new details this morning surrounding the deadly bronx apar apartment fire that took 19 lives including nine children. the cause of the fire and what new york state is doing for the victims. reaction from around the world is pouring in after the sudden death of comedian and "full house" actor bob saget, who performed on stage just hours before being found dead at the age of 65. covid surging coast to coast while hospitals are pushed to the limit, while nearly half of patients are there for another

condition but later tested positive for covid and the world's top tennis star has won his appeal and is free to play in the australian open new details just in to nbc and an overtime nail biter seals the playoff picture as we kick off your monday a lot going on thanks for joining us. i'm steven romo. >> i'm frances rivera. we begin this morning with new details surrounding the five alarm apartment fire in the bronx. 19 people were killed, including nine children. an investigation into the tragic blaze is underway. kathy park has more from the scene in new york.>> reporter: s of families are displaced after a horrific fire tore through this 19 story apartment building officials say it all likely stemmed from a malfunctioning space heater the five alarm fire ripped through this bronx high-rise just before 11:00 a.m., flames

shooting out windows on the second and third floors. this woman was making breakfast when it all started. >> i just heard people screaming, help, help, help. >> reporter: the smoke spreading quickly to all floors throughou. >> this smoke extended the entire height of the building. members found victims on every floor in stairwells and taking them out in cardiac and respiratory arrest >> reporter: the emergency response was massive, roughly 200 firefighters, some fulling residents down ladders, others tending to the injured >> look out my window and it's flames coming out of the building >> reporter: new york city's mayor eric adams calling it one of the worst fires in the city's history. >> the impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of just pain and despair in our

city the numbers are horrific >> reporter: dozens were injured and transferred to five different city hospitals it's the second fire with major fatalities in a week just days ago, 12 perished in this fire in a philadelphia row house. the lengthy investigation is getting underway a painful and horrific day for a community now in mourning. >> we're going to be here for this community to help them navigate through this. during the tragedy we are going to be here for each other. >> reporter: and there are growing questions about whether residents received fair warning about this fire. officials say that smoke alarms were instaumed throughout this building in fact a resident heard an alarm, saw the smoke, and then called for help right away back to you. >> that was kathy park reporting. kathy, thank you breaking news we're mourning in the death of america' actor passed away in his hotel room at the

ritz-carlton in orlando yesterday. the circumstances surrounding his death aren't clear right now. >> nearly 24 hours ago he tweeted this photo from a show he did >> he was beloved tv dad danny tanner in the fall of 1987 for eight seasons. he was host of the wildly popular, long running "america's funniest home videos" in 1989. he was also a raunchy standup comedian >> now, what is dirt >> dirt, bad >> i can't hear you. >> dirt, bad >> dad is really into spring cleaning, isn't he >> it may be spring cleaning to you and me but to dad, it's christmas >> you're a wonderful audience you are. i'm not just kissing up. i swear. i'm slobbering all over you is what i'm dog i have no act and i have no life and i have no future

my mom is gummy my dad is pokey and i'm mr. potato head. i talk real fast >> the news of his death triggered a flood of tributes. john stamos wrote, i am broken, a am gutted. one of the best human beings i've ever known in my life and dave wrote, i love you, bob. your forever brother, dave comedians also reacted to his untimely passing norman leer shared this photo of the two, remembering him as a lovely human and there was no shortage of kind words from jon stewart, whoopi goldberg, and gilbert godfried in a statement, his family said he loved his fans, performing live, and bringing people from all walks of life together with laughter bob saget was 65 years old breaking overnight, novak djokovich is staying in australia for now after a successful appeal of his visa being cancelled. a federal judge ordered

djokovich passport be returned and the tennis star be allowed to leave the hotel where he was being obtained the judge declared he was present with his lawyers at the time of the ruling djokovich was unvaccinated, and his lawyers argued positive test result last month led to the australian open's organizing group, tennis australia, giving him a medical exemption. u.s. diplomats are holding high stakes talks with russia today with the threat of a russian invasion ukraine has been sidelined from conversations this week. monica alba is at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: ukraine on edge ahead of major talks between the u.s. and russia. >> we're going to listen to russia's concerns. they're going to have to listen to our concerns. >> reporter: planning for dialogue and diplomacy but ready to respond with massive economic consequences if russia invading ukraine. >> we're about to test the proposition about which path president putin is prepared to take >> reporter: high stakes

discussions kicking off in geneva, brussels, and vienna this week. >> if we're going to make progress we're going to have to see deescalation >> reporter: the meetings come as russia continues to position thousands on the border with ukraine. the u.s. vowing to slap unprecedented sanctions on the country if it further escalates the situation. >> we're prepared to deal resolutely with russia if it chooses confrontation and aggression >> reporter: so far president putin has demanded the u.s. pull troops out of eastern europe and rule out expanding nato to include ukraine. but neither are being considered according to the biden administration what could shift washington is prepared to discuss the possibility of scaling back military exercises and missile deployments in the region but only if agreed upon by moscow as well. >> thanks to monica alba for that report. here in the u.s. another

milestone in the battle against covid-19 according to an nbc news tally, more than 60 million infections have been reported since the start of the pandemic. that is a million more since friday chicago leaders have called off public school classes for a fourth day negotiations dragged on with a teachers' union late into the night after the city rejected the union's vote to go back to remote learning. many hospitals are strained by staffing issues, but are they also overwhelmed by severe covid cases? there are growing calls to re-evaluate how covid hospitalizations are classified, with many doctors saying the numbers don't give a clear picture. gadi schwartz explained. >> reporter: as more hospitals report spiking cases of covid-19, confusion is mounting over what should count as a covid hospitalization. right now anyone at the hospital who ends up testing positive for covid there is counted by the cdc. in city's like new york, recent numbers show just over half of

those counted as hospitalized with covid were there for something else >> they might be having a stroke they might be having a heart attack and they end up being positive because of the community spread right now. >> reporter: at los angeles county hospitals, two-thirds of covid patient wrs admitted for other causes >> it's possible someone comes in with a broken arm or broken hand and become a covid positive case >> exactly as of tuesday we had 40 adults hospitalized under the designation of covid positive but only 12 were hospitalized for covid illness. >> reporter: e.r. doctor gene nobl care. >> my job went fro ventilators now the majority of people who come i discharge really quickly >> reporter: most severe cases are among the unvaccinated, while the high hospitalization cases among the children in the bay area appear to paint a much

more dire picture than they're seeing in the emergency rooms. >> we had 19 patients hospitalized for covid, but only six were admitted patients because of covid >> reporter: last week ten were admitted for covid out of those 20 cases reported to the cdc as covid-19 hospitalizations, three of them were women that were asymptomatic that were delivering babies? >> that's right. that's right we understand the distinction between people on the icu on the ventilator who are there because of covid-19, you might overestimate the burden of omicron. >> reporter: now doctors calling on the cdc to specify how patients who test positive should actually be counted >> we have simply been reporting patients who test positive for covid in one big bucket, and those numbers go to the cdc. and that's what we've really got to change. >> our thanks to gadi schwartz for that report.

let's take a turn and check on the weather with janessa webb good morning >> hi, good morning. yes, temperatures continue to be pretty frigid acrossdwest. we're going to see falling temperatures today if you're in the northeast. it's the warmest part of the day right now. we have the upper 30s. we are definitely going to be taking a tumble. that's why the national weather service has issued this dangerously cold wind chill advisories and watches, warnings in place for 12 million people throughout your afternoon. and that's going to continue into your evening. right now, as i said, new york city, 38 degrees, bulling ton 24 look how temperatures trend on the downward when you factor in the air temperature and winds, the feel

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in today's top story, alec baldwin insists that he is cooperating with the investigation into the deadly shooting on the "rust" movie set. baldwin says he is going to comply, but the process takes time because the request must come from new mexico where cinematographer halyna hutchins was fatally shot and go to new york, where baldwin lives. >> the best way -- the only way -- we can honor the death of halyna hutchins is to find out the truth.

that's what i'm working toward, insisting on, demanding. >> officials in new york did confirm that they received the request to search baldwin's phone and were working out the differences in laws between the two states well the u.s. has announced its figure skating pairs team for the 2022 winter olympics in beijing. recently the crowned national champion, ashley cane gribble and timothy la duke were named to team usa. la duke balm the first openly gay athlete to win gold in a pairs event in 2019 and making history again as the first out n non-binary olympian. the hollywood association which is the organization behind hollywood's biggest party announced this year's winners on social media there was no host, no red carpet, no memorable speeches.

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this year the college input part of its football stadium as part of a $153 million renovation more than 200 pounds of explosives brought down that stadium. the university is adding more seats, a welcome

full house dad bob saget found dead reacting at the shock of his sudden dth at just 65. a space heater may be the cause of a fire that took 19 lives in the bronx including nine children. breaking moments ago, novak djokovic wins appeal and will play in the australia