Attempted to strike him. The male then struck two additional officers in the head with a machete. This is another reminder of what our officers face. Brian kohberger remains right here at the correctional facility. These murders have shaken our community. If he is not guilty of a crime, then i frankly fear for the future of this country. Touch down this was the best semifinal day weve ever seen in the College Football playoff era. Georgia bull dogs edging out ohio state here in atlanta. Im pamela brown in washington. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day, first day of 2023. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Well, new developments tonight in the idaho murder investigat investigation. For the first time were hear from the parents of the suspect in this case. Hes facing four counts of first degree murder in the brutal slayings of four Young Students at the University Of Idaho november 13th. His arrest is no doubt a relief for a community that has been living in a state of fear for weeks, but it is clearly a shock to kohbergers family. Cnns Jeanne Cusuarez in pennsylvania with the very latest. Tell us more about what the family is saying. Reporter hi, pamela. I will. Ive got the statement and i want you to hear it. The attorney for Bryan Kohberger told me his family is not allowed to visit him at the correctional facility, which is where hes housed right behind me. The last time they did see him were the Early Morning hours friday because he was arrested at the family home. His attorney tells me his father was the one that actually answered the door. They have now released that statement and i want to read it to you. It says first and foremost we are deeply we care deeply for the four families who have lost their precious children. There are no words that can adequately express the sadness we feel, and we pray each day for them. We will continue to let the Legal Process unfold, and as a family we will love and support our son and brother. We have fully cooperated with Law Enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his Presumption Of Innocence rather than judge unknown facts and make erroneous assumptions. We respect privacy in this matter as our family and the families suffering loss can move forward through the Legal Process. And that Legal Process will continue tuesday, 3 00 p. M. Eastern time. It is the Extradition Hearing that will be right here in North Eastern pennsylvania. And we do understand through his attorney that he will waive extradition so he can be expedited back to idaho. And what is kohbergers attorney saying now about the chargers against him . Well, this is his first and his only attorney at this point until he arrives in idaho. And of course that constitutional right that youre innocent until Proven Guilty is at the foremost of what he talks about. But he also says that his client is doing relatively well under the circumstances. Now, your client is highly educated, very intelligent. He has to appreciate the seriousness of what is happening right now. Oh, absolutely. He is very intelligent. In my hour conversation with him, that comes off. I can tell that. And he understands where we are right now. Have you spoken to his family at all, their reaction here in North Eastern pennsylvania . I have spoken to his family last night. They have my Cellphone Number now, so they contacted me last night. I spoke to them for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Theyre also very shocked, out of character for bryan. Theyre really in awe over everything thats going on. Reporter now, maybe his family is not being allowed to go visit him while he is in the local jail here, but the fact is that a courtroom is for the public, and on tuesday he will be in that public courtroom for that hearing, and his family if they choose will have a right to be in there. Pamela . Jean casarez, thank you very much. I want to turn now to former secret Service Agent jonathan lackro. No surprise the family is reminding people their son is innocent until Proven Guilty. What more could we learn from that . Were going to learn a lot from that probable cause statement once its released. You have to think this is a very complex investigation that started back with the crime scene processing, which was very difficult. We had four victims, multiple features at that crime scene, the collection of forensic evidence at the time. So all of the pieces that we have questions on that are lingering are going to start to be put together once we read that affidavit. Were going to get clearer insight as to the connection of the dna evidence and how that was linked directly to this suspect and potentially the techniques that they utilized to make that linkage. So were going to, you know, garner a lot of information, but i think theres an important point here that Law Enforcement is still asking for the publics assistance with this individual. So theres still things that are outstanding. Theres calls by Law Enforcement both state and federal, you know, for the publics assistance pursuant to this suspect. You know, any bit of information whether it was a sighting behavior, connections, interaction. All of that becomes critically important, you know, in furtherance of this ongoing investigation. What do you make of the fact, though, that they were pleading with the public to provide tips after the suspect was arrested . Does that tell you that they still have a lot to learn about this guy . Yeah, i think we do. And, again, this is i know people are frustrated its been over 7 weeks and now they have the suspect, but this is a very complex investigation. And Law Enforcement both from the local standpoint but also the federal partners have been dealing with almost 20,000 tips right now, conducted over 3 p00 interviews. So just getting all of the information, theres still things that they need to follow up on, you know, potential sightings of this individual, patterns of behavior after the crime was committed, after theres going to be points of inflection in this investigation where theyre looking for the reaction of the suspect once information was released, specifically the information of the car. You know, what did the suspect do once the media was reporting on this vehicle . So theres a lot of things that still remain critical as part of this investigation. Thats why they need the publics help. And were told the suspect waived his Miranda Rights and spoke to idaho State Troopers and Pennsylvania State troopers for around 5 to 15 minutes before he requested an attorney. What do you think about that . Is that going to be a problem for prosecutors later . What kind of questions would Law Enforcement typically ask in that that tiny window in a case like this . Well, listen, every investigation is going to be different, every interaction with a suspect for the first time by investigators is going to be different, but what i would expect the investigators to, you know, key in on right away was trying to figure out was he a lone actor, was there anybody else involved . Again, Public Safety is still paramount for Law Enforcement. So they want to make sure that this is the only suspect and that he wasnt working in part of a larger group. Again, i cant speculate on any other questions they may have asked at the time, but he got his lawyer. So well understand a lot more once this affidavit comes out and we see him at his initial appearance. Investigators apparently found kohbergers dna at the crime scene. She drives a white hyundai e elantra, a car seen near the crime scene. What else do prosecutors need to make a case here . Listen, what theyre looking for right now as they execute the Search Warrants, theyre starting to look at the digital trace evidence potentially of this individual. Was he in connection of any one of these victims prior to the crime, you know, being committed . Was he stalking anybody . Was he making outraged Telephone Calls or emails . What was that linkage that ties him to these victims . Thats what theyre focused on right now as part of their investigation. And executing these Search Warrants at different locations for those Electronic Devices is going to garner a lot more information for investigators. John than wackrow, thank you so much. Happy new year to you. Further south in mobile, alabama, a Mass Shooting unfolded just minutes before midnight. A 24yearold man was killed and nine people were injured. And this happened a few blocks away from the citys down town new years eve celebrations. Cnns Naddia Ramirez joins us. Whats the latest . Reporter pamela, were hearing from the mayor of mobile, alabama. As you mentioned this happened right next to the Downtown Celebration to ring in the new year, so youre going to have people there of all ages that were really trying to just enjoy the holiday. But you can see in this video people are startled, some of them are running. This is right after hearing those shots fired. At least one person in is dead, a 24yearold man. Nine other people injured, and their ages range from 17 to 57. So that just shows you how many people in the diverse crowd that was out to try to enjoy this holiday celebration. Now, lets take a look at part of the statement that the mayor released just this evening saying like so many others i am outraged at the violence that occurred last night in downtown mobile. I am beyond disgusted that the actions of one or two individuals with suspect Gang Affiliations have taken a life, injured others, and tarnished what should have been a safe and fun event. And so here we are starting 2023 with this shooting happening in mobile, alabama, this investigation that is ongoing. Police tell us that they have detained several people. Theyre calling them witnesses, not persons of interest or suspects at this time, that theyre gathering information, andt that those nine people, pamela, who were injured, their injuries range from nonlife threatening to severe. So thats a variety of Different Things that could mean. What kind of injuries they sustained either gunshots, or maybe they were injured when people started fleeing. Were still working on getting all of those details, but we do know as of right now at least one person dead, nine others injure, and no arrests have been made. A somber start to the atoo year. Thank you. New details about a gop Conference Call that just wrapped up, what congressman Kevin Mccarthy is committing to a key concession in his attempt to become the next House Speaker. Were going to talk about that up next. Plus ill talk to a republican congressman. Will he work with President Biden and the new congress, and how does he see the fight for House Speaker playing out . And brazils new president takes the oath of office, so where was his predecessor . When theyre sick, they get comfortable anywhere and spread germs everywhere. Wherever they rest protection including the covid19 virus, on more surfaces than lysol disinftant spray. Lysol. What it tes to protect. Good checkup . No, great checkup. Nailed it again keep up the good work for great checkups, crest has you covered. 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And today he had a Conference Call with his members and he nounced hes going to agree to a major concession the right has been pushing for, and thats making it easier to topple the sitting speaker. Thats known as motion to vacate. Thats something the right had been pushing for, something moderates were really uneasy with. And now hes saying hes giving into this demand because he believes he needs it in order to become speaker. However, during the call there were some moderates who spoke up and they expressed their concern and frustration over this concession. They worry mccarthy has given away all this power for nothing and hes going to undermine his own authority. And they also asked him repeatedly are you going to be able to get the speaker votes now you agreed to this. He gave conflicting responses whether this is going to get him the speakership or not. And at one point congressman matt gaetz one of these five republicans considered a hard no vote on mccarthy spoke up and said hes still not backing mccarthy. The house is going to vote on tuesday on electing a sitting speaker. Were waiting to hear from those conservative hard liners whether this new rules package and all these new concessions mccarthy agreed to is going to move the needle at all. Mccarthys team is hoping things will fall into place, but theres a chance they still might have to negotiate even more, they might have to come down even lower on that threshold, so well have to see whether or not this will be enough to clench him the speakers gavel but things coming down to the wire here. And if it comes down even more that is something the moderates dont like, so well be keeping an eye on this. Melanie zunona, thank you. Lets discuss this with the congressman of ohio. First off, did you take part in this afternoons Conference Call . I wasnt on the call. I was traveling so i missed the call. I caught up with a few colleagues to catch the highlights and sounds like melanie summed up the call very similar to my colleagues. So what do you think . Here we are and its still not a sure bet that hes going to have the votes even though he made that key concession reducing the threshold required to force a floor vote on ousting the sitting speaker. Yeah, i think the thingthality you covered, you know, that some viewers may have glossed over is hes been negotiating for a while now, so theres been a list of basically a twopage list of requests from conservatives for a while. It took a long time to get to that. Individual members had their own dialogue with the speaker designate mccarthy, the current leader of our party. And hes worked very hard to get the votes. Hes worked very hard to earn the job as speaker, and well see whether this has placated the people that put out a list of demands. Hes gone really right up to the line. Hes concede said on virtually everything that was on that twopage document. So then as a member of the House Freedom caucus will the conservative holdouts in the house eventually back him, you think . Well, the Freedom Caucus doesnt have an official position on this. Rightch, but theres several members i think its four out of the five that are in the Freedom Caucus. Yeah, that are public. Frankly, theres been a much larger number and i think thats been alluded to. Theres five meeting publicly. There are people that have looked. Morgan griffon was one that went public this past week saying, hey, get some major concessions on the rules, say single topic bills that you cant appropriate money without an authorizing committee having authorized the appropriations. We have whole things that are like Zombie Agencies we keep cutting checks to theres no real authorization for in law. So there are things like that we really need to cleanup as a matter of course. So these rules are substantive, and they matter a lot to how the place functions, and i think, you know, while it hasnt been a onesided thing where Kevin Mccarthy has conceded every point in every way. We made Real Progress across the conference. And craw, there are people on either end a little dissatisfied. I think everyone feels its been transactional, and we look for a philosophy, kind of a mindset change. I think what we see on tuesday the 3rd theres a new Leadership Team in place. Weve got a bold agenda and were going to start Cleaning House beginning with our own house, get our own house in order. And then were going to turn our attention to the Executive Branch and Start Holding the Biden Administration accountable. Okay, really qui