you. i'm jim sciutto. >> a busy day on this monday. the first day of the new year. new details about the 19-year-old suspect who is accused of attacking three nypd officers in times square on new year's eve. we're learning he was interviewed by the fbi and also on a terrorist watch list. officials say in his diary he detailed a desire to join the taliban and to die a martyr. and the man arrested in connection with those brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students set to make his first court appearance. now his family is speaking out for the first time. >> i've been in touch with his family. as you can imagine, the holidays brutal for them.

>> the january 6th committee releasing a trove of new documents overnight detailing calls by president trump ahead of the insurrection. what sort of payment rudy giuliani requested for his post-election legal services and what the committee wanted to ask former chief of staff mark meadows in a deposition. more on that in a moment. we begin with the latest in the investigation surrounding that new year's eve machete attack on three nypd officers. cnn national correspondent gloria pasmino has more on what we know. >> that's right. we are learning more about trevor bickford, that is who law enforcement sources tell us is believed to be behind this attack on three nypd officers the night of new year's eve right here in times square. as thousands of people were trying to get into the area to watch the ball drop.

the attack happened several blocks away from here at a security point. we have just heard from law enforcement sources, as you mentioned, that he was interviewed by officers with the fbi in maine after he expressed his desire to travel to afghanistan and join the taliban. he also expressed his willingness to die for his religion. we've also learned, sources telling us and my colleague, john miller, that his mother and grandmother became increasingly concerned about what he was saying. they reported that to the fbi which led to that interview of bickford earlier this month. as a result of that investigation, bickford was placed on a terrorist watch list. that last point is important, because we know bickford traveled to new york city by train. that would not have triggered any kind of terrorist watch list had he chosen to fly here to new

york city. he traveled by train, he checked into a lower eastside hotel and then struck a police officer with that machete on the head, he struck a second officer, a third officer on the scene fired his service weapon injuring his shoulder. those three officers are expected to make a recovery. we're learning more about the suspect and still waiting to learn more details about what was his motivation to do this. we should also mention, bickford has not been formally charged yet and it's not clear yet to us if he has retained a lawyer. more and more, a fuller picture emerging about this attack. >> alarming weapon when you look at that picture. >> important new details there. gloria, appreciate it.

joining us now is andrew mccabe. when we listened to what we just learned from gloria, in terms of things being done right, the mother, the grandmother, they become concerned, they reach out to authorities. the fbi interviews this man, puts him on the terror watch list, but as gloria pointed out, he got on a train. he's not going to an airport. if you're on that list, just remind us, what does that trigger for authorities? how is that used potentially to watch people? >> sure. it's maybe a misnomer in the way we refer to it. the greatest significance of the terror watch list is that it can prohibit you from boarding an aircraft. so, getting on a train to travel interstate or to travel domestically within a country by any means other than aircraft, it's not going to stop you. it also doesn't mean that there

are fbi surveillance agents watching you 24/7. interviews like you heard the one described that took place here with mr. bickford, those sorts of interviews happen hundreds of times a year around the country, any time somebody new comes to the attention of the fbi or one of the joint terrorism task forces. agents will conduct all sorts of ground-level investigative efforts, many times that will include an interview. it's clear he was brought to their attention. they responded, did an interview, did some sort of investigation. it remains to be seen what was done there and how far that was taken. >> with the proviso that it's very early in this investigation and what his motive was, it's not clear at this point, he drew the interest on the fbi based on these travel plans. it's been some time since we talked about the threat of islamist radicalization, but

this threat has not gone away. what does this tell us about the ease with which this could happen, online radicalization and a plan comes together quickly or an intent to act. >> jim, what this reminds us of is that you can make incredible progress overseas defeating a particular terrorist enemy, but it's almost impossible to defeat an ideology. even one as toxic and violent as radical islamic extremism. we know whether it's the context of the taliban, al qaeda or isis, it's the same sort of thing, it affects predominantly young males and it can drive them to act out individually, what we call as lone offenders in whatever country they're in. this threat is still around us, it's very real, it's very dangerous. we just don't talk about it as much. it's not gone away. >> it doesn't have to be directed from abroad. it could be a self-starter or

independent lone wolf as they say. andy mccabe, thank you very much. i'm sure we'll be talking about this some more. the suspect arrested in connection with the killing of four idaho college students expected to waive his extradition from pennsylvania to idaho tomorrow. this 28-year-old, bryan kohberger who is charged with four counts of first-degree murder murder. >> jean casarez is in stroudsburg, pennsylvania, outside the correctional facility where kohberger is being held. what more are we learning about him and for folks coming back from vacation, how investigators found their way to him. >> well, what we're learning about him personally is he just graduated -- this is his home, northeastern pennsylvania, he graduated in may from the area. he got his masters degree in criminal justice. we also know he just completed his first semester at washington state university, clear across

the country, right next to idaho, where he is a criminal justice and criminology major. we also know he participated as an active -- an active participant in a research project this last semester at the university in regard to how emotions and psychological traits influence decisionmaking when committing a crime. now, we do know that he traveled here for the holidays. he was at his family home. it was very early morning hours of friday that the fbi, pennsylvania state police moved in, they knocked on the door. his father answered. there was cooperation. brian came to the door. he was arrested. i have spoken with his only attorney at this point. it is the chief public defender for northeastern monroe county, his name is jason labar. >> he's doing okay. he is shocked a little bit. obviously he's calm right now.

you know, we don't really know much about the case. >> now, 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. >> we do have a statement from his family. the kohberger family. they're saying there are no words that can adequately express the sadness we feel. as a family, we will support and love our son and brother. we have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence. the hearing will take place tomorrow. it is an extradition hearing here in pennsylvania. his attorney confirms with me that the plan is that he will waive extradition. it was his decision, bryan

kohberger's decision alone. that will expedite the trip back to idaho where he then will have his initial appearance on those four murder charges plus burglary. >> goodness. what a development in this case. jean casarez, thank you very much. the house january 6th committee has released another round of witness interview transcripts and with republicans poised to take control of the house tomorrow, these could be among the final transcripts from that panel. >> among the new interviews, rona mcdaniel and the architect as well, another witness of the face elector scheme. jessica schneider joins us now. it's a lot for folks at home to absorb. what stood out to? what's most newsworthy from the latest release? >> what's interesting here is the committee's work is officially over here. they're getting all they can out to the public. they released more of these transcripts. we're even seeing that there are video exhibits and detailed timelines on a website that will

continue to exist even after the committee's dissolved this week. this trove of new transcripts, they were released overnight. we saw new interviews from rnc chair rona mcdaniel. with her, she talked about how trump called her five days before the capitol attack to ask her about her relationship with vp mike pence. mcdaniel told trump that she didn't really know pence that well. but later, after january 6th, trump called her again and he was still insistent, even after the violence of that day, he was insistent that pence had the ability to subvert the election for biden. also on the transcripts, we're seeing white house aides offering conflicting accounts about trump's reaction when he was told he could not go to the capitol on january 6th. we heard cassidy hutchinson, she

heard that trump got heated and lunged at the steering wheel of his vehicle. but there's a white house aid, bo harrison, he said trump simply that rugged it off. harrison saying it was brought to our attention that the president asked where am i going? you know, am i going back to the white house? bob said, yeah. you know, you're going back to the white house. at that point, i have a specific memory of bobby telling both tony and myself as we were in the room, no one else was in the room, that the president almost shrugged it off. he just kind of moved on. so that is a starkly different account from what cassidy hutchinson told the committee. harrison in the latest testimony saying to the committee if there had been a heated exchange as hutchinson had claimed, he would have known about it. so there seems to be a lot of disagreement, conflicting stories about trump's desire and his subsequent actions trying to get to the capitol that day.

we really could see more transcripts. they could continue to be released even after control of congress changes hands because this material is still been uploaded to the website. we'll see more details perhaps in the coming days and weeks. >> thank you very much for covering. let's bring in former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> there's a lot to digest here. part of the committee's function here is to make this public record. we know they're providing information to the doj, which has some potential criminal decisions to make. i want to ask you about one thing in particular. they also released questions they were not able to ask to someone like mark meadows because he refused to testify. one of their questions specifically related to the deployment of the national guard, saying there was an email on january 5th from mr. meadows in which he indicates the guard would be present at the capitol to protect pro-trump people, not to protect the capitol or the

members of congress, but to protect pro-trump people there. given that's an existing line of questioning for the committee, what's the significance of that? this is a big question here. did trump act to try to protect the capitol? >> i think it's interesting that the committee wanted to ask mark meadows that question. it goes to what mark meadows knew, intent, and what the larger plan was involving trump. this underscores the need to get testimony from people like mark meadows. he's first and foremost. a lot of these people no-showed on the committee or took the 5th. prosecutors have different types of subpoenas. they have grand jury subpoenas. they have much more ability to really force people to testify. so, a big question is what will prosecutors do about mark meadows in particular? he's sort of wriggled away without testifying fully. prosecutors may be able to remedy that. >> it's also interesting to me the discrepancy between what we

heard from cassidy hutchinson and harrison. where does this go. >> that's why these transcripts a double-edged stored. there's all sorts of information that prosecutors will think helps their case. we've seen examples over the last several days and weeks as the transcripts that come out that show this was an intentional plot, but on the other side, we're seeing inconsistencies emerge. that is natural and that happens. but cassidy hutchinson said she was told donald trump had this extreme negative reaction, a powerful response when he was told he couldn't go to the capitol. now we have two other witnesses saying something different. prosecutors have to figure out who do we believe? you can't use a witness unless you personally believe them. i believe cassidy hutchinson was most credible, but you have to stand in front of a jury and you have two other witnesses who undermine her testimony. that's an issue for prosecutors.

>> one more thing to watch. thank you. >> thanks, guys. up next, republican kevin mccarthy trying to make a deal with his own party to be the next house speaker what he's offering and what he's already given up and why with all those concessions and just 24 hours left to go, he still doesn't have the votes. >> he's given up a lot. dramatic scenes of flooding in california that led to the deaths of at least two people. more than 50,000 people still without power this morning. we'll take you to the scene live. we're also watching thousands of people in brazil right now paying their final respects to the soccer legend, pele, as his coffin lies at the center pitch -- at center pitch in his home stadium. what a place for folks to say good-bye. stay with us. the monster, the outlaw... and you can't forgetet about the boss. itit wasn't just a roster. it was a menu. the subway series. the greatest menu of all time.

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the clock is ticking here, just one day before republican leader kevin mccarthy is set to face a critical vote to become the new speaker of the house.

nine republican hard-liners say some of the concessions he revealed on sunday are notn capitol hill. mccarthy making his case overnight. making some big concessions, let's be frank. the question is, how big are these concessions and will they be enough? >> it's pretty incredible the moment that we are at right now. we're a day ahead of the speaker's election. kevin mccarthy still doesn't know if he has the votes. he tried to make a concession to conservatives last night on that call at 4:00 p.m. saying to them that he was willing to lower the threshold it would take to oust a future speaker. this is known as the motion to vacate. he said he would lower the threshold from a majority of the conference down to five members. that's a huge concession for mccarthy, yet on that same call, matt gaetz arguing that he will not support mccarthy, said it was still not enough. he wanted that threshold to go

down to one member. you saw after that call last night, nine members signing on to a letter saying they still have concerns about mccarthy moving forward. saying they were not ready to commit to him as the next speaker. this came after a week of phone calls with both allies as well as those who are opposing him, trying to get those votes that he needed in the week between christmas and new year's. so far we are not seeing a break through. this would be really unprecedented on the floor tomorrow. there has not been a time in recent history in the last 100 years that we have seen a speaker's vote go multiple ballots. that's what moderates are telling me they're prepared for, they're ready for, because they say they will be for mccarthy on the first ballot and on the 1,000th ballot if that's what it takes. a lot riding on tomorrow. it doesn't look like we've seen a break through yet assuring that mccarthy would be the next speaker. lauren fox, thank you very much. a lot can happen in the next 24

hours or so. joining me to discuss is christian soltice anderson and as we pick up where lauren left off, talking about the multiple ballots, representative bob good, who was a hard no against mccarthy, he said there will be a new speaker candidate set to emerge in the second ballot tomorrow. given everything we've seen and mccarthy has given up at this point, if it's not kevin mccarthy, who is the next speaker? >> the fact that there's not an easy answer to that question is one of the things that is making it most likely that kevin mccarthy will ultimately prevail at this point. there's not a concerted challenge being organized against him that has a real credible figurehead leading is. right now, even though there's a lot of talk about, you know, who folks don't want to vote for, there's not a lot of clarity on who would be that next person to step up. the other problem that folks are

sort of grappling with is leaders normally have a lot of things they can use as incentives to try to bring people along. things like the ability to fundraise more in their district. if they put them on more committees. some of those tools don't exist for congressional leaders in the modern era. so being able to put that in a coalition is insanely hard. kevin mccarthy is finding that out. >> it also speaks to what could be happening in a broader level in congress or not happening. i say that with respect to if there's all this jockeying on who will weald more power within the gop conference, what does this do in terms of actual legislation and governance in washington? >> we're going to see which group in the republican caucus flecks its muscles the most. will be the moderates who said they're only for kevin, will

they stand their ground and say no matter what we'll be with kevin mccarthy or more of the extreme right-wing figures in the caucus who have said they'll never be for kevin mccarthy. we're seeing this play out. it will be a preview of things to come as we get to places where the republican caucus will have to hash it out on things like the debt limit and things like spending and on things like whether or not to impeach members of president biden's administration. so we'll be watching closely this first fight to see who wins, whether or not kevin mccarthy is able to corral his caucus and bring everyone together and unify a diverse and sprawling caucus, where you have people like majorie taylor greene on one side, more moderate members who are new, freshmen coming from biden districts, whether or not they'll be able to unify around a single purpose. it's going to be something that remains to be seen as they not only face this fight but major fights on legislation going forward. >> it's fascinating what we see playing out on the house side

when we also look at the senate side and in terms of power, the way much mcconnell still holds that power. >> what i think is so important to understand is the senate and the house are very different animals. the house is one that is going to have a lot of different voices but all are up for re-election constantly, versus the senate where they're only up for re-election every six years. so it's easier for things to get done, the machinery to work more slowly. that's why, you know, mitch mcconnell is someone who there's been plenty of times where conservatives voiced concerns about him but he is can say, look, i help get your judges confirmed, so on and so forth. and he can say i get things done for our conference. on the house side, there's so much more churn. you constantly have new members coming into the fold. they don't necessarily bring that institutional knowledge and they want to see things shaken up, that's what they're hearing from constituents back at home, but it's harder to piece together these deals that would

enable a leadership group to sit down and focus on governing. >> a whole lot of drama over there on the house side, that's for sure. we know democrats are bracing for investigations from republicans in the house. late last week, the white house actually sent a letter telling republicans they'll need to, in fact, reissue all these requests once they take control of congress. once the new congress is sworn in. that's the page from a trump playbook when we look at that. is this simply about maybe trying to stall a bit? is this about politics or is there something more there from the biden white house? >> the white house wants to draw a line in the sand and they want to play a little bit of hard ball here because they know they will be playing against republicans who will be taking pretty hard tactics when it comes to subpoenas, when it comes to calling people up for congress, when it comes to investigating family members of the president. the white house said they will engage on things that they believe are about policy, things like the withdrawal from afghanistan, how the covid

relief funding has been spent. but on personal things, on things that are blatantly political, the white house will draw a line in the sand. they'll not -- whether they'll stall or reject some of these subpoenas and whether the republicans try to go after president biden's son, the white house said they will not engage. that's not a white house matter, that's not a government matter. we can expect to see the white house playing hard ball when it comes to these oversight requests. it will be a standoff as we saw during the trump administration with congress on one side and the administration on the other side. we'll see continuation of that as we go back into divided government. >> a lot of standoffs on deck here in washington in the coming months and years. good to see you both. thank you. >> standoff is a sport in washington. still ahead, just disastrous flooding in california. we go to one community where at least two levees broke prompting evacuation and shelter in place

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more than 15 million people from the west coast on into the midwest under winter weather alerts. snowfall is expected to be anywhere from four inches to one to two feet in the mountains. this dangerous storm left widespread flooding and power outages behind in northern california over the weekend. two people were also killed. >> emergency crews rescued several trapped by high waters.

parts of sacramento county are under evacuation orders. two levee breaches triggered floods and forced evacuations as well in the town of wilton. that's where camila bernal is this morning. can you describe to people the scale of this? the pictures look disturbing. >> they are disturbing. a lot of people are being told you need to stay inside of the house. there are areas here in the county where an evacuation order is still in place. and people being told just stay home because a lot off the road look like this one behind me. we saw some cars turning around this morning because of how scared they were to be stuck here. already two people have died as a result of this storm. a 72-year-old man was killed by a tree. another person who was found inside of their car. you mentioned people being

rescued. dozens and dozens of them here in sacramento county. officials saying they had to use boats and a helicopter to get people out of their cars. many of them were sitting on top of their cars waiting to be rescued. many, many roads were closed over the weekend. the national weather service saying there are too many roads to count and tell people which ones are closed and open. the 101 in south san francisco also closed on saturday for a period of time. people all over the state impacted by this rain. here's some of those residents. >> the water kept getting deeper and deeper. i've been here about six years. that's the deepest and worst it's been. >> when you see the water moving this quick and rising like this, it's a little unsettling. >> when i opened one of my gates, there was so much water, it was gushing in. it knocked me over. i got stuck and i lost my phone in the water.

>> rainfall exceeded eight inches here in california. it's always welcomed news in a state that's so impacted by the drought. jim, erika? >> you want the rain but not the flooding that goes along with it. appreciate it. thank you. mourners are lining up in vatican city to pay respects to pope emeritus benedict xvi. benedict died on saturday. he was 95 years old. he is lying in state at st. peter's basilica ahead of his funeral which will be held on thursday. >> benedict was elected pope in 2005 following the death of john paul ii. in 2013, he became the first pope in six centuries to step down and his funeral will mark another first, the first led by another pope. another passing, in brazil, thousands paying respects to the soccer icon pele. a 24-hour public wake is under

way in santos. pele died last week after suffering from colon cancer. his coffin is resting now in the middle of the field where he started his career. >> we go to santos for more. people were lining the streets as the casket made its way into the stadium. give us a sense. we see some people milling about behind you. what is it like inside? >> it's a very somber atmosphere. i don't know if you can hear it, there's a low, light samba has the football club put on. we think of a soccer stadium as a cheerful atmosphere, as people chanting and singing. now, nobody is really screaming, nobody is really talkingoud. everybody is very silent and they are walking by the casket

and they are paying their respects silently and solemnly as possible. we're witnessing history here. we talk about soccer being just a game, but perhaps nobody more than pele showed the outreach that this game has all over the world. he was truly an ambassador for this country, for brazil, and an ambassador for the game. he had a stance in the 20th and 21st century that transcended the world of soccer. we're seeing an icon leaving us. >> he was revered and beloved. so much history there in this one man. thank you very much. just in, the ukrainian military is claiming that a strike -- a ukrainian strike killed hundreds of russian troops in a strike targeting a cache of ammunition. it is sparking criticism inside

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this morning, a manhunt is under way in mexico after two dozen prisoners escaped during a deadly prison attack. officials say ten security guards and four inmates were killed when gunmen in armed vehicles arrived at the prison and opened fire. juarez is one of mexico's deadliest cities. authorities have not named who they believe is behind the attack. new this morning, this just

in to cnn, ukraine's military is claiming one of its strikes struck a place where hundreds of russian troops were being housed, killing hundreds of them, this in the occupied donetsk region. the troops were stationed next to an ammunition cache, which is said to have then exploded when the rockets hit. ukraine's military claims some 400 russian soldiers were killed, 300 injured. the russians put the death toll at 63. joining us is retired general james "spider" marks. thank you for joining us. >> happy new year. thank you. >> force protection is the number one priority for troops and this is early here. we don't know all the details, but the ukrainians claim they struck the ammunition cache and that explode and killed perhaps hundreds of russian troops. significance of that? why would troops be right next

to an ammunition depot like that? >> bad decision to house your troops right next to what's called an asp, an ammo supply point. the russians have increasingly over the course of this war, the russians have enjoyed a certain amount of sanctuary. i'm not certain where the ammo supply point was specifically, but what ukraine has been able to do effectively is engage russian forces one-on-one in tactical fights. what has been increasing in their capability is their ability to conduct long-range fires and to synchronize that with activities on the ground. that's creating this bubble of synchronization, this air/land battle space and achieve effects on the ground. when you achieve sanctuary, and the russians in many case think they have sanctuary behind enemy lines, you put yourself at great risk and you make a lot of stupid decisions like this. >> perhaps an effect of the himars, one of the missile

systems that has had an impact in the battle there. i want to ask about the other side, losses on the other side, that's these continuing russian missile and drone strikes on ukrainian cities. a lot of them get shot down, a lot of them don't. the u.s. is sending one patriot battery to bolster ukrainian air defenses. is that insufficient? if so, why not more? >> very insufficient. look, where this patriot battery is going to be deployed will provide tremendous point-air defense, in other words, the area around where that battery is deployed, probably six launchers will enjoy an increased amount of protection. the patriot is quite a phenomenal capability. in order to protect infrastructure, schools, hospitals, all the targets -- all the infrastructure that the russians are going after, you need a much larger array of air defense capabilities. right now the ukrainians have a

mix of former soviet-russian capabilities, now this patriot battery will be coming into the fight, but probably not for a couple of months because the train-up period for that is significant. this is a step in the right direction but it's insufficient. >> and it's the biggest country in europe, it's a lot of territory to defend. we have heard ukrainian officials warning about the potential for a big russian offensive in the new year. some i have spoke to said they don't have the capability to do so. what do you expect? >> they don't. the russians have a certain level of self-awareness, they've been getting their butts kicked, they realize that. when they engage with ukrainians, they have zero result. i think what russia would like to do is have bela-russians ors come down directly to kyiv and

move forces up to the donbas and try to connect these two and try some synchronization, but they lack the ability. the russian military has established it's incompetent, leaderless, the leaders they do have are immoral and criminals, so they don't have the capability to do that. but there is the law of large numbers. they have the capability to conduct these artillery attacks and these drone attacks. i don't see a large maneuver operation on the part of the russians. >> punishing the civilian population where they can't gain on the ground. major general "spider" marks, thank you very much. >> thank you. what is at stake as the fda considers an experimental treatment for alzheimer's? there's the philly, the monster, the boss. if i hadn't seen it in person, i wouldn't have believed it. eating is believing g steph. the subway series. try subway's tastiest t menu upgrade yet. i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance

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just a couple of weeks ago we heard of promising news with another experimental treatment. tell us about this one and is it similar, and how long does it all take going forward? >> well scientists call right now an exciting time for alzheimer's research because we are seeing the development of these alzheimer's drugs and this drug is similar to others we've seen before, like you mentioned jim. it is also very similar to another drug just approved in the year 2021. and how these drugs work, they use antibodies to clear amma lloyd plaque which is a hallmark of alzheimer's disease. a brain with alzheimer's has amma lloyd plaques as well as tangles and sometimes we see chronic inflammation and vascular issues and cell zedept and it works by targeting the am a lloyd flacks. now what we know about the drug,

based on clinical trials, more than a thousand adults and in the trial it was found that the drug appeared to reduce cognitive and functional decline by 27%. and that same trial we also saw some serious adverse events. 14% of people experienced adverse events compared with 11.3% who took a placebo. and some of the adverse events were a side effect and a small percentage of the group, including brain swelling and brain bleeding and some researchers have noticed that some people are at a certain genetic increased risk for those adverse events so depending on what the fda decision is this week we might see something where if the agency does grant accelerated approval but if you have this increased risk, the drug might not be recommended for you. but recommended for others. so i'm sure that will be part of the fda discussion this is week.

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top of the hour here on the first monday of the new year. i'm erica hill. >> happy new year. i'm jim sciutto. and new this morning, a story we're following closely. suspect accused of attacking three nypd officers on new year's eve was interviewed by the fbi in