a massive fire inside of an apartment building in the bronx. 19 dead, dozens hurt. i was scared, that s what really hit me. liright now, australia court considers whether to let tennis champion novak jdjokavich to defend his title. right now, wasn t clear about the responsibilities, what the expectations were. tonight, omicron surging rapidly across the country, hospitals struggling to deep up. large portion of the population unvaccinated, that sets up a large pool of people who as they get infected will end up straining the resources we have in the hospitals today. i m joe mattingly in washington in for pamela brown tonight, you are in the cnn newsroom and we begin this hour with breaking news out of new york city where at least 19 people were killed in what s called the city s worst fire in three decades, among the dead, nine children, started late this morning in a bronx apartment building and quickly spread throughout two apartments, firefighters on the scene
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
19-story apartment building in the bronx. several are dead. dozens hurt. i panicked. i was scared. that smoke really hit me. right now, an australian court considers whether or not to let unvaccinated tennis champion novak djokovic into the country to defend his australian open title. could he be deported? the minister of health was absolutely black and white clear to mr. djokovic about what his responsibilities and the expectations were. tonight, omicron is surging rapidly across the country. hospitals struggling to keep up. we have a large proportion of the population that is not vaccinated. that sets up a large pool of people who as they get infected will end up really straining the resources we have in the hospitals today. i m phil mattingly in washington in for pamela brown