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. >> matt mauser lost his wife christina. she was hand-picked by the basketball legend. >> kobe did not pick my wife because she was average. i don't think anything he ever did was average. he picked my wife because she was exceptional at what she did. my wife had a brilliant, brilliant eye for coaching. she picked up schemes, knew every angle, defense, defensive positioning, post moves. she really took a lot of pride in being there for those girls. she adored them. >> what was the last thing you said to her? >> i was in bed. she kissed me and said i will see you tonight. good-bye. i hope i said i love you. i just don't know. >> the group was flown by ara zobayan, the company that trained him released a statement saying we are heart broken at the loss of our friend and pilot ara zobayan, flying was his life's passion. outside the stadium where kobe thrilled fans for decades, still a place of mourning. inside the court is dark. the fans heard from the team's current star, lebron james, who posted sitting here trying to write s

. >> reporter: matt mauser lost his wife christina. a mother of three who coached with bryant. >> last night they wanted their mom where is mom my 3-year-old is screaming for mom. so what do you do? >> reporter: news of the tragedy stunned the nation at staples, a sea of flowers and tears. >> i played basketball because of him >> he's not just a person he's a generation. >> reporter: with new memorials today building for bryant, the world paid tribute. >> we're literally standing here heartbroken in the house that kobe bryant built. >> reporter: at the grammys heartbreak where bryant's jerseys hang in the rafters. >> bryant, for the lead, yes! >> reporter: a five-time champion bryant was feared and revered on the basketball court but controversy in 2003 an allegation of sexual assault eventually settling a civil lawsuit. bryant played on. >> bryant for the lead yes! >> reporter: remaining ruthless, relentless and remarkable michael jordan said of bryant, he was like a little brother to me magic johnson said the greatest laker of all ti

. >> matt mauser's wife christina a mother of three who coached with bryant. >> my 3-year-old is screaming for mom so what do you do? >> pilot save aara requested special visual rules for low ceiling. >> with you for the special transition we are currently at 1400. >> reporter: radar shows the sikorsky nearing cal abbas as after asking for advice. >> you're still too low level for a flight at this time. >> approximately four minutes later the pilot advised they were climbing to avoid a cloud layer. when atc asked what the pilot planned to do, there was no reply. >> reporter: the chopper climbed and descended and turned left before disappearing off the radar at 9:45 a.m. on this rugged calabasas hillside. jennifer bjorkland, nbc news, los angeles. >> our story continues throughout the newscast and online you'll find more details of all of the victims killed at the helicopter crash at nbcbayarea.com. >>> a little look on capitol hill where it is the last day of arguments in the impeachment trial. one of the president's attorneys is accusing house impeachment managers of painting rudy giulian

holmes spoke today with matt mauser, christina's husband. >> she really took a lot of pride in beinghere for those girls, and she absolutely adored them. and i was so proud of her. i said, christina, you're doing something that, you know, no other person in the world is doing. you're coaching basketball with kobe. and i'm so proud of you. i hope i said i love you. i hope i said i love you. i just don't know. >> reporter: we do know plenty about kobe b. bryant. kobe's father, joe jellybean bryant played eight seasons for the nba and eight more in italy, where he moved the family when kobe was 5. when he returned home to philadelphia, he became a high school hoops star, catching the attention of espn in this 1996 report. >> on fridays and saturdays i would go in my rec room with my basketball and basically dribble myself to sleep. and i think that that was the best thing that could have ever happened to me because during those lonely hours in the rec room i discovered the hunger, the motivation, the desire to be the best possible basketball player that i could be. >> reporter: by his s

matt mauser heartbroken over the loss of his wife christina, also on board that helicopter. >> she could really read people. she was deep. she was very warm, kind. >> the group was headed to gia basketball game, leaving orange county just after 9:00 in the morning. it was expected to be a quick trip. around 9:45 the helicopter crashed in calabasas. >> visibility two and a half miles with haze. >> fog was so heavy thatos angeles police grounded t in this lierinya's drive >>f you just love basketball and respected hard work and someone that had drive, then you loved kobe. >> thefis with abc7 news that investigators are at the crash site and beginning to document evidence.s paid tribute to bryant this morning, lighting up chase center in lakers purple and gold. abc7 news reporter amy holyfield has lkoo are remembering bryant. >> don't want the talk about anything but kobe bryant today. he t coming in on 95.7 the game were emotional as people dealt with the loss of kobe bryant. >> it just breaks my heart because we're n prompted tomorrow. and my daughter has a game tomorrow.tomorrow's game i

. >> reporter: matt mauser says his wife was a dedicated coach for kobe bryant's basketball program and his family is one of several basketball families grieving the loss of a loved one. >> we've got three babies, and last night they wanted their mom. where's mom? my 3-year-old's screaming for mom. >> reporter: mauser, kobe bryant, and his 13-year-old daughter gianna are three of the nine people killed in the weekend helicopter crash outside of l.a. this is new video tonight of what appears to be kobe bryant's helicopter circling over glendale minutes before it crashed. the sikorski helicopter took off from orange county airport at 9:08 heading to bryant's mamba training academy in thousand oaks. the l.a. sheriff's department says its helicopters were grounded that morning due to fog. bryant's experienced pilot requested special visual rules for low ceilings. >> helicopter 2 echo x-ray. >> reporter: minutes later over calabasas, it climbed, descended quickly, and dropped off the radar. >> 2 echo x-ray, you're still too low level for flight following at this time. >> reporter: at the cra

matt mauser lost his wife and these were also people he had been close to for quite some time. >> the it really doesn't and i'm glad you brought that up about everybody on board knowing each other very well because you think of los angeles as this big city which it is but it boils down to community and this is a community that is in grief right now, t.j. >> reporter: and we have to remember these were people who spent a lot of time together because the kids played ball together. think about that. we all have nieces and nephews, sons and daughters. these people are a tight-knit group. kids on teams and parents and coaches. >> all right, t.j., thank you. >> our hearts go out to the families. >>> we turn to that new report about prince andrew. the fbi says he is refusing to cooperate as investigators look into the sex abuse allegations against jeffrey epstein. deborah roberts is here with the latest. good morning, deb. >> reporter: good morning, michael. well, these allegations surrounding the duke of york and his association with jeffrey epstein surfaced many years ago. but after epstei

. >> reporter: along with kobe and gigi, seven others are being remembered matt mauser lost his wife christina, mother of three who coached with bryant. >> i'm going to miss her i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> reporter: the alto belly family lost three family members, 13-year-old alyssa, mother keri and john the longtime baseball coach at orange coast college they have two other children also on board payton chester, gianna and alyssa's teammate and her mother sarah, survived by her husband and two other children loved ones writing, sarah and payton were the lights of our family we will also remember the fun and love that we all share the bryant family has not yet made any public statements on the tragedy. vanessa and kobe married in 2001, along with 13-year-old gianna, the couple had three other daughters. 17-year-old natalia, 3-year-old bianka, and 7-month-old capri. his daughters inspiring bryant to get involved in youth sports and build mamba academy. bryant told barstool sports why he commuted by air for years. >> i had to figure out a way where i could still train and focus on the cra

her husband, matt mauser, joins us tonight to talk about he and his family are coping with this incredibleere are you in terms of how are you getting -- how are you dealing with this? >> well, emotionally, i'm torn. it's like a roller coaster ride in a lot of ways. i'm up, i'm down. i cry for no reason whatsoever and then i'm okay. like i woke up this morning and said -- i haven't slept for two days. i woke up this morning and said i'm okay. i think i'm okay. and then i walked out and i started to cry. and then i saw my kids and i started to cry. but i'm just trying to be open to not judging myself if i'm hurting or if the kids are hurting, not judging them. just loving them and loving other people around me that are hurting as well because i know a lot of people are hurting. can i be honest with you that having other people feel grief along kind of really helps because there was a lot of people that are in pain right now. and they may not have lost somebody that they loved like i did, that wasn't their family but they're still hurting. >> i was actually in orange county last night, and sp

matt mauser remembering his wife christina as one of the victims. >> she was relentless and organized and detailed and how she'd treat people that weren't important, that was my wife -- my wife would always treat the person who you wouldn't expect anybody to treat well, she would always treat them the best. she was kind. she was funny. our goal was to make each other laugh every day. >> also last night, a tribute to kobe bryant from his home court at the staples center. >> i started playing basketball when i was 2. >> starting with the superstar's own words. >> the most important thing is how your life touches those around you and how it carries forward to the next generation. >> bryant's former teammate, shaquille o'neal growing very emotional talking about his friend who he called his little brother. >> we're not going to be able to joke at his hall of fame ceremony. we're not going to be able to say, i got five, you got four. the fact that we're not going to be able to say, if we would have stayed together, we could have got ten. those are the things you can't get back. >> dwyane w

matt. our love to you and those little babies of yours, 3, 9, and 11 we're wrapping you up in our arms thank you for talking with us today. we'll say her name, christina mausers amazing. god bless you guys. >> god bless you too. >> you, too, matt. extraordinary, to have that poise. >> yes. >> doing something so meaningful for his wife >> yes. >> tell her story, too yes, you can. we remember her we're back in a moment. it's no big deal, really. that little vent that won't stay open. it's not like the engine doesn't work. just position the other vents so they're aimed at you. it's no big deal. except it is. that little vent that won't stay open... is like a little window of your automotive happiness boarded shut. that's why the vent is one more thing we check before a car can be a certified carmax car. because that's the way it should be. carmax. i am not for ignoring the first sign of a cold. i am for shortening my cold, with zicam! zicam is completely different. unlike most other cold medicines, zicam is clinically proven to shorten colds. i am a zifan for zicam! oral or nasal. can your hair survive damage? dove conditioner proves it can. we treat one brush

mauser was also killed in that crash. she was an assistants girls basketball coach in corona del mar, california. her husband, matte to cnn about how the kids are coping. >> my little one, her birthday's next week. that's a hard part. she's going to be 4. her birthday's on the 4th. i'm trying to navigate that. and she's kind of -- doesn't understand. she does know, i'd walk in and she would call for mom, where's mom. i want mom. mommy, mommy. and now i walk in, and she doesn't call for her. so it's bittersweet because i want her to still call for her mom. but it's hard to put her down when she's calling for mom. so i think she gets it. she knows we're grieving. she says, "don't cry." and then my son is a little more quiet. he has outbursts. he's very sensitive. so i try to do physical activities with him. i let him hit a pillow. i kind of let him get it out. i hold him, and i hug him and kiss him, and i tell him, mom loves you, and i love you. i give him a hug for mom when i give him ape h -- him a hug fro, and i move on. my daughter's 11, she played on the little mambas. so she knows everybody, as well. and my --