side. you re john berman and kate bolduan. this cnn news central any moment now, donald trump is set to arrive on capitol hill to rally support among republican lawmakers for his campaign at the very same time, president biden is getting get to meet with ukrainian president zelenskyy to show his support on the sidelines of the g7 summit in italy biden and zelenskyy expected to speak to reporters this morning as world leaders gathered, there are getting ready to announce a fifth the billion-dollar loan for ukraine that biden is now hoping sends a message to russia and show you some live pictures we ve seen live pictures of the ukrainian president meeting with some of the world leaders gathered there and now split-screen to donald trump he s sitting down with republican lawmakers friend and some reluctant allies behind closed doors, seen as a robertson is in italy. kristen holmes in washington. christina want to start with you. you ve been talking to trump s team and lawmaker
somewhere new to live. a raging apartment fire forced them out of their homes this morning. took more than 100 firefighters to get things under control. news4 megan fitzgerald is here with the latest on this. megan. reporter: yeah, aaron, that fired started at about the 7:00 this morning. we talked to neighbors who said they smelled smoke, went outside, and saw an apartment building completely engulfed in flames. you can t see the building, it s just beyond that one. but what you will notice is fire officials on scene many investigating trying to figure out how this started. this is the scene just before 7:00 this morning. fire engulfing entire side of a three-story apartment building. flames shooting out through the roof trapping people inside. two residents that were found in windows and firefighters took them down by ladders. reporter: with prince george fire department says dwree people rushed to the hospital to be treated for their injuries. it was kind of craz
i m happy with that. it s a nice way to finish or start the new year. and why you ll have to wait a second longer to welcome in the new year. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. celebrations have begun around the world to welcome in 2017. this was the scene in sydney earlier, where officials say it was the city s biggest ever fireworks display. about 1.5 million people have been celebrating by the opera house. and in hong kong a few hours ago, a similarly elaborate display as the sky along the waterfront lit up with thousands of fireworks. earlier, the city had seen pro democracy rallies against the government, but revellers came together to celebrate. aside from the celebrations, security has been stepped up in major cities as the world marks the start of the new year. concrete barriers are blocking off central squares in paris, madrid and new york in a bid to prevent terror attacks. i think we have some pictures to show you from berlin, which show the heightened security
south to the carolinas, georgia, and as far as florida, and as far north as new britain wick, canada. reporter: ironically when this tree calm down, it didn t knock out power. because the how is itself had power, we were not a priority. that meant a delay in moving it. they were fortunate enough to find a tree-clearing crew that could work around the how lines. meanwhile, a different story, no power utility crews yet. i m on a breathing machine, so i m getting like double punches here. i m trying to deal with the heath, then my breathing goes, then all my food is gone. reporter: a block away, the likely source of the outage, but some help is here, thanks to metro and this cooling bus. i was wondering why this bus was sitting here. nobody told me until this morning. so i ve been in this bus ever since. it s very cool. reporter: some innovation for things like keeping cell phones charged and finally a little humor. if i opened up my door, it s like the devil, he
his 50s that had been shot. and, of course, paramedics were called in and unfortunately the male who turned out to be the owner of this location was diseased from the gunshots. reporter: as the owner of the restaurant and other businesses in the area the 58- year-old man is well known and highly regard and appreciated for his service to the community. this used to be a warehouse here and he bought and cleaned it up. i mean the man worked 30 years. he used to be a cook at mexicala rose. he worked seven days a week, 16 hours a day. he ends up here. it is not right. reporter: compost was praised by a city council member whose personal relationship goes back about 40 years. he probably owned quite a few businesses in this area and definitely a person that gives a lot especially to opd and to the city and to the people that got to know him. in the hours at a killing in a restaurant just a few blocks away the mayor jean quan and other city officials met with angry communi