i would have died of hunger running down. displaced this week due to. this is d.w. news live from berlin sports fans mourn the death of us basketball star kobe bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash. losing the good news is really really close to the group because he was the only legend kirby bryant's disturbs tributes in los angeles and around the world he was known as one of the best ever he's helicopter went down

with others of board including his 13 year old daughter outside of l.a. there were no survivors. also in the show the deadly risp era tree fires that hit china so hard most quickly spread further that's from chinese authorities who now say at least 76 people have died we've more than 2700 cases reported the country has issued massive travel bans to try and stem the spirit. i'm jared reed welcome to the show restart with more on that breaking news on kobe bryant the basketball icon has died in a helicopter crash the former l.a. lakers player was traveling on a private helicopter with his teenage daughter and 7 others when it went down in foggy with near los angeles on sunday morning there were no are survivors bryant

won 5 n.b.a. titles and 2 olympic gold medals the superstar's death has triggered an outpouring of grief around the world. the emergency call came at 9 47 am local time a helicopter had crashed into a hillside 65 kilometers northwest of central los angeles it was the private helicopter off former l.a. lakers player kobe bryant according to the manifest bryant and 8 other people were on board when 1st responders arrived on the scene they found no survivors his fans are shocked and saddened. 45 years of living are hard not to know this much grief the love for one man listen i just feel so bad for the family marble type breaking honestly. watching his videos as more than basketball. it was just a mentality to get through life. with everything that.

bryant won 5 national basketball association championships and 2 olympic gold medals and is considered one of the best in the history of the n.b.a. for 20 years until the end of his career and 2016 he played for the l.a. lakers eyewitnesses say it was foggy before the crash an official investigation is underway our team will be looking at the history of the pilots whatever crew was i'm bored we'll be looking at maintenance records. the helicopter we will be looking at records. of the owner and operator of the helicopter and a number of other things that we look at as part of the investigation brian's 13 year old daughter giana also died in the crash a girl ending to follow her father's footsteps and become a professional basketball player kobe bryant was 41 years old. let's

cross now to los angeles and speak to entertainment correspondent k.j. matthews hi k.j. this is such a sad story has anything come to live yet about the cause of the helicopter crash no unfortunately there is there is no cause some of that federal investigators are still on the scene in it really what i'm hearing is it will take weeks before they can really pinpoint an official cause as to why that helicopter went down in the city of calabasas they are looking at whether or not dense fog that was in the area at the time may have contributed to the to the crash but right now they just they just don't know because it's just too early to tail. let's talk about this absolutely enormous outpouring of grief around the world and on twitter i mean they've been condolences from president donald trump former president barack obama he's called it hot breaking and unthinkable and n.b.a.

legend shaquille o'neal says there are no words to express he's pine people are just devastated what's been the wider reaction in the us today is still shock you know i got the alert on my phone and when i 1st saw it i said. this is i you know nobody it's odd that they would make a mistake like that i just did not want to believe it i took me to go to rooting other outlets to really confirm that it was him and you know 7 hours later i am still in shock and many other people here in america are just still in shock they can't believe 41 year old kobe bryant really that hero is gone that quickly and not only that but his 13 year old daughter died in the crash as well so people are just very shocked and right now in downtown los angeles at the staples center where the lakers the los angeles lakers play which is the team that he belonged to for 20 years there's a massive amount of people outside the staples center right now with

a makeshift memorial just talking about colby and making signs and putting candles out and this is happening at the same time that the grammy music awards are going on because they're happening also at the staples center so there is so much going on so much of an outpouring around the u.s. everybody is really still in shock and trying to come to terms with it but also praying for his widow and her remaining 3 daughters. kobe bryant was just the superstar of the n.b.a. told to us through some of his achievements on his impact on the gun. well you know before i even get to that one of the most interesting things about colby outside of all of his achievements is he was one of the few n.b.a. players that actually has an oscar award and many people don't know that he got an oscar award a few years ago for a documentary that he did on basketball and very few people talk about that but that's something outside of that you know he had awards for playing in the olympics

he was in in the many times over his list of awards are many he's at a time when just coaching is at a time in the all star he's a 4 time in the all-star game in the 11 time all in the 1st team all star so cold these lists of awards and accolades can go on and on and on on the court but he was really also a humanitarian as well and just a good father a great husband and really care about his community his family and things that went on outside the court. t.j. he he was this legend but he did have a somewhat complicated legacy he won that oscar though in somewhat controversial circumstances because he was accused of rape in the early 2000 and which i guess we should mention that as well. yes yes yes that happened back in the early 2003 i believe he was accused of rape by a young woman at

a hotel owners and the colorado and he was charge those charges were dropped some time later and he ended up having a civil suit filed against him by the young lady and that was settled but it took a while you know i will say afterwards he wasn't super friendly with the media after that but years new many years later i'm thinking more than a decade is when he won the oscar award but he did have a short period of time where people were looking at him a different way and were wanting to find out what happened and he had to come on television and make a statement and apologize to his wife and said that he had committed adultery so there was that blemish for a short period of time in the early 2000 you are correct. and he spent a lot of those years afterwards trying to rehabilitate himself and his image and then now very sadly he has a pasta way entertainment correspondent k.j. matthews in los angeles thank you very much. thank you. let's take

a brief look now at some of the other stories making news around the world nearly 40 people are now confirmed dead in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck turkey on friday 1600 people were injured by the magnitude 6 point that hit the town of scenes of asia and its surroundings risky teams are still searching for survivors. protesters in hong kong have set fire to the lobby of a new residential building officials had planned to use the side as a quarantine facility amid the region's corona virus outbreak firefighters have since extinguished the blaze and contains the damage hong kong has seen massive protests against my china's influence in. the democratic leader of house impeachment proceedings adam schiff has accused president donald trump of threatening him online the president tweeted schiff is corrupt and probably very sick he has not paid the price yet for what he's done to our country trumps

impeachment trial is underway in the senate. and china health officials say they expect to see the corona virus outbreak intensify the virus is already appeared in old bought one of china's provinces and you know at least 11 other countries beijing is said it will up its efforts to contain the disease that means even more transport and travel bans canceling major public events and shutting tourist attractions to at least 56 people in china have died from the virus and more than 2000 others infected overwhelmed by the ever increasing number of infected people medical personnel are working night and day doctors from across china have been sent to han where the virus 1st broke out the quarantine city feels like a ghost town its mayor issued an urgent warning. because

of the spring festival and the epidemic about 5000000 people have already left the city 9000000 are still here it's the duty of the party and the government to guarantee their survival. mobile phone videos are appearing on chinese social media showing long lines in hospitals such videos are immediately deleted by the country's censors. but the government is striving to give the appearance of transparency. we're not sure yet about possible mutations to the disease. progression of the epidemic has not been fully grasped in libya monitor but huge these mobile phone videos from beijing west railway station appear to show large crowds of people trying to leave the city with rumors circulating that it may soon be placed under quarantine. well it's been 75 years since the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp it's the site where the nazis murdered more than 1000000 people during the 2nd world war most of them jews on january the 27th

$945.00 the soviet army freed the camp and its prisoners as the world remembers the horrors of the holocaust the few remaining survivors of auschwitz are gathering ahead of monday's official commemorations and for many of them this may be a last time there. sawyer's. with the help of her grandchildren jeannette beagle has made the difficult journey back to auschwitz. the 96 year old was deported here from vienna jewing the wall and not only did she survive life in this notorious camp but she also said by the death march when the nazis fled auschwitz at the end of the war taking some of their prison is with them. the monsters one raid they were out and then 3 and were growing old the russians are very close friends who. don't own the law

and every news few. need those somebody's day trip to step over because if you couldn't destroy it was fooling you. david lange originate from poland also survived auschwitz in this to be true she said he can never forget what he saw and heard the name of that there were sirens there night and i said to the people that were there before what are the signs and and they said they are. making rays on their camp just what kind of rays you says they are sifting through do able barbie produce one since they consider not be able bodied anymore and so be able to not be able bodied are being born to become a tory or and eliminate the able bodied their love to stay in the camp and take

them to work and i said. oh my god this is how do they do it is there a list is there a preference or. how does the school know about no it's everything very random anybody can just be selected to go to the minute and unlike others i said i got a say in this place. but 75. 5 years after the liberation of auschwitz these memories on dying out. anti semitism though when you went back is still very much alive. and forks employee onto cement his name did not die. and you have to be very clear proof. we'll have more special coverage marking the 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz throughout monday here on day w. reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour u.s. basketball star kobe bryant has died in

a helicopter crash he was with his 13 year old daughter and 7 others when the helicopter went down in los angeles brian was known around the world as one of the best basketball players ever. of next hour documentary show dog feel makes a survivor of auschwitz who was a victim of experiments by nazi dr yosef mengele don't forget you can get all the latest news 247 on our web site t w dot com thanks for watching. it's time to take one step further and face the. time to search the no fun for the troops. time to overcome their own dreams and to contact the world it's time for them to dublin. coming up ahead nick

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