. >> could you beat charles barkley? >> come on, everybody can beat charles barkley. about an 8 handicap, i played pretty well today, obviously didn't take advantage of the par 5s like i should have i played with the great amy yang, one of the best swings in professional golf. you learn a lot from the ladies. >> let's get your thoughts on this weekend's game. we'll start with the afc you had a long and great career with the raiders when you ripped the heart out of high redskins, but you also played for the chiefs first of all, you have to get over it, tyler >> we never do, you know that, marcus the chiefs and the titan will be a tough game the chiefs are looking good, and something tells me, you know -- i don't know if you saw the national championship game and the name numberology that they had, something tells me the 100th year of football will be the rematch of the first super bowl what do you think about that >> that's an interesting thought. green bay over san francisco that's an interesting thought. >> you know the way things work out. yeah >> for the second str

more than 200 countries and 40 lang rages, stern did it by promoting stars like michael jordan, charles barkley and lebron james adding seven new teams and helping launch the wnba. he said one of his proudest moments supporting him when he had hiv. all a lifelong dream for stern, who was inducted into the hall of fame 16 years ago >> everything we do is always about the game always about the game. >> former commissioner david stern was 77. >>> to the wildfire emergency in australia, the death toll is raising in those massive infernos it comes amid a desperate race to save the country's beloved wildlife in the path of the flames we get more from tom costello. >> reporter: under blood red skies and choking smoke, an apocalyptic scene of never-ending fire, an one coastal town 4,000 people who fled to the beach and boats have been allowed to return home but across australia 17 are known dead, 1,000 homes destroyed. >> all of my possessions have been incinerated. >> reporter: the most iconic animals. >> if we didn't get him down to the tree, he would be up there amongst the flames. >> reporter: this

charles barkley, kenny smith, dwyane wade and more came together to honor their friend. >> sometimes instead of holding back, certain things you should just do. >> i think i have been in shock for two days and this is the first moment where it actually feels real. >> i cry and then get back to rick fox is on the plane. >> i next rick, just say hey. and he texts back, hey with a broken heart and i just screamed. >> rick fox not only found himself grieving kobe but he also had to deal with the damage done to his family by misinformation. first reports said he was also on that helicopter. >> i was talking to my kids, trying to spend the time with them and the phone just started going off. i answered it and i said hey, man, this is crazy about kobe and he was just like balling. and i started crying. and he's like you're alive. and it was in that moment that my phone just started going on my mom and sister and brother. >> with the laker game canceled last night, lebron james got to go to his son's high school game. espn shared the special moment. >> good to see father and son, loose and l

. >>> stephan curry and klay thompson, gone so long, charles barkley is starting to forget about them. the top five. >> the best backcourt. >> steve and? cliff? >> a long day for everybody. >> he was having a long day, she got liam livingston, a cricket ball in a sensitive area, the same game, the same thing happened, the announcers in the book in the booth, they were getting a kick out of it. duke and miami, the blue devils freshman taking the dunk, throwing down the dunk, duke won 89-59. >>> kansas and kansas state, the wildcats, gordon, down 22, steals the ball goes in for the layup, blocked by the player, he stands over him, it gets out of hand, players throwing punches, the fight spilled into the stands, multiple suspensions likely stemming from that incident. and it was sort of needless. in 19 point difference in that basketball game. needless. right? bigger not coming back, walk can my side be firm? and mine super soft? yes. with the sleep number 360 smart bed, on sale now, you bot urfort with your sleep number setting. so, can it help us fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warm

kobe bryant, and eventually charles barkley did become one, but kobe bryant embraced it. remember, he has spent many of the last few years playing with magic johnson. magic johnson, who went from a player to then being the president of the lakers, with a partial ownership. he's now sold that stake, but so kobe bryant has spent the last several years alongside magic johnson, who put out a statement today. he, of course, is devastated. so in terms of a second act, he had an extraordinary player to learn from. >> part of the second act, mike pescaw, host of a podcast, is with us also. we're watching, stephanie, that we're watching live pictures, aerials of those gathering at the mamba sports academy. part of the second act was not only the academy, mike, and we were talking about this. it's also his focus on the wnba. it's also the focus on his daughter, gianna, who was also lost today, and her future as a basketball player. her future as being the next kobe that will not happen now. >> yeah, it's unspeakably tragic. and i think that it does all add up to one of the themes t

televised in 200 countries and 40 languages stern did it by promoting stars like michael jordan, charles barkley and lebron james adding seven new teams and helping launch the wnba. he says one of his proud est moments, supporting magic johnson after he announced he had hiv. >> this is a very courageous, heroic person. >> reporter: all of it a lifelong dream for stern who grew up a die hard knicks fan and was inducted into the hall of fame six years ago. >> everythingw about the game always about the game. >> thanks to peter alexander for that report. >> australia continues to be ravaged by wildfires the country has deployed military ships and aircraft to help aid in the devastating crisis that is so far claimed at least 17 lives more than 100 fires continue to rage there officials racing to save the country's residents and belovels >> reporter: under blood-red skies and choking smoke an apocalyptic scene of never ending fire. and one coastal town, 4,000 people who fled to the beach on boats have been allowed to return home. but across australia, at least 17 are known dead, 1,000 homes destroyed

. >>> steph curry and klay thompson have been gone so long it sounds like charles barkley is starting to forget about them. give me the top vice. five. >> it's been a long day for everybody. >> if you thought charles was having a long day check out england's liam living stone following the cricket ball off a sensitive area and it happened again. same game. the announcers found the whole thing rather humorous. duke and miami inbound pass, freshman caches stanley and he comes out of nowhere and to win the game. in the final sentence of kansas and candidate the wildcats down 22 stole the ball and went in for the layup and it was blocked who stands over gordon and that ignites the ball. players throwing punches and is well -- multiple suspensions stemming from this incident. it went on for a while. that is the latest in bay area sports. see you tonight. >>> still ahead in our next half hour on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a grueling 13 hours of fierce debate on capitol hill. and the ground will set for the senate impeachment trial plus we will have a live report from capitol hil

in the nba said she called michael jordan, michael jordan said i'm too emotional the comment, charles barkleyphone, went to a movie, felt sadness and when i got the news -- >> we can't let the segment going how mentor he's been to athletes, daughter, -- >> i'm playing for you con, you don't have a son to leave your legacy, it's going to be my daughters, tell my daughter that. jillian: she was next to him and said, i go this. >> he was coaching one of those games. jillian: 41 year's old. brian: makes no sense. rob: brian, thanks for coming on early. brian: no problem, see you in a little while. rob: we will be right back. rob: welcome back, the fbi assisting the faa in the deadly helicopter crash that killed basketball legend kobe bryant, the chopper was flying through thick marine and at the time lapd had grounded its aircraft because of the weather. jillian: democrats are reviewing push for john bolton to testify as the president trump's team renew impeachment trial today, the trial start at 1:00 p.m. rob: jury selection begins today for michael aven África tti extortion case in new york, pr

and, again, and you can look at players like look, my buddy charles barkley, allen iverson, michael, here's what you know for sure. if you're going to pay money to go to a game in which those guys are playing, you're not going to get cheated. they are going to give you absolutely everything. like with charles you knew you were going to be entertained. you knew he might go for 20 points and 20 rebounds, but he also might tackle the mascot and make your son and daughter laugh. with allen iverson, you knew he wasn't going to leave anything in the tank. same with mj, kobe, same deal. driven to win, driven to whel and blessed with god-given abilities that were just jaw dropping. >> i'll see you in a couple weeks or so at the nba all-star weekend in chicago, and i asked kenny smith this, but the death of kobe bryant will have an impact on that weekend. >> that, and, wolf, to lose david stern and kobe bryant -- >> a long time nba commissioner. >> yeah. in this span of time, um, no, it's going to have a very different feel in chicago. and it's one of these things, too, i've been watching the

stern did it by promoting stars like michael jordan, charles barkley, and lebron james, adding seveneams and helping launch the wnba. he says one of his proudest moments, supporting magic johnson after he announced he had hi vicious. hiv. >> all of it a long dream for stern who group a knicks fan and was inducted into the hall of fame six years ago. >> everything we do is always about the game. always about the game. >> our thanks to nbc's peter alexander for that report. what a remarkable life. >> what a reabmarkable life. >>> up next, new numbers in the presidential money race and what it means for the democratic candidates with the iowa caucus a little more than a month away. >> plus iran, north carolina, and impeachment, president trump facing a series of challenges at home extends his vacation. we're going to get the latest from jonathan lemire and analysis from richard haass and "the washington post's" david ignatius. "morning joe," everyone, just moments away. "morning joe," everyone, just moments away. compare their loans and credit cards for over 20 years. now with the new l

. >> he took that -- the league, charles barkley mentioned this yesterday, that he joined -- he was inraft in 1984 just affidavit took over the nba. he pointed out that average player salary when he started in 1984 was $250,000. now it's $9 million because of what he did with the international building up and with the television rights, which ithink multiplied 30 fol over his 30 years. >> yeah. he got the owners angry at times. he got the players angry took some courageous decisions the magic johnson decision was a very courageous one at the time. the right one, i think certainly had a big impact on people's perception of that horrible disease and magic johnson is still around to celebrate it >> pete cassario as well >> pretty close. >> yeah. and a tumultuous year. to navigate through that without knowing what the future was going to bring made all of our dreams -- >> he was like that in venture capital. just to wrap it up, when he came just for fun i gave him -- i'll tell you a story, i gave him a card which said david stern intern then we -- everybody in the office said he can't be a

know, we were talking earlier about how he changed the league's fortunates to such an extent and charles barkley talking very recently about this, about how when he joined the league back in 1984, the average player's salary was $250,000 today it's $9 million. obviously the owner's fortunates went up in a similar way it's kind of hard to go back to think about where the league was when he stepped into the role in '83 or '84 >> yeah, it's kind of hard to think about it because -- i heard the earlier commentary about whether or not fans and sponsors would accept a league with african-american players throughout, throughout the game because -- one thing david told me, you know, bob, when our teams play, it's different from football a football player, football player is 30 yards from the nearest fan in the stadium and they have a helmet on. nobody recognizes them our players are within 2 feet of every fan. and so when you think of african-americans playing in a place where fans are white and they're seeing them and their style and their behavior, david recognized that as something that could be a so