hello, everyone, and happy new year. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. we re following several different developments into a machete attack in times square on new year s eve. moments ago the 19-year-old suspect was arrested for attempted murder and assault of police officers. cnn has also learned that the suspect was added to a terrorist watch list just a few weeks before the attack. sources tell cnn that fbi agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. let s bring in glroria pasmina from times square. the suspect has opinion arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and two counts of attempted assault. the suspect remains in the hospital. he was injured during the attack. a police officer did fire his service weapon energy him on the should, and he remains at this hour under police guard at the hospital. let me tell you what
we ve seen. the bags have not gone away, and southwest tells us it s still working on reuniting passengers with their unclaimed bags. it s not just here at reagan national airport, but also other places. we hope those bags get ato their owners soon. thank you so much. it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. happy new year, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. well, the father of one of the murdered college students in idaho is responding to the arrest of his daughter s accused killer. you will be hearing from steve goncalves in just a few moments, but the suspect, bryan kohberger is expected to waive extradition in pennsylvania, his home state. he was arrested there friday. kohberger, a graduate student in criminology attends washington state university in pullman which is a 15-minute drive from moscow, idaho. that s where on november 13th, police found the bloodied bodies of 20-year-old ethan chapin, xana kernodle, madison mogen, and kaylee goncalves. many students have
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