on september 2, the mayor of atlanta, james calhoun, surrendered the city. sherman announced abraham lincoln, "atlanta is ours and fairly won." he also said he would not push much further on this rate, which is an interesting word to describe the campaign. atlanta turned into a garrison city. the fall of the city caused great celebration in the north. it gave at desperately needed boost to the fortunes of the republican party. and here, here is where we get to the significance of the atlanta campaign, what makes it so important. so, the following land, along with the victories won by sheridan in the shenandoah valley later and set number hope tesh helped to boost the confidence of northern voters that -- helped to boost the confidence of the northern voters that lincoln was going to win a victory and that the president needed a second term in office. the fall of atlanta helped to reassure the reelection of lincoln and also offer the public a reaffirmation of his war policy. lincoln gets a proper mandate to continue a war that would end on the basis of both re

sedin never mentioned atlanta. but the expectation, of course, was hold atlanta as much as you can. send your cavalry, attack where you can. sherman, of course, knew, from spy reports even before he'd gotten across the chattahoochee, that atlanta had been encircled by a strong perimeter of fortifications. captain grant, the property owner who sold the land southwest city, grant park today, l.p. grant supervised the 10, 12 miles of fortify cases, called too strong to assault, too extensive to invest. so he's not going to attack him. he's going to bombard the city, levy kind of a semi siege on the north and western faces, but cut the railroads. can't find a good map in the book, so i drew my own. the railroads going around atlanta, linking it to savannah, columbia, montgomery -- it would become the lifeline for both aryms. -- armies. and sherman wanted to cut the lines. by mid-july, when johnston gives command over to hood, actually, union cavalry raiding through central and east central alabama have cut the line to montgomery. russo cut it near auburn, destroying 26 miles of track tha

phil: this game gives a lot of confidence to the atlanta falcons. they worked to do during the off-season they accomplished here tonight. jim: second highest point total total in atlanta team history. final score is 56-14. again coming up, the mazda postgame show. we'll join the studio after this. >> welcome to "the mazda postgame show." rich: welcome back to denver. it was denver hester's night to say the least as the buccaneers scored the last 14 unanswered points. that's one way to describe what happened tonight on thursday night football. the fans are loving it here in atlanta because they are 2-0 at home against n.f.c. south teams. rich eisen is here live. devin hester is your baby. he broke your report. deion: pregame i said that devin hester bwillreak a record and have a return tonight and i'm excited and elated he did, not to mention the 20-yard reverse he scored on as well. you can see hustle from the beginning of the game until the end. great play there. they set up a reverse. wide open. they had a stutter go on him earlier that they missed

phil: this game gives a lot of confidence to the atlanta falcons. they worked to do during the off-season they accomplished here tonight. jim: second highest point total total in atlanta team history. final score is 56-14. again coming up, the mazda postgame show. we'll join the studio after this. >> welcome to "the mazda postgame show." rich: welcome back to denver. it was denver hester's night to say the least as the buccaneers scored the last 14 unanswered points. that's one way to describe what happened tonight on thursday night football. the fans are loving it here in atlanta because they are 2-0 at home against n.f.c. south teams. rich eisen is here live. devin hester is your baby. he broke your report. deion: pregame i said that devin hester will break a record and have a return tonight and i'm excited and elated he did, not to mention the 20-yard reverse he scored on as well. you can see hustle from the beginning of the game until the end. great play there. they set up a reverse. wide open. they had a stutter go on him earlier that they misse

bruce levenson apologizing and selling his share of the atlanta hawks. said and what's next for the team ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." john berman is off. it is september 8th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. up first, president obama as plan to take out isis. on the day before 9/11, the president will address the nation. he is expected to announce a phased military campaign that could take three years to complete. the president is hinting most plans to seek

there's a question too about the players on the atlanta hawks team. efinitely saw with the clippers players saying that they couldn't play for donald sterling and considered boycotting playoff games and talked about boycotting upcoming season's games. by going this route, the nba doesn't have to deal with those questions and the team can just move forward. >> all right. rachel nichols, thank you so much. we'll see you a bit later. appreciate it. >>> let's talk u.s. open. some big upsets there. >> find out why these japanese tennis fans are so excited. and speaking of tennis, serena williams has been crushing her competition. if she keeps that up, she could make history today. we find out how serena got this renewed surge in power in this edition of "open court." >> serena williams started working with a french tennis coach just days after crashing out in 2012. >> for me to lose in paris was completely disappointing. i was completely shattered. >> we went on the tennis court and she was hitting and i watched her hit for 45 minutes. then she sat down and

the scoreboard last night for the win over the new york mets showed them beating the atlanta mets, not the new york mets or the atlanta braves. now they've got fictional teams they appear to be beating. >> a win is a win. >> even the atlanta mets can't beat the nats. >> cbs evening news is coming up next. >> i'll be back with jan for your only local news at 7:00. we'll see you then. well, not that kind of fresh. on the freshness of our chicken. but i can guarantee the freshness of our chicken because we go beyond what the usda requires... with extra inspections in american family owned farms, refrigerated trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between. that's what it takes to bring your family a fresh tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. >> pelley: tonight, enlisting the world in the war against isis. >> the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death. >> pelley: major garrett on the president's address to the u.n. today. a dirt track driver was killed by nascar star tony stewart. a tragic accident or a crime. do

with the owner of the atlanta hawks>> thank you very much. >> another federal appeals court is getting its as i over gay marriage. the court in california is set to hear arguments today over the marriage bans in idaho, nevada and hawaii. 32 states have called on the u.s. supreme court to settle the issue of gay marriage. >> joan rivers entertaining her fans in my the very end, remembered at a funeral in new york city this weekend. >> the event every bit the star-studded affair. we have more on that. >> this was a major event in new york city, thousands of people there alongside the central park zoo. it was extraordinary to see. it really was! every bit a hollywood show stopper. honestly! fans lining the sidewalk on fifth avenue, a very grand that thoroughfather as you know. people were dressed to the nines. howard stern gave the eulogy, getting the biggest laugh of the day with a very saucy joke. >> meryl streep was not there crying in five different accents and there was no wind machine to make her hairably just like b

now we come to the atlanta campaign. he unioning of 1864, prepares to launch campaigns in two theaters. grant, in charge of nion forces,-- u will oversee the eastern army. the army of the potomac. advanced towards richmond. georgia, the west is getting further and further east in this war as we go along, which means the confederates are general- in the west, all of thel command union's western armies combined into what we would call one army group. it is several separate field armies. the army of the tennessee, the army of the cumberland, and the army of the ohio. alle sherman is commanding three armies, it is time for a new commander of the tennessee. that honor goes to james mcpherson. he becomes an army commander with the rank of major general. they only have one lieutenant general, grant. they will only make one of those in the war. major general is the highest rank available.. still, an army commander. they begin the advance southward from the neighborhood of downanooga, tennessee on towards atlanta. 100 miles. the f

. >> they clinched the title with a win over the atlanta braves. we witnessed something very special tonight here in washington. the nationals and the orioles are celebrating. the champagne is flowing. both ballclubs took another step closer as champions and perhaps future foes in the world series. the nationals shutout the braves. they beat atlanta eight of the last 10 times they have played. let the celebration begin. this is their second division title in the last three years. washington still has 12 regular-season games remaining. then they have to forget the champagne and forget everything that has taken place, regain the momentum, and get to the fall classic. this is special. moments ago, police confirmed the search happening in bedford county is connected to the disappearance of sheila lyon and katherine lyon. the sisters disappeared back in 1980 -- 1975. roz plater is there tonight. land they are searching once belong to relatives of the person of interest in this case. we talked to a group of neighbors. there have been so many leads. they t

the racially charged e-mail sent by the owner of the atlanta hawks. s response. >> terror alert. as the president gets ready to confront isis, new widespread worries about attacks on the homeland. the inside information and the vigilance. >> close encounter, the asteroid the size of a house that just missed hitting the earth last night. how frequent are these close calls? how disastrous could they be? >> and, later, no comeback. hollywood superstar, robert downy jr. says he will not be coming back to play one of the biggest most profitable roles ever again. that's in "the skinny" on this monday, september 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. on this monday, i'm dan kloeffler. >> i'm reena ninan. mondays are hard. >> mondays are very difficult. the story i can't seem to rattle is this asteroid coming. i find it fascinating. nasa don't hate me. you predict when a full moon will happen, 15 years from now. the big rock size of a house could come hurdling toward us at moment. >> i can't wait to hear more on

archives, museums, and historic sites around the >> next on the civil war, stephen davis discusses the fall of atlanta. he highlights the authors who had the greatest impact on the campaign. confederates and union leaders. on september 2, 1854, bringing the campaign to a close. event took place in atlanta. >> it is my privilege to introduce dr. davis. i'm not sure that anybody knows more about the atlanta campaign than he does. he's been a proud civil war buff, since he was in the fourth grade. he earned his undergraduate degree in history at emory, his master's degree at the university of north carolina and

the owner of the atlanta hawks says he will sell the team after receiving a racist e-mail. mark strassman is in atlanta. julianna goldman has details. friends and family say good-bye to joan rivers inside a manhattan temple as bagpipes play new york, new york, outside. and in the middle of a historic drought, terri okita says many are homeowners in the west coast are turning to brown lawns. >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening everyone i'm jeff glor. less than a month the sale of the l.a. clippers closed after former owner donald sterling made racist statements on tape. >>> atlanta hawks owner bruce levinson, announced he is leaving with more on the e-mail and the reaction, here is mark strassman in atlanta. >> in august of 2012, atlanta hawks co-owner bruce levinson remarked, my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there was not enough affluent white fans to build a significant base. i've told our executives i want some white cheerleaders. shots towlt contests is black. i've even bitched that the kiss ca

. >>> now to some sports starting with the nba which is working with the co-owner of the atlanta hawkss he begins the sale of his interest in the team. bruce levinson's selling of his stake in the hawks follows his release of an e-mail he wrote two years ago in which he made racially charged statements. those statements were contained in a message to team management how to sell more season tickets. the nba's commissioner is supporting levinson's decision to sell the team calling his statements entirely unacceptable. >>> there are two monday night nfl games tonight, both on our sister network, espn. as for last night's game was peyton manning and the broncos hosting andrew luck and the colts. manning threw three second quarter touchdowns to julius thomas. the denver defense did enough to hold off a colts' second half rally. denver wins, 31-24. >>> also a winner, serena williams faced off with her good friend, in the women's finals. of the u.s. open. this one uh all serena. powerful serve just too much. some of it often more than 115 miles an hour. williams won in straight sets. she neve

. >>> and in the atlanta airport. strong winds flipped over four planes and injured a dozen more. and cold air could bring frost and snow to the country's upper tier. the temperatures today show a dramatic cooling. later this week, temperatures are forecast to dip into the 30s in rural areas of dakotas in nebraska and wisconsin. >>> also happening now, another expansion of u.s. isis extremists. over the weekend, forces sent airstrikes to protect the dam. and wednesday, president obama will present a major speech on his strategy of going on the offensive of the isis threat. knowing isis may strike back eggs pegly because of this week's 9/11 anniversary and syria has become a melting pot of rebels and yemen, they tried to smuggle on to planes. and still no specific plot has been identified. >>> the long vacation is over for congress lawmakers getting back to work. both republicans and democrats are vowing to act to avoid shutdown and keep federal agencies running into mid december. the outcome of the high stakes mid-term elections will term what happens next. >>> and, this just in fr

liberty mutual insurance. >>> the controlling owner of the atlanta hawks is selling his stake in the team after a racially insensitive e-mail. it dime light in a hawks intern investigation in another mat they are summer. the e-mail reads "my theory is that the black crowds scared away the whites and there are not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base." levenson want on. "i think southern whites were not comfortable being in an arena or bar where they were in the minority." martin savidge joins us in atlanta where he interviewed steve co steve cunanan. what did he say? >> he realized that to go forward you have to be fully transparent so that was one of the reasons he wanted to speak to me about all of this. keep in mind, steve coonan has only had the job of ceo for about 60 days so he's landed in a huge minefield. one of the things i began talking to him about were ramifications for what is the owner, bruce levenson rand there any? here's what he said. >> it's an investigation and the investigation was coming to an end. in the nba, rather than fight, br

the nationals could clinch atlanta. >> veterans affairs officials are sitting through -- are facing the questions from patients they are accused of mistreating. today, patients in the d.c. area got to speak their minds. our senior political reporter was there. >> the conditions so horrible that i would commit suicide instead of coming here for help. for an hour and half without medication. the punching bag that is the vads days took some solid shots at a town hall where anyone can say anything they wanted. >> there are a lot of interactions going on at this hospital. the only way for us to make it right is to work together. >> it is a step forward on the ee of the hearing to scrutinize wait times for veterans -- a problem some claim may have contributed to death. >> to help out, the eva's secretary is personally going to medical schools to recruit new doctors and nurses. >> i never had nothing good to say about the v.a. but today, i have to say something good. x this vietnam veteran says at least initially it is working. new people a lot of in and they are showing care for veterans. >>

one, if he is concerned white basketball fans in atlanta don't want the attend atlanta hawks games becausehave the prevalence of black fans and black cheerleaders and black music then i think he needs to have a conversation with them and not his marketing department because they are the problem. that's their hangup. the second thing i would say if he's concerned about disposable income on the part of black fans who come to the games, once again that's a conversation to have with the business community in atlanta which, if it tracks national trends, means that they pay black workers less than they pay white workers, even when you control for education. so this is a larger problem than just what's going on in w the atlanta hawks. >> woodruff: you just raise add number of questions. but christine brennan, what does this say about the -- i mean, it made a number of people, i know, wonder about the attitudes of white owners across the board and people who are in the business of promoting professional basketball. >> in a sport that is so racially diverse and inclusive and this is what we hear. r

same thing is happen together co-owner bruce levinson of the atlanta hawks.ial things and now he's selling his part of the atlanta hawks. and i said this is-- what is going on? it's the nba for god's sakes. i put in a call today to our good friend former commissioner of the nba david stern. and i said david, you can come by here tonight,

the owner of the nba's atlanta hawks says he's selling the team. the reason? an e-mail he sent that he calls inappropriate and offensive. we'll tell you what it said coming up. >>> and president barack obama prepares to give a speech to the nation on the isis threat and what he plans to do about it. he gave a hint of his game plan today. we'll have details this hour. >>> and later, remembering a comic legend. a-list celebrities pack the funeral of the late joan rivers. hear why friends and family say the service is exactly what the comedian would have wanted. >>> we begin with a huge shock for the nba. another one of its owners will lose his franchise because of comments involving race. atlanta hawks controlling owner bruce levenson announced he's voluntarily selling his team after grappling with low attendance at hawks games, he says he sent an e-mail in 2012 that sent unintentional and hurtful message that the hawks white fans are more valuable than black fans. and we have that e-mail. here's a transcription of part of what he said. i look around our arena d

bruce levenson of the atlanta hawks went to the nba and said i give, i recuse myself. suggesting the ravens and ray rice should say we are going to do the right thing. we are going to take him away from the game for a year. >> and speaking of hour long conversations, even longer we can talk about it. it points again and i feel like it will come up again drug aus into a bigger problem than violence against women in the nfl. >> it's not just the nfl. >> right. >> we still have cultural problems understanding the severity of domestic violence. when you think about beyonce's big hit "drunken love" and the throw away line that made fun of domestic violence, you think about how much fans still support chris brown despite his domestic violence, we have a problem about that issue. >> and it needs to be addressed but hopefully we'll see changes. this conversation won't die here. i feel like the two of you are going to be very, very busy on this topic and also the topic of the hawks. thanks for spending time r w me. two whole blocks. >> thank you. >> all right, l. z. and rachel,

the deadly virus. john roberts is live in atlanta with the latest. john?reporter: this is what public health officials, greta, expected and feared all at the same time. finally coming to pass. there have been so many false alarms in the last few months, all of them

impact on the atlanta campaign. atlanta fell to union forces on september 2, 1864, bringing general sherman's or-month-long campaign to a close. war,s on the civil american history tv's weekly programs. secretary of state john kerry and former secretaries of state kissinger, baker, powell, albright, and clinton deliver for the groundbreaking ceremony of the u.s. diplomacy center. the museum is dedicated to demonstrating the importance of diplomacy throughout american history. this is about 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome under secretary of state, patrick kennedy, former secretaries of state -- [inaudible] [applause] >> good afternoon. it is my great pleasure to welcome everyone here today for the groundbreakinger is mopeny for the new united states diplomacy center. we are celebrating the start of construction of the center, a state of the art museum and educational resource that will ill straight the department of state's 225-year history of supporting our nation's national security efforts. as

he was talking about bridging the atlanta racial sports divide, he said the black crowd has scared away the whites. >> i think i speak for all of my partners, when i say we were deeply offended we quickly spoke out against these words that we heard on that tape. >> reporter: leave -- levinson's e-mail was written back in 2012, he reported the e-m >> a 6-year-old california boy is expected to you are vierve -- survive an encounter with a mountain lion. the animal began dragging the boy away, but the father and another man fought him off. trails in the area are closed while they search for the lion. >>> friends and family said farewell to joan rivers. rivers was considered a trail blazer for women in comedy. she spoke about her funeral saying she wanted her funeral packed with stars, she got what she wanted. she was 81 years old. >>> the united states marching band would wowed crowds overnig. among the show's reference, batman, the simpsons and dragnet, this is the first time the band had performed since the band leader was fired for ignoring a culture of sexual hazing among the students.

the owner of the atlanta hawks says he will sell the team after receiving a racist e-mail. mark strassman is in atlanta. julianna goldman has details. friends and family say good-bye to joan rivers inside a manhattan temple as bagpipes play new york, new york, outside. and in the middle of a historic drought, terri okita says many are homeowners in the west coast are turning to brown lawns. >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

. >>> and tonight nfc south showdown with the atlanta falcons and the tampa bay buccaneers. the sport columnist kristen berset and mike wise. buccs are still looking for their first win, atlanta coming off a bad week last week. what do they need to do to balance back? >> they need to play the buccs, perfect scheduling, giving them a great gift. of course they are 0-2. already they are playing what matters, the tie breakers down the road. if they play decent if they could stop it, then they would win the game, it's theirs for the taking. >> they do have one thing going for them. i don't think that you could be as bad as they were against the bengals. the defense probably gave up more land. it was not pretty. they're playing tampa bay. if there is not a bounceback game, you're not going to have one. even with them coming in last week, you still think that? i mean this atlanta defense is giving up the most yards in the nfl, going for quite a bit last week, still think that they got the edge there? >> i don't think that it would come down to it. deciding that i'm the elite quart

jon: more trouble involving race in the nba the co-owner of the atlanta hawks will sell the team afteruntary admitting sending a what he considers a racist email in 2012. jonathan serrie more from atlanta. >> reporter: jon, this latest controversy centers on 2012 email from atlanta hawks co-owner bruce levinson where he tells the teams other owners and its general manager because he is concerned about low attendance at games, especially among suburbanites. white suburbanites. in the email he my theory the black crowd scared away the whites and there are not affluent black fans to build up a significant sees san ticket base. he calls for the team to add white cheerleaders and music familiar to a 40-year-old white guy. city leaders and civil rights activists say levenson's email is offensive. john nelson says former l.a. clippers donald sterling racially charged comments were made public back in april and rocked the nba and forced the leaving and owners to change the way they deal with these issues. listen. >> when you have something that is as electric as "the donald" sterling situation

we have reached out to the atlanta hawks franchise, they have not gotten back to us. carol? ust stunned someone would say something like that. anyway -- >> it is a controversial comment,s especially if the wake of donald sister lick's comments earlier this year. the nba has put out a statement themselves. adam silver the commissioner of the national basketball association seemingly standing behind danny ferry for the moment, anyway, carol. he says "the discipline of a team employee is typically determined by the team and in this case the hawks hired a prestigious an lann a law firm to investigate the circumstances of danny ferry's inappropriate remark." he goes on to say "those comments taken alone do not merit his losing his job." >> nick valencia reporting live from this morning. >>> still to come, flash flooding strands dozens of motorists in memphis and more rain could be on the way. look at where the storm is headed. a look at where the storm is headed next. at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, which is why we are supplying natural gas, to gene

the atlanta club closed in january. count on on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the crisis. we will be there for revel's final hours and on nbc10.com we are looking at the impact on the economy in atlantic city. >>> right now the trip home is under way after the long weekend taking a live look at i-76. drivers wrapping up their holiday and coming back into town. a lot of people maybe got a jump on traffic. it's a hot and humid labor day to cap off the extended weekend. that didn't stop these folks from exercising outside today. along kelly drive where there were a number of walkers, runners and bikers out enjoying their day off. >>> look at the nbc 10 first alert radar. some of us could be seeing showers and storms later tonight. nbc 10 meteorologist sheena parveen is here with your first alert forecast. sheena, will the storms be severe? >> no. i'm not expecting anything in the way of severe storms. but there's always the potential when you have a thunderstorm for it to become strong. locally we really don't have too much on the radar right now. the chance of storms still g

the city of atlanta has been called ground zero for homeless gay teenagers, flooded with kids, kicked out of their homes by unaccepting parents. art spent the last five years tracking down the kids, trying to get them help. >> reporter: do you think the family rejection here is greater because we are in the south, we are in the bible belt? >> without question. statistically we know that to be the case. >> reporter: he find teenagers as young as 16 down here, under the bridge, off a running trail, behind a few gay bars. sleeping down here as a teenager, i can't fath e some what it's -- fathom what it's like. >> many kids are intelligent. it's not that they are coming. for religious reasons they are banned, cut off from their families and have nothing left to do. >> reporter: on any given night some 2,000 youth are homeless. 40% identify as gay lesbian, bisexual or transgender. more than half of the youth he helped were kicked out of the house for being gay. survive? >> they engage in survival activities, anything from survival sex - hooking up so you have a warm place to sleep at night

>> to that point, the makeup of atlanta has changed in between the census in '90 and the most recent ensus. 54% of atlanta's population is black in the most recent census. so the population is shifting away from african-americans in atlanta proper. so legitimate questions, just asked badly. >> definitely. dana, what do you make of all this? this self-reporting, do you think that was necessary? >> there's something fishy going on here. i can't remember what i e-mailed two hours ago, let alone two years ago. the way they write the story is that they say he just decided to self-report as if he woke up in the middle of the night and remembered an e-mail he sent two years ago. when the full story comes out, they say he wasn't coerced, but i have to wonder if in the nba, they asked if nibble might have anything that could embarrass the league, would you come out now and maybe he went back and looked and maybe he knew about this possible episode of trying to change the marketing of the team. but i just find it absolutely not believable that he revealed it on his own. >> he hired private inve

owner of the atlanta hawks is stepping down. we have his explosive racially charged e-mail that cost him his team. plus you will hear exclusively from the team's ceo. >> parents, you want to listen up for this run u one. there is a mysterious respiratory illness, experts say it will get a whole lot worse. kids are ending up in the e.r., even icu. we will tell you what you need to foe coming up. bile plan. and "minus" our expenses. perfect timing. we're offering our best-ever pricing on mobile plans for business. . >>> welcome back. now the story of rage after sending a racially charged e-mail back in when the itself 12. in a cnn exclusive. our martin savage talked about this whole situation with the hawks' new ceo. mario is joining us from atlanta. what more did you hear from the ceo? >> there is a lot. they know they have a lot to do as a result of the digging out on this. the ceo has been on the job for only months. bruce levinson admits he wrote in twenl 12. he used inappropriate and offensive language. yesterday when he wrote

the giants are in san diego tomorrow night. >>> humiliation sensation in atlanta. falcons, devin ester takes the bunt. his 19th return touchdown of his career, he sets the nfl record. atlanta crushes tampa 56-14. he does get there. how many it isups can you do? here's the top five. shabazz napier with the set up and he scores doing a sit up. impressive. pirates center fielder andrew mccutchen makes a leaping catch and crashes into the wall. number three, back to atlanta. this is the best the bucks looked all night. a fan gets trucked by the falcons mascot. at number two, what is better here in the phillies domanic brown made the catch or didn't break his wrist? wow. phillies lost to san diego 7-3. he is okay. he's okay. julio jones makes the willy maize catch. that 56-14 score, the biggest win for atlanta since the nixon administration. >> wow. >> wow. >> the bucks are 0-3 now. the early favorite to go 0-16. >> we'll be right back. >> the city tells you where is congestion, suddenly, the car becomes a part of a much bigger eco system. ning at 4-30. >> david letterm

hawks, i would be shocked if danny ferry is the general manager by the end of this weekend of the atlanta. >> we'll see what happens there. mark james, thank you. appreciate you weighing in. >> thank you. >>> top of the hour now. hello, everyone. i'm randi kaye in for brooke baldwin. breaking news in the fight against isis. for weeks we've been told action against them in iraq and syria would not constitute a war. today that message changed. the white house saying we are in fact at war with isis. joining me now is michelle kosinski, white house correspondent. he said this in response to your question. what exactly did the white house say now? >> reporter: they said it very clearly although it took some questioning there because over the last couple of days we have heard the messaging even saying, no, it is not a war in response to really specific questions. yesterday secretary of state was asked, you know, it sounds like a war. it looks like a war. are we at wa

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starts off by blaming the low ticket sales for the atlanta hawks primarily on the majority black fans on to say, "my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build the significant season ticket base." he goes on to say, "please don't get me wrong, nothing threatening going on in the arena back then. i never felt uncomfortable, but i think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority." now, some might find this whole situation that levinson's found himself in a little bit ironic, when you take a listen to this sound back earlier this year when levinson spoke to cnn's wolf blitzer on "the situation room", levinson being one of the first owners in the nba to come out and condemn the comments of former nba own other, donald sterling. >> we quickly, we loudly, we clearly rejected. the fans spoke up. the players spoke up. our nba business partners spoke up. and every nba owner spoke up. nobody said this was okay. >> comments, poppy, were made between when this e-m

the owner of the atlanta hawks is voluntarily selling his team following the disclosure of a racially charged e-mail. mark strassmann has our report. >> reporter: in august of 2012 atlanta hawks co-owner bruce levinson griped in an e-mail about the team's low attendance. my theory is the black crowds scared away the whites and tll is simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant ticket base. i told our executives i want some white cheerleaders. i also balked when every fan picked out of a crowd to shoot time-out contest is black, and i have even bitched that the kiss cam is too black. he reported himself two months ago and before the league even finished its investigation, he announced he will sell the team. nba commissioner adam silver said in a statement the views he expressed are entirely unacceptable. i commend mr. levinson for self-reporting to the league office and for putting the best interests of the nba first. ken berger covers the nba for cbs sports. >> it's a business. it is not an old boy's club. it is not a fraternity. it's a business, a $5 billion business

bruce levenson will sell his controlling interest in the atlanta hawks. levenson has come under fire for an e-mail her sent to the club's co-owners in 2012. in it, he said the fan base at home games was 70 percent black, and whites were being scared away. levenson admits the remarks were inappropriate and insensitive. pittsburgh steelers antonio brown looked more like bruce lee during this punt return. brown looked like he was on his way to score, since all he had was cleveland's punter in front of him.. but then brown jumps and kicks the punter right in the face. he got tackled right after that. and then he was called for unsportsmanlike conduct.. a 15 yard penalty. the steelers went on to win the game. >> i don't even know what to say. >> we could display that all morning. just getting word in from buckingham palace. the duchess of cambridge is expecting her second child! she said to be suffering from very acute morning sickness just like the first time. she's been treated by doctors. no word on a due date. prince george is 15 months old. >> very acute m

he allowed three hits on 37 pitches but the atlanta bats aim l able to run away with it. adelphia lost this one, seven to four. >>> ppl park, where the union kicked off the first two games against toronto. philadelphia strikes first in the 54th minute with a great shot by connor casey. and that was enough for the win. the final score was one to zero. we'll be right back. >> this story is going to make you squirm probably. >> we think so. search underway for a dangerous albino cobra in southern california. he looks like this. it is a poisonous 5-foot could be baby who escape its owners home on labor day weekend and officials are concerned because it's already bitten dog. the canine had to be rushed to veterinary hospital but is okay tonight by the way it is illegal to own that cobra in california without a permit. let's hope they track that guy down. >>> yeah. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 11:00 o'clock. "eyewitness news" continues in the morning at 4:30 with ukee washington and erika von tiehl. for beasley, kathy and every unwe are here at "eyewitness news" i

bruce levinson is the co-owner of the atlanta hawks and he's selling his share of the team. levinson sent an offensive e-mail to his partners and general manager. he wrote the e-mail back in 2012, asking how to attract more white fans. he says, increasingly black crowds are scaring white fans. southern whites are not comfortable in at reasonthe are. he voluntarily reported this to the nba last night and told them it's in his best interest to sell his interest in the franchi franchise. this comes after donald sterling was forced to sell his team. he was banned from the nba after a recording came out of some racial comments he made to his girlfriend. >>> every year at this time, people lace up their sneakers for the out of darkness walk. it was em seed here in fairfax county today. it's part of the changing minds campaign. we want to raise awareness about suicide prevention and end the stigma associated with it. this walk also raises money for research that will give us more insight into the genetic factors that could lead to suicide. the walk was sponsored by the american fou