federal involvement. >> live in the newsroom. >> reporter: this is a complicated story. talk about a war of words. members of the police officers association used these phrases to describe the district attorney, a threat to public safety, someone who hood winked the public into voting for him and empowers criminals. the d.a.'s office insists all they want is clarity. >> the decision to not charge has put law enforcement lives in danger and we respectfully respect that the u.s. u.s. u. department enter conveniencesin case. >> that decision monday morning is in response to the district attorney's decision to withdraw the complaint against the man allegedly seen in this video running from two san francisco police officers in the mission after they approached him about a disturbance call.

hampton alleging hitting one in the head with a bottle. officers fire multiple shots which result in amputation of hampton's leg. withdrawal is the same as dropping or dismissal of charges. >> that's just lawyer talk. technically they said they are withdrawing the complaint. they're dropping the charges. >> reporter: a spokesperson from the d.a.'s office issued this statement saying it would be unfair to ask the officers to testify as witnesses in a criminal prosecution while they are still under investigation for their use of force in the same incident. the d.a.'s office telling me later by phone that with a withdraw charges can still be brought against mr. hampton within three years with the intention of more action as soon as the investigation into the two officers involved is complete. in the meantime, as indicated by a go fund me page, hampton remains in the hospital. his leg amputated as a result of his injuries. a video from the nonprofit city

team illustrates his journey from being homeless to hopeless to a mentor for foster youth. the poa is awaiting a response from the u.s. attorney's office. the investigation into the two officers involved in the shooting is ongoing, but i'm told they are back on the job. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. back to you. >> thanks very much. a san francisco is on alert this evening ready to respond if a case of coronavirus is discovered in the city. san francisco has activated the emergency operation center because of the growing outbreak of this flu-like infection. this is a place where agencies can work together to deal with a large event like an earthquake. around the city you will see people wearing masks in increasing numbers, but san francisco's chief of public health doesn't recommend a mask to protect yourself from coronavirus. >> right now there's really no risk in san francisco or even in the united states. we realize that people may wear

masks for other reasons. >> the mayor dispelled a rumor that a state department flight from china will land at sf tomorrow. it will land in alaska. federal officials will monitor passengers to see if they display symptoms of the virus. china has just revealed that 25 more people have died of coronavirus. the death toll is now at least 105. thousands more are reported sick, many of them in the area near where this disease first emerged. right now the united states has five confirmed cases of coronavirus. that's in the entire country. tests are under way to see if more than 70 other people have this disease. the u.s. senate's top democratic wants a public health emergency declared. >> that will spring up to

$85 million that's immediately available, it's been funded, so the cdc can prevent the spread. >> the state department issued an advisory recommending that americans avoid traveling to china unless their journey is absolutely necessary. the chief medical officer at doctor on demand joined us at 4:00 and explained that patients who fear they have coronavirus are most often sick with something else. the early symptoms are similar to the flu. >> it happens. people miss the education about the exposure so people absolutely come in thinking what is my risk for this, i'm seeing this in the news. the most common thing people are going to have is the flu because right now we have 15 million cases of that, but about 100 possible cases of coronavirus.

time stocks suffered a steep sell off today as investigators worry about the effect of the coronavirus. airlines, resorts and other company that rely on travel saw the steepest losses. the national transportation safety board has begun the investigation into the deadly helicopter crash that killed nine people yesterday morning. kobe brienyant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were on board. >> reporter: tonight a nightmare for investigators combing through the helicopter crash site where kobe bryant and eight others were killed. at least three bodies have been recovered. witnesses still in shock. >> i'm not hearing any engine problems. i listened to the sound go across the street, over that

building and i'm going i hope you're getting altitude and then 20 seconds later i hear this big thud and you could hear the fuselage break apart and then the rotor blades were completely silent. >> reporter: the ntsb tasked with finding out what went wrong in the seconds before the deadly crash. they're asking the public for photos of the weather at the time of the incident. in addition to the fog, they're going to be looking at flight patterns, the pilot, the seat c arrangements and the history of the aircraft. as far as the black box. >> there wasn't a black box and there isn't requirement to have a black box on this. there was an ipad where for flight which essentially flight plans and weather briefings and the pilot uses that in flight. >> reporter: tonight all nine members aboard the aircraft

identified, including kobe bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, orange coast college head baseball coach and his wife and daughter. sports employee and sara chester and her daughter and the pilot. >> christina leaves behind a husband and three children ages 3, 9 and 11. she was the assistant basketball coach at bryant's academy. her husband matt gave an emotional interview to abc 7 news. >> how do you tell a child their mommy is no longer with us? so it was very -- it was very challenging. it was extremely hard. they screamed. they yelled. i just held them and let them scream, let them yell. >> matt says christina was extraordinary and was hand picked by bryant to help him

coach because she was so amazing. hard to watch that interview. today we learned that bryant's helicopter was approved to fly in fog before it smashed. we spoke to a helicopter expert about this. >> reporter: in this audio communication between kobe bryant's pilot and air traffic control, we can hear the pilot obtain clearance, meaning he could fly in a low visibility situation. >> once he got into what's considered special vfr, we would have come home. >> reporter: why? >> because that's below our minimums. >> reporter: the helicopter was flying north from orange county after takeoff in the air traffic control audio we can hear he was held up for 15 minutes in the air waiting for clearance. >> i have a helicopter that's

been holding for 15 minutes. >> you're holding waiting for the weather to get better. the weather is better and then he went. so you think maybe it was major mechanical. kind of back to square one. we don't know. >> reporter: he believes weather played a role. based on the weather conditions that day, would you have flown? >> no. >> reporter: he argues that normally the helicopter is equipped for those conditions. the pilots decide whether or not to fly. >> we'll probably find out that he got an inc so the weather was really bad and it just got really bad and couldn't get the aircraft coupled to autopilot. >> reporter: so the mystery remains, what happened. in the last moments before the crash, bryant's pilot went silent. >> you're still too low for flight following at this time.

countdown. >> reporter: according to records, the pilot was not only certified to fly under instrument weather conditions, but to also teach other pilots. now the faa and the ntsb are both investigating this crash. abc 7 news. our los angeles sister station looked into the flight path of the helicopter. the blue line indicates the path from the john wayne airport into the burbank area. the helicopter was actually videotaped circling glendale as the pilot waited for visual flight rules clearance. the helicopter pilot says he's flown that intended path and is familiar with the weather. >> i live close by. the weather was bad and the ceiling was low, which means that helicopter was trying to squeeze by to get through this pass here and that's where the crash occurred. >> the pilot killed in the crash is being remembered as a dedicated caring instructor.

a former student said that bryant doesn't let anyone else fly him around. tonight jimmy kimmel live remembers kobe bryant. he will reflect on their relationships and bryant's visits to the show. you can watch kimmel at 11:35. the car ban goes into effect. >> it will effect a two mile stretch of busy streets. we'll explain who is effected and why coming up. live outside the park in miami, we're talking heavy foot traffic and football excitement coming up. there's a little rain coming our way. emphas

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welcome back. it's the bitter truth, there is an arugala shortage. the reason is a cold and wet winter affecting growers. abc 7 has a look at the local impact. >> reporter: these are tough times for arugala lovers. we were fortunate enough to get here as the shelv restocked. we bought this package and the rest was gone in a matter of hours. there is a race in the bay area. across the country it seems as stores and restaurants either don't have it or don't have what little they do have for long. have you ever had an issue before? >> not that i can recall and i've been doing this for 25 years. >> reporter: joe owns the market and he had some bulk arugala last week and that's gone. this week he managed to find a

few containers of baby arugala from mexico. >> my understanding is there is an issue with the weather and mold in the fields. >> reporter: you have a little bit now, but it's the packaged kind? >> correct. it's spotty. it's only what's available. that's what we'll take. we contact vendors to get what we have. >> safeway didn't have it and whole foods didn't have it. >> reporter: nate sells gourmet cooking products and he does some special events featuring his signature nate salad made with baby arugala. it's hard to do it without arugala. >> exactly we tried to find a replacement, baby kale, and it wasn't the same. >> reporter: the reason behind the shortage may be weather related, but not everyone is buying that theory, not this arugala shopper. >> i think the reason for that is because they've been selling

baby arugala for so many years they never let it have a chance to grow up so if there's a shortage it's the people who ate the baby arugala. >> reporter: you can hear arugala lovers are taking the shortage with a bit of humor. i did talk with the manager here as we said they sold out in a few hours from the shipment they received this morning. she said they'll do what they've been doing pretty much every day get on the phone with suppliers and talk to as many as six people and try to figure out from those suppliers who can bring in the next batch of arugala. abc 7 news. >> thanks. the official super bowl opening night in miami is now under way. >> a big night as the 9ers and kansas city chiefs make their only public appearances ahead of sunday's game. >> we have the preview live. amanda. >> reporter: this is the only opportunity fans really have to interact with these super bowl players. that's happening tonight.

don't worry, if you're still heading out here, we checked all of these other events out. there's plenty to do. let's check it out. a look at magic city monday at bay front park ahead of the super bowl live for a free fan festival that will showcase all things miami. it's where we met jim robson. >> i'd like to see the 9ers start like they did last time. get there and stay there. >> reporter: i think we'd all like that. david just relocated to tampa so the drive down for him was an easy choice. >> i knew i had to take the opportunity to drive down here since i'm within driving distance. >> it's been a while so it feels good. >> reporter: fans are taking in all miami has to offer as the 49ers get close to taking home that trophy hopefully. >> the way they are and the way they go out there and battle it out, i have a feeling it's going to be a great game. >> reporter: it should be a great time ahead of the official

kickoff. just ask kenny the clown. >> the super bowl is no bigger than this and we're excited to be out here. >> reporter: quite the experience. a few miles away the miami convention center transformed. this is the official super bowl experience. the theme park meant to put fans in the shoes of their favorite players. today i checked out the keds. >> you can kick a field goal and run the 40 yard dash on the digital screen. >> reporter: that super bowl experience opens up to the public on wednesday. kids under 12 are free. there's plenty to do, things to keep you busy, as we countdown to super bowl sunday kickoff. i'm live in miami tonight. >> great stuff. thanks. you can see more from the abc 7 team in miami all week long. look at this cast of characters we have in miami.

you can also find super bowl coverage online. our digital team is covering super bowl week on our facebook page and the abc 7 news app. we really do have you covered for the super bowl. >> we do. spencer, you're tracking the forecast here and miami. >> that's true. i'll start with here now. we have dry conditions over the bay area with increasing clouds and light rain or showers on the way. here is a view of dry weather looking back towards san francisco where it's currently 55 degrees. 57 in oakland. mid 50s at san jose. nice view in san jose where you can see the outline of clouds developing there in the sky. it is currently 53 in san jose. fairfield and concord at 52 degrees. here is a view from the camera at pier 15 looking back at the bay bridge.

we'll see light showers developing overnight and in the wee hours of the morning first in the north bay. we have a much warmer pattern coming our way thursday through saturday. we have an approaching storm ranking one on the storm impact scale. light showers will develop during the overnight hours. best chance in the taking us from midnight to 2:30 a.m. and we'll see the first showers developing. after 5:00 a.m. we'll see patchy showers moving through mainly in the north bay and down along the coastline and later in the morning we'll see rain reaching down into san francisco and a few spots on the peninsula and maybe a few scattered showers in the east bay. the system will weaken and fall apart by the end of the day tomorrow. overnight lows mainly in the mid to upper 40s and highs tomorrow

as the skies become partly sunny. highs from the upper 50s at the coast and low 60s in most other locations. this is the seven-day forecast. after tomorrow morning's level one storm produces scattered showers and partial clearing and check out the remainder of the week. what a warm up. high temperatures in the low 70s inland. low 60s on the coast and then we get a sharp cooling trend on sunday. here is the forecast for the super bowl weekend in miami. the saturday the day before the game probably some showers, high temperature in the upper 70s. it will cool down and brighten up on sunday with a high of about 72 degrees, sunny skies through the day. it looks like great super bowl weather. >> let's go to miami on sunday. that's nice weather. >> thanks. >> i'll be watching. i have fought the crowds before. i'll stay home. there's a buzz in the air

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public transit and emergency vehicles of course will be exempt. the changes are designed to make market street safer and faster for public transit. cars will be allowed to cross market street at all intersections. we know you have a lot of questions about this. this is going to change things dramatically for a lot of people so we have answers to the top seven questions about this big change on our website. go to abc 7 news.com. a new poll says visiting the library remains the most common cultural activity americans engage in. according to the poll american adults made ten and a half trips last year more than going to the movies, a game or the theater. libraries hold more than books these days. one bay area library has bees. yeah, today abc 7 news was atop the downtown branch of the public library as the bee keeper opened up the hives.

>> each hive has one queen inside of it and she's the mother of every single bee in here. >> there can be up to 100,000 bees in these two hives which last year produced about 150,000 pounds of honey. >> people really like it. it's unexpected and it's fun and it's educational and that's right in the wheelhouse of what we try to do at the library. >> inside the library there's a bee interpretive center for kids. they can watch a live stream of the bees and check them out on the bee's own facebook page. >> that's fantastic. you get a good book and a good jar of honey. >> totally. help is on the way for homeless students in the south bay. >> a breakdown of what san jose state will do to help out students and build a better bay area. a new man takes the spotlight in president trump's

impeachment trial. what's behind the new interest in hearing from john bolton next.

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new money, new building, new space. san jose state plans to tackle the students homelessness problem in all sides. >> the plan comes after a year of protests from students and staff about this growing problem. >> abc 7 has the university's president's promise of a solution. >> we have exciting news to share with you. help with affordable housing is on the way. >> reporter: promises from the president of san jose state university, many in this room have been waiting for this announcement for a long time. last year a number of rallies were held criticizing the university for its inaction on student homelessness. >> i would describe this as a housing crisis and that shows by the 53,000 students that are in the system that are homeless. >> reporter: a recent california state university report show that san jose state has the

highest rate of homelessness in their system at 13%. here are a few of the brand new promises to help bring that number down. more than $3 million in grants over 18 months to help address basic needs in security. the expansion of a rapid rehousing and rental assistance program. 12 or more of emergency beds for a fall 2020 pilot program. they're also building space. this building is one block from the university. the plan is to turnil and office than 800 apartment units with below market rent. this space inside the school will be dedicated to helping students with housing by fall 2020. the mayor, local leaders and homeless advocates praised the announcement. >> it was her efforts to bring so many of us together to push together. >> we stand for those students who can't speak for themselves. >> reporter: in san jose, abc 7 news. >> last year on november 1st the

homeless advocates set a goal of housing 100 homeless students in 100 days. we reported this at the time. san jose is a partner. they are on track to hit that goal by february around the deadline. a battle over thousands of rental units in san francisco is heating up tonight. san francisco's supervisors joined housing advocates on the steps of city hall there and demanding that within of the major property holders delay the sale of some 76 apartment buildings. a city law requires owners to give qualified nonprofits a chance to bid on rental properties, but advocates say the volume of the sale is too large to meet current deadlines. >> we are here today to say that the homes of thousands of san franciscans are more than just commodities to be bought, operated and sold for maximum profit. >> it is contrary to their claim that they care about the tenants in their buildings.

this was also a big fat lie. >> in a statement to abc 7 housing advocates were accused of violating the act by releasing private information about the sales, but they are willing to work with the mayor's office. we dedicated a week of coverage about the topic of housing. you can find all of those stories online at abc 7 news.com/better bay area. happening now, a survivor spoke about their experience losing family in nazi death camps.

today's ceremony stressed the testimony of survivors and included warnings about the rising hate around the world. john bolton took center stage at president trump's impeachment trial. lawmakers want to know what he has to say. the senate has adjourned for the night. abc 7 news reporter has the latest. >> the senate will now hear you. >> reporter: lawyers delivered opening arguments for a second day. the attorney reiterating president trump's previous claim that president trump was acting in the interest of the united states when he made that now infamous july 25th phone call asking ukraine's leader for a favor. >> the president was at all times acting under his constitutional authority. >> reporter: questions about new accusations made by john bolton in his unpublished manuscript

which appears to contradict the president's arguments. bolton in a manuscript writes that trump told him in august of 2019 that he wanted to continue withholding military aid to ukraine until officials launched investigations into the democrats and bidens. >> we deal with transcript evidence, publicly available information. we do not deal with speculation, allegations. >> reporter: democrats pointing to that report to back their demands for bolton to testify. >> the senators should not turn away from this very relevant evidence. >> reporter: now several republicans also stating they too would like to hear from bolton, including susan collin >> john bolton has relevant testimony to provide to those of us sitting in impartial >> reporter: even senator lindsey graham hasn't ruled out the possibility. >> if the senate needs to secure testimony from john bolton, then i will say so if i think that is

necessary for fairness. >> reporter: calling for bolton to testify would mean witnesses requested by the president would also be called. the president told reporters he hasn't seen the manuscript, but dismissed the allegations as false. >> we will bring you live coverage throughout the trial. you can get the updates on air, online and through the abc 7 news app. because of the live coverage of the trial this morning, today's new episode of the view didn't air at its usual time. it will air overnight at 2:37 a.m. fan fever heating up in miami as the 49ers prepare to play the kansas city chiefs. >> the hot merchandise you can get. the tour is lit up in orange and gold. mostly a dry week ahead. spencer has an exception in the forecast.

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super bowl and it's about more than the game. >> abc 7 takes us shopping. >> reporter: when you're in mami beach it doesn't take long to find a good place to eat or shop. we just happened to be cruising down the road here across this nfl pop up shop filled with plenty of kansas city chiefs and san francisco 49ers' gear for super bowl liv. >> this is the nfl shop. it's as miami as it gets. if you see our merchandise, it's south beach. if you look here, it embodies miami well with the tropical bright colors of miami. it brings out the whole culture and traditions, the weather most importantly. everybody is coming from the cold is miami embraces them with heat. >> looking to find something to bring back home to the family. >> remember, the win come sunday so i having to remember it by.

>> i like this miami vibe right here with the colors. you have to get the shirt. you have to get everything that says 49ers and miami for the super bowl. >> we're hosting our 11th super bowl and it's very fantastic and it's this global phenomenon. i was raised here. it's wonderful meeting other people from other cities, towns, fans, young, old. it's wonderful. >> that looks like fun. >> you are wearing your gold tie. >> i'm ready. >> if you want to go to the super bowl, you still can. next 7 on your side with

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we're counting down to super bowl sunday and it's not too late to get a ticket. >> it won't be cheap though. >> everybody wants to go 49ers a long time. they haven't been there for 50 years. it's going to be a blowout party. if the past is a guide, now may be the best time to buy your super bowl seat.

be warned, timing the secondary market is like timing the stock market. it's not easy. i spoke with brett goldberg, the co founder of pic tick whichick doesn't charge buyers a fee. hre's what he thinks is going on. >> in prior years we've seen the monday or tuesday the week before is a very good time to buy. sometimes if you miss that window, everyone starts buying and then ticket prices go back up. it's all supply and demand. it used to be if you wanted the best seats you're paying $10,000 and you can get in for $2,000 five plus years ago. now it's over $4,000 where the best seats can be $8,000. >> if i'm looking for cheap tickets, i should buy and if i'm looking for the best seats when should i buy? >> what typically happens is the week in advance some supply does

come out in the open market and we'll see the drop in price. that inventory then becomes available because whether it's people who go to pick up their ticket and then say, hey, i can sell these for $4,000, i'm willing to do that. so there's this big supply and demand kind of push and pull that's happening. it's possible the team ends up getting more inventory for whatever reason because sponsors didn't want all the tickets. there are elements, but it's unclear exactly how that may effect the open market. >> it's how much do you want to gamble. >> yeah, what's your risk. >> for those of us the best seat will be in our living room. for those determined to be there in person, you may be able to still get a good seat at a relatively good price. yeah.

i want to hear from you. 7 on your side hotline is open monday through friday, 10:00 to 2:00. you can also reach me through my facebook page and through abc 7 news.com. the price right now is about $4,000 to get through the door. a decent seat is $6,000 to $8,000. >> you are kidding? >> no. >> some will choose to do it. >> some will choose to buy cars or go to europe for aweek. thanks very much. spencer, i know it's going to be a nice day on super bowl sunday. >> it is. i'll charge you only $500 per person to come to my house to watch. >> i'll bring the chips. we have dry conditions right now. under increasingly cloudy skies. overnight we'll see light showers developing up in the north bay. overnight lows in the mid to upper 40s. those showers will push southward and east ward later in the day.

it's a weak system ranking one on the storm impact scale. afternoon look for partial clearing in some locations. highs from upper 50s to low 60s. starting at 2:30 a.m., notice by 5:00 a.m. there will be spotty showers and that pattern continues until about mid morning. after 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. we'll see the showers moving down into san francisco oand on to the peninsula and then it fizzles out. we start with drying out on wednesday and what a warmup is coming our way thursday, friday and saturday. high temperatures around 70 degrees or above in the inland areas. here's liz's super bowl weekend forecast. we're going to have -- we're not going to have them, but there will be showers in miami on saturday and sunny skies on sunday and 72 degrees and i think that's great football weather. >> perfect. it's as warm here as it is in miami. >> that's true. why leave here.

>> thanks. on that subject, let's go back to miami for a moment. we are counting down to super bowl liv. thinking about football and the tragic death of kobe bryant. coming up we'll talk with a reporter who covered kobe back i'climate is the number 1ove priority.sage. i would declare a state of emergency on day 1. congress has never passed an important climate bill, ever. this is a problem that continues to get worse.

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good evening. we're in miami as we count down to super bowl liv.

today it's hard to focus on football given the tragic death of kobe bryant. so many feeling the impact of his death. i had a chance to catch up with an old friend. sal is a philly guy and he covered kobe bryant when he was a teenager in high school. >> i covered him and to him when he initially came out of high school. i was sent to do an outside piece and interview him and i found him to be a very interesting young man at a very early age, even when he was a teenager. he wouldn't do the interview for a while and we went looking for him and he was hiding under a desk in the lower high school library. >> you're kidding. really? >> yes. sort of like hanging out with his friends. didn't want to be interviewed on camera, but eventually he did it. it was sort of like playing

around. i covered obviously that first championship when they beat their opponent. i was around him a lot early in his life before he became the mega star that he became. one of the biggest thing is tremendous sadness over the loss of a life, especially young people. >> as far as the football goes, the kansas city chiefs, there's a narrative that with the 49ers success running the ball in the past two playoff games that maybe they're best game plan is to try to force them to beat them because there are some who believe that he can't throw the ball, at least that's what's out there. if you look at the stats, he's had some great games. i don't know how the chiefs approach this? >> i don't look at stats. i look at the matchup and i think specifically in this game if jimmy doesn't turn the ball over, the 9ers should win the

game. i covered the 9ers when they came to baltimore and he had that really bad turnover in the football game and that was the difference between winning or losing or they would have beaten the ravens. if he takes care of the football, i think it would be hard for the chiefs to win this game. >> your relationship with andy reed goes back many years because he was in philly for a long time. had a chance to win the super bowl with the eagles. that was 15 years ago. did not. how much pressure do you think he feels because you don't get -- you may not get these opportunities that often in your career. >> the question of pressure is interesting for andy reed. he is not a very guy. we don't have a feeling about this. i was with him the night before the super bowl in jacksonville and he gave me a tour of their team facilities and we talked at

length about owens and facing the patriots and we did a report on sports center. you probably were the anchor that night. he's different now. he's more closed up because of some of the circumstances surrounding him as a coach and person. i don't get the sense he wants to talk about 234e any of that big picture way. >> are you in the big picture business? >> i'm in the reporting business. the furthest i will go about it is if jimmy doesn't turn the ball over, it will be hard for the chiefs to beat this 9ers team i think. >> one more note on kobe bryant, the game scheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed. this is the media entry area. this is opening night at the super bowl. we'll have a ton of interviews with the 49ers and the chiefs. we'll bring them to you on air and online, all the social media

platforms and we'll see you at 11:00. back to you. >> thanks. join us tonight for the news at 11:00. a strong warning from the cdc tonight about traveling to china in light of the coronavirus. we'll tell you all about it tonight at 11:00. super bowl excitement kicks into high gear tonight. wel have more live reports from miami. here is the line up tonight on abc 7. at 8:00 it's the bachelor. 10:00, the good doctor and then the news at 11:00. stick around. jimmy kimmel live comes on at 11:35. tonight remembering kobe bryant. he will reflect on their relationship and kobe's many visits to the show. >> he was a favorite on that show. that is this edition of abc 7 news. we appreciate your time. >> from the entire team, good night.

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