>> happy new year to all of our viewers around the world. i am michael holmes coming to you from seeing an headquarters in atlanta. i suspect has been arrested in the stabbing death of 4 idaho college students the investigation is far from over. more than 400 calls came in to

authorities after they announced the suspect was in custody and the chief said he doesn't regret his decision to remain tightlipped about the investigation despite many questions from the community. >> there has been such a sense of relief in this community now that the suspect has been arrested. it doesn't change the fact that role for gruesome murders took place in the safe town in this rural county, college community but now that there has been an arrest we hear from people who feel such relief. a business owner came by to drop off a gift to the police department. this community has been impacted emotionally. everyone has been on edge but it has also impacted the economy. he is a business owner and his employees are students as are most of the businesses in this town. her other businesses who have been impacted where students have left because they

don't feel safe so they have been studying virtually so so many people are hoping this community comes together and students come back to class in the next couple of weeks. in terms of the moscow police department there has been a lot of criticism over the last seven weeks because they did not release hardly any information and any time we would ask why they said they wanted to protect the integrity of the investigation. there were no leaks from the small department and they kept all of their information close rate they say they are glad they did that. the police chief said he wouldn't change a thing and he is receiving apologies now. >> a few have sent me emails. some apologizing. we are a pretty humble group and we know that people are going to be watching what we are doing and some of that is criticism and we have a job to do and we continue to do it and it does feel good. we held everything

close for a long time and we did it for the reason that we have stated and i think the end result proved that maybe it was done right. >> he has an extradition hearing coming up tuesday. the public defender has told cnn he is going to waive his whito tha extradition hearing so he could be back as early as tuesday asked the police chief how long that process could take he said it could be as early as tuesday when he arrives back here he will go to the county jail. >> the new york police commissioner said three officers are in stable condition following a machete attack near times square. the unprovoked assault happened two hours before midnight near a

screening site to get into times square one received a skull fracture and a large cut on is that another officer suffered a laceration. the third officer's injuries were not specified. >> a 19-year-old man began swinging a machete at the officers without warning before he was shot and wounded. mayor adams praising the officers professionalism all maintaining security for the celebration. severe weather closing highways and causing power failure san francisco nearing a record for rainfall in a single day in sacramento county residents were advised to avoid travel as wind gusts toppled trees and covered roads with debris. residents were ordered to shelter in place due to the rain and flooding. about 300 customers in california and

nevada are without power. the precipitation is being blamed on what is being called an atmospheric river. the same system is bringing huge amounts of snow to the mountains. a welcome sight for droughts ravaged california and residents of buffalo new york are working to dig out from under more than four feet of snow that fell during last week's historic blizzard. in the coming days temperatures are expected to rise above freezing but in the area at risk of flooding is all the snow and ice melts. >> we go through this every year. all of this is going to flood. we can't shovel this out to get to the drain. they ask for people to cooperate. we are trying to cooperate but they're not cooperating with us. >> county officials say they prepare for possible flooding by stockpiling pumps and generators in digging draining ditches for melting snow. so

mike after mass cancellations and chaos southwest airlines is finally back on a full schedule. it had only five cancellations on saturday as the vice president of the airlines pilots association is urging people to give them another chance. >> i encourage them to give us another shot. i think we are going to end up fixing this going forward. it does take a very large event to make this happen and the union is deftly going to be pressing the company hard to make sure things get fixed rate with

airline canceled more than 15,000 flights since december 22 strand in hundreds and thousands of passengers luggage was lost, misplaced or delayed forcing the department of transportation to send the airline a formal warning. mr. mckay made a point you're one of the founding members of the r&b pointer sisters act has died at the age of 74. she grew up singing in her father's church before she had her sisters formed the group. they had three grimace as a group ever remembered for hits such as i am so excited and jump. she staged a very heroic battle with cancer before dying at home in los angeles with her family by her side.

>> morocco said it will ban all travelers from china starting on tuesday countries are taking precautions after the rapid drawback of the zero covid policy has led to a huge outbreak. negative tests required for travelers from china starting on tuesday travelers must take the test no

more than two days before departure on friday england and france in the us and spain and south korea announcing similar restrictions. taiwan's president has offered to provide assistance to help beijing deal with the covid search that experts say could lead to a million deaths. >> she made these comments in the new year's message great >> as long as there is a need based on the position of humanitarian care we are able to provide the necessary assistance to help more people get out of the pandemic and have a healthy and safe new year.

>> a report from the us centers for disease control say long covid played a role in more than 3500 deaths in the united states since the pandemic began and a lot of people say that's an underestimate. the cdc said 40 percent of people who had covid eventually developed long-term symptoms. it's a big issue. most people who died from long covid were white, older and males. unbacked people who became infected may have a higher risk of developing long covid that can last weeks, months and even years after the initial infection and can sometimes go away and come back. long covid can cause difficulty in things like breathing, concentration. chest pain, digestion issues. for more o o o i am joined by a national consultant for covid

testing and the president and ceo for premier medical group usa. all was good to see you, doctor. let's talk about this long covid. the cdc set up to 30 percent of people who go on to get covid have long-term symptoms which is a huge number of people. what concerns you most about long covid it is enough being done to research it? >> first, with long covid by the single most important thing we are concerned about. we have not identified any real treatment. when you get covid you start developing long covid. we almost have to pick and spot the treatments for the different conditions that you have. and the big three are clearly now the fatigue, the shortness of breath and the brain fog and they are different and each one has a different treatment so that is the biggest single problem that we have right now. the second issue is trying to get care and trying to fight through the red tape that the insurance companies on the government puts into play to access care because what you do for checking lungs versus checking the brain, it's quite intensive to go into rehabilitative

therapy. what we would like us to have a treatment we could initiate early-onset people don't go on to have this long covid but these are going to take a year and that doesn't help us right away. >> i want to deviate on that to ask you about what we are saying in china and the huge rate of spread as restrictions are lifted. what are the potential global impacts of that? they thrive in an environment of rapid spread is there a risk of a more deadly mutation emerging? >> we are so concerned right now for the next six months, the world will be on edge watching what happens with china and we don't get a lot of good data so that is also a big concern and i want to highlight how easy it is for something to develop and spread. we have this variant called the xv b1.5. that is called a recombinant variant. ain't an individual had similar to the oma kroey fused and created a

completely new variant. that has dominated the us and is dominating the spread across the world in a much more aggressive mutation. >> quickly, before we go. it is a new year. how do you see the path of covid globally in the year ahead? >> well. i think globally the world will be focused on what happens in china. now that the borders are open. it is going to affect the world so basically, the next six months will be a china focus and we are also going to see a continued concern of our elderly population still being dominated with hospitalization and death. that is something we have to watch. we will see another major vaccine being

produced and my prediction is by the end of second quarter we might see something where they put multiple different strains to try to cover similar to what we do with the flu and in the fall we will definitely be seeing a major push in the country for covid and flu vaccines but right now we are holding our breath. we don't see another major variant that would be more devastating. >> and eve ate the vaccines. absolutely. always a pleasure to have your insights. happy new year to you. >> happy new year to you and to the team at cnn. semi gave musical about the life of the singer, neil diamond is helping fuel resurgence on broadway. we will hear from actors and fans and why they say it is so good, so good. so good.

a new broadway musical is exploring the life and legacy of music legend, neil diamond. linda spoke to some of the people behind the show, a beautiful noise. >> the life of one of the

best-selling artists of all time, now, set on stage. >> 39 albums. 120 million albums sold. >> neil diamond plan to enter medical school. instead, he entered the music hall of fame. >> neil swanson stars as the young neil diamond. stream with the secret of doing this show is lots of sleep and caffeine. >>reporter: another nominee plays diamond now. so you play title roles in the phantom of the opera, sweeney todd. wicked. what was it like when you heard that you had the role of neil diamond? >> a bit overwhelming frankly. the show is about neil diamond.

it's his life. antenna rehearsals in new york. in front of that person seven or eight feet away. it's hard not to think about what does he think and how is he reacting to this and does he hate me or love me or something in between? >>reporter: neil diamond toward her for nearly 50 years but in 2018 he was forced to stop after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease. he says my heart and soul would tour until the day i die only my body would cooperate. what input did neil have in the show? i understand you went to his house with a draft of this musical? >> i was misled. i was told to deliver it but when i got there they seated me at a table and say can you perform the entire

musical for me? here we go. we went through the whole thing. it was terrifying but at the end, he said get your producer on the telephone. we call the producer and he spoke into the phone. three words. i am a believer. >>reporter: i'm a believer, it's words from the song he wrote for the monkees. a clear endorsement. and they for time nominee is also the screen writer. also behind the darkest hour and bohemian rhapsody. >> people go for the music but they want a good story. >> not only a good story but they want to hear something that they have never heard before. >> was a show like this creating big moments is in the music. >>reporter: broadway was battered by covid. for 18 months broadway shut down. what impacted that have on you and other performers?

>> there was nothing in the way of live theater. it was devastating. so many people left the business without any intention of coming back. >>reporter: the longest-running show ever, the phantom of the opera set to close in april, 35 years after opening because it was struggling to sell enough tickets to offset costs. attendance in january was the lowest it had been since 2003. now they say capacity is closer to 90 percent and shows like tina here, theatergoers are starting to return and large numbers after the largest shut down in history as things have never seemed so good, so good. so good. >>reporter: you are a local new yorker. what is it like having broadway back closer to full capacity? >> it's amazing. >> when the curtains rose on

opening night neil diamond willed his body to perform once more. >> happy new year. >> many people were reluctant last year to head back to the theaters even though there were plenty of blockbuster movies like top gun maverick to the avatar sequel to black panther. so grab your popcorn as clover he reports 2023 is shaping up to be a block office ? box office smash. >>reporter: nintendo fans are gearing up for the super mario brothers movie set to release in april chris pratt is the

voice of mario in the new animated film based on the iconic videogame. the famous plumber and his brother luigi travel through the mushroom kingdom to save a captured princess britt other big names include jack black and seth rogen. pratt also stars in the latest from marvel studios, guardians of the galaxy volume 3 with the writer and director bringing the space trilogy to a close. the ragtag guardians on another dangerous mission to defend the universe. it is set to release in may. harrison ford returns in june as a legendary archaeologist in indiana jones on the dial of destiny. it has been 15 years since we have seen him on the big screen and this is the fifth and final installment of the franchise. in the newest adventure he takes on former nazis in an effort to help the us government beats russia in the space race. oppenheim or

explodes onto screens in july. pq blinders actor murphy stars as a physicist oppenheimer the father of the atomic bomb it includes emily blunt, robert downey junior and matt damon. and for much younger moviegoers a live action version of the little mermaid makes a splash in may. hallie bailey falls for a dashing young prince while visiting the surface world but a deal with the evil see which parts are life in jeopardy. puts her life in

jeopardy. >> thanks for spending part of your day with me. you can follow me on twitter and instagram. stick around. my colleague picks up with more news in a moment. happy new year. >>

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