The cnn newsroom on this new years day. We have a Major Development on that bizarre attack that unfolded near last nights new years eve festivities in times square. Three new York City Police officers are recovering after an unprovoked attack by a man wielding a machete. Multiple Law Enforcement sources tell us the 19yearold suspect was carrying some of his writings and his radical views. What have you learned, gloria . Thats right, pamela. Good evening. Weve been trying to learn more about this suspect as you said, a 19yearold man. We can now tell you he was, in fact, carrying a hand written dillry. In it he expressed his desire to join the Taliban In Afghanistan and die as a martyr. Thats according to multiple Law Enforcement sources. Now, investigators believe the suspect arrived in New York City on thursday and he checked into a hotel in the leer east side. Investigators and sources also telling my colleague john miller that he traveled to times square on saturday. Thats when polic
is seeking to compel a lawyer for the former president to testify before the grand jury. according to a source familiar with the matter. prosecutors alleged in a sealed filing that they have evidence that some of trump s conversations with the attorney were in furtherance of a crime. the special counsel is reportedly asking a judge to invoke the crime fraud exception. and force an attorney to testify under oath about conversations between him and his client which in this case, would be evan corcoran and one donald trump. the new york times which was first to report the news at the special counsel is zeroing in on this quote, whether trump or his associates obstructed justice in failing to comply with demands to return a trove of government material he took with him from the white house upon leaving office, including hundreds of documents with classified markings. one potentially very important piece of evidence determining whether the ex-president or his attorneys obstructe
starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. new developments tonight in the idaho murder investigation. for the first time we are hearing from the parents of the suspect in this case. 28-year-old bryan kohberger. he is facing four counts of first-degree murder in the brutal slayings of four young students. it is a shock to his family. cnn s veronica miracle has more on what the family is saying today. reporter: pamela, that family put out a statement through his public defender. his attorney. this is according to cnn and here s what it reads. it says, first and foremost, we care deeply for the four families that lost their children. we pray each day for them. we ll continue to let the legal process unfold and as a family love and support our son and brother. we have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence rather than judge unknown facts and make assumptions. we respect privacy in the mat
sigh of relief when they realize much funding bill will move forward despite the far left s attempt to sink it. squad members refusing to back down on her and ty cobb positions by stalling the vote earlier. an republican congressman see police thinks that democrats will never be able to get rid of the defund stench. it s unreal that months into talking about helping the police, democrats still cannot stand up and support law enforcement. their party at its core is still embracing the defund the police idea, but it is very telling that the democrats will pay lip service to police but when it comes times to backing the blue they walk away. because they don t support the police. judge jeanine: why does this all matter? voters act republicans by a 23-point margin on dealing with crime. juices moderate suspend millions to appear tough on the issue. jim ryan knows that defunding the police is ridiculous. he is brought back $467 million to put good cops on the street. i trust
this is cnn breaking news. top of the hour, i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this busy saturday night. we are getting more details on tonight s breaking news about the fbi search for documents at the home of president joe biden in wilmington, delaware. the search was overseen by the office of trump-appointed u.s. attorney john lausch who has been handling the initial review of the justice department s probe into classified documents since robert hur is still transitioning to his role as special counsel. arlette saenz is back with us now. arlette, what is the latest? re arlette? we re going to go to our panel of experts as we wait for arlette. shan wu is here, an attorney. i want to get your thoughts on this significant development. there s the political aspect of this, there is the legal aspect of this. bottom line, it is significant that a sitting president s private residence was searched by the fbi and a fifth batch of classified documen