clippers and donald sterling. >> all right ted johnson with variety. that publication always on top of everything in hollywood, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> in the golden state, civil rights and marriage equality does remain a hot button issue. state are population hh was successfully batted down by two very big flames in the community, teleolson and david boyce. talks about john siegenthaler about that landmark decision and another landmark case that he and lawyer olson took opposite sides on that being bush v gore. >> why did you get involved in that civil rights area? >> this has bin one area in which not only did we discriminate against people, and there's a lot of discrimination that goes on in a social basis but this is a situation where our government discriminates against its own citizens. and as last official bastion of discrimination i think ted olson and i thought it was particularly important that we bring an end to that. >> what's the important legal issue here? >> the important legal issue is does the state have the right to discrim

the brain of several high-profile athletes after suffering a concussion himself, and welcome in ted johnsonuper bowl champion and has become a leading voice for change. welcome, guys. >> good to be here. >> chris, when you look back at where you started, just trying to convince people there might be a link between athletes committing suicide, having problems and concussions, what is the president's involvement say about where we are in this debate right now. >> it was an amazing day for us because when the president is speaking about this issue, there really isn't a higher place to go so i was just so excited that it's reached that level and that level of consciousness in the united states now. >> but you guys heard the president. there's still tremendous pressure on athlete os play even when they have concussion symptoms and, ted, what happened in your experience? >> yeah, i know, it was in the summer of 2002 i got a concussion in a preseason game and four days later i was pushed out there, i got another concussion. i got my bell rung and i got dinged at least two or three times a week for

let's talk about this some more and bring in deputy editor of "variety" ted johnson. ted. >> thank you for having me. >> thanks for being here. i appreciate it. so will these protests work, do you think? >> well, certainly within the entertainment industry, this is a pretty tight-knit community, and word spreads fast. so what you're talking about is when people schedule breakfasts and lunches and drinks to -- essentially to conduct business, they're going to choose another location, and i know that's happening right now. i know studio chiefs are talking about this amongst themselves. there are other options where they can meet, and that is the big risk for the beverly hills hotel, not just this, but another hotel here that is pretty iconic in the dorchester collection, the hotel bel air, just a couple miles away. >> will this really hurt the sultan? if they have to pull out of ownership of these hotels? >> i doubt it. i doubt it. i mean, just from what i've heard about the sultan's fortune, this would just be a, a small dent. the protesters i talked to really want to

johnson. here's cnn ted rowlands. >> reporter: as the nba attempting to force to sell the clippers, will he fight or delay a sale? what about his wife shelly? she got permission from the clippers' coach doc rivers. >> it's a tough one for shellie, really. you know, she didn't do anything wrong either. and you've -- you have compassion for her. >> reporter: not everyone has compassion for shellie sterling. in a deposition, she was accused of calling a tenant a black mf after he asked for a reduction in rent. she unequivocally denies using the slur. >> there have been no other decisions of members of the sterling family and i should say that this ruling applies specifically to donald sterling. >> reporter: meanwhile, donald sterling's alleged mistress, v. stiviano, is a new magnet for the paparazzi venturing out with a visor that covers her face, she said she would one day run for president of the united states. several people are reportedly expressing interest in owning the clippers, including oprah and larry ellison and os ska de la hoya. >> the clippers need a face and what better face than my f

i think he's going to be a little moron johnson than he's going to be ted cruz. gure out where is this guy going to fit on the senate. i'd put him more on the johnson side. >> he's now a big favorite to win state wide, right? >> slightly. absolutely. and shelly is a heavy favorite in west virginia. be west virginia's first republican senator in over half a century. but she is, dare i call this person a pro-government republican. they do exist, and that's about what you have to be ideologically in place like west virginia which actually likes federal dollars coming into the state because she's going to be somebody like a murkowski, collins, the republicans that do a lot of bipartisan deals. >> sound goods. let's go straight now, the latest from sterling, some quotes that i can't believe. >> the earthquake of the sterling interview, the ripple effect continues because we're one day after donald sterling attacked magic johnson. the former laker star is fighting back. magic was dragged into when v. stevian know post evidence this image on instagram. it's a photo made

ted cruz is a senator, believes some of those things. what we have here is a tea party success for two reasons in texas. this is a conservative state, it was a conservative state when lyndon johnsonnd john connelly were important in texas. we had two parties, conservative democratic party and more liberal democratic party. more importantly in texas, guys like this lieutenant governor candidate who is likely to win today and others up and down the ballot who represent, have the support of tea party, reflect an attitude by republican voters in a runoff who aren't worried about losing in the fall. texas is not indiana, it is not delaware, it's not nevada, it is a state where democrats are not going to win in the fall. last time a democratic won statewide in texas was 1994. so texas voters, the republican voters in the primary, who are inclined to be conservative, have somewhat an anti-government streak, are able to indulge their inner tea party fantasy by electing these candidates. >> seems to me the tea party movement, i am a firm believer there's substance with it, has to do with people's concerns of government spending too much. throwing away their money, hard work, over stimulus