Brennan good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im margaret brennan. This is our western edition. The secretary of Veterans Affairs did not have to wait long to learn his fate. President obama called general Eric Shinseki to the oval office today and accepted his resignat the president said both men agreed the v. A. Needs new leadership after the scandal in which veterans were forced to wait months for appointments at v. A. Hospitals and records were then altered to cover that up. The president was clearly pained to let shinseki go, and he praised the decorated war veteran for his service. We have a series of reports tonight. First, Major Garrett at the white house. Major. Reporter margaret, the day began with a public apology from Veterans Affairs secretary Eric Shinseki, followed less than two hours later by his resignation, announced by president obama. A few minutes ago secretary shinseki offered me his own resignation. With considerable regret, i accepted. Reporter the announcement ca
To resign. New details emerge of widespread problems and coverups at medical Centers Across the country. Edward snowden, patriot or just a liar . Newly released emails raising questions on whether the nsa leaker raised concerns about u. S. Security procedures to his bosses before then exposing them to the world. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. And im john berman. Great to see you today, why . Because its friday may 30th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. And up first, wow, the Donald Sterling saga, it could soon be over. It is certainly interesting. A source telling cnn former microsoft ceo Steve Ballmer, a very, very wealthy man, has signed a binding agreement to buy the clippers for 2 billion. Thats 2 billion. Now, the sale was negotiated by Shelly Sterling, the teams coowner and the maybe estranged, maybe notsoestranged wife of Donald Sterling. It must be approved by the nba board of governors. The question now is will Donald Sterling give it his approval . Over
Shinseki forced out today amid charges veterans died waiting for health care. Its widespread across the nation, and it has been happening for years. More officials likely will go. And tonight there are calls for criminal investigation. Jim acosta has the story. Reporter for president obama, there was no time to wait. Secretary shinseki offered me his own resignation. With considerable regret, i accepted. Reporter according to white house officials, the resignation of veteran ace fairs secretary Eric Shinseki was over in one hour. First shinseki met in the oval office with the president and the Top White House aide now overseeing the v. A. , rob nabors. Then the president and shinseki went for a walk on the south lawn for a private conversation. Minutes later, mr. Obama said shinseki had concluded he was too much of a distraction. And so my assessment was unfortunately that he was right. I bre regret that he has to resign under these circumstances. Reporter shinsekis departure came as t
Ballmer, former ceo of microsoft the price tag, 2 billion, handedly beating out bidders by at least 400 million. But the deal is no slam dunk. Ballmer has signed an agreement with Shelly Sterling. But the next play belongs to Donald Sterling. There is no sale, and he is not yet agree to sign off, period. Reporter his lawyer telling wolf blitzer before news of the agreement that while donald gave her permission to negotiate selling the team, he did not give her permission to actually sell the team. Not without reaching an accommodation with the nba which gives him some form of vindication. The money is not critical to him. Reporter the nba is pushing for a quick sale, trying to ward off a contentious meeting scheduled for this tuesday where owners will officially vote to force sterling out. The reaction overnight was quick, with Magic Johnson tweeting, quote, clipper fans, youll love Steve Ballmer as your owner. But either way, Donald Sterling will not leave empty handed. He originally
back at edward snowden who claims in an nbc interview he reported his concerns about illegal surveillance to directly to the agency before leaking a treasure trove of classified documents. nsa officials released an e-mail exchange with snowden which they claim shows he did not address wrongdoing at the agency, asking only about legal training programs. snowden calls this release incomplete. so, two champion word smiths are celebrating this morning. the scripps national spelling bee ended in a tie thursday for the first time in 52 years. these two young men beat the egg dictionary. 13-year-old ansun sujoe spelled fueilleton correctly and 14-year-old sriram hathwar nailed the word stichomythia. in fact, as i said, the boys spelled so many words right, the judges just ran out. i didn t know there could be a tie in a spelling bee. they go to every language in the world. they have to find more words somewhere. the two winners will tell us