 7, many people are making their voices heard. we met two who do that in a very special way. >> this is soweto -- south

michaela? >> i think so as well. >>> a look at more of your headlines. breaking overnight.ans injured in an attack on consulate vehicle in afghanistan. they were traveling on the main road in herat when their vehicle was hit. two victims were hospitalized but injuries are not reported to be serious. this attack comes a day after president obama laid out plans to end the u.s. troop presence in afghanistan by 2016. >>> u.s. warship is on its way to libya this morning as the state department calls the security situation there, quote, unpredictal and unstable. they are warning americans to leave immediately, saying emergency services are limited. officials say the uss baton has some 1,000 reemarines and 18 helicopters on board. >>> president obama is trying to keep hope alive on immigration reform in congress. he is directing homeland security chief jay johnson to delay releasing a review of u.s. deportation policies until the end of summer to avoid angering house republicans. there's narrow window in june and july where the white house believes congress could act before the fo

michae michaela? >> never acceptable, when so many lives are lost, mostly children. >>> the state department is shutting its embassy in yemen down to the public. officials telling cnn that there's credible information about a threat against western interests there. just last year that embassy and several others in the region were shut down because of similar security concerns. so far, no american personnel have been evacuated. >>> democrats claim election year politics are behind a house slot to hold former irs official lois lerner in contempt of congress. cited lerner for refusing to answer questions about targeting of conservative groupses that sought tax exempt status. the justice department will decide whether to bring criminal contempt charges against lernor. >>> a tornado tore through parts of northeast colorado wednesday. powerful storm system brought several twisters to the region. want to get over to indra petersons for the latest. incredible to see what went on there in colorado. >> it's one

michaela? >> won't be soon enough for the veterans awaiting care. >>> let's look at more of your headlines. the obama administration is set to release a potentially explosive secret memo explaining its rationale for targeting u.s. citizens in terror operations abroad. under intense pressure the justice department has decided to comply with the court order to release the memo which authorized the killing of radical muslim cleric anwar al awacky in yemen in 2011. it will go through a red action before a release. >>> a stream of al qaeda threats with potential targets in the u.s. and western europe. cnn has learned intelligence officials are seeking -- seeing rather, an uptick in the threat stream over the past six months. although none of the threats have been corroborated. officials say they suggest operational activity but so far there's no sign that al qaeda cells are operating inside the u.s. >>> a federal judge has struck down pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage. the state will begin tak

michaela? >> cnn will stay on top of this story.you so much. >>> let's look at your headlines. human rights conditions are deteriorating in eastern ukraine. so says a new u.n. report on the violent deadly clashes and crisis there. now comes word thousands of steelworkers have joined the fight and may have retaken a key city that had been under control of pro-russian separatists. >>> a major change of power coming to the world's largest democracy. india has voted to throw out the ruling congress party which has been in charge for years now and replace it instead with an opposition group headed by hindu nationalist. more than half a billion people voted in the election. it's being called the largest democratic vote in history. >>> the questions about nigeria's ability to rescue 200 schoolgirls abducted by militants last month. the obama administration is questioning whether the nigerian military is even up to the task even with international help. the surveillance aircraft and 30 state department specialists, the white house says ther

michaela pereira joining us on this morning edition. good morning. >> good morning. here. john berman's going to be joining me in a second. we'll be rolooking at this tragn santa barbara, learning more about the victims and this young man, the gunman. details from his disturbing manifesto about why he felt compelled to and set out to kill. we'll actually speak with one of the shooter's friends and we'll speak to the deli owner where one of the victims died. we're also going to talk to several psychologists about what causes a person to do this and also what can be done to prevent this kind of thing in the future. >>> also, first on cnn, our jake tapper went one on one with defense secretary chuck hagel about the scandal that is rocking the veterans affairs department. does he think enough is being done to help our veterans? jake's going to join us this morning with a preview of this conversation, an important one. so many people are looking for answers today. so, we've got a busy morning. >> busy morning. thank you so much, michaela. talk to you in a couple minutes.

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michaela? >> nick paton walsh. thank you for that. >>> firefighters are battling a wildfire. 100 homes in amarillo are in ruins now. 1,000 more at risk. hundreds of people were chased from their homes. officials say the fire started sunday afternoon but now they're not sure why or how. 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts whipped into a frenzy. it's now 75% contained. no injuries reported so far. >>> this morning, we're learning new details about the terror threat that shut down the embassy in yemen. al qaeda attempted to kidnap two yemeni employees last month but two gunmen were captured instead. investigators believe this is part of a wider plot. >>> investigators are trying figure out what made a hot air balloon crash into power lions and crash at a virginia festival. both passengers worked for the university of richmond women's basketball program. they were remembered at sunday's graduation ceremonies. all three bodies were recovered over the weekend. >> an extensive search. >> an extensive search and that ceremony was s

michaela?you for that. >>> let's look at some other headlines right now. the clippers and thunder play game three of their playoff sist series tonight in los angeles as donald sterling's wife says she will fight the effort by the nba to force her out of an owner of the team. the disgraced l.a. clippers owner denies the charges that got him banned for life from the nba. >> you think i'm a racist? do you think i have everything in the world but love for everybody? you don't think that. you know i'm not a racist. >> that tape was released by radar online. cnn has not confirmed that recording, amazing story out of massachusetts caught on camera. a man tries to end his life by jumping on to the subway tracks only to be pulled back by a very quick-thinking officer. >> you wanted to go in the pit. >> reporter: this heart stopping moment caught on camera. a man teetering on the edge of a subway platform ready to jump. >> he struggled with me a little bit further to get himself into the pit. >> reporter

michaela? >> we'll keep watch that situation in libya. thank you so much, barbara. >>> let's look at your headlines. thailand is now under marshall law. the army made the declaration overnight insisting it is not a coup but just a move to maintain peace. the thai government says it was not told in advance and is now trying to figure out what to do. meanwhile, in washington, the state department says it is closely monitoring that situation there in thailand. >>> major development in the search for answers to the mystery of flight 370. raw satellite data that missing passengers' families have been demanding for months may finally see the light of day. until now, inmarsat, the company whose satellites communicate with the missing plane in the last hour had declined to make it public. but inmarsat and malaysian authorities now say they are working together to release that data. >>> two more court victories for opponents of gay marriage. same-sex couples will be able to get marriage lie sents today after a federal judge struck down a 2004 amen

this is a wake-up call. ♪ let's get over to don lemon in for michaela with the top stories.d to have you, my friend. >> no one could ever fill in for michaela. >> never. >> i'll do by most though. in an exclusive interview, cnn interview, donald sterling questions whether magic johnson should be a role model because he has hiv and suggests johnson hasn't done enough to help the black community. nba commissioner adam silver responded saying, while magic johnson doesn't need me to i feel compelled on behafld of the nba family to apologize to him that he continues to be dragged into this situation and degraded by such a malicious and personal attack. the nba board of governors is continuing with its process to remove mr. sterling as expeditiously as possible. we will have more with anderson cooper throughout the morning here on cnn. >>> breaking overnight. a six-year prison sentence for former israeli prime minister olmert accuse of taking bribes from developers. his attorneys are expected to file an appeal with the supreme court. corruption allegations forced olmert out of off

i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira.ur." >> so donald sterling had a chance to ask forgiveness when he talked to cnn. maybe at least attempt to salvage his reputation. he might have been

i'm john berman. >> and i'm michaela pereira.lay a tape of donald sterling talking on a phone to an unknown speaker. this all comes from radaronline.com. >> so we hear a male voice. it's said to be sterling. to us it sounds like the voice from the previous recording that we heard. on this new recording, he denies he's a racist. also importantly, he vows not to sell his team. we want you to listen to it. here it is in its entirety. >> you think i'm a racist? you think i have anything in the world but love for everybody? you don't think that. you know i'm not a racist. >> i know i got the -- i mean, when i heard the -- >> i can't hear you. >> what about when i hear that tape, though? that tape i heard. >> i grew up in east l.a. east l.a., you'd die to get out of there.

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>> we're always adding new things including ten things you do not know about michaela including a very big tattoo. go to the fast book page and be sure to like it. >> that's it for us. i'm john berman. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now. >> i think you have more of a plantation mentalty than i do. you know, i think you're more of a racist than i am. >> well, there's that. he thinks anderson cooper's a racist. wait until you hear what he says about magic johnson. donald sterling. the exclusive and explosive interview. also this hour, is that beyonce's little sister beating up on jay z while beyonce just stands by and watches? something is definitely going down in this elevator. plus, this hour, we have brand-new pictures of that family as they emerge from that elevator. and let me just tell you jay ze z's faye may just say it all. speaking of down, down deep. divers descend on a shipwreck off haiti that could be one of the biggest finds of all time. have they discovered the ship that discovered america? hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. it is tuesday, may 13th

. >> i'm michaela pereira. it's 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. out west. those stories and more right now "@ this hour." we begin with horrific new developments in the case of more than 200 girls who were abducted at gunpoint from their boarding school. a man claiming to lead the terror group that kidnapped the girls in rural nigeria last month says he's going to sell them. >> the statement came out a short time ago. it says "there is a market for selling humans. allah says i should sell. he commands me to sell. i will sell women. i sell women." we go to the nigerian capital. i think this claim of responsibility is not a surprise but it is certainly brazen in defianc defiance. if the face of something so offensive and outrageous, what is the government there going to do? >> reporter: you know, that's the thing. it's so offensive and so horrifying when you hear the words from this boko haram leader saying proudly that he did abduct 200 plus girls almost three weeks ago and his intention is to sell them and claiming that allah says he should sell them. it's

i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. happy monday, everybody. it's 11:00 a.m.. that's the time. >> that is in fact the time. >> so many stories to get to. a busy news day. we want to talk about what's going on with the clippers. it's been a crazy weekend. up until now all we heard from donald sterling was this disembodied voice on the recording

. "@ this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >>> fbi agents kicking down some digital doors this hour busting dozens of alleged cybercriminals accused of invading your home through your computer and using it to steal from you and spy on you. >>> it's not just phoenix. another va hospital is accused of keeping secret wait lists. a whistle blowing doctor says veterans waited months for care. the outrage growing. >>> the virtual king of pop stunned at the billboard awards but five years after his death, did the hologram of michael jackson honor the legend or was it just unsettling? >>> hello, everyone. great to see you. i'm john berman. >> those stories and more right now "@ this hour." two major stories about computer hackers. one involving criminals who can get into your home computer. the other is an historic case of cyberespionage. >> attorney general eric holder announcing for the first time the u.s. filed charges against chinese military officers. they're accused of hacking into several major u.s. companies to steal their secrets. >> this case should serve as a wake-up call to

i'm michaela pereira. "legal view" starts right now. >>> after years of deadly delays at veterans hospitals, a new sense of urgency at the white house today. the president himself, now promising accountability and punishment. he's deploying a top aide to investigate the cover-ups at the v.a. hospital first exposed in a cnn exclusive investigation. >>> and also this hour, just when we thought we'd heard it all in the donald sterling scandal, allegations of destroying and falsifying evidence now surface. did he really urge his girlfriend to tell investigators that she doctored that recording of his racist rant? you'll find out. and then, more fighting words from the "grow a pair" mayor, defending his controversial advice for bullying victims. here what he just told cnn just ahead. >>> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. it is wednesday, may 21st. welcome to "legal view." president obama made two things crystal clear at the white house last hour. he means to punish anywhere found doctoring the waiting lis

back to chris and michaela and kate in new york.reporters are supposed to stay way on the other line, not minkle and mix like this. others say, come on, it's a drink and a little music. that debate will not end this weekend. >> i think we all agree. we all have good enough split personality that we can have fun, we can yuck it up and still be as mean to the politicians the next day as we need to be. right? >> i personally think the process has been put on steroids too much but that's just my opinion. >> amen, my brother. and there's no -- >> the purist. >> it's no irony the people that attack politicians for their allegian allegiance, the media, is much more qui t it when there's a corporal allegiance attached to one of those events. >> kill his mike. >> john king m a very good weekend. >>> coming up on "new day," i will never truly be free. stunning revelations from amanda knox in our exclusive interview seven years in the italian courts and now they're taking one more shot at her. can she fight them off? do you buy amanda knox' st

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i'm michaela pereira. >> i'm john berman. 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. out west. those stories and more right now "@ this hour." >>> magic speaks. he gave his side of the story after donald sterling made startling allegations this week about the nba legend. once again dragging him into the mess that is swirling around the embattled clippers owner. magic johnson sat down with our anderson cooper. >> a lot of us were hanging on these words. what's the right way to respond to someone who trashes the last 23 years of your life? magic johnson says it is more than personal for him. he felt like he needed to defend not just himself but the african-american community. let's play you some of this exclusive cnn interview. >> here's a man who -- you don't know if i should say this. he acts so holy. he made love to every girl in every city in america and he had aids and when he had those aids, i went to my synagogue and i prayed for him. i hoped he could live and be well. i didn't criticize him. i could have. is he an example for children? >> i'm embarrassed to even play this