go go go go. just horrifying. terrifying. right. that was the intense scene in times square. i m don lemon. you can see poppy is here, kaitlan is off, lucky kaitlan, she s on assignment. good to see you. did you have a good new year s? i wore my sparkles for you. you were so good and sparkly in new orleans with your three children. it was great to be with family. you know that s everything over the holidays. we have to talk about what s happened over the new years. there was a new year s eve attack on police at times square just hours before midnight. who investigators have in custody. plus a one in a century floor fight looms as kevin mccarthy s speaker bid faces its final hurdle but will the concessions be enough to win over the never kevin crew. and the ph.d. student in criminal justice accused of killing four idaho students could be headed back to idaho soon. we have to start with this. new details coming in on the new year s eve machete attack in times
mccarthy is scrambling to gain the votes he needs to be speaker even after making major concessions this weekend, it still might not be enough. the suspect in the machete attack on three police officers in times square,vestigators dis handwritten diary. what it says. plus this. eight and a half years for the organizer to kidnap and kill me, that s a significant sense. we have gretchen whitmer s reaction to the sentences handed to the man who plotted to kidnap her. hear what she told our own kaitlan collins. let s begin in washington. house republican leader kevin mccarthy will be taking the race for speaker to the floor officially tomorrow in what could be the most dramatic house speaker election. he s made a number of concessions so try to get the number of votes to succeed nancy pelosi. will we see the first floor fight as it s called in 100 years. let s turn to harry inton. what do you think? let s talk math. right now the gop s 2023 majority is 222, seats majori