Coronavirus Declared Public Health Emergency In U.S.; Lakers Return With Emotional Tribute To Kobe Bryant; Super Bowl 54
BERMAN: So new this morning a major development in the battle - the worldwide battle against the spread of the coronavirus. The United States now imposing a travel ban on all foreign nationals who been in China. This is, as health officials declare, a public emergency over the coronavirus here in the United States. CNN's David Culver live really in the center of it all in Beijing with the very latest from there, David?</s>DAVID CULVER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, John. Yes, this containment effort is becoming extreme here. Now we've talked about the lockdown zone, Hubei Province, in particular. 15 cities within that. Some 16 million people. And, of course, the epicenter of all this is City of Wuhan. Well, next to the City of Wuhan, still within that lockdown zone is a City called Huanggang. That city has now implemented a new policy that just went in a few hours ago into effect. It essentially says that people are not to leave their homes, but every other day. And only one person from each household can leave that home and go to the grocery store and then come back. It affects about 400,000 people. But the suggestion from officials that they'll make that a little bit wider and include other communities, that would in total be about 7.5 million if they did that. Take the state of Arizona, it's the same population size. I mean, this is incredible, the extreme measures that they're going through here. They're also, we're hearing about drones being used by Chinese officials. These drones are being flown mostly in rural areas. State media is reporting this. We can actually show you this. This is from Xinhua, one of the state media outlets, and they have this video showing these drones going to these folks and essentially calling them out saying hey, you're not wearing your mask, put your face mask on, to the lighthearted manner, but it's actually very serious in it's undertone, trying to spread this education and awareness campaign. All right, let me update you on the U.S. now. As we talk about the containment efforts here, we know about this mandatory quarantine Alisyn, 14 days, for anybody who has come from Hubei Province, in particular, and that is something that we have not seen in the U.S. in more than 50 years. The CDC putting that into effect. This, as a top U.S. infectious doctor has said, that this virus can spread without somebody having symptoms. Pretty scary to hear that. And that has fueled fears, really, amongst the airline industry too. We've been seeing these airlines cutting back on flights and cutting off all together. Now pilots and flight attendants, they're joining in that flight, calling for all flights to China to and from to be halted, Alisyn,</s>CAMEROTA: I mean airlines and doctors and officials just don't have enough information yet about what this looks like. David, thank you very much for your reporting. So back here, the Los Angeles Lakers honoring Kobe Bryant and an emotional tribute, Friday, at the Staples Center. It was the team's first game since Kobe, his daughter and seven other parents and daughters were killed in a helicopter crash. CNN's Sara Sidner has more.</s>SARA SIDNER, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): This is the Laker nation grieving a Laker legend. It began with a spotlight on the empty jerseys never again to be filled by the man who made those numbers means so much to so many. The sound of Amazing Grace was ushered in to throngs of fans. It was a night of raw emotion, a night to throw away the script and throw on the commemorative t-shirt everyone received and console each other. LeBron James took the lead.</s>JAMES: I got something written down. They asked me to kind of stay on course or whatever the case may be. But Laker nation, man, I would be selling you all short if I read off this (beep) so I'm going to go straight from the heart.</s>SIDNER (voice over): It is the first times James has spoken publicly about Bryant since the deadly helicopter crash that took nine lives, including Bryant's 13-year-old daughter Gianna.</s>JAMES: The first thing that come to mind, man, is all about family. And as I look around this arena, we're all grieving, we're all hurt, we're all heart-broken, but when we're going through things like this is lean on the shoulders of your family.</s>SIDNER (voice over): The Laker family observed 24.2 seconds of silence. Then Boyz II Men sent emotions soaring with the national anthem. As the Lakers starters took to the court, a show of solidarity, fans donned the commemorative t-shirts.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was just - I had no words.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's a lot of emotion.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's a lot.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's just a lot.</s>SIDNER (voice over): And the players answered to one name--</s>ANNOUNCER: --high school Kobe Bryant.</s>SIDNER (voice over): Then it was game on, but it wasn't business as usual. In the midst of the joy of the game, halftime brought a reminder of our collective human frailty.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Once again this fan base expressing their devotion to their beloved Kobe Bryant.</s>SIDNER (voice over): The final buzzer brought disappointment to the Lakers.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You see the emotion on the faces of all the players.</s>ANTHONY DAVIS, LAKERS FORWARD: The entire memorial before the game was tough for me to just to see and then you just hear the voice and just have the common realization that, you know, that he is gone. So, you know, it was tough for me.</s>FRANK VOGEL, LAKERS COACH: It was a it was very emotional. You know, I mean, our guys were teared up going into the - into the jump ball. And you could just - you just felt it all night.</s>SIDNER (voice over): But LeBron James ended with a revelation about Kobe Bryant, words to comfort the aggrieved.</s>JAMES: Felt like these last three years was the happiest I ever seen him. You know, being able to just be with his daughters, be with his family. Just--</s>SIDNER (voice over): Sarah Sidner, CNN Los Angeles.</s>CAMEROTA: He definitely looks happy in all of those photos with - that we see of him with his daughters, and with his whole family - his wife. He is beaming. I mean, he just looks so happy to have played that role as well as their father.</s>BERMAN: Look, I think that's one of the reasons people were so moved and devastated by his death that they've seen him very recently, coming out much more with his family and being much more public. And I will say, as far as the Lakers go, they had to get through that. That was really difficult for them. I know they were dreading that first game. And you could see it on the court there. They had to get through that. And now they're going to move on. They're going to carry it with them the rest of the season, the rest of their lives, but I know how tough that was. In the meantime, Super Bowl 54, tomorrow in Miami, all but 10 of the Chiefs and 49ers will be taking the game's biggest stage for the first time. In other way of saying, they'll be playing in their very first Super Bowl. Coy Wire has more in this morning's Bleacher Report. Coy?</s>COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, John. Very few NFLers make it to a Super Bowl, but other players that do, there are so many inspiring stories about overcoming adversity like 49ers, Running Back Raheem Mostert is the ultimate fighter. No team drafted in 2015 out of Purdue. You're not good enough, they said, right. Well, over the next 18 months as a free agent, six different teams cut him before he landed with the 49ers in 2016. Raheem he keeps a tally of those teams and uses it as fuel to the fire that has made him his team's leading rusher.</s>RAHEEM MOSTERT, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS RUNNING BACK: I know you've heard about the list that I had in my phone. Yes, I look at those dates. And I really - I really just try to take a piece out of out of every spot that I've been at. I always see the light at the end of the tunnel no matter the situation, that's just how I've always been in my life. And, yes, when I was cut by those teams, you know, like I said, I always find positives.</s>WIRE: Now the light of Raheem Mostert's life his one-and-a-half-year- old son Gunner. Raheem doesn't have any photos of his own childhood growing up in rough neighborhoods here in Florida. It's why he's soaking up every single photo op with Gunner now.</s>WIRE: More Super Bowl stories coming your way today in our "CNN Bleacher Report" special "Kickoff in Miami." Andy Scholes and I had Jerry Rice, Drew Brees and other mega stars like Rob Gronkowski. Wish you're here, Alisyn and John. It is 2:30 Eastern right here on</s>CNN. BERMAN: Give my best to Gron (ph). Tell him to come back on the field next season. We need him. Very exciting year coming up. Coy, thanks so for being with us.</s>WIRE: I will.</s>CAMEROTA: All right. So what message could President Trump's acquittal send to the rest of the world? We get the "Bottom Line" next.