the cnn newsroom on this new year s day. we have a major development on that bizarre attack that unfolded near last night s new year s 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 19-year-old suspect was carrying some of his writings and his radical views. what have you learned, gloria? that s right, pamela. good evening. we ve been trying to learn more about this suspect as you said, a 19-year-old 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. that s 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 satur
angeles and san francisco and new york city? there was also the related issue of the soft on crime soros-backed district attorneys. larry crasser in in philadelphia. george ghast toen in los angeles. san francisco s jessica dean ended up being recalled in june. crime remains an arsenal. for a while i thought it would dominate the cycle but in january the football bounced again to baby formula. that month began an ever worsening supply of formula after a recall plant shutdown and supply chain issues but in february, putin surprised the world with the invasion of ukraine around the global and america many offered to help. would that war affect voters in november? or would it be a domestic cultural war because in march florida s governor desantis signed into law the bidding war for sexual identity from kindergarten through third grade. and when disney s ceo denounced the law the company became a lightning rod and desantis invoked revoked the special tax status. and but then in m
detectives ruled it a suicide, but was it? at the scene knives, rose, a cryptic phrase. her hands were tied, she was naked. this was sending a message. that wasn t the only suspicious death here. no mom wants to hear that her son was a victim of a homicide. something happened at the top of the stairs. what really went on in that mansion. hear from the man at the center in his first television interview. you thought you had nothing to hide? i knew i had nothing to hide. the worst shock in probably my entire life. hello and welcome to dateline. victims families have often described their feeling of loss simply as surreal. and so it was for both of the shacknai and the zahau families, their tragedies were entangled in one rivetting mystery that enthralled the nation. at the center of the story to puzzling deaths and lingering suspicions. the search for the truth would pit the families against each other in a battle sparki
politicsnation. tonight s lead, 100 days to election. a lot is on the line. who will take control? right now, america s going towards a milestone election. the culmination of a mid term cycle defying uncertainty of over the economic shocks still really roaring or nation. over the supreme s court decision overturning roe versus wade. and the political upheaval still playing out over a year after the january 6th insurrection. the struggle is real for democrats trying to hold on to their majorities in the senate, and in congress. both of which hanging by a thread while the biden administration has to fight off out from midterms, trying to promote its and the parties considerable accomplishments despite the president s dismal approval ratings. the injuring influence of president trump and his big lie on the republican side. hanging in the balance, the future of the congressional january 6th investigation, republicans having vowed to dissolve it, along with the biden legacy to
the ground ahead and missile strikes across ukraine leaving destruction and injured. we ll have a live report from kyiv. the funeral for japan s shinzo abe will be held next week. a wake is scheduled for monday with his memorial service set for the next day. a hearse carrying the former prime minister s body arrived at his tokyo home a few hours ago. hundreds of mourners lined the streets outside. just one day earlier abe was giving a campaign speech in western japan when he was shot at close range with a homemade gun by a man. police found several crude guns made from metal pipes and other materials. under japan s strict gun laws, it s very difficult for citizens to own guns. the dockers tried to say about abe but say his blood loss was just too great. he was the longest-serving figure and a world known figure on stage. blake is covering this for us. reporter: earlier the body of shinzo abe accompanied by his wife arrived back here at his home in tokyo located just down