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In philadelphia where hes from where the first time i ever met him gave me his shoes. its surreal. it doesnt may recolleke no sen. im happy with kobe bryant, one of the all-time greatest, one of the all-time greatest lakers. the man has two jerseys hanging in staples. it just crazy. >> kobes tweet, lebron would be his last now. kobe said continuing to move the game forward king james, much respect my brother. #33644. of course, the number that surpassed him. here is a lebron coming back from the...

World leaders and other dignitaries are joining a diminishing number of holocaust survivors in marking the 75th anniversary of the death of camp survivors. >> the ceremony comes against the backdrop of rising anti-semitism around the world. nazi germany set up the camp and occupied poland in 1940. more than 1 million people died there in gas chambers all from disease. most of them were jews. as china fights to contain the wuhan coronavirus, its issuing a dire new warning. people can spread it ...

Come straight from high school at that point in time to the nba but i was, like, wow, a 17-year-old, 18-year-old kid being able to make that leap, thats pretty damn cool. and as i started playing more ball and i went into high school, the things he was doing on the floor i admired and i wanted to be a part of. i went to abcd camp. and he came and talked to all the kids that was there. and i happened to be one of the kids that was there. and i was just listening. i was just trying to soak everyth...

Right across the globe. his impact was enormous. >> yeah. i mean, like we were saying last hour, theres not many players in sport who are known by one name. >> yeah. >> and he can be known that way. >> a very short list, isnt it? >> it is a short list. and current lakers star lebron james, of course, he looked up to bryant when he was coming up through the ranks and he was visibly emotional sunday as he got off the team plane in l.a. just a day earlier he passed bryant on the nba all-time career...

Who recently passed away. the helicopter carrying kobe and his daughter was head today the sports academy in thousand oaks, california for a basketball game. 13-year-old gianna was going to play and bryant was expected to coach. this image shows the shell-shocked kids receiving the news of bryants death. >> cnns most recent interview with kobe bryant was by our very own andy shoals. he was there just 12 days ago and andy joins us now. andy, you talked about why you covered a lot of ground with h...

President trump. we will tell you why. more than 57 million people locked down in china and an unprecedented response from xi jinping who warns the coronavirus outbreak is accelerating. >> good morning this is "early start." im alison kosik. >> and im laura jarrett. about 30 minutes past the hour here in new york. we begin with the death of kobe bryant. a heart breaking tragedy for all basketball fans and all who admired excellence. one of the all-time greats and his 13-year-old daughter giann...

Your life and when you, i guess when youre living the right way or youre just giving everything to whatever youre doing, things happen organically and its not supposed to make sense, but it just happens. sorry. and im happy just to be in any conversation with kobe being bryant, one of the greatest basketball players ever played, one of the greatest all-time lakers. the man has two jerseys hanging up in staple center. its just crazy. >> incredible. we are also hearing from nba greats like kareem ...

L.a. you see there in those pictures. just a day earlier. he passed bryant on the nbas all-time career scoring list. he spoke about that achievement before the news of bryants death. >> im here in a lakers uniform in philadelphia where hes from, where the first time i ever met him, gave me his shoes. its surreal. it doesnt make no sense. im happy to be in any conversation with kobe bean bryant, one of the all-time greatest basketball players ever played, all time lakers. the man has two jerseys ...

Leagues history at just over 17 years old. >> i think a lot of people, even when i came out of high school, i think people were kind of, kind of giving me the cold shoulder to begin with because i think unfortunately some people wanted me to fail. i kind of defied the odds. >> reporter: the mvp spent his entire career with the l.a. lakers winning five championships with the team. during his 20 seasons bryant became one of the leagues top scoring players, even surpassed michael jordan, becoming f...

>> alicia keys powered through tears along with boys ii men. kobe has five nba titles but also another gold trophy an oscar for his animated short film "dear basketball." "early start" continues right now. emotions running high for basketball fans worldwide. nba legend kobe bryant and his daughter among nine killed in a helicopter crash. he was just 41 years old. breaking overnight, new details from a draft of john boltons book will make it tougher to refuse witness at the impeachment trial....