paula madison, former owner of the los angeles sparks, a wnba team. and kenneth schropner from the wharton school of business. we haven't talked a lot about the players. they're not robots. they don't exist in a world that is shorn of all context. they play at a time and place for certain people and against others. has it been a surprise to you to see lebron james one of the best known stars of the game come out fort forthrightly again owner and saying he has to leave the game. >> from bad things come good things. and the positive statements in terms of understanding the issue by lebron james, michael jordan, who is a rare speaker on these issues, and think about the players themselves, the actual protests delivered in the game. the idea that they took the time from their preparation to determine how they would act as an unit. it's a very important moment, and it's very clear that this is an impactful situation for them. and they've taken a lot of the right steps. >> in an he is say today online in a was scathing, but also quite funny, kareem abdul ja

paula madison is joining us. paula, how are you doing? >> i'm great, don, thank you for inviting me. >> thank you for coming. you know donald sterling, right? so what is your reaction to all of this? >> well, i don't know him, i've met him, but not enough for him to recognize me. the wnba is a division of the nba. and my reaction is one where the overwhelming majority of the players and the wnba and nba are african-american. they are people of color. the majority of the openers are not. owners are not. having said that, i would say the nba has made a concerted effort to get more black owners in the league. there are fewer of them that have been willing to say such statements, and ironically they are saying these statements against african-americans and latinos. if the genology of the young lady who was, i guess, his girlfriend, if that's accurate, she's actually mexican and african-american. so you would think that means that donald sterling can bounce a basketball and run up and down the court and score and make some money. and he apprec

joining me now are eddie johnson, a former nba player, now announcer for the phoenix suns, paula madison, former ceo of the wnba's los angeles sparks, and dave zyran, sports editor for "the nation" and host of sirius xm "edge of sports." thanks for being here tonight. paula mad soison by the commissioner. what's your reaction? >> well, i'm really happy to see that's what adam who i know by my role as a former member of the wnba board of governors, i'm really glad to see that adam did take decisive action. he went as far as the nba constitution allows him to go. i'm sure there are conversations between all the owners who by the way don't spend a lot of times conversing with each other except around league business. so to hear that 25 of the 30 of them have already indicated that they are going to vote in the way that adam is suggesting, i think is a really great day for the nba and especially for the african-american male players and the other players who supported them. >> were you surprised? >> no, i wasn't surprised. how could he own a basketball team? the sponsors had been competing o

joining me is gary rhoades, he sued donald sterling for housing discrimination and paula madison theormer owner of the los angeles sparks. and steve stout, and the author of the tanning of america how hip hop created a culture that rewrote the rules of the economy. isaiah thomas is back with us. i want to begin with gary rhoades. i want to start with you. you have your own experience with donald sterling. you filed suit against him for housing discrimination. tell me what he was accused of. >> well, in the winter of 2002, tenants and employees from a couple of his buildings were coming to us at the housing rights center with this story that was going to be one of the largest and most unusual housing discrimination cases we had seen. beginning with the employees, they told us that when sterling had bought their building that they worked at he called a meeting and said several things. he said that he did not like black and latino tenants and only wanted to rent to koreans. they would pay the rent and live in whatever conditions that sterling gave them. and sure enough, the tenants repo

my colleague don lemon is here with me live and also joining me from los angeles is paula madison, former of the wn wnba's sparx. this is going to be a wild rhode island ride. we still don't have proof this is sterling on the recording. if it is, big question what should happen? don, i'm going to turn it other to you first. we're going to have to hold down the lid. because i know how you feel about this. >> what should happen? the guy should go. i mean, it's as simple as that. but it's not as easy to get an owner out. paula can speak to that. i think he should go. i think the commissioner should be -- i personally feel he should be stronger. any time there's an investigation into wrongdoing, most people are suspended or there's something that happens to them as an investigation is happening. >> only had about, what, 24 or 36 hours -- >> it doesn't matter. if it was not him on the tape, he would say it's not me. he has not said it's not him. he said, i am sorry for the comments attributed to me. he has not come out and said, this is not me. i think it is insulting to the players who had to

other colleague, paula hancocks said she got this job just a few months ago, had to drop out of college when there was a tragedy in her family. but she saved so many families. madison appreciate your reporting. >>> when we come back, senator elizabeth warren, loved by liberals, loathed by wall street fat cats. despite being one of the most popular women in government, she says she is not running for higher offers. i'll ask her why when we come back. up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. mattel started in a garage. disney started in a garage. amazon started in a garage. ♪ the ramones started in a garage. my point? some of the most innovative things in the world come out of american garages. introducing the lighter, faster cadillac cts. 2014 motor trend car of the year. ain't garages great? c'mon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts