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New details this morning about how l.a. clippers owner, donald sterling went to cover up racist comments that got him banned for life from the nba. according to the l.a. times, the nba claims sterling asked v. stiviano to say it wasn't sterling making the racist remarks on the tape. the other owners will vote. >> my confidence level is high that we are doing the right thing. i have the owners behind me. the timing is laid out in the nba constitution. we are following it to the letter in terms of numbers of days that mr. sterling has to respond and when the hearing will be held. i know we are d...

Will work and the hearing that will eventually take place on june 3rd. and he says, it's the right thing to do. >> yeah, it is the right thing to do. because adam silver knows that he has to establish that there was a process involved before expelling donald sterling. because he knows that donald sterling will likely file a lawsuit against the nba. so silver wants to be sure that he is following the constitutions guidelines for exiling an owner. that's really what this process is about. it is about following the rules to make sure that sterling can't later on say, you made a mistake in how you...

Well, the nba claiming donald sterling tried to cover up the racest comment that is got him banned from the league for life. according to the l.a. times the nba alleged sterling asked v. stiviano to lie to investigators saying she altered the recording and it wasn't him on the tape. team owners will vote on terminating him from the clippers. adam silver said in a press conference, it is full steam ahead. >> my confidence level is high. i know we are doing the right thing and the owners are behind me. the time sg laid out in the nba constitution. we are following it to the letter in terms of nu...

>> yeah, it is the right thing to do. because adam silver knows that he has to establish that there was a process involved before expelling donald sterling. because he knows that donald sterling will likely file a lawsuit against the nba. so silver wants to be sure that he is following the constitutions guidelines for exiling an owner. that's really what this process is about. it is about following the rules to make sure that sterling can't later on say, you made a mistake in how you threw me out. i now have a valid legal claim. >> he also says, it is not going to be easy. take a listen. >> th...

The commissioner can levy a million dollar fine without the approval of the owners but how far can they go? that's what everyone wants to know. there's a lot of latitude to protect the interest of the game according to the nba constitution. we will have to see how far. >> all we know is the players right now can protest in the way they have been protesting, wearing their jersey inside out. across the nba we are seeing them protest but what the sponsors are doing will affect the pocket of sterling. apparently, there are a lot of sponsors that have jumped ship, mercedes-benz, carmax, virgin amer...