Im fredricka whitfield. Controversy surrounds racist remarks allegedly made by a longtime nba team owner. Now Donald Sterling is the focus of an nba investigation. So what punishment could he face . That and the latest reaction from the sports world coming up. And a serious storm is bearing down on the central part of the u. S. It has a strong potential for tornadoes and millions are living right in its path. More on that in just a few minutes. We begin this hour with stunning comments rattling the nba. The longtime owner of the l. A. Clippers Donald Sterling is under fire for making racist remarks. Tmz released a tape between sterling and his girlfriend. He allegedly says he doesnt want her associating with africanamericans at clippers games and he takes issue with her taking a picture with Magic Johnson. Listen to the conversation. I saw someone i admire. I admire Magic Johnson. Okay. Good. Im sorry. Hes made a lot of change for the community, for the world, for the people, for the m
Still from the video which shows the murder of david haines. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office says it believes the video is authentic. The 44yearold father of two was abducted in syria in 2013. He was working with a french Relief Agency, a refugee camp. Haines is the third western hostage to be beheaded by isis in recent weeks. The first two were american journalists. British Prime Minister David Cameron called the beheading, quote, an act of pure evil and described this morning how the u. K. Will respond. The murder of david haines at the hands of isil will not lead britain to shirk our responsibility with our allies to deal with the threat that this organization poses. It must strengthen our resolve. For more on this story now, we go to Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. Kristen, Prime Minister cameron mentioned working with allies to destroy isis. What is president obamas response to this latest horrible video . Reporter well, here is the official response from the w
Im poppy harlow in gotoday for carol costello. And we begin this hour with breaking news, a deadly confrontation between police and a knifewielding man who had just stabbed a worshipper inside of a brooklyn synagogue. This happened in the Early Morning hours. It was all captured on camera. Over the next couple of minutes, you are going to see exactly how this unfolded. We want to warn you first, though, the language is raw, the images very disturbing. Throw it. Throw it. Obviously very, very disturbing to watch. I want to bring in rosa flores, monitoring this, and a Police News Conference about the incident just wrapped up. What did they say, rosa . Well you know, imagine the horrors, poppy, of going through this and for all of the people who are watching, we were just watching that video, i talked to the individual who shot this video, just moments ago, and he tells me the moments were very, very tense, and i want to share with you and kind of take you through kind of what is happenin
Hours long standoff in the capital of bangladesh ended just a short time ago. Were learning that 20 hostages were killed, all of them foreigners. This started when a gunman seized the cafe a popular site in dhaka. 14 hostages were rescued as police stormed that restaurant a few hours ago. Six attackers were killed. Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. U. S. Officials are casting doubt on that. One said a gunman had 10 or 12 grenades during the standoff and the entire building was shaken in the explosion. I want to get to Cnn International correspondent sumnima udas. Shes got the very latest for us. Thank you for being here. What are you learning . Reporter the latest that we got, really, 20 civilians were killed. All 20 were foreigners that were killed at the most part were shot. We dont know the nationalities. Its not been revealed to us by officials. We do not know why they were killed, how they were killed when security personnel entered the restaurant it happened. Also a
Yasmin vossoughian and Louis Burgdorf. Jeff sessions will go before the senate for questions about his contacts with russian officials, what role he played in the firing of james comey and to respond to former fbi directors claims about him. A spokeswoman said, quote, he believes it is important for the American People to hear the truth directly from him. Though the senate has been known for its collegial atmosphere, the last Time Sessions was before his colleagues for confirmation, things turned controversial. Today is to come with pointed questions, particularly over his meetings with sergei kiy kislya. Yesterday senator al franken discussed how it may have been discovered. For seven weeks after he gave this false testimony, he didnt correct it. Didnt correct it until the Washington Post actually said that he had met with kislyak a couple times. We asked specifically about this meeting at the mayflower and other meetings, too, in a priftd letter to the director that weave now made pu