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So lets go. the digital age is waiting. thanks for staying with us. welcome back. here are the top stories we are following this hour. the fbi and nypd are learning new details about the suspect linked to the terrifying new years eve machete attack against police officers near time square. including apparent support for

Lending. you should watch what the banks do. >> so ken fisher, youre the best in the business on this. i appreciate it. thanks for your insight going into 2023. lets hope. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> edward: so new year, same border crisis. well have the latest. the machete attack that wounded three in new york. why officials are investigating it as possible terrorism. dont settle for silver. harness the power of 7 moisturizers & 3 vitamins to smooth, heal, and moisturize your dry ski...

Is innocent until proven guilty. jake? >> thanks so much. also in our national lead today, new details on the suspect in the new years eve machete attack on three new york city police officers near times square. police say the suspect is an islamist extremist who wanted to join the taliban. he left behind a not expect to now. shimon, this attack played out close to crowds gathered for the new years eve countdown. >> reporter: yeah, well actually, jake, were standing right in the area of where th...

Security zone in midtown manhattan around 10:00 p.m. one of those officers had just graduated from the police academy the day before. the suspect was shot in the shoulder before being taken into custody. joining us with the latest is nbc news correspondent kathy park. this was just incredible. this is the kind of alleged terror attack they have feared for years on new years eve. nothing like this has ever happened before. what can you tell us? >> reporter: andrea, good afternoon. yeah, it is pre...

Police here are not revealing how the process will work due to security reasons. wolf? >> veronica, thank you very much. now to the latest on that new years eve machete attack against three new york city police officers near times square. were learning new details about the suspect, including red flags raised by his own family and an interview with fbi agents last month. our senior crime and justice correspondent is joining us. give us the latest. >> reporter: wolf, it was saturday night on ei...

Hello, everyone, and happy new year. im bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn "newsroom." were following several different developments into a machete attack in times square on new years 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 co...

Train. having met with the fbi, likely he was under some level of investigation. they werent physically watching him 24 hours a day. then if he took the train, which is what investigators believe he did, he would not have been stopped in any way with that. >> john, let me get your thoughts. you served in the nypd. what are your thoughts about this? >> what is emerging is a clearer picture now which his target in new york was new years eve. otherwise he could have done a machete attack anywhere. ...

I think well learn from the affidavit whether they know whether there was a relationship with that house. we know his dna was found there as an unknown contributor according to sources familiar with the case. the question is did he leave that there the night of murder or was it left there on some prior trip because he had been there before? a lot of this we may know when they unseal this. >> well find out i suspect pretty soon. andrew, back to the machete attack in times square on new years eve....

Of the vote on the house speaker. thats tomorrow at noon eastern. were following significant developments in two major criminal investigations. the idaho university murders and the times square machete attack. we have new details. well share them when we come back.

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. were 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. hes set to make his first court appearance tomorrow. just ahead, well take a...