the nba did not make that audiotape public. >> the nba -- the nba is using it, as their lawyer said tohe sole basis of the prosecution against them. they could have said, because they are lawyers and they know this, they could have said this evidence is illegal and we don't touch it or approve or condemn what mr. sterling said but there is no legal basis for us to use this illegal evidence against him. >> all right. speaking of the law, jeffrey toobin, our senior legal analyst -- hold on a second. he's got a legal question, lawyer to lawyer, you're a good lawyer, he's a good lawyer. listen to this question and then you can respond. >> mr. blecher, advertisers fled. they said the players will not play for donald sterling. isn't that precisely the kind of loss that article 13 of the constitution of the nba is the basis for taking away a team? >> it probably is. but let me tell you, mr. sterling has been thrown out of his office. he's had no contact with the sponsors. he doesn't know the allegations of the sponsors. and if you think most of the players are going to give up 2, 5, $10 milli

the nba versus donald sterling. new details of how and why the league plans to force the clippers' owner and his wife to give up their team. >>> al qaeda triple threat. new intelligence showing the terror network is stepping up plans for american targets from three directions overseas and at home. >>> and protecting a terrorist. the shocking claim that the cia is harboring one of the planners of the deadly bombings of the u.s. embassy and marine barracks in beirut. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get to the breaking news right now. stunning new details of the nba charges against donald sterling and of the league's intent to force him and his wife to sell the los angeles clippers. cnn has obtained documents showing the nba accuses donald sterling of discrimination but also of lying, destroying evidence, and refusing to pay a $2.5 million fine. the nba board of governors will take up the charges on june 3rd and if they are sustained, the league will terminate donald and shelly sterling's ow

and vote the clippers out of the nba. sterling will own a team with no club in which to compete. no club in which to compete. he'll have a team but no players. players are contracted to play on an nba team. if clippers no longer are in the nba players are no longer under contract and become free at. next move nba will move franchise to seattle. again this is according to a source that has great knowledge of the nba. is a information wnba owner. and says if donald sterling continues on the path se, that he looks to be continuing on this, is what will probably happen next. >> would be a huge development. what do you think about that? >> well, it sounds -- i don't have the legal know how to you know the nuances of that will work. but i think what is intriguing is the notion that if they are disassociated from the league you have all these fantastic players then that become available through free agency and could spark a whole new conversation within the nba. maybe your wizards can accommodate that scoring out there. if nothi

her lawyer keeps saying we've been working with the nba. the nba released a statement last night making it absolutely clear that they are not working with shelly sterling, that they don't think she has any right to ownership. remember, the board of governors, which is the official way owners step into their majority role in the nba council there, he is the representative, and the rest of the nba would have to have approved her as a board of governor's member and she was never approved as a board of governor's member. so they're saying no shot. and one thing i think is interesting in all of that, by the way, is that lebron james came out in the afternoon and made a statement, i actually asked him in front a bunch of other media, how would you feel about the pace of this investigation and other people stepping in from the sterling family and he said to me, he said, no way, nobody in this league is comfortable with the idea of anyone in that family owning a piece of that team. and it was just hours later the nba released a statement. so they'r

now, after threatening to sue the nba, he is now using another tactic to play hard ball with the nbassful could mean a half a billion dollars in profit and a speedy resolution. the ball is now in shelly sterling's court. now that her husband and longtime business partner donald sterling has handed over his control of the l.a. clippers. shelly sterling is now negotiating with the nba to possibly sell the team. >> the nba made it clear this was all about donald sterling. they weren't penalizing shelly sterling, so in a sense, this is really a game of legal chess. >> reporter: why? with the nba draft fast approaching in june, a quick resolution would benefit the team and the league. tuesday, nba commissioner adam silver seemed to offer a way out for donald sterling. sell the team now and sterling would avoid the special hearing early next month requiring him to face charges that he damaged the league and the vote by nba owners potentially forcing him to sell. >> i prefer he sell it than we go through this process. so if that's what you by man to man, i'm open to that. >> reporter: a mov

$2.5 million fine and threatening to sue the nba. in short, donald sterling is not going away, no matter how badly the nba wants him to. plus, the fcc unveiled a controversial new proposal that could create a fast lane and a slow lane for the internet. if you err use the internet, you need to understand what's going on. also, florida and its stand your ground law are back in the news again as a florida mom jailed for firing a gun into a cleelg has a new day in court. we start with the fight that's brewing between donald sterling and the nba over control of the l.a. clippers. shortly before the clippers were bounced from the playoffs last night, two news organizations "sports illustrated" and "usa today" published reports suggesting that donald sterling may fight both the forced sale of his team and the $2.5 million fine imposed on him after the release of his infamous attend regards on race. >> that he violated no article of the nba constitution and that no punishment is warranted. legally that may be an uphill climb. in part, becaus

that's why the nba, in order to protect the nba, is going to get all of them out of there. there is just no way this league is going to allow anybody named sterling to be affiliated with this team. >> he's not going to give it up without a fight. it will be tied up in litigation for a long time. >> he can sue. it doesn't mean he's going to get an injunction. i don't think any court will stand in the way. remember, this is a contract. he signed the contract that gives the nba. >> thank you very much. make sure you set your dvrs. up next, as marc mentioned, if anyone deserves to say i told you so right about now, it is nba hall of famer elgin baylor who sued sterling years ago for racist behavior. he speaks to me in an exclusive interview along with his wife elaine. and later, more of my interview with one of the three women who survived being captive in a house of horrors in cleveland for a decade. michele knight says there was added pain inside, like no one was actually looking for her. >> i was considered a forgotten one. when folks think about what they get from alaska, t

the nba has set a deadline. and they will either throw him out on june 3rd or simply approve the sale on june 3rd. but the key point is donald sterling is out on june 3rd. >> lz and don, don first, they sell the team for $2 billion. they paid $12 million 33 years ago. that's a nice profit. they may have to pay 25% capital gains, whatever. let's say they get 2 billion, they walk away with 1.5 or 1.6 billion dollars after taxes, don. what kind of punishment is that? >> is that rhetorical, wolf? come on. >> 1.6 billion for a team only a few weeks ago probably could have gone for 600 million or 700 million? >> that is 166% of what they bought the team for. i'd love to have that sort of investment. >> no, no, no. don, we need the common core for you. it's 1600%. >> i'm just saying i would love that sort of investment, especially if i did something wrong and someone was pushing me out, to have that sort of nest egg if you want to call it. that's a dream. >> lz, final word. >> but there is ego involved, you know. let's

back not nba.r far from the scandal involving the clippers ousted owner donald sterling. kevin durant is the nba's most valuable player. the league's top scorer got the honor last night. 25-year-old gave a really powerful acceptance speech. he thanked teammates and coaches and ended his speech by thanking his mother for all the sacrifices she made for him and his brother. he called her the real mvp. take a look. >> and last, my mom. i don't think you know what you did. you had my brother when you were 18 years old. three years later, i came out. we were -- the odds were stacked against us. single parent with two boys. by the time you were 21 years old. everybody told us we weren't supposed to be here. we moved from apartment to apartment by ourselves. one of the best memories i had is when we moved into our first apartment. no bed, no furniture. and we just all sat in the living room and just hugged each other. because we -- that's what we thought we made it. and when something good happens to you,

>> he's an nba individual that is bound by the nba contract. and the nba has a constitution that says you can be voted out by three quarters of the openers. there are 29 nba owners. all 29 are on board saying you're out, sterling. we don't want you for be part of the nba. >> he could come back and say i don't care about the constitutional bylaws here with the nba. i care about my constitution, the big c, right? i own this team. you can't deprive me of my private roproperty. i break on the bylaws, but i'm thinking going forward, he'll here lawyers to make that argument. >> i've heard more than a few lawyers say to me that there is no way that you wave your constitutional rights ever no matter what the circumstance. is this such a case or not? >> that's what he's certainly going to argue. and this could be tied up in the dou courts for years because of that. >> due process was signed away when he became an nba member and he's bound by the agreement. >> let's go to the gold diggers. this thing gets even more interesting. his estranged wife suing t

and in reading the nba constitution, it appears pretty clear the nba, their position is going to be,ook, whatever tangled web of ownership a particular team owner wants to weave, whether or not they want to make his wife a co-owner, whether you want to give away an interest to your cat, who knows. the nba really can't control who owners will do in terms of parsing out ownership. this is how we define an owner. it's very broad. if you look at another article -- >> why don't i, i've got it right here. article 44. i'll read this for you as we. this is what language actually says that everyone seems to disagree over. each owner shall cause each of its subsidiaries to comply with the constitution and bylaws. if any such affiliates or subsidiaries of an owner violates the forgoing sentence, such owner and, in the case of violations committed on behalf of as agent for or for the benefit of a member, the applicable member shall be subject to the same penalties as if that owner or member had itself committed the violation. michael mccann, just make that english for me. does it mean, well, con

our nba business partner spoke up and every nba business owner spoke up.y said this is okay. >> how long before we know the final outcome? how long is it going to play out? >> i think the process is going to go quickly. >> within a few weeks? >> i can't tell you exactly. >> it will be relatively quickly? >> yes. >> bruce levenson, co-owner of the atlanta hawks. thank you. rachel nichols, we'll see you in the next hour. >>> coming up, hundreds of girls kidnapped and an al qaeda-linked group threatening to sell them. >>> and more about malaysia flight 370. that's a man interviewino.for a job. not that one. that one. the one who seems like he's already got the job 'cause he studied all the right courses from the get-go. and that's an accountant, a mom, a university of phoenix scholarship recipient, who used our unique --scratch that-- awesome career-planning tool. and that's a student, working late, with a day job, taking courses aligned with the industry he's aiming to be in. ready to build an education around the career that you want? let's get to work. tho

committee of 10 nba team owners talking for first time since sterling was baned for life from nba for making racist comments they just issued this statement, committee met via conference call to discuss process for termination of donald sterling's ownership, agrees to move forward as expeditiously as possible, and will reconvene next week, two-thirds of the 29 owners, are required to vote in favor to force sterling to sell, but stelinsterling said he mas no intention of allowing that sale, joining us now metta world peace. 15 years with the nba, played with lakers. and other teams, a founder of the artest media group, metta great to have you with us, it is, it look looks like sterlingl fight this will turn ugly. much uglier than anybody thought your thoughts? >> well, you know, he mas his own opinions, i'm sure. he is based it off the fact it was intrudeg privacy, and to record someone in their privacy of their home and comfort. i'm sure he thinks that is wrong, on the flip side, the brand of the nba. global brand, i'm sure owners and commissioner don't want anybody to think it is a r

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we just got the chance to see the nba constitution.ething hidden from the public. >> comfortable? they are comfortable with throwing donald sterling's behind out of this league. that is overwhelmingly the sentiment. at least on the part of the players and as far as i can tell, the sponsors. and the general public by and large seems evenly divided. but the people who matter want him out. >> rick, you say legal officials will have a hard time proving it will be a financial burden on the league if sterling continues to own the clippers, why is that if the sponsors continue to walk if he retains ownership. >> first of all, we need to see the players walk first. they had a great opportunity when this first came out not to play a playoff game or to boycott at least a game to demonstrate see, the league can show these guys will not play for donald sterling under these conditions. they did not. the best they did was turn all of their gear inside out before the game. okay, it was a statement, how strong a statement. i don't know that anybody is

host of nba inside stuff. that he at least started a conversation. >> that he started this conversation? >> that he started a conversation. he got people talking. >> oh, absolutely. the prejudice -- stereo types can often -- i think that the point he's trying to make is he's not going to be a hypocrite when it comes to his vote and that the nba is going to hold the ownership and he's being realistic about the expectations he has not only for donald sterling and his own personal feelings on the matter as well. >> is this a foreshadowing on how he is going to vote? rsh that's the mystery. the timing is disturbing in some ways. he is trying to conduct a classroom discussion about race. the fact that he ig nights a conversation right at the moment when we're about to have a crucial vote on a guy that we have decided has been in the wrong, it's just bad justment. >> you know, he used a couple of examples. a hoodie and white guy with tattoos. i thought it was unfortunate the examples that he did use. >> but what he

it strikes me that not only the nba inners but also the nba players and also honestly the fans have al of what happens here. it doesn't strike me that it's sustainable for him to hold on to it. >> here is the point. i want to hold those players accountable let's be real. they are discouraged from speaking up or being radical black intellectuals or scholars sore civil rights leaders. now brand management has precluded the solidarity of what you speak. look at reilly cooper, he was rewarded with a four-year multi-million dollar contract while deshawn jackson much more talent receiver was sent packing, thank you, to the washington, d.c. team, thank you for. that the reality is because of alleged ties to gangs, the racialization of even the perception of reputation goes on a certain level. not just what i think -- >> the turning the shirts inside out because it was so eloquent. >> also a risk for them. >> a beautiful mitt foreabout going in a locker room having one goal, the game of winning. the idea of winning. in the game of life it might be a good idea if use that same metaphor because

nba. not the nfl.o let you know how much value the team actually could pull in when the team does sell, i wouldn't go 1.5 to 2 billion just yet. there will be a bidding war but i don't think you're going to see those numbers. >> i'm hearing that those numbers are pretty realistic. apparently there's a serious bidding war. the word on the street, oprah may be out but magic johnson's name is certainly in there. how appropriate would that be in magic johnson, who is the victim who was attacked by donald sterling emerged as at least one of the co-owners of the clippers? >> i think it would be very interesting and i have to tell you the talk over at dinner, everywhere i went, people were like, hey, what is going on with donald sterling? wouldn't it be amazing if oprah was the owner? wouldn't it be amazing if magic was the owner? and i have to say, though, $1.5 billion seems like a lot to you basketball people and to a lot of people but i have to say it's great for the clippers that if out of this mess the t

>> to the nba players, to the owners in the nba, to the fans. >> if the players don't want to play for't have to. if the fans don't -- >> they have contracts. >> well, they should be able to not follow the contract, this is more important. if the fans don't want to come, when he goes broke, serves him right. but you shouldn't get fired because your boss doesn't like your opinions. >> this is not a first amendment issue, first of all, because the first amendment pertains to the government restricting your speech. it doesn't say the nba shall not pass a by law that restricts what you can say. he said something, it got in the public's face, there was an economic impact to the nba. and underneath the guidelines, which i have read and i know you have, too, the other owners have the right to vote him out. bye. >> that's exactly the problem. >> problem? >> the question about that, actually, is whether they do have the authority to vote him out for what he said. the fact of the matter is that he does have a defense here, and his defense is that he did not commit a willful violation of the nba

biggest sell of an nba franchise and biggest ouster in sports. certainly for the nba. could it be the end fof donald sterling's career as an owner? cnn has learned former microsoft ceo steve ballmer agreed to buy the l.a. clippers for $2 billion. shelly sterling negotiated the sale which still would need league approval, but first the ball appears to be back in donald sterling's court. cnn's rosa flores is following developments. the drama, rosa, the drama. >> the drama unfolds every day. now, two things are very clear. donald sterling wants to see all the cards on the table before making his move, and shelly sterling, becoming public about how excited she is about the sale. it is one of the biggest deals in sports history, and the winning bidder, this man, steve ballmer, former ceo of microsoft the price tag, $2 billion, handedly beating out bidders by at least $400 million. but the deal is no slam dunk. ballmer has signed an agreement with shelly sterling. but the next play belongs to donald sterling. >> there is no sale, and he is not yet agree to sign off, period.

, the nba would. to expect it in a matter of a few days. >> i think that's the crux of the point. you have the playoffs going on in which the clippers are involved. >> it's very distracting to still have donald sterling out there giving interviews, being a distraction. not just for the clippers but really for the whole league. isn't that the essence of what's in the by-laws, the nba constitution? the heat is a -- waiting until next season allowing him to continue to be a distraction, in a way, doesn't that sort of exacerbate the problem? >> i suppose so. there's no way they can stop him from speaking to the media whether they got rid of him yesterday or a year from now. he's going to make the noise he wants to make. it is a detriment to the league. there's no question. that's why this is going to happen. it's been a tough time for clippers fans, nba fans to deal with. you can't put a muzzle on somebody in america. he's going to get out there and say what he wants to say even after this. >> can't stop

the answer is the nba is an association. the obligation to control who is a member and they have a wide variety of tools including a morals clause, including the article 13, and most importantly, it is quite clear that as a result of the publication of these comments the players will not play for donald sterling, and the nba is not going to force players to play for an owner they will not play for. thus, he has to sell the team. >> let's deal with this one point. i want to get to shelly, his wife. the fact that the players won't play for this. certainly doc rivers seems very upset but he hasn't stopped cashing his paycheck. neither have any of the other players. what's your best counterargument of we have to kick you out, no one will play for you. >> i'm a players' advocate, so this is a hard argument for me to make. the argument would be they're under contract, they have an obligation to fulfill the contractual duties to the clippers and that's really the end of the story. they're under contract and there's nothing else the

yao ming may be heading back to the nba.utting together a group of chinese investors. our chinall correspondent that anything is possible. >> how does the china clipper's sound? there was a service by that name in the 1930's but as for yao ming possibly buying the l.a. clippers, the former nba star says there is nothing substantial to the rumors but he didn't swab the notion away completely, adding that anything is possible. that is true for these beijing kids who completed the first ever semester at the yao school that teaches not only dribbling and jump shots, but also teamwork to what some say is a more self-centered generation of kids known colloquially as little emperors. including myself, an only child being surrounded by parents and grandparents -- >> don't take offense, but why are you doing this? why have you not just taken your riches and gone off like so many others in society, gone off to greener pastures? why are you doing this? >> that is a boring life. i feel i learned so much from basketball. i learned how to

the business of buying into the nba, next. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me?ally? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ get to a better state. man: we know when parents and teachers work together... woman: our schools get stronger. man: as superintendent of public education, that's been tom torlakson's approach. woman: torlakson has supported legislation to guarantee spending decisions about our education tax dollars are made by parents, teachers and the local community... and not by sacramento politicians. and we need to keep that legislation on track. man: so tell tom torlakson to keep fighting for local control of school funding decisions. sfloo pretty significant news. shelly sterling is claiming that s

and the sterling name is so toxic to the business of the nba that i think the nba would be within their rights in taking both -- in forcing both of them to sell. but i do acknowledge her situation is a closer question. >> it is interesting, sunny, because she is saying well, look, he is my estranged husband. she is having dinner with the guy on sunday and yelling at the paparazzi, he is not a racist. there are a lot of people i spoke with, they say look if you allow her to maintain ownership donald sterling could still you know, exercise leadership over team or ownership of the team through her. >> yeah, a lot of people are saying she is a straw person, she is making it loud and clear she is not. she is a a sers /* 50% owner. and i'm glad that jeffrey toobin admitted all along that shelly sterling is a real player. and the fact she is 50% owner is a big deal. i don't think the nba will just be able to rip the team away from shelly sterling. and i actually still disagree with jeff, and now that you know i'm right on one thing i think you will agree with me on this, that the nba doesn't h

the statement from the nba, walk us through. they are not only laying out a timeline for action against sterling they also detail the charges against him. >> absolutely. these are the official charges against donald sterling, this is what we've been waiting for since adam silver came out and gave that press conference saying he was going to pressure the nba ownership to force donald sterling to give up his team. first they had to notify him. that they wanted to do that. that's what they announced that they did today. sterling has five days from today to respond. he's going to do that legally, we expect him to possibly even go into the court system file at least a temporary injunction. even if he can't win he will get some kind of small victory. so he can claim he did something against the nba. if he doesn't, if he does respond to those charges within the five day period then the nba has ten days after that to hold this hearing. guess what, anderson? they are not waiting that long. they announced they will hold a hearing on june

we're standing with the players and the nba.ed about the new management that is in town. and at the end of the day, rev, we're prepared to stand against donald sterling. no steriling. >> let me go to you on this one. donald sterling's wife, she says she's going to fight this. here's what her lawyer said about a lawsuit. quote, i want to know a lot of deferent things about the records of the nba, what information they have had about the conduct or misconduct of other owners that was not acted upon. the nba is as much at risk as mr. sterling to have this whole thing aired publicly. it's in everybody's best interest to avoid armageddon. he's threatening here to expose things that were not handed in on other owners. >> she's got a point here. history repeats itself, okay? and that's a quick history lesson. 1896, separate but equal, okay? that's when it became the law of the land. nearly 60 years later, you have something you've been talking an awful lot about. tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of brown versus the board of education.

the nba wants a voluntary sale. force their owners out but want that to come together for a voluntary sale before they would back off on this june 3rd taking the team way. >> jeffrey, what do you say on the legal part of this? you said this letter suggests there's a two-track strategy. >> right. i think these two approaches are less contradictory than they seem. shelly is the good cop, says i want to sell the team, let's make a deal. don is the bad cop. he says, no way i'm going to sell. shelly can go to a prospective buyer an say i need another $100 million to get don because don is impossible, don is terrible, he's crazy. >> please don't call him don. call him donald, please. just, you know, it makes me a little weird. >> i apologize. i never confuse the two of you actually, but if you want that, that's okay. all of it is designed, i think, to get a higher price. that's what they want because this thing is going to be sold before june 3rd or after june 3rd. >> what do you think, don? >> wolf, you know, i think the

the nba can do. but even beyond that, that's only the beginning because if the property is held in trust -- now, a trust is just when you have one person holding property for another or other beneficiaries. and the reason you create it is that you want to shield that property in case, for example, the millionaire trust fund kid, who you don't trust to actually take care of the property. well, he can get an income from it. we do the same thing in business all the time. these trusts are literally created just to protect assets, to protect property. and the question is going to come up, who has ownership of this trust? who gets to run it? who gets to dissolve it in and it's not as simple as we don't like donald sterling's thoughts. therefore, we're taking a team away from him. although it would appear that way in the nba constitution. >> let's bring in stephanie elam in los angeles. stephanie, you've been doing a great job covering this story for us from the jump. it's interesting, we know how people in

china's ceo announcing the nba is now a shoemaker. saturday a new nba branded sneaker just for china. >> china is just basketball crazy. the greatest challenge for us, keeping up with demand. >> china is a big part of the nba business. justin merchandise and television rights. >> the nba has also partnered with china's domestic league to run a more elite training center. teams -- teens pay $6,000 a year for the boarding school. >> it is going to be beneficial for the nba if we can get another chinese player or more into the nba. it certainly won't be this middle-aged american with a crooked shot. >> can you make my jump shot better? i have what is called a crooked j. nba and yaor the ming's possible bid to own the clippers may be long shots. wait for it. i will say it again. so was the nba, a long shot when it first entered china 30 years ago. stephen engle, bloomberg. >> that was pretty impressive. >> that was take 20. [laughter] that was stephen engle doing some pretty impressive moves. >> pretty impressive. >> did you ever play? i

you know, this is the nba.mean, this is a stunning number and i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that steve ballmer is paying. he is a celebrity. he is a superstar now. he got rid of a pariah. and donald sterling is a hero. throughout the nation this is a big, big story. larger than sports and he has made the largest sports acquisition of all time. and he could have gotten this team, i believe, for hundreds of millions less. >> hundreds of millions less. most people thought it would have gone for a billion at the most, or o-- >> that is a great deal, sterling bought it for $12 million, guys. >> mark, let me just ask you about the incapacitation thing. what is the reason -- i get why shelly sterling would have him declared that because that allows her to take over control and make a deal. why, though, would the lawyer -- his lawyer contest it and how hard is it to get two doctors to say somebody is incapacitated. i'm not a doctor, but when i sat down with him he was able to complete sentences, form thou

against the nba. if he doesn't, if he does respond to those charges within the five day period then the nba has ten days after that to hold this hearing. guess what, anderson? they are not waiting that long. they announced they will hold a hearing on june 3rd and that's when the board of governors will vote to strip him of his team. they also said in this announcement why they are going to do that. we all know the reasons we've been following this story for weeks. they cite basically the damage that he has done with his comments against minorities to the nba as a league, the damage that he's done to the league's relationship with its fans and the damage he's done to the league's reputation. >> the nba in their comments, they cite not only the original statements but something that he said to me in our interview and i want to play that for our viewers. >> that's one problem i have. jews, when they get successful, they will help their people. and some of the african-american, maybe i'll get in trouble a

why didn't the nba care?w racism festered behind the scenes and how the nba was fine with it, as long as the trains were running on time. that's the thing the nba doesn't want in open court. >> on this point and because it's nerd land, i couldn't help but treread the nba constitutio. what is the constitutional basis for kicking sterling out? what grounds does the nba really have? i'm not a lawyer, so i couldn't interpret it. what standing do they have? use can use the metaphor that is binding. the owner agrees they're not going to sue the nba. to the extent that he challenges that principle at all, the nba has the two subsections, one is he will not do anything adverse to the nba. certainly the nba will argue that threatening the team boycotts the game, loss of marketing and sponsorship under that umbrella. the thing that is new is refusal to pay the $2.5 million fine falls under another more explicit section that doesn't need interpretation. the failure to pay your dues and debts is grounds for firing. that'

the nba commissioner says this is all about donald sterling. if you transfer the ownership, i would say that i don't know they have the basis for forcing the sale. that's why, even legally, this is a massive move. >> they have a history of lawsuits. a lot of that was done when they were in their 40s and 50s. he's now in his 80s. apparently he's got some serious illnesses he's dealing with at the same time. when you're 80, you see things differently. i've always thought if there was a way to take the billion and leave quietly and get out of here, they would take the money and run. we'll see if this is the final chapter. thanks very, very much. good reporting. >> we'll have much more on the sale of the clippers later this afternoon. ahead this hour, another near collision between two passenger planes. i'll ask our aviation panel how often this happens and how can it be prevented. up next, a contentious race for the united states senate gets downright ugly after an illicit photo of the incumbent's wife is posted online. ? ♪ ♪ hooking up the countr

this decision was made to say, don't turn away from the nba.ay from the sport that loves and embraces african-american men because this happened. >> they're under a new commissioner. >> right. >> what does this say? did the nba turn a blind eye? >> david stern knew. >> also, i have to be honest with you. i don't think it happens ten years ago, 20 years ago. if you look at the top players in the nba of 2004, i don't know that kobe bryant comes out saying that i think this is a problem and no place for this guy in 2004. and your dan in 1994. i think the players involved -- >> what do you mean by that? >> i don't agree. >> there's a collective action here. i think lebron james and dwyane wade and -- a lot of players, they didn't have to become involved in this. they could have said that's a terrible situation. >> because it was recorded and everyone got to hear it. >> sure, sure. we also have social media which sort of makes the heightened -- everybody got involved. they had to tweet and social media. nobody walked out on a game or lost any money.

>> reporter: the nba is building its case against l.a.wner donald sterling to force him to sell his team, in the court of public opinion sterling is being slammed. baseball legend tommy lasorda, a friend of sterling's for 30 years, had this to say about sterling's racist rant -- >> he just hurt himself by -- by talking to too much and doing things that he shouldn't be doing. >> reporter: and not much sympathy for sterling's girlfriend, v. stiviano. >> i don't wish that girl any bad luck but i hope she gets hit with a car. >> reporter: the hit that is about to come is a legal punch to sterling. according to a stors familiar with his commitments the nba strategy hinges on a document sterling signed in 1981, a document that lays out reasons to terminate ownership. on several other occasions, since then he also signed separate agreements with the nba that included moral clauses. including within the past decade, his racist comments, the source says, put him in violation of article 13 d of the nba constitution, which states, that an owner can

last night the nba announced they were starting the search for a new c.e.o. and sterling's wife, shelly, issued a statement expressing her support for the nba's punishment and the take over of the clippers. sterling is coowner of the team. there is no comment so far from sterling who has remained out of sight except to tell the magazine, i wish i had just paid her off. he is of course referring to his associate, who he made the racist remarks to. miss sat down with an interview that aired friday. >> is donald sterling a racist? >> no. i don't believe it in my heart. >> you heard him say derogatory things about minorities in general, blacks in particular? >> absolutely. >> you've heard him say derogatory things. >> yes. >> don't they sound racist to you? >> >> not what he said. >> schieffer: clippers defeated golden state warriors last night and is on to the next round of the nba playoffs. and wiebe again with the mayor of los angeles eric garcetti guess i'd ask you first, your reaction to shelly sterling's statement. >> very proud of this league i'm proud of

nba to force him to sell.what we've been talking about. he is gone. there's no way in the world that the nba is going to allow him to have any role in this team ever again. i think shelly is gone, too. she may have a chance to go into court and gum up the works but neither one of them is, i think, come opening day next season is going to be part of this team. >> don, one thing i didn't hear in this latest audiotape was any apology from donald. did you hear any apology? did you hear him say, i really feel bad. i feel awful. i'm sorry for those words. they were misunderstood. please forgive me. did you hear anything along those lines? >> no. it's called self awareness. i heard no remorse and i'm listening to the whole thing. this is what got me. i want to get the question read. number one, why is he talking on the phone to anyone? he's a lawyer. he knows the last time he spoke to someone about this situation what happened. it ended up on tape and got him into trouble. how can you -- and this came out of his mout

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article 35 of the constitution of the nba talks about conduct prejudicial or detrimental to the nba.doesn't say speech and words. and therefore, they are in trouble because legally -- >> you're lawyering it now. >> should we throw the law out? >> come on. speech can be conduct. >> no, speech is not conduct. >> it is a different matter and donald sterling will be very well represented in whatever leg legalities come from this. >> so if i did a radio internet show, doing hate speech, and can i say, they are free speech. >> you can do that. >> let me do my free speech. you request say what you want at home and then there is a danger in public. >> there was a danger at his home. >> that's my point. i should be able to say at home, i hate don lemon. i hate being on the air with him. >> not if you're with someone else in the room. >> then defend yourself. >> that's the problem. sterling can't defend himself. because it is indefensible. if you want to make comments about don lemon or anyone else in your own home in public, defend them. sterling is not defending anything. >> the problem with

this is an nba -- >> nba. >> we got both of them in the mix. >> you have to distance yourself. >> hopefullyowner who makes such salacious remarks. we don't want to dance away from that. >> reprehensible. >> here's the thing. we've seen due process here. there was a time here, a week before adam silver made a decision to ban sterling for life. there was a process in a group of owners who decided, who agreed with donald sterling to ban him. the things that he said and things he's done, this is a guy who when he bought the clippers in 1981 signed an agreement. signed a series of contracts and amendments that have since been updated each and every time that there's supposed to be certain amount of behavior. you're not supposed to do anything detrimental to the nba. you think this isn't? they walked away from him. >> other than fact you now live in a country where you have this pathetic statement by an 80-year-old guy. look at his body language. it's painful to watch this, okay? we're going through sort of a malice confession phase. here's what i'm intrigued by. black business association 2008 h