Headquarters in new york. Im brook silvabraga in for annemarie green. At least 12 people were killed including a child when a fastmoving fire moved through an apartment in new york. Its the deadliest in at least 25 years. The fire broke out last night and witnesses say the fire engulfed the building within 45 minutes. John schiumo is there, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Its described as historic in its magnitude. 12 dead, four critically injured. The cause remains unknown. Flames ripped through an Apartment Building in the bronx last night. It quickly became one of the most devastating fires in recent new york city history. This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century. Reporter fire Officials Say it started quickly on the first floor and quickly spread. Windows on some of the top floors were smash and blackened. Firefighters responded within minutes. Witnesses say even before help arrived people inside were scrambling to climb down. People on the fire escape were already trying to get down on their own. Reporter complicating a rescue effort for more than 150 firefighters who responded, the weather. The weather at the time was in the low teens, Single Digits with the windchill. Many of those who had to rush out of their homes were forced to flee without fully getting dressed. It was like freezing point. It was worse for those who werent dressed appropriately. Reporter the red cross responded with blankets. City buses were brought in to keep people warm. Fire fatalities typically increase in january and february. The Fire Departments warn residents about space heaters, power strips, unattended candles. Its important to point out the exact cause of this fire remains unknown. Brook . Okay, john. Thanks a lot. There was also a deadly fire in india this morning. It broke out at an upscale restaurant in dubai and spread to a nearby building. You see debris falling off the building. At least 15 people were killed, more than 50 taken to the hospital. There are reports an artificial bamboo ceiling burned and collapsed as people were trying to escape. Here at home, the cold john was mentioning in new york city will continue to chill the entire upper northeast and the middle plains. It was so cold here yesterday that water fountains closed. Folks are being warned to watch out for hypothermia and frostbite. Its so cold over in new jersey that officials actually canceled a new years day Polar Bear Plunge where swimmers normally dash into the ocean. Not this year. Chelsea ingram of our philadelphia station kyw has more. Reporter the bitter cold continuing to dip into the region. Sending in pulse after pulse of the arctic air all the way through 2017 and into the start of 2018. High temperatures today for many locations only in the 20s. For instance, st. Louis, 28. Philadelphia, a high of 23 degrees nchl places like boston, not even making it out of the teens as we head into the afternoon. Its not going to feel much better as we head into new years eve when you factor in the windchill. In new york, 5 below is what it will feel like. 11 below in chicago, and feeling like 24 degrees below zero in places like minneapolis. Im Chelsea Ingram for cbs news. Theyll see heightened security here in new york city. The extra measures are already being put in place. Tony dokoupil has our report. Reporter days before the ball drops in times square, security is already building up. New York Police Commissioner james oneiloneill. And the takeaway from our preparation is this, people will be safe, and they should feel safe too. The nypd is promising stepped up patrols, canine teams, and heavy weapons squads. The old barriers are back along with sand trucks to guard against the vehicle attack. But the nypd is putting on new focus with aerial security and spotters on buildings and for the first time officers in hotels up and down the avenue to stop inspired attacks. Three months after las vegas suffered the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History, new york city has been designated a sear 1 threat. Theyre taking no chances adding snipers and armed Rapid Response teams on top of 800 steel pylons. Im very confident that were making sure this new years eve will be safe. Reporter other cities are beefing up too. Chicago police are adding specialized teams with a focus on vehiclestyle attacks. For the first time miami will conduct random security checks at outdoor events. In San Francisco after an attempt to attack pier 39, police are beefed up along the famed embarcadero. While any mass gathering is a potential target, no city has received information about a credible threat at this time. Tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. In a new interview President Trump tells the New York Times he doesnt know how long the special investigation into the russian meddling will last. During an interview he said he thinks bob mueller will be fair and Everybody Knows there was no collusion with his campaign. The president said he thought a prolonged investigation makes the country look back. On other issues mr. Trump said he hopes democrats will work with him on health care, immigration, and infrastructure. Chip reid has more on that. Reporter fixinging the nations deteriorating infrastructure appears to be on the president s plans for next year. In fact, its not that simple. Many republicans want to spend onefifth of that, 200 billion. Democrats say it will never work. Reaching a compromise in an Election Year when the two sides are that far apart will not be easy. Also high on both parties agen agendas, finding a way to allow 800,000 socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers, immigrants brought here as children will march. Theyre americans in every single important way except one, their paperwork. Reporter the president has made his feelings clear. I have a love for these people. Hopefully congress can help tie things up. Reporter another key issue, funding a federal government. Republicans and democrats need to reach a deal by january 19th or risk a partial government shutdown. And a long festering issue, obamacare. It ultimately leads to the end of obamacare. Reporter but thats far from clear. And in a tweet this week the president predicted that democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. The president and congress will have to move quickly if they hope to compromise on any of these issues because it wont be long before they move into full battle mode in preparation midt. Chip reid, cbs news, west palm beach, florida. Sworn in as alabamas first democratic u. S. Senator in a century on january 3rd. 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Reporter this group meets every week for table tennis. The players have parkinsons disease, a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement, causing symptoms such as tremors. When did you know that things were changed . In 2010 my right hand started to shake a little bit. Reporter nenad bach is a composer. He found that pingpong helped. Dr. David russell says the rhythm and balance involved in the game could be beneficial. He clearly got better when he really kind of delved into pingpong, and its something we should look at the way we look very scientifically as tai chi and tango dance, that this would be an area we would be exploring. Reporter hes not sure the game is helping his symptoms, but the spirits. Hes not giving up hope for a kear. Laura podesta, cbs news, pleasantville, new york. Coming up on cbs this morning, weve got your reservation for a secret restaurant but its located at a very unlikely place, newark airport. Im brook silvabraga. 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Airlines are now Testing New Technology to improve security and speed up the boarding process. Soon you may only have to show your face to board a plane. Kris van cleave has those details. Hout presenting your passport reporter this has passengers taking a trip to the future without a boarding pass. Youre going to walk up and take a picture and thats it . Wow. It amazes me. Every year things change. It just amazes me the technology. Reporter in seconds facial Recognition Technology can take a picture and compare it to a passport stored in the government database. Francis sadowski is sold. Reporter theyre testing it in new york and atlanta and also trying a recognition bag drop in minneapolis, part of larger effort that envisions your face and fingerprint as the only thing youll need to navigate an airport. Marrying all the steps is a gamechanger for the experience. You can go from curb to plane without having to interact with a human being if you so desire. Reporter theres also a clear, a private company, that will store and vaer phi verify a flyers biometrics. Two senators are asking customs and Border Protection to halt the expansion as they look into security concerns. We use it more and more, those databases will become targets and the risk of data breach increases grtsly. Reporter the tsa is testing fingerprint verification. Here at delta they can use their fingerprint as a boarding pass. Kris van cleave, cbs news, virginia. Coming up on cbs this morning, thousands of dugrelated cases in massachusetts might be dismissed because of mavis lab testing scandal. Well have details. Plus fake makeup found online and on the Street Corner can have very real Health Consequences for customers we purchased the products under cover before sending them to the lab for testing. The results ahead. And your reservations for a secret restaurant thats one of the hardest to get into in the area is located in the most unlikely place. That thats the cbs morning news. Im brook silvabraga. Ha thanks for watching. Have a great day and a great weekend. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com breaking news this morning, battling fire and ice in brutally cold conditions, were live with how a firefighter and three people were hurt overnight in burlington county. This is is the worse fire weve seen in than a century. Fire in the bronx rips through Apartment Building, the latest developments. And the bitter cold continues, and that coat, mittens and scar lincoln financial field get quite the work out over the next few days, were looking at frigid start to 2018. Today isri
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