documents folded up? and one of biden s old bicycle basket s million or maybe stuffed in one of his dogsdogs beds? i mean , anything s possible. and during a week when the biden administration has hoped had hoped to be celebrating lower inflation numbers, it s insteambers,d havg to make inconvenient announcements. now, just look at the pained expression on merrick garlan md face today when he announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate biden suo possession of classified documents. now, garland was painted intofter a corner here first after the u.s. attorney investigating this matter recommended a special counsel. what was he going to do? sec buont second, because he appointed one and the trump matter and august, the doj seized on trump stories of classified documents at tha mar-a-lago, claiming that this raised serious questions overpb everything from possible criminal wrongdoing to compromis wrongdoe intel sos to even treason. but understand this. merrick g
square. kevin mckacarthy s quest to become house speaker, and the time is running out before the vote. and a green light to treat an experimental drug for alzheimer s. that is what we re watching at this hour. hi, everyone, i m jessica dean in washington in for kate bolduan today. and we begin with new developments in the investigation into a machete attack near times square on new year s eve. cnn has learned that the 19-year-old suspect was added to a terrorist watch list more than two weeks before at tack. which injured three nypd officers. sourcing tell cnn fib agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew more concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. we begin our coverage with cnn s gloria who is live in times square with the latest. and we learned the suspect was carrying a diary with him. what did authorities find inside? reporter: that is right, jessica. we ve been learning more about trevor bicford, 1
in the vatican. and looking ahead to the inevitably stressful cooking of christmas dinners we get tips from a chef from inside his restaurant kitchen. hello and welcome to bbc news. an icy blast is affecting nearly 250 million people in the us and canada, as one of the most severe winter storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. more than 1.5 million american households and businesses are without electricity and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the bbc s nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these
are so many on the west coast, even the midwest, feeling new pain of the pump? fox news @ night investigates why some areas are actually seeing prices rise. i know if nancy pelosi was no longer here there would be a lot of democrats that would feel free to do exactly what they know is best: vote for a secure border and work with us to have a bill on immigration reform. trace: what do democrats really think about border security? we asked some of them, including dhs secretary mallorca s. bill melugin joins us. fresh reaction from jim jordan about the ongoing crisis that are seven border. taking one for the team, that s what a democratic senate candidate said about steve scalise after the house republican was shot nearly killed at a congressional base for practice. our panel will have a lot to say about that later. we begin with the white house in cleanup mode following controversial remarks from vp kamala harris. white house white house corresponding kevin corke gets us
after he made allegations in a whistleblower complaint. he was strip of his gun and badge, and removed from the daytona beach fbi field office. that sounds like fun, getting stripped at the daytona beach feel office. i guess as far as the fbi is concerned he s been unfriended. see what i did there with his name? because his name s friend. i think that s a courtesy laugh on yor part, bat i ll let it go. now, you can keep doing it, aren t you? don t you remember the whistleblower protection act? that was such a big deal when all the anonymous sneakers were coming after trump. now it gets ignored like tinder dating profile. very lean guy. laughing through the tears. n. friend was declared absent without leave because he wouldn t take part in a swat raid that hey considered excessive force agents the january 6 folks accused of misdemeans. in a way it s like being punished for refusing to take part in a home invasion. but because friend missed off the wrong people he was gone fast