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Lakers Shaquille O'Neal says there are no words to express the pain he's going through Daryl Williams who won an Olympic gold alongside Bryant as described him as the greatest competitor he's ever gone up against and played with Sekou Smith is a senior analyst for n.b.a. Dot com An n.b.a. T.v. . And position as the face of bullying in the polls Michael Jordan there he was the future of the league for years before Le Bron James came along and stepped into that space but for a lot of people call the is there touchstone player in their personal history with the n.b.a. 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Dot because you Ok wedgie want to travel to 2020 that you've never been to before would you want to travel to the never been to before travel to some cool began to tell you how to get there and no doubt have some tips on what to do when you can and if you made the right choice is one among some of the things moments of silence have been observed at basketball matches across the u.s. In tribute to Kobe Bryant fall in the 5 time n.b.a. Champions death in a helicopter crash could be Brian was considered one of the all time greats of the sport he was 41 years old local police said he was one of 9 people on board the aircraft that was found on a hillside outside the town of Calabasas there were no survivors Calabasas in California and Earlier I spoke to Mike Tuck who's the captain of the Sheffield sharks and England international He gave his reaction to finding out about the death of the Boscobel legend I actually got a text message from one of my friends. Back in Canada about it. And I 1st it's just one of those things where you think now there's no way you know it's just one of those unbelievable things and. You're like you're you know the 1st thing I text back I said all your lying. And then obviously I got on Twitter and then you know googled it and all the reports started flying and so it's. It's quite a shock it's absolutely devastating to the bass more community and you know you talk about a guy named Kobe and like I said before it's just like he's one of those guys you kind of think he's just like Invincible and something like this could could never happens and he's just such an icon in the basketball worlds. And. Also you know as his daughter as well you know 13 years old on the holocaust there with them as well and and she was. Quite a budding basketball star herself we saw you know countless videos and photos of her on through Kobe's Instagram and Twitter accounts and stuff like that so it's just it's absolutely devastating news that that's going to really rock. Not only the Basle world but but the sports world and just the world in general is both people was something of a family business was new because his daughter would have been the 3rd generation as it were Yeah as Father professional player you know Koby grew up in Italy where his father had played professionally so you know Kobe had you know started playing a very young age and this there's all the different stories about him playing with going to practices and being on the court so just serious completely emerged in basketball from a from a very young age and it's no wonder that you know it it became his life and the game that he loved and why became so good at it you know he's just. You know he it calling themselves as the Black Mamba and there was always the mob mentality that he would bring to every game and he was just such a relentless competitor he was intense you know extremely dedicated worked on his craft and he was demanding you know from his self and from others but. All that thing you know came and gave him a fantastic career and something that you know we all it's up to I felt like. I remember him getting drafted he was one of the youngest players to ever be Jobs did in the 96 job which was a lot of legendary jobs in itself we kind of we kind of grew up with him we watched him grow up in the in the league and watched him develop and and you know he played 20 years with with with the Lakers teams are extremely loyal player with you know countless accolades you know 17 time All-Star 5 championships 2 times finals m.v.p. Or he's an n.b.a. M.v.p. 2 Olympic gold medals you know the list the list can just go on and on and but he was he was more than just a bottle player you know like I said he was an icon but. He you know even after he retired he got a Cademy award last year the year before for Ernie emitted animated short film as he was yet I was partners in a sack investment company so he really was he was doing you know you was more than basketball but he was basketball. He was he was part of the culture and a big part of that and you know his legacy will live on forever Yes And one of the greatest possible players will time 100 percent he's up there when when you talk about guys like you know Michael Jordan and Le Bron James and you know Kobe is right up there you know are arguably could could be at the top is just. Is one of the greatest and you know it's unbelievable how many people that he's inspired and how many people looked up to him and you know myself included like a reason I love watching him play. Last week was actually the 14 year anniversary of when he had his 81 point game against the trauma Raptors. And drafters fan saw I always remember that one that one's things things in the memory but you know is just it was it was it was the greatest. Definitely up there on the list of the best of all time I get why you mention Michael Jordan in that context because you know because he came along off to a Michael Jordan you know reached the peak of the 2 worlds in of his career but I wouldn't fool in terms of great yet Michael Jordan Wilt Chamberlain. I would almost vote Coby for his era not who will Chamberlain didn't seem like anybody could come and Ne Win him in a one point he seemed almost as if he would suppose Michael Jordan. Yeah. Definitely I mean he got a 5 chip Jordan 6 championships and Colby Gazza 5. And it was he was that guy he was that guy after Jordan you know after Jordan was caught it had reached its peak and then retires the 2nd time and then came back with the Reserves and he kind of passed the baton on Syria to Colby and Co You know won 3 championships wished you all Neil and you know I grew and then there was the argument Ok can you do a biopsy off and then the ends up getting 2 more by himself. And is this just a proven proven player and you know definitely up there on the all time Les. He was until yesterday he was 3rd on the all time n.b.a. Scoring list and then Le Bron James passed him yesterday so it's just somebody kind of coincidences of things that happen and it's this kind of almost like a fairy tale story that he had. What is a natural talent oh Diddy you know the skills that he had with those trained and practiced since rehearsed if you know I think he was known to be a gem rot and a relentless relentless general like showing up at the gym you know 6 am to 3 workouts a day just you know just constantly constantly working on his craft and I think a lot of it was modeled around Michael Jordan because I think that was a his huge inspiration when he was a kid growing up and you can kind of see the similarities and the likenesses and their games. But yeah he was known to be a relentless general and just very you know on the follicle with a in there every day very stress and just cause a costly working working and obviously that charge on through through with with his accolades and with you know how good of a player he was is and what it takes to be at the top of your game in Boscobel do you need also a lot of men to force you to. Yeah well I think yeah I think it's takes you know for one you've got to love the game if you don't love the game you know it's not going to be for you. And then for Syria you've got to be dedicated to your craft and I think those are 2 things that he definitely had but like I talked about before I think his biggest thing was the mom the mentality and that mentality he had where it was just intense and he was it was relentless and dedicated and you know coming back to my mind is you know when you would watch him play in some of those finals accounts isn't just the look on his face sometimes he was just using very good and yeah he was very German and he was known to you know he was demanding and he's expected a lot from his teammates and how we best remember him. Well I think like we've talked about before I think my my favorite memory of him would be that 81 game point performance you know. No one else has really done anything like that except since Wilt Chamberlain I don't 100 points way back and of how much earlier era but my favorite moment for him will be that 81 point for performance but then again his 2008. Is 2008 finals over the Celtics was was absolutely incredible and you know this is just countless others you know it's 5 time champ champion and 2 time finals m.v.p. So there's lots of there's lots of good memories that he's given us and those are the things that will live on in those are the things you know you have to think about the good times and all those moments they have us as much tug that Captain of the Sheffield shocks and an England international run and lays him be is a sportswriter who rode to bug a few of Kobe Bryant and is with us now Road and fans will have how did you 1st meet the brunch you remember. Oh yes he scored his 1st n.b.a. Basket in Charlotte North Carolina in an n.b.a. Game I was covering that game as a reporter and he came out of the locker room afterward and. Mediately hit me with a full shake you know him is full of excitement it was young just just a rookie just had made his 1st basket had no idea who I was I was just a guy with a microphone and no book but he was eager to greet the world he. And I got to know him real well I did I've done 2 books on him actually I did one called Mad game the n.b.a. Education of Kobe Bryant when he was young player and then I did a book that came out in 2016 which was a full biography of him so he would be 17 or 18 when you 1st met him. Right he was just turned 18 a few weeks earlier and what was he will visit Sid out about him as a youngster. In the game and everything but the book isn't listed Well the league he went into the n.b.a. Was very much a man's league today it's much younger as they draft younger and younger players it's all very special but if but I didas paid him a huge sum of money to turn pro it's parents' money and so he agreed to do that and Adidas arranged for him to be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers which is the glamour team of American pro basketball. I know. About the leg and he was in illustrious company there I imagine right but he was he actually went to Los Angeles is 17 turned 18 at all against and immediately broke his arm trying to play on the outdoor courts at Venice Beach because he was just so filled with enthusiasm Larry Drew was an assistant coach with the Lakers told me he's just like a puppy let out of a box but it was a very dangerous puppy he threatened a lot of the older veterans he played so hard he really didn't know how to play then so much but he had so much athleticism and. He just work so hard and he put so much pressure on them it was a very bad time for him but. He just kept telling me as I got to know him and I got to know him pretty well he kept saying I don't know how I'm going to make it but I know I am I'm just going to make it in his goal he wasn't shot he wanted to be the very best player in the game the greatest of all time possible sounds like a kid who lived and breathed it. Yes You know I had to speak to a youth group. Some years back and I'm I quoted him I asked one of the students what she did for a living it was a high school suit she said I work at the local grocery store back in groceries and I said Well Kobe would be the greatest grocery bagger of all he would walk in the door on the 1st day on the job and he would announce to all the workers in the grocery store that he was going to own the grocery store chain in 5 years and then he would set about figuring out more efficient ways to run the grocery store as an 18 year old and it would be absurd because he would put all this pressure on his older coworkers. And of course he wouldn't know how he was going to the grocery store but he knew he was going to 0 he was certain and I think again another time a few years back if we had been able to bottle his. Determination and spirit and. All of those qualities well as a culture we'd be selling condos on the mood right now because he was that kind of guy you must live and breathe when you go teenager you know old. Marriage you have a family what was he like to His How did he do from that. He said to competitive standard no one ever outworked him he was determined that would not happen and I'm I just thought about doing laps and all the stuff that all the jocks talk about he would be a place is 82 game schedule they're flying back and forth across the country people are a long sleep in the planes after the game and he's sitting up after having played a long minutes in a game and he has to watch before he'll sleep the entire for each other game everything that he did the opponent did and then he'll sit and watch everything that he has to review of the scouting tape on the next day's opponent and he just kept everybody around him off balance because he would not he refused to beat outworked. Well what do we need to know about Bryant to to understand. How 1st of all he was such a great basketball player but also the man behind the persona Well I look at the arc of his life he was the wonder child and he came along and in 2003 I was doing interviews like this because out of the blue I became from a great family he was clean cut he was charged with rape and he had made a series of mistakes in his life tremendous conflict with the people all around him lots of anger and. Just the kind of stuff that would have defeated anyone else the things that happened to him. But he had a will and quite often the greatest athletes I've encountered a very very select few have an iron will and he had the iron will to wreak cover from his mistakes I don't know maybe people athletes or not who could recall ever from the kind of very public mistakes he made but he did it he went on to lead the Lakers to a couple more championships after that I do remember very vividly that most uncomfortable moment when he was had to face the cameras off to an infidelity had to face the cameras with his wife right beside him and then write an infidelity is one thing but he had infuriated so many people with the rape charge. It was tough it was very tough and the things he did he got rid of his coach his shoe company is everybody involved is you know he foreshock Shaquille O'Neal out of Los Angeles they had won 3 straight championships to gather and then things fell apart it was a he was a very. He went from being strong willed to absolutely willful and self destructive there for a time really how just based on that one out in the nation today. Yes well just all the conflict and so much of this conflict came from his Bishan and. It. Didn't match up he went so far as to create a new purse though not in the wake of all of those mistakes he became the black mamba you know he took that from a quite an Terran Teano say all about this. With this idea of just being a killer should make of a competitor and that we're really was the standard he had wanted his entire life he got sidetracked but he found the strength to bring his life back to the center it was not easy the way you describe him ugh a sense that he there is a kind of rude Shakespearean tragic hero you know. Faded actually talking about as well this could be if if he had not had the will to come back yes he could. Well it's like the line from f. Scott Fitzgerald show me a hero and I'll show you a tragedy and there were elements of that for Koby Today we're speaking on the tragic day but when he left the game I will stress this when he left the game and 2016 and he scored 60 points which is an unbelievable number for his body was worn down he went out on a night scored 60 points. And left but when he did he left because without any doubt because a regret because no one not even Michael Jordan and I've written a 700 page book on Michael Jordan but there is no one who did everything possible and I mean he's shirk no duty he left no stone unturned he was. Completely obsessed now he was also a very talented young writer he had a huge recording contract when he was still a teenager he set aside his entire creative life. I was walking out of a forum in Los Angeles the old arena the Lakers used to play in and 9099 their season or just send it and I was walking out with him and I said What are you going to do this summer Koby he said basketball there is nothing else and he did he obviously found other things he got married he he found some personal life but there was this ability to lock in on what he wanted that was beyond the pale given that given that road and you don't think this is an old question but you probably understand it being right so was he a nice. Well I'll tell you that one of the profile began with another teammate calling him. Correct the asshole. With you know with more colorful language leading into that and Coby was was asked about that on national television at one point and he lapsed and. Yes he was it could be so upset as. His like Michael Jordan Michael could be with his teammates absolutely brutal. He. Puts a put so much pressure on them because he puts so much pressure on himself and Copia was much like that he put tremendous pressure on the people around him and he was not the leader in so many ways that that Michael could be. But Koby learned to lead. He learned those things some of the natural gifts that Michael at he did not have he had charisma. But not at the level that Michael Jordan possessed I will tell you this. He made millions of fans love him. Just with how hard he played and his unbending dedication to competing no one in American sport has ever exceeded. Thank you appreciate the road inlays in b. This moves right in the road the cup above the fizzy totus of Kobe Bryant and it's b.b.c. Correspondent in Washington David with his Good morning David good morning I think it's fair to say that America's not just within the bows Kebo world but Sydney schools world in general paps even beyond that even though Main Street America that they're mourning this morning. Oh very much so I mean in Los Angeles and there are lots of tributes being paid as you can imagine to this this hero of the sport of basketball but a man whose reputation transcended the game of basketball and you can just judge that from. The scope of the tributes the being paid by people on the field of politics and entertainment somebody said that he became one of the most beloved public figures in the city of Los Angeles and this is of course a city doesn't with quite a lot of public figures as citizens do you have any mood details about what actually happened. What we do know is that this was this helicopter crashed and then caught fire on a hillside near Calabasas which is about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles quite a remote area. Piers to have started a brush fire and it took some time for officials to you know normally get to this quite remote area but to extinguish all the flames people have started or did start to gather actually at the crash site. When news broke of this disaster and I have to say that probably makes life for all the more difficult for the rescue teams have to you know try to comb through seal the everything comb through the wreckage as part of their investigation into what caused this crash to happen we know there were 9 people on board not of him survived including Broad's 13 year old daughter as well the authorities released any information on the other passengers. They have been remaining very tight lipped on. I must say at this time about the identities they haven't that they didn't at that press conference most recently even confirm Kirby Bryant's name. Mung those who have deceased but why is Barbara ports based on confirmations from other officials that are not going to be bribed his 13 year old daughter Giana known as Gigi was 2nd oldest had 4 daughters. Are among those who perished in this disaster there is talk about originally a talk of 5 people being involved and the one thing that came out of that news conference was that that passenger manifest actually extended to 9 names but they're not releasing details of who the other people are or who were on board to have any details of the kind of tributes being Perri by other sporting stars and stranded he's forward to shock you know new for example could barely do street arms salute. And we've heard from him we've heard from Magic Johnson we've heard from people from across the skier's sport that he transcended really from Barack Obama we've heard from President Trump and we've heard from Eric Garcetti who's the mare of Los Angeles who basically seemed to sum it all up when he said you know that he couldn't find the words to express the solar and regret that this city felt on the news that the loss of Kobe Bryant so real cross-section of tributes being paid and there will be a loss of a greeting going on in this city because. That area. Around the Staples Center which was Kobe Bryant's home. Stadium home of arena is of course largely blocked at the moment because of the Grammy Awards which are taking place there in a couple of hours time have just got underway in that very same building so. A lot of security in that area and perhaps denied the opportunity to mourn in the same numbers that they would like I would imagine at this time. David thank you very much appreciate it David Willis in Los Angeles is joining us correspondent. Peter Bowes later on very shortly to talk about the Grammys is what I imagine will be a somewhat somber of tonight more low drawbar 1st as government has 5 headlines as to of drugs and on digital b.b.c. Sounds. This is b.b.c. Radio 5 Live Thank you Don tributes are being paid as you've been hearing to the American Basketball legend Kobe Bryant who's been killed in a helicopter crash officials in California say 9 people were on the aircraft when it came down a burst into flames on Sunday morning sported the 41 year old's teenage daughter Giana is among the victims Byron Bryant played for the l.a. Lakers for 20 seasons he was a 5 time n.b.a. Champion 12 golds at the Olympics is from the same a Shaquille O'Neal says there are no words to express the pain he's going through Deron Williams has described as great as compared to that he's ever gone up against and played with us where the government says it's considering selling planes to bring home British citizens stuck in the region of China on lockdown because of the corona virus outbreak Officials there now say the new strain of virus is infectious before any symptoms are shown and can be a place as one of his officers has died in a crash on the m 6 the 47 year old's vehicle was the only one involved Carlisle yesterday afternoon 25 to 2 now let's get the sports news we'll take you to Melbourne 1st on this train Open Tennis is g g 7 where 2018 finalists a mile ahead of his closing in on a place back in the quarter finals in a return to world number 2 leading 16th seed at least by setting a break for 3 and a stark contrast to a top 50 minute back and forth 1st set the 2nd has been a little more lopsided Howlett did lead with a double break down. Does being cut in half how up though an important point serving at $43.30 all these buttons does get the break we're going to change if she's been voted one of the breakpoint she's had so far in this match is going to help ease. This month to be followed by Gilmore FISA gets Dominic team and then a little later in tennis breakfast on sports breakfast from 7 am We will have commentry off an 8th meeting between world number one Rafa Nadal Australian the curious that's to come a little less show our sports extra updates continue on 5 Live now though away from the tennis and his show Joe Sacco the rest of your day's sports news Liverpool manager Yogen club says he and his 1st choice players will not be involved in their f.a. Cup 4th round replay again Shrewsbury in the 1st week of February as it falls in their winter break under 20 three's a manager Neil Critchley will take charge as Liverpool again feel the team made up mostly of their youth players as they have previously done in the domestic Cup this season admits they played poorly at Shrewsbury storm many invitations for the. Stiff to win a game so. I don't think that we have enough time to. Tell all the things which are . Manchester United on the other hand this buys their League One opponents with consummate ease as 6 different scorers found the net in their 6 nil drubbing of Tramiel manager all are going to solve is happy to avoid any slip ups playing against the league want team pitches trying to level their levels out just thought the attitude was spot on that's all you can ask for when you have to do is right as a manager you can't fault them all today's football results are available through the b.b.c. Sport website and up England's cricketers remain well on course for a series win in South Africa after setting the hosts a huge 466 runs to win the 4th Test in Johannesburg Joe Root side were $248.00 all out on day 3 meaning they now have 2 whole days to take the 10 wickets which would seal a $31.00 series victory the captain shared a stand. 46 with some current I just have a bit of fun out there with Richie and yeah great position for guys I thought the guys played beautifully what he with 5 wickets this morning and what a great man and Everett the team's face one of the great guys in cricket and for him to come back from injury and get 5 phase amazing and obviously you guys are fifty's they're very serious played beautifully so a good position in New Zealand beat Jamaica to win net bowls Nations Cup in London England took bronze with a narrow 2 goal victory over South Africa England coach Jess Thirlby says there are plenty of positives to take from their performance of the tournament you know we know with their whereabouts in the 2nd place here that from the World Cup not here these plays here being very brave you know they put their hand up they want that name then they can pray state they dropped it would seem hands are they did finish shots you know and they shouldn't be and I don't want to be say I think the focus now is was that capacity for Grace in learning I'm not smite job to get the best out of them over the next company is the pharmaceutical world champion Neil Robertson whitewashed China's Joe you long 9 mil to win his 17th career ranking title at the European Masters in Austria that is your latest from b.b.c. Sport could push you to succeed. Piece of British championship you say. Across the b.b.c. This is b.b.c. Radio 5 Live on the b.b.c. Sounds. Right. Do you remember try will open up the phone lines for Monday morning travel phone and where would you like to go to 2020 that you haven't been before you questions for our travel guru about how to get there and what to do the as well you can text me from now on 85058 or email up all night the b.b.c. Dog. First let's find I was making the front page of the Frankfurter mind Zeitung with play could there correspondent here in the u.k. One of his leading. Stories unsurprisingly about the corona virus it seems the epidemic is expanding at a frightening pace so the number of deaths doubled in just one day from Saturday to Sunday on Sunday at lunch there were almost 60 confirmed deaths the number of infections has increased to much more than 2000 themes contagion doesn't work of the moment the rate of infection is increasing the Chinese president has called it a grave situation so far he's admitted they know too little about the virus and it seems that some of those infected they don't show symptoms such as fever of the sickness so the very hard to detect on Sunday the 1st case of coronaviruses were reported from Japan from the u.s. Also in France. Some Chinese cities are now kind of closing the gates there keeping kindergarden schools universities all closed to avoid more affection infections so effort that has a very long feature study from China correspondent any used. Tried to gather information what people think about it and there's a lot of fear on the ground there a lot of rumor of spreading by the Internet by the social network Some say the rate of infections is in reality much higher than what the government. Myths probably these rumors are exaggerated We don't think it is the death rate of 30 percent of something what was told and from statistics or. On the ground rumors but it is frightening and it might also have like a political impact if Mr see the government is not in control of the situation might be. Contribute to this content and it has a serious economic impact I mean because. Konami correspondent he reminds us that the SARS epidemic 17 years ago led to a decrease in Chinese g.d.p. Of 1.5 percent more than $100000000000.00 worth so it might have all kinds of very bad effects in terms of health in terms of political stability and for the Chinese economy and the world economy you know what is the impact of this epidemic so far. Obviously. The virus is spreading though there in the confirmed cases in Germany what are the kind of precautions the German authorities are taking to ensure that they protect the German people from that. So far as far as I'm aware there have been. Officially. Recognized cases in Germany but the forty's are on alarm they check at airports and they say they're in contact with other medical institutions to find out as much as possible about the fire s. And b. To be ready if it occurs and then of course people might they will go into court current pain and so on have. How does the newspaper not you cover the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz how do you cover that. I met If I mention I was going to say Megyn is much more emotive for German readership it is it is like I would say is the dominant topic in the Monday edition of our newspaper if I counted correctly there are almost 10 articles a whole page is very long feature stories analysis lead article on the front page one story for instant is about a photographer was taken portrayed photographs of 75 hours with survivor of these pictures are very moving all people 8085 or 90 years old the pictures are in an exhibition in as an in West Germany at the moment our correspondent in Poland has spoken to the old lady who has survived the concentration camp been our legal editor has an analysis how and why it took quite long very long actually after the war to to get at least some of the main culprits of those responsible for the Auschwitz mass murders took to court the main Auschwitz a trial took place in 1963 and 5 foot 6 men were sentenced to life for some long prison sentences but only 6 man so. All this is still today disturbing. It still costs a very long shadow of course for instance one thing in German law it's legally For been in Germany to deny the historical fact of the Holocaust in Germany the constitutional court has ruled that this is constitutional to outlaw the so-called Auschwitz Lie which denies with that were murdering going on there and only grounds that the whole present German state today is a counterexample or the. Complete opposite of the national socialist dictatorship so you're right it is an emotional thing to Germans today and but one has to deal also with it in and a little way for the lead article on the front page also tries to draw some lessons of our strength always has to be remembered we must never forget and of course we must always fight to preserve the rule of law and human rights and human dignity everywhere in the world so that's. The bottom line of all these articles we haven't missed a prime number if I know that is Philip look at that Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung London correspondent as foreigner know what's going on in l.a. It's the night of the Grammys they're the musical Oscars if you like but the vent been overshadowed by the News of the death of the basketball player Kobe Bryant hundreds of people who were hearing earlier on from David Willis of being gathering at the Staples Center which is both where the award is taking place but also the court for the Los Angeles Lakers that Kobe Bryant played for for many years so the awards host Alicia Keys said the ceremony was cloaked in sadness following the death of a man she called a hero Let's speak to b.b.c. Correspondent Peter both Ziad Peter what in a what a night what a night and of course you're absolutely right in describing it the way that you do a tremendous amount of sadness because Kobe Bryant was a friend it seems to just about everyone in Los Angeles he was a son of this city he was musician to an extent himself he was an aspiring musician very early on in his career he's got a lot of friends in the entertainment industry and of course playing at exactly the same venue where the Grammys are taking place right now so really no surprise it had to happen it's been happening over the last 3 or 4 I was very short notice of course but plans to really turn the show into a tribute and that's exactly as it's playing out a tribute to Kobe Bryant live the singer who has actually the most nominations and opened the show the 1st performance and she said tonight is for Koby and she sang. Because I Love You which is off her album The up of the same name when she moved into biggest hit. Which is truth hurts and in fact she then went on to be the 1st winner of the night for best pop solo performance for truth hurts but then as you say Alicia Keys is the main host of The Grammys and she paid her own tribute very somber start to the show she said everyone was feeling crazy sadness after the loss of a hero she described him Kobe Bryant she said were literally standing here heartbroken in the house that Kobe Bryant built of course a reference to the venue of the Staples Center and she then melted into a performance alongside bodies to men and she sang a little bit of it so hard to say goodbye to yesterday she ended this whole performance by simply saying we love you Koby but it is. An entertainment event isn't this the Grammys the the highlighters oppose of the music who year these awards and somehow I know you know from my experience in Los Angeles in of America music generally or mere American music business generally that they will be able to. Balance both sides of the conundrum that they're faced with both on the one hand. To pay tribute to Kobe Bryant whose house they are in as it were but also the same time to be able to entertain people nevertheless Yeah exactly and it actually reminds me a little bit of when Whitney Houston died which was just the night before the Grammys and a lot of people on that weekend there was the initial sense of how can we carry on but they did and it was a sense this old showbiz adage I suppose that the show must go on and on it did turn out it to be a big tribute to Whitney Houston and the same sort of atmosphere tonight although Kobe Bryant he wasn't he was actually a musician. And he wasn't ultimately famous for that but yes he enjoyed. Playing music yeah. I do you know and again number I'm trying to come trying to balance both sides of this conundrum both I think listeners do want to hear about the Grammys as much as anything else but 1st of all tell me I understand those a little bit of frustration from basketball fans wanted to page of you to Kobe Bryant because they're. Being held back there is a security cordon around the Saban Center is there not yeah and I think that is purely a security issue on any Grammys Sunday there's also always going to be tremendous security police cordons around the Staples Center it happens every year as the celebrities are arriving in their limousines and it's just part and parcel that goes along with a major entertainment event like this it happens on Oscars weekend it happens on Emmys weekend and it just sadly tragically coincided with the events of the past few hours the Staples Center being really the place that people instantly turn to because that is the place the venue that they say we associate with Kobe Bryant and they wanted to get as close as as possible but of course all fairness to the authorities they had to balance these 2 things to give funds as much access as possible but also maintain the security for the Grammys so a difficult situation I think for all concerned but certainly many many fans have managed to get through I think there have been several thousands in downtown Los Angeles getting pretty close to the Staples Center being able to pay their tribute it is the home of the Grammys the riches of the grab his estate was as of in there was of many years ago game at all costs must be 30 years now yeah 30 years exactly since I was at the Grammys arrived straight off the plane or went to the Grammys It was the year that. Milli Vanilli basically may go yeah there that while I was there that year famous you were there. Reveal the you know they weren't saying it was a dozen songs exactly and I remember it was a fabulous venue in any case you understand why people come from all over the world to the Grammys it's the biggest entertainment award show in the entire world eventually the largest amount of nominations in categories who else is up for gongs the song. Yeah listen 8 nominations 2nd tying for 2nd place x. For of course old town of row of the most successful song of all time certainly in the American charts 19 weeks in the Hot 100 chart the longest running number one in u.s. Chart history and a fascinating song as well melding rap and country and controversial in some circles said to be not country enough to be in the country charts the successful because of all of the different remakes is the new $91.00 featuring more really mixes than any of the record that yells there and little Not 6 still a newcomer really 2019 being his breakout year as it was for less and as it was for Billy Eilish who also has 6 nominations they're all new artists which makes the Grammys this year doesn't really interesting cause they're all of course contenders for best new artist not hotly contended category but they're also all in the running in the main categories as as well like Album of the record of the Year and Song of the year so it's going to be really interesting at the end of the night which of these new artists comes out on top and Billy Eilish I think is probably favorite actually for Album of the year with that wonderful title when we all fall asleep where do we go and here she is she's a local favorite She's from Los Angeles and if she wins in that category she's only 18 years old she would be the youngest performer ever to get Album of the year the 2 previous younger ones were along as Morissette who was 21 Barbra Streisand 22 years old when she won her 1st Grammy in 1963 can tell you I'm genuinely genuinely interested in this year's Grammys I'm sure in her early weighed together resolves. I as 80 year old has breached me on video Eilish so I've had the run down of the I know everything about love know the music is one I generally good luck to her grave for the music industry she wins but also. If he gets a Grammys go it's a drag Billy Ray Cyrus on stage and they've got to come in the cowboy outfits as well of course you know well what the planning to do is that would be a live performance of Old Town Road with all the different collaborators that he's worked with They'll all be on stage together which is going to be quite a sight thank you very much of a catch up with the later on presuppose that in Los Angeles find out what the headlines are in this woman's Chicago Sun Times with Lynn Sweet from there and Lynn I can see you're leading with the story that must be dominating all the news networks in the United States is one absolutely the helicopter accident that resulted in the death of National Basketball Association Doris superstar Kobe Bryant and his daughter it has wiped out every other story a cable news the Sun Times website other says. We have a variety of stories to Chicago is huge basketball town and he was friends with the Congo girls and the superstar the Bulls Michael Jordan gave an interview to one of our reporters who says in reaction to Kobe Bryant's death Words can't describe the paying. It's so everybody's trying to look on every. Every angle on what happened what helicopter accident happened and just the study released so Michael Jordan is still an important figure in Chicago even though he doesn't play anymore. Is retired and he had it was just a sad statement words can't I. Can't. Excite think express to pay them feeling I love Kobe he was like a little brother to me we're used to talk often. The President Clinton issued a statement President Obama issued a telling statement President Trump early right after the 1st. Workout that there probably been excellent. Oh that said I He said basically I hear that earth theory there's x. That he's a president he could have waited and checked it out and just said it was very sad but the gravity of this story is such that it's throwing the impeachment proceedings up with t.v. List everything else off front pages right now so I read a ship is hungry for the story says as you could expect it's it's a shock when any superstar goes dead and I think this read with. With the big basketball Telic Chicago it's particularly heartfelt Well it's been felt only across the world as you can imagine Kobe Bryant is a global icon I suppose as well when you say people are hungry for more information not least because the police have been so reticent in giving any more information 9 people altogether died in that crash Kobe Bryant's 13 year old daughter apart from him and his daughter but we don't know the identities or tool do we know of the other passage I don't know but I do know everything is going to be investigated including the history of helicopter. Pilot. Records about. Any big accident we have federal investigations but there's going to be a specially. I think investigators outside the federal government about because. Kobe Bryant Well it could only the only thing. This does is it has this sad tragedy is it brings the nation together because sports is a great unifier has a lot it hasn't done well I mean I just look at the coverage right now and I have to say I have an extreme left or right publications but the shock of this tragedy kind of puts people at least in the zone to just focus on her. New. York you know when I flip through channels just try and get the facts out as to what happens no one is saying this is fake news isn't that something yes. Mr Trump prove how divided the nation has been in the last 3 years isn't it something that the death of a sports icon should be able to have that kind of an impact Well I want to kind of . Go there for a moment because this is what is this about it's tax sake it's real journalist Charlie what's happening and it is the essence of our occupation of what we do why we do it. What we are dedicated to and so if this serves to have people that so carelessly toss around that term take it so and. Then Thanks anyway whatever Ok I had with a quick thing on another topic just to tell you but I think that well otherwise you could do it in 10 seconds yes I heard you talk about the Grammys Michelle Obama won a Grammy for talking cocaine for a cure for how to thank you for that. The Chicago Sun Times are not going to find my now from Monday morning trying to find the number 080859 or 9693 feet and you know nothing any couple anyone on this p.c. Radio 5 Live. In. The news on 5 life should be.

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