The woman that recorded his racial comments is defending him. V. Stiviano told abcs Barbara Walters sterling is not a racist and she is not sterlings mistress. She opened up about her relationship with the 80yearold, sterling. I am mr. Sterlings right arm man. I am everything. I am his confidant, his best friend. His silly rabbit. His what . His silly rabbit. His silly rabbit . Is that what he calls you . No, thats what i call myself. I see. I joke around, i make him laugh. I do things that some people find very silly. Right now, sterlings l. A. Clippers are just hours away from a crucial game seven playoff game against the golden state warriors. Lets go to ted rowlands who is in los angeles outside the staples center. Ted, stiviano says she talked to sterling after the scandal broke. What is she saying . Reporter she says that hes confused and that hes hurt basically. Barbara walters asked her what Donald Sterling was going through, because we havent heard from Donald Sterling. And one would think maybe Donald Sterlings not talking to her, but thats not the case. In fact, apparently he was at the Barbara Walters interview or at least there at some point with her. Theyre still together, whatever the relationship entails. Here is what she said sterling is doing following the release of the audiotapes. You just left Donald Sterling. What is his state of mind right now . Confused. I think he feels very alone. Not truly supported. By those around him. Tormented. Emotionally traumatized. Reporter she also says she doesnt think that Donald Sterling is a racist, but that he should apologize and she said what we have heard, that portion of the audio, is just a small part of what she has recorded apparently. So it is unclear, randy, if were going to get more as this saga continues. Certainly was an interesting interview so far. Ted, youre at the staples center. Is the controversy as far as you can tell effecting the clippers ability to focus on the playoffs and win basketball games . Reporter i dont think so. The reason is because of the nbas decision to be so quick and so decisive, saying that they plan to not only suspend Donald Sterling for life but then to start the process of actually getting him to sell the team. I think if it would have gone any other way, if it was stretched out, it would have made a big difference. Right after this, players were upset, they were mad, they were also hurt. This is a guy they worked for, and the fact that the league was so strong i think has made them able to focus. They wanted action and they got it. Ted rowlands, thank you. Overseas now where the very real possibility of a civil war is looming. I am talking about eastern ukraine. A part of the country that borders russia. These ukrainian soldiers are rolling through one of several towns overrun by armed separatists who believe the towns should be russian. This is not right on the border, it is happening more than 150 miles into ukraine. Dozens of people have been killed and people who live there are basically hiding out in their own homes. Meanwhile, a team of International Military observers that were held hostage more than a week by the prorussian forces are now free. Cnns arwa damon is in eastern ukraine. Reporter that 12 member osce team finally freed, they had been taken hostage april 25th, accused by the self proclaimed mayor of being nato spies. On their release, he referred to them as guests. They appeared to be tired, but said they had been treated fairly well. The German Foreign minister thanking the efforts of russian envoy and ensuring their release. The number two for the osce commission saying this is an example of how important negotiations are. But elsewhere throughout the country, were seeing very little on the negotiation side. A lot more on the military side. The Ukrainian Forces continuing to maintain their positions in some areas and pushing into areas where they made some gains against the prorussian camp. Elsewhere, we are hearing from the prorussian side, that they issued a deadline to all of the security services. Police, military to declare their allegiance or face the consequences. Under some self declared state of emergency it would seem, even a curfew put into place. Most recently, another building was captured by the prorussian camp. Arwa damon, cnn, ukraine. Tonight is washingtons very own nerd prom. Thats the affectionate nickname for the white house Correspondents Dinner. But is the event actually bad for reporters . Search teams looking for flight 370 might not have one cutting edge device forever. Theyre up against a deadline with a high tech device so many were counting on. Stick with innovation. 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Does it make reporters more or less likely to get tough with the people theyre covering and reporting on . I think it makes them less, sort of goes to the larger coziness people complain about with the media and Political Class in washington. The larger point is this goes on five days. We have two dozen parties and after parties devoted to the media celebrating itself, and both parties celebrating itself, and all of the institutions in washington celebrating itself. Frankly, what are we celebrating . The rest of the country doesnt look terribly highly on the major institutions of the city, and it is in direct disproportion to how we view ourselves. It has actually grown, right . It never went on the way that it does now. You think it is sort of over the top . Totally. Tens of millions are spent on entertainment and food. Theres this high minded sense that they, you know, have some scholarships they give away, it is good, a good cause. I just think it should be like in lieu of flowers when someone dies. I think a News Organization should in lieu of going to the parties and putting on parties and spending millions on parties, give it to a good cause. Lets talk about the crowd that gathers there once again. Are any reporters as far as you know squeamish about getting cozy there . No, a lot of them are. The New York Times where i work, were not allowed to go to the dinner any more. Bureau chief in 2007 said that the dinner had outlived its usefulness, and thats fine. I have been to a bunch of them. You can get some work done, but it is not that big a deal. Really, theres a soul crushing sameness to this over and over again. Same people, same outfits, the same media cluster bomb. I just dont know why we continue to do it. I would imagine the first one had to have been sort of fun. Totally. Do you miss going at all . No, i dont. I mean, the best part frankly, you can see on tv. The president s comedy routine of either party tends to be pretty good, because both major parties have good joke writers and president s are very comfortable before big groups and theyre pretty good joke tellers. Thats always fun. The comedians can be good, sometimes it can be pretty bad, but no, i dont really miss it. I occasionally go to a party, have a drink or something. I dont know if i am getting old, it is getting stale, but i think it outlived its usefulness. Do you think the president whoever it may be enjoys it at all . The president i would not speak for the president. I think this president in particular enjoys a good comedy routine, can deliver it pretty well, he can be pretty truthful and scathing. Few years ago went after donald trump in a pretty annihilating way, it was pretty memorable. In a weird way, comedy can be a form of scathing truth telling, and i think president s in both parties enjoy that part of it. Is there serious networking to be done there . I think there probably is, especially for smaller News Organizations that dont normally get to hob knob with high level cabinet people or white house people. You have everyone in the same room, in the same city. Theres a weird group of celebrity people all over the after awhile, it becomes a drunken haze. Maybe because i drink too much, but i dont think i do. But look, it is overwhelming. It is just this big mass of people and booze and food. And again, what are we celebrating . All right. On that note, thank you very much. Sorry to be such a downer. Sorry. No, everyone had fun. I dont want to ruin anyones good time. All right. Thanks again, appreciate your time today. Cnn will give you the best seat in the house for the Correspondents Dinner, from the red carpet to the main event. Our live coverage which will be fabulous starts tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. Imagine your son or daughter going to school and never seeing them again. Hundreds of parents face that faith in nigeria. 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Passengers relatives gathered around the clock at a beijing hotel, waiting for any word from the search. Government officials gave them til today to clear out. They have been missing 58 days. David soucie is with me, former inspector and safety analyst, and miles obrien, aviation analyst joins us as well. Let me start with you. You heard searching the bay of bengal turned up nothing, but apparently theyre not giving up. Malaysian transport minister says they may send a ship to check it out. A lot of people are not happy with the alternative search area, miles being one of them. Where do you stand on this . It has gone beyond hoax. The problem with it is there is some legitimate technology i used in mining that does similar things. So when you look at what this has done, it not only discredits or discredits their company but discredits an entire industry. You cant look under the ocean like theyre talking of doing. Theres no technology that does that. To make this statement is absurd. It is not just hurting families, it is hurting an entire industry as well. Miles, where do you stand on it. We heard what david said. I have been very outspoken on this. When i heard about this, i know a little about space and satellite imagery technology, just from covering it over the years. So what i immediately did was reach out to three or four of my favorite contacts who really know this business. And they were all just mystified this could be possible. They said they know of no such technology. I have no reason to believe they would hold back on that. I started to look further into the company and realized what we have is an opportunistic company trying to get publicity. The horrifying fact, preying on the emotions of the families. Look at the video of them, these people have been through the ringer. It is practically criminal. Here is the thing. I hear that the malaysians are going to take precious resources potentially off the real search, where we have real evidence, and send it to the bay of bengal, thats when i get most upset. Bangladesh navy, if they want to check it out werent involved in the search, that would allay concerns that it might be true, thats fine. Other than that, i would say we have to nip this one. So i guess the question is, david, whats next. The bluefin we know has been pulled out of the water as you said for the day. It seems to not have turned up anything so far. It will go until may 31st we understand. What if the bluefin doesnt show anything . I am very confident, even more so after the report came out, gave a little more information how the satellite and arch was drawn. I am more confident theyre searching in the right area. I think the bluefin was the wrong tool. They started with the ping where they could reach the depths with the bluefin. Now they have to retool and get to the deeper ocean to the north and search there. Thats the next step. Miles, we obviously had trouble finding mh 370. They searched for air france 447 for a couple years before they found the wreckage there. What about this idea of real time tracking . Could this prevent Something Like this from happening again . Well, prevent is a different matter. It would change the equation significantly. We can track an 18 wheeler going from new york to los angeles much better than we can a 777 leaving on the way to beijing. That statement is just absurd on the face of it, isnt it . The airlines and regulatory agencies have got to step up their game on this. This is important and it is not expensive. The technology is all there. Would it prevent . No. The bottom line is in the end, no matter what we put on the planes to track them, make them safer, improve them, make them bulletproof, whatever you have to do, whatever it is, you have to trust the person driving the bus as it were. If that person is going to be a problem or if another human being, a hijacker is able to come and deer a plane, all of that is for naught in the prevention category. Where is this all going, david . Are you confident they will find the plane . I know you think theyre searching the right area. Finding it is another story. I am. The pings, i researched the pings. There are several that said the pings they found were not from underwater locator beacon, they were things that track whales or turtles. I checked with everybody. They said the pingers that ping every second as these did are no longer manufactured. Havent been for ten years. The fact that someone said that could be out there, i think the batteries are probably dead now on those. I am very convinced the more information i get, the more i am convinced theyre in the right place searching. Miles, you, too, do you think theyll find it . I do. It is a matter of time. It is unfortunate. We heard the pings, that was a very fortunate thing in the search, unprecedented, not having wreckage on the surface to hear the pings. I am pretty confident those are the real thing. But i think we had an expectation it would be a matter of days before they find wreckage and it is not that simple. Miles obrien, david soucie, great to see you both. Thank you. Can twitter help reunite families in nigeria . Ahead, a campaign to bring back hundreds of girls kidnapped by a militant group takes social media by storm. Well talk to the woman behind that effort. Then sick veterans waiting for care and some dying in that wait time. An appalling story of failure by the Veterans Administration and effort to cover it up. First, ned norton made a career of training people. 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