hello, everyone, and happy new year. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. we re following several different developments into a machete attack in times square on new year s eve. moments ago the 19-year-old suspect was arrested for attempted murder and assault of police officers. cnn has also learned that the suspect was added to a terrorist watch list just a few weeks before the attack. sources tell cnn that fbi agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. let s bring in glroria pasmina from times square. the suspect has opinion arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and two counts of attempted assault. the suspect remains in the hospital. he was injured during the attack. a police officer did fire his service weapon energy him on the should, and he remains at this hour under police guard at the hospital. let me tell you what
very clear, too, that no one, no one, including a president of the united states, is above the law. by the way, today is the six-year anniversary of that speech in indiana. happy anniversary to the president, as the fbi goes through his documents this morning. what a long road it s been. you know, he actually, i guess, in 2018, willie, he passed a law. he signed a law that actually made the protection of classified material even stronger. that is a good thing to do. it is a good thing to do. he said in the campaign law and order party. he was going to protect all classified information. so says it in the campaign. willie, he actually passes legislation. kept his word. he signs it, comes into law. that the penalties for not protecting classified information going to be even tougher because of hillary clinton s emails. yeah, remember the context of that speech six years ago was all about hillary clinton and the emails and the private server that she had.
Continues and a terrified community in lockdown. Tonight on laura coates live. Well, he is still out there. Somewhere. And he is armed, dangerous. The gunman who killed 18 people in lewiston, maine. Law enforcement is urgently searching for robert card, the person you see on the screen there at this very moment. And we are more than 24 hours after those fateful shots rang out in a Bowling Alley and also at a bar and grill. It left at least 18 people dead and another 13 injured. Earlier tonight investigators said they detected something inside or near the home. They dont know what or who they may have been detecting. They warned on a loudspeaker at one point, come out with your hands up. There was no response. And now card is still on the loose. Imagine what it would be like to be in the area of lewiston tonight. Fearing that the suspect in the killing of your neighbors, your friends, loved ones, is out there. Somewhere under the cover of, now, darkness. The police do not know for sure
This baier doesnt push anybody down. Sandra watch out. Have a great show, bret. Bret we will see ya. Following two major stories a massive manhunt by land, water and air underway in maine tonight. The target a u. S. Army reservist suspected in the massacre of 18 people wednesday in lewiston. Authorities are still urging residents in the area to use extreme caution because he is armed, experienced and very dangerous. Well have a live update there shortly. But we begin with an expansion of the war in israel. Huge explosions tonight rocking gaza. Were also getting new insight about the expected Ground Invasion of gaza by israeli troops will look like or might look like. Israels Defense Minister saying it will require destroying a vast network of tunnels and the campaign will be long and difficult. Senior correspondent mike tobin is in Southern Israel again tonight with the latest. Good evening, mike. Mike good evening, bret. An adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says hamas will
right now on ana cabrera reports, live on the line in gaza s largest hospital, a warning that al shifa hospital is no longer functioning. doctors say patients including newborns have died since the power went out. i ll talk to a senior adviser to israel s prime minister about the crisis and a potential deal to release hostages held by hamas. plus, a double dose of don jr. the former president eeps eldest son is back on the stand. we have details on the trump family s defense. later, tim scott out of the 2024 presidential race. does the resuccessful turn up the pressure on donald trump? thanks for joining us, it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. dire warnings from gaza, the largest hospital in gaza has stopped functioning after three days without power according to the world health organization. doctors at al shifa hospital says at least three but northerns have died there because they didn t have the electricity to keep them alive. also tracking a potential new deal to