by police while trying to reassure the public. we are really pleased by the response and how our officers handled this situation. all three of the officers are in stable conditions, and there are no credible threats to new yorkers at this time. if. rich: alexis mcadams is live here in new york city. reporter: hi, rich. this all happened last night right in the middle of times square. we saw the police action and a lot of activity the, now we re finding out exactly what went down. investigators and sources are telling us that this teenage suspect drove in from maine, he became radicalized online, pulled out that machete and started swinging. we did talk to the police about this. listen to what they had to say. a 19-year-old male approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete. the male then struck two additional officers in the head with the machete i. one officer, an 8-year veteran, suffered a laceration to the head. the second officer who
where the suspect is being held. good afternoon. if. reporter: good afternoon. that s right, mike, he is being held right here behind me at the monroe county correctional facility, and there s a lot of legal maneuvering going on this weekend about those extradition plans now that he has a public defender who has said that he plans to go back to idaho. he is going to waive his extradition hearing and he wants to go back to fight those charges. as we take a look at that mug shot that we have here from this jail, the attorney says kohberger is waiving that extradition hearing so he can quickly be brought to idaho, adding he s eager to be exonerated. we are also learning more about what led to the sudden stop of the cleanup at the crime scene in moscow, idaho, last week, the day kohberger was arrested here in pennsylvania. something that was briefly discussed on friday by idaho investigators. the house cleanup has been halted, and that came by a legal request from the court.
alexis mcadams and live in new york city with more details for us. when we were out there last night for new year s eve celebrations we saw a lot of police activity in the area rushed in to help the three officers who are recovering we can tell you the teenage suspect is being called a violent islamic extremist who was on the fbi radar for weeks. take a look on your screen this is where it unfolded in midtown manhattan there were thousands of people out there with the three officers were attacked in the area and it was during the major celebrations with police say the 19-year-old trevor bickford of maine pulled out a machete style knife and started swinging he struck two officers in the head and injured a third nypd officer. what are those officers as a rookie cop who literally just got a job in new york city. all are expectcted to be okay investigators say this could be a possible terror attack, sources tell me the suspect s own family called the police on him back in dece
flooding there behind you. how will people mobilize around that to get the help they need? reporter: that s a great question. this is something they come frepaired for, they have their plans in place. what makes it tricky is the this the only way in and out of davis island. that is something unfortunately we re going to see play out. we re already trying to see people get on and off davis island and they re having to speed through what is flooded street. honestly that is something we re going to have to keep an eye on. so far it s not posed a problem but that s been something everyone s been asking, those aqua fences again put up in anticipation. they say they have this all planned out and they re prepare. i have seen we talked about how this hospital was open. i ve seen many hospital staff
totally underwater. it s one of those movie scenes where you ache your last breath up take your last breast in that little bubble hey, we just had a helicopter go down off davis island. reporter: that was gabbert calling police before he and his brothers raced to help. they pulled the people to safety on their jet skis. this body cam video from the tampa bay marine unit as they rescued the pilot from that water crash. they were healthy, scared, nervous but, you know, it was just, it was a pretty crappy situation that turned good in the end. it was just right place, right time. reporter: yeah. and the faa and the ntsb are helping tampa bay police investigate this crash but, boy, what a lucky incidence for these people who were aboard this helicopter crash, to have the backup quarterback run to their rescue.