>> suzanne malveaux, many thanks. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. >>> the story is changing. officials now say flight 370 made a rapid descent below 5,000 feet. it disappeared, then reappeared on radar, they say. was this to avoid detection? is this proof of a criminal act? we're live with all the breaking details. >>> another change. investigators now say it was the pilot, not the co-pilot, who uttered the last words from the cockpit. so what does that tell us? >>> and a new ping coming from the ocean floor leading authorities to narrow the search zone even more as they try to zero in on those critical black boxes from flight 370.

suzanne malveaux is covering the story for us.>> and the sponsors, it just grows and grows. the nba now planning a press conference to outline what is next after this day of fast-moving developments. a firestorm in the nba over what should happen now to l.a. clippers' owner donald sterling. today sponsors carmax and virgin america are cutting their ties with the team in response to racist remarks sterling allegedly made on tape. doc rivers talked about the toll it is taking on his players. >> i can't tell you how upset i am, our players are. >> reporter: over the weekend tmz posted these recordings with his girlfriend v. stiviano. >> people call you and tell you that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers you. >> yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. do you have to? you can do anything but don't put it on instagram so the world has to see it and they have to call me. don't bring them to my games, okay? >> reporter: the nba launched an expedited investigate and t

our national correspondent suzanne malveaux has this report. >> reporter: as the worldwide hunt for malaysiaensifying. for china, it's obviously personal. 154 passengers on the plane were chinese, but finding the plane is also in part about power and prestige. >> i think the chinese want to prove to their people and the rest of the world that they are a 21st century military with sophisticated capabilities. >> reporter: but some analysts are now openly asking whether the chinese government is doing more harm than good in its efforts. in the first week of the search, china released satellite photos it said believed showed wreckage. >> china now says one of its satellites has found what could be a crash area for malaysia airlines flight 370. it's released images of what appears to be large floating objects. >> reporter: those objects turned out to be ocean debris more than 2,000 miles from where investigators now believe the plane went down. on april 5th, china reported one of its ships detected a possible ping from the flight's recorders. days later, those claims were also dismissed. now some

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and of course the movement that was behind it. >> suzanne malveaux reporting live this morning.you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. at this hour with burma michaela starts now. >>> the search area shrinks, the urgency grows. crews desperate to find flight 370 hear nothing. no new pings that m

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thanks very much, suzanne malveaux. more with the former nba star, kareem abdul jabbar joining us los angeles behind the film "on the shoulders of giants" about the all-black team, harlem ravens and the role in the civil rights movement. a powerful, powerful film. joined by rachel nickels in new york. >> you worked for donald sterling, you said you were aware of his track record, you wrote a piece about it. you and others suggesting it's taken way too long to punish this guy. so what's going on here? >> well, i think the fact that mr. sterling understood that his views might not be received very well, gave him the incentive to keep it under wraps and this recording, like pulled down the mask, so to speak. we have this situation that we have. >> how surprised were you when you heard those audiotapes? >> i wasn't very surprised because of the thing that you mentioned earlier where he was discriminating against people who wanted to rent some of his properties. and the only reason that they couldn't rent the properties, the

. >> suzanne malveaux reporting live this morning. thanks so much. and thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. at this hour with burma michaela starts now. >>> the search area shrinks, the urgency grows. crews desperate to find flight 370 hear nothing. no new pings that might lead them to the plane. >>> memories prove too much. oscar pistorius overcome and breaks down on the stand as he tells the court about the night he shot and killed his girlfriend. >>> and president obama this hour signs two executive orders aimed at shrinking the pay gap between men and women. the president's actions coming on equal pay day. but is this really about pay or politics or both? great to see you. >> we won't talk about how much each of you makes. d it is 11:00 a.m. in the east. the search for flight 370. search crews once again coming up empty. they failed to relocate the pinging sounds they had hoped would lead them to flight 370's black boxes deep in the indian ocean. this certainly seen as a setback as the search enters a second month. >> right now the

suzanne malveaux has the story. >> you had to like it. i mean, he was a big lovable texan.ough he made you feel comfortable, he made you feel uncomfortable. he'd look down on you and talk with you very intensely. and you couldn't say much to him. >> reporter: it was famously called the johnson treatment. lbj's power, as well as his quirks, were notorious, as depicted by this scene in a movie "the butler." >> i want you to get on the phone and call the naacp. >> reporter: johnson's speechwriter, richard goodwin. >> when you're in the military, it's happening all the time. and johnson was used to doing that. >> reporter: johnson also reportedly swore like a sailor, and occasionally used the "n" word. >> back then it was part of our ven ak lar. but with martin luther king, he was always respectful. >> reporter: early in his career he was no civil rights activist. casting votes against the legislation. >> when he was a senator from texas, he really couldn't follow up that much. otherwise he would have lost his seat. >> reporter: so what was the driving force behind this momento

>> suzanne malveaux, many thanks. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. >>> the story is changing. officials now say flight 370 made a rapid descent below 5,000 feet. it disappeared, then reappeared on radar, they say. was this to avoid detection? is this proof of a criminal act? we're live with all the breaking details. >>> another change. investigators now say it was the pilot, not the co-pilot, who uttered the last words from the cockpit. so what does that tell us? >>> and a new ping coming from the ocean floor leading authorities to narrow the search zone even more as they try to zero in on those critical black boxes from flight 370. >>> hello, everyone, i'm john berman. michaela is off today. it's 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. out west. and we begin this hour with the breaking news on several fronts in the mystery of flight 370. cnn sources say after the plane took that mysterious left turn, it disappeared from radar, flying, they say, about 120 nautical miles before radar, they claim, before over malaysia before reappearing.

suzanne malveaux has that story for us. what have you learned? >> an unidentified u.s.. why is it sitting in a highly visible area? these are a couple of the questions that journalists are asking now because of the united states' strict sanctions that forbid most american companies from doing business in iran. a six-wing aircraft captured in a photograph by "the new york times" sits at the airport in iran. is someone breaking the law? >> the iranian transactions and sanctions regulations prohibit the ex por tags of goohibi ex at u.s. aircraft from flying to iran. >> reporter: the state department is investigating but it's the treasury department that is taking the lead. and will enforce if appropriate u.s. sanctions. >> you can travel to iran but you have to get permission from the government and clarity as to the things you can do and the things you can't do. one of the first questions here will be whoever made this trip, did they apply to the treasury department, you know, for permission with a clear understanding of how you can spend money in iran and how you can't s

that's where our suzanne malveaux is live in austin. it. we've seen carter, clinton. president obama will be here today to give the keynote address. we'll also see george w. bush, all this to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act of 1964. it was a historic occasion, barring discrimination during one of the most tumultuous times in our country. there are a number of things that will also be tackled today that we anticipate, two very important questions. one is what are the civil rights issues, most important pressing issues today? is it gay rights, immigration, health care? we heard from president carter talking about that he still believes it's women's rights. the fact that you having sexual slavery in this country alive and well today. the second issue, the second point is why can't we get anything significant, anything big done in washington? what can we learn from the civil rights movement? we heard from president clinton yesterday, and he said he believes politicians just don't -- they have not engaged in the art of