From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We begin with the escalating crisis in iraq. The Central Government is steadily losing control of its territory. The group known as isis captured mosul and tikrit. Yesterday, it seized a city to the west of mosul. Graphic images emerged of a massacre carried out by isis as it continues its march toward baghdad. The administration has considered opening a dialogue with iran to assist in the reconciliation effort. Joining us, journalist robin wright and les gelb. You are in iraq a month ago. Tell me what was going on and what happened to cause this to move so rapidly. It had been long planned and carefully thought out. Go ahead. This is the greatest threat we have had in the last century. The jihadis are well disciplined, wellfinanced, and welltrained. They have a game plan. I think they surprised the outside world largely because of the timing, the swift headway they made through northwestern iraq. I think we have always known, fo
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Lets get to the breaking news right now. Stunning new details of the nba charges against Donald Sterling and of the leagues intent to force him and his wife to sell the Los Angeles Clippers. Cnn has obtained documents showing the nba accuses Donald Sterling of discrimination but also of lying, destroying evidence, and refusing to pay a 2. 5 million fine. The nba board of governors will take up the charges on june 3rd and if they are sustained, the league will terminate donald and Shelly Sterlings ownership of the clippers. Rachel nichols will be joining us momentarily. And don lemon is joining us. Youve gone through these documents showing the strategy of the nba. Termination of the Los Angeles Clippers entire membership, including mrs. Sterlings interest in the team is called for, they say, by the ncba constitution. They are not just going after him, they are going after her as well. Absolutely. Theres quite an interesting and almost bombshell piece of information in there which was c
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