estimates by all accounts will push up possibly past $1.2 billion, closer to $2 billion potentially. no shortage as you ve seen, the group that involves oprah winfrey, magic johnson, former nba star grant hill. there are no shortage of groups with high-profile people that have the means to buy the team. there s no question, the clippers are going to sell, they ll sell for a record price, that will be to the benefit of the other 29 owners. the ultimate benefit, which the nba wants, is to get donald and shelly sterling out of the league. coming up, a controversial study involving weight loss. some researchers say drinking diet soda will help you shed more pounds by drinking that than something else. we ll talk to the health expert to get the real takeaway on this to get the real takeaway on this one. itmore than something to share? what if a photo could build that shelf you ve always wanted? or fix a leaky faucet?
going to see this debate continue to roll out, you know, state by state over the next several years. okay from the national journal, nancy cook. thank you, nancy. thanks. women trying to lose weight by drinking diet soda may have a bigger problem. a new study reveals a possible connection between diet sodas and heart disease. nbc s kristen dahlgren is joining us with more on this story. it s important to note, it may not be a direct cause and effect. in other words, the drinks themselves may not be killers. perhaps the women are drinking diet drinks to balance out other unhealthy habits. either way, researchers say the results are worth noting. on any given day, one in five americans will down a diet drink. but a new study says the women who drink the most may be more likely to develop heart disease, even die from it. consumption of two or more diet drinks per day was associated with the higher risk of cardiovascular events. the women s health initiative
at risk of having a premature baby this, according to a new study looking at premies, finds that artificial sweeteners may be the culprit. we ask a doctor about this, so one out of eight babies, premature. does diet soda play a role in that? there s a new study that was done mainly with danish women, 60,000 pregnant women, drinking diet soda versus drinking soda or other beverages that were sweetened with regular sugar and they found that there was an increased risk of pre-term delivery. now, pre-term delivery means before 37 weeks. jenna: sure. all right so, if you drank at least one diet soda, or i don t want to say soda but any diet beverage with artificial sweetener it put you at a 37 percent greater risk than other women of delivering premature and if you drink more, it puts you at puts you at an 80 percent greater