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One that pins freedom of speech right up against profit. that's what we're seeing play out. there's been a firestorm that started with that tweet that came here in mainland china, and it has spread after the nba's initial apology on monday that spread in the u.s. with lawmakers on both sides saying, the nba should not be apologizing, calling it shameful. what the nba is now saying through adam silver this morning is that they are not endorsing what was said, but the permission to express yourself, they said, that's part of the tenets that the nba has always stood by. now they also acknowledge ...

But also support the nba's growth in china, walking a very thin line. we'll have his remarks as they come in. we move on to some baseball now. the yankees had the brooms out last night, sweeping the twins to advance to the american league championship series. andy scholes with "the bleacher report." >> good morning. the yankees' dominance of the twins, it continued last night. they've now beaten minnesota in 13 straight postseason games. the poor twins have lost a record 16 in a row in the playoffs. the minnesota fans, they were just hoping to finally see a win last night. but the optimism d...

Daryl exercising his freedom of expression. i regret, again, having communicated directly with many friends in china, that so many people are upset, including millions and millions of our fans. >> cnn's david culver live in beijing with what this all means. david, good morning. >> dave, good morning to you. hundreds of millions of fans, if we are to add upon what nba commissioner silver is saying, that press conference under way in tokyo. and the bigger part of this is his standing by freedom of expression throughout that press conference. and he says they don't endorse what daryl morey put ou...

Playing two games, having a fan night, and also getting a taste of the town. they have many of their family members with them, so they really get to experience japan. i'd also like to thank miki mikitani and rakuten for being our hosts and their tremendous coverage of the nba. one quick story about miki. i met him a few years ago and he told me that he had grown up as a huge basketball fan here in japan and wondered why there had been such a gap since we had had nba games here in market. and i said, well, all we needed was a great partner -- >> we're going to continue to monitor commissioner s...

>> this is not just a basketball story. >> politics, business, foreign policy. >> airlines have this deal with this. usually the flash point is taiwan. airlines had to change their drop-down menu so taiwan wasn't separate because that angered the chinese community. apple took the taiwan emoji off its keyboard if you were in hong kong or macao to keep the chinese happy. american business is quick to leave democracy behind and make the changes needed to make the censors happy. >> rick scott critical of the nba. the president of the united states has not spoken out in support of the hong kong pro...