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Reporter thats right, carol. Were overlooking the sprawling mine complex behind me, this gritty coal mine outside the town of soma in turkey, where this race against time is underway. Sadly, tragically, the death toll seems to grow every couple of hours with the turkish Prime Minister who recently visited here, saying it has now been confirmed 232 coal miners killed as a result of what Authorities Say was an electrical fire that broke out deep below the surface of the mountain here, on tuesday. Now rescue workers that ive spoken with that were working throughout the night, i spoke with two turkish rescue workers. They say they brought up the bodies of six men overnight. They said it takes more than 45 minutes to navigate the different mine shafts, and galleries down there to try to reach the areas where the workers were when the fire broke out. They say that it is terribly hot as a result of the fires, and that there is a massive amount of smoke that the rescue workers have to go in, carrying oxygen tanks. If anybody is to have survived and there are believed to have been hundreds of coal miners who were down there performing a shift change when the fire broke out, if they are to survive, they would have had to reach some of the emergency chambers and reach oxygen tanks for themselves, as well, and the rescue workers i talked to, they said they did not know if there had been communications with any of the hundreds of workers who were believed to still be trapped down below. Now in the nearby town of soma, there you see pretty awful scene, sad scenes of hundreds, thousands of residents lining the roads near the hospital there, behind Police Barriers, behind lines of police and riot police, waiting, anxiously for news of their loved ones, men who may have earned perhaps 500 a month doing this terribly dangerous work every year, turkish coal mine workers die in similar incidents. But the way this is going, there are fears this may become the deadliest mine disaster in recent turkish history. Carol . Ivan watson, reporting live for us this morning. Mers. If you dont know what it is, listen up. Mers or middle east respiratory syndrome, has hit home. It is potentially deadly, because it has no known treatment. Right now there is one patient with mers in this orlando hospital. A hospital worker exposed to this patient has also been admitted, while 20 other hospital workers were ordered to go home until tests confirmed they did not contract the virus. Also, the tsa plans to put up advisories about mers. At 20 airports across the country. Ill take you to orlando in three minutes. But first, brian todd has more on mers for you. Reporter a creeping, contagious and potentially deadly respiratory virus has reached the u. S. And created a legitimate health scare. Two orlando Area Health Care workers exposed to a patient with mers have been treated for flulike symptoms. One of those workers is in isolation. It all happened before the proper isolation precautions were initiated. So these people were in contact with a patient without a mask. Reporter Officials Say about 20 Health Care Workers at two hospitals in the orlando area might have been exposed to the mers patient. What is mers . It stands for middle east respiratory syndrome. It started in the saudi peninsula, but has now spread around the globe. Experts say it may originate with camels, but you can get it simply by breathing in. Most of those getting it have been relatives of patients or Health Care Workers. We can infect one person to another if theyre in close proximity. We have droplets of the fluid that we have in our body, being inhaled by the other person. Or in close contact with the other person. Reporter it attacks the respiratory system. The main symptoms, coughing, fever, trouble breathing. Why is it so scary . Its deadlier and spreads through the body faster than the very similar sars virus of a decade ago. About a third of the 530plus mers patients have died, experts say, compared to about 10 of sars victims. Tlrchlts is no vaccine for it and no treatment for it. Reporter meaning patients survive only by getting the symptoms treated. There are two actual mers patients now in the u. S. Both of them Health Care Workers. The most recent one in orlando, recently flew from saudi arabia to london. Then from london to boston. Boston to atlanta. Then atlanta to orlando. Are they going to have to track everyone on each one of those flights . Not necessarily. As a matter of fact, what they will be doing is, the people that were in close contact with that patient. So if you were sitting near that person, one or two seats, yes, youre going to be interviewed. Abo but if youre sitting several rows, there is no reason to be concerned. Reporter the other mers patient in the u. S. Also recently flew from saudi arabia, traveling to london and then london to chicago. Then took a bus from chicago to indiana. Dr. Garcia says that bus ride could be a problem. The patient had extended exposure to others, closer in. And its not clear how good the ventilation system on that bus was. All of those bus passengers, he says, will have to be tracked. Brian todd, cnn, washington. All right. I want to take you back to that orlando hospital, where one patient is suffering from mers and another patient has flulike symptoms. Alina machado is there. Do we know how these patients are doing . Reporter well, carol, we know that the 44yearold who is a second confirmed mers case in the u. S. Is still here. Hes recovering. Doctors say he is in Good Condition and is improving. All we know about this Health Care Worker is that this person was admitted here after showing possible symptoms. Now that person is one of 20 Health Care Workers from two separate hospitals here in orlando who are being evaluated for possible exposure to the mers virus. They have all been tested. They have also been told to stay home for 14 days. Take a listen to what an Infectious Disease specialist told us about the situation. Thats what the Health Department in conjunction with the cdc has recommended. Time for the virus to show symptoms in a period of incubation, has been determined to be between 2 and 14 days. That is considered to be a safe period. Reporter doctors here are waiting for initial test results to come back, and were told, carol, those results could be available as early as today. Well be watching. Alina machado reporting live from orlando this morning. Still to come in the newsroom, Magic Johnson responds to Donald Sterling, opening up about the bizarre rant that shocked the nba and beyond. I was in disbelief that he would say these things. And then, you know, to throw me into this situation, i dont know the young lady. Barely know donald. So now im caught in the middle of this love affair, whatever they have. And so it was sort of disappointing. More of the basketball legends exclusive interview with Anderson Cooper, ahead. When la quinta. Com sends sales rep Steve Hatfield the ready for you alert, the second his room is ready. You know what he brings . Any questions . Can i get an a, steve . Yes three as he brings his agame the ready for you alert, only at laquinta. Com funny, there was no mention of hail in the weather report. vo celebrate this memorial day with up to 40 off hotels at travelocity. gnome go and smell the roses. Hes been the target of several shocking remarks by Donald Sterling, and now Magic Johnson is speaking out. In an exclusive interview with Cnns Anderson Cooper, johnson talks about how he met the embattled clippers owner, that picture with v. Stiviano that sparked sterlings racist rant, and the surprising way sterling wanted magics help in soothing over the controversy. When you first heard the audiotape that was released a couple weeks ago, what did you think . Well, i was just i was blown away. I was i couldnt believe that he had said those things. First of all. Made those statements, those racist statements. And then, you know, threw me in, dont bring him to my games. And so you personally attacked me. And so and i i had known donald. Not very well. I knew him, ive met with him three or four times, been to his office. So were you guys friends . Yeah, i would say we were friends. My first trip when i got here in l. A. , over 35 about 35 years ago, dr. Bus took me to his beach house for his annual Beach House Party in the summertime. So that was one of the first things i did. So to reflect back to that, to these statements he made about myself and minorities, it was just disappointing. It was i was in disbelief that he would say these things. And then, you know, to throw me into this situation, i dont know the young lady. Barely know donald. So now im caught in the middle of this love affair, whatever they have. And so it was it was sort of disappointing. But i had to respond in terms of, okay, you dont want me to come to your games. I wont come to your games, you dont have to worry about that. But also i was upset because he threw minorities in, africanamericans, latinos, into this situation. And so i had to speak up. Look, im one of the leaders of the black community. So i cant let anybody attack our people and not respond. And so thats why i responded. When first of all, you said you were photographed with v. Stiviano. Youre probably photographed with millions of people. Millions of people. Do you know where he claimed in this interview that i did with him the other day, he said you knew her, you knew her well. These arent facts, anderson. I never met this young lady. I took a picture with her, it looked like at a dodger game. Thats it. Thats all i know of her, you know. And then he says im trying to set him up. How am i trying to set you up . These are the facts. I was sitting in my office, i get a call from Donald Sterling. He called you. He called me. I took the call. Apparently he has your phone number. Yes, yes. His assistant called my assistant. And she put him through. And this is what happened. He asked me to go on the Barbara Walters show with him. This was what, a week week ago, week and a half ago . Because he met with Barbara Walters on a friday. Exactly. It was before that. I told him i wouldnt do it. I said the number one thing you need to do, what you havent done, is apologize to everybody and myself. Ill get to that, ill get to that. He wanted you to go on with Barbara Walters, sitting next to him . Sitting next to him. To kind of give him cover . Exactly. So i said no. Then i told him, i said, donald, you should consult with your attorneys. I said, this thing is a big thing. And you should deal with your attorneys and let them advise you on what to do. But i said you need to go public and apologize to everybody. How did he respond . I apologize later. But i want you to go on this show. He was adamant about me going on this show with him. And i told him no. I wouldnt do it. And thats what happened. Thats it. And then i called adam silvers, our great commissioner, and told him what had happened. You told adam silver that Donald Sterling had called you. Had just called. And so i wanted him to know that it happened so he wouldnt be blindsided either. And then i called all my people to let them know Donald Sterling had just called me. Okay. Lets talk about this. Otis birdsong, former nba all star joins me and mark lamont hill, cnn political commentator and host of huff post live. Good morning to both of you. Good morning. So otis, i was struck by how gracious Magic Johnson was in this interview. He also said he feels sad and sorry for sterling, that hell pray for him. I dont know if i would have had that in me. I would not have. Otis, go on. Magic is a gracious person. I consider him a great friend. And i really enjoy watching this interview. And no, i would not i dont have any sadness or remorse for mr. Sterling. I just wish he would just go away. I think at this point, mark lamont hill, everybody wishes Donald Sterling would just go away. But i dont think he will. No, he cant. This is part of the lack of humility, the lack of self awareness that you see in many people like Donald Sterling. He still doesnt accept hes a racist. Even as we saw in this amazing donald this amazing Magic Johnson interview, in the midst of being told he should apologize, he says, ill get to that. Right now i need you on Barbara Walters. Its prioritizing his needs over the needs of others, even when hes hurt people. Donald sterling might even be losing it a little upstairs. Im worried about his Mental Health. At the same time i want him out of the league because hes a racist. Otis, i think maybe Magic Johnson didnt want to go there but thats what he meant. He feels sad for him because this is the destruction of i dont want to put words go ahead. He has a history he has a history of this. I mean, i dont feel sad for him. I mean, im not surprised. Weve known about this for years. And i just wish, you know, the board of governors would go ahead and make the vote and get him out of here so we can move on and focus on this wonderful basketball thats being displayed during the playoffs. Its just sad that its taken away from the great players that are just performing so wonderfully this playoff season. I know. The game last night, mark. I mean i know the clippers lost by one point, but it was a thrilling game to watch. Yeah. I mean, its interesting, because theres two things going on, right . Theres this amazing okc clippers game going on last night and half of us wondering if the clippers win, what mr. Mrs. Sterling do . Run out on the floor . Whats the facial expression of the fans and players and owners . So much stuff going on, it is a distraction from the playoffs. And as he said, one of the great playoffs we have seen in the last decade, maybe longer. But this is a super distraction but nothing can be done about it. This is going to be such a long, protracted legal battle that as much as we would like to see a quick resolution to this, it wont be quick and it wont be pretty. No. It wont. And otis, you know, my dream is that Magic Johnson buys the clippers, because i think that would be such wonderful cosmic justice, right . He did address that with Anderson Cooper. He says hes interested in buying a basketball team. Maybe not the clippers, maybe the clippers. He kind of left it open. But wouldnt that be a beautiful thing . It would be a beautiful thing. But i think magic might put a group of investors to buy the clippers, but magics heart is with the lakers. Im sure he has a laker tshirt under his suit every day. I dont think magic is going to buy the clippers. I dont know. Im a betting woman otis. Nah, not going to happen. Not going to happen. Otis birdsong, mark lamont hill, im going to ask you to stick around because im going to ask you about the learns learned from all of this after a break. 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