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I'M SPEECHLESS.
IT TAKES A LOT.
>> IT IS A LITTLE EMBARRASSING
TO WATCH.
CLEARLY, THE INTENTION IS NOT TO
GET INTO A JOUST WITH DENNIS
RODMAN.
I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH INTEREST.
I DON'T THINK HE DESERVES THE
RELEVANCE, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.
I DID FEEL FOR THE MAN HE WAS
MENTIONING.
A LOT OF THEM DO A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS AND THEY HAVE GOOD
INTENTIONS HERE.
CHARLES SMITH SPOKE UP DURING
THE INTERVIEW.
I'M A KNICK FAN AND A FAN OF HIS
WORK.
FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT CULTURAL
EXCHANGE CAN DO, THIS GAME HAS
BEEN SPUN AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT
TO THE RULER.
IT IS BEING PLAYED ON HIS
BIRTHDAY.
THAT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC OF WHAT
A CULTURAL EXCHANGE IS.
IT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC OF WHAT
IT SAYS ABOUT THE RULER.
THERE, YOU GET INTO SOME ISSUES.
THE REASON I THINK IT THE
THEATER OF IT, THERE IS NO
REASON TO QUALIFY IT.
YOU CAN'T EXAGGERATE IT.
THE CALM IN THE INTERVIEW IS
ONE, BECAUSE WE ARE PROS AND WE
ARE USED TO PEOPLE BEING UPSET.
IT IS ALSO BECAUSE I DON'T
REALLY CARE ABOUT HOW DENNIS
RODMAN CARES ABOUT THINGS VERY
DEEPLY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT HE UNDERSTANDS
WHY HE FEELS WHAT HE FEELS BUT
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE BAY
FAMILY, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS, THE
TLE
THREATS OF NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES.
>> YOU WENT THERE WITH IMHAD.
YOU SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE
AN EFFORT?
HIS REACTION WAS OUTSTANDING.
DENNIS RODMAN IS THE MOST DIRECT
LINE WE HAVE TO A GUY WITH
NUCLEAR CAPABILITY, A RULER WITH
NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES?
>> AND DID A LIVE INTERVIEW.
>> ALL DUE DEFERENCE WITH THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE BEING CAREFUL WITH THE
BAY FAMILY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO AGITATE THE
SITUATION.
THE VALUE IS TO KEEP THIS MAN'S
PLIGHT IN THE MEDIA AND THE
PLIGHT OF MANY OTHERS HELD THERE
THE AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS
ATROT
ATROCITY.
>> WHAT WAS HE SAYING TO YOU?
IT SOUNDED LIKE HE SAID, DO YOU
KNOW MR. BAY DIDN'T DO SOMETHING
WRONG?
>> YES, I KNOW EVERYTHING THAT
THERE IS TO KNOW.
I UNDERSTAND ALL THE
ALLEGATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I UNDERSTAND
THEM AS WELL AS DEPNNIS RODMAN.
I WANT TO GET THIS AWAY FROM
RODMAN.
HE IS CREATING ALL THE ENERGY,
BECAUSE THAT'S GREAT.
IT NEEDS THE ATTENTION.
THE GUY IS STILL IN JAIL.
HE IS FOT DOING WELL.
IT IS WRONG.
WE HAVE SIMILAR SITUATIONS IN
OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE WRONG
THAT HOPEFULLY RODMAN'S ANTICS
WILL PROVIDE.
NOW IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO
BACK TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND
GIVE THE FAMILIAY THE OPPORTUNI.
DAVID STERN, WE NEVER IMPLIED
THIS WAS SANCTIONED BY THE NBA.
>> THEY DO WORK WONDERS AT
TIMES.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
PLACES THEY CAN BE VERY USEFUL
AS WELL.
CHARLES SMITH AND THOSE GUYS GO
TO A LOT OF PLACES.
I'M SORRY HE WAS PUT IN THE
POSITION OF DEFENDING DENNIS
RODMAN.
DENNIS RODMAN SAYS, FRIEND, HE