saturday in muncy new york, 50 miles to the north of new york city. the jewish community celebrating the 7th night of hanukkah. witnesses say a man bust into the home and started attacking people with a blade, a knife of some sort. the suspect is in custody. five people wound, two critically. the attacker apprehended a short time after that. new york's governor tweeted he was horrified by the mass stabbings and ordered the state's hate crime task force to investigate it. cnn's correspondent is live near the scene. polo sandoval on the scene. what more are you hearing about what happened inside the home and how the community is reacting? >> reporter: well, george, just the last few moments we have seen several emergency vehicles

clear the scene it could signal that the evidence gathering might be nearing an end. you can bet the investigation is certainly far from over. it is just beginning. the main key pieces of information we are hearing, the individual who is believed to be involved is in the custody of authorities. investigators are speaking to this individual. unfortunately we do not have a lot of information available on who that person is. that is information we could potentially get in the coming hours. moments of terror we saw plate out in a home, not far from where i'm standing. the building behind me that is partially lit is a synagogue. there is a residence next to that location. that is where authorities say this individual with a blade walked in as several jewish families were gathering celebrating the 7th night of hanukkah when he immediately began to stab several individuals. we know at least five people

were injured, taken to area hospitals. we're working to get you the latest on their conditions. the community here, already there is a certain level of resilience here. one of the individuals told me a little while ago that the rabbi that was hosting this hanukkah celebration after this incident took place went next door to the synagogue and continued celebrating hanukkah and lighting the candle. it goes to show the resilience that we are already seeing here just a few hours after the events took place. we are certainly left with questions about what happened tonight and most importantly, what can be done not just here but a i short drive from new york city to keep these kinds of actions from happening. as we have discussed before, we have seen a recent string of anti-semitic incidents reported in new york city, eight in just the last week. >> polo, i do want to read this

statement from the governor of new york, if we can bring the graphic to the fore. i am horrified by the stabbing of multiple people at a synagogue in rockland county tonight. we have zero tolerance for anti-semitism in new york and we will hold the attacker accountable to the fullest extent of the law. new york stands with the jewish community. the governor also saying he has ordered the state's hate crimes task force to look into this. it raises the question of whether this rises and will be considered a hate crime. >> reporter: right. absolutely. what we have seep, especially the last week, george, as we have been covering these incidents in new york city, is that growing call by members of the jewish community to want to feel safe as they are going about their daily lives. we have seen event after event, especially last week here where individuals, especially dressed in traditional clothing, are approached and in some cases

were even assaulted. we are hearing this growing call to do something. it no longer is enough to simply go on twitter and make these public statements and condemn these actions. again, this is what i'm hearing directly from members of the jewish community. they want more done. they want a concrete plan to keep things ike this from happening. again, of course we have to make clear this investigation is in its very early stages. we don't know what motivated this. as you made very clear, we do have members of the hate crimes task force of new york city, the fbi looking into this before they can officially classify it as a hate crime. but of course this is only about two and a half years after the events of new jersey when there was a shooting at a market. it was hatred towards law enforcement and the jewish community. 4:04 a.m. on the u.s. east

coast. you will learn more as we get the light of day and investigators share more about the suspect. before we go, i want to just touch on the context that you mentioned a minute ago. if we could bring the graphic to the fore again. it shows the many incidents that happened. december 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and the 28th. these incidents, many various different situations. but people are saying it's been a string of different things that have raised concern. some are asking weather enough is being done with the suspects involved. >> reporter: and many have happened in brooklyn. people appreciate the massive response we have seen from law enforcement in new york city. they are sending out uniformed police personnel to synagogues and neighborhoods to make

contact with members of the jewish community to make sure they feel safe. as we have heard time and time again, they feel perhaps that is not enough. they feel more focus should be on some of these individuals who are accused and potentially eve the crimes when reported have targeted the jewish community. those are numbersommunity feel will begin to rise. of course tonight is a reminder of what could potentially happen. i can't say it enough. this investigation is just starting. an individual who is currently is in custody believed to have taken part in this stabbing of at least five individuals who are currently in the hospital through this hanukkah celebration turning into a teur feig night. >> polo sandoval live in monsey,

new york. we'll stay in touch as you and your colleagues in the new york bureau continue to reach out to authorities there. we heard from a witness in the attack. one than said the rabbi had just lit a candle when the stranger burst into the home. >> i asked who is coming in in the middle of the night with an umbrella. while i was saying there he pulled it out and started to run into the big room on the left side. he was bleeding on his hand all over. i ran into the other room because i tried to save my life. i saw him run this way, so i ran out. two ladies came with me. they were so hysterical.

they are still hysterical right now. >> i got context tprb yosi, co-founder of the orthodox jewish affairs council. here's a built of that conversation. >> this is very important any time an attack take place at the scene, at the moment there is a strong response from media to shine a light on this event. that's the most important thing. after the attack, after the scene was cleared from the victims, you know what the rabbi did, went into his congregation next door and continued with the celebration. and that's the spirit that i'm proud to see and proud to point out. the orthodox community, people in the orthodox community will not be deterred by any type of attack, whether it's bigoted, anti-semitic, targeted or otherwise. >> the rabbi carried on, continued, even after it

happened. now the question, how will law enforcement handle this? i spoke with cedric alexander last year, former public safety director here in georgia and was a member of president barack obama's task force. >> this is a horrific case, one that certainly should not have happened and one in which i believe all of us as americans in this country regardless of who we are we find totally appalling and totally stand with this community there in new york and across the country. this is absolutely horrible. as far as law enforcement is concerned, you have one of the best agencies in the country, nypd, and others who are taking an active involvement and working with local law enforcement in monsey in order to identify those persons that

may be involved. even though there is one person is in custody, it is without a doubt their investigation is going to be broad. they are going to use all of their intelligence and support agencies around them and gather all the evidence and make sure that anyone, other individuals that may be involved in this, they are certainly going to seek them out and they will be found. but law enforcement have a tremendous job ahead of them. they continue to collect evidence and talk to witnesses, talk to victims and be a sharer of information with each other to make sure that whoever -- whoever else may have been behind this attack is certainly brought to justice. >> cedric, the questions are being raised whether this would rise to the level of a hate crime. help us understand, if you would, the definition of what it means to be a hate crime and

whether you think this would fit within that category. >> well, certainly those in the legal community are going to take a very strong look at the law in terms of what it states. and if this crime meets the elements of that law where an attack against a person or an individual, group of people as a result of their race, background, culture, whatever the case may happen to be, appears to be the targ. it is still early in this investigation. should they choose to file hate crime charges against this individual, it will be based on the statute there in new york in terms of how it's outlined. but you are going to see strong and swift and expert action take place in making sure and determining if this is indeed a hate crime, quad choices will be

filed. if it turns out it is not a hate crime or something else, it will certainly meet the elements of some type of crime, and justice will be sought after. >> cedric, i want to bring you into this context. i ask to bring to the fore the incidents that happened in the month of december where we understand attacks that have happened, and there has been people questioning criminal justice reform there in new york. some people saying not enough is being done to people who were involved, who perpetrated the a, ta. that is bound to in sue in days to come. >> i mean certainly as we look at criminal justice reform in that state and across this country, some concern is certainly being brought up by

local law enforcement in these communities who have to seek justice for those who are committing these crimes. it can be a double-edged sword. certainly we want to see reform take place in this country. but at the same time, we have to be absolutely certain and sure those who are a real danger to this community are not released back to the community. that's what you will hear a lot from law enforcement. in the state there and across the country. and it's also a certain for the entire judicial system. you also have some judges who have some very strong concerns as it relates to criminal justice reform. i cannot say we can apply that to this particular case. we don't know enough about the person who has been charged

tonight. but in a general context, as it relates to criminal justice reform, all of us want to be sure we are certain if someone is released abouting into the community, they are certainly not going to do harm to anyone else. that is a primary concern for law enforcement. they certainly do understand the frustration of seeing people who are being arrested and who may be released too early. so there's still a lot of conversation and discussion that is going on around this issue. and we've got to find some resolve to it so that communities across this country, as they are in the state of new york and anywhere else, people feel safe in their communities as we -- as the country continues to move towards reform as it relates to criminal justice. >> again, it was a hanukkah

celebration that was interrupted by violence. our coverage continues of the stabbing attack that happened inside a rabbi's home. plus, u.s. politics. the criticism aimed at the u.s. president after he attacks the alleged whistle-blower at the heart of the ukraine scandal in a new tweet storm. cnn live back right after this. laundry truths. do i need to pre-treat? nope! what even is this? it looks like cheese but it smells like barf. with tide pods, you don't need to worry. the pre-treaters are built in. nice! if it's got to be clean, it's got to be tide.

we're now on the breaking news we are following this hour. a stabbing at a rabbi's home in

new york city. police do have a suspect in custody. five people were stabbed when they came together to celebrate the seventh night of hanukkah. an orthodox jewish organization said they were all thhasidic je. natalie allen spoke with with evan bernstein. she asked how the jewish community is responding to this stabbing. >> i got here before the crime scene was kind of being established. i had the opportunity to talk with first responders and law enforcement and actually had an opportunity to meet the rabbi who is leading a celebration in his home and went across the street to his synagogue where he continued to celebrate the hanukkah holiday with his congregation.

despite the horrific acts that took place in his home really moments before. it has been a horrific time right now for this community talking with really so many community members. they are here on the street, around the crime scene, being sequestered off a few hundred yards away. law enforcement started making the crime scene, you know, less accessible. clearly more and more personal conversations about the immense amount of fear right now people are feeling that are openly orthodox. they know so many family members that live here in monsey have family in brooklyn and what took place there the past week. having the attack of anti-semitic terror that took place in jersey city where openly orthodox jews were murdered in cold blood.

now orthodox jews are feeling a tremendous amount of fear and want this to stop. this is a great amount of hate especially in brooklyn. monsey certainly has had it. it has been underreported in monsey. and now things are ramping up here clearly. we want law enforcement to do the best job they can. thank god they have already been able to make an arrest. but to have it happen during hanukkah at haeupb qaa celebration, all of these acts that have taken place over the holidays during hanukkah has been absolutely devastating for the jewish community here. >> and natalie asked about the anti-semitic issues. listen to this interview. >> traditionally the way people report, the way we get our information is people either

call us directly or especially now in the age of computer, they go online and report it online. we get most of our reports that way. a lot of members in the hasidic community don't have that type of technology readily available to them. also they are sometimes fearful of dealing with traditional law enforcement or even agencies like ours that have been around for over a hundred years. there is a disconnect. we're trying very, very hard to work with leadership in the communities so they feel comfortable to report. when you report to an organization like ours, it works directly with law enforcement. law enforcement then has a better picture of really what is taking place in a given community. this underreporting, people take it and don't do anything with it. they talk to their family. they don't report it. they don't report it to the police. they don't report it to anybody. it is like a tree falling in the woods. the more they report the more

resources they will get. they will make sure they get the resources and also with officials to make sure there is funding to help keep the communities secure. that is something we are trying very, very hard to do. people in the community the last few years he have said things have happened to them, horrific things have happened to them. and they just don't feel compelled to report it out of fear. we are working hard with leadership to turn that around and make it sororitying can be more accessible and open. . >> teams on the ground will continue to bring more information on what happened in new york as we learn more. turning now to a tragedy surrounding a u.s. college football playoff match. a small plane headed for the lsu/oklahoma game in atlanta crashed shortly before takeoff in louisiana. five of the six people on board

were killed. among the victims was a sports reporter who was also the daughter-in-law of one of the lsu coaches. the sports director of wvla attended the game and described how the deaths impacted that game. >> it's been tough. we're matriculating through the taith so many of course that cover this team and down there in new orleans. covered the saints and the tigers. when they walked out on the field, you could see it on the staff faces. it was visible. it's so tough to focus on what

you have to focus, and that's work. unfortunately after such an unfortunate loss, his daughter-in-law. but we did catch him coming out of the locker room with tears in his eyes. he was emotional on the field during practice -- i'm sorry, during the warmups. it has affected him. he's not usually one who likes to wear his emotions on his sleeve. but he certainly has today. >> the lone survivor of the plane is in critical condition. three people on the ground were also injured there. lsu's athletic director wrote, we are deeply saddened by the tragic events in lafayette today. the thoughts and prayers of the entire lsu family are with all the loved ones of those lost. the coach and his family ask for privacy as they mourn the loss

of his daughter-in-law. carley's endless joy and passion for life were infectious. it goes on to say she will be missed. >> now, to the impeachment of u.s. president donald trump. he has been spending the holiday season in florida, he is not taking any breaks when it comes to the process. the twitter account boiling over with angry tweets and retweets, including some reposted from bogus accounts. one named the alleged whistle-blower, whose complaint triggered the impeachment. even though that person's identity is protected by law. much of the president's anger had been directed at house speaker nancy pelosi. he has belittled her as crazy multiple times the past week. twitter said a glitch in the service is keeping some of his 68 million followers have seeing all the messages. the president's latest tweets have not been deleted.

besides playing golf, mr. trump is also speaking with guests a the his florida resort and getting their advice about the upcoming impeachment trial. kristen holmes has more from west palm beach. >> reporter: president trump may be physically here in florida, but his mind is clearly back home in washington and on impeachment. while he's been mixing and mingling with guests at mar-a-lago, we've been told he's been picking their brains asking who should be part of their defense team, what their defense should be. we have seen president trump on the golf course numerous times, we have seen him on twitter far more. attacking impeachment, democrats, and of course house speaker nancy pelosi. clearly the president is per tes turbed. a breakdown at an impasse between democrats and republicans on what exactly a fair trial would look like. the speaker would like some sort

of commitment from republicans, which she has yet to see. democrats believe a fair trial would include witnesses and documents. again, republicans have not conceded to that. so it will be interesting to see how it plays out given both parties have appeared to have dug in. they hoped it would play itself out. once it was back in session in early january it would feel political pressure to transmit those articles to the senate. however, take a listen to a top congressman who spoke to cnn. . >> i think we have to wait to some assurance that the trial is not going to be some sort of joke. . >> i'm talking extremes lear. like into february? >> that is possible, but i'm not going to get ahead of the speaker. . >> february is a long ways away. mitch mcconnell is now open to the idea of bringing the impeachment trial procedures and rules to the senate floor

without any democratic support. all he needs is a simple majority. one thing to keep your eye on is the more moderate republicans. are they going to be on board with the senate trials that have absolutely no democratic backing? kristen holmes, cnn. we continue covering the breaking news this hour out of new york state. a stabbing inside a rabbi's home. reaction is coming in from around the world. israeli lawmakers saying they are devastated by what happened and ask how authorities in the u.s. plan to get a grip on what looks to be a disturbing trend. cnn is live in jerusalem as the news continues after this break.

breaking news out of new york city. a stabbing attack inside a rabbi's home. welcome back to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. here's what we know at this point. police in monsey, new york, are on the scene of a mass stabbing during a hanukkah celebration. at least five were wounded during the attack, two critically wounded. a suspect is in custody at this hour. according to witnesses, 100 people came together inside the home of an orthodox jewish rabbi to celebrate the seventh night of hanukkah. the rabbi had just lit a candle when the attacker burst into the home. new york's governor ordered the state's hate crime task force to investigate the attack. the attack on saturday is the latest in a string of anti-semitic attacks. most of them happening inside new york city.

these are the incidents we're aware of. nguyen of them all in a week. the slurs, intimidation and violence, a disturbing trend. all of this after a deadly shooting earlier this month in jersey city. three people were killed inside a kosher supermarket when two suspects opened fire. reaction to this and several other incidents we're hearing from reaction from around the world. oren lieberman following from jerusalem at this hour. we understand the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is due to speak in cabinet. did he speak about this? >> reporter: the cabinet meeting running behind. israel's president was one of the first to weigh in early

sunday morning after the news broke. he said shocked and outraged by the terrible attack in new york. we are praying for the rapid recoveriy of those injured. the rise of anti-semitism is not just a jewish problem, and certainly not just the state of. we must work together to confront this evil, which is raising its head again and again. next mark is the 75th anvers of auschwitz. it will be marked by heads of state, including vladimir putin and a big conference on anti-semitism. their message is clear, it is a problem around the world, and it must be dealt with. meanwhile, the chair of the jewish agency taking it one step further. he said it begins with the jes but never ends with the jews. they are acting not only on the suspect in this case but anyone

they say who would raise their hand against jews in an anti-semitic attack. >> oren pointed out the most recent incidents in new york city and jersey city, and what happened in pittsburgh, and what happened in san diego. it is a sign of an emerging trend. >> reporter: it is. the festival of lights is becoming the festival of darkness. where they should be okay in their homes, these are the days where jes are being targeted. news broke right after the sabbath ended. this too on the seventh night of hanukkah is horrifying to prepare for the holiday. leaders are shocked trying to figure on it what they can do

beyond calling on american authorities to act. there is a sense of strength, spirit here. they said this will not stop jews in monsey from celebrating the final night of hanukkah in solidarity. . >> oren, we will stay in touch with you. we may hear from the israeli prime minister on what happened in new york state. still to come on "newsroom" live, a powerful winter storm is causing a big mess in parts of the united states. like icy weather in minnesota causing this bus to slide side ways down the treacherous road. more on conditions with derek van dam as the news continues. z. and even the $400 french cream. olay regenerist faced 131 premium products from 12 countries, over 10 years. olay's hydration was unbeaten every time.

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more on the breaking news we're following out of new york state. five people have been stand while pwraecelebrating the seve night of hanukkah inside a rabbi's home. a man burst into the home and pulled out a night. that is in monsey, north of new york city. they have a suspect in custody. we will bring you any new developments as we learn them weather, snow, ice, treacherous driving conditions. derek van dam is here to tell us about it. >> got a video that highlights it perfectly. i cannot get enough of this. this bus sliding side ways through a major intersection. this is out of a suburb of

minneapolis, minnesota, just southwest of the city. can you imagine having that fly by you? what is actually taking place here? that is clearly freezing rain that has taken place on the road. for freezing rain to occur, you need precipitation to fall in the form of rain. it falls through a bathroom layer of air. right at the surface of the air, there is a cold pool that forms. everything the rain touches freezes on contact. because that thin, shallow layer of air or atmosphere is below freezing. that's why freezing rain can be so dangerous. it has transitioned to all rain at the moment. look at the large cone of just snowfall taking place across the northern plains, upper midwest. that will continue through the rest of the weekend. we will focus on the northeast.

a broader scale you can see from north to south. it is tapping into moisture from this region. on the warm side of the storm, as the cold front marches eastward, it will trigger strong to severe storms. look out tupelo, jackson, montgomery, atlanta, nashville, charlotte, memphis. let's time this out. this is a rain event from chicago into the mid atlantic, even into new york by this afternoon and evening. you'll have rain. look at the shading of pink forming across boston, upstate new york, connecticut, vermont and new hampshire. we have the potential for a full-on ice storm for this part of new england. computer models are playing a bit of catchup. here's a look at the rain and snowfall totals in the plains and upper midwest. a potential for 8 to 12 inches of snow that will stphorpl

traffic. just outside the major coastal cities, we have ice storm warnings that have been hoisted. computer models indicating half an inch to three-quarters on the roadways. this is just in time for monday morning commutes to work. luckily it's a holiday season. so maybe not everybody working. but something to consider. now to the bushfires happening in australia. the prime minister scott morrison said volunteer firefighters will be compensated for fighting bushfires in new south wales. they have been capped at $4,100 to replace lost income. he faced criticism for previously side-stepping questions about paying them. now, more than a quarter million people have signed a petition to cancel the famous fireworks display in sydney for new year's. instead, they want the money to be used for the event to help fund firefighters. in the u.s. state of

california, a woman's cries for help may have saved her life after falling some 200 feet, or 60 meters, off a cliff. the woman was air-lifted to safety early friday after police started getting calls from people who heard her screaming from the bottom of a i cliff. the woman in her mid-30s. she was walking along a foot path when she fell down the cliff. she was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. the climate crisis, a measles outbreak, and the opioid epidemic all made news in 2019. our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta has a look back at the top health headlines of the year. >> reporter: some of the hottest temperatures on record and month after month of natural disasters, 2019 also showed us how climate change is directly impacting our health.

it also makes it so these plants have less of the good stuff, zinc, iron, protein. it's turning some of the best foods we humans have into junkier food. the cannabis craze is here to stay. as we reported in our documentary, week 5, this year was all about cbd. there have been remarkable stories of success as we have shown you, no medicine works for everyone, not even cbd. >> it wasn't the benefit that they were necessarily seeking. >> reporter: all of it underlining how much we still have to learn when it comes to cannabis. we also saw major recalls, including several popular heart medications including losartan. and a recall of tissue expanders and breast implants. they were found to have been linked to a rare cancer.

some of the best views of 2019 came in our fight against hiv-aids. president trump announced his commitment to ending the aids epidemic. >> my budget will ask democrats and republicans to make the needed commitment to eliminate the hiv epidemic in the united states within 10 years. >> reporter: scientists also discovered a new strain of hiv for the first time in nearly two decades. it doesn't pose a new threat but it did prove that the current testing for hiv continues to be effective. good news in new york city. they hit their hiv-aids target two years early. meaning now more than 90% of people who have hiv, are on treatment. i still can't believe this one. u.s. life expectancy continues to be on the decline. despite the fact that the united states spends more on health care per capita than any other country in the world, suicides,

alcohol-related illnesses, and drug overdoses are largely to blame. which brings us to the opioid epidemic. the odds of dying from open ed death in the united states are greater than dying in a vehicle crash. two ohio counties received a landmark settlement from a top drug maker and three major drug distributors. >> we need resources from the parties that caused this problem. they need to make it right. and that's the benchmark that this sets. >> reporter: the spotlight on the importance of vaccines continue to shine as the united states saw the largest measles outbreak since it was declared eliminated back in 2000. more than 1,200 cases confirmed across 30 states. still people out there are not getting vaccinated. i have said it before and i'll say it again.

antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest health concerns of our time. because it's creating these superbugs that have the ability to outsmart even our sphoeft certificate indicated. a landmark shows a person dies from one of the superbugs every 15 minutes in the united states. that's about 35,000 deaths every year from super bugs. in 2019, a story that started out as a cause for concern turned into a full-on outbreak. >> the cdc has narrowed its investigation into the vaping-linked lung disease. >> reporter: since the first report of a vaping-related link in august, all 50 states have been hit by this illness, including 2,000 that have been hospitaled and more than 50 deaths. >> the outbreak of death by

vaping is an emergency. young people are becoming critically ill and die. >> reporter: a cutting agent vitamin e acetate. how would you describe vaping in your school? >> it got kind of bad last year. some people did it too much. like a lot too much. and it escalated i think. >> reporter: the cdc says more than 6 million middle and high school students used a tobacco product this year. that's up from 4.9 million last year. and e-cigarettes were found to be the most common. while many organizations are pushing for a full-on ban now of flavored e-cigarettes, there are worries that a ban would hurt those who use these successfully as a smoking cessation tool. there have been big issues in

2019, as you can see. but a lot of possible solutions here as well. here's to 2020. and into the record books. how an american astronaut has set a new mark for time spent n space. ys? how did you find great-grandma's recipe? we're related to them? we're portuguese? i thought we were hungarian? grandpa, can you tell me the story again? behind every question is a story waiting to be discovered.

she sur passed the record set two years ago. christi paul got a chance to speak with her and what she think back seat her new place in history. >> to be up here so long is truly an honor. peggy is a mentor to me. it is a great reminder to try to make her proud and to do mentorship when i get home to sort of pay that back. i hope breaking the record is both good for outreach and also inspiration. >> i know you're not coming back until february. that is such a long time to be there. talk to me about what happens on a daily basis for you.

>> on board here we have similar lives to what you have on the ground. we come to work every day. they consist of a lot of things that bring benefits back to earth like the science that benefits life on earth, as well as a lot of maintenance and upgrades to keep the station running at its peak performance. in our off time, we spend time with each other, keeping in touch with family and friends. celebrating the holidays up here is a lot of fun. it is because it is so unique. it is an opportunity to bring traditions from our families at home on board and share them with our crewmates. that's what we did. we talked about how we spent time with our family and friends. it was a unique day. i felt i was part of the christmas celebration as well. it's a real special time up here.

>> you can follow her twitter page. she updates regularly there at astro underscore christina. a suspect is in custody after a knife attack against worshippers celebrating hanukkah. at least five people were wounded, two critically. this was the seventh night of hanukkah. about 100 people came together inside the home of an orthodox jewish rabbi in monsey, new york, when that happened. that is in rockland county, north of new york city. new york's governor ordered the hate crime task force to investigate the incident. that's the latest this hour. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. our breaking news coverage continues next hour with christi paul and victor blackwell. cnn "new day" is next.

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and one voice line for just $64.90 per month. call today. comcast business. beyond fast. 5:00 a.m. right now. we have breaking news out of rockland county, new york. >> five people were stashed in a knife attack during a hanukkah celebration. it happened late last night. all the victims were all hasidic jews. two are reported to be in critical condition. >> however, they do have a suspect in custody. 100 people were gathered to mark the seventh night of hanukkah. the rabbi had just lit a candle when the attacker came inside.