today, the nba chose parsons as the interim c.e.o. of the l.a. clippers. parsons is 66. he played basketball at the university of hawaii. he's been chairman of time warner and later citigroup. carter evans has more. >> reporter: the choice of richard parsons as interim c.e.o. of the clippers is the league's first major move to seize control of the team since owner donald sterling was banned for life. in a statement, parsons said he's been, "deeply troubled by the pain the clippers' team, fans, and partners have endured." and he said he's honored to "help them open a new, inspiring era for their team." nba commissioner adam silver announced the league would try to force sterling to sell the team after a racially charged recording of a conversation with a former girlfriend became public. >> don't come to my games. don't bring black people and don't come. >> reporter: sterling has not said publicly whether he will fight the nba, although, after a conversation with the clippers' owner, l.a. mayor rich garcetti told cbs' "face the nation" he expects a battle. >> he thinks tha

richard parsons, the new ceo of the clippers. he's making it clear that he's got a mission to change charge of the clippers and to make sure that the l.a. clippers as a business survives. we're going to have full analysis of what we just heard from dick parsons. we've got a lot more coverage coming up. cnn's exclusive interview with donald sterling. the outrageous new remark that he made about magic johnson. we're going to get a lot more. jeffrey toobin, rachel nichols, don lemon, they are all standing by. when it comes to good nutrition...i'm no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste, and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me. [ female announcer ] boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a delicious taste. grandpa! [ female announcer ] sta

richard parsons has extensive business experience. he ran some of the largest corporations in the world but he's no pro on the basketball court where his experience is limited to his college days as a player for the university of hawaii. the clippers lost in the third game of the conference semifinals friday night came just hours after the nba announced they hired richard parsons as interim ceo of the team. pit's first major owner since owner donald sterling was banned for life. clippers' coach. >> from what i heard and talking to him today, i think he's a very good hire for us. >> reporter: in a statement parsons said he's been deeply troubled by the pain the team fans, and everyone has endured. parsons has been called mr. fix-it of the corporate world. they're hoping citigroup and time warner can help stabilize it. last week they announced the league would try to force sterling to sell the team after a rage captured was made public. donald sterling had not commented publicly on parsons' appointment to ceo. his estranged wife shelly

clippers new interim ceo richard parsons. some food for thought on this mother's day and more. but first the headlines for this sunday morning, the 11th of may, 2014. a controversial vote pushed in easternu crane today. people in two regions are being asked if they want to break away from the country. there is still no word on the whereabouts of more than 270 school girls abducted by islamic extremists in northern nigeria. teams from the u.s., britain and france have joined nigerian forces looking for the girls. the search resumes today for the third person on board a hot air balloon that crashed in virginia. witnesses say it hit power lines and burst into flames. the bodies of two victims have been recovered. both were senior staffers with the women's basketball program at the university of richmond in virginia. strong storms have been sweeping through the midwest this weekend. at least one tornado touched down near oric, missouri. homes were damaged but no injuries are reported. uncle sam haunck the first openy football player was picked in the nfl draft. he was the southeast

parsons is excellent for this.ll do, the basketball guy is going to just -- department are will continue as it has all this way. so this will be a very seamless operation. particularly with doc rivers in charge. >> and of course sterling's wife as i read it, she is saying her husband's not a racist. it would just seem to me that she's trying to salvage her portion of the team, some cash on the line here. >> and i have a bridge over the chatahoochi river i'd like to sell you. it is about cash. in terms of dick par son, he's been ceo of citibank, banker by trade. so he certainly understands financial operations. in terms of bringing sponsors back and beefing up the bottom line, dick parsons is the man for the job. he will let basketball do what basketball does. and so i think that it absolutely is the right decision. but will shelly sterling be coming back to the clippers as an owner in some form or fashion? i doubt very seriously. >> alreadgoldie taylor, terrenc moore, thanks for your time. coming up, feeling persec

the mba disclose the appointment of parsons. the first round of the national drew its highest ratings ever on espn. they were strong thanks to drama surrounding the drafting of quarterback johnny manziel by the cleveland browns. that is look at the top headlines. >> thank you. a russian -- the russian president plans to open the door to chinese money. as u.s. and european sanctions threatened to tip the russian economy into a recession. secretary jack lew is heading to china on sunday. take a listen on what he had to in an interview with al hunt washington. >> we have been moving step-by-step in a surgical way. the goal isn't to hurt the mayor and economy. it isn't to hurt the russian people. it is to the pressure on president clinton's polities -- policies. that determination is very serious. some who are calling for doing anything you can. the russian leadership understands that. it is affecting their judgment. it is part of their calculus. they need to change. likes from more of the interview i want to bring in al hunt from w

>>reporter: the nba has named richard parsons as interim ceo of the los angeles clippers. the former chairman of citigroup and time warner will oversee the franchise following the lifetime ban of owner donald sterling. the league has forbidden sterling from participating in any way with the team after he was heard making racist comments on a leaked audio recording. >> yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. >>reporter: parseon ss a long- time corporate executive and also a member of president obama's economic advisory team. in a statement nba commissioner adam silver said parsons will bring extraordinary leadership and immediate stability to the clippers organization. the nba is now trying to force sterling to sell the team which he co-owns with his wife, shelley. in a statement, she called parsons an ideal choice to run the franchise until the ownership issues are clarified. in los angeles, teri okita, kpix 5. >>> still ahead, homeowners across the bay area getting million dollar offers for their homes. one caveat, t

the nba announcing richard parsons as the team's interim ceo.e former chair of citigroup and the former chairman of the -- and ceo of the time warner media giant. last month the nba banned clippers owner donald sterling for life after recording of him making racially-charged comments to his girlfriend was released on line. so here is the question: can parsons take the team beyond all of this? bringing in scott, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> listen, dick parsons has a history of getting businesses through turbulent times, right? >> he's no stranger to that. if you go back to the 1980s, he was the head of dime savings bank, on the brink of collapse amade the savings and loan crisis. he guided mergers and most recently he was chairman of citigroup right after the company received $45 billion in bailout money and he really worked with washington regulators to guide the company through the financial crisis and he may not have experience running a professional sports team, but he certainly has been a part of major moments in business in corp

richard parsons is a high profile man. what do you think about it?chard parsons is a phenomenal choice. they are going to use him for a while. the bigger picture is that the nba is making a statement saying you know what? we're not going to wait for this to blow over and to handle the situation as needed. the best thing they could have done. parsons was responsible for the aol time warner merger back in the late 90s. very well respected in the community. this is a brush off of sterling. this says we don't care what you're saying. we don't care that you want control and you want a lawsuit. we're moving forward because we have the power and because we can and we want to focus on basketball. the buzzer is sort of winding down here. this is a very strong move here. >> but the controversy resolving around sterling continues. we will get to that with a new audio recording today. i want to go to you first talking about the new ceo that we're just finding out about. do you think this is a legal move to help the nba gain control? >> the train has left the sta

christie parsons, last question. >> reporter: you said it was a judgment that made the decision to you here. and if i remember correctly, secretary sebelius offered you her resignation for healthcare.gov, and you didn't take it. so i wonder if it's very widespread. so is lopping off the head of it really the best step to take going forward? what i'm asking, is there a political reason for removing him, other than going straight to the problem? >> well, at this stage, i want someone at the va who is not spending time outside of solving problems for the veterans. i want somebody figuring out every minute of every day, have we called every single veteran has waiting, and have they gotten a schedule? are we fixing the system? what kind of new technology do we need? have we made a realistic assessment of the wait times right now, and how are we going to bring them down? if we need more money, how much more money do we need to ask from congress? and how am i going to make sure congress delivers on that additional funding? >> that's what i want somebody at the va focused on. not how are they

coming up, actor jim parsons about his role in "a normal heart." stay with us.ree-time emmy winner jim by 20 millionn viewers, but this coming sunday we will see him in a different heart."the normal this deals with the earliest days of the aids crisis in new york city with denial, fear, and falsehood shattering the community. we will start with a look at ."scene from "a normal heart >> don't start on me. i was up at l view. i put a sweet, dying child with his mom. >> i haven't seen him in years. he refused to see him for weeks. in.as a worry when i walked that was a real weeper. the mom holding the son. he's dead now. tavis: this was a reprisal, this character. in 2011. on broadway or 2012. >> when i saw it it was 2011. when you had an opportunity to play a character again, i would assume there must be something about the character you really like that convinces you your going to do this again because doing is all about something different. >> that true. in this case the premise of taking this story and getting a chance to present it in the film format, it's so

let's cross to donetsk to speak to rob parsons.ow many people actually turned out for these rallies? >> it is a little hard to measure, to be honest. at the main rally, little more than 1000 people, but there was a procession of cars touring around the city for an hour between 12:00 and 1:00, tooting horns and waving ukrainian flags. it is a little difficult to quantify it, but i would say rinat akhmetov was probably a little disappointed that there were not more people who turned out today. this is the first day of what he sees as a rolling demonstration that will take place every day, he says, until peace is achieved in this part of ukraine. she hopes tomorrow there will be more. and not just here in donetsk. but in other parts of eastern ukraine as well, including mariupol, where a planned march did not take place today because according to rinat akhmetov there were threats that if they did march people would shoot at the crowd. >> tell us more about who this steel magnate actually is. n> rinat akhmetov is a enormously powerful

with magic johnson back in the stands, moving forward with what new interim ceo richard parsons wants. >> obviously there's dangers and pitfalls in front of us, but there's tremendous opportunity, i think, for this franchise. >> reporter: parsons who will run the team's day to day operations thinks the league will prevail, and that the steriles will be forced to sell, but experts say this is no slam dunk. if there's a legal challenge, expect the process to take months. brian? >> miguel almaguer. thanks. >>> ukraine moved a step closer to splitting apart. pro russian militants declared independence from kiev, following a lopsided 90% win in this week's referendum, a result that sure seemed rigged to a lot of ukrainians and governments around the world. russia welcomed the results but stopped short of granting the militants' wish to become part of russia, at least for now. on our website tonight, the latest reporting from richard engel in ukraine. it was almost a year ago to which we learned the extent to which the national security agency has been collecting data on american citizens i

. >> reporter: the nba has named richard parsons as interim ceo of the los angeles clippers.he former chairman of citigroup and time warner will oversee the franchise following the lifetime ban of owner donald sterling. the league has forbidden him from participating with the team after being heard making racist comments on a leaked audio recording. >> -- broadcast you're associating with black people. >> reporter: parsons is a long- time corporate executive and was also a member of president obama's economic advisory team. in a statement, nba commissioner adam silver said, parsons will bring extraordinary leadership and immediate stability to the clippers organization. the nba is now trying to force sterling to sell the team which he he could owns with his wife -- coowns with his wife shelley. in a statement she called parsons and ideal choice to run the franchise until the ownership issues are clarified. in los angeles, teri okita, kpix 5. >>> up next, signing up was easy but trying to cancel nearly impossible. coming up on the consumerwatch, why cable subscribers suffered

so at the moment they've named dick parsons.need the point out to you that he's an african-american, but that certainly may soothe some of the hurt feelings that have been felt by, a, the players; b, the fans; and, c, the nbc. citi group not really moving. closing bell, it's moving. 48 minutes away. it's a make or break weekend for some of the nation's florists who also now include cookies and popcorn. but it'sq[iq notal about the online -- all about the online orders. remember this? >> i'm not dead. >> he said he's not dead. >> yes, he is. >> i'm not! liz: we're talking about not month ty python, but the brick and mortar concept. a major florist who's opening more stores. it started as just a telephone number. we've got the ceo. and silicon alley in new york city may soon be called silicon island aztec behemoths like google and twitter expand their footprints. alexis to haven onand -- [inaudible] will tell us what's behind it and who's the next start-up to watch and why names like google and facebook are all rushing to new york

actor jim parsons will be in the studio.ut first, india, a land of technological wizards is india, colored powders, bread that appears to need sauce and cheese, a mysterious and exotic place unless you're one of the is .3 billion people who live there then you probably don't reduce it to the three cultural stereotypes that we are aware of -- oh, crazy sex positions, three steer to types. first, india had an election. indian campaign seans just started heating up, if i remember correctly. >> after five weeks of balloting, voting in india's marathon election is now over and the country waits to see who will become the next prime minister. >> aw, over already? now what am i supposed to watch on indian tv? it's months until the new season of "real housewives of arunachal pradesh." i really hope i said that somewhere near correctly. (laughter) the results aren't final yet, so who's in the running? >> leading the ruling india national congress party is rahul gandhi. >> ooh, a gandhi. he happens to be the son of prime minister raji

. >> clippers ceo richard parsons has been on the job less than pa week but says he is ready to get theeam back to the business of basketball. >> sterling was slapped with a lifetime ban from the nba for making racest comments. >> i'm asking for giveness. am i entitled to one mistake? >> sterling told cnn's anderson cooper he was baited into that conversation. >> sterling insist he is not a racest. >> i don't know how to. >> the nba has bands stilling from making any business novembering the nba. the league's 29 other team owners could oust sterling completely by voting to force him to sell the team. >> parsons believes that decision the likely inevitable and says the time for sterling to apologize passed a long time ago. >> a little late, for sure, but beyond that, i'm here to help turn one of the burners off under the pot. >> the nba says if the league's owners vote to kick out donald sterling, all of the team's current owners, including husband estranged wife will also be forced to sell. >> sterling's estranged wife told abc's barbara walters says she will fight to keep her stake in

france 24's robert parsons is in donetsk. what do we know about why the airport was shut down? >> we heard the announcement that all flights were being canceled this morning out of donetsk. i went to donetsk international airport and i discovered that actually internal flights were about to depart. i spoke to the head of the local press service at the airport and he explained that the flights that were leaving where and exception and there would be no international flights. and that after today there will be no more internal flights, either. i asked and he said i cannot answer that question. you will have to get in touch with the government. we have been in touch with the government they are not getting any answers either. at the moment, we are stumped for information. one version i have heard through the interior ministry is that they want to prevent the movement of weapons and explosions. that would extend with celebrations of the ninth of may oliver ukraine for the end of the second world war on friday they are holding a referendum on autonomy for the eastern part of ukraine

parsons is a former chairman of time warner, cnn's parent company, and parsons says the first order ofs is just settling everybody down. so a lot of people are now asking if donald sterling ends up out, what about his estranged wife? could she still be a co-owner of the team? cnn's alexandra field breaking down where we're at and what's next. >> reporter: clippers players still playing, donald sterling still talking. >> i'm talking to a girl. i'm trying to have sex with her. >> reporter: the latest recording released by radar online is believed to be sterling offering some kind of explanation for his racist rant. >> what the hell, i'm talking to a girl? the girl's black. i like her. i'm jealous that she's with other black guys. i want her. >> reporter: sterling could be forced through a vote by nba owners to sell the team. this week, his estranged wife shelly sterling is saying she's a partial owner and she wants to keep it. clippers coach doc rivers. >> i think it would be a very hard situation if you want -- i'll say that much. i think it would be very difficult. i guarantee you, eve

the nba has selected richard parsons to run the franchise now that donald sterling has been banned for life. pash sons was a member of president obama economic advisory team and a former chairman of citigroup and time warner. a new sterling audiotape surfaced this one has him trying to explain his racist rant. >> the girl's black. i like her. i'm jealous that she's with other black guys. i want her. >> it's unclear who sterling was actually talking to. he went on to say he knew what he said was wrong but never thought the conversation would be made public. >>> more legal problems for 49ers cornerback chris culliver. he is now facing a civil lawsuit following a hit-and-run crash in march. cull liver is accused of using a racial slur and threatening a teenager afternoon the collision. culliver already faces hit-and- run and weapons charges for the crash. he pled not guilty in the case. >>> children as young as kindergarten could face bullying charges under a proposed new law in southern california. anyone up to age 25 in the city of carson who makes others feel terrorized, threatened or

parsons says he's been deeply troubled by the pain the clippers community has faced. and wants to help the team build on their values and accomplishments. and opposition comes as another conversation was released between sterling and a friend. where sterling admits he made a mistake with his comments. >> i know i'm wrong. what i said was wrong. >> reporter: in that fateful conversation with stiviano, sterling said he didn't want her photographed with black people, like magic johnson. in the new tape, he says he was just jealous. >> the girl is black. i like her. i'm jealous that she's with other black guys. i want her. so what the hell, can't i in private tell her, you know, i don't want you to be with anybody? >> reporter: stiviano has told barbara walters her relationship with sterling wasn't romantic. >> i love him like a father figure. >> reporter: there's another woman in the triangle, sterling's wife of 57 years, shelly. she's the team's co-owner, and she's not backing down. >> she's blameless. it's donald who's the problem. she's a 50% owner of the team, one of

. >> and ken, i hear you mentioning dick parsons of time warner. i was like finally, daddy's home.ething's going to happen or mommy's home. >> i didn't take it that way. >> but he said we just want to keep the boat moving and turn the flame down. and that's why i'm here. and that's going to be the nba commissioner's decision, and not me. >> the aura of leadership, the business presence -- it was a powerful moment. apart from the donald sterling tom foolery that took place today, the parsons moment was strong in terms of the ship's going to be okay if we do the right thing. >> and my favorite part of the press conference was why did it take him so long? donald sterling faces a legal battle versus the nba but it might be a two-front war. he may be fighting his own wife. more on that next. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your money? uhhh. no, that can't happen. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive.. confident retirement approach. now you and your ameri

what is the role of richard parsons?ership and stability right now. they have appointed dick parson ceo to shepherd the team through. there's a lot that goes on. the finance advisory met to discuss whether or not sterling could be forced to sell the team. they are scheduled to have another meeting in the coming week. after that, the issue could go to nba owners. a lot up in the air on the ownership, but somebody has to oversee the team. >> thank you very much. coming up in 20 minutes, we are going to have a conversation about the legal implications of the new audio and shelly sterling's fight to maintain ownership. >> she wants ownership, not control of the team. >>> more on the breaking news, a hot air balloon turned into a ball of fire and crashed. investigators scheduling a news conference to release new information at the top of the hour. we'll bring that to you live. also, next, we are talking to a hot air balloon expert. he'll say what he thinks may have gone wrong. ♪ ♪ (vo) oh. my. tongue. finally. (announcer) all

the president admitted as much to chris ty parsons. >> so is this the best step to take going forward? what i'm asking is, is there a political reason for removing him, other than going straight to the problem? >> well, the distractions that rick refers to in part are political. he needs to be -- at this stage what i want is somebody at the v.a. who's not spending time outside of solving problems for the veterans. gwen: it feels like we've been here before, doesn't it, christi? >> it does. it wasn't that long ago that health care was melt downing and the health and human services secretary, everyone was calling for her head and the president said, sorry, i want to keep her in place and figure this out. gwen: in fact, that was the question you asked the president today. that was different about katherine sebelius's situation and shinseki's. >> his answer was perplexing. distractions in both cases is what he was trying to avoid. with celebrity just, the departure was a distraction, and with shinseki, his remaining was the distraction. he did admit politics are in play here, that's part

he's not going quietly. >> you can't force someone to sell property in america. >> reporter: dick parsons, the new ceo, says he hasn't met with shelley but he intends to do say saying, quote, she has an ownership interest and she hasn't been banned from anything. >> more to come. >>> now to some other words causing controversy tonight involving the tv twins on hgtv who teach homeowners how to make improvements and flip their homes. now hgtv has pulled the plug on them and what did one brother say beforehand and what are they saying tonight? >> reporter: tell jennic twins, jason and david benham, real estate entrepreneurs are rebuilding, not homes but their reputation. >> we're three days from finishing our first house. >> reporter: the announcement to cancel the brothers' reality show coming after the blog right wing watch.org brought to light anti-gay comments and other controversial remarks made by david benham like this one shared on the radio show, the line of fire with dr. michael brown in 2012. >> the homosexual agenda is next, radical intolerance is next. >> reporter: but the highl

thank you, dom. >> dick parsons to the l.a. clippers. >> you need somebody with a strong hand, and he's got it, that's for sure. >> 40 minutes to go now into the close, and the dow is up about nine point. here's the s&p, ever since and slightly negative. rebounding here as well. up 11 though that won't do much. >> it has been the buzz all day. the question is will some of beats' electronics cool and heat up apple's image or is cool something no amount of money can buy? we'll talk about that with some apple followers coming up next here. >> later, home lending seized up during the financial crisis and now potential buyers are claiming that's still the case. more on that when we come back. don't miss it. money up front was risky.t of we can launch a feature really quick, and if the feature doesn't work, we haven't lost anything, and we can have something up and running in days. and this would not be possible without the cloud. we are now supporting over 25 million users each month. ♪ ♪fame, makes a man take things over♪ ♪fame, le

reporter: but overnight, the team met with this man, former citigroup and time warner chief, dick parsons. installed by the nba as their new ceo. so, where is his wife of 57 years, shelly, in all of this? she's staking her claim as owner of the team. her lawyer telling abc, she's a 50% owner. she's blameless in this controversy. and it's her husband that has the problem. the clippers lost last night against the oklahoma city thunder. they hope to get back on track on sunday. shelly looks like she wants to keep that team. >> for the fans, they want less silly rabbit, less drama and more basketball. >> exactly. >> that's why they have dick parsons there. well-respected in the business community. hopefully he can restore some order there. >> reporter: get the team back online. get the focus back on basketball, not on controversy. >> what they're supposed to be doing. great to have you back. >>> there's other stories developing overnight. for that, we're going to turn over to ron. >> good morning, bianna and dan. good morning, everyone. we begin with the worldwide effort to rescue the 276 nig

. >>> all that and jim parsons with us, live. america. ♪ i drive all night to keep her warm ♪ ♪ in time that's frozen >>> internet singing sensation, molly kate kestner. ♪ until she's broken >> she's just 18 years old. oh. >> i got chills. >> i'm telling you. and just there on the piano. >> a star born right there. >> a star truly is born. she is wonderful. her parents are here with her. just a beautiful story. and you're going to hear her performance. she's being called the american adele. >> and for good reason. >> beautiful. >> a lot more from her coming up. >>> also this morning, beyonce, a little after 6:30 a.m. eastern time, posted brand-new pictures on her instagram account, with her and her sisters. they're going crazy. 200,000 likes and counting. this is after the surveillance video of the fight solange with jay z made headlines. and people are following this story. >>> it's not just molly kate kestner singing. we have a performance ahead from rock legend, carlos santana. >> so good. >>> our final installment of seeing d

first of all, let's start with dick parsons. what does this appointment of parsons as ceo mean? chance to turn the page. there was really no one in l.a. running that organization day to day. the previous ceo, a guy named andy rosier took a leave of absence after sterling was banned for life because he was very closely tied to sterling. he had said some things defending sterling so he was obviously not the guy. the nba needed someone with great credentials. i'm sure they wanted someone who was african-american. that's certainly a plus as well. they certainly have a great person to see the organization through what's going to be i think a long period of instability while this ownership situation gets sorted out. >> there are some who are already saying here's parsons, a guy who's no stranger to some scandal himself. former chairman of time warner and citigroup. he was one of the guys hauled in to testify before congress back in 2008 along with other execs to defend his big wall street salary during the height of the mortgage crisis. is he the best choice? >> i think he's an impecc

teachers and preachers and doctors and lawyers, we also have role models in financial like richard parsons the former chairman of citigroup. we have leaders in technology like ursula burns, the ceo of xerox. the general counsel of google, also on the board of kkr. and we have leaders in life the mostaps prominent role model of all is our president, barack obama. [applause] i would like to think this list is much more vibrant than 40 isrs ago, quite frankly, it more vibrant than 24 years ago. what is the common thread for each of these individual leaders ? what did it take for them to achieve the wonderful success they have? first and foremost, every career is a journey, a journey focused on a particular set of skills at a particular company or a sector of our economy. today's focus should be more the skills you develop and how you focus those skills, becoming proficient in what you do get too excited to get up every morning to go to work and enjoy the work you are engaged in. the average tenure for person just fivein tech is years because they want to practice their craft again and again a

. >> foreign editor rob parsons from the east of ukraine. other stories from france 24, the sense of the international criminal court, the warlord handed a 12 year jail term for his part in an ethnically motivated attack leading back to 2003. a village in the northeastern congo where some 200 people were hacked to death with machetes. it is only the second ever conviction by the icc. and a water spring. officials in the mexican capital want to extend the main water supply to that village residents say it is just an excuse to seize control of the spring water. the gunmen that killed seven people last year could join the ranks of fighters in war-torn syria. crossed into syria from neighboring turkey. campaign has wrapped up in egypt. already regarded by many egyptians as the de facto leader faces just one challenger in the polls. track tory is now on be ruled by a strongman. his main present in the past , he had notign appeared in public, worried about his safety. he faces just one challenger. they have already made their allegiance clear. >>

i know you went to parsons school of design. you are from the jets fourth area around philadelphia. how does that influence you? >> i grew up in a family of the arts and music. my grandfather was a big-band drummer. when i was five years old my grandfather gave me his drum set. i've been playing music my whole life. >> has that led to photographing bands? >> it definitely has. for a long part of my life i was doing music and photographing musicians. i photographed my idols. gene simmons. jared leto and his band. it has been an amazing journey. >> how can people appreciate these photographs? where do they go? how can they collect them? >> "lego wars" is represented by the samuel owen gallery exclusively. the owner of the gallery is my best friend. i owe him a lot. he was the first person to look at this and say you need to do more of this. >> are you going to do more? the lego movie has grossed $400 million. then you have the star wars movie coming out a year from this december. >> sunday, may the fourth be with you, i actually made a new piece that will go live on the website that d

they had appointed dick parsons as the new ceo of the clippers.rsons, a former chief executive at time warner comes in as a replacement for donald sterling following his lifetime ban for making racist remarks. the nba are currently trying to force sterling to sell the clippers, a team he bought back in 1981. >>> the minnesota wild have leveled their semi final series against the chicago blackhawks, trailing 2-1, the wild took the lead twice and it was given back twice. the second period goal gave them the lead that they would hold onto and force a gave five on sunday. >>> now just today after his mother passed away new york rangers player was back on the ice helping to fight a 5-1 victory a. they still trail 3-2. >>> the international olympic committee has described reports that it was about to ask london to take over the hosting of th the 2016 games from rio as total rubbish. reports claiming the ioc was so worried about the preparations for rio 2016 that it was about to step in as alternative host. but an ioc spokesman said that report was total

dick parson, congratulations to you.oke to pierce o'donnell, the lawyer for shelly sterling, i asked him about the marital relationship between the sterileling sterlings. listen to what he said. >> i think the marriage by now is in shambles and shelly's weighing her legal options about what she should do. she hasn't decided yet. she has attorneys advising her. they've been separated a year. they're estranged. she doesn't talk to donald about any of these things. >> if they got divorced, it would certainly help her maintain the 50% stake, right? >> it would. their marriage is actually very significant as this all unfolds because pierce makes a fair point when he says, look, why penalize her if she didn't do anything wrong, she didn't say anything racist? but if they are married and have one legal entity and the money is all mixed together, then the nba would have a much stronger footing in saying the both of them have to get out of -- have to lose their ownership interest in the team. >> rachel, you heard what doc rivers,

parsons speaks today.ioned a moment ago we have just been playing snippets of this interview. you have to tune in for the entire exclusive one-on-one. >> just ahead, michael sam becoming the first openly gay player to be drafted in the nba followed by a kiss with his boyfriend. wait until you hear how some of his colleagues reacted to. that we have a snippet on the one person she says inspires her to keep pushing each and every day. >> here we are now. nine weeks since malaysian airlines vanished and there may be a break in the confidence that searchers have been looking in the great place. so the news today from the wall street journal that a senior australian navy officer says that searchers are increasingly suspect that those pings were not from the black box at all. now news that the u.s. is being called in to listen to the pings. i don't know that that's a solid lead that tells us whether these are actually from the black boxes or not. >> we just learned this from a u.s. navy source that the navy has

rock erts parsons scored with less than a second. putting them 98 to 96%. there was a three pointer with the last shot of the game, to see what the 99 to 98 win for portland. it's the first time in 14 years they reached the semis. >> i think i can speak for the team when parsons made the lay-up with 0.9 seconds much everyone was like man, we have to go back to houston. the first thing i did was look at the other end at the clock to see how much time was left. i knew we'd get a shot. i didn't know what the quality would be of the shot. we got as good a look as we would get. we executed the play that the coach drew up in the time-out. here we are. >>> in the west the dallas mavericks sealed their series against the san antonio spurs, winning game 113 to 111. rapt tors also won. >>> the chick go black hawks dri blood against minnesota. the black hawks made it five in a row. game 2 is on sunday. >>> derek scored earning the new york rangers a win against the pittsburgh penguins. their second game taking place an sunday. >> washington nationals closed the gap ag

. >>> the nba has chosen a man to take over the los angeles clippers, richard parsons, he's happy toe ceo for as long as necessary. the nba is trying to force donald sterling to sell the team because of his racist comments. >>> a new report calls the pipeline safety agency riddled with weaknesses. the problem is so severe it's not possible to be sure that safety standards are enforced the 2 1/2 million miles of pipeline moves hazardous liquids every day. the report comes three years after the deadly san bruno gas pipeline blast that killed eight. >>> cal iso says there should be enough for peak demand this summer but the cost may be higher. themo generation could drop. the power will have to come from other places. >> typically with lower hydroresources we need more power on the open market and have to run the natural gas more. >> wildfires made more severe by the drought could disrupt the flow of power. >>> it will feel like summer in the bay area. a warmup on the horizon. we have mostly clear skies. no major change. a weather system to the north, approaching portland. we could thin

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clippers had a new ceo, former citigroup chairman richard parsons. also the former chairman of time warner. cnn's parent company. the nba announced the move yesterday less than a week after saying they would choose someone to supervise the team's operations in the aftermath of the donald sterling scandalal. that whole mess got a lot more complicated with the release of another audio recording from radar online. it's believed to be donald sterling trying to explain to an unidentified friend why he told his alleged mistress v. stiv ya yastiviano not to bring black people to his games. we don't know who the other person is on that tape. there's a lot going on with this story. two guests to help sort it out. hln legal analyst joey jackson is here with me and attorney darren kavinoky is in los angeles. all right. good to see you, gentlemen. >> good to see you, fred. my friend darren. >> how are you? hello. i'm well, sir. >> one big happy family here. >> yes. >> joey, begin with you. so the nba trying to very publicly turn a corner in this growing scandal

. >> the apology the heels of the nba assigning dick parsons as interim ceo of the clippers.ns says he's deeply troubled by the pain this has caused and will oversee the team until it is ultimately sold to a new owner. nba owners will hold a vote to oust sterling, but his wife shelly says she wants to keep her stake. the nba says she's not entitled to keep it if a sale is forced. let's be clear. this fight is one heading in the right direction. and that's the clippers being sold is the right direction in my judgment. the steriles have no claim to this team anymore. in this great country, hate isn't rewarded. it's game over. didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >>> strap on your seattle belt, republicans are trying to pull a fast one. after weeks of ugly scandal mongering, the house gop is out with a whole new message. all they care about is jobs. they swear. >> republicans are focused on building a

. >> jim parsons. >> jimmy: jim parsons, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] yeah he was in the play. >> joe to show -- we have a a clip here. this matt bomer thing. which one is this? >> this is -- my character is a a reporter for the new york times and ned weeks who is played by the incredible mark ruffalo, is coming to try to get me to write and raise awareness about the disease when it's really sort of out of my realm of comfortability. >> jimmy: here's matt bomer in "the normal heart." take a look. [ phone ringing ] >> hi felix turner. >> and you are? >> my name is ned weeks. >> you've very cute. >> you caught me at a rough moment, all right. i have a deadline. the first lady is coming to town. >> i've been told you're gay. and you might be able to help me get some vital information in "the times." >> you've been told? and who was it that told you? >> oh, honey, everybody's talking about it. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's phenomenal. congratulations on a great job, buddy. you're awesome. matt bomer. "the normal heart" premieres sunday, may 25th, 9:00 p.m. on hbo. coldplay perfor