newsroom. i m paula reed in washington in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a machete attack on three police officers in times square. the attack unfolded outside a security screening zone set up for last night s festivities. police say the man wielding the machete was just 19 years old. fortunately, all three officers injured are in stable condition. cnn s correspondent is following this story from new york city. gloria, what else do we know about this violent attack? reporter: certainly a trosh f terrifying attack for these three officers. one of the officers just graduating the police academy last week. this happened, as you mentioned, outside of a security zone because everyone who goes to times square to watch the new year s eve ball drop has to go through these screening points for this reason. they are being checked for weapons, items not permitted into this event. and that is where police say a 19-year-old male approached these officers completely unprovoke
your family, be with them. on wednesday. thank you so much. it was an honor to be your chair. it was great to keep it, warm but you keep it much more. i don t know but, that lets you later, have a good birthday to you. i would love to tell you. this is don lemon tonight. i m back, i m happy to be back and i have a new perspective as many people have. gonna come back for vacation. that really do have a new perspective. to some of the things that have been doing before about warning you about the trouble that our democracy is in and the importance of washington especially when it comes to each of these hearings are january 6th. this is not partisan. this is about our democracy. and saving our democracy. and fighting for documents to see. so as i ve said before, do not fall for the old okey dokey. you ve heard me say that. but right now, tonight, in the united states of america. it has never been more true. just go with me here. so don t fall for the old okey dokey. don t fa
say, listen, listen to what we re going to tell you. in addition to what we told you in the previous handful of hearings. listen to what we re going to tell you. watch what we re going to show you today. after he was told by officials on the federal level, inside the white house, on the state level, anybody who he could listen to, who actually knew what was going on, who had the evidence. especially bill barr, he just looked for people who would tell him what he wanted to hear. and then what today showed was that when he didn t get those people to help him, he turned to the people he knew would listen, his twitter followers, oath keepers. just to underline what we re seeing now, we re seeing, if you put the pictures back up, we re seeing images of some of the police officers that have already testified and specifically the one in the middle there, sergeant acalino. staff sergeant, a former u.s. army sergeant, iraq war veteran, who was so gravely wounded defending the capito
hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. unquote. now, one mig
candidate to declare victory any way. inflation jitters are turning into tremors on wall street. the dow has its worst day in nearly two years amid a crash in retail stocks. and a new report warns the world is coming closer to catastrophe as four key climate change indicators set new records. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. the fiercely contested republican senate primary in the key state of pennsylvania is likely to drag on for days while every last vote is tallied. it s a critical showdown that could affect which party controls the u.s. senate come november. tv personality doctor mehmet oz is holding on to a very narrow lead over establishment republican dave mccormick. just over 1200 votes separate them. the race could go either way and a recount is looming. but former president donald trump doesn t want to wait. he encouraged mehmet oz to declare victory now. we can see the path ahead. we can see vict