Host. I remember when i was an adolescent, his parody on snl and how funny it was, and how gracious he was with the impressions of him, and, you know, hes one of those people like dick clark where its just, like, theres a person who consumes American Culture whos beloved by all sides and a natural entertainer. Yeah. I think i dont mean to sound hokey, but they dont make people like this on television anymore. Just this beloved icon that everybody wants to watch and is endlessly entertaining. He clocked 17,000 hours on Live Television as you said, holds the guinness book of world records. Im very, very sad. When i read it and i got the news, i just, like, stopped. Another one of these people that again, america loves and its just a very its very, very sad news and i didnt realize he was even ill. So just my condolences to his family as well, but he will be beloved and remembered forever. Yeah. This is, you know, this is the way i believe he wanted to be remembered, as a really good man,
I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You have been the commissioner since 2014, and you had spent 22 years at the nba offices before that. And before that, you were a graduate of the two best schools to go to in combination Duke University and the university of chicago law school, right . [laughter] adam which you happened to go to as well. David right. Right. So you cannot do any better than that. So lets just start with the nba today and how it is doing. Honestly, since you have been the commissioner, revenues are up. Ticket sales are up. The owners value of their teams is up by about three times. So are you adequately paid for the job youre doing, do you think . [laughter] david today, the nba seems to be at a peak. Right now, it is very popular all
White house with the like that the law must go into the port behind him. A very warm welcome to you this is r. T. International broadcasting worldwide from our studio here in moscow nicky aaron brown top story this hour the russian doping saugor is once again making headlines new evidence has emerged questioning the authenticity of 3 key whistle blowers affidavits originally submitted with the intent of showing which russian athletes allegedly cheated or for more on that some crossing live to south korea taylor now 38 good to see you what is this new evidence emerged from and does it actually change anything. Well it really potentially Significant Development in the scandal that has gripped the sporting world for several years now at the moment proceedings at the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland are under way and evidence relating to the a legit russian government sanctioned doping scheme is being reassessed but independent expertise from a german newspaper say that in fac
White house with the likes of the long must growing support behind him. Very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nikki error and not top story this hour the russia doping saga is once again making headlines new evidence has emerged questioning the authenticity of the key whistleblowers affidavits and originally submitted with the intent of showing which russian athletes allegedly cheated arties Saskia Taylor has the details for us. Independent expertise from a german newspaper spiegel say that in fact the signature of a key witness on a key piece of testimony is not actually an original but a low quality fake one Digital Forensic report concluded that the same photo you find liberal change of signature was inserted in 2 different affidavits the of the 7 was signed by hand thats at least is the conclusion of to put bordley independent experts but probably not in rob handwriting so whose signature and whats the back story while the signature is that of dr grego
White house with the likes of evil must go in support behind him. A very warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me making air and our top story this hour the russian doping slugger is once again making headlines new evidence has emerged questioning the authenticity of the key whistle blowers affidavit is originally submitted with the intent of showing which russian athletes allegedly cheated Saskia Taylor has the details. Independent expertise from a german newspaper spiegel say that in fact the signature of a key witness on a key piece of testimony is not actually an original but a low quality fake one Digital Forensic report concluded that the same photo far liberal change of signature was inserted in 2 different affidavits you have the 7 was signed by a hand that at least is the conclusion of to put bordley independent experts probably not in rob handwriting so whose signature and whats the back story while the signature is that of dr gregory watching coffin he used to