go go go go. just horrifying. terrifying. right. that was the intense scene in times square. i m don lemon. you can see poppy is here, kaitlan is off, lucky kaitlan, she s on assignment. good to see you. did you have a good new year s? i wore my sparkles for you. you were so good and sparkly in new orleans with your three children. it was great to be with family. you know that s everything over the holidays. we have to talk about what s happened over the new years. there was a new year s eve attack on police at times square just hours before midnight. who investigators have in custody. plus a one in a century floor fight looms as kevin mccarthy s speaker bid faces its final hurdle but will the concessions be enough to win over the never kevin crew. and the ph.d. student in criminal justice accused of killing four idaho students could be headed back to idaho soon. we have to start with this. new details coming in on the new year s eve machete attack in times
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
it, it s today. good to see you. kaitlan is on assignment. so we re going to start with catching you up on the five big stories on cnn this morning. we re looking more about the suspect in the new year s eve machete attack. sources say the 19-year-old wrote of his desire to join the taliban in afghanistan and diaz a martyr. he s currently in custody in a new york city hospital where he s recovering from a gunshot wond. the three officers injured in the machete attack have all been treated and released. also, this morning, the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students will appear in a pennsylvania court tomorrow. his name is bryan kohberger. he faces four counts of first degree murder and a charge of burglary in moscow, idaho. he s accused of killing four college students as they slept in their home in idaho. we ll speak to one of the students who was in one of his classes, co-burger s classes. he ll join us in a minute. tens of thousands of mour
you. i m jim sciutto. a busy day on this monday. the first day of the new year. new details about the 19-year-old suspect who is accused of attacking three nypd officers in times square on new year s eve. we re learning he was interviewed by the fbi and also on a terrorist watch list. officials say in his diary he detailed a desire to join the taliban and to die a martyr. and the man arrested in connection with those brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students set to make his first court appearance. now his family is speaking out for the first time. i ve been in touch with his family. as you can imagine, the holidays brutal for them. the january 6th committee releasing a trove of new documents overnight detailing calls by president trump ahead of the insurrection. what sort of payment rudy giuliani requested for his post-election legal services and what the committee wanted to ask former chief of staff mark meadows in a deposition. more on that in a moment.
placed on a terrorist watch list. all of this after his family became increasingly concerned about his desire to travel to afghanistan and join the taliban. what this could all mean, particularly as he awaits charges. we re also learning more about the man arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students. his family underscoring his presumption of innocence in their first statement. he s set to make his first court appearance tomorrow. just ahead, we ll take a closer look at what the seals criminal complaint could tell us. let s begin with the latest in the investigation into the new year s eve machete attack here in nypd on three officers. gloria pass partlmeano joining live. and what more do we know? reporter: that is right, erica. we re learning more about trevor bicford, the 19-year-old man from maine who law enforcement tells us is believed to be behind this attack on three police officers on new year s eve as you mentioned. rig