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thank you for joining us. i'm don lemon. right now so much of the world is just in shock and disbelief, trying to process what has happened today and make some sense of this gigantic loss. here's what we know right now. and even though it has been several hours, it is still stunning to say the words, that kobe bryant, the legendary nba star, is dead tonight. his adorable 13-year-old daughter gianna known as gigi also dead tonight. several other people, baseball coach, pilot, all dead. they were traveling outside of los angeles. no word why it went down. it caught fire on a hillside in calabasas, california, outside of los angeles. everyone on board was on their way to thousand oaks, california. they were on their way to a youth basketball game at the mamba sports academy. that is the training center opened by kobe bryant for young athletes. it opened just a year ago. want you to take a look now.

this is the staples center in los angeles where people have been gathering there all afternoon, just not wanting to stay home. they are paying tribute and they are being with other fans of kobe bryant at the place where he played most of his home games in the 20 years with the l.a. lakers. we're going to take you there live in just a minute. we have so much to report to you about this tragic story. there is no possible way to even show you even a fraction of the tributes that are being shared. shared memories and heart felt personal reflections about kobe bryant that are flooding social media sites right now. we have heard from michael jordan. we've heard from kareem abdul-jabbar, we've heard from magic johnson, we've heard from former president barack obama and a universe of people whose names you never heard of whose lives were touched, whose aspirations were boosted, who are in mourning tonight because an inspirational athlete, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and a family man is dead at just 41

years old. talking about kobe bryant. and we have new information now about the weather at the time of this crash. i want to get straight to calabasas, california, now, and cnn's nick watt. nick, hello to you. you have been covering this story now. you're at the scene. please tell us what officials are saying about the conditions there. >> reporter: well, you know, so far, don, officials have said very little about the potential cause of the crash. you know, those 18 people from the ntsb are still in the air flying west. they'll land here late tonight. but the weather will clearly, don, be a focus of this investigation. now, we have heard from cnn's meteorologist the humidity in that air this morning was maybe 100%. so that air would have been like soup. there was this marine layer we often see in the mornings here in southern california, plus a storm front moving through. so visibility was bad. you know, i spoke to a friend of mine who is a pilot who was planning to fly today and did

not fly because of the weather. but, don, so far absolutely nothing official from anybody official as to what the cause might be. i imagine we'll hear from the ntsb sometime tomorrow. now, people around here, they report a thick fog this morning. they also report hearing a loud crash as that helicopter hit that hillside. and you know, a fire broke out. that was the first thing the first responders had to deal with. they had to contain this brush fire before securing the scene so that investigators can try to figure out what went on. listen, they're going to look into the safety record of this particular helicopter, this particular model. they're going 20 look into the pilot's background. they're going to look at that course. they're going to analyze any radar traffic. what would now appear, don, to be the focus of where they will be looking forward to try and figure this out. but right now, l.a. just aghast, speechless. one radio sportsman i heard this

morning said this is going to be like jfk. you'll remember where you were when kobe bryant died. don? >> when i got the -- someone texted me, actually, a very famous director and producer texted me and said, i cannot believe it. got the first indication from tmz and said, don, please tell me, because tmz is reporting it. does that absolutely mean it's true? i said, i hadn't heard about it. but as i'm looking over my notes here over the initial reports, nick, the initial report came in as a brush fire. is that so? >> reporter: well, i am not sure about that, but that was certainly the initial thing that they had to respond to. and just going back to what you were texted there, one young girl came up to me about an hour ago and said, have they actually found kobe's body? is there still hope? have they actually found his body yet? we'll just believe -- listen, this guy transcended basketball. he transcended sport. and particularly here in l.a., he was much loved partly because

of events like the one he was going to today at the mamba academy, to a tournament. i had spoken to a number of parents who were there waiting for kobe and his daughter gigi for the game that was supposed to be happening at noon. when the news broke in that gymnasium, there were audible screams. there were then kids who got down on one knee and prayed. don? >> yeah, nick, i just spoke to a father in los angeles who had to coach his daughters' basketball team today. he said the mood was definitely somber at his daughter's gym and the basketball team there. nick watt joining us from calabasas, california. nick, we will get back to you. if you get more information, let us know. thank you, nick watt. we want to take a look now at the video. this video, this is lebron james arriving back in los angeles just a short time ago. and you can see obviously emotional. you can see him wiping his eyes. just last night james surpassed bryant for number three, the

number three spot on the nba all-time scoring list. you can see him hugging someone there. again, this video just coming in to cnn. that's lebron james just arriving back. emotional lebron james. the last tweet that he gave last night actually congratulating -- congratulations to james for surpassing him. and now here's lebron james last night talking about the relationship that he had with bryant as well as the impact bryant had on his own career. here it is. >> in 2001, i believe, i was playing in new jersey and the all-star game, if i'm not mistaken -- y'all can correct me -- was in philly, right? yeah, that saturday. me and maverick drove to the inter-continental downtown philadelphia and he gave me a pair of his shoes which i ended up wearing that following night.

it was the red, white and blue kobe's. i was a 15 and he was a 14. i wore them anyways. and i sat and just talked to him for a little bit. he gave me the shoes. i rocked them in the game. it was the same night that we played oak hill against melo. and then i saw what he was able to do the very next night winning mvp here in philly. now i'm here in a lakers uniform in philadelphia where he's from, where i wanted -- the first time i ever met him, gave me shoes all-star week. it's surreal. it doesn't make no sense, but the universe just puts things in your life and when you, i guess when you're living the right way or you're giving everything to whatever you're doing, things happen organically and it's not supposed to make sense, but it just happens. sorry. and i'm happy just to be in any conversation with kobe bryant,

one of the all-time greatest basketball players ever played, one of the all-time greater lakers. the man has two jerseys hanging up in staple center. it's just crazy. >> now we go, look at that. looking at live pictures now from the staple center, outside the staple center in los angeles. you can see there is a makeshift memorial and a tribute to kobe bryant. i can't believe these words are coming out of my mouth. the late, and i'll add to that great legendary kobe bryant. fans gathering outside the staple center. and you can see the candles there lighted in honor of kobe bryant and his daughter and all the folks who were on that helicopter, that doomed flight, with kobe. that's where we'll find cnn's paul buchanan. what are you hearing from the fans, paul? >> reporter: one of the first things that we heard is fan

after fan had told us they wished this was some sort of a joke, a mistake, an inaccuracy, just something on the internet that was wrong. they just couldn't believe that kobe had passed. but then once they got confirmation that he indeed had died, they wanted to come down here and share a moment with fellow laker fans and honor kobe bryant and two of them are here, cousins, michele and ben. tell us about what's going through your mind right now as you reflect on kobe bryant. >> um, i just -- my heart is so heavy. i don't think -- >> mamba! >> it feels so surreal. just thinking about when we went to his final game to this moment and just knowing that he's gone, it's so hard for us to kind of comprehend. and our family has been such laker fans and it's brought us together, just watching games together. just how inspirational kobe has been for us, so it's very hard right now. >> reporter: so by that final game, the 60 points that he scored, that was astounding late in his career against the jazz. now i want to ask you, ben, why

does he seem to transcend basketball for so many people in l.a.? >> well, you know what, he means a lot more than just basketball. what he does on and off the court, that's just something that he's always done. he's such a great motivational speaker. just the things that he does off the court -- things he's done with his daughter, what's going on, the tragedy taking place this morning, it feels like it's really a dream. it feels like it's a nightmare that's taking place here. i feel like the best thing we could do was come out and support with other people and cherish the memories he has. >> reporter: thank you for taking the time-out. that's the feeling here. absolutely shocked and completely heartbroken over the loss of kobe bryant. back to you. >> paul, thank you very much. appreciate that. kobe bryant and his daughter gianna were traveling to a game that she was playing in and he was going to coach. and you've got to see this. take a look at this. it is a clip of kobe talking about the experience of coaching

his own daughter and watching her grow as an athlete. >> coaching a kid is fun. it came out of nowhere because my daughter just decided she wanted to play about 2 1/2 years ago. so i started coaching her a little bit. and then she made a local all-star team. we really kind of sit back and let them process things and figure things out because we are playing for the long game of them being the best basketball players they can be. but it's fun to sit there and watch them hoop. >> i want to bring some someone now who i know well and love and admire and respect and that is supermodel beverley johnson. beverley, i'm so sorry for your loss. i know you knew this family very well. >> yes. >> i want on't ask you how you' doing because i know, but tell me about kobe, please. >> yes. don, it's a very, very sad day today, and i happen to be in los angeles when, you know, the news came out.

and i immediately called my daughter who is shaya, kobe's sister's best friend. they've been best friends for decade, and i knew kobe from a young man. and, you know, shaya and she were going to the games together, which made me very close with pam and joe. and shaya his sister is like a daughter. because my daughter and shaya were so close. so i'm just -- i want to support the family. i can't even imagine how they feel. but i just wanted to say -- tell people about another side of kobe that, you know, from his

sister's side, sheree and their kids are born into. my daughter has four children. shaya had three kids and to see the kids now playing basketball and kobe's daughter, i mean, it's just -- i don't know what else to say, but i did want to say, you know, to joe and pam and sheree and shaya how deeply sorry i am and i just wanted to say to them. and i just thought that i needed to say something. >> tell us about the -- when i talked to you earlier, you talked about -- because we know the public side of kobe bryant. and you were talking to me earlier about the private said. and you said that he was quiet and, was it quite shy?

i don't want to put words in your mouth. >> yes, we're talking about decades ago when he was a young man. shaya and ananza were best friends. he would come over the house in beverley hills. he was quiet. he was just a quiet young man. and already, you know, the buzz was out that he was going to be the greatest of all time maybe. but -- and it was nice to watch this young man blossom. not only as an athlete, but as a man, a father and -- but i was more close to his family. and through his family i, you know, watched his life. and so my daughter and shaya are best friends in the world. they're at the baby shower, you know -- it's just -- i don't

even know what to say. i'm shaking. i'm shaking. devastating. absolutely devastating. >> have you had a chance to speak to his family? >> no, i haven't. as a matter of fact, when i found out, i was having my hair done and i just -- and i called my daughter immediately and she did not know because -- i have four grandchildren, she has four children and they're watching mickey mouse and knew nothing about kobe's death. and she immediately called shaya and they, you know, from the screaming to the moaning. i'm so happy i was in los angeles to be here for my daughter and to support my daughter and shaya and the family.

it hit close to home. it has hit close to home. >> well, beverley, i appreciate your time and thank you for spending time on the phone with me today and calling here to cnn. you take care of your family. i love you. >> i love you. >> and you all stay strong. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. as we go to break, we want to show just a moment of silence held in kobe bryant's honor at the denver nuggets game. >> ladies and gentlemen, basketball fans, a tragedy has befallen the world of basketball. earlier today at the age of 41, kobe bryant was killed in a helicopter crash. in 20 seasons with the lakers, kobe was a 17-time all-star,

two-time nba finals mvp, two-time olympic gold medallist, and five-time nba champion. the nba and the game of basketball will mourn this loss together. please join us in a moment of silence for kobe bryant. rest in peace, mamba. ♪ ♪ ♪ country roads, take me home there's a booking for every resolution. book yours at any price, at booking.com they can save you these. in fact, if you had a dollar for every time they said it, you'd have a lot of dollars. which makes it hard to believe,

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the way to express themselves off the court, often writing messages on them in marker. kobe bryant, well, he gave himself the nickname "the black mamba" and that nickname appeared on lebron james's shoes last night. as james passed bryant on the nba all-time scoring list. and now in death, bryant's name is again appearing on players' shoes, reminding of the legacy he leaves behind. new orleans pelican player wore the shoes to honor bryant and his daughter gianna. he played for the lakers a year after 2017, the year after he retired. r.i.p. kobe and r.i.p. gianna, rest in peace. cnn's most recent interview

with kobe bryant was by our own andy scholes in sports. he was in los angeles just 11 days ago at a season launch event for major league soccer. andy scholes joins me now. andy, hello to you. tell us about the interview with kobe. what was it like? >> don, any time you get to sit down with kobe bryant, it's special. we know he's one of the greatest athletes of all time, five-time nba champion. he was excelling in his post nba career, his business life. he was one of the early investors in the sports drink body armour. that's why he was at the major league soccer event because body armour and major leak soccer signed a landmark deal together. i got the chance to sit down with kobe. he was a big soccer fan growing up. in italy watching the game quite a bit. we talked about his daughter gigi in the game of women's basketball. here's a portion of our interview that, again, was just 11 days ago. >> the nba fans love to debate you, which team from which era was better. shaq recently weighed in saying he absolutely thinks you and him

would have beaten this current lakers team with lebron, anthony davis. what's your take on that hypothetical match up? >> i don't weigh in on hypotheticals. i never have. those things drive me crazy. as a competitor, you can't do anything about it. you can't debate yourself winning something. you compete, you win or you lose. in the debate culture there's never a clear winner so it's pointless for me. i don't engage in those things. but it's fun to hear. >> you recently said your daughter gigi got you back into watching a lot of nba, taking her to games, sitting court side with her. as you watch games with her, coach her through her basketball journey, i want to get your take on if you think a woman could ever play in the nba one day. >> play in the nba in i think there are a couple players that could play in the nba now honestly. there are a lot of players that have skill that can do it. diana tourasi, they can most certainly keep up with them. >> i know you're a big soccer fan growing up in italy.

i want to get your thoughts on what seems to be an increase in racism in european football. if there is anything that can be done to combat it. >> it's always education and understanding that racism is a thing that's been part of our culture for a while. even though now we've come such a long way, but there is still so much to be done. and i think education is always the most important thing. i think speaking up and taking a stand, a significant stand. when i was growing up in italy, i always obviously witnessed it firsthand going to certain soccer matches and things of that nature and things that my parents taught me and educated me how to deal with those sorts of things. looking at various muses i handled, jackie robinson to bill russell, so on and so forth. i think education is very important. >> yeah, don, i was lucky enough to interact with kobe in two sectors of my life. i was a ball boy for the houston rockets when i was in college. when i sat down with kobe, i actually showed him a picture of the two of us from back in 2003

and kobe had a nice laugh and said, yeah, we were both youngsters back then. in that moment, don, i actually -- i thanked kobe for always being such a nice genuine person because, you know, back then he was the best player in the nba, but he still always took the time to take pictures with all the ball boys, sign all of our autographs that we wanted, and that can't be said for a lot of people, but kobe was always like that, just a very nice and genuine person. >> i, andy, remember when i went to work in philadelphia and kobe had left, a couple years before i went to philadelphia in 1999. left in 1996. i went to work at the station in philadelphia, but it was just on the other side of city line avenue, right? and so it was in lower marion or, you know, they called it the main line. and there were so many kobe stories from just about everyone at my station and all of them were very positive. and every time we passed the high school, they would say

that's where kobe went to high school. that's where kobe went to high school. he was such a huge legend in that town and everyone was so proud that he came from philadelphia, not really, but lower marion. it was amazing to even work in a town where he as legend was so big, he was so popular and just beloved in that area. it was amazing. >> so many people heartbroken, don. it's stem cell not real for me. i just saw him 11 days ago. >> yeah, no one can believe it. no one can believe it. thank you. i appreciate that, andy. it's great that you have such great memories with him in that photo. thank you, andy. so, let's talk about some other folks who knew him well and who loved him, and that's shaquille o'neal. and kobe bryant, both joined the l.a. lakers in 1996. they helped take the lakers to three straight nba titles from 2000-2002. o'neal reacted to the news. sharing pictures and writing, there's no words to express the pain i'm going through with this

tragedy of losing my niece gigi and my brother kobe bryant. i love you and you will be missed. my condolences go out to the bryant family and the family of the other passengers on board. i am sick right now. kobe was so much more than an athlete. he was a family man. that was what we had most in common. i would hug his children like they were my own and he would embrace my kids like they were his. his baby girl gigi was born on the same day as my youngest daughter mi' ara. words can't describe the pain i'm feeling. i loved kobe. he was like a little brother to me. we used to talk often and i will miss those conversations very much. he was a fierce competitor, one of the greats of the game, and a creative force. kobe was also an amazing dad who loved his family deeply and took

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well, there's no question that kobe bryant is an absolute nba legend, and for years there's been discussion about where he falls among the basketball greats, such as michael jordan, lebron james and on and on. bryant was never shy about fueling those debates, including an appearance on the late show, the late late show with james cordon in march.

>> i would like you to rank these legendary basketball players from best to worst. [ laughter ] lebron james. michael jordan. >> yeah. >> and kobe bryant. >> you know what i'm going to answer, but i'm not going to answer it because everybody is going to sit there and debate about it so i'm going to take a bite of this -- >> you can answer. it's pretty straightforward, i think. >> lebron james, michael jordan second best -- whoa. >> cnn's brian stelter is here with me. >> respect for that. >> you have to have respect for that. and it's nice he had a great sense of humor, it's nice to be able to smile right now in this moment. he was much more than a basketball player. >> there are so many facets to

his life. >> what about his personality made him larger than life? >> it is that determination to be number one, to be the greatest that infused everything that he was doing. and that extended into new mediums, new businesses in recent years. whether it's venture capital or philanthropy. you know, he's one of the very, very, very few nba players to have won an academy award, won an oscar a couple years ago for best animated show. we can show you what the academy has said this evening. this is a statement from the academy of motion pictures celebrating kobe's life, saying, they doubted a kid could make it in the nba and he proved them wrong. they doubted he could win a championship and he proved them wrong. they doubted he could make movies and he won an oscar. like all great artists, kobe bryant proved the doubters wrong. rest in peace. on one level on the sports level, it is hard to think of a more shocking death in the sports world in many, many years. this has shaken the entire country. and beyond the sports world, you know, it reminds me of the day that prince died unexpectedly.

where there is that shock, nobody sees it coming. these don't come often. it's a testament to kobe's success and excellence that the whole country has been shaken by this, don. >> what's interesting to me is the last time i covered -- i was thinking of paul standing out there at the staple center and the last time i did that was when michael jackson died. >> michael jackson, yeah. >> the last time i covered someone live on a sunday, the grammys, was whitney houston. >> whitney houston. >> now here i am covering kobe bryant. when you think about kobe bryant, kobe bryant was an amazing athlete, set records as an athlete, very handsome, but really smart and intelligent. his business brand ventures, he started the mamba academy. he was also a philanthropist. >> all these ventures, all these businesses, making cameos in television, writing a book two years ago. in that book he laid out what he thought was so important.

he said, to be great you have to be passion at. to be really, really great in a particular thing you have to be obsessed. he had that drive. at the grammy awards going on right now, alicia keys started off saying we are feeling crazy sadness right now. the whole world, she said, lost a hero. she ended tribute saying, we love you, kobe. that is what you can feel all around. we've been talking about one of the only people in the world on a first-name basis. you only know him by one name. >> i know i was talking about the grammy ceremony happening tonight. as we go to break, brian stelter, let's watch that moment with alicia keys. >> we're all feeling crazy sadness right now. because earlier today, los angeles, america, and the whole wide world lost a hero and we're

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if you're just joining us, it is our breaking news tonight. the legendary kobe bryant dead at the age of 41. his 13-year-old daughter is also dead, along with seven other people. the helicopter they were traveling in crashed into a hillside this morning near los angeles. investigators are on the scene of that crash. there is some talk about the weather conditions, but nothing

definitive yet to the point of a cause -- to point to the cause of this crash. it is the way these investigations work. they are meticulous and they are thorough and they demand patience. let's bring in someone who knows that air space very well, knows the terrain, the quirky california weather and that is ryan, a helicopter pilot flight instructor in los angeles. ryan, thank you so much for joining us. tell us your thoughts. when you heard what happened, when you found out where it happened and the conditions at the time, tell us your thoughts. >> hey, don. thanks for having me. yeah, i was actually in the air this morning when it happened and the weather was, you know, we had low ceiling, so the clouds were pretty low and i've gone back and looked at the radar track. you know, the helicopters tend to fly pretty well. they fly under the weather a lot of the time. this morning was particularly bad in l.a. not bad enough you wouldn't want to fly, but bad enough there were pilots that i knew that made the decision not to fly this morning.

>> so, ryan, we're hearing a bunch of raw data about the weather at the time of this crash. >> yeah. >> the words extremely low visibility, high humidity, some rain. would those conditions be a problem for this -- i think it's sikorsky helicopter, am i pronouncing that correctly? >> yeah, it's a sikorsky s-76. a twin engine high certified aircraft. it's able to fly through the weather. the aircraft is operating on a special vfr clearance. what that means is they were below the clouds and operating visually so they had to be able to see where they were going even though the weather was low. i wouldn't say it was extremely low weather conditions. it was low enough that, you know, a lot of people weren't flying, but that's what -- when you look at the radar track, you see the helicopter circling around downtown and holding. when i went back and listened to the communications with air traffic control, they were being held outside of air space because they were on a

special -- that area, the area we were flying or they were flying this morning was not a remotely traveled route. that's a place where we commonly go up and down the 101 and use the 101 for navigation when you're at a low level. nothing abnormal. what's unfortunate -- again, i don't want to speculate too much on what happened. we don't have any indication there was anything wrong with the helicopter, but right now it does look like they made an abrupt turn back, so they were flying along the 101 and the pilot decided to do a turn back toward the airport. all of a sudden, without telling air traffic control. that would indicate to me that there's some possibility that they might have flown into some weather that they weren't planning on flying into and decided to turn around, and that's -- you know, shortly after that is when the aircraft impacted the ground. again, i don't want to speculate. i don't want to say definitively

what happened. the ntsb and faa will dig into that the next couple days and come toout with a preliminary report. that's what we have now. >> ryan, i want to get to a break, but is there anything tricky about flying in that area under those conditions? >> well, los angeles is not flat terrain. there's a lot of mountains and the weather conditions can be idiosyncratic. when you're going from santa monica to van nuys, which is eight miles apart, you can have totally different weather patterns. so as you're transiting these areas, especially low level, you can have very clear skies in one area and very low ceilings and rain in another area. and so as you transit these things, these different areas, you do, you do tend to run into really variable weather patterns, which it seems like what was going on this morning when i was flying. >> ryan antune is very familiar with that area. he is a helicopter pilot and flight instructor in los angeles and we appreciate him for joining us here. thank you, ryan.

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the age of 41, his 13-year-old daughter is also dead along with seven other people. he taught him meditation and his son directed the -- we've talked a lot about kobe bryant. you taught him how to meditate. thank you for joining us. >> yes, thank you. >> it's something you won't -- we didn't know about his public persona. but tell me about kobe, and what you knew about him, the man behind the scenes. >> well, actually, you know, my son gotham knew him very well because he spent more than a year doing muse with him so he became part of our family conversation. gotham, my grandson, was almost part of my family.

he did learn meditation after the last time i saw him was maybe a year ago. and he was humble, heartfelt, wanted to learn about higher states of consciousness. a lot of conversation around compassion, empathy, joy, love, wanting to make a difference in the world. but we are heartbroken. the whole family is grieving right now, especially the kids, you know, considered him a father figure. gotham's son definitely is totally devastated. and we don't know how to make sense of this right now. the grief is too raw. and we all miss him. the world will miss him. he was such an amazing person, and, you know, he did have his issues. and gotham brought them out in the movie. his personal life. some of his regrets.

and all the mistakes he might have made. but he did come true and he was a good person and he was actually in the deepest part of his being he was very spiritual. we will miss him. we're sad, we're crying. >> listen, as someone who practices meditation, it can be very helpful to dealing with just everyday life and dealing with issues and also just helping to calm and getting in touch with, you know, with the inner or deeper part of ourselves, that we often need to do. >> yes, we must -- we must grieve. we must get in touch with our grief. >> right. >> because if we don't it only gets worse. so wherever he is, rest in peace, we are grieving right now. we don't understand these things

happen all the time, unpredictable. just shows us how fragile life is. >> well, you answered my question in part because i lost my sister back in 2018, and it was -- i went through a really tough time. so help us out. what do we do right now? >> we bring his awareness, we bring his faith into our heart. we feel him. we feel love for him. we wish him peace. and we feel the pain. the only way to go through this pain is feel it and go through it. it's like going through fire. you burn, but then ultimately it has a life cycle. grief has a energy of its own and the more we remember fun moments of him, the more we keep him in our heart, the more we wish him and his family the best in the future.

the more it eases our pain and the more it eases everybody else's pain. and remember that is something that we all have to face. it's just a question of when. >> we're out of time. deepak, thank you so much, we appreciate you joining us. >> thank you, don. >> that does it for me, i'm don lemon with we leave you with the final moments of kobe bryant's last game where he electrified the home crowd with a 60 point performance. >> will kobe give hem one last -- bryant on the move. with the jumper. he's done it. >> oh, my. >> 58. (burke) at farmers insurance, we've seen almost everything,

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this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, and welcome to our viewers, joining us here in the jiets, and all around the world, i'm michael holmes. >> i'm natalie allen. we continue to follow the heartbreaking news, the sudden death of kobe bryant. >> right now officials are investigating the helicopter crash that killed the former lakers star. his 13-year-old daughter and seven others. they crashed on sunday into a hillside in call babasas, that'n california, just outside of los angeles. >> federal and local authorities continue to be at the scene. of course they're going to try toet