the final straw, the assassination of his long-time friend, israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin. he passed away last year and ted leonsis is the team's new owner. on his blog, he listed 101 signs of visible changes for the wizards. number 31 was change the wizards name to bullets which he put into the category, under consideration. joining me to discuss the possible move, len shapiro and steve buck. i'll start with you, len. this is a possibility that they might change the name back to bull ?ets. >> i hope for abe pollan's sake that they don't do it. i thought it was a classy move by a very classy owner. i think that would be a mistake. i think there are other names that you certainly could consider. and the wizards -- what's wrong with the wizards? they've been star crossed. they haven't won a championship since 1988. >> steve, they are going to change the uniform not this upcoming season but the following season. they are going back to red, white and blue. i know you prefer the old orange. do you think they should go back to bullets. i don't know if the city has identified itse

much of the impressions of what rabin has told you about ahmadinejad i share. so maybe i can cut my remarks short and we could eat earlier today. [laughter] the setting for the private meeting of about 55 people up in new york, he apparently has done this every year. it is the first time that i had ever been to one of these things. there were about 50 to 55 guests, including academics, former government officials, think tankers, various people from the iranian-american community, and what i call, in general, the second-trackers, those who have done the track ii diplomacy with iran. the session was scheduled for 90 minutes. it went on for 150 minutes, two and a half hours, at ahmadinejad's wish because he wanted everyone who had a question, he wanted to get them in. he enjoys himself, clearly. he enjoys himself at these sessions. he had this attitude of give me your best shot. i am here. let me see what you have. is that the best you can do? and then he would come back with his answers, whenever you thought of his answers. in terms of content, he certainly knew

the final straw, the assassination of his longtime friend prime minister itsyak rabin. ted's take, he listed 101 signs of visible changes for the wizards. number 31 was change the wizards' name to bullets which he put in the category under consideration. joining me to discuss the move, lynn shapiro and steve buckhead. is this a possibility they might change the name back to bullets? >> i hope not. i hope for a. poland's sake they don't. i think it was a classy move by a very classy owner. i think that would be a mistake. i think there are other names that you certainly could consider. and the wizards -- what's wrong with the wizards? they've been star crossed and haven't won a championship since 1978 but i'd hate to see them go back. >> they're going the change the uniform not this season but the following season. go back to red, white, and blue. do you think they should go back to bullets? because really i don't know if the city has identified itself with wizards. >> i think the sentiment of the fans clearly in regard -- direction to ted is we like the bullets. but tho

much of the impressions and what rabin has told you about president mahmoud ahmadinejad i shared some media can keep my remarks short and we can either earlier today. >> [inaudible] >> pardon? [laughter] know, the setting for this ivate meeting of about 55 people up in new york, he apparently is on this every year. the first time i had ever been to one of these things. there were about 50, 55 guests including academics, former government officials, think tank, various people from the iranian american community and what i call in general the second trackers, the people who've done for a long time the so-called track ii diplomacy with iran. .. in terms of content, he certainly knew his lines. he has done this so much, so many of these interviews, so many of these sessions. he has these lines down very well. whatever the question is, he is going to go back to the talking points. about 80% of the questions were about the nuclear issue, and he again has his lines down on that. finally, he even got tired of it. he said, is there anyone who is going to ask a question about something else, ot

how on earth that could be when demand so inspired me so much as they use, yitzhak rabin was assassinated. so to come in living out my dream and for filling my responsibility to serve as a bridge between the land of my birth in my ancestral homeland, i learned the responsibility of studying that particular relationship. and after i finish up my political work in the 90's, i spent some decade or so studying the united states israel relationship. and what i've learned in embarking on a journey of study was that relationship between the united states and israel is intensely deep and it goes back not just 62 years to israel's birth, but in many cases nearly 400 years to the origin of this country, the origins of america. keep in mind to what people who founded this country which like him in the who came and the people who have suffered religious discrimination have fashioned themselves as the new israel. that's why they call their kids jacob and i second benjamin and sir and rebecca. and when they fled the country of their affliction, which they likened to egypt and came to this new world, th

they do not much care for his chief of staff, this rather strange character that rabin described. so why do they put up with him? and will they go on putting up with him? >> that is a great question. clearly, there is a deep and growing division in that critical sector of the clinical spectrum, conservatives unhappy with the hard-liners, unhappy with ahmadinejad and his political appointees. the supreme leader allows this to continue and that is the way it is. it always reminds me of a wonderful joked in tehran that, if there are five iranian shiites, there has to be at least six political parties that they divide among themselves automatically. the revolution started basically as a one-party state. today, you have over 240 political parties, factions, movement, etc. i am surprised that it is that small. as long as the supreme leader allows this to continue, that is the way it will be. >> there is a principle of iranian politics and that i think, a few keep in mind, it will be helpful. no one never leaves office voluntarily. you either die or are pushed out. part of what you're de