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show joins us now hi they have ed so i know that you are a very big critic of the n.b.a. is so a huge victory for you your reaction to the judge's ruling well there are a lot of people who have been watching this and case of the past few months and they're basically saying that her decision is amazing it's extraordinary it's a huge victory and while those things are true she's just doing her job this is something that any federal judge in her position should have decided it's not as if she's doing something that's out of the usual it's just that we haven't seen the system work in so long that i think people are surprised to see you know checks and balances actually work this is actually being checked it's actually being stopped and there's still work to be done there's an amendment in congress being discussed today but this is definitely good news and it gives great legitimacy to those people out there who said that the n.b.a. is a major threat to american citizens a basic civil rights that's right i know that their ad there were a lot of skeptics that this lawsuit had ye

russia's biggest basketball star could be making its way back into the n.b.a. alongside the league's own. russian team owner and recur olenka reported to have a verbal agreement in place to sign a three year deal but mikhail prokhorov brooklyn nets the c.s.k. moscow forward is currently preparing for a girly semi final battle a bit against palace and i cost next weekend the thirty one year old has a longstanding relationship with the next owner and is expected to join the new club after the euro league season ends curling assigned with the army man as a free agent during the n.b.a. lockout summer decided to play the season night in the russian capital despite a new kind of offer by the us a small forward outwards an impressive fourteen point seven we find the game in europe while shooting a superb sixty percent from the. back to baseball or things are looking out for los angeles dodgers fans after a new ownership group including local. johnson officially took control of the team the move into tumultuous air after owner frank mccourt headed the team into bankrup

but he signed it anyway so the president has twisted himself up like a pretzel about the n.b.a. there's no coherence to his position. there's no coherence to what congress is doing because if they really wanted to protect american civil liberties they would they would pass an amendment that would dissolve this law fortunately it's been blocked for now. a permanent a preliminary injunction i expect to be blocked permanently by the courts but congress and the administration should right now we're calling on them to do this they should right now. vitiate those laws and get us back to a civil liberties regime in this but it is interesting karl you it really makes you wonder who is pulling the strings when the obama says one thing and does another and we'll definitely be following this case it is essential to follow and thank you for your work on it that was carl mayor komi to counsel with bruce our friend.

he has earned that title. >> reporter: the n.b.a.ep statistics on how many players pursue advanced degrees but dr. o'neal is hoping he becomes a role model for other players and students everywhere. >> for the children that look up to me, for a guy that went to school and stopped and, you know, wants to continue his education. i want to be the one setting an example. >> reporter: o'neal earned his degrees -- a b.a., m.b.a., and now an e.d.d., over 20 years, most of it on the road, with a grueling, physical schedule. >> i'm doing pretty well for a 40-year-old has-been n.b.a. superstar. >> reporter: now he's mulg another academic goal-- a law degree. randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >> dubois: and that cbs evening news. later on cbs "48 hours mystery." i'm maurice dubois, cbs news in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

sporting intelligence field this is russia's biggest basketball star could be making a move to the n.b.a. to join up with the league's only russian team according to. the country sporting media undercurrent that has a verbal agreement in place with a view to signing a three year deal with mikhail prokhorov brooklyn nets that go forward who is currently preparing for the girly finals for tournaments house a long standing relationship with the nets and then on the said to be signing on with the need for the club at the end of the european season for lanka returning to the army men as a free agent during the n.b.a. lockout the signing player at the season in russia despite you could have offers from the us when they leave you turned the thirty one year old was shot a superb sixty percent average from the field this year should i say that the american football world has been rocked with the news that one of the n.f.l.'s best players of the one nine hundred ninety s. has passed away former chargers dolphins patriots linebacker junior see how dying is californian home aged forty three from wha

russia's biggest pole star could be making a move back to the n.b.a. to join up with the league's only russian team owner according to the country's sporting media. has a verbal agreement in place with the future signing a three year deal with. brooklyn nets. who is currently preparing for the euro league final for tournaments has a long standing relationship with the nets owner on the said to be signing on with the really really good club at the end of the european season a return to be army men as a free agent during the n.b.a. lockout deciding to put the season in russia despite lucrative offers from the us the thirty one year old showed a superb sixty percent average in the field this year too. the american football world being rocked with the news that one of the n.f.l.'s best players of the one thousand nine hundred house passed away former chargers dolphins patriots linebacker junior dying in a home age forty three from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest started his career nine hundred ninety playing for san diego un

let's catch up with the first round of the n.b.a. playoffs where the miami heat have a three nail series lead against new york knicks the bron james going thirty team for the latest clash with. eighty seven seventeen miami needing just one to claim the series. and the same for me that this after beating the mavericks ninety five seventy nine. russian stock on a carrier lanka could be making their way back to the n.b.a. to join up with been a russian it's believed the t. a skull forward has a green looking cow profitable for that and more sign bringing it to you at the end of the same. finally finally they say you can't be local knowledge and that definitely seems to be the case at the moment i go wells fargo championship in north carolina webb simpson lives just a stone's throw from the quiet hollow course a name change the lie of the land this part breaking right just at the last minute . carded a sixty five to share the friendly with fellow americans ryan moore and sink five shots back is roy mcelroy who recently lost the number on

now let's catch up on the first round of the n.b.a. playoffs where the miami heat have a three nail sameas lead against the new york knicks. scoring thirty points in the latest clash with. eighty seven seventeen planning meeting just one more to win. to claim the series inside that message without us facing the mavericks ninety five seventy nine meanwhile russia's star on the ticker lanka could be making a move back to the n.b.a. to join up with the league's only russian i know this believe that to just go for it has a verbal agreement with me cal protocol brooklyn that i moved sign a great deal at the end of the season. they say you can't beat local knowledge and that definitely seems to be the case at the moment i go to wells fargo championship in north carolina webb simpson saying he lives just a stone's throw from the holocaust and knows the lie of the land this breaking right at the last minute for a birdie he carty to sixty five to share the first round lead with fellow american driver moore and sink five shots back is rory mcilr

to earlier switching pace for russia's biggest basketball star could be making a move back to the n.b.a. alongside the league's only russian team owner under current reported to have a verbal agreement in place to sign a three year deal with me. brooklyn nets this fiasco moscow forward who is currently preparing for the euro league final four tournaments. standing relationship with the nets owner is expected to join the newly created club at the end of the european season for lincoln signed with the army man as a free agent during the n.b.a. lockout and he decided to play the season in russian spy making it offers from the us a thirty one year old hotshot a superb sixty percent average from the field just cus. i the american football world has been rocked with the news that one of the n.f.l.'s best linebackers of the one nine hundred ninety s. has passed away former chargers dolphins on patriots star junior see how dying in his california home aged just forty three from what's appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest see out started his career nine hundred ninety and pa

now let's catch up with the first round of the n.b.a. playoffs by the miami heat have a three nil series lead against new york knicks bron james form thirty two and the latest clash which saw the haven i eighty seven seventy went to miami needing just one more win to claim the series inside like the home of that in their series with dallas after beating the mavericks ninety five seventy nine and the mavericks admit they were standing. tonight just picked a bad time to really put a stinker out there i mean nobody really had a good game for us. you know talk to us on the other and everybody made shots and just we picked a tough time to really got target nothing going on the off and. well those teams then next play each other on saturday meanwhile the new york knicks are almost certain to be that star point guard jeremy lin for sunday's clash with miami he had surgery on the beginning of april and even though he's returned to practice he's still in a bit of pain and not one hundred percent. you know. trying to make sure you know. that risk

now russia's biggest basketball star could be making a move back to the n.b.a. to join up with the league's only russian team owner according to the country's sports media under care lenka has a verbal agreement in place with a view to signing a three year deal with mikhail prokhorov brooklyn nets the says car must go forward he is currently preparing for the year only final four has a longstanding relationship with the nets owner and he said to be signing on with the nearly relocating club at the end of the european season kirilenko return to the army man as a free agent during the n.b.a. lockout deciding to play out the season in russia despite lucrative offers from the us the thirty one year old has a shot to see her up sixty percent average from the field this year to date just. now in baseball and things are looking up for the los angeles dodgers fans after new consortium including local basketball legend magic johnson officially took control of the team the move and to mulch or syria after bankruptcy last june and johnson has big plans. and what we want to

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it's really to sign a three year deal to relink a return to the army man as a free agent during the n.b.a. lockout deciding to play out the season in russia despite lucrative offers from the us. baseball and things are looking up for the los angeles dodgers fans after a new consortium including local basketball legend magic johnson officially took control of the team the move ends a tumultuous era after bankruptcy last june and johnson has big plans. and what we want to do is bring their pride back to this city this organization we want to win . on the field we want the best they're the best fan experience they've ever had. we want to make sure it's friendly as well as the bears are be safe now the n.f.l. has been rocked by the news that one of the best players from the ninety's has passed away former charges dolphins and patriots linebacker junior seo dying in his california home at age forty three from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest say i started his career in one thousand nine hundred playing for san diego until two thousand and two he led the chargers

basketball where a conference finals have started in the n.b.a. as they sat and so you know spurs held their nineteenth when eneral after beating the oklahoma city thunder one zero one ninety eight mano you know but he scored a playoff highlights what a six points as the spurs took the series lead and signed the n.b.a. record for longest winning streak that's the two thousand and one l.a. lakers had on their way to a championship. and oklahoma they're very very good team and made it hard hard on those tonight and i think we don't have to play a lot better if we want to win the game to fourteen turnovers in the first half not so. for personally and i know if we if we play to the same way we're not going to win game two. this gets mail where the u.k.'s jonathan brownlee made it two ways out of two following his latest film i am in the world triathlon series events in madrid brownie's surge ahead to win by a comfortable thirty eight second morgan over two russians and xander britain call and me three polanski who claimed silver and bronze respectivel

you're crazy and it's all to be rocky horror and moving on to a basketball where n.b.a. conference finals have started as the sentence on his spurs held their nineteenth would enter role as for beating the oklahoma city thunder one zero one ninety eight mano juno but he scored a playoff high twenty six points as this first sigma series lead and signed the n.b.a. record for longest winning streak that the two thousand and one los angeles lakers has on their way to a championship. and let's get triathlon now where the u.k.'s jonathan brownlee made it two wins out of two following his latest triumph in the world triathlon series events in madrid brownie's surged ahead to win by a comfortable thirty eight second margin over two russians and xander brick on call and mitri play on ski who claimed silver and bronze respects of the twelve first and second spots of the podium were decided early the battle for top ten was far more intense another russian even less seem to have got. wooden spoon for by finishing fourth the madrid title remains in the brownlee family for the fourth

meanwhile in the n.b.a. the boston celtics have won the first game with their eastern conference semifinal with philadelphia but only just ninety two ninety one the score was the l.a. lakers have won their first round decider against the denver nuggets in the western conference ninety six eighty seven meaning the lakers win their series four three to book a second round showdown with oklahoma city. it's been drama the spanish grand prix mclaren's lewis hamilton has been stripped of pole position and moved to the back of the grid after breaking regulations in qualifying hamilton had been half a second faster than his nearest rival pastor maldonado in his williams but mclaren then found guilty of breaking by rules after. did not return to the pits under its own power instead it stopped on the track during his slowing down lap and as a penalty a mortal now start from the back of the grid maldonado takes pole and ferrari's fernando alonso would join him on the front row. roger federer has moved a step closer to

so clearly some emotion and controversy here but back to the n.b.a. and yesterday's overwhelming rejection of the decision by congress and the president to give themselves unlimited power this is huge and important story and where was it not on the mainstream media they were too busy providing wall to wall coverage of all the important cases about sex scandals with former movie stars and washed up politicians but a case about freedom and justice for all americans this is what the mainstream media chooses to miss. an announcement today that the u.s. is prepared right now to use military force on iran if it needs to to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons that announcement comes on the heels of a series of meetings scheduled between iran and six world powers the united states france russia china britain and germany well the u.n. has already implemented four rounds of crippling sanctions against iran with another round set to go into effect this summer they're hoping to persuade iran to stop its uranium enrichment program entirely today's announc

from some good things you always do some things you can improve on we'll go from there now in the n.b.a. playoffs in the city thunder have beaten the l.a. lakers to reach the western conference finals one hundred sixty nine when on monday night giving them a four one series win and that sets up a clash with the top seed san antonio on sunday and the only game that. boston celtics beat philadelphia hundred one eighty five three dead best of seven series three random fast top scoring for the celtics with twenty seven points. it was just me taking advantage of my opportunity you know they've been doubling paul and we've got a few good players on the team they've got to focus on sort of me open tonight and i was able to shots in while the n.b.a. star come around to me is looking forward to his third in pick games the new york knicks forward will be a key player for the usa who won gold in beijing four years ago the americans have meddled in sixteen of their seventeen million pick appearances but the expectations are very high and when they won bronze in two thousand and four the team came i

more encouraged to other proposed amendments to the n.b.a. that's the one conyers olson. paula jones is centrally in its language nothing in this legislation authorizes the use of force against iran and then conyers and louise a moment which essentially says diplomacy is the best course of action those are far better and then months and they also indicate i think that we are heading on like in the iraq war we are having someone have a debate in the congress over how we should proceed you don't miss and certainly there's one congressman who has never been shy about voicing his disdain for for these provisions congressman dennis kucinich he was on the house floor today i want to play just a little bit of what he had to say. the n d a authorizes war against iran it calls for a new policy military action which puts u.s. aircraft and munitions into position for air and sea based missions and the bowstring of u.s. capabilities to launch a sustained see an air campaign against a range of iranian nuclear and military targets it authorizes war under the pretext that iran is threat

proposed representatives adam smith and justin amash that would exclude american citizens from the n.b.a. so what does this mean for u.s. citizens now and what a lawsuit gained traction or is the issue dead joining us now to discuss more is carl mayer attorney for the mayer law group. things are happening so fast in this case those one if you can just give our audience a brief update of what is going on. thank you yes thank you ms martin thank you for having me on i think that the reason things are happening fast in this case is that we're driving me agenda here that wednesday's ruling really extraordinary ruling by judge forrest. struck down the provisions of the n.d.a. particularly section ten twenty one otherwise known as the home battlefield act that we subject u.s. citizens to military detention and nothing that congress has done has changed that so the status quo stays in place meaning we won the injunction the plaintiffs won the government cannot detain us citizens or even a resident alien and so far we have prevailed because this litigation while congress is around to twiddle the

seven series three to the mall n.b.a. star kobe one for me is looking forward to his third olympic games the new york knicks forward will be a key player for the usa who won gold in beijing four years ago the americans have meddled in sixteen of their seventeen olympic appearances but the expectations are very high when they won bronze in two thousand and four the team came in for heavy criticism so anthony knows that gold can be that only goal. this is a blessing this is my third one believe it or not i was i was. you know we was at the bottom you know we want to bronze medal and you know everybody doubted we can do it in american basketball players going to play together too much you know two months prior and then we came back in a way that we deemed ourself and put basketball put america back where needed to be from a basketball standpoint now which is you know we're just going over there trying to win that gold medal game while there are only sixty six days to go until the start of the london games in the olympic torc

saying no to the n.b.a. and you are of course blocks key parts of the national defense authorization act activists are touting it as a battle blood but there's still a long way to go tell you all about it. plus the obama administration is cracking down on hydraulic fracturing but it still isn't drilling into the heart of the issue so what's with the blade and oversight we'll explore. i'm just a guy here and. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cures an awful lot about my country. but it's no laughing matter major media outlets are taking a major hit in the ratings this despite paying their personalities bloated salaries of the average viewer isn't impressed so does this mean the days of overpaid media stars coming to an end. it's thursday may seventeenth a.t.m. here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . well a victory for opponents of the n.c.a.a. a federal judge has ruled that provisions in a controversial law may violate our constitutional rights president obama signed the national defens

i just wanted to mention another argument that the government made is that the n.b.a.'s sensually just reaffirms a law that already exists that lobbying the authorization for use of military force is a two thousand and one law but neither you nor the judges buy this argument why not a right that's an excellent question you've really done your homework as a question the judge would have none of that argument because the authorization for military force was passed right after nine eleven and it was specifically targeted to members of al-qaeda or people who participated in the nine eleven attacks. this law of the end goes so far beyond that as to make a completely different and indistinguishable effort it goes so far beyond that anyone who gives quote substantial support and that could include a writer and journalist etc could be caught up on it so really the day you have half was a total and there are lot directed at people who committed violent acts and were involved in nine eleven attack and in fact in the court were judge forrest cross-examined the lawyers for the gove

and i read it and then we told you about the n.b.a. but they didn't hear about an amendment included in the bill that some claim is creeping crashes. of american power continue. on our. might be time revolution. and if. you are drinking. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then something else some other part of it and realize that everything. is a big. story with. buck and they alone and so they'll get a real headline with none of them are the problem with the mainstream media today is that they're completely disconnected from the viewers and what actually matters to those viewers and so that's why young people just don't watch t.v. anymore if they want news they go online and read it but we're trying to take those stories that people actually care about and transfer them back to t.v. . to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. guys it's time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to my brilliant wang gauging the your comments from facebook twitter and you tube because when

player actually got rewarded by the n.b.a. player with free tickets to the game and supported rough swag so it kind of worked out ok for that kid right right i mean yeah i mean i remember when i was in school and kids were making out all over the place i mean when you hug someone in apparently there's strict rules against that i mean who knew do you think it was just started laying hands on having fine or would. i think it look i think everyone knows that kids and adults we know the difference from somebody holding someone because they're friends and it's mutual hugging or somebody sexually harassing that person and i understand the school wanting to prevent harassment like this bright line rule no hugging but i mean can we make some kind of accommodation people like that hug maybe ten second rule you can hold for ten seconds in the wrong as anything longer is kind of creepy and weird you know and if a student complains about being held that's different than what is being sexually harassed a student should go to their teacher

but i read it and then we told you about the n.b.a. but they tend to hear about an amendment included in the bill that some claim is a creeping crashes. i urge. all right guys it's time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to my brilliant hwang gauging viewer comments from facebook twitter and you tube because when you have something to say i listen now let's first start with a hater out there who responded to our tweet about sergeant jacob george and truthout meyerson being on the show he tweeted to us tyler hale said at the lot of show i swear you get some of the worst guests of all time now my assumption here correct me if i'm wrong tyler my assumption is that tyler doesn't like the fact that we interviewed a veteran who served three tours in afghanistan but who then chose to throw his service medals away in protest of nato this past weekend in chicago and the truth is tyler you don't have to agree with jake up but if you claim to be a conservative libertarian but american first as it says in your twitter description

now in the n.b.a. indiana have tied the eastern conference semifinals against miami after the paces secured a narrow seventy eight seventy five away winning game two david west was top scorer for indiana with only sixteen points bron james out of twenty eight for the heat meanwhile in the west san antonio had taken a one milliliter in their series against the l.a. clippers following a comprehensive one hundred eight ninety two winning game one tim duncan led the hosts with twenty six points. now on to the world of mixed martial arts and russian challenger malakoff has weighed in over seven kilograms lighter than n one champion kenny garner ahead of the heavyweight showdown in moscow later on wednesday the americans interim crown will be at stake with both fighters promising a good show in the russian capital gone and won the title after defeating another russian maxime christian in october one malakoff stepped into the limelight after a couple of knockout wins against alexey olynyk and alexander and ma

. >> kristen: part of it here is the fact he was such a good role model he went it to the n.b.a. with good grades. presidential high school, harvard. a lot of things that parents really emphasize, as well. anna, in the presidential area that reverberated, as well. >> both my kids go to high school in presidential and the entire community was inspired about this. >> kristen: you know there is an issue of fighting prejudice. one common tweet, it's amazing how well he plays, with his eyes like with slanted eyes. what does that suggest? >> that is very interesting comment because it can be positive or negative. there is part of me that feels like, i'm brown for example. it's okay to be called brown. you are what you are and they will accept it. but it's the negative information and can cause ill feelings. sometimes you too politically correct in avoiding things that may be normal and natural, as well. but of course the negative parted is you want to make sure doesn't happen. >> i'm sure you have than countered that in respective careers. corey can you talk about being an asian-americ

ok i don't believe in the n.b.a. i think it's pointless. i did what i can which is. please can we intelligently about possibilities for a change in the u.s. . but it's been tough you know there was one moment. sort of like. how. oh i'm a proud profound thing comes out from. the simple person she was lying in bed she's seventy two years old and i asked her how old are you she's and she looks a little shuffle. back and first open sewage i suppose. she said i'm twelve years old and you're twelve years old if you're twelve because i love palestine and i was twelve years old enough to that was the end of life. from twelve years of age and. it was a good learning you remember things like that. after the barber. and after the shame not done robbie well by the odd and after the anger about them although there still remains the hope. i'm not that i'm on and i know that i can get in a lot of trouble for what i'm about to say while a man you cannot argue my second. self with i think that there's a lot represents the hope like and i thought of them hezbollah you must and sometim

to the n.b.a. playoffs, lakers and nuggets, his nickname is animal. kobe bryant averaging 34 points in the playoffs. nuggets win and l.a. is still up two games and one. >> and in philly, evan turner, with authority. he had 16. no derek rose for chicago. spencer, big man can shoot. he had 21 for the sixers 79-74 and take the lead. and sweet reverse layup in the fourth. here is a triple double, 17 points and 14 rebounds they go to overtime. rondo, no, garnet yes, but celtics win, 90 to 84 and they go up two games to one. >> and by popular demand, and that is the groundskeeper. >> straight ten. >> what about that. >> 9, not as impressive. >> he thought was over the top. [ laughter ] >> it was impressive. >> all right. "nightline" is next. >> i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. our next newscast begins tomorrow morning at 5:00. >> keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter. for all of us, thank you for watching. -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a j