situation? he was emotional. he spoke through tears. he said alongside nba commissioner, adam seeth silver, and kareem. [inaudible] i honestly think he was just lost for words. among friends, family. he seems like someone who could not be more grateful and more humble by of course this monumental s moment. fascinating, and the fact that kareem abdul-jabbar, of course, an l.a. lakers. the one who gave everybody, including lebron that scored to overcome. was there. it s pretty remarkable. thank you to omar, thank you very much to bob costas, i appreciate you. i want to go back to the state of the union address that happened in washington tonight. president biden traveling to capitol hill, and declaring the state of the union is strong. i am data badge in washington d.c.. and i m alison and camera. it s great to be with you on this historic night, for many
laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. we ve got two huge stories tonight that we re following, of course right here in the nation s capital, our continuing coverage of the state of the union address. meanwhile, another sided country in los angeles, we have breaking news on another major story, in the world of sports. entertainment, and frankly american culture. lebron james tonight breaking the record to become the nba s all-time leading scorer. passing a fellow laker, kareem abdul-jabbar. once he broke this record the game was actually stopped for the celebration that was certainly do lebron joined on his court by his family, by the man he also passed, kareem abdul-jabbar. and even the nba commissioner, adam silver. in other words, everyone was
home. he came to the center court and was greeted by his family, as the crowd chanted mvp, he was emotional, as kareem abdul-jabbar the person whose record he now eclipsed embraced him and grieted him along with the nba commissioner. and when you look at lebron james legacy the on the court of course will be respected and always remembered but the reaction and embraces that he had once he crossed that milestone are emblematic of who he is off the court and for many all of those come together in the legacy that the lebron james. when you talk about the history milestone that was crossed tonight, it wasn t just a moment in nba history, for those watching and that have followed him all around the world, this was a moment in history. omar jimenez, cnn, los angeles. right now another story we re following this morning, court back in session in south carolina for the ongoing double murder trial of the former laura
themselves. we re making it clear that we support the right of peaceful protests. tucker: the protesters are speaking for themselves? haven t we spent $60 billion to prop up the corrupt government of ukraine because they re on the side of democracy, even though it s not a free or democratic country? that s the pretext, we re for freedom? people are saying we don t be thrown into a concentration camp, or scarfed to death in my own apartment, and the biden administration can t take their side? really? they speak for themselves? john kirby, you should be ashamed of yourself. hard to believe it s real. it is real. the u.s. congress has adopted the same posture, yelping about human rights on twitter, saying nothing about what s happening tonight in china. we were not able to reach his former girlfriend unfortunately, nor hear a word from the nba commissioner, adam silver. adam silver spends a lot of time
these protesters are speaking for themselves. what we are doing is making itgf clear we support the right of peaceful protest. the protesters are speaking for themselves. we spent 16 billion dollarspropu to prop up the corrupt government of ukraine because they re on the side of freedom and democracy, even though it so not a free democratic country. but that s the pretext we re for freedom. but here you have people saying, hey, i don t want to bee thrown in a concentration camp or starve to death on my own apartment. own apartmen and the biden administration can t even take their sidet,, really. they speak for themselves. they don t speak forth the u.s.y government. the u.s. government doesn t stand for basic human rights anymore. really. john kirby, you should be ashamed of yourself. it s hard to believe that s real. it is real. real. it is real. the u.s. congress ha and the us congress has, by and large , adopted the same posture. eric swalwell spends a lot of his life yelping