Donald sterling sits down exclusively with cnns Anderson Cooper. He asks to be forgiven for racist comments he made on tape but hes also claiming that he was set up. Good afternoon, everyone. We begin with the national lead. A city in texas is your honor ittiit sitting city 2 miles has been destroyed 100 homes in the area and forced people to drop everything and flee. Run for their lives. Strong winds have spread the flames with incredible speed. All of this destruction in the span of just about one day. Our own ed lavandera is standing by. Ed, youve met some of those displaced by this wildfire. What have they told you . Reporter there have been several shelters set up. One of those witnesses was a woman described it as a tornado of fire at about 6 00 last night and they had very little warning, almost no time to grab a her belongings. A woman had four kids and they left. They had gotten word that the home and gather special belongings and personal belongings to get out of there. It wa
Less than the man that held the job before her. Theyre fighting back coming out with a big statement this weekend. Originally we heard when she was dismissed this was a management issue. Thats how they characterized it and now a more recent statement and the publisher of the paper trying to make clear that she was not dismissed for any reason having to do with gender or pay. Part of his statement, he says, quote, perhaps the saddest outcome of my decision to replace Jill Abramson as executive editor of the New York Times is that its kaz an example of unequal treatment of women in the workplace rather than accepting its a specific individual who as we all do have strengths and weaknesses. A shallow and factually incorrect story line has emerged and trying to make the points why he says she was dismissed and personal here and cites a couple of reasons including inadequate miscommunication and mistreatment of colleagues. Days after it seemed like we wouldnt hear anything at all, why are w
Im victor blackwell. We do have breaking news we need to tell you about this hour. The crisis in ukraine, it is intensifying by the hour it seems. The countrys Prime Minister accusi accusing russia of crossing air space multiple time sfwls they are ready to release a round of additional sanctions. Were live in the ukraine with the latest. Reporter well, as youre saying, the situation here does grow more tense by the moment. The government in kiev continues to say they are launching what theyre calling their antiterrorism operation. Just an indication of how chaotic the situation is, the organization for security and cooperation in europe had mandated a military Verification Mission here. 13 people were taken hostage, detained by these pro russian groups. Amongst them are eight europeans, five ukrainians. The mayor saying they dont believe they are part of the osce, that they are in fact spies. Placing the onus of responsibility on the government in kiev saying it took place within ukra
Understand the relationship. Bell, im mr. Sterlings personal assistant. Like i said, im his right hand. Im his wing man. What is there to understand . Well, let me ask this. Do you and Donald Sterling have a financial arrangement . You say you are his assistant and does he pay you . Yes. As an employee . He at first started paying me as an employee. Then he started paying me off the books. Already, ted, right now, are you outside of the Staples Center game seven, people are there to watch the clippers take on the Golden State Warriors. How do you expect this or anyone has mentioned this latest interview of mr. Sterling, himself, yesterday, how might that impact the players tonight . Well, its hard to say, fredericka, the coach has gone to great length to say he is doing his best. Theyre professional himself. They didnt play very well. There was some speculation that the off court stuff had something to do with it. When the nba came out so hard saying sterling, the players let them focu
Historic day in the making as pope francis gets ready to elevate not just one but two popes into sainthood. How that canonization will be different than any other coming up. And president obama visits a country tormented by a missing plane but russia is becoming a major distraction for the president. What the president is saying about all of it. Lets begin in washington. President obama is out of town on his fourcountry tour of asia. But the crisis in ukraine is moving very quickly. And were learning new details about what the u. S. And other countries plan to do next. Erin mcpike is at the white house even though the president is traveling. So, erin, what is the latest on the u. S. Response to the situation where ukraine and russia . It continues to bubble. Basically its simply more sanctions. Although we havent seen a deterrent effect yet as weve been talking about today we did see a russian aircraft enter ukrainian airspace overnight. The state department is insi insisting that its