The l. A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling is at the center of the storm. Hes reportedly the voice heard making racist comments in a sometimes heated conversation with his girlfriend. New audio has surfaced in the past few hours, and this hour, were going to play long, extended excerpts for you. So sit back and listen. As this controversy swirls, the clippers lost todays game. During warmups, they wore their jerseys inside out so the team logo was obscured. Sterling did not attend. His wife did. Some are saying that was in bad taste. The controversy ast catching attention at the highest levels. Even president barack obama is weighing in. Well play those comments for you, as well. Then there is this the los angeles naacp has called off plans to honor Donald Sterling next month with another Lifetime Achievement award. They gave him one before, one in 2008 and one in 2009. Tmz sports obtained these tape recordings, we dont know how. Heres an extended excerpt of the voice, purported to be st
As the brutal Jihadist Group goes on a rampage in iraq, the u. S. Considers a drone strike to take out its leader. And crisis on the border. President obama will talk about it in texas this hour with the Texas Governor rick perry, but why wont he take a trip to see whats going on firsthand . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room qwest. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com this is cnn breaking news. Dozens of rocketses rained down on israel today, some intercepted over major cities like tel aviv or in a worrisome new Development Near israels desert Nuclear Reactor at demona, israel is responding. Look at this. Israels responding with waves of air strikes, hammering targets linked to the islamist militants of hamas and other groups. Palestinians say the gaza death toll is now at least 53, many civilians among them. Israel warning its operation will intensify until the rockets stop and with 40,000 Israeli Military reserves potentially on alert, the president of israel tells cnn a grou
Twitter or outloud about the ground shaking report that he asked former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation on michael flynn. Is it unusualthatwehavent heard from the president . Absolutely . This is the longest hes gone in a month without tweeting. Likely not a coincidence. Also, were waiting to hear from House Speaker paul ryan. More and more republicans are calling for a special prosecutor. Will the speaker defend the president . Were starting to invoke the i word. I think weve seen this before. I think it is reaching the point where it is of watergate size and scale. So that was senator john mccain comparing this to watergate, which did not end well for the president tat time. Also, where is former fbi director james comey now topping the list of guys you dont want to mess with. Where are his memos . When will we hear from him . So much happening this morning. Vladimir putin saying he will release the oval office transcripts. A lot going on. Evan perez has been work
A barrage of attacks from President Trump on russia. When will he break his silence . Ill talk to an inpsier. We start with the Senate Health care bill and a whole lot of horsetrading. Talks are going on at this hour at the white house and capitol hill with the president and the Vice President respectively. At least five republican senators have indicated they would vote no on even starting debate in its current form. All eyes at this hour, they are on majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Can he get a deal done this week . Can he ever get a deal done . I expect to have the support to get it done. Theres a real horsetrading caucus at work right now. Mitch mcconnell is very good at this sort of thing. I would not bet against Mitch Mcconnell. He is very, very good at getting things done through the senate, even with this razor thin majority. Working against Mitch Mcconnell, that cbo report. 22 million more uninsured, increased deductibles, lower premiums but because of lower benefits, and old
Manafort tried to monetize his relationship with the president. But no one in trump world should be shocked that manafort has landed them in hot water. This was just one headline all the way back in april 2016 when he first joined the Trump Campaign as a strategist. Trump just hired his next scandal. Manaforts ties to russian interests in ukraine were well known, well documented at the time. We didnt learn till yesterday that he may have tried to exploit those ties during the election as Campaign Chair to make a buck. The Washington Post reporting manafort offered private briefings on the campaign to a russian billionaire with kremlin connections. Recall how he responded at the time when asked about Russian Oligarchs. To be clear mr. Trump has no Financial Relationships with any Russian Oligarchs . Thats what he said, thats what i said, thats obviously what our position is. Obviously what our position is. According to the post, one email exchange between manafort and a ukrainian interm