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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 pasm...

Train. having met with the fbi, likely he was under some level of investigation. they weren't 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 year's eve. otherwise he could have done a machete attack anywhere. he wanted to get that level of attention. his intended victims were police officers. we gleaned th...

I think we'll 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. >> we'll find out i suspect pretty soon. andrew, back to the machete attack in times square on new year's eve. the suspect was added to a terror watch list and was interviewed by the fbi a few weeks before t...

Of the vote on the house speaker. that's tomorrow at noon eastern. we're following significant developments in two major criminal investigations. the idaho university murders and the times square machete attack. we have new details. we'll 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. 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...