Laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. Weve got two huge stories tonight that were following, of course right here in the nations 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 nbas alltime leading scorer. Passing a fellow laker, Kareem Abduljabbar. 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 Abduljabbar. And even the nba commissioner, adam silver. In other words, everyone was watching to see whether tonight would be the night that he actually did it. I came into the game, and watch what happened in this really important, powerful moment. Lebron, for the record, hes got it. Hes done it. Lebron james is now the alltime leadi
is in that discussion, and kobe is there someone, magic there somewhere, larry barrett is there somewhere. but if you boil it down to those two non centers. i said the consensus is michael jordan lebron james. michael jordan s athleticism and skill, undeniable. just think of the list that lebron is on, carl mcglone, kareem abdul-jabbar, kobe bryant of course, michael jordan. but from a fans perspective, i look at this not in terms of comparing to get the ultimate title of goat. but i look at it when curry passed reggie miller. the idea of the fans perspective of how exciting it is to see this dark moment. in fact lebron actually commented on what this moment meant. he was emotional just thinking about where he would rank, in really the world s history. here he is. this is now making the go?