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newsroom. i m paula reed in washington in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a machete attack on three police officers in times square. the attack unfolded outside a security screening zone set up for last night s festivities. police say the man wielding the machete was just 19 years old. fortunately, all three officers injured are in stable condition. cnn s correspondent is following this story from new york city. gloria, what else do we know about this violent attack? reporter: certainly a trosh f terrifying attack for these three officers. one of the officers just graduating the police academy last week. this happened, as you mentioned, outside of a security zone because everyone who goes to times square to watch the new year s eve ball drop has to go through these screening points for this reason. they are being checked for weapons, items not permitted into this event. and that is where police say a 19-year-old male approached these officers completely unp ....
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m paula reid in washington. new details this hour about the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students in their beds seven weeks away. cnn has learned his father was with him as he dropped across country for the holidays after the crime took place. police began tracking them at some point during the trip. the suspect is now charged with four counts of murder in the first degrees. he s expected to waive extradition and return to idaho. cnn s jean coasarez is there. reporter: when i spot to hi attorney, he told me he believes they arrived in pennsylvania, the home their home, about december 17th. well, cnn has also spoken with someone and actually corroborated with two people that, along the trip, but it was in pennsylvania, that on december 16th, that they were at an auto repair shop. this person tells cnn they were getting some work done on the hyundai elantra. that s the white car, and that the suspect t ....
cnn has learned bryan kohberger, the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students, was with his father as he drove cross-country from washington state to pennsylvania before the holidays. police began tracking them at some point during the trip. the four students were stabbed to death in their beds in november. kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in the first degree as well as felony burglary. cnn s jean casarez is in pennsylvania. jean, what else are you learning? reporter: we re learning a little bit more about that trip and we do want to say there is nothing we have learned that his father knew anything about what was happening allegedly with his son in idaho. it s a long drive from idaho, washington, here to pennsylvania. so common sense would say that sometimes it s better to have two people. we do understand that his father flew to the west coast, met his son. it was because it was the holidays. the doctoral courses, school was ou ....
it s december 31st. i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. good morning. good to be with you. i m amara walker. thank you for spending part of this final day of 2022 with us. we re following breaking news. pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. his health had been faming prompting pope francis to ask for prayers. for the first time in modern history, pope benedict resigned, which paved the way for pope francis to take control of the catholic church. cnn cnn s deana gallagher has more. a german childhood, he lived in the shadows of hitler s nazi regime, he was referred to as god s rottweiler. years caused accomplishments to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world to go with a zero carbon footprint and bringing in electric vehicles including a hybrid popemobile. he was cardinal and pope dur the year whence the catholic church sex scandals came to light. it was too little too late for some, but ....