it, it s today. good to see you. kaitlan is on assignment. so we re going to start with catching you up on the five big stories on cnn this morning. we re looking more about the suspect in the new year s eve machete attack. sources say the 19-year-old wrote of his desire to join the taliban in afghanistan and diaz a martyr. he s currently in custody in a new york city hospital where he s recovering from a gunshot wond. the three officers injured in the machete attack have all been treated and released. also, this morning, the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students will appear in a pennsylvania court tomorrow. his name is bryan kohberger. he faces four counts of first degree murder and a charge of burglary in moscow, idaho. he s accused of killing four college students as they slept in their home in idaho. we ll speak to one of the students who was in one of his classes, co-burger s classes. he ll join us in a minute. tens of thousands of mour
the tradition for outgoing leaders to be present at the transfer of power ceremony. the suspect in the murder of four university of idaho students will appear in court today. bryan kohberger faces four counts of first degree murder. accused of stabbing those four college students in november at the rental home they shared. police arrested him in his home state of pennsylvania. that s where we find our colleague jean casarez who joins us live outside the jail where he s currently being held. good morning, jean. so much happened on this over the weekend. we re hearing from the suspect s family and also the attorney, the public defender that he s been appointed. what have you learned. reporter: that is correct. we are getting word from his family now. they have released a statement to cnn. we d like to read that statement to you. it says, first and foremost, we care deeply for the four families who have lost their
Fire Chief Gerard "Jerry" Forte retired on Oct. 14 in a Transfer of Power Ceremony. After many awards, words and tears in his honor, Forte officially signed
replaced but he s out of power now. not out of sight. on monday morning he said he would work to take down the government quickly. a government he called weak and dangerous. we have a very strong opposition and we will work together to overthrow this fraudulent government very quickly. reporter: netanyahu refused the public transfer of power ceremony. a snub reminiscent of former president donald trump. he met bennett in private. bennett s government began working immediately holding the first cabinet meeting late sunday night. this is the most diverse coalition in the country s history. eight different parties including first arab party to join the government. we will act together with partnership and responsibility to mend the tear within the people and bring the country immediately to orderly functioning after a long period of paralysis. reporter: now that bennett is prime minister, the first mission is accomplished. he s replaced benjamin netanyahu
afghanistan at a transfer of power ceremony this independence day. joining us live from kabul is conor powell. tell us what s happening here there at this hour, conor. well, alisyn, general petraeus now commands some 150,000 u.s. and international troops here in afghanistan. and he took command during a fairly subdued change of command ceremony reflecting sort of the turmoil and chaos over the past couple weeks here at the nato command. now general petraeus paid respect and honor and praised his former commander here general stanley mcchrystal saying that he will continue to do the work that general stanley mcchrystal started. he also reiterated that the strategy in place here, protecting afghan civilians will continue. we must demonstrate to the people and taliban that afghan and isap forces are here to safeguard the afghan people and that we are in this to win. that is our clear objective.