ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news</s>BALDWIN: Here we go, breaking news here at CNN regarding the mental state of L.A. Clippers' owner, Donald Sterling. CNN has learned that two independent doctors have declared the 80-year-old, quote, "mentally incapacitated." This news comes less than 24 hours after Sterling's estranged wife, Shelly, signed a deal to sell to Steve Ballmer for some $2 billions. Sterlings stability has been a point of contention in this ongoing saga. Upon hearing this news, Donald Sterling's attorney said the declaration was, quote, "a vast overstatement." And Sterling had a diagnosis of a modest mental impairment but Sterling is far from being incapacitated. Joining me now from Washington, CNN's Brian Todd. Brian, tell me what you know.</s>BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Brooke, Poppy Harlow and I have this from two sources with detailed knowledge of the situation. They say Donald Sterling was found to be mentally incapacitated by two independent physicians. This was determined sometime within the past several weeks, we believe probably within the past month. The first source told me that the two physicians examining him were both neurologists. The second source said that under the Sterling family trust there is a provision that says if one or the other, Donald or Shelly Sterling, becomes mentally incapacitated the other, would become sole trustee. So Shelly was able to negotiate the sale of the Clippers as the sole trustee of the Sterling family trust, and that's how that deal got done yesterday. We did have a response, as you just read, from Maxwell Blecher, the attorney for Donald Sterling. I spoke with him on the phone and he gave me the response you just had, that his diagnosis was a modest mental impairment and that he is far from being incapacitated. So it looks like they may contest this as well -- Brooke?</s>BALDWIN: Brian Todd with those new developments here and the latest from Sterling's attorney. Thank you so much for that. Coming up, we will stay on this and find out exactly what all of this now means for this reported $2 billion sale of the L.A. Clippers. Back after a quick break.
Donald Sterling Declared Mentally Incapacitated