story, what are we learning at this hour? alex, we re learning more right now about the man who was at the center of this entire situation. the fbi dallas field office revealing his identity, malik faisal akram, 44 years old, a british citizen, the fbi saying they re not aware at this point of anyone else who was involved with the situation. the joint terrorism task force is continuing to follow up according to the fbi on all possible leads. that s what we know about the person at the center of this. president biden weighing in today and here is where it gets confusing, alex. think about how meticulous and careful the fbi has been with every single detail of what has unfolded and where they stand with the investigation, not wanting to jeopardize anything. president biden just moments ago describing what he said was what he believes are some of the facts at this point that akram had landed potentially from britain, not clear when in the united states, had acquired a weapon s
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
this is wake up call for all of our builders, do proper testing. make sure the complaints of repeated smoke alarms going off without any real smoke or fire. we need to make sure these systems operate because they save lives. so many lives lost here. critical staffing shortages at hospitals beginning to emerge around the country as the omicron variant pushes the health care system. look at those numbers. coronavirus hospitalizations approaching record levels in the u.s. this is notable. more children, many too young to be vaccinated are ending up in the hospital. that s also leading to staffing shortages nationwide as well. also this morning, fans remember bob saget. the actor known as america s dad for his role as danny tanner. he s died at the age of 65 years old. let s begin this morning with cnn national correspondent. she s outside the apartment complex in the bronx. what s the investigation looking into right now? reporter: there s a number of things they a
political story of the day. the renewed push for voting right just the president making detailed remarks in georgia. including a possible filibuster carveout. the speech will come as senate democrats prepare to force another vote on election legislation likely this week. schumer issued a warning on friday to republicans if they continue to block the passage. if republicans continue to hijack the moves to prevent us from protecting the democracy then the senate will debate and consider changes to the rules on or before january 17, martin luther king jr. day. joining us me congressman torres who is back with me. he represents, also vice cham of house homeland security committee and member of the progressive caucus. i know you re quite busy and appreciate it. let s talk about what you expect to hear from the president in the speech this week lobbying folks to get on board coming to voting rights and a rule change with the filibuster. i hope the president underscores the ur