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hello, everyone, and happy new year. i'm bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn "newsroom." we're following several different developments into a machete attack in times square on new year's eve. moments ago the 19-year-old suspect was arrested for attempted murder and assault of police officers. cnn has also learned that the suspect was added to a terrorist watch list just a few weeks before the attack. sources tell cnn that fbi agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. let's bring in glroria pasmina from times square. >> the suspect has opinion arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and two counts of attempted assault. the suspect remains in the hospital.

he was injured during the attack. a police officer did fire his service weapon energy him on the should, and he remains at this hour under police guard at the hospital. let me tell you what else we're learning about trevor bickford 19 years old from wells, maine. he traveled here last week on the train. that's all according to law enforcement sources. we've also learned that trevor bickford had been added to the terror watch list after the fbi held an interview with him and started an investigation after his mother and his grandmother reported their concern after he expressed a desire to travel to afghanistan. he said he wanted to die for his religion and expressed a desire to join the taliban. we've also learned that during this attack trevor bickford was the carrying a backpack which contained a handwritten diary. he ditched the backpack near the

scene at times square. in it he wrote about the same desires, wanted to travel abroad and join the taliban. now law enforcement officials also telling us that the u.s. attorney here in new york has been weighing whether or not to press federal charges against bickford. that, of course, remains to be seen. he traveled here to this area where i'm standing right now which on new year's eve was just being flooded by thousands of people. this attack took place several bloks away from here at a security checkpoint. everyone trying to get into this area on new year's eve needed to go through a security checkpoint. that's where trevor bickford approached these police officers and attacked them after the machete. i should also mention that in that diary, law enforcement sources tell us that trevor bickford wrote about his last will and testament leaving detailed instructions for what he wanted done with his body and had a he wanted done with his

personal belongings. we are awaiting to hear more about the possible motivation behind this attack and whether or not he will be facing any kind of federal charges. bianna? >> byeah. it abeers he was prepared to die during this attack. the suspect accused of killing four idaho college students will be back in court tomorrow. bryan kohberger is charged with first-degree murder accused of fatally stabbing these four university of idaho students while they slept at an off-campus home back in november. kohberger is expected to waive extradition at a court hearing in pennsylvania tomorrow and head back to idaho to face prosecution. more from moscow, idaho with the very latest. verne characters we've heard from the family of the suspect. what exactly are they saying? >> reporter: bianna, we understand they will be in court tomorrow. we also understand they have not been able to speak with the suspect, bryan kohberger, since

his arrest. through his public defender the family has put out a statement expressing first and foremost. they say we care deeply for the four families who have lost their precious children. there are no words that can adequately express the sadness we feel. we pray for them each day. they also continued to say they want to let the legal process unfold before they make any assumptions and that they support their brother and son. tomorrow, if he does waive extradition at his hearing, he could be back in the state of idaho as early as to recall. it could take a couple of days. we asked the police chief here had a that process would be like, and he said for security reasons they are not going to be revealing that information, but what they are asking for here at the moscow police department is continued help. they received about 20,000 tips throughout this investigation which led them to kohberger. now they are asking for people to send them information if they have had any interaction with him from as early as his childhood all the way up until now, either in this area or across the country because,

again, they have made the arrest, but now they are trying to get a conviction. they want to paint a picture of exactly who he is. on friday when they announced the arrest, they had 400 calls not tip line specifically about kohberger. he's a graduate student at washington state university studying criminology which also makes him a teaching assistant, and one of his students told cnn that as of late he's just been off. take a listen to what he had to say. >> he had like a little bit more facial hair, stubble, but definitely less well kept than he was, and he was a little quieter. you know, he -- he used to stand up at the start of class and talk about some stuff sometimes and this time he didn't really do that at all. he was definitely i think like -- like the previous mental preoccupation that we've been noticing where like he didn't want to be there. that was at an all-time high and, you know, he didn't look like he was doing great.

>> bianna, kohberger's apartment at washington state university was searched over the weekend. we spoke to somebody who lives right below him. she said that the last four months when they have opinion living underneath him, it has been very difficult because he would be up all hours of the night, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning vacuuming in the middle of the night. it was very disturbing to them and they saw the white hyundai elantra police were looking for but they didn't make the connection that he could be the suspect. bianna? >> no doubt. this arrest comes as a huge relief for that community which has been on edge for two months now since the murders took place. thank you. ahead, the father of kaylee g gonsalves gets his first interview since away of bryan

kohberger. first our law enforcement analysts join us. welcome to both of you. let begin with the kohberger arrest there. chief ramsey, as we said, he's expected to waive extradition tomorrow. what can we expect when the probable cause affidavit will be unsealed once he returns to idaho? >> well, you're going to get a lot of information as to how they zeroed in on him. we've already heard that dna played a huge role. information from the public, you know, about the white house vehicle. there's a lot of information that we have, but there's an awful lot of information that we don't have so you're going to learn a lot more about the actual investigative steps taken to ruly zero in on him. the police department and all those law enforcement agencies did a very, very good job in my opinion. this is not an easy case. it's very complicated, but they were able to bring it in, and

even though people were thinking that things were going the wrong way, i think they handled it properly in terms of holding information from the public until they got the person they were looking for. >> yeah. up until now there had been concerns that given the length of time that this passed that this would turn into a cold case. clearly things have changed quickly. julia, let me ask you about kohberger's background in criminal justice and the fact that he's a graduate student there. he has a deep knowledge of the legal system and i want to read a reddit post that has since been taking down where he may be linked to participating in a research project to understand how emotions and psychological traits influence decision-making while committing a crime could. that help investigators with motive as the investigation begins now? >> it could help with them understanding the extent to which he had planned this out and whether -- and the extent to which he had also planned out his exit.

i mean, there were -- there was a significant amount of time between when the murders occurred and -- and they catch him in pennsylvania. did that kind of research also help him? there's statements or report begun what he may have said at the moment of his arrest which may have been relevant of his knowledge of how the criminal justice system works. the one thing we don't know is whether he knew any of the individuals in the home or whether it was random in the sense that he staked out a house where there was activity. maybe the door was unlocked. the girls were young and he was watching them. that question of why this house, why those victims, that's going to be what we're all looking for in terms of what we're going to find out this week. >> and whether it was premeditated or not. >> chief ramsey, we heard from one of the students, a teachers

assistant in one of the classes there, where a student said his behavior had changed and he had grown some facial hair. perhaps from that student and perhaps they will speak to other students as well, can any of that be used evidence, or does that come across as just hear say? >> i don't think that's very strong in terms of anything. i mean, have you to prove that the individual committed the murder. letting your beard grow a little bit or being a little distracted during class is not going to bring you to that conclusion, so they have got a lot of work to do. they are still trying to locate the murder weapon. one interesting thing because he was taking a look at a criminology student in terms afterthought process before, during and after. he may have taken some notes. if he actually committed notes he's an individual that is like self-reflecting on those kind of things perhaps. so they will be doing a lot of work to get this ready to actually go to trial. those interviews are always helpful, and we want people to come forward and provide

information, but that kind of information by itself is really not helpful in terms of conviction. >> julia, let me ask you about the attack in times square. we now know that the suspect had been known to the fbi. he had been on the watch list and that fbi officials and agents had actually spoken with him just a few weeks ago after his family had voiced concern. does this suggest to you that perhaps the ball was dropped somewhere between then and now? >> no. i mean, this is going to be a very difficult case i think to understand sort of what happened in that gap period, but this is not uncommon. in some ways the fact that the fbi approached him before is good news because we want families to come forward. in all of these cases, in particular international foreign terrorism in which there's some nexus between an organization and a group and an individual who is becoming radicalizeded, he talks about going there to get trained, and in the absence

of him being table do that he plans an attack here. it's the family members who always know, the mother, the wife, the children, so we do want to promote them coming forward. they then talked to him, but he hasn't done anything. he may have -- he obviously lied to them and so they can't make an arrest. not even new york city has the capacity to follow everyone who is showing signs of violence or showing signs of radicalization. this is a case that we'll learn more and in particular what i'm looking forward to are thetize to islamic groups in terms of was he just passively following along, or were there some back channels and or communications which promoted him to do this but the mother clearly saw a radicalization and came forward, and the fbi did interview him. these are hard cases to break before some action is taken whether it is a communication

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republican leader kevin mccarthy has hours left to secure the votes he needs to become speaker of the house. yesterday he outlined some concessions in his quest for the leadership role, but he is still facing a math problem. nine republican hardliners say the concessions are not enough, and five other republicans have committed to voting no. this afternoon though he remained optimistic about the vote. >> do you have the votes for speaker tomorrow? >> i think we'll have a good day tomorrow. >> just sense all that excitement in his voice. cnn's lauren fox joins me now. lauren, mccarthy has given into just about every single demand asked of him.

what are the sticking points at this point? >> well, think one of the sticking point is that he just has some members who are going to vote no tomorrow including ralph norman who i tagged to earlier who said his big issue isn't the results package but making sure that there's a balanced budget. he just isn't sure that mccarthy is going to be good on his word when it comes to that issue so he's going to be voting tomorrow for andy biggs, the conservative alternate candidate. that is a major problem for kevin mccarthy because he can only afford to lose four votes tomorrow. like you outlined, he has more than that on the fence or strongly opposed to him going into tomorrow. he tried to assuage concerns last night touring a private conference call saying he was willing to lower the threshold it would take to call for a vote, essentially fire him from the job he really wants. he said he was willing to lower that threshold from a majority of the conference to just five

members, and matt gaetz said that's not good enough for him. moderates are getting frustrated and saying a lot of concessions have been made, things they are opposed to, and yet there's still no movement towards mccarthy, so tomorrow is going to be a big major day, potentially a very upsetting day on the floor of the house as kevin mccarthy seeks that job. bianna? >> potentially a historic day at that. lauren fox, thank you. as noted, it's the first time in decade quo see a so-called floor fight when house members require multiple ballots or floor votes to elect the next speaker of the house. harry enton joins me now. happy new rear to you. i know you've been busy looking into some of the public perceptions of mccarthy. tell us what you found. >> happy new year to you as well. look, when we look right now at the public, right, not members of the public but the public at large, it gives you an understanding and sort of the insights that kevin mccarthy is just not that popular of a guy.

let's take a look at the net favorability ratings of potential first time speakers, favorable versus non-favorable. kevin mccarthy with a minus 19 net favorability rate, by far the lost on potential first-time speakers going all the way back since about 30 years ago. he's not anywhere close to nancy pelosi who was at plus 18 and newt gingrich in 1984 was at minus 9 points so kevin mccarthy really not popular among the republican at large. let's zoom in on republicans because that's what this floor fight tomorrow could all be about. let's take a look at the net favorability ratings of potential first-time speakers among members of their own party. kevin mccarthy is far better liked among republicans than adults at large, plus 30 points, but, again, that's kind of near the bottom of list. only newt gingrich was less liked, so, you know, this idea, maybe there will be a groundswell of support for kevin

mccarthy from the grass roots that might push the republicans iffy on him over the edge. this is like we like kevin mccarthy but we don't love him. this is not what you would expect for the groundswell of support. one nugget that i'll point out. remember, kevin mccarthy faced this before. back in late 2015 there was this idea that kevin mccarthy would succeed john boehner in the house and just couldn't do it. couldn't generate enough support among the republican caucus so the good news for him he's much better liked now at plus 30 points than he was back in 2015 at plus two points. these are not great numbers. they are okay. >> okay. >> okay. only kevin, is that what you're trying to say? we have one day before the vote so walk us through some of the math that's needed. >> yeah. we've been talking about this because at the end of the day this is all a math game, math, math, math. what does kevin mccarthy need to become speaker? keep in mind that right now

republicans have 222 seats. a majority of house seats is 218. so the number of votes that kevin mccarthy can afford to lose is just four. it's just four. you know, here's the problem. here's the math problem. if he can only -- can afford to lose four, there are five hardline against him and then there are nine who are unsatisfied with his compromises. all of a sudden you're looking to theal against him right now it's at least 14. he's ten away from where he essentially needs to be, and i think the real question is, as we sort of go hour by hour and zone in on tomorrow is how is he going to get step of these folks to get on his side? at this point it's unclear, but, of course, you can't beat something with nothing and i'm not sure who the alternative is for kevin mccarthy at this particular point. >> harry, you're more than knock my book. a lot of friends leak you here at cnn and viewers as well. thanks for watching, and thank you for joining me. >> thank you. in the last official day of

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both russian and ukranian and pro-russian reports say troops were stationed as a vocational school next to an a ammunition storage facility which exploded when the rockets hit. senior cnn international correspondent ben wedeman joins us from "qwest sound off live." an information minister says this strike was from an american-supplied rocket system. why were the troops also stationed next to an ammunition storage facility? that's a big question many military experts are asking as well. >> reporter: bianna, we also know that russian military bloggers are asking that very question because if there was ammunition stored right now to this vocational school or in the school itself, that might explain this very high death toll. the russians are saying -- the russian defense ministry is saying 63 soldiers were called. the ukranians initially put out this number of 400 killed, 300 wounded. now they say they are clarifying the numbers.

the ukeiants haven't specifically said they hit the vocational school, just that he hit targets in makievka. there's not a lot of targets to be hit and they are the ones who probably hit it. the ukranians use what are high mobility artillery rocket systems provided by the united states which have been very effective in taking out russian sis tells, and the ukranian defense ministry just about an hour ago putting out a tweet saying don't tease our himars, they bite and that's the case if that's the weapons system they used. bianna? >> the west, no countries really have acknowledged that russia controls that part of eastern ukraine which russia says they have there in donetsk, so we should note that's still viewed as ukranian territory. ben wedeman, thank you.

well, to italy now where at least 65,000 people have paid homage to the late pope benedict as he lies in state at st. peter's basilica in vatican city. benedict, who died saturday at the age of 95, will be laid to rest this thursday. cnn's senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is live in have the can city. fred, public viewing just wrapped up for the day. who are you hearing there from mourners, and what can you tell us about thursday's funeral plans? >> reporter: yeah. from mourners, a lot of people obviously coming here. you mentioned 15,000 on this day alone. we saw the steady stream of people moving past here for the better part of the day, thousands of people coming past us here. a lot of folks from this region in italy, and a lot of people coming in from germany. pectine was german specifically attached to his home rhiannon there to bavaria, and obviously a lot of folks are saying this is the end of an era for the

catholic church because pope benedict, of course, he was pope for a little less than eight years, and he was a highly influential figure as a cardinal here in the cat van for around four decades and one of the people who shamed the dock trip of the catholic church immensely this that period of time. as far as things moving forward, pectine pope benedictine xvi will lie in state, and then on thursday we have a funeral which is another remarkable event for the catholic church because you have the current pope, pope francis, who will be presiding over the funeral of his predecessor. that's really an unprecedented event, of course. of course, it's more than 600 years since a pope actually stood down from that office and pope benedict has been fairly reclusive in the last ten years or so, but still a big larger than life figure here for the catholic church. it will be a very remarkable event, and one of the things that pope benedict did want, he wanted the event to be small and

fairly humble, but, of course, that's only possible to a certain extent with a large organization like the catholic church. >> something incredible to see on thursday. fred pleitgen, thank you. prince harry is doing a series of candid interviews as he's preparing to release his new book. harry tells a british outlet, quote, would i like to get my father back. i would like to have my brother back the he also sat down with anderson cooper for a "60 minutes" interview and explained why he and his weave meghan markle have been so publicly critical of the palace in recent months. >> one of the criticisms that you've received is that, well, okay, fine. you want to move to can. you want to step back from the institutional role. why be so public? you say you tried to do this privately. >> every single time i tried to do it privately there's been briefings and leakings and plantings of stories. the family motto is never explain, never complain but it's

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gates, there was so much water it was gushing in. it knocked me over, and i got stuck -- i lost my phone in the water. >> reporter: and rainfall exceeded eight inches here in california. it caused a lot of headaches, but rain is always welcome news here in this state. it's unclear what the rain will do in terms of the drought conditions in the state, but, again, any time it rains, it is a good thing for california. bianna? >> and more rain is expected. clearly rain is a good thing but not at the rate that it's been coming as of late. thank you. well, california is bracing for another round of heavy rain this week as it continues to reel from this weekend's deadly storm. joining us now is captain parker will burn with the sacramento metropolitan fire department. captain, thank you so much for joining us. i know you're very busy right now. in terms of your biggest priorities, what are you most

focused on today? >> reporter: so, as you know, california is very familiar with just about every natural disaster whether it's flash floods, snowstorms, earthquakes or even drought. the sacramento valley and area have experienced rapid significant flexes in water from both local rainfall and mainly the snow melt from warm rains from the tahoe mountains that, unfortunately, were not done yet. so we are in a life priority so we're locking at continuing to do searches for folks who are stranded in their homes. we have a lot of elderly who were unable to make it out and that are now surrounded by water, so we have rescue companies today going around home to home making sure that all of those folks are out and they are safe. >> rescue workers have been out all weekend. as we head from camilla, there's two reportedly known fatalities. is there anything that you have to update? has that number increased? >> that is the number that we

have so far. we are continuing to see challenges although we have been very proactive. one of the successes that we've had is being proactive, so we've done everything we can as far as setting up an emergency operation center before the storm even hit to running our boats and our helicopter resources up and down the high-threat areas to make sure that everybody is aware to evacuate, to get to high ground, and we're going to continue to do that. we're working very well with our strategic partners countywide whether it's with law enforcement, the county oes, state oes. everybody is all hands on deck. we have a very good relationship with them, and we're working to try to provide that high level service to the community. >> we know this tens of thousands still remain without power. when do you expect that to be fully restored? >> the utility companies are working diligently to get power restored. at one point we have 50,000 customers out of service, power

lines down and trees down, you name, it just the amount of destruction that took place was fairly remarkable in certain parts of our county. the utility companies have worked very hard to get that restored. at last update it was around the 30,000 mark and people were out of power, and, again, that could shrink as the days come. again, we have more weather storms coming over the course of early this week into next week. >> yeah, at least two more are expected just this week alone, so what resources do you need right now in preparation, and are you receiving them both from the state and federally? >> we are receiving the resources that we need. we worked very closely with our partners at the state oes. we have our emergency operation centers up and running and fully staffed with all the partners and pieces that will be in place as these incidents continue to unfold, and we are begun to continue the rescue efforts and the proobjective approach that we've been doing over the course of the last few days.

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we're joined now from reagan national airport. how does 2023 look so far, pete? >> reporter: well, today is one of the busiest post-christmas travel days we have seen so far. we had 42,000 flights scheduled according to the faa, but so far, not so smooth just yet. the faa says there is an issue at one of its biggest aircraft traffic control centers in miami that is causing hours' long delays for some flights going into florida. this is the departures board here at reagan national airport and the arrivals. we've seen most flights here on time, although we're seeing system of the delays building up. southwest has route rounded its corner after last week. southwest needs to focus on giving those refunds to passengers, and i want you to listen now to employees who say it's so crucial that southwest repairs that back end infrastructure that caused this meltdown in the first place, but also work on its reputation.

listen. >> i think initially it's going to cause some damage, of course. a lot of upset people not getting to their christmas plans which is one of the most important days of the year. totally and completely understandable that they're going to be upset. i do encourage them though to give us another shot. i think we're going to end up fixing this going forward. you know, it does take a pretty -- a very large weather event to make this happen, and the union is definitely going to be pressing the company very hard on making sure things get fixed. >> reporter: this is how you get your money back from southwest airlines. you go to southwest.csouthwest southwest.com/traveldisruption. put in your confirmation number and your name and you can go on that site and find a way to submit receipts if you incurred any additional costs. we've seen 164 today, and that makes only a fraction of the