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Life. The n. B. A. Slapped a tough punishment on clipper maid of sterling. I hope every bigot in this country sees what happened to mr sterling. Overseas the stand off in Eastern Ukraine continues, hundreds of prorussian separatists storming buildings. We agreed on a number of steps to deescalate the situation. Not one single step has been taken by russia. Miami resident receiving a letter from the president about the unrest in venezuela. Im excited that in the United States a person can write to the president and get an answer. A flurry of onceprivate racist remarks triggered the most powerful punishment of a team owner in American Special sports. After clipper maid of the skies owner Donald Sterlings recorded comments to a former girlfriend that it mothered him to see her that it bothered him to see her associate with blacks. Is triggered protests. Many demanded action. On tuesday, after an investigation it proved the voice was Donald Sterling, commissioner Jakob Silfverberg dropped the hammer. Effective immediately, i am banning mr Donald Sterling for life from any association with the Clippers Organization or the number of ba. Im fining mr sterling 2. 5 million, the maximum amount allowed under the n. B. A. Constitution. As for Donald Sterlings ownership, interest in the clippers, i will urge the board of governments to exercise its authority to team. For more, lets go to Silver Spring mary line recollects Sports Editor and host of edge of radio, and his upcoming book is . Dave good to see you. Did n. B. A. Commissioner Jakob Silfverberg do the right thing, everything that he could do . He did everything he could do, and did what he had to do whether or not he did the right thing may be a separate question. Lets face it, the n. B. A. Was under pressure to do the maximum. Already i have it op Good Authority that players were calling in to the coaches during the playoffs saying theyd boycott games. Chicago on chicago and washington were going to do that if the sanctions were not as hard as what Jakob Silfverberg did. The sponsors are leaving the clippers, including big names. And another coach, golden state wrars coach mark jackson said fans should boycott the rest of the series between the clippers and the warriors. This was not the thing that Jakob Silfverberg could have left alone. You raised whether he did the right thing. Do you not thing he did. He did do. But i think theres more to do. A demand of the Players Association and one of the things that should be a question is hue is it that Donald Sterling was coddled for so long, if his first lawsuit was in 2003, in 2006 there was Court Testimony that was racist and in 2009 he pays out the largest settlement in the history of the fair housing act. Given all of that, why wasnt something done preemptively before an inevitable file. A basketball great sued him and lost. Is that part of the issues that nothing ever seemed to be finalised. He never ended up losing a court case. Hed settle things and in the end there was a lot of smoke but was. Nothing was embarrassing enough to force him out. Thats what we were learning, the power of shame, the power of audio tape, the power of that kind of medium for people to get inflamed about this. That is the difference. I challenge anyone to read the Court Testimonies of what Donald Sterling did to his residents, the ones in slums. But thats asking a lot of people to sit and read through Court Transcripts and paint a picture. The difference between that and clicking on a link, and hearing someone say thinks said is vast. It looks like the owners will support the demand that Donald Sterling be forced to sell the team. It seemed as if the commissioner left room to keep the clipper maid of the skies and the family by selling the team to his wife. That was there, not picked up readily enough. Someone asked that question about the possibility of Donald Sterling removing control of the team, and giving it to his estranged wife, mich em, and silva is a lawyer. Donald sterling has shape over the course of his life that he is lettageous. He sued an exmistress to get her to move ou. Not caring about the embarrassment it would cause him. You wonder if the idea of keeping it in the Sterling Family might be a way to avoid litigation, but at the same time, if you read the court transcript, you see Donald Sterlings wife raishel was in a lot of awful housing stuff up to her neck. I spoke to n. B. A. Today and they were appalled at the thought of it staying in Donald Sterlings family. I guarantee to you that might apiece Donald Sterling and the openers, not the players. Hes a lettageous guy and his wife, whom he supposedly is estranged from is suing the girlfriend who taped Donald Sterlings comments for cars and property. These are people that will take everything they can to court. If the n. B. A. Tries to force him to sell the franchise, do you litigation. Good thing for Donald Sterling, that his name is not tiger woods. Because then wed be talking about the other angles. Hes getting a skate on the infidelity and mass only ni and the rest of it. Its not being discussed. Donald sterling is someone that has been an owner. Its the longest tenured owner. Thats means they know where a lot of bodies are buried. Its a question on whether or not they will burp down the village. He has a lot of cards he is yet to play. It will be interesting to see what he does. He put out statements that he believes he has done nothing wrong, wont be forced to sell the team. We are not talking about a high character that will do the moral thing and step to the side. We are talking about somebody that will go scorched earth unless the n. B. A. Can craft a plan. It will cause more problems down the line. It seems silva s decision seemed well received. And sacramento mayor, ken john sop, who has been advicing the Players Union had this to say. I believe today stands as one of those great moments where sports once again transcened, provides a place for fundamental change on how our country should think or act. Do you agree with the great esignificance that kevin greater significance that Kevin Johnson is speaking bch. No, frankly im looking for a spoon to gag myself with. Because of a couple of brave people, like jackie robinson, billy jean king. They will break its arm. There is nothing to be proud of in the sports world. Its about a bitter racist coddled by the league. What you saw was not Kevin Johnson. What you saw was mayor Kevin Johnson who secured hundreds of mill kwons for a southbound ions for a sacramento teems arena. Thats the Kevin Johnson you saw at the press commence. Thank you dave zirin for joining us. Many have been dismayed by the lack of attention the unrest in venezuela got in the u. S. 41 have been killed after protests. Against the government of Nicolas Maduro, because of shortages, basic goods, the highest inflations and a high Violent Crime rate. U. S. Senators are calling for sanctions against the crackdown. Venezuela are frustrated. One started an online petition asking them to condepartment the human rights violations. This week the president responded in a ranked written letter to ruth alcala saying concludes concludes. Joining us now is congressman joe garcia, repeating the 26th district of florida, and delivered president obamas letter to ruth alcala. Its good to have you with us. Ruth was happy with the letter. What is the administration doing behind the scenes . If i i nounsed what they are doing behind the scenes, but lets be clear, the last thing we should do is play a goliath. This is not a david, its not a just causes, the venezuela find themselves in these tough straights because of their incompetence, an inability to manage one of the richest economies in latin america. They are a natural resourcerich country and created such havoc and destruction and other factors and are the most violent country in south america. Its because of these things that they find themselves in a crisis, and what the Administration Must do and is doing is supporting the civil descent or the opposition to the government. That makes all the assistance in the world. Without acting as a goliath, you can speak about it and the letter called op president obama to take action. She said mentioning venezuela would be enough. Its something that seems to be ignored as people have been dying in a country important to the United States. Theres no question. Its important to me. I have mentioned and given speeches. Obviously this is something that is important. But you have to understand this has got to be thoughtful and do what we want which is promote civil society, change and democracy, in south florida, there are a lot of people calling for abb embargo. That embargo with cuba hasnt turned out too well. Its the longest lasting dictatorship. It makes sense to have sanctions that move it. Sign on to sanctionville, targetting human right abusers. The white house has not signed on. How dz the u. S. Cabinet involved. We have president Nicolas Maduro that mocks the United States and blames the u. S. For unrest. One of the socialist allies of bolivia accused the u. S. Of in citing civil war in venezuela for its oil. What should the president or congress be doing. I know you have been moving towards sanctions but nothing has been finalised. What you dont want to do is put ourselves in a position to respond to crazy rhetoric. There is nothing in the world that mr Nicolas Maduro wants more than to put himself in a debate with the United States about his incompetence. What is clear is his incompetence for the world to see. Thats why theres little foreign investment, which is why theyve gone from half of their Oil Production so the inept attitude of the regime is clear. We shouldnt give them an outside excuse. We have been working with the opposition leaders, and with the Still Society and backing the dialogue that is occurring right now. The truth is the reason brazil and the Catholic Church and columbia is participating in the dialogue is they are worried about their investments and the region. And that makes sense as opposed to giving them a sounding board for the failed policies. Bishops in venezuela accused the government of brutal obsession, and now the president started to speak out against Nicolas Maduro. He was an ally of Nicolas Maduro and his predecessor chavez. Lets talk about Governor Scott. He accused president obama of not caring about venezuela. He says he cares about ukraine, but not venezuela, venezuela is close to the United Statesment its a bigger trade partner with the United States than you grain is, its a bigger trade partner than the u. S. , italy or spain, venezuela is an important country and has not been in the national conversation. I agree, and it should be in the national conversation. We are glad that rick scott found a restaurant in south florida. He has no Foreign Policy perrue and ignored many problems . South floridas economy. For him to find a sounding board in the president of the United States i dont want to evade Governor Scott to Nicolas Maduro, but the depression in venezuela is deplorable. I have spoken about it, the fact that leaders of the opposition are in gaol is unpartedonable and unpardonable. The president of the United States has spoken about it. Lets not try to find Foreign Policy ceds in a governor barely doing well for his own state. We are all looking for a venezuelan restaurant. Im glad he found one. Immigration reform, before you go i know you have been on the front lines of that, what do you think will happen . It will pass. How soon . Its in the national interests, in the Vital National interests. We need to pressure the republicans to give us a vote. If they give us a vote, it will pass. You heard the leader, john boehner, the highest elected republican in the country basically mock hits own party for their inability to get this done. 74 of minister support comprehencive immigration. It seems like the conversation is moving forward. Joe garcia, good to have you thanks. Always a pleasure. Coming up, as prorussian forces take action and ukraine, n. A. T. O. Is prepared to take action to protect its members. One in five women on campus are sexually assaulted. Will white house recommendations do anything to fix the problem. And our social producer is racking the top stories on the wep. What is tracking. The story focuses on racism in a different sport. And an ugly mott turned into a movement turned into a global statement. Join in the conversation r. As violence interagss and tensions rise in ukraine, the secretary of state john kerry is together. Tuesday protesters smashed their way into headquarters in lieu luhansk. Police stood by and watched. Luhansk is the second prove jip shall capital where separatists are in control. Prorussian activists took over government buildings. In washington secretary kerry described the crisis as a wakeup call for n. A. T. O. , calling the Alliance Back to its original role, depending the tert interests. Together we have to make it absolutely clear to the kremlin that n. A. T. O. Territory is in via olable. We will defend every single piece of it. Article 5 of the n. A. T. O. Treaty must mean something. Less. For more im joined from chicago by ambassador ivo daalder. Ambassador to n. A. T. O. From 2009 to 2013 and former National Security Council Director for European Affairs and is the president of the chicago down of global affairs. Russia hasnt threatened an n. A. T. O. Country, why are we talking about territory, integrity, and emphasising that the alliance had to act toot. Stereo its true there has been no military threat, but the kind of talk we heard coming out of the kremlin and coming from Vladimir Putin. It is deeply worrying and threatening. He has said it is russias responsibility to protect russian speaking people. In estonia and latvia, where there are quite a large minority, 25 in estonia and latvia that are russian speaking. That language is seen by the countries, and rightly so by the United States and allies as deeply worrying and threatening. Do you see n. A. T. O. As being able to act together. When it comes to pushing russia back with sanctions, the u. S. And europe have been divided. The subdivision and sanctions are not as big as one might think. Every time the u. S. Imposes sanction, the europeans followed suit. When it comes to aed inial commitment nato started in 1949 as a collective defense organization, i have no doubt, and in the four years i was in brussels and had the privilege to represent the United States and work wr 27 allies, i never had any doubt about the fact that if it comes to an attack on nato territory, every ally would be there to defend the county and the territory, and make sure succeed. Despite the Economic Issues and interconnectedness in europe, between the europeans and russians, what did it say about nato unity, when we see pictures of a former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder embracing putin at a birthday party. Gerhard schroeder does not represent the european view or leadership. It is clear that he had a relationship with Vladimir Putin even in the time that he was in power in which he has given the benefit of the doubt and more to someone like Vladimir Putin. Im more impressed what the current chancellor has done. Who made cheer what happened is unacceptable. He has been a forceful push. Strongly urging. She has been the one that has discussions. They have little doubt when it comes to solidarity, and standing up against russia. Angela merkel will be there shoulder to shoulder not only with president obama, but the leaders of the n. A. T. O. While the government moved to implement the geneva agreement, russia has done the opposite. Lets listen to that. I have to say to you not one single step has been taken by russia in any public way that seriously attempts to lively the spirit or the law of what was assigned in that agreement. In fact, its fair to say they have further. Meanwhile, n. A. T. O. Officials are saying theres no indication that Russian Troops are pulling back from the border. Insisting that the defence minister therell be no invasion. Therell be destabilising tactics, having it held as a threat. I think thats pretty much where we are. I dont think there is a diplomatic solution, that was negotiated by us and the russians at this point in time. Russia made it clear that we made it important. They are there to not only intimidate, but in many ways control eastern, southern ukraine if not the country. They have shown, as in crimea, that they are willing to use military force to get to that point. We are seeing further destabilization, and secretary of state john kerry is right, we are seeing no deescalation. I think Vladimir Putin made clear what he wants. He called this part of ukraine new russia, and like old russia now needs to be part of the russia of which he is president. Thats his intent. The development in the last few weeks points in that direction. Reports say a lot of these people, ag tators are getting the orders from moscow. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Insight. My pleasure. The numbers are frightening, one in five women assaulted during their college years, and only 12 of victims report the results to authorities. The obama has taken steps to fix what has been referred to as a college epidemic. Vice President Joe Biden announced a proposal to protect students from Sexual Assault that will help schools reduce the number of assaults on their campuses as well as give support to vick tips. Colleges victims. Colleges and universities can no longer turn a blind eye or rape or Sexual Assault. We need to provide survivors with more support. Justice. Nothing in the proposal is legally binding. Will the recommendations have the wanted and needed impact. Joining us from stamford connecticut is cofounder of know your nine. A campaign for students to know their rights understand article 9. She is the editor of feminist. Com and attends law school. She was the victim of Sexual Assault in her first year of college. And annie clerk a cofounder of rape on campus, and a component on capitol hill. He was raped in her first year. She attended the white house meeting. Its incredible that colleges treat victims of Sexual Assault with terrible ipp sensitivity. You had experiences. Annie, you were at the white house on tuesday. Heard . Thank you for having me on. I think today was amazing. So many advocates that worked long and hard. I think it was a stand, as vice President Joe Biden said, its a first step. This is not the last of the conversation. The fact that the white house is willing to talk about this is monument am. Am. The unless are fright nipping. Some colleges tried to sweep the numbers under the rug. Many, including yale have been finded for not properly reporting the assaults, what is your rehabilitation. Annie is right we have seen a call of important steps, particularly around Public Access to information, allowing us to handwrittrness our advocacy and support. With that said, the steps are accessories to what is needed, which is real enforcement. In the same way that perpetrators on campuses are not held responsible. The governments are not Holding Schools responsible. A recommendation from the White House Task force is that colleges should conduct climate surveys, anone nously of their sunts anonymously of their students, because in that way they can measure the number of assaults. Will it help . Surveys are important. They let us see gaps, if they are anonymous. Sexual assault is underreported. It is crucial that the surveys have an oversight. We know that according to the federal study that 63 of colleges are underrecording sexual all the. We have to have a mechanism in accurate. And another step is to create a website notalone. Gov letting people see the results from College Campuses and ones that come from the climate surveys. The website will provide resources for victims. Will that help, alexandria . I believe that Legal Education and assistance we can give students its really important. Know your Nine Campaign that we launched is a do it yourself stupidrun version. I keep returning to this. It doesnt do much for students to know the law if the department is not enforcing it. They are great steps, but easy things to do. We need the department to take risks and ruffle feathers. And get out accurate recommendations. Another is to have colleges come up with rape and scpaument prevention Sexual Assault prevention programs. You have advocated for this. One thing we are talking about is bystander intervention. A lot look to it as Silver Bullet solution, its not. It cant act alone in preventing Sexual Assault. We need to start earlier than firstyear orientation and the ageappropriate education in primary and secondary schools is important. While i dont think colleges should get a bypass in not preventing it, we should start earlier. What i fear is schools will do these online programs, and students will click through them without retake or learning information that is helpful. Annie seems to have a point. A lot of this is after the fact recommendations. What do you think needs to be done, aside from what you have said, the greater enforcement. At the end of the day its hard to draw the line between School Responses before violence and after violence. Because students learn what their School Things about Sexual Assault and harassment. Including whether theres students on campus. I think while its important to start as early as we can and not just place the burred n on challenges. You can tell that students can tell something is going on when the Education Programme is rolled out. Campus. This is a set of recommendations. Its not legally binding. What is next . Its the first step. Well see Congress Take action. What alexander was talking about, having the department of education have the tools in Human Resources and finding, for example, are some of those measures that congress can put in place. Steps. What do you think . I think that annie touched on something important. The department. Its in a bind. The only thing it can do is remove federal funding, which would be a disaster for stunth. We are hoping, and theres a lot of buzz on the hill about the possibility that giving the office of civil rights the ability to found a clear statement that what you are doing is not okay, without hurting students in the process. Thank you both for joining us. A lot are grateful for the forth. Time to see what is trending on the web. International soccer stars are fighting racism with bananas. Its been an issue in european soccer, when a spectator threw a banana against dani alves, he knew what to do. He picked it up and took a bite before taking a corner kick. The crowd went wild. The video went viral. Neymar took it to the next level after tweeting this picture and a hash tag translating to be are all monkeys. World famious soccer players. People around the world joined in, tweeting and instagraming themselves and friends holding bananas. The hash tag has been shared 64,000 times each. Villa real identified the thrower and banned him from the stadium for life. Week. Ahead. One of the most important cases. Do press have the right to go flow your cell phone without a warrant. More states are going for higher speed limits on highways. Parents told to keep children away from tvs what about every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. I became beautiful when i became a feminist Gloria Steinem sexuality is about cooperation, not domination. And inspiration. I want for women whatever they want for themselves. And the unconventional future of the movement theyre many faces for feminism, including beyonce talk to al jazeera only on Al Jazeera America results of analyses were skewed in favor of the prosecution the fbi cant force the states to look at those cases the truth will set you free yeah. Dont kid yourself the system has failed me should police be free to search through your cell phone if you are arrested for something as six ag jay walking or a traffic stop . The Supreme Court heard two arguments. Justices were upsure about whether police need a warrant before looking through your phone. Its a clash between the law and a brave new technological world that is capinging just about everything. Jami floyd is a legal analyst and a contributor, and we are very pleased to have you on the show. Good to see you in this post Edward Snowden world, where we are so focused on privacy. When you see this. Some call it one of the biggest see. Could be a huge precedent. You could be driving along, and a guy had expired tags. 15 years in gaol all because of what was on his cell phone. That was a case where he had an expired tag, they found ilguns and it connected him to gaol. The original precedent is a 40yearold case where cops pull a guy obvious, search the car, 40 years ago it wasnt a cell phone it was a crumb mr ed up cigarette box. The question was can police safe what is in plain view. The cigarette box was crumb mr ed up. What was in it was not it plain view. Cops were entitled to search that. It was in plain view and in possession of the driver. That resulted in a longer prin term. Now we are talking about cell phones, different to a crumb pld up cigarette case. Precedence have been read to allow if you have an address safed. Right, but who walks around with medical records, bank records, 1,500 photograph. Every person they have communicated with in the last 10 years. You may have five photographs in a bill fold and a couple of people you communicated with in the last five days, we carry our lives around. This is what the justices were getting at. In one of the cases, in the one we were talking about. Illegal firearms, it was a picture that a guy had on his cell phone that sunk him. Yes. The other case was a crack dealer. Again, they found outline this information on the cell phones that led them to convict them. He had a foot phone. Not even a smart phone. That gave them the information because it connected a phone call to a place where there were illegal drugs. And the justices were grappling with the notion of what the cellphone is. Is it more like the pack of cigarettes or the purse lying there on the drivers on the passenger seat. Is it like opening the front door of your house. One justice asking is this more than what we have in the house. Arent we carrying more than what is kept in the desk of the home in a bank vault. Its more like the mine. Justice kagan talking about pullup medical records and accounts. Justice brier saying he cant open his cell phone, he does not have the password. Justice kennedy raised the fact that criminals and the language they have embraced enabling them to be more dangerous. Maybe the police should have access to the cell phones because it could stop crime. Its the flipside of the same coin, the technology that makes it so troubling for Justice Kagan and what Law Enforcement says its an exogent circumstance. Law enforcement says we recognise four constitutional right to be free, but we have an exception, if we think youll eliminate, get rid of, erase or toth down toss down the toilet what we are looking for we get to come after you. That exogent circumstance is always there. We should take app initial look, a pass at the cell phone. Not everything, but a glimpse of a few things. Maybe well look at a few acts. Could it be a middle ground. Where they seize the phone, hold it until the judge safference and and well do it. Is this why we protect against. Theres something called the farro day phone. You can pop the phone into a bag. It prevent someone wiping off the data. That is one possibility. That will be enough to satisfy law enforce you tack about justice brier not knowing how to use the phone. The justices they are a little older. They are helping them to figure out the technology. This is an issue of how to understand this new world that we law. They are dealing with the n. S. A. And privacy issues and the n. S. A. And National Security can listen to our conversations and reading our emails, and whether we enjoy the same kind of privacy we did. When the president came down. The privacy is difficult as a notion to what it was. Thats what the case today is all about. Important cases about privacy on different levels, involving technology. Coming up doctors told parents to keep infants and ed to alreadies away from different. Are ipads different. Al Jazeera America presents borderlands dramatic conclusion no ones prepared for this journey. Our teams experience the heart breaking desperation were all following stories of people that have died in the desert. And the importance. Experiencing it, has changed me completely. Of the lives that were lost in the desert this is the most dangerous part of your trip. An emotional finale you cant miss. We got be here to tell the story. The final journey borderland continues. Only on Al Jazeera America on real money with ali velshi, a yearlong series, americas vanishing middle class. Im on a mission, that i have to keep this business going. Three families struggling every day we had to pull the whole retirement fund. Real stories. Real people. Real advice. You need to pay the water bill, if you dont pay it, were shutting your water off in a half hour how will you survive . The stakes are so high. Americas middle class rebuilding the dream on real money with ali velshi on Al Jazeera America. Todays data dive puts its foot on the gas. The Florida State senate gave the department of transportation lee way to raise the highest speed limit from 70 to 75. 538. Com looked at a National Trend of increasing speed. Florida would be the second state east of the mississippi to move to 75, but most states on the other side of the river are already there. Texas has the highest limit at 85. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports 13 states shifted their limit. The First National speed limit was imposed during world war ii. The point was to save gas and tyres. That limit was lifted after the war. During the Energy Crisis during 1973 the federal government passed the National Maximum Speed limit act and placed the number at 65 miles an hour. One of question is do the higher rates cause more accidents. Not necessarily. In the five years following the increase, 55 to 60 milts an hour. The rate dropped. And the injury rate decreased by 5 . California saw an increase in the rate of serious injury crashes after it raised the limit from 55 to 70. Why, because studies show drying speeds dont increase much when speed limits go up, because people drive at limits they feel is safe. In fact, our nations highway been. If you are cop simpled about kids watching too much tv, what about using ipads. Online ajams. When should toddlers be allowed to watch tv or use an ipad . That debate is heating up. Kids under two are discouraged from using media. A prominent paediatrician that helped to set that policy is arguing that it should be rethought. In a ted talk he used a popular childrens video Baby Einstein on the farm to show how overstimulating todays media can be. [ old mcdonald had a farm music ] its about the most exhausting day on the farm. For more we are joined by the paediatrician who authored an oped in the German Medical Association saying we should look at Interactive Media release. Its good to have it with us. Before getting to ipads and other tablets, you used Baby Einstein, its loud, jumping from one thing to another, that is overstimulating. Thats what you see as an issue children. Absolutely. The research underpinning the academy recommendations against tv was based on the idea that the pacing of a lot of roims that Young Children watch is ser reel. Its so fast that it wan overstimulate the brain. You looked at studies in nice behaviour. It couldnt be ethical to expose babe nis to hours of Baby Einstein even though they are watching in their homes. We developed a mouse model of stimulation and essentially had mice watch television. And saw significant detriment as a result to their brains being unnaturally and overstimulated in their lives. You say in this paediatrics peace that your recommendation is the parents can allow an hour of daily interactive screen time. Why challenge your mind. Ipads are a few years old. Theres no reach on the effects of tablets. Its important to point out that when the recommendations were paid, ipads did not exist. They were made without the knowledge that technology would exist. Applying that to this technology, i think, is not necessary well advised. The important thing that i think people have to be aware of. That the one thing that a child never says, when they engage with passive media they never think tore say it. Er sitting there. It is different from the Interactive Technology that exists. Children could use an ipad like a television and just watch videos. Its not at all what im suggesting is harmless. Im suggesting that welldesigned slowpaced interactive applications need to be viewed as different. Its the kind of video shown. The difference being watching information, on an ipad you could be working as an app involving the child, and also a level of activity achievement. The pacing can be slow. The recommendation applied in the extreme is absurd. If a child is reading a book, turning the pages and flipping them over, should it be fewed in the same way as watching a tv programme. I would argue definitely not. We have to think more about what the activity is and less about how its being conveyed. You raise some concerns. You coauthored the guidelines in 2011, that frown on media use. You say time spent with media, Educational Programming comes at the expense of other sal ubrious activity, eg playing for reading. That is obviously still the case, if you are playing with the ipad. It will stop you going to the playground or running around your house or whatever else a toddler does, what do you recommend . That it should be used, but in a limited dose, less than an hour a day . Thats right. I recommended no more than 30 minutes, an hour a day. I dont want to suggest in that piece or here, that that is somehow better than other types of activities. I want to say the concern around harm should not be applied if the pacing of the programme or application is natural. I should point out that the other caveat. What i call the i did it reaction is extremely pleasure ible. Its pleasurable for everybody and Young Children. They delight in the idea that they can do something and making is happen in the world. Thats a lot of what makes the ipad for them a favourite play thing because they can do that all the time, continuously get the feed back that they made something happen. There is a concern, i state that in my piece that the behaviour, while it can be beneficial in terms of providing feed back, can become compulsive and addictive. Its another reason to limit the amount of time. There is the danger that its addictive for the child and the parent and it could become a bad crutch for them. Absolutely. Thats the other thing that has to be taken into account by parents. Nothing bothers me more as a mead trip or a parent paediatrician or a parent when im at a restaurant and they are all engaged with a handhold device, the children and the parent. Thats a misuse of screen time. I dont care how good the applications are, i dont care who is texting who. What is displaced is an opportunity for families to interact with one another. That is invaluable. Its bringing up new issues. Technology does. Doctor, its a pleasure to have you on the know. Thank you for having me. The show may be over, but the conversation conditions on the website aljazeera. Com consider welcome to Al Jazeera America. These are the stories were following for you. Calls for an investigation after a botched execution of an oklahoma man. And well have the latest on todays stormy weather. And more reaction and speculation as to what happens next with Donald Sterling now that he has been banned