medical exemption. the government disagreed. that s where this all began last week, but it is wrapping up now with this latest tweet from novak djokovic and, of course, the ruling from the judge here in melbourne. when we get a ruling from the australian open, we will let you know. coming up, 19 people here in new york city are dead, including nine children, after the worst fire this city has seen in decades. what officials uncovered about how it started and why it spread so quickly. and the january 6 select committee standoff with two sitting members of congress over their cooperation. where it could go next after a new public back and forth with congressman jim jordan. new public back and forth with his girlfriend just caught the bouquet, so he s checking in on that ring fund. that photographer? he s looking for something a little more zen, congressman jim jordan so he s thinking, “i ll open a yoga studio.”
facing staff shortages. and more schools are now turning to remote learning with a brutal battle still playing out in the city of chicago. while in new york a massive fire at a high-rise in the bronx killing at least 19 people, at least nine of them children. we will be live at the scene. and overnight a big win for tennis star novak djokovic, he can stay in australia despite the visa battle over being unvaccinated. so what happens now on the court? and a nation remembering bob saget, the actor and comedian best known for his role on full house has died at just 65 years old, and this morning the tributes are pouring in. we ve got to start this morning s broadcast with major developments overseas where the united states and russian officials are holding critical talks in switzerland over ukraine s border crisis, as the west tries to avoid an all out war with russia. tens of thousands of these russian troops have been building up along ukraine s border for months and months,
the fourth day in a row. she s not relenting, but those kids are not back in school. megan, sam, dr. emanuel, thank you all so much. we will leave it there. developing overnight tennis star novak djokovic winning his appeal to stay in australia after the country s authorities barred his entry over him being unvaccinated and forced him to quarantine in a melbourne hotel after arriving in the country last week. sara james is in melbourne. sara, does this mean he s going to be able to compete in the australian open? he is not there to look at kangaroos, he is there to work. reporter: he is here to work and the fact is we don t know for certain. it s looking increasingly likely that he will have the opportunity to appear at center court behind me. we have heard from novak djokovic himself just in the last few moments, stephanie. he tweeted saying i m pleased and grateful that the judge overturned my visa cancellation. despite all that has happened, i
want to stay and try to compete at the australian open. but there is a tiny catch and the catch is this, that although the judge overturned what the government had done, there is another way that the government can proceed, the australian government, and that is that the immigration minister could decide to disregard what the court has done and say that djokovic must leave. well, we haven t heard from anybody on that yet, so we re still waiting to see if that might happen, but djokovic is proceeding as if all systems are go and there s a reason for that, of course, stephanie, and that s the fact that he is vying to win his 21st grand slam, which would be the first time anybody has done that. he has won nine australian open championships. but if people are wondering why this happened in the first place, it s because novak djokovic is unvaccinated, his team said that he complied with everything that he needed for a