counterterrorism task force knew the 19-year-old suspect had been radicalized into islamic extremism and had been watching them for weeks leading up to the machete attack on three officers in times square on new year s eve. molly: furious city officials saying the world-famous ball drop would never have become a target if the fbi hadn t dropped a ball on its own. the failure is that this is the umpteenth time we have heard the fbi say this person is on our radar. if someone is under suspicion of terrorism, that s a good reason for them to follow someone. the wind as the radar screen turned into scrambling the fighter jets? molly: and moments ago police announcing the suspect is being charged with attempted murder. just as correspondent david spunt has these breaking details. david? molly, members of law enforcement always plan for every possible scenario, especially for an event and the like new year s eve. but there are questions about the readiness, especially becau
Brighten up there with sunshine. Wednesday morning, frost. And by this stage, fog. Tributes to the singer George Michael one of the biggest stars in British Music who has died at the age of 53. Todays other news russia begins a day of National Mourning for those who died when a Military Plane crashed into the black sea. Will Boxing Day Sales deliver . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. One of the biggest pop stars of the 80s and 90s, George Michael, has died. He was 53, and is believed to have had Heart Failure. He rose to fame as one half of the group, wham and went on to have a successful solo career. He sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. Nick quraishi looks back at his life. His popularity was not limited to his fans. Fellow musicians were equally overwhelmed by his talent. Here he is rehearsing for the 1992 Freddie Mercury tribute concert. According to his publicist, he passed away peacefully on christmas day. He died of Heart Failure. Andrew ridgely
that the father of kohberger flew out here to moscow, idaho, and drove back across country in that white elantra, hyundai. i found it troubling that, initially, the authorities knew about this white vehicle two days after the crimes were committed, and they didn t put out anything until december the 7th. i thought they should have put out information earlier. but that vehicle, while it may very well be back in pennsylvania, the authorities have confiscated that vehicle. they are doing a scrap of that vehicle, and that vehicle, i can assure you, molly, may very well give them a lot of information, because there was a great deal of blood at this crime scene over my shoulder, and quite naturally he would have been covered in blood. i would have to believe that,
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in the works for some time, fredricka, and we now know over the course of the past hour it s going to be taking place on december the 7th. so on tuesday. tuesday evening moscow time, is what the kremlin said to me. around now in a couple of days from now. we also know that it s going to be a virtual summit. it s going to essentially be a video call between president biden and putin, vladimir putin of russia, of course. and that they are going to be focused front and center on the pending issue of ukraine and that extremely worrying buildup of russian forces near the border of ukraine in russian territory for the most part, but also in annex territory as well. tens of thousands of troops gathered there at the homoment. the latest u.s. intel just reported could be up to 175,000 russian troop there s put in place for any plan to invade