ghd of shabbat and the 7th night of hanukkah. the complaint says the 37-year- old covered his face with what appeared to be a scarf and said in part no one is leaving, as he used a machete to stab and slash as many people as he could, injuring five people at least one critically. joseph gluck was inside. all the people starting to opleout. i came back and threw coffee table that was right here. i threw it into his face. reporter: thomas was apprehended within two hours by police about 35 miles away in new york city. officers say they detected a strong smell of bleach coming blm his car and saw what atpeared to be blood on thomas clothing and hands. this was just the most recent in a spate of anti-semitic attacks tt the new york area including this deadly attack in jersey city, earlier this month. from my initial review. n> reporter: today thomas torney sitting with his mother hd family pastor talked about the suspect s struggles with stntal illness. ha it may be that he was
congressman john lewis now battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. the civil rights icon bravely saying he has a fighting chance. sometimes even heroes need to be rescued. we ll tell you about the lifesaving mission to help one of the famed white helmets of the syrian civil war and how one elite university is honoring honoring campus workers with portraits that present them in a brand-new light. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting from the nation s capitol. garrett: good evening, norah is off tonight. i m major garrett. we begin with new federal hate atime charges in a stabbing attack that shocked jewish communities across the united states. ss happened saturday night, the 7th night of hanukkah at a rabbi s home in monsey, new york, about 35 miles north of new york city. c federal court today the accused attacker was hit with five charges of hate crimes. one for each of his alleged stabbing victims, all of whom
murder and burglarly after stabbing five orthodoxed yous in new york pled not guilty. it happened at arab buy s home in suburban new york on the 7th night of hanukkah. the suspect entered wearing a scarf on his face. the 37-year-old man was stopped after victims fought back using pieces of furniture in the home and the suspect fled the scene and tried to enter a nearby synagogue but was blocked by those inside. the suspect was arrested two hours later covered in blood. four of the five victims were treated and released from the hospital. new york governor andrew cuomo has called the latest attack an act of domestic terrorism. the lawyer said he had a long history of mental illness and hospitalizations. the man remains in jail on $5 million bail. and president trump called the attack horrific adding that we
clear the scene it could signal that the evidence gathering might be nearing an end. you can bet the investigation is certainly far from over. it is just beginning. the main key pieces of information we are hearing, the individual who is believed to be involved is in the custody of authorities. investigators are speaking to this individual. unfortunately we do not have a lot of information available on who that person is. that is information we could potentially get in the coming hours. moments of terror we saw plate out in a home, not far from where i m standing. the building behind me that is partially lit is a synagogue. there is a residence next to that location. that is where authorities say this individual with a blade walked in as several jewish families were gathering celebrating the 7th night of hanukkah when he immediately began to stab several individuals. we know at least five people
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