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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

New Details on Deadly New Year's Eve Fire

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Swiss authorities share new details about the New Year's Eve fire at a ski resort bar that killed at least 40 people. Plus, President Trump gives new insight into his health, including the bruising that's been seen on his hands and why he's going against one of his doctors recommendations. And we have exclusive new reporting on plans to cut FEMA personnel.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now, breaking news. Swiss authorities sharing new details about a deadly fire at a ski resort bar that killed at least 40 people.

0:13.0

What they're now saying about the cause and how it's spread so rapidly.

0:17.0

Plus, the President's health. President Trump giving new insight into his health, including

0:22.9

the bruising that's been seen on his hands and why he's going against one of his doctors'

0:27.9

recommendations.

0:30.2

And staffing shake-up.

0:31.5

CNN's exclusive new reporting on plans to cut the FEMA personnel who are the first ones

0:37.2

on the ground when disasters strike.

0:40.3

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

0:44.3

I'm Wolf Blitzer. Pamela Brown has the morning off. You're in the situation room.

0:48.3

This is CNN Breaking News.

0:57.0

Breaking News investigators are zeroing in right now on a possible cause in that deadly fire that

1:04.0

raced through a ski resort bar on New Year's Day.

1:08.0

This, as distraught family members are looking for missing loved ones,

1:12.6

as shocking and disturbing new video shows the panic and the terror that unfolded as flames

1:18.0

raced through a ski resort bar in Switzerland. I want to warn our viewers, the footage you're

1:23.4

about to see is disturbing. About 40 people, yes, 40 people were killed

1:29.5

and another 119 others injured.

1:32.2

This happened during a New Year's Eve party at that bar.

1:36.2

Here you see one person trying to beat back the flames

1:39.4

as the fire begins to spread across the room.

1:43.4

Survivors describe the effort to escape as

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