dreaming of vincent a witness documentary on al jazeera. shocked as the basketball world remembers one of its superstars kobe bryant is among 9 people killed in a helicopter crash in the u.s. . i'm stan grant this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up i'm some of the job in now tell you about the need to act on the u.s. embassy compound in the iraqi capital. a top u.s. democrats demand donald trump's former national security adviser testify in the president's impeachment trial through ports of damaging information in his new book . and the number of people dead from china's coronavirus rises again as the government warns it's getting more contagious.

one of basketball's greatest players kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in the u.s. state of california the former los angeles lakers player was one of 9 people who died he was 41 rob reynolds reports. kobe bryant's helicopter crashed and disintegrated on this hillside in calabasas outside los angeles witnesses said there was heavy fog and poor visibility in the area at the time of the accident. resident paula dolan heard multiple explosions before the helicopter went down wired one bang one of was in the air and the last 2nd their 2nd bang as it was just sunday and then i heard a huge crash on board with

a 41 year old retired superstar and his 13 year old daughter giana as well as 7 others including the pilot police have not released their names are far far is tied in to the actu site with their mentally quick man and a hose lines to. extinguish the stubborn fire unfortunately all the survivors born were determined to carry. the cause of the crash is unknown the helicopter as a course key $76.00 b. has a robust safety record federal crash investigators will search the wreckage and more gentle parties will be looking at the history of the pilots and whatever crew was on board will be looking at maintenance records of the helicopter bryant's prowess thrilled fans in l.a.

and beyond for 2 decades. a crowd has gathered here below the crash site many people are wearing lakers colors purple and gold some people say it's as if a piece of their lives have been ripped apart even more than you can imagine and you can put in words just the passion and the grit in the sweat and blood east given to the los angeles for the basketball family is i can say of young words see them with an eye at all everyone not dumb and lame very sad right now he is just human he was not great player as a reason why i got into baseball kind of and that's why i haven't changed and it's still like unbelievable for me to say that kobe bryant is not here with us anymore it's just tragedy it's just it i'm no words honestly. president donald trump tweeted bryant was one of the truly great basketball players of all time the loss of his beautiful daughter giana makes this moment even more devastating president

barack obama an avid basketball fan said koby was a legend on the court and was just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a 2nd act amid an outpouring of sorrow from players from across the spectrum of sports players from the euston rockets and the denver nuggets held a moment of silence before their game on sunday players looked down shaking their heads he leaves behind a sport that is grieving a city in mourning and a legacy of greatness that will be remembered as long as basketball is played robert oulds al-jazeera calabasas california. well tributes are pouring in from around the sporting world the coffee bryant sauna most looks at the career of one of bosco balls finest plans.

for 2 decades kobe bryant rose above every challenge that came his way in boston the 4th in the t.v. the n.b.a. one of the game's all time greats he spent his entire career with the los angeles lakers winning the n.b.a. championship and 5 occasions bryant also won to him to gold medals for the united states. it is a giant in the sports world that goes far beyond the n.b.a. goals for far beyond basketball he is a world wide giant in sports. is hard pressed to fly anymore and it doesn't know cobie he was bigger than life he is one of the biggest most well know in the players' wallets on after michael jordan he is one of the players that made the n.b.a. into a global sport into going into this 'd next situation. after exciting on the

court at high school in philadelphia bryant opted to skip college and find his 1st n.b.a. contract age just 17 at the time of peace deb you in the 19962990 7 season he was the youngest player ever to appear in an n.b.a. game. he more than lived up to that early promise famously teaming up with shaquille o'neal to win 3 consecutive championships with the lakers in the early 2000. bryant retired in 2016 and his post basketball korea had only just begun. he won an oscar for the animated short film india basketball. when he scored his final n.b.a. points in 2016 he was 3rd on the old time scoring list. only on saturday was his mock pos by a present day great to the bron james bryant's final social media post

congratulated james on continuing to move the game forward with something bryant had done throughout his own period. the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been targeted by rockets in a rare direct his 3 landed in the compound with one hitting an embassy dhani area previous attacks landed near the facility 3 weeks ago protesters stormed the embassy days before the u.s. killed iranian general qassam so the money a summer binge of aid in baghdad says the iraqi prime minister has condemned the attacks so far we have not had any claim of responsibility as there has been no claim of responsibility in the previous attacks as this these attacks have intensified when the assassination by simpson in mind and of the many in one this took place and generally burned and there's been multiple volleys which will be

tight in the green zone and aimed at the u.s. embassy compound spent the last time we heard from iraqi security forces was in the saffron area at the trace the launch pads of these rockets which were fired inside that reads on the rock the prime minister has commented saying that this is something which would be consider arc something that brings iraq's refuge into question and the safety of diplomatic missions is the route for sponsibility and it will continue to maintain that we've also heard from the iraqi security forces who have so far ducked and anyone has been wounded in this attack but we are already hearing reports of some aerial traffic multiple helicopters and other aerial assets in the air after this attack we also heard the sirens going off at the u.s. embassy after this attack took place and the sources of the confirm to us there is something significant it's taken place mark kimmitt is a retired brigadier general in the u.s. army he says this is

a significant attack who could lead to retell the ice and from washington. if it's a large number of american citizens who were killed in there i think it's one level of response of who is a small number i think it's another level of response but it's clear that after the killing of so mani in the response that i lost side that what many were saying that deterrence had been reestablished with the iranians but if the iranians were backing a proxy that conducted this kind of attack on us as territory to my mind it is clear that the turns has not been reestablished so the united states would have to send a message perhaps even stronger the next time to make it very clear that the united states is prepared to take actions in response to these kind of attacks on sovereign u.s. territories and american civilians former u.s. national security advisor john bolton appears to have under president trumps defense at his impeachment trial the new york times has obtained a draft copy of a book written by boat and it says trump told him to tie ukrainian military aid to

an investigation into joe biden bolton has said he's willing to testify at the trial but senate republicans are resisting attempts to include him well the news prompted this tweet from leading democratic impeachment manager adam schiff he says the president blocked our request for bolton's testimony now we see why it bolton directly contradicts the heart of the president's defense if the trial is to be see it is to beef is that it is must insist that mr bolton be called as a witness and provide these notes and other documents to the matthews is a professor of political science at cypress college he says the president thought resort to arguments about national security concerns to prevent bolton from testifying. so many presidents have used the national security come of age to actually hide the truth which was not a national security issue in this case on the usenet is not a national security issue if it's what bolton saying is true he needs to be exposed so we can actually clean up our democracy and abide by the rule of law it's all

about the rule of law is the president of the law or is he not under the law like everyone else i believe the 2nd is true and this bolton test will make a big difference i think they should go forward with it i think this is a lightning bolt this very well could be the smoking gun that we'll see if we get bolton bolton can actually testify and if they will the senate will vote to bring him because he wants to be subpoenaed so he can testify but i think there's a good chance if this comes out even more and discuss more in the news as it's being done that the american people will say look we want to have witnesses especially john bolton now that he's such a person who is very close to the center of all this action and we want to know what the evidence is and we can have evidence unless you have witness so i think there's a good chance that a few republicans might bolt change their position and vote with democrats to require a subpoena or bolton the world health organization is sending its top official to china to figure out how to stop the spread of coronavirus china's government says the number of people killed has risen to 80 with nearly 3000 infections health

officials say it can spread between people before symptoms showed which take up to 14 days scott heart was live for us now in beijing scott how much concern is that the spread of this disease is increasing and maybe getting beyond the authorities to try to contain us. the concern is really really high stan you know one thing we're actually outside essential beijing hospital the 3 young hospital there are 2 suspected cases in the hospital behind me you know what's interesting this kind of underlines the concern over the spread of this virus there are 2 people men and a woman in their twenty's they came up from from the affected area from the area and they have been in the hospital here for about 5 days we spoke with the woman on the phone and she said that she's actually in her own ward the way they made their way to this hospital as they're both in a hotel a nearby hotel here in beijing and they took their temperature in the hotel they both had elevated temperatures so they were brought here and they're put in their

own ward which is very interesting when you look at and to underline the concern around the spread of this virus so that is one example of how it's being dealt with here in the capital beijing and when you dealing of course with such an enormous population and a lot of movement at this time of the year around the lunar new year tell us how these restrictions and if it's to continue to having an impact on people's lives there. dramatic impact obviously it's scaling to based on where these people are where the people are you know down if you go around the affected area it's sealed off there's been a complete transportation lockdown you know $50000000.00 plus people are unable to travel when you look here in beijing to there's a lot of restricted travel when it comes to traveling outside long distances we are out of a long distance bus terminal one of several here in the city just yesterday all service there is shutdown they're worried that you know because when you travel on

a long distance bus service it's less regulated than say the high speed lines. train lines and the airlines so they can't really track people don't you have to show your id so there's a concern about that but when you look at the streets here you know this is a holiday period there would be people out on the streets but a lot of businesses are still shut you know the holiday was supposed to end next thursday people coming back to school and work soon after that we're hearing now though that the government said they're extending that holiday the national holiday so at least for another week people are going to be going back to work and things will be opening back up so the government hoping within that week we'll get a better handle a better understanding what's going on but right now it's still really you know a lockdown situation and affected area schools hard to live in budging thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera a taste for the rise you need for the results of. the regional election. is a crucial time. a head. to head

you know with. the police from survival 75 years after this camp was the bright. hello there we have a quiet couple of days across northern sections of the middle east well into bits and pieces of really nothing coming in with them as a sigh certainly not through monday it is quiet throughout much of turkey and elsewhere as you can see even very little clouds some good sunshine however it is feeling a little bit cooler got a very strong is coming down the gulf is taking the top of these temperatures so 98 in doha but actually feeling a lot cooler than that and in fact if anything but choose day that wind is getting even stronger 21 is the 4 cars type it is a say it will likely feel cool in that 21 across into dubai and will scout. pushing again into western and central as a turkey and they will turn over to

a mix of sleet and snow into the high ground we've had some deadly floods of course into madagascar we've had several days of very heavy amounts of rain many villages and towns have been cut off the rains are so heavy they have literally swept away the roads and thousands of people have been displaced because of these floodwaters now we have golson dry conditions over the next few days but this is typically the rainy season so we will see more showers and thunderstorms monday they'll generally pop up again in the afternoon hours and of course a wise fight out towards the west angola particularly for the next couple of days so choose says in the story. is dry bright and sunny at $23.00. the 21st century began with extraordinary economic growth across much of latin america. but since this whole tour in 2008 has been a political shift to the right on a continent where socialism on strive to. achieve land politician goes on

a journey to me leading leftwing ficus to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically. in latin america a giant in turmoil on al-jazeera. and this is just 0 his reminder of our top stories one of basketball's greatest players kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in the u.s. state of california a former los angeles lakers player was one of 9 people who died he was 41. the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been targeted by rockets in a raid to rates his casualties have been reported 3 weeks ago protesters stormed

the embassy days before the u.s. killed iranian general. china's government says the number of people killed by the corona virus has risen to 80 with nearly 3000 infections health officials say can spread between people before symptoms show up to 14 days. early results suggest italy's right wing leader salvini has failed to win an important regional election the former deputy prime minister was hoping to cause an upset in the traditionally leftist region and topple the governing coalition but high turnout spurred on by an anti populist movement appears to have tipped the balance against his lead party. has more from belong here. he campaigned hard trying to turn this left wing heartland far right but mateo salvini as hopes of victory in the red belt region of immediate online faded almost as soon as

the voting had ended the exit polls indicated that his opponent for the democratic party was ahead. but the media but for me it's very emotional but after more than 70 years of a left us government at least this time we were serious contenders. he put himself front and center of the regional campaign turning it into a nationwide battle for the league party in a bid to consolidate the party's victory across the country spreading his presence far and wide on social media platforms and spite of it all it didn't quite happen this time while the league may not have gained a victory here in a 1000000 romagna however the fact that they are the 2nd largest party here really comes down to the fact that they have made enormous gain here in this region which is part of italy's redbelt. get your supporters of the incumbent regional president

is that what i thought she may be relieved at the outcome he himself acknowledged to support led to him by the liberal anti populous flashmob group known as the sardines c of a league party when pushed many of them to pack the squares here and across the country nevertheless it is a shock to the system that so many in this leftwing bastion voted for the far right league. salvini can celebrate the personal success. because in this campaign year hole the. candidate to be. the. very good the result. he may not have won. but all eyes are still on my tail salvini watching his next attempt to gain power in italy's fractious political scene. al-jazeera. at least 11

soldiers from libya's un backed government of being cured be in misrata forces loyal to the warlord aletha hafter were trying to advance on the town of abu ghraib misrata is libya's 2nd largest city and is home to groups who oppose after after launches offensive to seize tripoli in april last year a spokesman for half the says there is no political solution to this conflict however the man who. went to moscow and to berlin and before that we went to several other countries we were not searching for a solution we know that the solution is in the gun the solution is in the ammunition and in the hearts of our men still we always try to listen to the international community and the mediators until the world is fully convinced that we are fighting criminal and terrorist groups. in the gambia police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of protesters calling for president obama barrow to step down but barrow time to power he promised to step down after 3 years

but now he wants to stay on to complete the 5 year presidential term nicolas. it ended before it started after multiple requests to protest against president adam a barrow were rejected the government gave demonstrators a short 3 hour window for what was supposed to be a peaceful protest but minutes before it began police fired tear gas into the crowds who were rewarded for president. if he was for coming in on to power we will not go in we are not going to accept that so this is what. they are and we will not relent we are not going to recruit or we will not subdue we told you power. of the presidency for the. thousands fled some were beaten many were left injured others killed. let me only come back as the injured were taken to hospital gambia the military

deployed back to the security force. organizers of the march and several local journalists were arrested al-jazeera was not granted a critic taishan to cover this demonstration we democracy this is a democratic government and we are committed to ensuring that those democratic monday it's. protesters accused of breaking intellectual promise he made to the people of ghana brought him to power in 2070 shortly after being sworn in barrow told al-jazeera at the time he would only lead the country through its transition to democracy organizing elections in which he would not take part with 3 years into his presidency he says he will instead complete his mandate until 2021. for protesters it seems barrow is tightening his grip on power just like his predecessor jummy and so for many the fight to protect democracy in the gambia is not over it's just the beginning because hawk al jazeera. the fiance

of murdered journalist jamal has soji has spoken of her concerns that the saudi government was willing to spy on her the u.k. was reportedly warned by u.s. intelligence agencies and saudi arabia had the ambition and intentions to monitor her during a visit last may a saudi was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul in october 28th seen. this. true what happened was a very big and scary event by same passing would never imagined or something like this would ever happen again especially now they're waiting for the punishment of these criminals the ones who killed jamal inside the saudi consulate in turkey is waiting for the truth in this situation how can we imagine a new plan or scenario adequate impulse buy in on a victim like me when i spoke to officials about this they told me nothing would happen to you because you're traveling to the u.k. which is a safe place. relatives of people killed in mexico barged through the capital to demand answers from the government their arrival was the culmination of

a 4 day war in the city of quart of vodka a record high of nearly 35000 people were murdered in mexico last year according to official figures john hall but has more. they marched in silence the photos on their banners spoke loudly enough. that this is my father mother and my brother my brother had cerebral palsy he killed all 3 of them in state of mexico my brother couldn't move a finger to defend himself now they make. these are the bold facts in 2019 there were more people murdered in mexico than in any of the years since records have been kept behind the numbers of the intimate horrific stories like that of a remote community of due us mit's can citizens where women and children were gunned down last november they were friends and family and it was you know there was 3 women and 6 children. some of them were burned and some of them were shot.

their relatives marched like this in honor of the young girl who barefooted led of the children to safety across the who was there as we had to see the new president lopez obrador chose not to receive the marches saying he didn't want to make a show that i don't know. that's the same president who just the week before used his daily press conference to announce a raffle for the presidential plane that might but that was going to search you for your relative isn't a sure there's such huge this parade when you can find your loved ones it's very hard you don't know what it's like until you're living. the violence from its crew has been a constant for more than a decade but a year into this presidency it's worse than ever mr lopez obrador his main strategy for solving all of this. is a new militarized security force called the national guard but so far it hasn't had

much of an impact and his critics have asked why isn't he instead improving the police force that mexico already has or the justice system the vast majority of crimes in the country go on punished cabinet ministers were due to meet the protesters at the end of the march they have a big task on their hands and the dead missing and their relatives are watching john homan now dizzier. the prime minister of the netherlands has made the 1st official apology on behalf of the dutch government for the wartime persecution of jews mark router was speaking at commemorations ahead of the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the hours of its birkenau death cab on monday some survivors attended the event in answer to that but more than a 1000000 people mainly jews were murdered at that camp in poland around $200.00 survivors will take part in to member a sions with their numbers dwindling this could be the last major anniversary

attended by those who lived through the cab's horrors so on a whole reports what was once a factory of death has for 75 years been a factory of remembrance some of the artifacts of 1100000 lives most of them jews but also poles roma jehovah's witnesses homosexuals and prisoners of war these are the places where they froze and starved where they were experimented upon huddled together and killed this is what is left behind but only a dwindling few who know how it felt. 94 year old leon vine tribe was 18 when he was separated from his family at auschwitz. if son of a lovely marvie. i have 4. sisters i was there for. a sustained how exhausted i was i. do not

remember. thinking of what happens with my mother my sisters i didn't. talk my mother and my aunt the same because they get. killed. victim and. in see it there are fewer and fewer survivors left to tell their stories the bricks and mortar will survive them of course as a visual reminder to the millions who visit each year but quite soon that living connection to the horrors of the holocaust will be lost is their 1st time is there the head in the history and such. zyzzyx in their field killings to kill a whole nation for 3 quarters of a century those who survived have been around to tell the world that what happened

here must never be allowed to happen again when they are gone birkenau will be left with one ultimate purpose that no one should ever be allowed to forget jonah hill al jazeera auschwitz birkenau death camp. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories one of basketball's greatest players kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in the u.s. state of california the former los angeles lakers player was one of 9 people who died he was 41 rob reynolds has more from near the scene of the crash in tel abbas . the aircraft was a sick or ski $76.00 helicopter a an aircraft that has actually a robust safety record so the cause of this crash is not known there is

a team from the national transportation safety board that's the federal agency that is on its way to california now to go over the debris to try to figure out whether this was caused by mechanical failure or pilot error or some other cause it is known that there was some heavy fog and a low cloud cover in this particular area called calabasas to the north and west of los angeles proper at the time of the crash the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been targeted by rockets in a red direct hits 3 landed in the compound with one hitting an embassy dining area previous attacks landed near the facility 3 weeks ago protesters stormed the embassy days before the u.s. killed iranian general custom so the money former u.s. national security adviser john bolton appears to have undermined president donald trump's defense of his impeachment trial the new york times obtained a copy of his book it says trump told bolton to pressure ukraine into investigating

joe biden china's government says a number of people killed by the corona virus has risen to 80 with nearly 3000 infections health officials say it can spread between people before symptoms show which can take up to 14 days the city of rwanda the center of the outbreak is expecting a 1000 more patients in coming days though the results suggest italy's right wing lead a potato salvini has failed to win an important regional election votes are still being counted in the traditionally leftist a media romagna region the projections put salvini league party several points behind the center left democratic party. those the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one of the water americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the trouble parts of america are getting trumpy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies

a matter of fact on the world. following the tradewinds of the 8 she'd still probe the belt and rode initiative is china's ambitious plan to link the country to the rest of the world they sure look so low because it's the height . of the tower yet again the police officer who was. chinese leaders say all countries along the route will benefit but some locals tell a different story has the president. got a q. one o one east investigate how china's new silk road is changing lives from asia to africa. on the banks.