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Distinction between the chinese people and the chinese communist government, which is trying to justify what they're doing in hong kong. the most popular sports product in the entire country. they love it. hundreds of millions of chinese want to see this product. maybe the nba could grow a spine now. >> bill: nba can beat china if the offending tweet came from lebron or steph curry the fight would already be over. >> a lot different than the general manager of houston. what's interesting, too, it's why it makes it curious the initial reaction from the nba and initial reaction from the houston ...

Of the tweet-induced controversy with china. the nba commissioner doing damage control in shanghai today. how are you doing, what is your feeling on this as of today how the nba has reacted? >> well, adam silver is in china doing damage control. he is walking a tight rope but that's because the nba has for a long time now taken certain marching orders from beijing and trying to please the chinese communist party. when you had daryl morey voice his support for the protests in hong kong and then the leadership of the nba come down on him, pressure him to issue an apology and delete thinks tweet,...

Close this evening. >> bret: thank you very much, matt. two are other top story, abc has canceled roseanne barr's tv show. that comes following a tweet from a comic which most people found not funny at all but rather of abhorrent. >> roseanne barr was on top of the world. her resurrected show was a huge check for abc. >> he talked about dogs jobs, . he shook things up. >> look at roseanne, look at her ratings. >> but hours later, she was canceled over ugly comments. comments the network called abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values. the offending tweet said it, muslim brotherhoo...

"daily show" caused a twitter war. the tweet came from the u.s. embassy in cairo with a link to the show. >> so what is this all about? in it jon stewart criticized the egyptian president for the arrest of this man here, he's simply a comedian. and he's often been compared to stewart. >> the popular comedian was taken in, we reported this the other day, and questioned by egyptian state authorities last week eventually fined for insulting islam and the egyptian president. >> so when the u.s. got involved, the u.s. embassy posting this link, the office of president morsi, well, they shot back wi...

relationship edges towards a close. diana magnay, cnn, bamberg, germany. the u.n. security council tried to formally condemn the government of syria today. but the draft resolution failed. shot down by a double veto. ambassadors from russia and china voted against it. american ambassador susan rice made her feelings very clear. >> the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council prevent us from fug filling our soul purpose here, addressing an ever deepening crisis in syria and a growing threat to regional peace and security. for months this council is held hosta...