the two men spoke about kobe bryant's desire to be confirmed, the pastor calling t a moment of grace. >> so heartbreaking, so sad indeed. nick watt with the latest. thank you. erin burnett outfront starts right now. up front next, breaking news, senator mitch mcconnell telling republicans he doesn't have the votes to stop witnesses from testifying as of now. does that mean that we will all hear from john bolton, the lead house manager, chairman adam schiff is out front tonight. republicans pushing a new idea to keep bolton from testifying, but will it fly with democrats. chuck schumer will answer that point blank. and breaking news, officials investigating the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant, they are just about to hold a press conference, what they are saying now as new details are coming on that deadly crash. let's go out front. good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front, mitch mcconnell saying he does not have the

votes to block witnesses from testifying in trump's impeachment trial. now, this is according to a source who was in the room with mcconnell as trump's lawyers wrapped up opening statements. mcconnell met with republicans, had a list where he was tracking who was doing what, and he told them not there yet. still a work in progress. we are now just 18 hours of time in that chamber from all 100 senators finally getting the chance to question trump's legal team and the house managers. this is the official forum where senators are going to write their questions. they have a form. they're submitting them. mitch mcconnell, senator schumer, are going to go through them for each side. this is a huge moment because what happens next determines if mcconnell will be able to get his party in line and stop witnesses as that's what he wants to do. they've got an up or down vote on witnesses and documents as a whole on friday.

then it becomes which ones will it be, former national security adviser john bolton who according to his book claims trump tied aid to ukraine to investigations to the bidens. i want to start with phil mattingly who was on capitol hill for us. you broke the news mcconnell behind closed doors with republicans, and he does not, as of tonight, have the votes to block those witnesses he is telling them. what more are you learning? >> reporter: just moments after the white house legal team finished their opening arguments, every republican senator went behind closed doors for a meeting specifically on the issue of witnesses. i'm told the majority leader made a case he's made several times against voting for witnesses, making clear that he believes it would lead to an unwieldy process, a process he made clear wouldn't involve just one or two witnesses but perhaps several witnesses, maybe witnesses that moderate republicans who want to call john bolton wouldn't approve of. the reality here is this,

senators coming out of that meeting told me their sense was the conference is largely stabilize td in the wake of the john bolton revelations from the "new york times." there was a moment, anderson yesterday where the party was unsettled. that has started to shift. however, it hasn't shifted enough for mcconnell to have the votes to block witnesses on friday when that vote occurs. it is a work in progress. that doesn't mean that there are four republican senators ready to vote with 47 democrats in support of witnesses. what it does mean is there are enough republicans at this point in time who are non-committal. that's why the next few days are so important. you talk about the question and answer, the 16 hours over the next two days is very important. what will also be very important is what's going on behind the scenes. there are expected to be several meetings, alloa lot of pressur coming from both sides. both sides will have the chance to make their case and that will

define whether the trial ends by friday or saturday or goes on for weeks. inside the chamber today, the president's team wrapped up its case. sara murray is out front. >> the trial of the leader of the free world and the dually elected president of the united states. >> reporter: president trump's defense team warning today that impeaching the president would be dangerous. >> danger, danger, danger. you are being asked to remove a dually elected president of the united states, and you're being asked to do it in an election year. in an election year. >> why not trust the american people with this decision? why tear up their ballots? >> the arguments from trump's lawyers come after "the new york times" reported former national security adviser john bolton wrote in his manuscript that

trump told him directly he was withholding security aid for ukraine until ukraine pursued investigations into joe biden and his family. today the president used his own words to defend him. >> here's what the president said in response to "the new york times" piece. i never told john bolton that the aid to ukraine was try tied to investigations. if he said this, it was only to sell a book. >> reporter: and used lawmakers comments against them. >> there must never be a narrowly voted impeachment. >> this is unfair to the american people. >> the republicans are crossing out the impeachment standard of high crimes and misdemeanors. >> this should end now as quickly as possible. >> reporter: next up, senators get up to 16 hours over two days to question house impeachment managers and trump's defense team. democrats are expected to use much of that time hammering home their call for witnesses in hopes of winning over moderate republicans.

today senator mitt romney signalled he would be open to a witness swap. >> i think the idea that's been expressed about having each side being able to choose a witness or more than one witness on a paired basis has some merit. >> reporter: senator lisa murkowski said bolton probably has things helpful to us. while james lankford said senators should be able to review the manuscript and then make a decision. >> we can read all of it and see if there's anything significant there. >> reporter: now, on top of calling all this dangerous, the president's team said the president didn't commit impeachable offenses. they said it boils down to policy disagreement and you can't remove the president for that. >> thank you very much, sarah. out front now congressman adam schiff. you've seen him making the case for democrats. he is also chairman of the house intelligence committee. chairman, i appreciate your time tonight. so, the president's lawyer today, jay sekulow, says house

managers made reckless allocations in the presentations we saw from all of you. what did you think of theirs now they're done? >> well, i think they made a powerful case for calling john bolton. jay sekulow trayed to make the argument today that this was just a policy difference. this is merely just policy. but of course that's absolutely wrong and he's aware of that and i think the senators understand that. the reason they're so desperately trying to present john bolton from testifying is that john bolton is going to say this had nothing to do with policy. this was the president withholding military aid from an ally at war in order to coerce an ally into conducting investigation into his political opponent. that's not policy. that's corruption. and that's why they're so desperate to prevent this witness from coming forward. john bolton corroborates other witnesses, so this is just one additional but important piece of evidence to, i think, blow another hole in the president's defense. >> it is fair that what he is

saying is consistent with what all the other witnesses have said thus far. that is for sure. and there are, you know, some republicans who know that, okay? and they're pointing to all right, well, it happened, but -- and the but is allen dershowitz, his defense of the president. some in trump's team think that's the best argument to get moderate republicans on their side. so, it was so effective when dershowitz said it last night that they said it again today. heres the alan dershowitz last night and jay sekulow this morning. >> nothing in the bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offense. >> i'm quoting exactly from professor dershowitz. he says let me repeat it. nothing in the bolton revelations, even if true, even if true, would rise to the level of abuse of power or an impeachable offense. >> he added a second "even if

true" because sekulow was appealing to republicans that he thinks that argument will make a case. okay, it happened but -- but it's not impeachable. john cornyn as you know today said that was a, quote, pretty compelling argument. do you think that argument sealed the deal for some republican colleagues? >> it certainly shouldn't. this is where we thought we would end up frankly, and it's interesting to see the president's team now confirm it. they're basically saying okay, he did it. we acknowledge he did it. we don't want john bolton to come here because he will say that he did it, he withheld the money, he did try to cheat in the next election. so, we have to fall back on this argument that so what, the constitution still doesn't permit you to remove him even though he grossly abused his power. in order to make that, they had to leave the constitutional defense lawyers and go to alan dershowitz who acknowledged that most constitutional lawyers don't buy his argument and

what's more alan dershowitz doesn't buy alan dershowitz's argument. when he was arguing about the clinton impeachment, he made the opposite argument. bill barr said a president can't be impeached for abuse of power. the republican expert witness in the house disagrees with alan dershowitz. so, it's quite extraordinary that their defense has come down to this thin read which is yes he did it, but we've been able to find one criminal defense lawyer who says that not enough. that's pretty weak stuff. and i don't think it lets the senators off the hook from calling a witness that overwhelmingly -- i think 85% of the american people want to hear from. and at the end of the day, senators going to have to decide is this going to be a fair trial or is it not? and the key to a fair trial is having witnesses. >> now, one of those witnesses could be you. your name has come up repeatedly during the president's defense. here's just a few.

>> mr. schiff. >> manager schiff. >> manager schiff. >> manager schiff. >> mr. schiff. >> and that's just a taste, chairman. as you know, you're sitting in that room. there were 24 of those yesterday alone. are you worried at all that you've become sort of part of their story, part of their argument or not? >> no, i mean, this is again, a criminal defense tactic which is when the evidence is damning against your client, you attack the prosecution. so, there's nothing new or notable about that. frankly i'm surprised they haven't done more of that because the case is so weak. but look, there's no question that the people around the people who had knowledge of his holding up the military aid, had knowledge about why he wouldn't let the president of ukraine, our ally, in the door of the oval office when he let the russian foreign minister in, those are witnesses that have relevant information. i don't. and neither for that matter does hunter biden. the question is are we going to say that in order to get

relevant witnesses we're going to let the president's team turn this into some kind of a circus. i don't think the senators want that. it's why they're in such a predicament. they know the difference between relevant witnesses and irrelevant ones. >> when it comes to witnesses you may be aware obviously, the majority leader mcconnell says he does not currently have the votes to block em this. i said currently. that could change. that's what he's telling his caucus tonight. and republicans are, you know, you heard mitt romney among obviously making it clear he supports witnesses but in a swath, right? john bolton in exchange for -- one of the republicans want to hear from is hunter biden. another is you. they want to talk about the whistleblower situation. are there any situations you would appear as a witness? >> i don't have anything to add. and i think this is just another red herring. this is their way of saying if you want to call someone who is right in the middle of the president's extortionist scheme that we're going to force these

witnesses that really don't have anything to add. i don't think that makes any sense. and i don't want to play into that gimmick. the american people want to have a fair trial, and i can understand why this is so difficult for senators to vote against because every american that's ever had jury duty knows that it begins with witness testimony. and it involves the introduction of documents. and they can throw up well let's call adam schiff. at one point they wanted to call speaker pelosi. they've also, you know, mentioned to attacking me. they've invoked the name of james comey and lisa paige and peter stron pet peter strzok. are they going to call those too have nothing to say about the central charges against the president. i think it's a distraction. >> would you do it? >> i don't think i have anything to offer. again, i don't want to play into that false choice. the senators have the votes.

if they want a fair trial to call john bolton. they should call john bolton. i think they should call mick mulvaney. if the president wants to call people, if they want to call one for one, mick mulvaney says john bolton is wrong. call mick mulvaney. call secretary pompeo. why is it that the president can't call anyone who worked around him in his defense? and the answer is they know he's guilty. and so they want to throw up this false choice, well, we're just going to seek to inflict pain on the other side by calling hunter biden or irrelevant people like adam schiff. the american people can see through that. >> thank you. next former chief of staff coming to john bolton's defense saying he believes john bolton, not donald trump. >> he's a stand up guy, and we'll see what happens. plus senate majority leader chuck schumer is my best.

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we'll see what happens. >> this as the president insists bolton is lying. trump says bolton is lying. john kelly says absolutely not. bolton wrote that aid to ukraine was conditioned on an investigation that ukraine would announce into trump's rivals. kelly says if john bolton says that in the book, i believe john bolton. couldn't be more clear. david axelrod and cnn political commentator. john kelly is a retired four star general. he dealt with the good and bad as chief of staff for 17 months. he knows john bolton very well over many, many years. he says, quote, if john bolton says that in the book, i believe john bolton. he's well affair president trump today called john bolton a liar. how significant is this? >> the honest to god truth is i don't know how significant it is because i would guess that most of the republican members of

congress who have known john bolton for decades also probably believe that he's telling the truth. at this point, i think that the case has been proven and bolton's comments in the book don't come as a great surprise to anyone. and, you know, now as you and adam schiff were discussing, they're looking for an off ramp because they just want this thing to end. so, it's a matter of rationalizing the behavior rather than denying that it happened. so, you know, obviously it's important former chief of staff who had a lot of experience with trump as you mentioned, but let's face it, donald trump's record for voracity is not very good. everyone knows that, particularly the people that have to deal with him on a regular basis. so, i don't know that this changes that much. >> no, that's the thing. but i guess it is interesting, the laura, the former chief of staff saying the president calls him a liar. no, that's not the liar.

powerful in that regard of a person standing up to the president. >> especially since talking about credibility of bolton and that's the idea of calling him as a witness, to test the credibility of he said he said scenario. if it's a he said, he said, i pick him. >> right. as david said and i was talking about chairman schiff, there's been this sort of okay, even if he did all these things, it's not impeachable. but then within that, there's still a fight it seems to try to prevent not just bolton from testifying but from seeing anything else he has to say. jay sekulow today was talking about the managers about what he's going to write in the book that's going to be put out for the entire world to see, and here's what he said about it. >> if you want to call that evidence, i don't know what you call that. i call it inadmissible. >> well, he's calling it inaccurately. it would be admissible. here's the reason that's not the real point of this. the real issue is whether it's

relevant, whether it's going to be added in some way or an illuminating issue. even more than that, it's not this idea of whether he can have the manuscript or he testifies. if bolton were not available, i could see why you would have an argument about the admissibility of the manuscripts. but he's available, ready and willing to testify. to have somebody say this is an appropriate testimony is wrong. the whole purpose is because you can't test the person. but if you're able to have that person there, that's what you want to do. i want you. >> it's pretty amazing, david, because of course, you know, what john bolton is saying corroborates what many others have said, nearly a dozen witnesses. so, in that sense we already know. however, he's saying these con very saugss with the president of the united states directly. and what we heard from some republicans up to this point, senator marsha blackburn among them, was so far all it's been is hearsay.

let me play senator black burn. this is her dismissing the evidence so far saying it's all hearsay. here she is. >> i don't think there was any stunning revelations yesterday other than the fact that everybody in front of them had second, third, fourth, or fifth-hand knowledge. >> right, right. >> they did not have direct knowledge. >> okay. so, that was, you know, before john bolton. so, then john bolton comes out first hand account. you would expect senator blackburn to be the first one, let's hear from him. here's what she says now. >> square that circle, david. i'm sorry, it's impossible. >> it isn't just marsha blackburn but it's the attorney that stood up and said it's second hand information. they really begged them to call witnesses with that argument.

but this -- you know, i mean i really don't want to denigrate the united states senate. but to a certain degree this just isn't on the level. they're not looking for more evidence here that is going to make the final decision that they've already decided to make more difficult. and having bolton is a complication. and the white house certainly doesn't want it because the image of the president's aide talking about direct conversations with him make more vivid exactly what happened. so, you know, this is an inconvenience for the republicans. and i think there's going to be an enormous amount of pressure on those who have not committed to voting against witnesses in the next 72 hours. and it's going to become a loyalty test for them with the president. >> all right. thank you both very much. and next senate minority leader chuck schumer joins me to respond to the breaking news that majority leader mitch mcconnell says he does not have the votes to prevent witnesses

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suggested making the manuscript available in a classified setting and let the senators read it for themselves. that sounds like a reasonable solution to me. >> outfront now senator minority leader chuck schumer. i want to get to the idea of the bolton manuscript in a moment, but first the breaking news. majority leader mcconnell we know is saying he does not have the votes right now to block witnesses. based on your count, is that accurate or is he using a scare tactic to motivate his caucus? >> i think it's a little bit of each. i do think there are a lot of republicans, more than four or five, who are really troubled by the fact that the president is not allowing witnesses and documents. they know that a fair trial needs witnesses and documents and they know also the constituencies across america, the american people, know that these witnesses are president trump's own people. these are not democratic plants or anything like that.

on the other hand, you can't underestimate the pressure that donald trump, who can be vindictive and nasty when you oppose him and mitch mcconnell who has just become a total trump -- he executes whatever trump wants -- will put on these members. so, i think it's up in the air. is there a chance we might get a vote to allow witnesses and documents? yes. but is it also an uphill fight and i wouldn't do any joy dances now, yes, i would not. >> so, you've obvious pounded the table that you need those senators. do you think when push comes to shove that it will be more than four votes? >> it could be. there are ten to 12 republicans who have never said a bad word about witnesses or documents who are know in their hearts it's the right thing to do. but they have to weigh that against the pressure, the twisting of arms, that donald trump and mitch mcconnell will put on them. so, i think it's up in the air

right now. are we feeling better today than we did a few days ago? absolutely. the bolton revelations are stark. and when mr. sekulow gets up and says one of the reasons you should vote to acquit is we don't have any eyewitness accounts and at the same time the man he's representing, donald trump, is preventing those eyewitnesses, they lose a lot of ground. >> so, i want to ask you now about the idea i referenced, senator lankford proposing letting senators read bolton's book manuscript. >> i think it's an absurd idea. >> how come? >> first of all, two reasons, why does everything have to be in secret. this is going to be a book, 99% of it is not classified. and it's outrageous that republicans keep going around and suggesting things be done in secret. they're afraid of the truth. but second, even if the manuscript were read publicly, that is not the same as a live witness swearing an oath and then being asked questions and

cross examined. so, we think that that, you know, we're not against it. but it is no substitute. first we would be against doing any of it in secret. but second even with the full manuscript, it's no substitute for a live witness. that's what we're for. >> so, trump's legal team today, as you well know, they're making two points. on one hand they're trying to say he didn't do it. on the other, they're saying even if he did all of it, it's not impeachable. that's the alan dershowitz argument he's making. some senate republicans said it gave them peace of mind. we heard sekulow echoing it. here's the argument. >> nothing in the bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offense. >> if a president, any president, were to have done what the "times" reported about the content of john bolton's manuscript, that would not constitute an impeachable offense.

>> i think they're dead wrong. you know, if you read the history of the founding fathers -- and i remember reading this in high school. one of the things the founding fathers were most afraid of was foreign interference in our elections. that is serious, serious stuff. it's one of the worse things a president can do because look at it this way, erin. if americans no longer believe that we, the american people, determine who is our president, who is our governor, who is our senator, who is our congress member, and we think a foreign leader can interfere and jaundice our elections and skew them, we'll lose faith in our whole democracy. americans don't want foreigners interfering, and that's what trump tried to blackmail -- at least if you believe the house manager's strong case -- that's just what trump tried to do to blackmail ukraine to interfere in our election. that is one of the highest of crimes and misdemeanors in the eyes of the founding fathers. >> that may be, but the argument

is tailored to the ten or 12 republicans you're talking about. we know the facts like rich lowery wrote about. we know the facts. this gives him an out of saying he did it, but it's not impeachable. do you think that will resonate with some moderate republicans? >> if they're looking for an excuse, absolutely. i do think if you read theist had ri, look at what the founding fathers said, then the bottom line is this does merit impeachment. they talked about it. foreign interference in elections is one of the things they talked about in terms of impeachment. >> all right. well, senator schumer, i appreciate your time as always sir, thank you. >> nice to talk to you. bye bye. out front next, john barrasso responds live to what you just heard from senator schumer. the ntsb just holding a press conference right now. they're revealing new details

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breaking news, the senate minority leader chuck schumer just telling me he believes up to a dozen republican senators may be open to supporting witnesss in president trump's impeachment trial in the senate, making it clear he wasn't just thinking about four or five troubled by the situation, but 10 to 12 could be open to it. this coming hours after trump's defense team wrapped up its opening arguments. now we're just hours away from the question and answer period. that is going to begin tomorrow. out front now, the third ranking republican in the senate and the chairman of the senate republican conference, senator john barrasso. i wanted to give you a chance to respond to minority leader schumer. i don't know if you heard him there, but he says he believes there are 10 to 12 senators in

your conference that could be open to voting for witnesses. >> no, he's not right at all. the momentum in our conference is clearly to moving to final judgment. the house made its case primarily yesterday and today it was a strong case, it was compelling, it was concise. they used less than half the amount of the time that the house did the last couple of days. so, i'm very comfortable with where we are. i think we have a very strong case. we need to get back to the work of the american people, and why we have the momentum moving to say we've heard enough. we can make an informed decision and judgment. let's vote. >> so, i don't know if you heard senator schumer, he was saying majority leader mcconnell's comments when he told other republicans he doesn't have the votes to block witnesses. schumer thinks partly that's true and partly that's mcconnell trying to motivate his caucus to get everybody in line. you think it's motivational and not reality? >> i think there are members who want to spend time -- and we

will eight hours tomorrow and eight hours the next day -- listening to the questions of the house as well as the white house's cases and hear what we have to say. we have lots of questions, over 100 questions probably on both sides. people want to hear that. but ultimately when it comes around to friday skpiets time to decide should we move to a final judgment, i believe that is what will happen at that time. and then a vote to acquit president trump. and it's interesting on the senate floor visiting with other colleagues, i think there are some democrats who also will vote to acquit. and tonight the los angeles times even had a story that dianne feinstein, the senator from california has said she is leaning in that direction. and she was chairman of the judiciary committee. >> i saw that too, senator. and she's disputing that saying she was misunderstood and that's not what she was saying. i just want to make sure you know that. other than her, when you say there are other democrats, like who, how many? >> well, there are a couple and senator schumer can deal with

his colleagues, but i will tell you the president will not be removed from office and it's time to get this behind us so we can get on with the important work of the american people. we need to lower the cost of insulin for diabetics. i chair the public works committee. we need to get a highway bill done. we need to help veterans. there's so many things we cannot get to as long as impeachment is going on. and to open this up to additional witnesses and time and dragging this out just hurts the ability of the country to move forward. >> so, let me just ask you a question though. in the concept of i know you and i and everybody else cares about honesty. you have these witnesses that said the president did something that he says he didn't do. now you have a person, john bolton, who said he had conversations with the president where the president told him to do what all those other witnesses are also saying. and this is "the new york times" manuscript that i'm referring

to. >> yes. >> and today president trump's former chief of staff and retired marine general john kelly said, quote, if john bolton says that in the book, referring to a quid pro quo, no aid unless -- i believe john bolton. all right. so, that's what john kelly says. if john bolton says that in the book, i believe john bolton. do you believe john bolton? >> whether you do or don't, even if all those things are true, i know professor dershowitz is coming up to be your next guest, these do not raise to the level of impeachable offenses. this impeachment is partisan and political and impeachment wasn't supposed to be done that way. we are at a point where they're starting to vote in iowa on monday. we are in an election year. let the american people decide who they want to be their president. 100 members of the united states senate should not make that decision. and this doesn't just try to overturn the election of 2016. this removes president trump from the ballot in 2020.

>> they would have to move to do that obviously in addition to what they've done. can i just ask you the question about alan dershowitz? that is a point. there are some senators in your caucus saying he did it but it's not impeachable. they seize on alan dershowitz's testimony to make that argument. the other constitutional law expert who has spoken for the president as you know is jonathan turley. alan dershowitz says there has to be a crime to impeachment. jonathan turley who spoke on behalf of the president said that that's dead wrong. here's what he just said the other day. >> mind you, it's clear, you can impeach a president for abuse of power. you can impeach a president for non-criminal conduct. it's just not easy. what's fascinating to me is the white house built its case so solidly around a theory that is so widely rejected. >> that there has to be a crime.

>> that there has to be a crime. >> does it give you pause that alan dershowitz may be the one on an island here? >> i'm not a lawyer. i'm a physician. i came to congress to help lower the cost of health care for the american public. there are lots of things that we need to be doing so we can have all the dualing lawyers that you want. i think impeachment should never be partisan. it should not be political. and this has never happened until this impeachment. and that, to me, is one of the greatest concerns that i have with regard to ukraine where all this -- i've been to ukraine multiple times. president trump has done much more for the the people of ukraine and the freedom fighters there than the previous administration ever did. when you take a look at what happened, the money didn't go, the -- there was never an announcement of investigation. and i think the president has a responsibility to fight corruption and make sure american taxpayer dollars are

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course, fatally crashed into. only 20 to 30 feet away from actually clearing it and continuing safely. that chilling and horrible update coming as the world continues to mourn the loss of bryant. his former teammate, shaquille o'neal, spoke of his love for bryant today and also mourned a conversation they'll never get to have. >> we're not going to be able to joke at his hall of fame ceremony. we're not going to be able to say i got five, you got four. the fact that we're not going to be able to say if we could hawo stayed together, we would have got ten. you can't get back. >> we're learning more about the last few hours of bryant's life, including where he went before he got on that helicopter. a visit to his church to pray. brooke baldwin is out front. >> tonight, new video showing the helicopter carrying nba star kobe bryant, his daughter,

gianna and seven others, captured on camera near minutes before crashing in the hills of calabasas, taking the lives of everyone on board. investigators are scouring the crash site for clues, working all hours to find answers. just hours before the flight, bryant and his daughter spent that sunday morning at church. >> he just came here as a person of faith and he prayed. he prayed along with the rest of us. >> reporter: father steve salat spoke to bryant that morning. >> there was holy water on his forehead. he got into the chapel to pray, we spoke for a minute, shook hands and off he went. >> he and his daughter, gigi, received communion there that morning before leaving to board the helicopter. a life long catholic regularly attended church often at our lady of angels.

that faith is credited for changing his life after being charged with sexual assault in 2003. bryant denied sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman but admitted the two had sex. he says it was consensual. the charges were eventually dropped and bryant settled a civil suit in 2005. he told "gq" in 2015 speaking to a priest is what helped him through those difficult times, saying the priest told him to, quote, let it go. move on. god is not going to give you anything you can't handle and it's in his hands now. this is something you can't control. so let it go. and that was the turning point. a point he made in an interview with espn when he was asked what he learned from that time. >> god is great. >> is it that simple? >> god is great. don't get no simpler than that, bro. >> did you know that? i mean, everybody knows that. but the way you know it now, did you know it before that incident took place? >> you can know it all you want.

but until you've got to pick up that cross that you can't carry and he picks it up for you and carries you and the cross, then you know. >> and all around me tonight, hundreds of fans -- i've been here since sunday. this memorial has tripled in size. fans here scribbling on every square inch of this plaza, including the concrete floor beneath them. tonight would have been the first lakers home game since the crash. instead, fans are here for a much different reason, mourning the loss of a man whose mamba mentality lives on. >> brooke, thank you very much. powerful reporting. next, the death toll from the flu, wuhan flu rising tonight as we hear from american father right at the center of the virus.

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