Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash Investigation.
TAPPER: In our sports lead, new video showing the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant moments before the helicopter crashed into a California hillside, killing him and all nine people on board. The NTSB says it had been flying under low visibility flight rules. That's a clearance allowing pilots to fly in adverse conditions. In Los Angeles, mourners outside the Staples Center continue to gather after the NBA postponed tonight's Lakers-Clippers game. CNN's Nick Watt joins me now from the scene of the tragic crash. Nick, on Sunday, the day of the crash, the LAPD grounded all their helicopters because of low visibility. Why was this helicopter still allowed to fly?</s>NICK WATT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, different models of helicopter, Jake. So, I mean, as you mentioned, this pilot asked Burbank Air Traffic Control, can I fly under these special visual flight rules, which means that the visibility is not optimal, but that pilot, however he made this decision, decided that he could still fly on safely. Now, that will, of course, be a focus of this investigation. In fact, we heard from the NTSB this morning that they will be asking the questions why he asked for that special dispensation and whether he should have. So the weather is potentially a big factor here. It was foggy this morning. The NTSB -- sorry -- Sunday morning. The NTSB also asking members of the public around here to send in any photographs they have from Sunday morning showing what the weather conditions were like. So what we do know is, he was granted that dispensation. He flew on. The last contact with controllers was the pilot saying he was going to climb to avoid a cloud. The radar shows him climbing to 2,300 feet, then turning, and then descending. Now, they descended about 1,200 feet into that mountainside which is behind me. The coroner, we have heard from. They say that they have now managed to recover the nine bodies of the people on board, but, of course, the investigation the ground continues. They are trying to get the perishable evidence. And, from there, they say they're confident they will determine why Kobe Bryant's plane -- helicopter crashed -- Jake.</s>TAPPER: All right, Nick Watt, so tragic. Thank you so much. Coming up next, the urgent request from the United States to China, as health officials are scrambling to contain the deadly coronavirus. Stay with us.