welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kristin fisher in for christine romans. disturbing new details about the suspect accused of attacking three new york city police officers with a machete in times square on new year s eve. the officers have now been treated and released from the hospital. last night investigators searched the teen suspect s home in an ocean resort town in maine. more from new york. reporter: we re learning more about the suspect behind the attack on three officers at the new year eve celebration. we can now confirm the suspect is trevor bickford. 19 years old from wales, maine. that s according to multiple law enforcement sources who also tell cnn he was carrying a handwritten diary and in it he expressed his desire to join the taliban in afghanistan and die as a martyr. investigators also believe bickford arrived in new york city on thursday and checked into a hotel in the lower east side. he then traveled to the times sq
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.
square. kevin mckacarthy s quest to become house speaker, and the time is running out before the vote. and a green light to treat an experimental drug for alzheimer s. that is what we re watching at this hour. hi, everyone, i m jessica dean in washington in for kate bolduan today. and we begin with new developments in the investigation into a machete attack near times square on new year s eve. cnn has learned that the 19-year-old suspect was added to a terrorist watch list more than two weeks before at tack. which injured three nypd officers. sourcing tell cnn fib agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew more concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. we begin our coverage with cnn s gloria who is live in times square with the latest. and we learned the suspect was carrying a diary with him. what did authorities find inside? reporter: that is right, jessica. we ve been learning more about trevor bicford, 1
kevin mccarthy keeps making concessions and republican insurgents say not enough and humiliating mccarthy by denying him the gavel. and the 19-year-old who attacked three new york police officers with a machete new years eve wanted to become a taliban martyr. and this from one of donald trump s most trusted aides, we all look like domestic terrorists now. revealing a realtime reaction from senators and others as the mob laid siege of the united states capitol. and who s on first among house republicans, except it isn t funny because of the giant issues the country faces as nancy pelosi and democrats yield to the new and narrow gop majority. today kevin mccarthy s title remains house republican leader. by this time tomorrow his hope is to be the speaker of the house. to wield the gavel, to be second in line to the presidency, but despite years of planning and campaigning for this it very moment, mccarthy is still short votes and even some allies see mccarthy s math pro
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