james over the weekend showing the family enjoying something of an uplifting note from the 18-year-old who s out of the hospital and on the mend. take a listen. snowe so just something small there, but still reason to smile. and it s really not clear yet pa caused bronny s health scare, but lebron james wrote that the family is together, safe, and healthy. which is a great sign after such a troubling week for their family. good news there. yeah, music and healing always good. appreciate it, carolyn, thanks so much. thank you for watching. i m paula newton. for viewers in north america, cnn this morning is next. for the rest of the world, it s p.o.v. abu dhabi. age is just a number, and mine s unlisted.
their final group g fixture against south africa on wednesday. south africa must win to have any chance to qualify in that win, would be their pirfirst in world cup history and on that note, it s right back to you. it was so nice to see and hear. that s lebron james son, bronny james on the piano sunday afternoon, only days after the 18-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest at his basketball practice. the pro basketball legend shared this video on instagram, as lebron and other family members watched, calling him, quote, a man of many talents. king james, as lebron is often called on the court, also posted grand rising, god is great, bronny, you are amazing, simple as that, adding, keep going, young king, we re here right with you every step of the way. in case you missed it, the
coming-up just short. the keeper up in the dying moments, putting a heard just wide of the net and that would really be the best look that new zealand got in this match. a very tough break there. elsewhere in sports, wn obamacare a star brittney griner is taking a leave of absence to focus on her mental health. the phoenix mercury announcing yesterday that she ll miss at least the next two games. there s really no word about when she might rejoin the family. the 32-year-old as many know spent nearly 300 days in a russian prison before being ree released as part of that prisoner swap last december. the team fully supports her decision to take this time away from the game. and after lebron james son, bronny, went into cardiac arrest on monday, this was a really nice video posted by lebron
collapsed, he was rushed to the hospital, and admitted to the icu. one of his doctors said james was fully conscious and stable. here to talk about, at nbc s doctor auction a cycle. this one hits close to home, i ve got brothers around his age, who play sports. notably, bronny james is the second recruit at this school to face cardiac arrest. what s going? on how common is this in young athletes, who you think are pretty healthy. we were wondering the same thing. we actually called up some of the world s leading sports called all just basically doctors who do physical things like that, specializing in the heart i asked him, how common is this? are you seeing this every day the good news is broadly, speaking, this is rare, especially this age of, is not something we see that much. for some reason, akshay basketball players and black basketball years of the college level seemed to have the highest rates? why, we don t know it could be lifestyle, could be genetics. when we talk about wh
people should do that. be informed. read the policy. symone sanders-townsend, thank you very much. be sure to catch symone interview with what representative benny thompson, chairman of the january 6th committee today at four pm eastern, directly following the show. you can watch symone every weekend at four pm, right here on msnbc. and on peacock, the new episode streaming every monday. still ahead, new video shows the road to recovery for the 18-year-old son of, including music. how bronny james sudden cardiac arrest is just the latest court related incident affecting young black male athletes. and how we can help prevent it. that s coming up next. it