dunk in the fourth. it took six workers, two ladders and the level to get this rim fixed. a delay of 35 minutes before the game would resume. even rocky the mountain lion helping out in the nuggets win. grizzlies star john moreant giving him the shoes off his feet. he held the sign saying he couldn't wait to jam out in a new pair of jaws signature sneakers this summer. he didn't have to wait for the summer. he took off his shoes, signed them, gave them to the youngster who could not hold back the tears of joy. taking the time to take pictures with the boy and his family. that is what dreams are made of. >> oh, that's so sweet. i love the mascot >> thanks for joining us i'm kristen fisher. "cnn this morning" starting right now.

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 square. we learned the 19-year-old suspect, injured three police officers, carried a handwritten diary in which he wrote he wanted to join the taliban. law enforcement searched the attacker's home in maine on

monday, he remains in new york. this is a frightening story. what are investigators looking into at this hour? >> reporter: that's right, don, good morning. we are learning more about that suspect, trevor bickford as you said, who law enforcement officers said traveled here last week and approached the area on saturday, new year's eve and tried to get into this area where i'm standing right now, which was highly secured because of the new year's eve celebration. he approached one of the security checkpoints and he approached a police officer and tried to attack him with a machete and that's when a third officer on the scene fired a shot and injured the suspect

trevor bickford in his shoulder. we're learning that trevor bickford was carrying a diary where he had handwritten notes wanting to join the taliban in afghanistan and expressed a desire to die as a martyr. law enforcement sources telling us they're trying to figure out at the u.s. southern district here in new york whether he will be charged federally or state law. the manhattan district attorney also looking into this. >> do we know anything about the suspect's condition -- or the officers' conditions i should say? >> the suspect is recovering in the hospital but the three officers also recovering. one of them had just graduated from the academy last week, times square was one of his first assignments. he is in good spirits we heard about the officer from mayor eric adams who visited with the

three officers after they were involved in the attack. they are all expected to make a recovery. >> thank you very much. i want to bring in analyst jonathan macro. good morning to you. it's crazy. >> crazy. this is a brazen attack. it's a brazen attack against the nypd, against the city, and right now the question is why? what was the motive here of this 19-year-old suspect who's now in custody, what was he doing? what was his intent? >> the fact that they have a diary and what we know of it says that he had this desire to join the taliban, of course i guess it depends on how extensive his writings are in the diary but that will help a lot in terms of trying to get to a motive. >> investigators right now are starting to go through every aspect of this individual's life, to include the diary. but also all of thtal trace elements of his life. social media, interactions with people online. really seeking to understand was

this individual self-radicalized or were they directed or encouraged by an individual or a group? really trying to make that nexus back to a foreign terror group. just saying i want to be part of the taliban isn't enough. you have to say was this act really tied to the further answer of an ideology to get that charge. >> so they're going through his home in maine. >> they're going through every aspect of his life. we know the fbi has been searching the home. but this individual traveled to new york on thursday. thursday to saturday what happened? who did he meet with? who did he interact with? was there somebody that was directing this act, really shepherding him to engage in this violent act against the nypd on new year's eve? again, think about the iconic status of new year's eve, this event as a whole. >> we've all been there covering it in times square. >> exactly. so this is really looking at,

you know, what was that motivation, where did it come from? why that spot, too, right? walking around new york city with a machete, you could have launched an attack anywhere. why there, why these officers? why that moment in time? >> res a suspect is in custody after a new year's eve mass shooting that happened in mobile, alabama. police say a 24-year-old man is dead, nine others, ranging in age from 17 to 57 were injured. some severely injured, thousands of people were waiting to ring in the new year in the downtown area in mobile when a gunman started shooting about 45 minutes before midnight. police say the male suspect is getting treatment and will be transferred to the jail and charged with those counts. >> lots of violence we're

starting with that this morning, sorry about that. this morning kevin mccarthy, the republican leader still does not know if he has enough votes to secure his bid to be speaker, that's after making concessions last night. lauren fox is live on capitol hill with more to explain it all. hopefully you can explain it because there's a lot going on. good morning to you, lauren, one day until the big vote. is mccarthy going to have the votes? >> that's the key question and i don't think anyone here has the answer to it. mccarthy hoping he has the votes but doesn't look like he's secured them. this is after a week of intense lobbying between christmas and new year's, seeing what he could give conservatives to try to win them over. last night he made a clear concession to conservatives on a private conference call telling them that he would be willing to include in the rules package a

lower threshold of what it would take to call for a vote to oust the speaker from half the conference to five members. that's something that moderates are opposed to, but something they could rally around if it delivered mccarthy the votes he needed. but on that call, matt gaetz said he's still a no. that led to a lott of frustratin on the call. but they're still unsure if he's going to get if votes tomorrow. >> if he doesn't, what happens? >> reporter: you have multiple rounds of voting, multiple ballots on the house floor. normally this is a formality up here but this could be a major distraction. a lot of moderates i talked to last week said they are ready

for a fight. they are for kevin mccarthy on the first and 1000th ballot. but there's a cost because what do voters at home think about the republican party in majority if they are entrenched in this floor for days or weeks. >> this shows what is to come with the 118th congress where they still don't know apt this point. >> there you go. we have to turn to this because the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students is planning to waive his extradition hearing bryan kohberger faces four counts of first degree murder in the moscow, idaho murders. his attorney said he's shocked after being accused of killing ethan chapin, madison mogen, and

kaylee goncalves. jean is live for us in pennsylvania that is outside of the jail. what do you know? >> good morning, poppy. we're here in northeast, pennsylvania. the monroe county correctional facility. it is a rural area. and bryan kohberger is right here. his attorney tells me he's in isolation, waiting for his next court hearing tomorrow the extradition proceeding to get him back to idaho. the attorney confirms with me he talked with his client at length, describing to him the pros and cons and he has made the decision, bryan kohberger made the decision he will waive extradition to go back to idaho. now on friday morning, in the early morning hours, he was arrested right here in northeastern pennsylvania, in albrightsville, pennsylvania, small down, not far from here. why here? authorities say this is his

home. this is where he was from. and cnn has learned that bryan kohberger's father flew to washington and drove with him home for the holidays. his attorney tells me they arrived about december 17th. we do know and a source is telling cnn that the fbi was surveilling him here in northeastern pennsylvania for four days before the arrest, at the same time law enforcement prosecutors were getting their evidence together to present to a judge for that arrest warrant affidavit. and we do understand, the source tells cnn, it's based on dna and that white car, which is now in pennsylvania and authorities have. with everything going on, i asked his attorney does he realize what is happening right now and the seriousness of this. here's what he said. >> he's doing okay. he's shocked a little bit. obviously he's calm right now. you know, we don't really know

much about the case. >> reporter: your client is highly educated, very intelligent, he has to appreciate the seriousness of what is happening right now. >> absolutely. he is very intelligent. in my hour conversation with him, that comes off. i can tell that. and he understands where we are right now. >> reporter: and we have received a statement from the family that says they appreciate also the seriousness of this, they are cooperating with law enforcement, and they are very sad for the families involved and they respect and ask for their privacy. poppy? >> thank you very much for that reporting. new this morning, actor jeremy renner is hospitalized in critical but stable condition after a snowplow accident near reno, nevada, that's what a spokesperson told our affiliate knbc. he was air lift today a local hospital, they say he was the only one involved in this

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body in so many ways. but now a new study suggests it could truly be a life saver, that's according to a new study, drinking water can lower your risk of developing chronic diseases, prematurely aging your body or even dying early. wow, that is -- >> something. >> -- pretty good. elizabeth cohen is here, our senior medical correspondent. what does the study find, just water or hydrating in general? >> it's hydrating in general. what they did was so interesting. they looked at more than 11,000 people, a huge group of people, and they looked at their blood to see who was better hydrated and who was worse hydrated. and you can really get a good idea looking at people's blood, who was better and worse hydrated and they followed them for decades. and here is what they found. what they found is folks who were on the lower end of hydration, who were not as well

hydrated they had a 21% increase risk of premature death and a 64% increase risk of heart failure, diabetes, dementia and all sorts of other things, it was a really clear relationship. this is stuff we know. hydration is good for you so stay hydrated. >> why were you asking just water? >> elizabeth, i've known you for a long time we've been doing these studies and i remember a study with you not so long ago, correct me if i'm wrong, where we talked about hydrating is it -- it's about drink this water, it wasn't just water, though. as long as you were getting welcomed, which in most cases is water, it could be tea, coffee -- >> i thought he was asking about beer. >> maybe beer. but as long as you're hydrating. >> it does not have -- it does not have to be water. now here's the issue, though. if you're going to drink a ton

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welcome back, everyone to "cnn this morning." here's what's coming up. fleeing to florida, why former president bolsonaro left brazil and is taking refuge in orlando. plus supreme court chief justice roberts said justices shouldn't live in fear, what he says to the court system. and people keep taking the wrong to go orders. why is this happening and the consequences straight ahead? tens of thousands are expected to pay their respects to the late pope benedict in vatican city today to honor his

life and legacy be, he passed away on new year's eve at the age of 95 his body is lying in state at st. peter's basilica. it's never happened in six centuries that a former pope has died, they've all been pope when they passed. this is all new. >> reporter: they usually serve until the end of their lifetime. happy new year to you and don and the entire crew. it's a remarkable scene here at st. peter's square where you have thousands pouring in to pay their final respects to pope benedict xvi. there's a lot of people coming here from the immediate area, from rome, a lot of people affiliated with the church, we've seen people coming from germany. pope benedict xvi was german and

attached to his homeland in germany. the area around munich and someone who celebrated that area. it was a final letter came out where he praised the area from germany that he was from. as you can see, this is a big event here for the catholic church, for rome, the entire catholic community in the world, really, and pretty much that hasn't happened in hundreds of years that when the funeral pr pope benedict is going to happen, the acting pope is going to preside over the funeral of his predecessor. this area celebrating the life and legacy of pope benedict. he was pope for a little over seven years but very influential here in the catholic church for decades, since the early '80s. >> i know he will lie in state until thursday, what do we know about the funeral and i wonder if major heads of state are attending? >> reporter: so we're not clear whether major heads of state are

going to be attending. we know the italian prime minister and president have already been here and visited pope benedict's body here in st. peter's cathedral. one of the things we do know, is that pope benedict wanted a smaller funeral than his prede predecessors. i was here when the funeral for john paul ii happened in 2005 and there was a gigantic event, millions came here to rome and lots of heads of government. pope benedict himself wanted a smaller, more humble ceremony. that's going to happen. but it's going to be presided over as we said by pope francis himself, poppy. >> that will be remarkable in and of itself to see. frederik pleitgen live in vatican city, thank you. this morning's brazil's former president is here in the u.s.

he fled days before his s successor took office. after refusing to concede the election to lula de silva. bolsonaro was seen in florida the last few days, how do you see this playing out the next few days. >> reporter: he never conceded or congratulated his opponent, he challenged the election results instead. his supporters took to the streets demanding a military inter intervention. he didn't give a reason for his abrupt departure to florida on friday, we know he meant to skip the inauguration but he is being investigated in brazil for serious things one of them is the mishandling of the covid-19

pandemic. and also there are several allegations of corruption that touched the president and his family. so very uncertain future for the president if he will stay abroad or return to brazil to potentially face those charges. >> so the question, why did he choose florida? >> reporter: unclear, don. i couldn't tell you. we know that he has an appreciation for former president donald trump. there was -- there were rumors that he perhaps wanted to go to mar-a-lago. that was never confirmed. he is staying at the house of a former mma fighter, that's what we know. unclear why florida. it's a place that has a lot of brazilians. orlando huge brazilian community he was well received on friday evening when arrived to cheers and applause. >> he has now become a florida man. thank you very much julia vargas jones, appreciate it. also this morning, brazil

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a judicial system cannot and should not live in near, that is a -- live in fear, that is a quote from john roberts calling for the safety of justices and judges and in his year end report. this comes as threats against government officials have

intensified over the decision to overturn roe v. wade. it also follows a person with a gun outside of justice kavanaugh's home just a few months ago. what do you make of the direction and focus of this for the roberts. i remember a few years it was about making the case that justices are not political, remember we're not a trump court, not an obama court, what do you make of this focus? >> good morning, poppy and don. it's a singular opportunity for chief justice roberts to speak to the nation. everyone pays atentention to wh he says in the year end reports. he made this year's brief. even when he talked about safety it was not a big way, just a couple paragraphs towards the end after detailing threats to a judge back in the '50s in the era of school desegregation cases. so he side stepped the things that most people are thinking about relative to this supreme

court. the major leak of the decision to overturn roe v. wade back in may when the chief said he was going to launch an investigation of this betrayal of the supreme court. didn't talk at all about that, didn't talk at all about many of the ethical concerns that have come up in -- on multiple fronts. remember the supreme court doesn't have any kind of formal ethics policy. so he avoided those things but he did address the safety issue, which is part of the atmosphere right now. >> justice kavanaugh and michigan governor gretchen whitmer were officials who were both targeted this year. i want you to listen, this is what whitmer had to say to our kaitlan collins. >> they weren't planning to ransom me, they were planning to keep me, assassinate me. and the plot has been uncovered as a kidnapping plot. one person who showed up on supreme court justice's lawn and

turned himself in and it was covered as an assassination attempt. when you look at the facts of those both those and see how they're covered. i do have concern about language when we as women are the target. >> does she have a point? >> she raised it -- i'll tie it back to judicial security in one way there was a law that congress passed just in the recent weeks as the session ended that would shield the private information of federal judges and members of the supreme court. and it arose originally from a very serious threat against a female judge in new jersey whose son was murdered when he answered the door. and that was directed towards her. i think that there is no way any of us should diminish what happened to governor whitmer but i don't want to minimize threats against others. you think of nancy pelosi and her husband, and you think of dr. fauci. so this is a serious concern

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debate. joining us is tom farley, tim mendez. hello to both of you. >> i feel like we're going to have a debate. >> what do you think? >> here's what i think. i will let you guys get in. i think the whole thing about voices versus whatever that's a cop out. you can say that people are great performers, but if you say someone is a great singer and voice to me it's the same thing. if you can sing well. some people can naturally sing. but there's a different between being a great singer, great voice and performer. we will say who i love, madonna great performer, janet jackson great performer. they're great inteentertainers. but can they sing like a whitney

houston, luther vandross, who can open their mouths and music comes out by going aahh. no. and rolling stone, great cultural influence when they think about this they should take it seriously and not parse it and say it's voices versus singing. because i think it's a cop out. all right. discuss. >> i think that performing and singing they're intertwined. someone like bob dylan without a great voice, the way he delivers the lyrics, the emotions, he earned his place in the list. tracie chapman should be on the list. lieu sinda williams, i -- >> celine dion. >> yeah. you a lot of people should be on the list but it's a great list to have. i read last year that drake, who's a great rapper outsells all the catalog artists before 1980. so altogether drake outsells all

of them. that's crazy. people need to know the history of music, the history of these vocalists. >> what does that mean that drake outsells them? you can be a great rapper is not a great singer. >> i think people don't know the history of music. they don't buy catalog music before 1980. this list features people who recorded before 1980, people like robert johnson. great to see them out there, being part of the debate, part of the discussion. because people need to know about thei history of music, vocalists. i love the list. i love having this debate and i love talking with the history of music because it's important. >> i think that the list is not the worst thing ever. but i think that like you were thinking of artists now versus in 15, 20 years, it's hard to say that they are going to be,

you know, the same. artists are constantly growing and changing and places move up and down the list. i don't think people are mad that certain people are on the list. i think people are upset there are a lot of people left out. >> can we talk about who's left out. celine dion, dionne warwick, tony bennett. >> yes. >> ahonlanis morissette. >> yes. >> greatest singers of all time, talking about when they -- the way they deliver, the emotion in their voices and just sheer talent, judy garland is one of the best singers ever. where is she? has rolling stone heard kelly clarkson sing? they have her at 194. are you kidding me? >> they left sarah vaughn out too. it's weird not to have darius rucker on there. i know it tends towards the

cool. darius rucker has never been someone that critics love, but he has a great list. >> cher, she's like definitely just sort of changed the way that people use auto tune as an artistic choice and not to just correct vocals and stuff like that. but hailey williamsparamor, she's an incredible voice. miley cyrus, incredible. there was brandy howard from alabama shakes, incredible vocal list. >> not to mention harry bellefonte is not so the list, a great vocalist. ask your grandparents about him, fant fantastic. paul ropeson one of the great voices of the early part of the 20th century. there are a lot of missing things but the fact we're able

to bring up these voices in this discussion shows the list a good idea even if it's missing key people. >> how did kelly clarkson is r ranked lower than taylor swift. >> don't mess with taylor swift. >> i love taylor. i'm talking about singing. i'm talking about voices. >> she has a voice -- >> she's fantastic, but. >> it communicates the ideas and emotions she's singing about. she's improved over time. >> she writes it. >> that's all well and good. but what does it have to do with singing and voices? can you compare elvis to luther van vandross? >> luther should be higher. >> please, guys. this is not just about voice, originality, influence, depth of

catalog breath. >> i've done two lists at rolling stone, the 70 best beyonce and 100 best songs of all time. we send in a ballot and based on that, the people entered kind of move up and down based on how many are voted on. >> who votes? anyone? >> freelancers, staff writers, there are people they invite from the industry, say like, you know, just experts, critics, anyone that's smart enough to write for this. and then it's sort of a little bit of a mixture of the person who's creating the list and the number of times people are voting for a certain thing. so it goes up and down the list. and at the end we kind of look at the list and we kind of have a discussion of this should be higher, this should be lower, but i've never done a staff list because i'm not on staff. you know, from there those are different because everybody has a different leverage on what

goes there. >> it's baking sausage, you don't want to know what's going on. >> so go back in, if you can find it, watch luther vandross' concert from wembly. go and find judy garland at carnegie hall. you want to talk about catalog, delivery, voice, talent, sing, dance, act, all of the above, not on the list. >> is there going to be a test later? >> i'm telling you, go look at -- people think about michael jackson, the later years. look at him az a cs a child performing live on stage. >> he's too low on the list. >> whitney and aretha two of my favorite singers, but -- >> what are we playing to break,

control him? taylor swift? >> play some scissa. i'm glad they had the may tells, a great ray ga artist. a lot of international artists. >> what's her name who died -- >> i'm trying, guys. >> british singer. >> amy winehouse. >> yeah. >> she should have gone up a lot higher. >> love her. >> thank you both, appreciate it. great discussion. >> thank you so much. thank you so much, happy new year. president biden returning to a re-shaped washington on the eve of republicans taking over the house. plus learning new details about the suspect who injured three new york city police officers with a machete, why he said he did it. 50% off?! that deal's so good we don't even need an eight-time a all-star to tell you about it. wait what? get it before it's gone on the subwaway app!

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2023. one-party rule in washington is ending and accountability is coming. >> the question is, but will he lead those efforts? good morning, everyone. kaitlan is off and on assignment. poppy is here. good to see you. >> good morning. >> good morning, how are you doing? >> good. good. new year. >> yeah. >> getting back in the swing of things. >> we're a little rusty after