line before he came here to the new york city area to potentially target officers on years eve. cory, as you can imagine, this place was bustling, it was packed. tens of thousands of people here at the times square area. there were certainly a lot of chaos shortly after this knife attack. officials are saying they were able to secure the area quickly. and then they carried out this press conference earlier this morning with an update. take a listen. one officer, any year veteran, suffered a laceration to the head. the second officer who graduated police academy on friday was also struck in the head. resulting in a skull fletcher and large lacerations. one of the officers fired their service weapon. striking the subject of these shoulder. the three officers removed to bellevue hospital rivalry for to report that they are in stable condition. cory, we are still waiting for an update on those officers. but they are expected to survive. officials are saying that there is no l
in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat lying about everything for his family history to his finances. we ll talk to another new yorker, democratic congressman richie torres, with reprising which insulation to make in a crime for candidates to lie. in the new year brings new concerns about a new variant. new covid variant. according to the cdc. it now presents over 40% new cases. well astronauts prior to what we should do to protect our family and ourselves. we bring with you begin with you with some for some breaking news out of new york city. where three police officers were injured in a machete attack
they close. president biden and vice president harris are with several candidates tonight in maryland for a rally to begin in about an hour. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in maryland tonight with the latest. good evening, jacqui. [cheers] good evening, bret. president biden is making his final midterm push in safe democratic territory after rallying his base in a pair of virtual dnc receptions. conveying optimism about democrats chances but warning as he has before that fundamental rights and freedoms are in jeopardy if maga republicans win. the final midterm message from the white house returns to top voter issues. independent economists are warning that republicans in congress want to worsen inflation. but only after the president, his democratic predecessor and democratic surrogate spent the weekend barn storming the country with fire and brimstone warning about what is at stake. president obama in arizona. if you have election deniers serving
was first at nbc and then at abc. but, you know, she lived for her work. she absolutely lived for her work and that was everything to her. and she didn t particularly enjoy the vacations. she would go up on vacation and complain how she would get board because she couldn t wait to come back. typical journalist. i think when she finally left television, she just i don t i mean, i think she just didn t want to live anymore. and i haven t barbara was one of my closest friends and i haven t seen her in at least five or six years. and she once she left television, we had one really long lunch and she was very sad and she didn t talk much and it was very quiet and she hugged me. it was right around the corner from her house and she called me darling and sweet heart and we hugged and she said good-bye. she was using a cane and i never saw her again and she stopped answering phone calls from everybody, even her closest friends. and i mean, i would check in like i d email
a co-host of 20/20. then in 1998 she launched the view which is of course still on the air. in a statement barbara walter s spokesperson confirmed the news anchor s death, quote, barbara walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. she lived her life with no regrets. she was a trailblazer not only for fell mail journalists but all women. that s what the statement said. we have so much to talk about with barbara walters and how she impacted all of us journalists. joining me now is john miller. he coanchored 20/20 with barbara walters. sad news. she was 93. obviously she lived a life, but she anyone who is i d say 40 or above who s gone into journalism did it on the shoulders of barbara walters in some way. well, that s true. and i mean barbara walters didn t just break the glass ceiling. she broke through she caused the collapse of the glass building. and thee did it one step at a time through her career. remember she was on the today show a