Authorities. Good afternoon, imallyson morris at msnbc headquarters in new york. Welcome to the second week of the Senate Impeachment trial. Today lawmakers have their first and only day off since that trial started back on tuesday. They will return tomorrow when the president s defense team resumes its opening arguments. Once those arguments wrap we are ultimately expecting a vote on whether there will be witnesses in the trial. Ahead of that, republican senator josh holly announced he is drafted motions to subpoena adam schiff, the whistleblower and the bidens if the senate does in fact decide to call witnesses. Meanwhile, the president ramping up his attacks against adam chiffon twitter. This morning he sethed the California Democratic will pay a price for his role in the impeachment proceedings. Heres how schiff responded to the tweet. I made the argument that it is going to require moral courage to stand up to this president. And this is a wrathful and vindictive president. I dont
2016, he won 5 nba championships. He was an 18time all star, considered one to have greatest players ever to play that game, he led the lakers to championships, retired in 2016 and went onto different career helping children, he won an oscar for animated short called dear basketball, having a dream, clearly kobe was a caringdedicated man not just to the game of basketball but to young people, their dreams that could follow in their footsteps, no matter what you wanted to do, four daughters t youngest born in june, 7 months old, kobe born in philadelphia, raised in italy and attended high school in pennsylvania, kobe bryant 41 years old, a shock that sunday afternoon with what we presume is his private helicopter that he used frequently as we have been reporting from Newport Beach to go to Staples Center, drive an hour and a half or so, he really dedicated and used that helicopter a lot. We have no confirmation if, indeed that was his personal chopper, likely that it was, no information
We are awaiting an update from the l. A. County Sheriffs Department in malibu california on the crash thats expected to start in any moment. We will bring that to you as soon that gets underway. We do know that a go team is on its way to the crash site to try to begin the painstaking progress process of figuring out what went wrong. Right now we go to Christina Coleman, she is in los angeles with the latest. Holds on multiple reports are out stating that kobes 13yearold daughter gianna was also killed in the accident along with the teammate of bryants daughter apparent of the teammates and the pilot. We have not independently confirm that information, but a press conference is scheduled to start soon and will likely provide more details. And as you have mentioned so many people in shock with news that kobe bryant, 41yearold father, husband, an mba legend died this morning in a Helicopter Crash. The mba held a moment of silence before the game between the Houston Rockets in the denver n
School and set record after record. In fact he was only just yesterday, eclipsed as number three on the alltime scoring list by lebron james. Again reaction pouring in from people who played with him, idolized him, expressing their shock and mourning including president trump. He just tweeted a statement saying quote reports are that basketball greats, cully bryant and three others have been killed in a Helicopter Crash in california. That is terrible news. From the sports world Tristen Thompson with the Cleveland Cavaliers wrote kobe bryant, i cant believe this is true. I am at a loss for words. Tom brady quarterback for the noumenon patriots writing we miss you already, kobe. Just some of the reactions coming in right now. The former laker was on board when i went down shortly before 10 00 a. M. Local time this morning. For other people were also killed. The faa and the ntsb are investigating the crash. So many questions right now as to how that happens. You can see there on the scre
A woman pinned by a subway car, trapped for 20 minutes. Tonight, the heroes who jumped in and saved her life. Good evening. We begin tonight with the tragic death of nba legend kobe bryant. Killed today in a Helicopter Crash in southern california. The retired Los Angeles Laker star and his 13yearold daughter among nine victims after the chopper went down and ignited near calabasas, california. Video showing a fire in the hills as First Responders rushed to the scene. And from the sky, a vast debris field. The wreckage still smoldering late today. The news sending shockwaves around the world. Fans streaming to the Staples Center. Well have much more on that reaction and bryants legacy. But we begin with new details just in on the accident. Matt gutman is at the crash site tonight. South of 101. Helicopter went down. Reporter tonight, tragedy in the hills of calabasas, california. A helicopter carrying nba legend kobe bryant, his 13yearold daughter gianna, and seven others, crashing aro