afraid it is bugged. the president of the l.a. chapter of the naacp is resigning. following his previous plan to honor sterling as a humanitarian. this would have been the second time that leon jenkins and the l.a. chapter honored sterling. they did so when he was fighting housing discrimination charges. the team itself is within a game of advancing to the nba playoffs. the golden state warriors edged the clippers last night 100-99 to force a seventh game in their series. sterling wasn t there, and neither was his wife. ryan smith reports she is about to become a key figure. shelly sterling hasn t missed a clippers game since the scandal broke. and with a galaxy of stars to take over the team she could be the one to watch. if she wants become the new clippers owner, she would have to overcome racial charged controversy in her own past involving buildings she and her husband owned. i lived here 20 years. reporter: darryl williams is one of their tenants. shelly had a system
the news surrounding nba owner donald sterling and allegations of racist remarks is coming fast and furiously today. the nba has announced a news conference tomorrow on its investigation. meanwhile, businesses like virgin america and car max have announced they re ending their sponsorship of the l.a. clippers, and state farm says it s taking a pause. just a few minutes ago the l.a. chapter of the naacp, which is also embroiled in the controversy, said this. the los angeles naacp intention to honor mr. sterling for a lifetime body of work must be withdrawn and the donation that he has given to the los angeles naacp will be returned. now, all of this comes two days after a tape released by tmz, but which has not been authenticated by nbc news of a man they identify as sterling, making racist remarks about black people to his girlfriend, who it turns on the is also
asked how much money sterling has given the la chapter of the naacp, the group s president would only describe it as insignificant. we have much more on the controver controversy. what power does the nba have to punish him? plus more severe weather is expected today. next we re talking live to a man who hid in the closet with his family while that tornado passed overhead. and some changes announced in the search for a missing flight 370. officials have decided to suspend air searches. we will have more on the story, on the strategy, and what s next. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you re talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic. this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. this is humira helping to protect my joints
down to say i can t work for the guy. that s not going to happen. look, this isn t new. let s be honest. since 09 there have been issues. this guy has got. in trouble, he was talking to a villanova coach saying i want you to coach a team of n words back in the 90s. magic johnson knows what kind of person. you think elgin baylor didn t tell magic what things are going on in the organization. lot of people are comfortable now expressing disdain for him. the big issue is the nba s black eye and what they re going to do with this. what stood out to me the nomination of the lifetime achievement award from the l.a. chapter of the naacp. the president put out this statement we urge the l.a. branch of the naacp to withdraw him from their honorary list