one more personnel matter -- i want to thank ambassador john bass who i have come to know in my time of service, both as the director of the cia and secretary of state. his tour of the service in kabul was one of our most important commissions. he is a man of incredible integrity and has helped that opening move forward to a brighter, more peaceful, and more secure future for the people. would like to welcome the two new ambassadors. follow themave more out into the field. i am happy to take a few questions. the new year, i have 2020 questions to ask you. i will trim them down. there continue to be questions about the nature of the intelligence that led to the strike that killed general soleimani. can you be more specific about how immanent this was and what exactly it was? secondly, why not allow the foreign minister to come to the u.n. to speak at the security council question mark and lastly -- counsel? erin -- did iran factor into your decision not to run? sec. pompeo: i said the same thing yesterday that i said four months, no news. i will stay serving as secretary of state as l

finally, one more personnel matter, i want to thank ambassador john bass, who have as director of the central intelligence agency and now a secondary of state. he is a respected strategic thinker, a man of incredible integrity. he's helped that country before to a brighter, more peaceful, and more secure future for all the afghan people, and i want to welcome our 11 new ambassadors that were confirmed since the end of november, including ambassador sullivan, who will be heading off to russia before too long. we hope to have more follow them. with that, i am happy to take a few questions. >> thank you. happy new mr. secretary. in honor of the new year, i have exactly 2020 questions, but i will pare them down for the sake of brevity. there continue to be questions about the nature of the intelligence that led to the strike that killed general soleimani. can you be at all more specific about how immanent this was, what exactly it was? secondly, why not allow the foreign minister to come to the u.n. to speak at the security council? lastly, does the situation in iran contribute at all to

finally, one more personnel matter, i want to thank ambassador john bass, who i've come to know in my time and service both as the director of the central intelligence agency and now secretary of state. his two-year tour of service in kabul was remarkable, one of our most important missions, and ambassador bass is a respected strategic thinker, man of incredible integrity, he's helped that country move forward to a brighter more peaceful and more secure future for all the afghan people. and i too want to welcome our new 11 ambassadors and two ambassadors at large confirmed since the end of november. including ambassador sullivan who will be heading off to russia before too long. glad they're finally getting out to the field and we hope to have more follow them out there. with that, i'm happy to take a few questions. >> happy new year, mr. secretary. >> hello, matt. >> in honor of the new year, i have exactly 2020 questions to ask you, but i'll pair them down for the sake of brevity. one is there continue to be questions about the nature of the intelligence that led to the strike on --

i want to thank ambassador john bass who i have come to know in my time in service both as the director of the central intelligence agency and secretary of state. he's a strategic thinker. he's helped that country move forward to the more peaceful and more secure future for all of the afghans people. i want to welcome the new 11 ambassadors and two ambassadors at large confirmed at the end of november, including ambassador sullivan. with that i'm happy to take a few questions. >> thank you. happy new year, mr. secretary. in honor of the new year i have exactly 2,020 questions to ask you, but i'll pare them down for the sake of brevity. there continues to be questions about the nature of the intelligence that led to the strike that killed general soleimani. can you be at all more specific about, you know, how imminent this was, what exactly it was? secondly, why not allow foreign minister zarif to come to the u. u. u.n. security council. and what happened with iran lead to your decision not to run for senate in kansas? >> the last one is easy. i said the same thing yesterday, no real new

syria north korea and china as well finally one more person no matter i want to think about that or john bass who i've come to know in my time in service both as the director of the central intelligence agent now as secretary of state his 2 year tour of service in kabul was remarkable that's one of our most important missions ambassador bass is a respected strategic thinker a man of incredible integrity he's helped that country move forward to a brighter more peaceful and more secure future for all the afghan people and i too want to welcome our new 11 ambassadors into about at large who were confirmed since the end of november including about your soul and hope be heading off to russia before too long glad they're finally getting out to the field we hope to have more follow them up there with that i'm happy to pay. if you question. thank you happy new year mr certain job at you know honor of the new year i have exactly 2020 questions ask you but i'll pay them down for the sake of brevity thank resident one is there continue to be questions about the nature of the intelligence that led to the

so i remember looking at our bass player john pierce. other and went uh-oh. >> reporter: so when that tour was canceled, you guys had been on the road together for more than 30 years pretty much, right? >> more like 40. ♪ do you believe >> reporter: 39 years ago in the early '80s, huey lewis and the news was a band struggling for respect. you were booed when you opened for the doobie brothers, is that right? >> on our first tour. >> every single night. >> no, not every single. >> oh, come night. remember? >> doobies, doobies! >> reporter: starting out, lewis played harmonica in a band called clover, one of dozens of groups that worked the bars in marin county, california, where lewis grew up. >> we moved here 195. and it was very much a bohemian community with the mountains and so on. >> reporter: marin, just north of san francisco also attracted plenty of rock musicians, a haven away from the city. and there is one particular place in marin that lewis put on the map. >> 2:00 a.m. club, known locally as -- >> the deuce. >> the deuce. thi

i want to think about star john bass, who have come to know as my time in service, now secretary of stateabul wasn't markable. that's one of our most important missions. the ambassador is the structured strategicthinker. a man of integrity. he is help the country moved to a more peaceful and secure future for all the afghan people. i want to welcome our new 11 investors and two ambassadors at large confirmed since the end of november, including stomach including investor sullivan committing up to russia before too long. we hope to have more follow them out to the field. with that, i'm happy to take a few questions. >> reporter: happy new year, mr. secretary. in honor of the new year i have exactly 2020 questions to ask you. i will pare them down for the sake of brevity. one, there continue to be questions about the nature of intelligence that led to the strike that killed general soleimani. can you be at all more specific about how immanent this was? what exactly it was? secondly, why not allow foreign minister zarif to come speak at the security council? lastly, as the situation in iran

i want to thank ambassador john bass who i am come to know in time of service as director of the centralelligence agency and secretary of state. his go year service in kabul was remarkable. that is one of the most important missions. ambassador bass is respective thinker, a man of incredible integrity. he helped the country move forward to brighter, peaceful future for afghan people. i want to welcome new 11 ambassadors and two ambassadors at large confirmed since the end of november, including ambassador sullivan who will head to russia not too long. we're glad they're getting out to the field and hope to have a few more follow them out there. happy to take a few questions. >> matt. >> happy new year, mr. secretary. >> hello matt. >> along with the new year i have 2020 questions to ask you, i will pare them down for the sake of brevity. there continues to be questions about the nature of intelligence that led to the strike that killed general soleimani. can you be a at all more specific how imminent this was, what exactly it was? secondly why not allow foreign minister zarif to come to

so i remember looking at our bass player, john pierce, we immediately looked at each other andt,en whws was a band struggling for respect. you were booed when you opened forrs >> every single night. >> no. >> oh, come on. doobies, doobies, doobies! >> starting out, lewis played harmonica in a band called clover, one of dozens of bands that worked the bars in marin county, california, where lewis grew up. >> it was very much a bohemian community with the mountains and so on. >> marins a attracted plenty of rock musician, haven away from the city. there is one particular place in marin that lewis put on the map. >> the club known locally as the deuce. >> the deuce. >> this became famous for one reason. >> the cover photo for lewis' big hit album in 1938 was shot in the 2:00 a.m. club, a framed copy remains on the wall. hoye did you choose the deuce te sounded like. we played a lot of club. we're a bar band.çó >> did you havewe going to be mn a bar band? >> oh yeah,. we were convinced we would. you always are. that's part of the mindset. making a living in the music business as a musicia

aircraft also carried a coach from orange coast college in costa mesa a long time bass baseball coach from that college john also belly died in the accident according to an official statement from the college the author belly family also confirms that all to billy's 13 year old daughter alyssa and all to billy's wife were also on board the aircraft another horrible family tragedy no alyssa all to billy played on a basketball team with kobe bryant's daughter giana of course was another victim of this crash and we've found now would be. perhaps the destination and the origin of the flight the flight took off at john wayne airport in orange county. south of los angeles mr bryant lived in orange county and the plane was headed apparently to 1000 oaks where he has his. a cademy. that's a sports academy that. teaches young people of writing of sports especially basketball the 1000 oaks area is to the north of here so the plane took all the helicopter took off from john wayne airport a little less than an hour before crashing in the hills which are shrouded in darkness behind me the academy the mamba cademy that m

cnn's omar jimenez begins our coverage live from cam bass sass where the helicopter went down. omar. >> reporter: yeah, john, this is as close as we can get to the crash site this morning. the faa and ntsb are continuing to investigate the cause of this crash. the los angeles police department did say that the weather conditions on sunday did not meet their standards for flying. all things that are going to play into this investigation. but bottom line, this is something that happened in a matter of moments that rippled throughout the world so quickly and something that is going to have a long-standing impact. not just the support of basketball, the culture around it and the greater world as well. he was a basketball legend who helped create a dynasty, kobe bryant's death stunning the sports community and the world. the 41-year-old tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash outside los angeles sunday. first responders quickly arriving to the fiery scene, where nine people died, including the pilot. among the victims, bryant's 13-year-old daughter gianna. this morning, authorities are investigating the c