let's go to polo sandoval on the scene. we're expecting an update from the mayor in just a few moments. what do we know at the moment? >> reporter: a rainy and cold night in the bronx. and there are so many families that are hoping for answers as to what may happen next. of course you talked about dozens of families displaced. and now many of those families are also grieving the loss of their loved one. as we wait to hear from the new york city mayor, here are the latest numbers. we saw well over 60 people injured during this fire. about half of them were critically injured. and we now know 19 confirmed dead. and among them, of course, those nine children and when i spoke to the new york city fire commissioner today, he is certainly concerned and worried that about half of those total fatalities may end up being children. but we'll have to see where this investigation goes and as those authorities basically continue to put the pieces together. about about 11:00 a.m. the fire broke out in this high-rise that has about 19 sto

. >> i want to get right to cnn's polo sandoval live at the scene. polo, just an awful situation. is there any word yet on what started this fire, how it spread so quickly through that large building? >> reporter: yeah, and not at this point, too, jim. that's going to obviously be part of the investigation. that's really going to be a big focus here. but just to get a sense of what happened here, that fire starting at one of those apartments in the building that you see behind me, about 19 floors. now, the fire itself mainly contained to that duplex apartment. but the smoke, as you just heard from the mayor, that was the biggest threat here. that's what led to so much devastation and so many injuries here. and now that we know those 19 fatalities. and this community in the bronx, jim, is preparing for news that that number is likely going to get even higher, especially when you hear, for example, from the firer commissioner who says that this will likely be one of the worst fires that personnel has responded to in over 30 years. >> units arrived here this morning within three minu

i'm glad i'm not where polo is. it's tapering off here. we're in central park and people are enjoying the snowfall. we've seen people out to go sledding, tourists saying this is the first snowfall they've seen in their lives, seen people taking photos running, jog, and as polo is seeing as well, seeing those dogs out. the you look at the roads in this area of the middle of manhattan, they don't look so bad. we've seen a number of plows coming through this area to make sure they can see that black top, allowing any cars that are out able to pass through safely. again, though, as polo mentioned, as well, officials are saying please just stay off the roads today as best as you can, especially since it's a saturday, so they can continue to plow these streets. of course this is one of the first tests for the adams' administration, the new mayor of new york city. this is his first big snowstorm. of course it's happening on a saturday, not during the week, so not so much of a test, but he is out and about. we've seen his instagram and twitter, he

polo sandoval is in pittsburgh. tell us what you're seeing there, polo. >> reporter: it's that wind-whipped snow we're seeing in pittsburgh. meteorologists say we've gotten about five or six inches in and around downtown pittsburgh, expect another inch to go and it will scale back. the issue diane mentioned of refreezing. the city of pittsburgh received some criticism which the mayor has called valid and justified in the way it handled its last snow situation snowstorm about a week and a half ago so they pledged to increase their response and make sure the roads are as clear as possible. that's an uphill battle. the big concern is the refreezing, later this week the forecast calling for overnight low of one degree. the concern is in the coming days if a lot of the snow isn't removed you could see side streets basically become the frozen mess that we saw about a week and a half ago. and the big -- >> we lost polo there, but we did hear pittsburgh many cities seeing winter trouble. diane and polo, thanks very much. >>

let's bring back in polo sandoval. polo, what else did we hear from mayor eric adams, his message to police, especially with weight to it given that he is a former police commander? >> basically showing the united front against this issue of gun violence and illegal guns as well. there is a big question obviously about how this weapon ended up in the hands of this felon that is suspected of carrying out this attack against the two officers on friday. we're learning a little bit more about jason rivera, too. in this case it's penned in his own words in a letter that he wrote his commanding officer when attending police academy in 2020 and basically saying what inspired him to become the first person in his family to become a police officer. he wrote about his firsthand experience with the controversial stop and frisk policy that initially is what propelled to to join the force. rivera entered the police academy in 2020 according to a source with knowledge of the officer's records wrote in that letter and i want to share

polo, what's the latest? >> reporter: the building's heat was actually operating, it was functioning, the space heater was just supplementing. the mayor saying tonight was a night of tragedy and pain, tomorrow for rebuilding. that will do little to comfort the people of 19 families confirmed dead, many of them children here. many of these families that were affected, members of the immigrant community, many moving here from as far away as africa to start a new life now facing this tragedy. now so much uncertainty in this 19-story building, which it's safe to assume you have over 100 families with potentially no place to go, especially if they are not allowed in the apartments tonight. the red cross are here making sure they do have accommodations tonight, and those perhaps needing long-term accommodations, they are addressed as well. for so many families their current home might well be the elementary school next door who housed and sheltered them and made sure they were warm. but the big question that was an

polo sandoval is in pittsburgh. polo, what are they doing to prepare? >> in the last hour, you could still see the road. you're really seeing that snowfall increase, and the national weather service is saying late this evening we could potentially see two inches an hour around pittsburgh. they're calling for no more than 7 or 8 inches. so they have decreased those snow amounts, but pittsburgh, what makes it different than other major cities experiencing this weather is city officials as recently as friday recognized that during the last major snow event, which was maybe a week and a half ago, that their response fell short and basically did not anticipate a refreeze event, so there were many side streets that became a frozen mess, paralyzing neighborhoods and forcing school cancellations. we heard from pittsburgh's new mayor as early as friday that residents can expect a significant improvement in the response. for the most part, we have seen that. you've seen plows on the roads but also on the sidewalks, making sure the roads are clear, anticipating a

polo sandoval all bundled up there. we'll check back with you. alison kosik -- actually, the snow has died down a little bit. about to say hit hard in long island, but i can see the wind gusts. that looks pretty chilly. >> reporter: yeah. it's very cold. we talked out here by the dock in north port. i'm in the central part of suffolk county. we wanted to walk on the dock by the long island sound just to give you kind of a flavor of what the winds are like. we're getting some really gusty winds. you're seeing the long island sound here. this is -- >> those winds can certainly play havoc on our live shot, but it is demonstrative of what they're dealing with there in long island and really along the entire east coast. it's trifecta. you have accumulation, you've got wind, and then you've got storm surge. tyler maulden is keeping an eye on these conditions for us from the cnn weather center. tyler, it's pretty dicey no matter where you look along the northeast coast. >> absolutely. it's phenomenal how quickly these snowfall totals are beginning to pi

cnn's polo sandoval joins me now from new york city. polo, health experts say the times square new year's eve celebration could come back to haunt the city. so how is new york gearing up amid the omicron surge? >> paula, those health officials have been warning that the current explosion in covid numbers is something that they have never seen before. in fact, four times this week the nation broke its own record when it comes to the daily number of new covid cases. this week even reaching 386,000 , a pandemic high. the u.s. is shattering records this week with an average of about 356,000 covid infections reported every day in the past week, according to johns hopkins university. as the world rang in the new year, the latest surge is sweeping across the u.s., pushing cases and hospitalizations to unprecedented levels. experts warning a turning point could be weeks away. >> given the size of our country and the diversity of vaccination versus nonvaccination, that it likely will be more than a couple of weeks probably by the end of january.

how are you doing out there, polo? how is everybody else? >> reporter: doing well, but, you know, that storm, christi and boris, it has come and gone but it has left behind some frigid temperatures and some record-tying snow amounts in terms of what we saw last night, officially the national weather service calling it a blizzard because it met all the criteria that's required here. in terms of snow amounts here in boston just a little bit over 23.6 inches tying the record for daily snow accumulation set in 2005. boston used to winter storms, that's not news, but that kind of snow amount it certainly is here. this is certainly something that people are not used to when it comes to those snow amounts. in terms of what we expect today, authorities continuing to work to make sure that the roads are clear. pretty impressive, a lot of these roads, especially side roads as well, crews have been working around the clock, through the night, 900 pieces of snow removal equipment to make sure that the roads are clear, especially in anticipation for tomo

. >> let's get to cnn's polo sandoval.olo, the added significance here is that mayor adams is a former police commander himself. what was his message to the city and his message to police? >> reporter: he's pledging to stand by the city and mainly, obviously, for officers as well, especially given his experience that you point out there, boris. more on the gun in a few moments. first, more about what we're learning about officer rivera here. in words, that he penned himself in a letter that he wrote to his commander officer while at the police academy recently here, basically writing that he wanted to be the first person in his family to become a police officer, in fact, writing about his firsthand experience with the controversial stop and frisk policy that propelled him to join the force, you recall that was a policy that was later removed after critics argued that it unfairly targeted people of color. now, in terms of that letter, let me read you a portion of that, he basically wrote that as time went on i saw the nypd

, so polo, how have schools frprepared for their return? >> reporter: they're doing what they can to make sure itthe children are safe. they're adapting to this way of teaching, not just the covid era, but specifically the spread we're seeing with the omicron variant. there are some taking a very aggressive approach, including in the atlanta area. there are multiple school systems just deciding to start with remote learning altogether. in washington where you are, parents, and, rather, students and staff have to have a negative test before returning to class. in the nation's largest school system here in new york city, they're taking a different direction than we saw last year. for example, instead of sending an entire classroom home, if someone has been exposed to covid, they will instead send rapid tests home with students and staff. those that are asymptomatic and test negative can return to class. those kids with symptoms may not attend school until they have a negative test that's about a day apart. as for kids who test positive, they

cnn's polo sandoval is in boston. i'm surprised you're still standing. you have been out there for so many hours, polo. so what's it been like for you? what's going on? >> yeah, but at least, pam, i'm now able to show my face. i mean, the wind was just whipping us around. so you basically had to keep covered most of today, pamela. but it seems those winds, they're still kicking up but you that snowfall is certainly not as intense as what we saw earlier. in fact, that snowfall is expected to basically taper off. but it's official the national weather service saying what we saw today particularly in parts of massachusetts, rhode island, it it was a blizzard. there are certain criteria that has to be met. we have to see sustained winds 35 miles an hour for an extended period of time. extremely low visibility for an extended period of time. and of course the snowfall. and now it seems based on the amounts coming in that that's what we saw here tailed, it can officially be called a blizzard. as for boston those official snow totals showing we got very close t

cnn's polo sandoval joins me from new york city. polo, happy new year. >> thank you, paula.his year, workers standing in lines to get covid tested. that's because new york state continued yesterday, closed off the year, following that trend of shattering its own record when it comes to daily numbers of covid cases. about 76,000 new yorkers tested positive again yesterday. 7900 new yorkers in the hospital right now. that's certainly concerning as these kinds of numbers are the ones that really add strain to these health care facilities that have already been through the wringer when it comes to previous surges. that's one of the reasons fema is sending in sources, medical resources to hospitals throughout the state. because of these numbers that are not expected to drop, at least not immediately. there is hope, obviously that this wave could be potentially short-lived. and ultimately, we will see it. i was out here in times square yesterday, seeing the massive crowds. it's interesting new yorkers were greatly reduced in numbers, about 58,000 that we usually see prepandemic, t

polo sandoval, thank you so much. >>> all right.l, this weekend's storm didn't stop one rhode island couple from tying the knot. >> i now present to you, mr. and mrs. sally and adam arujo. >> the happy couple say they had a wedding date of january 29th set for more than a year and despite warnings of this historic blizzard, they proceeded with their plans to get married outside of providence's public library surrounded by friends and family. >> it feels amazing to have all these people we love around us here to share this day with us and celebrate and have a snowball fight hopefully once i get some gloves on these fingers. >> despite nearly two feet of snow recorded in providence, this happy couple said "snow problem" and said their i dos. >>> still ahead -- a massive protest is under way in downtown ottawa over vaccine mandates in canada. and the prime minister moved to an undisclosed location. we're live in ottawa with the latest next. works on that too, and lasts 12 hours. 12 hours?! who studies that long? mucinex dm relieves wet

polo sandoval, nadia romero, thank you so much. >>> let's continue this conversation, dr. jennifer shue is a pediatrician in georgia and a cnn health contributor. this is deja vu all over again. really, this is just a terrible situation and seemingly hopeless, but maybe it's hopeful. tell us what you are seeing in pediatric cases. >> so since the start of the pandemic we have had 7.5 million children who have tested positive for covid, with 2.5 million of those happening just since september alone and that is one in ten children in the united states have tested positive. in my practice i would say in the past few weeks i've seen more covid infections in this past few weeks than i have the entire pandemic combined. >> oh, my gosh. >> we are testing many patients for covid and other respiratory viruses. covid is definitely outweighing flu, rsv and all the common cold viruses right now. >> what are you seeing particularly in these covid cases, because, you know, i've heard the description of how delta is more lower respiratory and the omicron strain is more upper respiratory.

let's talk about new york, for instance, where polo just was. you look at the city of new york right now, there is this big battle happening between the city's mayor and about 30 or so lawmakers who wrote a statement, teachers unions, and even some who took to the streets to protest what they call a lack of resources and a lack of accountability from the city to put all of those kids and those teachers back in the classroom. they are urging the city to allow them to go back to remote learning. they say that will give them time to have testing and vaccinations so that they can limit the spread there in the city. but the mayor is adamant, he only wants in-person learning. take a listen. >> strand after strand, we can't continue to stop our children from developing socially and academically, and the support that they need. we have to learn how to live with covid and live with covid in a safe way. and that's what i'm going to do. i'm not going to allow the hysteria to prevent the future of children receiving a quality education and development that

polo sandoval, cnn, new york. >> thank you, polo. let's talk more about this, joining me is are dr.e morgan, the executive director of the piedmont covid tank force in georgia. dr. morgan, thank you for being here. there seems to be so many things to be worried about with the new surge. i of course, am a parent, i have several kids school age, my anxiety centers around the children going back to the classrooms on monday. do you think school districts are prepared for this and what advice can you give to parents like me to help keep kids safe. >> i think when we talk about returning children to school and parents, we certainly want to do the best for our children. the number one thing you can do get your children vaccinate probably ahead of that, for the parents to get vaccinated. to make certain you have a vaccinated household. that's the number one thing. the second thing you can do, make certain that your children are masked when they are in their school environment. if your school isle going to be in person. we certainly understand, very clearly, the mental fold, the mental angui

polo, how is it now? >> reporter: we've seen it come down since yesterday. couple of pauses overnight but continues to come down. the national weather service snow totals around the area of western pennsylvania, parts of ohio, some communities that received perhaps half a foot of snow and the forecast calls for still a couple more inches on top of that. when it comes to the municipalities and various cities, they have working through the night to make sure the roads remain clear and this morning on a monday it's really not the typical monday morning rush hour that you might expect and roads and highways obviously the holiday has something to do with that. some folks are out and about but officials are hoping that is kept to a minimum. when it comes to pittsburgh, city officials received criticism about the way they responded to a recent winter storm and the mayor saying some of that was justified. the storm revealed areas that need improvement including plowing operations and they've been working around the clock to make up for that. a couple weeks ago a ref

polo, what more can you tell us about this incident?another horrible reminder of the dangers that come for police officers responding to these kinds of disturbances, these domestic disturbances and that's exactly how this call started yesterday according to a timeline laid out by nypd just last night. officer jason rivera, that 22-year-old rookie officer was among three officers that responded to a call from a mother who was apparently involved in some kind of argument with her 47-year-old son. rivera and a second officer wilbert mora according to detectives walked to the rear of the apartment and that's when investigators say the door flung open and inside was a man identified azalea shawn mcneil that investigators say used this pistol that we want to show our viewers to open fire on these officers, fatally wounding officer rivera and critically wounding officer mora. you see that drum high capacity magazine attached to the glock pistol. investigators try to find out whether or not the officers possibly knew that this individual was th

polo, what more are you learning? >> reporter: fred, we hear time and time again that these domestic dispute calls are perhaps the most dangerous. this is just sad, a sad reality and a reminder that that is the case. in this particular case jason rivera who was one of three who responded to this apartment in harlem late yesterday evening to report from a mother that she was having some kind of argument with her 47-year-old son. rivera and a fellow officer by the name of wilbert mora made their way according to detectives to a back room in that apartment and that's when investigators say the door swung up and lashawn mcneil inside, according to investigators, then opened fire with a glock pistol. if you look at the weapon in an emergency released by the nypd you can actually see that high capacity magazine, a drum magazine that's attached to the pistol itself. we don't know whether or not the officers knew that this individual was armed but what we do know is that he opened fire, fatally wounding officer rivera and cri

polo sandoval is live from pittsburgh. we begin with polo. it's a tough mix, right, because you have the snow, it melts, turns to ice. tell us what the conditions are like this morning. >> reporter: and the good thing, jim, is that people are mostly heeding those warnings by officials to simply stay home, especially with a holiday, no school, but you see folks driving out and about. you see cars get stuck, people trekking through snow. you have millions of americans affected by this storm right now throughout the northeast, parts of the south, which you'll hear about in just a moment. there is a unique set of si circumstances and challenge for the city of pittsburgh. they were expected to deliver 17 trucks to assist with snow removal operations. their current fleet is aging according to city officials and it's really making them struggle to keep up with snow removal operations. because of supply chain woes due to covid, those trucks weren't delivered. that's basically left the city of pittsburgh fighting an uphill battle to keep the streets a

polo sandoval, cnn, boston, massachusetts. >> let's get the latest on the storm. joining me now is meteorologist derek van dam. the pictures were incredible. plenty of people still digging out and in the dark. how bad was it and is there anymore to come? >> yeah, this was an historic storm. we've got the numbers. i'll show them to you in just one moment. if we just go back 24 hours, this map looked a lot different along the eastern seaboard. we had over 70 million americans under winter warning alerts. and last night, we had about 16 million, and now only 1 million or just under that remain across northern maine. you can see what's left of the storm and the latest radar, not too impressive, at least in terms of the amount of snow coverage you see on the radar, but believe me, it is still snowing and still blowing, because wind gusts here are equivalent to that of a blizzard bringing snowfall in those areas to be impressive amounts. we did tie the single day snowfall total in boston. so many people wanted to know, will rebreak it? we ended up tying that 2003 record

but let's start with cnn's polo sandoval in new york.is latest surge in cases impacting people in new york? once again it's at the epicenter. how are they responding? >> reporter: let's first off with first responders. these staggering numbers also leading to an extremely high number of ems workers, for example, calling in sick. that number currently sits at about 30%. that's already exceeded what we saw at the start of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. and because of concerns of short-staffing, there's been this mandate or it's basically been issued to these ems workers to not transport any noncritical patients to the hospital that are experiencing influenza-like symptoms. but the goal here is to try to transport only those that actually need to be transported to the hospital to try to deal with those staffing issues. so that's one way that new yorkers are being affected. the other way of course is parents and students and staff at the nation's largest school system right here in new york city. they will be implementing a new policy t

. >> cnn's polo sandoval is live for us in new york, and joining us live now, polo, what more can you tell us about what happened. >> fred, you can hear the frustration of the police commissioner's voice there as she talks about what happened last night. three officers made their way into the harlem apartment, respond to go a domestic dispute call, and one did not make it out alive. we're told according to the nypd, rivera, along with another police officer, walked down the hallway to speak to the son of the mother who originally called authorities for assistance, and that's when, according to the nypd, the door swung open and shots began to be fired towards these officers, fatally wounding officer rivera, and wounding an officer currently fighting for his life. it wasn't until a third officer in the apartment managed to return fire, wounding a man that authorities have confirmed to be lesean mcneil, that this came to an end. we understand he is currently being hospitalized. look at the weapon mcneil has used a glock pistol, if you see there, it has a high capacity magazine attached,

cnn's polo sandoval joins me now from new york city. polo, times square looked pretty full with people celebrating last night. how is the city dealing with this latest surge in covid cases? >> it was, paula. i was there covering the event and officials were trying to obviously allow for social distancing but obviously when you have 15,000 people cramming into times square, that's certainly not very easy. now, they were requiring that everybody there be fully vaccinated and even wear masks, even though it was an outdoor vaccinated event. nonetheless, that has done little to calm the concerns of many health officials that worry that these kinds of large gatherings can certainly lied to another increase on top of what we're already seeing. new york has continued to stay on that trend of basically breaking its own record with another 76,000 people testing positive yesterday. look at hospitalizations, paula. this is certainly concerning here where roughly 7,900 people in the hospital right now. you can see that this is why officials are worr

. >> cnn's polo sandoval joins us now live. polo, mayor eric adams is facing the first really big crisis of his mayorship after a string of violent attacks. >> only three weeks into office, too, boris, so there certainly is mounting pressure on the mayor to do something to address this as he promised that he would while campaigning, saying that he was of course the main democrat that has the ability to actually handle this level of violence we have seen on the streets. back to the tragic shooting that took place yesterday, what we understand is that jason rivera was among three officers that responded to a call of a mother that was having an argument with her 47-year-old son. another officer walked down a narrow hallway when the door swung open, according to delegates and a man identified as la shawn mcneil opened fire with a pistol. look at the photograph that was released by investigators showing that glock pistol with a high capacity drum magazine that was attached. we're still trying to find out exactly how this individual

cnn's polo sandoval is looking into this. polo, what is the latest from your vantage point? good morning to you. >> christi, boris, good morning to you. we're seeing in schools across the country, schools are essentially reintroducing those measures. trying to curb the omicron spread right now. give you an example, in new york, we just heard from kathy hochul yesterday who will introduced a new wave of measures, stricter masking, testing at nursing homes. and for health care workers in the state, people who haven't been boosted, now required to do so. >> reporter: it's been a week of clashes, confrontations and a lot of angst over schools reopening. chicago, the largest school district in the nation with asses in limb bo, that's because of a standoff bean the tweechers union and chicago public schools. the union insisting on virtual learning while the mayor is pushing for schools to stay open. >> i think we'vele made significant progress over the last two days. but i want a deal done this weekend. our kids need to be back in school. schools are safe. >> reporter: in georgia,

cnn's polo sandoval is watching all of this unfold for us. so, polo, what is the latest?> reporter: fred, it's clear that federal health authorities are urging those who have not yet boosted after they have completed their initial series to get boosted as soon as they can. that's one of the reasons why the fda and cdc has amended that emergency use authorization that's been standing for some time, basically shortening that period of time from the initial vaccine series up to -- to that moment when they have to get the booster. now at five months versus the original six. so that's certainly something that they hope will lead to an increase in vaccination numbers and, of course, number of people being boosted because when you look at the number of hospitalizations, certainly continues to increase and the results have been staffing shortages that we've seen at hospitals throughout the country, many of those health care workers becoming infected themselves and forced to quarantine and that's one of the reasons why we're seeing now states like california becoming the latest to

. >> polo sandoval on the ground in pittsburgh. dianne gallagher in icy north carolina. and jennifer gray tracking the storm system from atlanta. let's go first to polo in the middle of the snow. >> reporter: john, it started coming down this afternoon. it is still coming down. national weather service snow totals suggesting parts of western pennsylvania, ohio, have received eight to nine inches of snow. the forecast calling for possibly up to three inches of snow the next couple of hours. that translates to really an uphill battle for city officials as they try to keep the roads clear. here in the downtown area, pittsburgh, they haven't made too much progress. we have seen them out and about. the concern is for those who do have to get somewhere this morning, who don't get to stay home this holiday to obviously make the roads as safe as possible. for much of the country, they have not had classes scheduled. they hope most people will heed the warnings to simply stay at home yesterday and today as well. >> there be careful, polo. thank you very much. >> indeed. please do

you take care of yourself there, polo. thank you so much. >> negative 7 degrees no joke. >> no kidding. >>> all right. tyler, talk to us about where we go from here. >> yeah, so the temperatures only going to go down, that means the snowfall that fell yesterday is going to stick around for a couple more days. look at some of these snowfall totals, big winner was up in not massachusetts, 30.9 inches, we all were give or take around 2 feet or so. boston, massachusetts, they tied that record for the snowiest single day on record at 23.6 inches. that snowfall as i mentioned is going to linger around because even though the system is out of here, we have some northerly winds coming in and it's bringing in arctic air. temperatures are plummeting and you're feeling it outside. we have windchill alerts for maine down into the carolinas. now, the temperatures combined with the wind currently making it feel like it's below zero out there. new york is feeling like it's 3 degrees, albany minus 10, boston minus 5. so that's the kind of

. >> cnn's polo sandoval is following it. what's the intensity of the fire?> reporter: guys, it's about 16 miles east of where the fire is actually burning. folks here advised to basically -- or at least told that they could potentially see and smell the smoke. here in new york city, giving you a sense of how intense the fire was no reports of any injuries thus far. crews on the scene making sure there are no flare-ups. this facility was used to store plastics. you can bring it in for the viewers to see it for themselves. and crews were battling constantly that fire overnight through the cold. this warehouse is run by a company that makes pool treatment products. the mayor saying it's about 100,000 square feet of production sprod. an 11-alarm fire that caused crews to draft water from a nearby river. i want you to hear from the mayor as they offered an update on social media overnight. >> fire is still raging, we're going to continue to pour water on it. we have confirmed, that it was used for storage of plastic. a portion of the building did have chlorine in

polo sandoval from the bronx, thanks so much. i want to bring in bronx borough president vanessa gibson. ma'am, it's a horrific day for so many families, obviously, in that neighborhood. tell us, how are people doing there, how is the community responding to this? >> so far, you know, the residents of twin parks are very patient. they've been waiting for hours here in the evacuation site, at the neighboring school. they have been registered with the red cross to assess their needs, their household size, number of children, pets, medical needs. we're awaiting the arrival of an mta bus to transport families in need to local hotels right here in the bronx that need temporary housing. we're providing escort service with the nypd for families to go into the building to retrieve necessary medicine. over the next several days, as the investigation continues, the residents may be able to return to their apartments. but right now, as we know, the fire started on the third floor with a malfunctioning space heater. so there is a lot of wate

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the state of south polo, so landslides and flooding. authorities say around 500 families have been left homeless. the states government has authorized emergency aid money for the affected areas. brazil has experience to rent, rain and flooding of the possible portables governing socialist party has been celebrating after a bigger than expected victory in sunday's elections. the result allows prime minister antonio crushed up to stay in par with an absolute majority in parliament . nearly all poles unpredicted and narrow a win for the socialists music streaming service spotify as taking new measures to combat cove. it 19 misinformation. it follows a dispute that so artist neil young and joni mitchell, remove them music from the platform you case prince harry and his wife megan. michael of deals with spotty 5, also expressed concern over vaccine misinformation. it makes english premier league football tea. manchester united i have suspended that player. mason greenwood following accusations. he had assaulted a woman. manchester police said they'd arrested a man on suspicion of rape. an as

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polo sandoval, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> so the surge of the omicron variant is pushing u.s. hospitals into crisis mode. many health care systems are running out of beds, facing major staff shortages. several states have national guard to post those vacancies. >> they plan to make high quality masks available for free. the cdc is urging everyone to wear the most protective mask they can find, saying swapping cloth masks for n95 masks offers better protection against the virus. testing for covid-19 remains a major obstacle in the united states. let's go to nadia romero, she's live where a mega test site opened to handle some demand. what's it like there right now, nadia? >> reporter: boris, christi, like dÉjÀ vu. we were outside mercedes-benz stadium where the falcons play, a mega facility, they had a vaccination site here not long ago. now we're back to having a mass testing site because there's difficulty for people to find access to tests. so they opened this site that began yesterday. today, the first s

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polo, thank you so much. nadia, you are in atlanta where the children's health care system is simply overwhelmed. so what are health officials saying today? >> reporter: well, fredricka, we heard from six major health systems across metro atlanta that all released a joint statement. i mean, this was a big moment because they said basically they're dealing with all the same thing. they're seeing adults and children coming into their hospital systems at an alarming rate. they're asking everyone to take the precautions they've been telling us to take, the vaccinations, the boosters, social distancing because they are overrun. that's what's happening here in metro atlanta, but we are seeing it happen all across the nation, fredricka. a 48% increase in pediatric hospitalizations in just the past week. that is concerning. listen to one doctor talk about why he expects to see more pediatric hospitalizations in the coming days. >> you're certainly going to see a lot of pediatric hospitalizations more than we have eve

polo, to you now. okay. i mean, this is putting quite the strain on people and in every corner in every industry. what are you finding out? >> once again, fred, we're reminded that the frontline workers, those emergency responders, are certainly not immune and many of them calling out sick, especially here in new york city, for example. now the ndny reporting 30% of their workforce is on sick leave. important to point out all aren't necessarily confirmed covid cases but it certainly speaks that they are short staffed on many levels to the point that fire commissioner start the year off issuing a directive to the first responders not to transport any patients that are stable but experiencing influenza like symptoms. there are exemptions for younger patients and older patients and other conditions that could make them vulnerable. this is mainly because they have seen an increase in nonemergency calls, people that in some cases even asking for a ride to the hospital for a covid test in an ambulance. because of

conferencia matutina, apareciÓ sin mÁscara y compartiÓ que se harÍa la prueba conocio el caso de bruno polores veces. para hablar de la nueva ola de reinfecciones, nos acompaqa el doctor jorge otero, director medico the best doctors y profesor de la universiad de yale....doctor otero, esto significa que podremos reinfectarnos dos, tres, cuatro veces de covid? 2.- doctor, ante otero, ante la ola de casos, sabemos que varios hospitales han optado por esto: permitir que los empleados asintomaticos trabajen.. es esto seguro doctor? no es alarmante saber que hay personas positivas en un centro medico?3.- doctor, las y mÁs que todo estas medidas estÁn hechas porque ahorita hay una sobrecarga en el sistema de salud en donde mucha gente que estÁ positiva sin sÍntomas estÁ fuera del trabajo , entonces no pueden atender a las personas. y las medidas de —— no son suficientes para tener un personal dotado que pueda atender esto. eso es un controversial, pero ya son medidas extremas. broja: doctor otero, otro tema muy controversial las personas inmuno comprometidas van a poder ponerse una cuarta dosis d

cnn's polo sandoval reports. >> reporter: the u.s. is shattering records this week with an average of about 356,000 covid infections reported every day in the past week, according to johns hopkins university. as the world rang in the new year, the latest surge is sweeping across the u.s., pushing cases and hospitalizations to unprecedented levels. experts warning a turning point could be weeks away. >> given the size of our country and the diversity of vaccination versus not vaccination, that it likely will be more than a couple of weeks, probably by the end of january. >> reporter: roughly 62% of the country is fully vaccinated according to the centers for disease control and prevention. only about 33% of fully vaccinated adults have gotten boosters, which experts say are critical in protecting against severe illness from the variants. the omicron variant, the most contagious strain, rapidly spreading across the world. in the u.s. they're seeing the highest case and hospitalization hospitals ever. new york reported more than 76,000 n

. >> let's go to cnn's polo sandoval. he's been following this story for us, polo, help us understand what happened during the shooting. it started out for a call for a domestic dispute, right? >> as we try to make sense of this, boris, it's important to remember that the police commissioner here said this is beyond comprehension, the loss they're experience right now, and also the sad reminders of these domestic calls. jason riviera was among three officers responding to a mother's call. she was having a dispute with her son. he and other officer walked in the narrow hallway. where the door swung ohm and mashawn mcneill opened fire with the weapon that was used here, guys, it's certainly disturbing here. when you see the level of fire power that the officers were up against. many have said they really stood no chance defending themselves to his high-capacity magazine that held according to investigators up to 40 rounds, he was killed when the shots rang out. and it was a third officer in the living room with mom who open

hace frÍo y viene del polo norte. la ciudad de filadelfia, la nevada ha sido importante.de el polo norte hacia estados unidos y estamos sintiendo los Últimos dÍas. alivio en las temperaturas, todo el norte por temperatura de sensaciÓn en los —45 en torno a los grandes lagos. madison, wisconsin, —6 de sensaciÓn, nueva york 23 de sensaciÓn. el frÍo sigue en todo el paÍs. nueva york y pensilvania la nieve efecto lado nos puede dejar acumulados importantes. los lagos estÁn un poco mÁs caliente que la superficie de la tierra. no fuese la grÁfica, no pasa nada, se los contarÉ mÁs adelante. los vientos por encima del lago que son realmente frÍosporque bajan desde el polo norte, dejan esas nevadas importantes. atlanta 36, aquÍ tienen el modelo, ficar del viento como pasa por encimael lago superior, el lago michigan y nos deja las nevadas. en cuanto las temperaturas ya lo ven, las mÁximas muy bajas y 30 como mucho en nueva york y las temperaturas llegarÁn a los 20. sensaciones que seguirÁn siendo congelantes, alivio para la segunda parte de la semana y todavÍa tenemos tres dÍas po

spies had been operating in the united states throughout the 60s and the 70s and in the 70s a senior polo spy ultimately was involved with a in a massive theft of american military secrets based in los angeles. and the cia officer ultimately ended up being involved in the arrest of this police officer was a fellow by the name of john palavich. who what? what was it very impressed with the trade craft of that polar spy marion zaharski. and when zaharsky was ultimately exchanged on the bridge of spies in 1984 for 26 some odd american agents who had been operating in east germany palavich committed to himself basically had a thought to himself ultimately i really would like to work with this guy and not against him because the tradecraft of these professionals is of such a quality that they could really be useful to the united states. and so when poland's political change begins to happen in 89 and 90, but the election of a solidarity government paulovich has this idea that we need to actually now we can begin to outward to reach out to our polish intelligence comrades if you will and begin

cnn's polo sandoval joins us now. how are schools adjusting to stop the spread of this virus?e some school districts across the country that are just choosing to go straight up remote learning, which is really not what the federal government wanted to do here. they believe there are several measures that could be implemented to try to make the return to school as safe as possible. consider the nation's largest school district, for example, here in new york city. rather than going remote for an entire classroom if they're exposed to covid, they're instead going to send those in their classroom home with take-home rapid tests, those that are asymptomatic and are negative, are allowed to return to class. it's an effort to try to limit disruptions to daily life, which you're seeing more and more every day are becoming more and more common. fresh off the holiday break, teachers, parents, and students are trying to make sense of the latest covid surge. monday's return of school for millions of kids across the u.s., but many will not be heading back to the classroom as many children

polo, you're in new york which just set a new record for daily cases. what more can you tell us?no mistake that the general trend shows no signs of slowing in new york state as the governor's office announced we've set a daily record, totaling nearly 85,000 yesterday alone. that's certainly concerning for officials. this is happening as millions of students across the country are preparing the go back to school. this is renewing many covid concerns that we're all too familiar with for so many parents now faced with those tough decisions. experts in general are divided when it comes to return for students heading back to class. some of them just saying it won't go well in some of the areas of high transmission like d.c. where negative tests will be required, like here in new york where at-home tests will go home with students and staff. the department of education in general, as we heard from the secretary of education earlier on cbs believes there's a way for students and staff to head back to school if certain mitigation steps are taken. >> the message hasn't changed. we need to