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Two of the three people onboard worked in the university of Richmond Womens basketball program, according to a western athe universitiess athletic department. It burst into flames at a felt val north of richmond. Two body recovered so far and the search goes on for a third victim. Heres an eyewitness describing the accident. Sounded like a loud bang and we thought just a firework, Something Like that and then remembered the Balloon Festival, and i said to my boyfriend, he came running out, look at the sky. The balloons on fire, and all we seen was stuff falling from the sky. The basket, the balloon. Everything was on fire. Please, god, tell me theres not anybody in there. I dont want to you know, know anything that somebodys hurt. And all of a sudden we started to see something falling from the sky. And a News Conference is scheduled to take place at any moment. Well take it live as it happens. Meantime, officials released more details earlier today and cnns erin mcpike was there. Fred, Virginia State police wrapped up a News Conference just a short time ago, and they said theyve located the second victim. Of course, earlier in the day they said this moved from a rescue mission to a recovery operation. So now they are still looking for the third victim, and will continue the search until they third victim is found as well as the basket and all of the debris. Here is the spokesman for the Virginia State police describing how the entire community has been helpful in the process. Weve had probably anywhere between 30 to 40 calls from people who witnessed it, from here at the festival, on friday, to neighbors, to people driving within the vicinity, and its been a tremendous help. Weve been following up with those folks and truly appreciate them taking the time to call and give their names and contact information. Theres actual kind of scientific steps being taken that help us to kind of triangularize where these search points are going to be. You know it could be almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. Based on witness accounts, where they were standing at the time they saw things, where videos and photos were taken on concentrated us in search efforts and xexpedited the search. Reporter two of the victims we heard jumped out of the basket during that fire. I want to play some of the dispatch calls last night so you can hear what happened. Possible mass casualty incident reported multiple hot air balloons have crashed into power lines. And the balloons are now on fire. Got a visual of the airborne hot air balloons. It appears to be still smoking, still pretty high in the air. Got a report that the basket has come off. So were trying to find that right now. Advise all units, the airborne balloons arent the issue. We need to locate the basket. Obviously, a horrific and chaotic scene. Weve heard from a number of eyewitnesses today who described just how awful it was. One man even telling me that he could hear the explosion from about two miles away, fred. Erin mcpike, thank you so much. Again, were awaiting a News Conference for an update on that investigation. All right. A major Domestic Airline flight dangerously near a drone. The consequence kocould havent been sdro disastrous. Were learning more. Here is rene marsh. Reporter fred, this could have been deadly, if that drone made contact with that passenger plane. The two came dangerously close to colliding midair, but this isnt a first. There have been other near disasters in the air involving drones. A near nightmare in the sky. Almost crashes into a camouflaged drone, well above the typical altitude for a tr t private drone. The incident in the tallahassee skies involved an express jet. 2,300. Reporter the first details of the march scare previously not revealed until an faa official spoke about it thursday in san francisco. Said that the uaf was so close to his jet he was sure he had collided with it. Thankfully the inspection of the airliner found no damage. Reporter it could have brought down the plane. The safety of our passengers and crews are top priority. Us airways Parent Company tells cnn in a news statement, were aware of the published report alleging an incident with one of our express jets and we are investigating. There have been close calls beforesthe fbi is still investigating a drone that came within 200 feet of an alitalia flight earlier in the air. A drone. Reporter the pilot in that incident can be heard telling air traffic control. And this monday, a small drone was found after apparently hitting this building in st. Louis. In the next five years, the faa estimates as many as 7,500 drones could be flying in the u. S. Airspace at any given time. The agency has been working on a plan to safely integrate drones into the airspace so that you dont have accidents with passenger aircrafts. Now, it is illegal for commercial use, although there are some exceptions. As for hobbyists, the faa only allows recreational drones to fly up to 400 feet. Fred . Thank you, rene. Birds striking planes can also cause problems for planes. Us airways flight, it struck a bird just yesterday afternoon. The plane was flying from laguardia to Reagan National in d. C. It turned around and then landed safely. None of the 96 passengers and 5 crew onboard were hurt. The plane is now being inspected. This is reportedly the second bird strike this week involving a laguardia flight. The Los Angeles Clippers are in the middle of playoff games right now. All while a battle goes on in the front office. The legal fallout of the controversial surrounding Donald Sterling next. Plus, new allegations surface in a Veterans Affairs scandal that keeps expanding. It comes days before the va secretary is set to testify before u. S. Congress. Double agents . Spy thriller . 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We dont know who the other person is on that tape. Theres a lot going on with this story. Two guests to help sort it out. Hln legal analyst joey jackson is here with me and attorney Darren Kavinoky is in los angeles. All right. Good to see you, gentlemen. Good to see you, fred. My friend darren. How are you . Hello. Im well, sir. One Big Happy Family here. Yes. Joey, begin with you. So the nba trying to very publicly turn a corner in this growing scandal by naming the new ceo. Dick parsons, but, really, thats just the tip of the iceberg, because the nba wants, period, Donald Sterling out. But thats the message im hearing. Right. As we know right now, it says Donald Sterling out, doesnt necessarily say any sterling. When you have Shelly Sterling saying ive got a stake in this, it becomes a lot more complicated. Theyll have to change the language, are they not . In the team owners vote that its any sterling . Not just don sterling now . Its gets blurry because hes the sinner, if you want to call it that. In moving forward they want a dissociation from sterling, period. His sin cant be imputed upon his wife, it would leave a lingering and bass taste in the mouth of fans and sponsors, certainly the ememployees, the basketball players. Not to mudder her up in the mess. Can i disrupt you a moment. We want to go straight to virginia for an update on the hot air balloon. If we get a chance well resume this conversation. Lets live in. The occupant of the hot air balloon. Some asking the distance respective to where the first body was found and second, roughly 1,500 yards, between the two. Again, its a very heavily wooded, heavy undergrowth area. Where the remains were discovered. Thats all for our update. Im going to turn it now over to the ntsb and theyre going to provide you with their update on their investigation. Good afternoon, everyone. I am heidi motes, last name moats. I ath an air safety investigator with the National Transportation safety board. First id like to start off thanking the state and local authorities for their assistance in this investigation, and the search and rescue crews in their tireless work that theyve helped with this portion of the investigation. So once the search and rescue has been completed, the ntsb will complete the federal investigation of the balloon sdhaent occurred around occur around 7 50 last night, may 9th. Registered 3016 zulu, and eagle balloon. During the investigation, we will examine the man, the machine and the environment. Were going to continue to monitor this press conference as they reveal information. The latest being that the third body has still not been found. Again, last hour it was revealed by officials that two bodies had been recovered. They continue to look for a third. Search crews are on the scene. A very treacherous area. This after last nights hot air balloon accident, and we also understand, according to sources, that two of the victims are related to the university of Richmond Womens basketball program. When we get more information, well pass that on. Meantime, well resume our conversation with Darren Kavinoky and joey jackson on the ongoing, what team seems to be lengthening legal road for the don sterling l. A. Clippers ownership issue. Joey, you were talking about whether the omission of Shelly Sterlings name. Right. In anyway protects her with her stake of the claim . The nba is going after don sterling and it states don sterling, what about the other sterling who is half owner . Its a private organization. As a result of that, exclusive club. They set their own rules. Three quarters of the owners say byebye, thats the end of it. Her remedy, how she gets out of this, its more financial. So the nba will pick and choose who the owners are. We saw, you mentioned with dick parsons, nowinsaul installed to lead the organization. Firm footing, disassociating from him and ultimately i think that results in a dissociation from her. Okay. And this gets muddier and americaier, darren you want to comment on that . Yes. I think the nba is even in a stronger position when it comes to mrs. Sterling. She has a noncontrolling interest, which means shes got even less status than donald in the first place. Clearly, the nba has no about tight for either sterling, and they could never let her assume that controlling interest without the nba agreeing and i think the chances are that are somewhere between slim and none. Joey and i can probably agree on that. This, too, interesting. Joey, if the legality of how sterlings first publicized recording was made, you know, is a legal matter that might just be a legal matter in and of itself, was it obtained legally. But now, if this other recording just released yesterday, and if he was complicit, if he says, i am willingly revealing my point of view, or even explaining myself, does that change the legality of that initial recording . It changes nothing, fred. Really . Nothing no. Look, the reality is meaning its all fair game . Sure it is. I think im one of those who believes that was a plan. Darren, i dont know how you feel about that. You think it was planned . Oh, yeah. Coincidentally recorded. At the end, no ones going to hear this, ever. Right . His last, parting words. Perhaps he set it up. Exactly. To control it. I think ultimately hes spinning. You look at the substance of that, fred. It certainly you know, look, i warranted her badly and would say almost anything, including insulting her to say it. Right . I dont think it has a bearing. Joey, ive got to say, the one he actually is getting credibility points with me. I dont mean to speak on behalf of the entirety of the male gender, but but it was the only thing he said that is, as a man, when i sit back and listen to him basically saying, look, im lying to a lady to try and gain some romantic influence over her. As a guy i sit back and go, yeah. That makes sense. That happens . Darren not when youre a billionaire. Right . There are multiple ways for a billionaire to perhaps entice a woman to come along with them. Doing that by insulting her is something he could have exercised a little better discretion, i believe. By the way, joey, if this was not a spin, a plant released tape on the part of Donald Sterling, im actually starting to feel a little sorry for him. You know, obviously, he cant even speak to a friend in confidence, without that tape being leaked, and you kind of get the impression at this point hell go out to a sdranrestaura order a sandwich, great, mr. Sterling, can you speak into my sleeve . Speak into the mike. Yeah. The guy cant go anywhere without it being recorded and leaked. When we get back to the original leak from v. Stiviano, denying she was the source of that, im not buying that one, either. When you looks at this, she had the motive, she had the means, she had the opportunity. Made copies and had given them to friends for protection. But shes not the issue, ultimately. We could dig into her and attack her credibility, darren and fred, talk about her and what were her motives. Ultimate he he said what he said, needs to be accountable for saying it and whether she did, didnt do, taped or didnt tape, doesnt matter. Youre gone, mr. Sterling. You know what, joey . The fights still going to be on. Its not that simple. You hear from the attorney of Shelly Sterling saying, i will fight to the death, to maintain ownership, and you know sounds like it sounds like her attorney really means it. Well, and look, fredricka, donald has a huge appetite for litigation and a huge pot of money. And there are people in the court of Public Opinion coming to his defense. Donald sterling is an idiot but people are defending him. Not because he love idiocy but they love freedom and fundamentally theres a notion that what he expressed was done in private, that he had no intention for these remarks. And actually said it would be unamerican that anyone would lose their business they rightfully own. Even if he doesnt, theres an economic imperative here. What am i talking about . Even if he holds on to the team, hes banned for life. Cant come to any nba facility. Have no sponsor support and economically the team would go into a spiral, so if youre a business person, its all about money and if its not there, that is the money to support what you do. Guess what . It doesnt matter, sterling. If youre here or if youre not, the teams not going to be economically viable, darren. All right. Joey well, just one final quick point. That its those economics that i think are driving this thing from the nbas perspective as offended as they are by his views, and the as disgusting as the views are, they really care how the views now revealed are impacting the economics of basketball, and thats their hook. All right. Thank you very much, darren, joey. Thanks so much, gentlemen. Appreciate it. Thanks, fred. Thanks. Good stuff. New allegations also surfacing about care, or the lack thereof. That v care that veterans in this country expect and deserve. And in san antonio, how some employees there may have kept sick veterans from getting the help they desperately needed. All right. You know the Va Health Care system is under fire, particularly after cnn revealed that in phoenix, the va hospitaltwo separate lists of care, and it cost many veterans their lives, according to those who are willing to talk to cnn. Now we have just learned that the department of veteran affairs is announcing that an acting a new acting director for the phoenix Va Health Care system has been named, and will oversee the delivery of health care to some 85,000 veterans there. All this as a result of a cnn investigation, and now an ongoing very big investigation involving the Veterans Affairs. In fact, there will be a hearing this week next week coming up before u. S. Congress. So the investigation into whether veterans died whi