new milestone. overseas, no sign of a breakthrough, as american and russian diplomats try to ease tensions along the border between russia and ukraine. here at home, it could be a make-or-break week for voting rights, as president biden is set to lay out the stakes of inaction in new york city. the death toll could rise even further after the city s deadliest fire in decades. 19 dead, including nine children. funeral services will be held for a teenager accidentally shot and killed my a los angeles police officer while shopping with her mother just days before christmas. and the world s number one men s tennis player wins an appeal against australia s decision not to grant him a visa to play in the australian open, but his fight may be far from over. over and we begin with the latest on the pandemic. covid cases in the u.s. have now surpassed 60 million, according to nbc news data. across the country, cities are taking major steps to fight the virus as hospitalizations an
flames and smoke tore through a high-rise building in the bronx. 19 dead. nine of them children. it was dad. i see kids crying for help, and at that point we couldn t do anything. you know about the surge in cases. but also right now in this country, about 138,000 people are in the hospital with covid. that s just short of the all-time high of 142,000, and right now medical professionals don t see an end in sight. i m here to tell you we re tired. we re exhausted. and we re literally on the edge. and that is where we are going to start this morning. we are at a testing facility in los angeles, in chicago where classes have been cancelled for the fourth day in a row now. also a physician in chief, is with us. let s start in l.a. that city saying like so many other places, a record number of cases right now. but they re also seeing what s been called flurona. the flu and coronavirus. if you re sick, it s already tough to figure out if it s a cold, covid j something else
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