tonight. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour in new york, what s being called the city s deadliest fire in 30 years. 19 people were killed including five children. the fire broke out shortly before noon today in a bronx apartment building. authorities say a faulty space heater sparked the blaze which quickly spread throughout two floors. firefighters were on the scene within minutes and quickly launched rescues but an open door to the apartment where the fire started sent massive amounts of smoke pouring out into the stairways, leaving people unable to find their way out. cnn s polo sandoval has been on the scene for hours. polo, what are you learning right now based on what s transpired over the course of the last several hours? reporter: phil, a lot of people who live in that building are left wondering when they ll be allowed to go back inside. to give you a sense of how things developed earlier today, that fire was actually in a duplex apartment on the thi
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. top ranked tennis star, no novak djokovic is having his case heard at a court hearing. his visa was canceled because of not meeting vaccination requirements for entry, and he was granted a medical exemption after recovering from covid. the federal government says that doesn t count. meantime his supporters gathered outside the courthouse as the hearing continues. djokovic has been cleared to watch the hearing via video. his parents joined fans at a rally in belgrade to show their support for the tennis star. and we are joined live from melvin. victoria, the back and forth and the judge at one point said what more could this man have done? how is it all heading? what are the arguments being made? just over an hour ago we were expecting some form of closure, and that was at a time when the injunction preventing novak djokovic s visa was set to expire, the judge extended it until 8:00, four hours into the even
reporter: a rainy and cold night in the bronx. and there are so many families that are hoping for answers as to what may happen next. of course you talked about dozens of families displaced. and now many of those families are also grieving the loss of their loved one. as we wait to hear from the new york city mayor, here are the latest numbers. we saw well over 60 people injured during this fire. about half of them were critically injured. and we now know 19 confirmed dead. and among them, of course, those nine children and when i spoke to the new york city fire commissioner today, he is certainly concerned and worried that about half of those total fatalities may end up being children. but we ll have to see where this investigation goes and as those authorities basically continue to put the pieces together. about about 11:00 a.m. the fire broke out in this high-rise that has about 19 stories and has roughly 120 individual units. that fire mainly contained to that apartment
tonight. big tech censorship strikes again, youtube holds a music video that criticize biden s withdrawal from afghanistan youtube is saying sorry but is it too little too late? alicia: more than 300,000 chicago studentstudents won t se week in school as a fight between the city and the teachers union boils over the head of the teachers union is digging in claiming remote learning is a good option for kids. it s talking point, an idea, remote is bad. remote education as a tool teachers view remote education, not as good as in person but think about in the past chicago in the wintertime in the past if there s a blizzard to option old school during blizzard in which case you know most people are going to come is good to be dangerous to get there or you could cancel school, those the only two options. now we have a third option we can hold school remotely. alicia: chicago s public schools got $2.8 billion from the federal government to help schools reopen safely. the distric
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