this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. happy hump day everyone. we start this half hour with the l.a. clippers beginning to move on from the team owner s comments that drew a lifetime ban. they did it in the best way possible by winning a playoff game and pushing their opponent to the brink of elimination. abc s mary bruce is outside the staples center in l.a. with more this morning. good morning, mary. good morning. the nba is taking every step they can to try and force donald sterling to sell the l.a. clippers, including banning him from ever sitting courtside in this stadium again. the los angeles clippers were welcomed to the court with a standing ovation. no longer welcome here, team owner, donald sterling. effective immediately, i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. the league wants the team
good morning, i m diana perez. i m john muller. here are some of the top headlines for this morning. the clippers put the controversy over their owner behind them in a playoff victory over golden state last night. the win came hours after donald sterling was banned from the nba for life. we will take you live to l.a. for reaction coming up. executions in oklahoma are on hold after a supposedly lethal injection failed to kill a condemned man. he eventually died of a heart attack. it was the first time the state used a three-drug combination. a 68-year-old woman fell touring a cathedral tower in london. she was stuck in a tight spot, 150 feet off the ground. rescuers had to bring in the helicopters, lowered a stretcher and they pulled her out. she suffered several broken bones. a newborn in chicago didn t want to wait. little charlotte was born on the side of the highway. her parents were told they had
this morning on world news now, maximum punishment. the nba s crackdown on los angeles clippers owner donald sterling. accused of making racist comments. i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. reaction from last night s playoff game and what s next for sterling. live from los angeles. deadly destruction, the tornadoes that tore a path from oklahoma to the carolinas. the heartbreaking toll and the challenging cleanup. we re a strong town and we re not going anywhere. the difficult scene live from a hard-hit community. hidden hazards in your home. recalled items that can seriously harm your kids. a safety alert you have to see. it s wednesday, april 30th. announcer: from abc news,
plenty of time to get to the hospital. that clearly wasn t the case. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, april 30th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. good wednesday morning. we begin this half hour with the end of an emotional couple of days for the l.a. clippers, their fans and the nba as a whole. the team was welcomed on to the court with a standing ovation from the crowd at the staples center in los angeles. reporter: they responded beating golden state by ten points and moving within one win of moving to the next playoff round. it was what everyone needed following the controversial comments and penalties doled out by the league. abc s ryan smith has more. reporter: the nba commissioner used everything he had, throwing the book at donald sterling, who will never again sit courtside at another clippers game. effective immediately, i m banning mr. sterling for life
thank you for protecting our beautiful and powerful league. magic johnson adding, now let s hope the other 29 owners do the right thing. former nba great kevin johnson representing all of the players said this ugly episode should serve as a warning. i hope that every bigot in this country sees what happened to mr. sterling and recognizes that if he can fall, so can you. reporter: ryan smith, abc news, los angeles. i feel good for the players and the fans. they were the ones who, you know, unfortunately suffered for the comments made by sterling, of course. they are playing hard. they want to win. they are professional athletes. the fans love the team. they don t love the man. and it seems like adam silver, the nba commissioner lowered the boom and got in front of this one and really restored a lot of good feelings to people who were wondering what he was going to do. he stepped up. a lot of people are happy he came down as strong as he did.