russian federation on president putin, for his actions, we re starting to see the impact of the stock market falling. there s flight of capital out of russia. so i think we can have more of an impact if we impose additional sanctions with our international partners. but we can t allow this to go unpunished. it has consequences, not only for the people of ukraine and the region, but for the geopolitical situation in the world, and for the long-term national security interests of our own country. so we ve got to stay engaged in this and make sure we work together to impose tough sanctions. if putin doesn t pull back from this aggressive action. and that aggressive action, is there any way to get inside the mind of vladimir putin? can the u.s. identify some sort of a strategic goal for him in all this saber rattling? he made it clear that his goal is to reunite the soef yent union and reestablish this empire. i think he sees himself as sort
authenticate that tape, the last thing the nba wants is a home game in los angeles later this week with donald sterling sitting courtside. i think they will act as quickly as they can to impose some sort of discipline to keep that outcome from happening, which would be a very awkward situation. okay. you know, quickly, i know the players discussed boycotting, they decided against it, but their coach doc rivers had something to say. what are we going to do? it has an impact and you move on. it upsets all of us. there s not one guy that s happy with this situation. yeah, that would also include magic johnson who said i m not going to another clipper games ever again. do you think a boycott is a possibility down the road? i think that the players on the clippers, including, by the way, the president of the nba players situation, chris paul, who plays for the clippers, made a mature decision not to boycott, to play the game and wait to see how the nba handles this situation. and th
that s happy with this situation. reporter: on twitter, magic johnson said, i will never go to a clippers game again as long as donald sterling is the owner. miami heat superstar lebron james weighed in saying, if the reports are true, it s unacceptable. as a commissioner of our league, you have to be aggressive with it. reporter: the clippers president released a statement saying they don t know if the tape is legitimate or it s been altered. the girlfriend was sued lasted month by sterling s wife, who s trying to get back money in gifts. vee is fighting the suit saying in courts papers, her four-year relationship with sterling was long-standing, even though he s married. now it s the court of basketball at the center of the sterling controversy. i think the situation is most
it s truly offensive and disturbing. and we intend to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible. i personally think the situation is most unfair to the clippers players and coaches. who have to deal with this distraction in the middle of their own highly competitive play-off series. he said it right there, how does the nba handle a controversy like this, rob? without distracting from what s happening on the court? well, i think that adam silver, who is the new commissioner of the nba, he just took this job over in february, has his first real controversy on his hands. and i think so far, he s done everything that you would expect him to do. they came out with a strong statement condemning the comments on the tape. whether they were donald sterling s or not, the comments are offensive. clearly he you know, not having donald sterling at the game today certainly is a good thing. this game is on the road. they re acting very quickly. i m sure, alex, if they can