mccarthy is scrambling to gain the votes he needs to be speaker even after making major concessions this weekend, it still might not be enough. the suspect in the machete attack on three police officers in times square,vestigators dis handwritten diary. what it says. plus this. eight and a half years for the organizer to kidnap and kill me, that s a significant sense. we have gretchen whitmer s reaction to the sentences handed to the man who plotted to kidnap her. hear what she told our own kaitlan collins. let s begin in washington. house republican leader kevin mccarthy will be taking the race for speaker to the floor officially tomorrow in what could be the most dramatic house speaker election. he s made a number of concessions so try to get the number of votes to succeed nancy pelosi. will we see the first floor fight as it s called in 100 years. let s turn to harry inton. what do you think? let s talk math. right now the gop s 2023 majority is 222, seats majori
three nypd officers injured. law enforcement tells cnn the suspect also carried a handwritten diary in which he wrote about his desire to join the taliban in afghanistan and desire to die as a martyr. john miller is here. it s terrifying. they work so hard to protect and fortify times square for new year s eve and this what s. what do we make of what we know so far? is this potential motive? i think based on the diary and based on the travels of trevor bickford, it looks like he intended to go to times square to commit this act, and that he intended to target police. listen do they we know that nypd is the best at this, best at terrorism and all these attacks. how do you plan for something like this, someone coming to swing a machete at your head, you know? it s something that they ve seen before. if you go back just a few years