making news in america this morning, the death of a legend. the search for answers after the deaths of kobe bryant, his daughter and seven other people in this helicopter crash north of los angeles. what we're learning about the moments before the chopper went down, and this morning, the outpouring of grief. [ chanting ] with this basketball phenomenon who influenced a generation on and off the court, we look at how he was able to transcend sports. plus, his devotion to family, his daughters and his powerful message to his fans, a message that is now more relevant than ever. also this morning, bolton bombshell. a draft of former national security adviser john bolton's book is released. what bolton reportedly said about military aid to ukraine,

and the white house's push to investigate the bidens, and how it can undermine the president's defense as we begin a crucial week in washington. happening now, the race to contain the spread of that deadly virus in china. the troubling news from the epicenter of the outbreak, and the new cases now confirmed in california and arizona. plus, music's biggest night. the moment at the grammys nobody could have predicted. the big winners, speechless. and good monday morning, everyone. i'm kenneth moton. >> and i'm kimberly brooks. the mayor of los angeles may have said it best. kobe bryant will live forever in our hearts and will be remembered as one of our greatest heroes. >> fans are remembering him not just for his determination on the basketball court, but for his larger than life personality and for his fierce devotion to

family. >> as the tribute to bryant, the purple and gold colors of the los angeles lakers are lighting up landmarks across the region including l.a.x. airport, the santa monica pier and l.a.'s city hall. >> and the investigation into the helicopter crash that killed bryant is now getting under way. >> reporter: this morning, the new clues about the crash that took the life of nba legend, kobe bryant. that column of smoke was first seen just before 10:00 a.m. >> south of 101, helicopter went down. >> reporter: the fiery remnants of the helicopter barely visible through the thick fog. emergency crews rush to the remote scene. >> paramedics were hoisted down to the incident early into the incident. they did a search of the area for survivors. unfortunately all the survivors on board were determined to have been perished. >> reporter: now as officials clear away debris at the crash site which could take days,

investigators are working to piece together why the helicopter went down killing bryant along with his 13-year-old daughter and all seven others on board. >> i heard some noise, and the engine was not really running fast. >> reporter: the group flying to an event for the mamba league, a foundation started by bryant to teach kids basketball. the trip was supposed to take less than a half an hour, but nearly 45 minutes after takeoff, witnesses saw the chopper begin to struggle. >> i heard a helicopter just flying just way too low and i heard, like, a loud thud noise. >> when we look at the mishap site itself, we can see that the aircraft hit at a high speed. it was not controlled. there was no attempt to land, and so whatever happened here was catastrophic and happened in those last 15 seconds of flight. >> reporter: visibility at the time of the crash was so bad the lapd had grounded police helicopters at the time. they say it's too soon to know whether fog played a role. friends and fans struggling to understand the loss. >> i'm sick right now.

>> i'm sick. >> i'm sick. >> reporter: those closest to bryant describe being crippled by the news. >> we just stopped, the game stopped, and a lot of us just broke down. people started getting down on their knees. >> reporter: known for his love of basketball, former president obama stunned. tweeting, kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been as meaningful a second act. mourning across the country growing by the hour. fans saying kobe was larger than life. >> this is a city that loves him. every single screen that you can see if it's available has a picture of kobe bryant that says, in loving memory of kobe bryant. >> i just don't have a lot to say. the news is just devastating to everybody. >> reporter: overnight, other nba legends like magic johnson, michael jordan and kareem abdul-jabbar pay tribute. >> this loss is -- it's just hard to comprehend. >> reporter: lebron james was

praised by bryant for breaking his all-time score record just this weekend, and he was seen being consoled after hearing the news. his former teammate and friend shaquille o'neal tweeted he had no words to express the news and pain he was going through, losing his niece gee yigi and h brother. others paying tribute writing on their sneakers writing r.i.p. and heart symbols. bryant often took that helicopter to avoid l.a. traffic. his former pilot tells the "los angeles times" the chopper had a strong safety record and was in, quote, fantastic condition. we have much more to come on the death of kobe bryant including the powerful tribute at the grammys from alicia keys and boyz ii men. coming up in about ten minutes, a closer look at his life off the court, his cultural impact and his family. srn ing,t trump's impeachment ry trial. >> "the new york times" has obtained a draft of former national security adviser's new

book, and in the draft, bolton says president trump held up military aid to ukraine because he wanted the ukrainians to investigate the bidens. president trump overnight tweeted a fierce denial. >> meanwhile on capitol hill today, alan dershowitz and ken starr scheduled to defend the president. abc's andrew dymburt has all the new details from washington. andrew, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth and kimberly. yeah. as trump's legal team begins to prepare and fight these impeachment articles of impeachment, a yet to be published book is ramping up democrats' demands to allow new witnesses and testimony be admitted in this trial. democrats want one witness to testify more than any other, former national security adviser, john bolton, a new report by "the new york times" shows just how critical to the case he may be. according to "the times," four weeks ago bolton submitted a manuscript to the white house of an unpublished book he wrote

called "the room where it happened." he detailed an august 2019 conversation with trump claiming the president told bolton personally that he wanted to continue withholding military aid to the ukraine until officials there launched investigations into trump's rivals including joe biden. abc news has not independently reviewed the manuscript. this reported firsthand account undercuts what the president's lawyers argued in the impeachment trial over the weekend. >> there is simply no evidence anywhere that president trump ever linked security assistance to any investigations. >> reporter: president trump flatly denying the new report, i never told john bolton that the aid to the ukraine was tied to investigations into the democrats, including the bidens, and released the military aid to ukraine without any conditions or investigations, and far ahead of schedule. democrats feel this only boosts their case for additional witnesses and documents. senate minority leader chuck schumer pleading to some moderate republicans on twitte to go against party lines and

vote to introduce new evidence in the trial. john bolton has the evidence. it's up to four senate republicans to ensure john bolton, mick mulvaney and the others with direct knowledge of president trump's actions testify in the senate trial. and bolton has said he would testify if subpoenaed by the senate. meanwhile the trial resumes this afternoon, kenneth. kimberly? >> abc's newest correspondent making his "america this morning" debut. andrew dymburt, thank you. and developing overseas, for the first time in years, rockets have hit the u.s. embassy in baghdad. reports say the cafeteria was hit and at least one minor injury has been reported. the u.s. military says there's no serious damage, and no immediate claim of responsibility, but u.s. officials have referred to iran's recent attacks on american interest in the region. earlier this month, the pentagon says 34 u.s. service members in iraq suffered traumatic brain

injuries after an iranian missile strike. time now for a look at your weather for this monday morning. a series of storms is moving into the pacific northwest bringing several rounds of heavy rain. three to five inches of rain is possible along the immediate coast from northern california to washington. looking at today's high temperatures, 66 degrees today in dallas. 63 in new orleans. 35 degrees around the great lakes, 50 in the northwest, 75 in l.a. and even warmer in miami where it will be 79 today, and unseasonably warm in the northeast, 45 in new york, 47 in boston. coming up, the rising death toll from that mystery virus in china, and the rising number of cases here in the u.s. also ahead, the breaking news overseas. a passenger jet makes a crash landing in the middle of the highway. the video just coming in. and later, the most meaningful lessons kobe bryant

learned from basketball and from family while he inspired so many. coming up. he inspired so many. coming up.

breaking news from southwestern iran. some incredible images coming in. a passenger jet skidded off the runway and ended up blocking this busy street. >> yes. 135 people were on board the caspian airlines flight. everyone apparently made it out sa safely. reports say there was a technical problem with the plane's landing gear. to the battle to contain the coronavirus.t to least 80 people. >> now doctors have confirmed more cases here in the united states. >> reporter: this morning, the race to contain the potentially deadly coronavirus is

intensifying. new cases in california and arizona have now pushed the number of patients in the u.s. to five. each of them traveled recently to the epicenter of the outbreak, wuhan, china. chinese health officials overnight confirmed 80 people have now died from the virus and nearly 3,000 have been infected. china is expanding efforts to stop the spread by postponing the end of this week's lunar new year holiday when millions of people travel. the virus begins with cold-like symptoms and then progresses to possible fever, coughing and pneumonia. >> the characteristics of this virus are still being determined which is why we're taking this as a serious threat to public health. >> reporter: wuhan and 14 other cities are on lockdown meaning 50 million people are now under a travel ban. >> it's very quiet because cars, private vehicles have been banned from the roads. >> reporter: tom hancock, a reporter for "the financial times" is in wuhan and says hospitals are overwhelmed. >> it's clear that beijing and

other governments are making efforts to try to increase supplies of those things to wuhan, and there has been some success, but still there are shortages of various items. >> reporter: the u.s. consulate in wuhan is now planning to use a charter plane to evacuate americans trapped in the region. the chinese health minister warns despite speculation, the source of the infection is still unknown. coming up, the big moments from last night's grammy awards. but first, when we come back, kobe bryant, beyond basketball. from a family man to a cultural force. his legacy, next. his legacy, next. ♪ ♪ ♪

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there's only one quicker picker upper. bounty, the quicker picker upper. at an early age, it's important for kids to have freedom and have flexibility to create and to imagine and for the game to be fun while teaching fundamentals of the sport. i think it's hard to find that blend, but it's extremely important. >> that was kobe bryant speaking about teaching the next generation which became his passion.

>> after learning of his death, one sports writer said, kobe bryant thrived on the slow, relentless burn of self-improvement, and he wanted to teach that work to kids. >> he grew up in italy, learned several languages and never stopped trying to improve himself, even winning an oscar. >> reporter: for kobe bryant, his biggest accomplishment was always his family. from his highest of highs to his lowest of lows, his wife and kids were by his side. >> so cute. >> reporter: when he retired from basketball after an incredible career -- >> i want to raise my daughters and you have to try your best. you just got to give it your all. give it everything you have, and, you know, if you come up short, you just get up, and you just try again next time. >> reporter: when he was accused of sexual assault at the height of his fame, vanessa and their four daughters, natalia, gianna, bianka and capri, kept him going. >> i was a little worried about turning this into a film. i had never done something like that before, and we're in a house and we were talking about

it as a family, and my little 11-year-old gianna goes, well, dad, you always tell us to go after our dreams. so man up. >> reporter: his girls even inspired him to pursue a career teaching, supporting and motivating children leading to many of his post-basketball endeavors. after retiring, bryant not only won on oscar and an emmy for his animation titled "dear basketball," but he also wrote a series of books, including one that was inspired by serena williams. >> it's not what we do. it's who we are, and we have all been something more outside of our craft, and we look forward to continuing to grow, and continuing to evolve as people. >> reporter: with his efforts to educate and inspire, his top pupil was without a doubt his daughter, gianna. >> my baby gigi made the all-star game, checking it out. having a great time, watching some great basketball. >> reporter: at just 13 years old, she embodied her father's

famous mamba mentality. the daughter he called mambacita, reminded the superstar of himself. >> i thought it looked just like gianna. so little kobe. i looked at it, and i was, like, oh, my god. i was just like gigi. >> reporter: gianna who died alg alongside her dad even dreamed of carrying on his legacy. >> do you think your daughter might want to play in the wnba? >> she does. >> wouldn't that be great? >> the best thing that happens when we go out, and fans will come up to me and she'll be standing next to me and they'll be, like, you have to have a boy. you and v got to have a boy and have somebody carry on your tradition and your legacy. she's, like, i got this. >> bryant was passionate about the impact with sports and when he retired he wrote a letter to the fans entitled, "when we first met i was just a kid." in the letter he said, what you have done for me is far greater than what i have done for you.

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♪ aerosmith and run dmz. john legend, d.j. khaled and more paying tribute to both nib nipsey hustle and the elite athlete. ♪ going higher >> reporter: and in another musical homage, usher isou rating the life of prince, medleyf theure ons av tbeto be y girl ♪ >> reporter: lizzo taking the stage to prove why she was the evening's most nominated performer. ♪ >> reporter: truth hurts, but picking up a few grammy awards has to feel good. >> one second. >> reporter: the jo bros returning to the grammys stage, and if you thought you noticed something in nick's teeth, it wasn't just dust on your tv screen. nick tweeting, at least y'all know i eat my greens. tyler the creator winning best rap album. >> that's my mom if y'all

wondering. >> reporter: grammys 2020 proving to be parents' night out. ariana grande's mom cheering her on performing her medley of chart toppers last year. camilla cabello belting out a touching song to her tearful father. and an emotional night for many at the awards. demi lovato performing for the first time since her overdose in 2018. overcome with tears,r dagai bu night tly longed to billie eilish who won all four big categories at the grammys, running out of people to thank in her final acceptance speech. she's the second person to win all four of the grammys' big awards, song, album, and record of the year, and best new artist. the most tweeted about performance of the night? >> what was it? >> "old town road". >> of course, it was. >> bts got involved. so you know that was going to blow up, and the other thing, we have to talk about billy porter. >> shut it down. >> the remote control hat. >> the remote control hat. looking amazing there.

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morning trying to come to grips of the tragic death of superstar kobe bryant. he, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others killed helicopter crash. his legion of fans are coming together to share their grief and heartache. good morning. it's monday, january 27th, 2020. >> we'll have much more on the death of kobe bryant, but first let's check the weather with mike nicco. >> we have some fog to deal with. let's see if this will spread and exactly where. if the wind barbs would show up, it would show it would slide

down to the south as we head through the morning commute. this could leak along the east bay shoreline over the next couple of hours. as far as what's going on with your forecast, we'll have temperatures in the 40s this morning. temperatures in the low to upper 40s this morning with that fog hanging around under a partly cloudy sky. temperatures are about 10 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. let's look at that accuweather day planner i put together for you. you can see highs in the mid 50s to near 60. good morning, jobina. >> thank you. so we're following an issue in san pablo, it looks like a car went off the embankment here, westbound 80 before the san pablo dam road off-ramp there. it's not clear how far the car has gone down the embankment. the chp requested a tow truck thtle pt poed. emergency crews are on the

scene. live look at emeryville. there is 80. lots of headlights moving towards the maze. nice, light traffic on the golden gate bridge. a couple cars moving across. i'll check in on our drive times. tracy to dublin, 33 minutes. antioch to concord, 13 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, 16 minutes. >> thank you. this morning the fbi is helping the ntsb with documenting evidence in that tragic helicopter crash that killed nba ledgendlegend, kobe . >> bryant was traveling with his daughter when the helicopter went down. it killed all nine people on board. this is the fiery scene in calabasas. witnesses heard the helicopter flying low before hearing a loud thud. fog may have been an issue. local police municipalities in the area had their helicopters grounded during the crash. >> roughly a football field of

debris. roughly 100 yards across and in each direction. there were numerous witnesses that heard or saw something. they were in the vicinity. >> fans around the world are devastated by bryant's sudden death. he was widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. bryant was drafted to the nba straight from high school in 1996. he spent his entire 20-year career with the lakers. he was an 18-time all-star, won five nba championships and two olympic gold medals. several sports teams played tribute to kobe bryant. his number was 24. so nba games yesterday started with a 20-second stop clock violation at the start of the game. even soccer star, neymar scored a goal and flashed a 24 for bryant. during the pro bowl, players celebrated a sack by making a jump shot in kobe's honor.