separated from his family for months. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise reston, cbs news, ne it's it's monday, january 10th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." >> all about saving lives, and the loss of one life is sad for us, much less 19 lives. >> deadly apartment fire. 19 people killed including nine children. the possible cause of one of the deadliest fires in decades in new york city. breaking overnight, bob saget found dead in a hotel room. what authorities are saying and reaction from hollywood. also breaking, novak djokovic ruling. the judge's decision on whether the tennis star can stay in australia over a covid exemption.

good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with covid's aggressive spread across america. the u.s. is averaging a pandemic high of 668,000 daily cases, that's according to the cdc. and four in every 100,000 children under the age of 5 who cannot yet vaccinated are currently hospitalized, another pandemic high. some experts believe it's peaked in places like washington, d.c., and new york, but the rest may soon hit other states. naomi ruchim has more. >> reporter: good morning. today there are specific concerns about the midwest and other regions of the country that have not yet hit their peak in this omicron wave. hospitals are bracing for more patients, but many are already at capacity. the omicron variant of covid-19 continues to move around the country. >> the risk right now is to the midwest where you have rising

infection, where they aren't in the thick of their omicron wave yet. and you have states that had high hospitalization rates going into this. >> reporter: 99% of americans live in areas with high risk of infection. hospitalizations up nearly 30%. >> on the good side, hospitalizations are down relative to cases, but cases are up substantially. it's pressing hospitals. >> reporter: cox hospital in branson, missouri, increased its capacity to handle extra patients but expects to max out again soon. >> well, the reason that we're keeping them here in branson is because springfield is full. mercy is full. everyplace is full and we're back where we started where everybody's looking all over the country for beds. >> reporter: it took six months for the u.s. to report its first four million covid-19 cases. the last four million took just one week. >> over the past three, four weeks, our numbers have jumped just from couple hundred cars or appointments per day at each site to over 4,000 appointments.

>> reporter: according to the cdc for children under 5, four in every 100,000 are currently hospitalized. a pandemic record. that statistic, though, includes children hospitalized because of covid and those admitted for other reasons and found to be infected. meantime, omicron mixed with bad weather is still causing problems for airlines. yesterday more than 1,300 flights were canceled, and already today, anne-marie, more than 600 flights have been called off. >> oh, my goodness. it's early in the morning. naomi ruchim in new york, thank you very much. >> thank you. well, the investigation continues into a new york city apartment building fire that killed at least 19 people including nine children. fire officials believe a faulty space heater sparked the blaze. tom hanson reports. >> reporter: the fire that swept through a bronx apartment building sunday is one of new york city's deadliest in more

than three decades. >> i've never expected 2022 to come in this way. >> reporter: the blaze took the lives of adults and children and injured dozens, including several who are hospitalized in critical condition. >> my entire department mourns along with the families here today and our entire city. we're all about saving lives, and the loss of one life is sad for us. >> reporter: city officials say firefighters found victims on every floor of this 19-story building and were rescuing some who were in cardiac and respiratory arrest. >> black smoke, i could barely see -- >> reporter: about 200 firefighters responded after the fire broke out around 11:00 a.m. sunday. this resident says people fled their apartments and took temporary shelter in hers. >> once the fire department got there and they was able to get us out, they said follow the stairs until you see light. >> reporter: officials said the fire originated in a duplex apartment on the second and third floors caused by a malfunctioning electric space heater. >> the fire consumed that

apartment that is on two floors and part of the hallway. >> reporter: the commissioner said firefighters found the door to the apartment open which allowed smoke to spread through the 120-unit building. tom hanson, cbs news, new york. actor and comedian bob saget is being remembered this morning for his talent and his kindness. the star of the sitcom "full house" was found dead yesterday in a room at a ritz-carlton hotel in orlando. detectives say that they found no signs of foul play or drug use. tributes poured in on twitter. "full house" co-star john stamos wrote, "i am broken, i am gutted, i am in complete and utter shock. i will never ever have another friend like him. i love you so much, bobby." billy crystal tweeted, "i'm shocked and saddened to learn that bob saget is gone. a great friend and one of the funniest and sweetest people i've ever known. my love to his beautiful family." saget was in florida as part of a comedy tour. in addition to starring in "full

house" he was the host of "america's funniest home videos" and the narrator on "how i met your mother." bob saget was 65 years old. breaking overnight, chalk up another victory for tennis star novak djokovic. this one in an australian courtroom. a judge reinstated his visa and rpded -- ordered the australian government was ordered to release him from the hospital where he's been staying. government officials are threatening to cancel his visa again. novak djokovic was denied entry last week and his visa was revoked because he's not vaccinated. it came days after he was granted a medical exemption by organizers to play in this month's tournament. at least two tornadoes touched down in the houston area over the weekend. strong winds and heavy rain hit late saturday night and yesterday morning damaging homes and businesses. in humboldt, north of houston, the

metal room from a business crashed on to a road hit something homes. >> it was really quick. it was surprisingly fast. it just made this big swishing noise >> oh, my god. i can't believe it. it's unbelievable. >> i knew it was going to be a tornado, but i didn't know it was going to be like -- i never knew it was going to be like this. >> the national weather service says it is surveying damage in additional areas to determine if there were other tornadoes, as well. and one of former president trump's closest allies, republican congressman jim jordan of ohio, is saying no to a request for an interview by the house panel investigating the january 6 capitol insurrection. the committee wants jordan to provide information surrounding his communications with mr. trump that day, as well as the former president's efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election. jordan has admitted to speaking to mr. trump on the day of the attack. and coming up, caught on video, a train plows into a small plane stuck on the tracks. how the pilot narrowly got out.

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last-second field goal in overtime to advance to the playoffs. oddly enough, both teams would have made the playoffs if the game ended in a tie, but the chargers were sent home packing. first wild card games are saturday. on the cbs "money watch" now, a major bank is requiring workers to get the covid vaccine, and why a new disney animated movie is headed straight to streaming. diane king hall is in new york with those stories and more. good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning. some key economic data is out this week. on wednesday we'll get more insight into inflation when december's consumer price index is released. friday we'll get retail sales figures from last month, a key month. wall street ended last week on a down note. the dow slipped four points on friday. the nasdaq dropped 144, and the s&p 500 fell 19. employees at citigroup have until friday to prove they're fully vaccinated against covid-19, or they could lose their job. citigroup is the first big bank

to enforce a vaccine mandate. workers must submit proof or apply for an exemption by january 14th. anyone who doesn't will be placed on unpaid leave and then fired at the end of the month. more than 90% of the company's employees have reportedly complied with the mandate. another recall is hitting your kitchen. nearly 15,000 pounds of iowa smokehouse original smoked beef sticks are affected because they contain milk which is not listed on the product label. they are produced in mid november and sold at stores nationwide. so far no reports of adverse reactions. people can return the product or throw it away. and another setback for movie theaters. disney announced its third straight pixar film will skip the big screen and go straight to disney-plus. "turning red" will premiere march 11th. executives cited the pandemic and small audience numbers for family films at the box office.

"turning red" is a coming-of-age film about a 13-year-old girl dealing with teen life and becomes a panda when she's overcome with emotion. anne-marie? >> i like it. that's very cute. i will be watching. but i understand it's been touch and go with movie theaters. so it's disappointing for some for sure. diane king hall in new york, thank you. >> thank you. up next, the golden globes behind closed doors. the awards show announced winners on twitter last night. we'll tell you the movies that won the big prizes. movies that won the billg prizes. ♪ my name's caleb. what's yours? i'm grace! did you just move here? yeah! cool! wet dishes? did you residue?e here? spots? it's not your dishwasher's fault. simply add finish jetdry 3in1 to rinse, dry and shine your finish jetdry 3in1.

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our top stories -- actor and comedian bob saget is being remembered. the 65-year-old star of the sitcom "full house" was found dead yesterday in a room at the ritz-carlton hotel in orlando. detectives say they found no signs of foul play or drug use. saget was in florida on a standup comedy tour.

and an australian judge today has reinstated tennis star novak djokovic's visa and ordered the government to release him from immigration detention. he was denied entry into the country last week, and his visa was revoked. it came days after he was granted a medical exemption by organizers of the australian open to play in this month's tournament. forget everything you thought you knew about goldfish. scientists say our fishy friends are capable of a lot more than we realize. ian lee explains. >> reporter: it might sound like a fish tale, but scientists in israel are sending goldfish where none have gone before. >> fish don't drive cars, so we had to train them. >> reporter: you heard him right -- training goldfish to drive a car. well, technically a tank. this fish out of water got an intensive training course before being thrown into the deep end. >> the fish understands that it needs to find a target and drive that vehicle toward that target. every time it gets to the

target, we award it with a food pellet. >> reporter: sensors on this let's call it a reverse submarine help the fish stay on course. if this all seems a little fishy, you're not alone. >> this summer, the fish and the furious -- >> reporter: "the late show with stephen colbert" lampooned the research but scientists say this is a serious study proving fish can navigate on land just as well as in water. >> fish even though they are embedded in a terrestrial environment can make excellent navigational decisions. >> reporter: most goldfish pass the driving test in a few days, showing they may be more sufishticated than we thought. ian lee, cbs news. >> it's widely believed that goldfish have a three-second memory, but scientists say they can remember things for many months. so coming up on "cbs mornings," how military families at a marine base in north carolina are still fighting for justice after decades of being exposed to toxic water.

catherine herridge has details. plus, novelist and pulitzer prize finalist bobbie ann mason shares a special essay reflecting on the tornado disaster that struck her hometown of mayfield, kentucky, last month. and we'll talk with hip-hop artist meek mill about the progress he's made in reforming the criminal justice system through his nonprofit organization. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪