not. he can also get up to $2.7 million in severance. he also owns 3.5% of the company. that was messy. very public and unfolding every day, unusual to see a board and a founder fighting like that, the press release and open letter, very unusual. especially when he is the face of the company but that is your money time this morning, everyone. the question is is he going to like the way he was let go? i was thinking of that. quick change of subject getting away from a bad joke on the show and on the media we hear about the bad athletes all the time but coming up we ll meet one of the good guys, nba star kevin dumprant he donated million to help the people of moore, oklahoma. rachel nichols is next with the good story. and a good story but just an interesting story i guess, we ll tell you what sparked alec baldwin s latest twitter tirade. let s just say some of his words weren t so appropriate for your
for me. life is bigger than the game of basketball. you know, a lot of people in our profession know that and people in moore lost everything, and some stuff you really can t get back. you know, lives were lost, little kids lives were lost, so life is bigger than the game. there are some celebrities who right at the beginning were making donations, $100,000 range and that s great and generous. you re a 24-year-old guy you just plunked down $1 million and now you have nike who is donating $1 million in profits from your shoes. well this is my home. i just wanted to give back. i wanted to do something that was bigger than just the normal natural disaster or something, we really can t control at all but we can control how we come together and we bounce back from it. reporter: your other big news you signed with jay-z, he s getting into the sports agent business and you re his big nba superstar client. what do you think jay-z is going
doing the right thing. when oklahoma was devastated by tornadoes he was quick to donate $1 million to the victims. rachel nichols scored a one on one interview with the oklahoma thunder star, here with us this morning, good player, even better person. we ve seen so many negative stories around sports especially this week so it is refreshing to hear what kevin durant is doing. he s from maryland but plays in oklahoma and when that tornado hit moore last month and killed two dozen people he was deeply affected. we talked yesterday about what he is trying to do for people there and how he s never seen anything like what he saw when he was walking around moore. i couldn t believe that was, you know, that s the state i live in, that s 20 minutes away from our house, i couldn t believe it was that close, debris everywhere, i seen a tractor trailer in somebody s living room, just roofs gone off houses. there was just nothing there, and you can tell you have to start from scratch. you re
everyone here has a story. i was in the tornado shelter when it came. i was home hearing the news. it was time to duck and cover and i got my dogs and got in there behind the house. reporter: first an ef-4 tornado tore through the town of shawnee, killing two. oh, my god. reporter: the next day an ef-5 tornado hit moore, mangling communities, destroying an elementary school full of students. we were there during the desperate search for survivors. they re saying that we had kids in this school to go look for them. i would imagine as parents you are incredibly thankful to have your children right here right now. yes, i thank god that i got there in time to pick up my nieces, my nephews, my son. i don t know what i would have done. reporter: 24 people died that day. ten were children, among them kyle davis, whose funeral was this weekend. there should be a place that if this ever happened again
the moneys protected. reporter: those who know the women say they re drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in captivity. they re exceptional human beings, having gone through the ordeal and to be able to come out of it and start to heal and move forward so quickly is amazing. reporter: in addition to the hundreds of thousands of dollars already raised for the women, there have been dozens of offers for free services like college tuition for four years, dental care, spa services, but the biggest need remains financial help. if you want to learn how to help the girls, go to cnn.com/impact and click on the cleveland courage fund. brooke? pamela brown, thank you very much for us there in cleveland. from that story to another huge story. i was in moore last week. we still have crews here as people are picking up the pieces and their lines. w we check in with george howell with an emotional survival story there. don t miss it. ñe