and the rest of our city. new orleans pauses to remember — tonight, 3 minute's silence at the superdome to remember at the superdome to remember the victims of the new the victims of the new year's day massacre. year's day massacre. the fbi say the driver the fbi say the driver of the truck that killed 1a of the truck that killed 14 people on burbon street, people on burbon street, was 100% inspired by isis. was 100% inspired by isis. we will bring you reaction we will bring you reaction from the city, including from the city, including the eye witness account the eye witness account from two very lucky survivors. from two very lucky survivors. also tonight — the flood waters also tonight — the flood waters subsiding in northern england subsiding in northern england but freezing temperatures they have a much clearer but freezing temperatures hampering the clean—up hampering the clean—up and rescue, with new snow and rescue, with new snow and ice alerts in place and ice alerts in place for large parts of the country. for large parts of the country. and 166 million years old — and 166 million years old — the enormous dinosaur the enormous dinosaur foot prints discovered foot prints discovered in an oxfordshire quarry. in an oxfordshire quarry. good evening, the fbi say good evening, the fbi say

they have a much clearer picture of the events leading up to the terrorist attack in new orleans on new year's day. that information leads them to believe, that the driver of the truck, military veteran shamsud—dinjabbar was acting alone.

the, "war between the believers and the disbelievers". the fbi said they recovered two improvised explosive devices that were left in ice boxes, one on the cross section of bourbon and orleans street and the second at an intersection two blocks away. officials now have surveillance footage that shows jabbar placing the devices where they were found. an address in mandeville, a city near new orleans, is still being searched for potential evidence. we know that he specifically picked out bourbon street. not quite sure why. i mean, i think one can assume that it was because there were lots of people, new year's eve, you know with a target for an attack. that's the stuff in the coming days, as far as that path to radicalisation goes, that we're really going to be digging into and making a priority of. so what i can tell you right

now is that he was 100% inspired by isis. it will be some relief to people in new orleans to hear jabbar was working alone. tonight there are thousands of football fans in the city for the sugar bowl. the quarterfinal between georgia and notre dame which was postponed for 2h hours to give the authorities more time. carl nasman is in new orleans. and on, as you can see, bourbon street. why don't you give us a show and tell around the area so we can see what it looks like. , . , . ,., so we can see what it looks like. , . , . . like. christian, 'ust about an hour ago h like. christian, just about an hour ago bourbon _ like. christian, just about an hour ago bourbon street - hour ago bourbon street reopening to pedestrians only, but this is the first look we're starting to get that attack took place and also the city is starting to move forward, beginning to recover from this attack. i want to show you you the way the city is grieving and mourning the 14 victims of that attack on new year's day. you can see here 14

yellow roses along with the mardi gras beads, these were laid during a ceremony, christian, that took place before bourbon street reopening. we were hearing from the head of police here, they said it was very important that that type of ceremony happened before they let people come back and begin to have fun and carry on the traditions we always see her on bourbon street, gathering of local religious leaders. i do want to show you something else, because there will be questions asked about security on the day and how this was able to take place. you can see behind me, this is a security barrier. this was here on new year's day. this is lifted now, but on the night of the attack it was down, so traffic and obviously the attacker was able to drive on to bourbon street, reportedly, according to local media, the concern was it could get stuck in an up position, that might�*ve prevented emergency services from driving and if that was necessary, that was the concern why it wasn't lifted on the day and that is

the thinking about why that wasn't actually in place and ready. if you can look here now, we are going to walk into bourbon street. these are new in place, new security measures you might often see them during mardi gras but this has now been placed by local authorities, they said look, we are confident bourbon street is safe but what we want to make sure is that the public feel safe. these yellow barriers here, that's part of that process, part of trying to make sure that the people feel they can return to normal life or at least as close as they can. we'll just least as close as they can. we'lljust make our way a little into bourbon street, you can see lots of fans out now, football fans, notre dame fan here hitting ready for the sugar bowl. that will start off in about an hour or so, plenty of georgia fans here, too. business is beginning to reopen, people returning to bourbon street, obviously this is not, though, how they wanted this day to play out. homeland security department had warned law enforcement last month of

potential for vehicle ramming by loan offenders over the holidays. it by loan offenders over the holidays-_ by loan offenders over the holida s. . , , holidays. it almost seems as thou . h holidays. it almost seems as though they _ holidays. it almost seems as though they described - holidays. it almost seems as though they described whatl though they described what unfolded there in new orleans, that must be a huge frustration for people in the city, knowing that the warnings were out there. ~ .. . , there. we did here actually from the — there. we did here actually from the chief _ there. we did here actually from the chief of _ there. we did here actually from the chief of police - there. we did here actually| from the chief of police who said, you know, she was asked, are you frustrated that these sorts of measures weren't in place, that those yellow barriers were in here on new year's day? she said frustrated isn't the word, but you know, looking back, it's 20/20. this was a terrorist hell bent on causing destruction, and whatever was in place he would have found his way around it. that's the feeling here right now. this is a city used to large events, mardi gras takes place here, the sugar bowl, 16,000 people are going to be here attending that. and the super bowl will be hosted again this year. the city that on the one hand is used to be being

able to handle it, but we note security measures will be doubled down, there will be some revaluations notjust in new orleans but cities across the country, obviously countries will be looking at this, too, to see how attack like this can be prevented in the future.— like this can be prevented in the future. it's going to be an emotional— the future. it's going to be an emotional night, _ the future. it's going to be an emotional night, no - the future. it's going to be an emotional night, no doubt, i the future. it's going to be an emotional night, no doubt, in the stadium tonight. carl now has been, thank you very much for that. has been, thank you very much forthat. —— nasman. joining me now are ruth and jonathan chavez, they are mother and son. they were on bourbon st on new year's day at the time of the attack. they are extremely lucky to be unharmed. ifi if i can start with you, ruth, why don't you describe to us where you were when the truck came down the street. we were on bourbon _ came down the street. we were on bourbon street, _ came down the street. we were on bourbon street, walking - on bourbon street, walking around and my son is only 17 years old so we weren't able to go into a lot of places. so we were just kind of hanging out on the streets enjoying the

music and the people, having a good time, and we saw these doors open with some live music being played so we walked in there, and within a few minutes that we were inside, we heard the gunshots and the people that, the bar that we were at, they shut the doors and they told us all to get down. and they locked us in there. and we were in there probably about five minutes, we took cover and when we walked out we saw the truck that was crashed right in front of us, right in front of where we were at and we didn't really even know what happened, we didn't know it was just an accident and then we saw people on the floor and first responders giving cpr and we stood there and watch them try to save this young kid that was similar in age to my son. so i got really emotional, i was in shock and just washing them trying to save this young kid

—— watching them try to save this young kid. the police put up their police tape and made us leave. so we were very lucky because if we wouldn't have stepped foot in the bar, we would've been in the direct path of that truck.- would've been in the direct path of that truck. what we heard yesterday _ path of that truck. what we heard yesterday from - path of that truck. what we heard yesterday from a - path of that truck. what we heard yesterday from a lot | path of that truck. what we i heard yesterday from a lot of local people is that this, and you can see it from the video, the truck coming down the street, it's a very narrow street. and obviously the music is coming out of the bars. do you think, jonathan, you would have heard the truck coming if you had been out on the street? i wouldn't know, but i come alike. — i wouldn't know, but i come alike. in _ i wouldn't know, but i come alike, in the videos that they show. — alike, in the videos that they show, he's going so, so fast. and — show, he's going so, so fast. and who _ show, he's going so, so fast. and who knows if we would have heard _ and who knows if we would have heard it — and who knows if we would have heard it or— and who knows if we would have heard it or been aware, because all i remember, we were having all i remember, we were having a good — all i remember, we were having a good time, we were just focused _ a good time, we were just focused on what we were doing and who— focused on what we were doing and who knows if he was just lying — and who knows if he was just lying down and we weren't just paying — lying down and we weren't just paying attention. he was going

really— paying attention. he was going really fast and everything happened so, so quickly. and it was happened so, so quickly. and it wasjust— happened so, so quickly. and it wasjust so_ happened so, so quickly. and it wasjust so tragic happened so, so quickly. and it was just so tragic and it was very— was just so tragic and it was very graphic, too. it was just so tragic and it was very graphic, too.— was just so tragic and it was very graphic, too. it was sad. yet, it sounds _ very graphic, too. it was sad. yet, it sounds graphic. - very graphic, too. it was sad. yet, it sounds graphic. and l yet, it sounds graphic. and there you are, trying to help this young man, ruth, how have you process what you've been through? i you process what you've been throu~h? ., �* ~' through? i don't think we really had _ through? i don't think we really had time _ through? i don't think we really had time to - through? i don't think we | really had time to process through? i don't think we - really had time to process it. just walking back after the tragedy, walking back to our motel, it was really quiet and i was in tears, and it wasjust a very, like... it wasjust a really awful feeling that i felt in my heart because there was just nothing we could do. and we had to get on the aeroplane the next day so the whole process of getting back to new mexico and coming home last night, it'sjust to new mexico and coming home last night, it's just been kind of like a nightmare but i'm sure grateful that we are alive

and we had stepped foot in that bar, because we wouldn't be here either. there are so many people that didn't make it home and we were very lucky to be able to get on that plane and come home. i able to get on that plane and come home-— able to get on that plane and come home. i know, jonathan, our come home. i know, jonathan, your mum _ come home. i know, jonathan, your mum told _ come home. i know, jonathan, your mum told our _ come home. i know, jonathan, your mum told our producer. come home. i know, jonathan, i your mum told our producer that your mum told our producer that you go to new orleans you go there regularly for football, and the sugar bowl was postponed, was a just travellers arrangements or did you just don't feel safe? irate you just don't feel safe? we were in town _ you just don't feel safe? we were in town for _ you just don't feel safe? - were in town for the saints and raiders game. did were in town for the saints and raiders game-— raiders game. did you not feel safe enough — raiders game. did you not feel safe enough to _ raiders game. did you not feel safe enough to stay _ raiders game. did you not feel safe enough to stay or- raiders game. did you not feel safe enough to stay or was - safe enough to stay or was there a feeling you just wanted to get out yesterday? £311" to get out yesterday? our fliuht to get out yesterday? our flight was — to get out yesterday? our flight was originally - flight was originally booked for new year's day to come home. , , , . ~ , for new year's day to come home. g , , ,., home. right. just pick up on that thought _ home. right. just pick up on that thought | _ home. right. just pick up on that thought i was _ home. right. just pick up on| that thought i was discussing with carl, the bollards which

were down yesterday, the view was taken that they needed to be updated in time for the super bowl, and so there were makeshift bollards in place. what are your feelings about that given the warnings that had already been given by the homeland security department? i think they definitely should have took those precautions with everything that's going on right now. it's a real theme with these terrorist threats and they do carry them out and when you're dealing with that many people in places that are saturated like that, i think it's so important to take those threats seriously and do everything possible to keep all these innocent people safe that are out there to just have a good time with her family. ruth and jonathan — good time with her family. ruth and jonathan chavez, _ good time with her family. ruth and jonathan chavez, we - good time with her family. ruth and jonathan chavez, we are glad you're safe and well. i know it's not easy to talk about it but we appreciate it. we'll take a short break. around the world and here in the uk, you are watching bbc news.

us authorities say there is no apparent connection linking the attack in new orleans with the explosion of that tesla cybertruck outside the trump international hotel in las vegas yesterday. even though there are some curious similarities. the dead man recovered from the vehicle has been named as matthew alan livelsberger, a 37—year—old green beret who was with the tenth special forces, he had served in afghanistan and was on leave at the time. he too had crossed states lines, driving the cybertruck truck from colorado to nevada, recharging at various tesla station along the way. the fbi say vehicle was first spotted on the strip early new year's day, pulling into the hotel, for the first timejust after seven in the morning, and then returning to park in the valet area just an hour later. it exploded 17 seconds after coming to a standstill. the agents said the man inside the tesla had shot himself before

it exploded. we do know that are subject here is served in the military, in fact he's a current member of the military. both of the subjects served at fort bragg, north carolina. what we do know about that is, it's a very large military base and we have no record that they served in the same unit or even the same years at fort bragg, something that continues to remain under investigation. lilyjamali is in las vegas. if they are not connected and there is no suggestion as we just heard that they are, there are a number of coincidences in the two attacks that were staged on the same day. there really are. _ staged on the same day. there really are, both _ staged on the same day. there really are, both on _ staged on the same day. there really are, both on new- staged on the same day. there really are, both on new year's| really are, both on new year's day and both people as you heard there, that served in the military, in fact the perpetrator, the proof and believed to have perpetrated the attacker was an active member. new mention he was in

the greene berets, that is an elite branch of the us military and that cross over at fort bragg, then in afghanistan as well reportedly in the year 2009. law enforcement has been careful about drawing any conclusion and really treating both of these incidents as separate. both of these incidents as separate-— separate. they didn't talk about, really, _ separate. they didn't talk about, really, in- separate. they didn't talk about, really, in that - separate. they didn't talk. about, really, in that press conference was motive. that's absolutely _ conference was motive. that's absolutely right, _ conference was motive. that's absolutely right, we _ conference was motive. that's absolutely right, we do - conference was motive. that's absolutely right, we do not. absolutely right, we do not have a motive from law enforcement officials at this point. and that is something that so many people i have questions about. one officials said something ifound questions about. one officials said something i found very striking in the press conference. it's not lost on them that this incident in las vegas took place in front of the trump hotel, a trump building, and it involves a tesla vehicle, the ceo of tesla of course is elon musk who has

forged close relationship with the president—elect of late. he is very visible, heading up along with vic ramaswamy, the department of government efficiency aimed at cutting back government spending. his presence in this future administration has not been welcomed necessarily by all. the truck was packed with explosives, weapons in the back and a handgun found in the driver's foot well.— driver's foot well. that's ri . ht. driver's foot well. that's right- in _ driver's foot well. that's right. in addition - driver's foot well. that's right. in addition to - driver's foot well. that's right. in addition to the | right. in addition to the fireworks and fuel enhancers from what law enforcement officials said yesterday, this morning we learned there were multiple firearms in this vehicle, that the subject of the vehicle in fact had sustained a gunshot wound to the head and a handgun was found at his feet and this vehicle. you have to understand that, you saw the explosion, you saw the visuals and law enforcement officials talked about this today, how the person's body was so badly burned that they are really in

the beginnings of this investigation. what we did see was military identification, there was a passport, matthew levels burger of colorado springs located inside the vehicle. they will only confirm that he was the subject and the vehicle when they can confirm it with dna evidence.- vehicle when they can confirm it with dna evidence. thank you very much _ it with dna evidence. thank you very much for— it with dna evidence. thank you very much for that. _ new orleans is the deadliest isis inspired attack they have had us soil in several years. thinking back to others there was a 2015 shooting — by a husband—and—wife team who killed 1a people in san bernardino, california. in 2016 massacre at a gay nightclub in orlando, by a gunman who killed 49 people, and similarly had pledged his allegiance on a 911 call to the then isis leader al—baghdadi. perhaps there was this perception the threat had gone away, in spite of the warnings issued by the intelligence agencies.

just this past summer fbi director christopher wray said he was "hard pressed to think of a time in my career where so many different kinds of threats were all elevated at once. clearly going forward that has implications for some big upcoming events, the funeral of the late former presidentjimmy carter, the inaguration, and next month the super bowl in new orleans. joining me now is dr matthew levitt, director of the reinhard counterterrorism programme at the washington institute and former fbi agent. you're very welcome to the programme. let's pick up one of the similarities between these two men, in terms of the threat level, and that is that they are both, both served in the military, when a veteran, one still serving. military, when a veteran, one still serving-— still serving. thanks for havin: still serving. thanks for having me _ still serving. thanks for having me on _ still serving. thanks for having me on the - still serving. thanks for - having me on the programme. that's very concerning because when people come out of the military, when they were serving in the military they are learning some unique skill sets but i think it's important to remember that the overall percentage of people who are

serving or have served and compare that to the number of people who have come from the military and engage next violence a small number. it's large enough however that people are concerned under really a look both within the us military and social service organisations outside the military at what more can be done to prepare people who are leaving the military to enter society, leave a place where violence is part of your life and go into a place where it's not supposed to be. it's too early to say if the military link between these two marks something different than what was, or if it really is a coincidence that you had to people who carried out attacks at a time when people tend to carry out attacks, not because there is significance to it for any particular militant group but because there are lots of people out and about. because there's lots of media attention. and so we need to kind of wait until more information comes out, as you heard from law enforcement. they have no definitive ties

between these two people yet, despite serving at the same basic different times, we will know more fairly quickly and we should try not to speculate. obviously, we have good experience of this here in europe. there is a big difference between isis inspired and isis directed. i think one of the things that directors will need to ascertain is whether he was inspired online by videos he'd search for himself, or was he conspiring with others overseas, and that is an important factor. absolutely. auain, important factor. absolutely. again. too — important factor. absolutely. again, too early _ important factor. absolutely. again, too early to _ important factor. absolutely. again, too early to know - important factor. absolutely. again, too early to know forl again, too early to know for sure but statistically, it's far more likely for him to be a home—grown violent extremists who was inspired by material he consumed, that was put out there on social media or anybody who is interested to dip into. far more likely that that would be the case then that would be the case then that he was actually in touch with actual isis personnel or even more so that he was directed by some of them, before and directed attack. we have had very few of those in the united states, the last i

can think of was the attack at the military base in pensacola florida which was not an islamic state, it was al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. hagar do in the arabian peninsula. how do ou in the arabian peninsula. how do you think _ in the arabian peninsula. how do you think this _ in the arabian peninsula. how do you think this affects - in the arabian peninsula. how do you think this affects those big events that are coming out, notably the inauguration and funeral ofjimmy carter? i think it's more of an issue for the public, for the average person watching tv. there haven't been a lot of successful attacks, thank god, and therefore may be this threat isn't so big. for people who followed this very closely, it certainly does and the fbi and others that you just mentioned from director ray, this is an ongoing day—to—day offence. so from law enforcement and intelligence perspective, the surprise of course is that these attacks go through —— were both successful, devastating. it was not that a perpetrator tried to carry them out. for me, the big take away is that there is no

such thing as 100% success even among the best of the best. the bad guys got to get it right once and they will carry out attack, we have to get it right every single time and that is just not possible. we'll find out later if there was a ball that was dropped, something was missed, that won't necessarily be the case, it's just not possible to stop every bad person from doing something wrong all the time. find person from doing something wrong all the time.— person from doing something wrong all the time. and yet joe biden wrong all the time. and yet joe itiden has _ wrong all the time. and yet joe biden has talked _ wrong all the time. and yet joe biden has talked about - wrong all the time. and yet joe biden has talked about the - biden has talked about the threat over the horizon. he talked about that when they withdrew from afghanistan and christopher reyes talked about that. isis linked to afghanistan, a few weeks ago donald trump said not our fight when we were talking about the collapse of the regime in syria, but we know that there is a resurgent isis group in syria and we also know what happens when a vacuum is left. do you think this perhaps changes the way donald trump will view foreign policy? idat

will view foreign policy? not likel . will view foreign policy? not likely- and _ will view foreign policy? not likely. and partly _ will view foreign policy? iirrt likely. and partly because it is not likely we are going to see a direct connection either to afghanistan or syria. i don't know, but it's not the most likely scenario. these things will be shaped as politicians will shape them. i think it is the case that fighting counterterrorism over the horizon is much more difficult when you're not there, but these two incidents will not necessarily have bearing on that because they will most likely be cases of home—grown violent extremism. my home—grown violent extremism. my biggest concern about syria, frankly, is that we have isis fighters who have been in detention since isis suffered territorial defeat and if someone isn't there to detain them or to get them to their home countries to be detained and tried to, then we could see them go free. we could see them break out of prison. and so the situation that we've enjoyed the past few years where isis has been less of a threat is

not something we can take as a given and we have to keep at that. dr given and we have to keep at that. , ~. given and we have to keep at that. , that. dr matthew levitt, good to talk to you _ that. dr matthew levitt, good to talk to you tonight, - that. dr matthew levitt, good to talk to you tonight, good i that. dr matthew levitt, good| to talk to you tonight, good to have you on the programme. let's leave you with some pictures from new orleans. we can show you the sugar bowl game which is about to begin in the next half an hour, the game between georgia and notre dame, also people there, lots of security as well, officers brought in and sniffer dodds tonight to reassure the public there will be some relief they think that they know this man was acting alone. hello. well, it's felt pretty bitter outside today given the brisk north/north—westerly winds. but despite the cold air, the brisk winds, many of us have had blue skies and sparkling visibility. lots of sunshine. there have been a few, though, that have seen different weather. and across northern scotland, a bit more snow here, the roads already looking quite tricky in places, and there's more snow to come over the next 2a hours as these bitter north/north—westerly winds continue to drag in the arctic air across the uk.

now, weather—wise, overnight tonight, we've got a little weather front that's going to be bringing a few more centimetres of snow to scotland, particularly the hills. around coastal areas, you're more likely to see a mix of rain and some sleet. it's going to be another cold night with a widespread and sharp frost. that means we're likely to see some icy stretches as we head into friday morning, particularly across the northern half of the uk, where those showers have fed in through the night. now, away from that, many areas starting cold and frosty. another sparkling day for england and wales with lots of blue skies and sunshine. that said, there is a greater chance of showers working into north wales, north—west england and the isle of man on these north—westerly winds as they work through the irish sea. as they work through the irish another cold day, temperatures quite widely 2—4 celsius. heading into the weekend, we start off on a cold and frosty note. saturday sees a veil of clouds spilling across england and wales. that traps cold air near the surface. temperatures really struggling, two or three degrees. brighter for scotland and northern ireland, with a mixture of sunshine and wintry showers.

but then, as we go through saturday night into sunday and monday, this area of low pressure is set to bring some areas of the uk some severe weather. in the cold air, snow gets right down to sea level, but it's not cold everywhere. so at the south of the weather system, we see snow falling to about 2500m elevation. you'd need to be up a mountain that tall to see snow. in other words, we are more likely to see rain. and that dividing line between the cold and the mild is super sharp and super important. for sunday, then, it's where we see the snow become slow moving and persistent that we're in real trouble. in the south, any snow turns back to rain as that milder air works in. potentially a spell of freezing rain for a time in the hills of north wales, making for some very icy conditions. but where we see the biggest accumulations of snow, over the hills, we could be looking at around 20 to 40cm, enough to cut off some communities this weekend.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. cold weather alerts are sent out as temperatures plummet across the uk. snow and ice are forecast for most of england and wales — and parts of scotland.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tanya. rangers have thumped celtic three nil in the old firm derby, but still trail them by 11 points in the scottish premiership. rangers made a bright start when yanis hagi drove in past kasper schmeichel. celtic never gained any mometum as rangers dominated. robin propper squeezed in a second after half—time before substitute danilo swept in the third. it's the first old firm victory for rangers manager philippe clement, and celtic�*s first loss of the domestic season. real madrid head coach carlo ancelotti has refused to deny his club are trying to sign trent alexander—arnold from liverpool. we understand the spanish side had made an approach — which liverpool pushed back on. spanish media also reported real are willing to buy the england international this month — but ancelotti wouldn't be drawn on the situation. it is very difficult to talk

about it in this context. we