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 mid-december and then

placed on a terrorist watch list. all of this after his family became increasingly concerned about his desire to travel to afghanistan and join the taliban. what this could all mean, particularly as he awaits charges. we're also learning more about the man arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students. his family underscoring his presumption of innocence in their first statement. he's set to make his first court appearance tomorrow. just ahead, we'll take a closer look at what the seals criminal complaint could tell us. let's begin with the latest in the investigation into the new year's eve machete attack here in nypd on three officers. gloria pass partlmeano joining live. and what more do we know? >> reporter: that is right, erica. we're learning more about trevor bicford, the 19-year-old man from maine who law enforcement tells us is believed to be

behind this attack on three police officers on new year's eve as you mentioned. right here in times square where thousands of people were gathering to watch the new year's eve ball drop, that is where this man tried to approach police officers that were staged at a security point, several blocks away from here. in many ways, this area, as crowded as you see it today, was safer on that evening because there was so much security. still, he approached three police officers that were guarding a security point and attacked one of them with a machete. we're also learning that trevor bicford was interviewed last month in maine after he expressed his desire to go to afghanistan to join the taliban and willing to die for his religion. we've also learned that he was

carrying a backpack that was discarded not far from the scene here in manhattan where he had a handwritten diary also expressing some of these desires to join the taliban and to die for his religion. we could also tell you that it was trevor bicford's mother and grandmother who became increasingly concerned with trevor's plan to travel to afghanistan and reported that to the fbi. that is what led to the beginning of this investigation and that subsequent interview. it also meant that trevor bicford was placed on a terrorist watch list. but law enforcement tells us that because he travelled to new york city on an amtrak train, it did not trigger any kind of security red flag for any kind of official. he traveled here on saturday. he checked into a hotel in the lower east side of manhattan and then he arrived here in the area

new year's eve and attacked those three police officers. i should say that one of the police officers did fire a gunshot and it struck the suspect in his shoulder. three of othose officers are recovering and expected to make a full recovery. and trevor bic nord has not been charged yet, the u.s. attorney and the manhattan district attorney here are looking into the investigation and looking into possible charges. erica and jim. >> good about the condition of the officers. thank you so much. joining us to you to discuss, law enforcement analyst jon miller. good to have you on. and you have new information to report which gets to how far this suspect was willing to go. >> that diary that investigators believe belonged to him found near the scene, the last entry

in there said this is likely to be my final entry. it is dated december 31st, 2022. and it goes on to lay out basically a last will and testament. how to divide my belongings, what family members to give th things to, where he wants to be buried, not in the land of nonbelievers, but it is a strong indicator that going into this event, if he is the attacker, that it was a plan that included suicide by cop. >> i was just going to say. common phenomenon. >> and when we look at this, and you pointed out earlier, there was a bullet on december 30th by the nypd just noting, which i think we often here ahead of big events that these could be targeted around the country. but the event itself didn't seem to be the target. it seems to be more the officers who were on the per imer making

sure people couldn't get in. >> i don't think you could separate those two things even though your exactly right. you're not getting into that event with a backpack. you're not getting into that event with a machete. that is where the checkpoints are there. but attacking the police at the event is an attack against the government, an attack against authority. and it also is an attack against the event because what is the story. new year's eve at times square was attacked and this is what the terrorist propaganda really asked for among those lone offenders, which is simple weapons, simple plan, basic attack that you could do that will generate big attention, because of the where and when it happens. >> and the who. >> and the who. >> when you're going after law enforcement. >> it doesn't have to be complicated like pilots flying into the trade centers. and we talked about this last hour, so folks at home are aware, it was significant to have the suspect interviewed by the fbi, put on a terrorist watch list but for one, it does not keep you on a train and as

andy mccabe noted last hour, that is not a foolproof kind of thing. because there are many people who fall into that category. it is impossible, i imagine, to track every single person. >> so, there are literally thousands of these leads. they are called guardian leads and and they go into a system and farmed out to different field offices. this is a typical lead in the beginnings which is his mom is concerned, she reached out to the wells, maine, police department, this is 13,000 people by the beach up in maine. this is not their expertise. but they reach to the fbi threat call center and they talk to an agent there who sends that lead to the boston field office that dispatched agents in maine to go and sit down and talk to the participants and then ultimately interview trevor himself. and in his interview, he goes through basically, yes, i'd like to go to afghanistan.

yes, i want to help muslims. yes, i'm worried about people in other countries. but he doesn't say he's planning any kind of violence. he does concede, i would be willing to die for my religion. but he seems to be at the initial stages of this investigation, which was not closed, it was just beginning, somebody whose main goal was to travel overseas, not to do something here. >> and the parents did the right thing. >> if you see something, say something, as we are told. john, appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks. let's turn to the killing of the four college students in idaho. 28-year-old bryan kohberger arrest and charged with murder in connection with the brutal deaths is expected to waive his extradition hearing tomorrow in pennsylvania meaning he could be back in idaho in days. veronica miracle is in moscow,

idaho. they had no information and worried that the attacker was still out there, so how did they receive the shocking news? is it comforting at all? >> reporter: shocking, comforting and relief and there is so many words to describe how this community is feeling. when we were at the police department this weekend, we saw mumt multiple people coming by too bring gifts to say thank you now that they could finally rest easy for just the first time in about seven weeks. the police chief even told me that he's been receiving emails of people and calls of people apologizing for doubting the police department throughout this process and criticizing them when they weren't releasing information. of course, as you just said, they kept the information so close, there was not a single leak from this small department and the entire time they kept saying that they were doing it to protect the integrity of the

investigation. and the police chief said he would do it all over again in the exact same way because they got an arrest. and the next step is a conviction and that is why they've left the tip line open. they're asking for people not just in this community, but across the country to let them know if they've ever had any interactions with this suspect bryan kohberger because they want to paint a bigger picture and a better picture about who this person is listen. >> now we're at a new point. now we know who we're looking at. we want information on that individual. we want that updated information so we could build that picture now. every tip matters. every piece matters. so we just want, you know, our community and the nation to continue to send us that. >> reporter: police chief james fry said the exact same thing at the press conference and within an hour of that press conference finishing, they had 400 calls come in about bryan kohberger.

sos so that is just the tip of the iceberg and they're seeking more information. and bryan kohberger remains in pennsylvania. he has an extradition hearing tomorrow and his public defender said he plans on waiving extradition so he could be back in idaho as early as tomorrow. it will take a couple of days but the police chief would not reveal that process to us for security purposes. the family has also released a statement through kohbergers public defender and they said we have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies an attempt to seek the truth and promote the presumption of innocence and they support him and praying for the four families who have lost their loved ones. >> a heartbreaking holiday season for those families. no question. veronica miracle, thank you so much. and joining us joey jackson. joey, good morning. when we look at this, we're

awaiting a lot for this probable cause affidavit understandably. the details and they will be unsealed as i understand it once he's in ohio -- idaho, rather. what are you looking for in ter terms of details w, what will i tell us. >> it will tell us a lot. it will speak to the issue of probable cause. why is he under arrest. what is the justification for holding him and for going after him from a prosecution perspective. number one, i'm looking for dna. was his dna there? and does it establish, you know, with respect to a connection of him being in that residence. is there any reason to explain the dna. there is a basis to know or understand why he would be there. which leads many he to number two. is there any pre-existing relationship? did he know them. if so, how? number three, we've heard an issue as to the white elantra, what is the connection with the

white elantra. how did they track the vehicle and track it to him. number four, is there any surveillance which would have him other wwise looking at the victims. number five, there is in alibi that the police have looked and determined that it does not exist. number six, are there any witnesses that have been there. there is so much there and i can go on, erica, that would connect him according to the police to show he had probable cause engage in this heinous crime. >> and we know they were surveilling him for four days as they built a case to get things in order. he whats a graduate student at washington state university in the department of criminal justice and criminology. he could be linked to a research project to, quote, understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making when committing a crime. when i read that, i think profile. how does that work into the profile of how they found him. but i also wonder, could this have given him the ability to,

well, evade law enforcement for sometime, given his knowledge to this point of the criminal justice system? >> yeah, you know, jim, they're going to look at that closely. and now it be clear, what if anything you study, your prior history, et cetera, all of that is relevant. does it go and demonstrate that you committed this crime? no. but i think inquiry minds want to know. what was his metvation. now that you have prove motivation, at all. but the reality is that juries want to know, as you piece together the case, as you demonstrate for the jurors if it goes to level, his lawyer has indicated he wants to be exonerated, so that means they'll be a trial. where the evidence will come forward. so a provile of the individual, his prior history and his connections and what he was thinking and why he was thinking it and why he would do it, and all that is particularly relevant. and idaho is a death penalty state. we'll see whether or if not prosecutors will be moving forward with respect to the death penalty in this case.

>> joey, one of the things that stood out is that investigators honed in on him through a suspect through dna evidence and by confirming his ownership of that hyundai elantra. but it was genetic genealogy techniques that were used to connect him to this unidentified dna evidence and i read that and i think is this ancestry or 23 and me. what do you take away from that? >> i take away from that not that it is foolproof, that is dna and that is defense attorneys challenge dna, the contamination of dna and how it go the there and what if any reason or basis it would be there or how long it would be there. so there is a lot to challenge and no one should think, dna the case is over. it is not. but we do have a very sophisticated, at this point, technological base in order to establish how -- how is this connection there, what genealogy, what connected you if not you specific in your

ancestry that leads there and it's very difficult to overcome because this is our blueprint. so i'm looking for what that stated in the probable cause affidavit and how that is significant moving forward in his prosecution. >> there have been a few cases where genetic genealogy has helped lead to suspects. >> joey jacks, good to see you. happy new year. >> thank you so much erica and jim. well the same storm that pummelled california with deadly flooding is headed east bringing more heavy rain, snow and possibly tornados this after all of the cold a few days ago. >> look at some of the pictures. this is what -- this dangerous storm left behind in some areas. widespread flooding and power outages across northern california. two people were killed. emergency crewed had to rescue several people trapped by high waters. parts of sacramento county under evacuation orders today after two levees failed. >> it seems to be a flarl disaster a week.

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>> well jim and erica, these are showing us the limitations of the committee's investigation in a lot of way. so my colleagues went through many new transcripts and documents last night that we released and they over and over again are showing how people's memories fade, how there are witnesses that don't recall things, that don't share things and other witnesses who refuse to answer questions. so i want to highlight of a couple of those. the first one that is really striking is trump executive assistance molly michael was sitting if the white house on january 6, she received a short call from president trump in the middle of the riot. she was asked what -- asked what her opinion was and 12 times in her transcript she doesn't give an answer. she said she can't remember. some of her answers, the images i was seeing was the predominant memory i have. i don't have a memory of her response. a lot was happening, i don't

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mccarthy will tell you how this is going to turn out tomorrow. but the most important outcome is that the right flank aligned with trump has signaled that it has the leverage and the power to go its own way. and that there is highly unlikely there is any significant restraint or discipline of them. mccarthy as agreed to even establish a select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government. marjorie taylor green said he promised to probe the treatment of the january 6 rioters. you mentioned the lower threshold for motion to vacate the chair. all of this after an election in which voters in all of the key swing states clearly signal that they saw too much extremism and elements of the republican party. now you have the right emboldened and in many ways unleashed. >> it also raises the question of what is going to happen in washington when we talk about legislation and actual

governance. >> yeah. well first you're going to get a lot of investigations. as we've noted. and you're going to have investigations that will inevitably raise some uncomfortable revelations for the biden administration but will further identify i think the house republicans with the grievances, priorities and conspiracy theories of the far right. beyond that, i think it is going to be very difficult for this caucus to reach agreement with biden on anything but the bare minimum to keep the government running and even that is going to be a challenge, particularly the debt ceiling later this year. the core dynamic is that you've got 170 members, three quarters of the caucus from deep trump country, districts that trump would be by ten points or more in 2020 but the majority is based on the 18 house republicans in districts that voted for president biden. 11 of them from new york and california alone. districts that are going to be tougher in '24 than they were

in '22 and their priorities are very different from what the bulk of the caucus is looking for which is showing voters at home that they are fighting biden by any means necessary. >> that is a good election strategy for 2024. we have time before that. you mentioned the investigations and a whole host of things on the list here. one of them is the afghanistan withdrawal. and this is something that you talk about raising uncomfortable questions, very genuine credible questions as to the decision-making leading up to that. particularly where we saw how that day of the withdrawal went and all of the consequences since then with the taliban taking over. >> right. this is going to be the challenge, i think, for the house republicans. clearly whenever you have a change in control of congress, there is the opportunity for more serious oversight that is necessary on matters like the afghanistan withdrawal or the management of the border. the question is, can they keep it focused on policy and substance or does it devolve into, again, this kind of airing

of grievances and conspiracy theories. for example, even on the border, do they highlight the problems or do they try to impeach the dhs secretary as a statement to their base. i mean, the question that -- that is the core question across all of the issues. there are going to be areas where they could raise important questions and produce important revelations. can they stop with that, can they control themselves or will they behave as if they're trying to create programs for fox. that is the challenge. >> is it more performance art and airing of grievances and i want to get my outrage out there or could they get -- as you point out, legitimate important questions that need to be answered, could they do that. >> perhaps a mix of both. ron brownstein happy new year to you and your family. >> happy new year. senior citizens set to see a big bump in social security checks. is that boost enough to make up for the inflation so many americans are experiencing.

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well the holiday season mostly over. it means the travel night more for thousands of passengers, are hoping. >> cross your fingers and toes. who knows. >> after southwest airlines disastrous meltdown, that is putting mildly, the carrier is

now vowing to make things right with outrages travellers who were stranded for days. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean joining us live from reagan national airport. so they're vowing to make it right. what does that mean? >> reporter: it is a great question, erica. we will see as the days pass here, there was so much pressure on southwest to get it right. not only from the passengers and the consumer angle, but also from the department of transportation, transportation secretary pete buttigieg and also members of congress who are vowing to investigate what went wrong here with southwest. so far, so smooth today. about 300 flight cancellations nationwide. southwest has canceled only about 130 flights. so they account for about halfful cancellations. that is way day from where we were around there time last week when southwest was canceling 2,000 or 3,000 flights a day. we're tracking about stranding the population of wyoming in terms of passengers. look at the cancellations board

here at reagan national airport. these are relatively on time. we've seen some delays pop up. the big question now from travel experts is whether or not southwest could quickly refund all of these passengers who had their flights canceled and employees say it is so crucial for the reputation standpoint from their standpoint and they say southwest has to fix this. >> i think initially it is going to cause some damage. a lot of upset people not getting to their christmas plans which were one of the most important days of the year so completely understandable that they're going to be upset. i do encourage them to give us another shot. i think we're going to end up fixing this going forward. you know, it does take a pretty -- or a very large weather event to make this happen and the union, the policy union is definitely pressing the company very hard on making sure

things get fixed. >> reporter: this is the way that you could get refunded by southwest airlines. southwest airlines.com/travel disruption and you put in your confirmation number and your name and that is the way you could submit receipts and get refunded for expensed that you incurred from the airline if your flight was axed. the other big thing is reunited passengers with their luggage. there is still a big pile here at reagan national airport. we've seen it happen at airports across the country, oakland and el paso and that part of the story is not over yet. >> let's hope there are no christmas presents in there. a lot of money went to airlines during the pandemic. >> yeah. >> could any of this money been spent on a system that would have prevented this? >> reporter: i think that is a question that congress will really have to ask. southwest received about $7 billion in covid funds. airlines $52 billion in total. the biggest part of that money was to keep airline employees on the job it did do that. now the question is should have southwest spent that money on

updatingitz outdated infrastructure in the back end to try to make it so this meltdown could have been avoided in the first place. >> pete muntean, good to have you on the case. thank you so much. well the new year ushering in you some laws that were passed during the mid term elections. so let's see what some of them are. people with nearly half of all states will see a hike in minimum wage. washington state now has the highest, $15.74 an hour. washington, d.c., however, continues to have the overall highest minimum wage for the country, it will hit $17 july 1st. >> a lot of big stuff taking effect this month. the sale of recreational marijuana will also begin in three new states, those are missouri, connecticut and maryland. although maryland's law takes effect in july. finally two key provisions of the inflation reduction act are kicking in. a $35 cap on insulin for medicare and a tax credit up of

up to $7,500 on electric vehicles. but starting in march there will be some restrictions to qualify for that full credit, including where exactly the vehicle is built, its price and your income, things to keep track of? and millions of senior citizens seeing a boost in their social security checks. >> it will increase by 7.8%, the largest increase in 40 years. tammy has been following this. that is a big increase. inflation is also high. so does it cover inflation right? >> well it is a big increase. it is good news for the 70 million senior citizens and other americans who are on social security. it means their monthly payments are going to go up by more than $140. and they'll receive an average of $1,827. and that will certainly go far to help buy food and pay for the high heating costs now, other essentials. but social security has failed to keep up with inflation for years, for decades. and in fact, the senior citizens

league has calculated that last year's kola, which was also very sizable, fell short of inflation by by $42 a month or about 46%. and that means seniors have had to go to their -- to food pantries, to apply for heating assistance, it is been difficult on them. so they've had to turn to public assistance. and that is partially because it is not a new problem. and in fact, the league also calculated that inflation has caused social security payments to lose 40% of their buying power since 2000. >> 40%. in 20 some odd years. that is a lot. when we look at this, when there is a bigger cost of live adjustment, the biggest in four decades, are there any down sides here. >> there are. it is good that they're receiving more money. but that may mean also that they no longer qualify for or as much for medicaid, public assistance,

food stamps, rental assistance. there are a lot of programs that are based on income and if it gets too high. >> this could put you over that limit. >> put you over the edge. and also they may have to start paying taxing or more taxes on their social surecurity benefit and social security benefits are on shaky ground as it is. the trustees think that the trust funds will be run out by 2035. so big increases like these also cut into -- there are mitigating factors but it could be a problem. >> all right. tammy, always good to see you. appreciate it. >> thank you. all right. so, maybe something good to at least help you out. >> i love something good. >> one of the major factors in living longer may be how much water you drink. the impact staying hydrates has on your healalth and ways to do that coming up.

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we've been talking a lot this morn being this story. because there is news here that is helpful. staying hydrated important for your body in so many ways. a new study suggesting it could be a life saver. >> elizabeth cohen joining us with more details on this. i love this when it is good health news for us that is also really easy to follow. elizabeth, what else did the stund study find? >> so many times we have complicated ways to prolong life and avoid illness. this is quite easy.

just stay hydrated. this is a fascinating study of more than 11,000 people. they followed them for decades. they looked at their hydration levels by checking their blood, so that is a good way of doing that and here is what they found in this huge study. folks who were on the low side of hydration, when wornt getting enough. they were having a 21% increase of premature death and 64% increase of heart failure and all sorts of other things as well. so i think we all know this, that you should stay hydrated. today is a great day to make the new year's resolution. just drink more. erica and jim. >> so here is the key question, because sometimes this could sound inl timidating because i have to drink 12 bottles of water a day. how much do people need to drink to be healthy. >> it depends on how big you are, whether you live in a hot or a cold climate and how active you are. but there are some general

guidelines. so let's take a look at this. for women, nine cups of fluids aday. and for men, 13 a day. as i said, that is going to vary based on your age and your size and also all sorts of other things but that gives you a rough idea. and it doesn't have to be water. it could be coffee, it could be juice. it could be beer. but remember, if you drink a lot of coffee, you might get too much and then if it is not water think about the down sides of what you're drinking or the potential down sides. >> and erica told me first, is that actually drinking coffee does hydrate you, maybe not ideal but it does give you hydration, there is a talk that it negated every cup of water, every cup of coffee negated that cup of water but that is not the case. so i love it. i'm in. >> let me just go fill this up. >> jim is going to get healthy now. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you so

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in brazil, thousands of people are paying their respects to soccer icon pele who died last week from collen cancer. the 24-hour public wake is underway, resting in the middle of the pitch where he started his legendary career. >> our journalist joins us from santos. and i wonder, folks know pele world famous and beloved i think around the world. but in brazil in particular. such an icon, so important in so many ways and i wonder if you could explain how people are expressing that today. >> reporter: yes, jim. i mean, it is hard to put in words how a significant ambassador for this country has been since the start in 1958 when he scored two goals in the fifa world cup final when he was just 17 years old. from that moment, he has been a

staple of brazilian sports life but also brazilian -- he was an ambassador and symbol for the country. was a mentor for so many soccer stars throughout the decades but at the same time i have a little trivia for you. the last match that -- the last soccer game that pele played in 1977 was in new york city. with the new york cosmos against the club here santos fc. so i think here we see this double -- this double condition of pele as being a global icon, an ambassador of the beautiful game, playing in new york at the old giants stadium, metlife stadium, close to where you are and erica, but a very brazilian icon and that is reflected with a very low samba here as people are paying their respects and just a multitude of brazilian flags in front of casket. >> i remember the cosmos, i was

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