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nutrisystem. get new diets for high protein and low carb created to support your own weight loss approach. nutrisystem has a solution for you. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> thank you for joining us on cnn news central. >> i'm brianna keilar in washington. boris sanchez is on assignment, and we are following breaking news out of new orleans, where the fbi says it is investigating a deadly attack in the city's famed french quarter as an act of terrorism. >> at least ten people killed, dozens injured. >> when police say a driver who was, quote, hell bent on creating carnage intentionally plowed a pickup truck into a crowd on bourbon street as people were celebrating the new year, and we're told that the suspect, who is now dead, had an i.s.i.s. flag at the time of the attack. listen, as a witness describes the horror and panic as the situation unfolded. >> you hear the the screech of tires, and when i turned my head around, there's like a

yukon or escalade or something just barreling down the street, bro. >> i kid you not. like. real life horror movie. everything in the car is hitting. it's getting thrown. it's getting thrown up into the air in a way. and just or under the car. >> right now, federal agents have taken over the scene. they say that they are looking into possible explosives. that a source tells us were found in the suspect's pickup truck. and they're also looking to see whether he had any associates. let's go to cnn's omar jimenez. he is live in new orleans on this story. omar, we are standing by for an update from law enforcement that has shifted from noon. your time to 2 p.m. we are standing by for that. in the meantime, what more are you learning? >> yeah. so right now here at the scene, we are just outside

the french quarter here in new orleans. this is about as close as you can get. as you can obviously see the state troopers here. we've also seen federal investigators, i should say go in and out over the course of really just the few hours. but of course, since the early morning hours here, likely as well, we've seen coroner vans come in and out of this area on top of this. so it's been a very active scene to this point. but of course, the big question for a lot of these people who have been walking by, there have been many tourists here in the area as well, is not just how this could have happened, but why as well. you mentioned some of the latest reporting that we've gotten from our cnn colleagues, from law enforcement sources that an i.s.i.s. flag was found in this suspect's truck. and then on top of that, at least one of those sources says explosives was found in a chest in that truck as well. so likely, at the very least, there did seem to be a plan here. this did not seem to be a spur of the moment thing, and that is what we are hearing

reflected from law enforcement as well. the fbi, of course, investigating this as an act of terrorism. but take a listen to what we heard from the new orleans police earlier today. >> it did involve a man driving a pickup truck down bourbon street at a very fast pace. and it was very intentional. behavior. this man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could, and look for those who are not familiar with new orleans, this part of bourbon street, the french quarter, is one of one of, if not the most popular parts of the city here, especially on a night like new year's eve. >> and of course, we know this happened just in the initial few hours of 2025. and then you get to the heart of this. there are at least ten people that have been killed, over 30 injured, people that, again, were just enjoying the very first few hours of this year. and in some of the videos that we've seen

out of the scene, pretty horrible at this point. but there are even some who appear to be trying to check on their on their loved ones, or in shock at what they're seeing in front of them. likely what happened in just an instant. again, in those initial few moments of 2025 here and outside of the scene itself, there have been a there's been a lot of foot traffic back and forth. there was already a lot going on in the city, obviously, before this happened, a big football game happening as well. so a lot of extra tourists in town that wouldn't ordinarily be here. but of course, all of it, all of them, no matter what they're here for, is now at the center is looking at this as sort of the center of their visit and with the same questions that we all have. why exactly did this happen and how exactly did this happen? even if we are getting some clues now, brianna. >> yeah, such a horrible scene, horrific stories coming out of it. omar, thank you for the report from new orleans. here with us now is cnn's senior justice correspondent, evan perez, who has been working his sources as the fbi is taking

charge of this investigation. what are you learning about how this is going? >> well, one of the things going on right now, brianna, is the the fbi is trying to determine who else or if anyone else could have been involved in this. obviously, the the fact that they found an i.s.i.s. flag leads you to, to to wonder whether there is either people here or somewhere else that this person was in touch with or talking to the person had some intent to do this, and we don't know how long they've been planning it, but this is something that now is an investigation that stretches all the way to texas, where the vehicle was registered. and it appears where this person had some some ties, some links. and so that's one of the that's part of what the work the fbi is doing at this hour, which is to try to find people who knew the suspect, people who may have seen and heard something and any kind of indicator of any radicalization that may have happened. this person is a u.s.

citizen. and and so, obviously, there is a lot of history now that the fbi is combing through. there's a lot of evidence recovery that is being done. the fbi is bringing in resources from outside. again, because this is such a major event. ten people were killed because of the nature of some of the injuries. it is possible that there might be even more. so that's again part of the work that is being done here, talking to victims to see what they heard and what they saw. these ieds that they saw inside this ice chest. again, if you heard the truck in the truck, one of the things that happened earlier today, you heard booms, which is the the bomb squad, essentially rendering rendering them safe for the evidence people to be able to get to the truck and be able to do their investigation. a lot of things are going to be done now, which is to look for any kind of communication. if you were carrying out an attack in the name of i.s.i.s., often what suspects do is they communicate that to

someone. so and that's something is, is is left essentially as something that will be found later on by law enforcement. that is typically what happens. and that's one of the things that the fbi is looking for at this point. yeah. >> and hopefully we'll be learning more here soon. i just want to be clear, i said it was two central time. it's two eastern, right, that we are going to be expecting an update from law enforcement on this attack in new orleans. evan, thank you so much. we'll come back to you as you're getting more information. and with us now we have cnn senior law enforcement analyst and former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. andrew, you're hearing the reporting there. we're waiting for more information. we expect that we'll learn more at this briefing that is coming up here in the next hour. what are you expecting to find out? >> well, i mean, i think it's possible we'll learn the identity of this, of this attacker. um, and and, you know, honestly, brianna, there's so many things, so many questions that we have for the law enforcement community at this point. but i think, um,

evan is absolutely right. they are really racing now to be able to do to take as many steps as they can before that identity of the subject gets out, because that gives them it gives law enforcement a little bit more freedom to move, to do some things covertly, to show up at people's houses who they want to talk to without those folks expecting them to be there, things like that that can give them just a little bit of an edge in an interview or an interaction that might lead to important information. um, it's highly likely that this person left behind a trail of activity in his personal life, in his internet searches, on his electronic devices. so you want to they want to do everything they can to locate all of that evidence as quickly as possible, obtain search warrants for locations and vehicles and places where those things might be held, and then to exploit that, that those items for intelligence purposes

very quickly. because again, the race here is to find out if this person was working with or planning with or training with anyone else. and right now it seems like they don't know a whole lot. >> yeah. and the motive we are getting potential clues into that, knowing that this individual had an i.s.i.s. flag with them. obviously, andy, we're still waiting to learn more, but what does that tell you? what questions does that raise for you? >> well, i mean, as an investigator, it's a pretty clear indicator that this person is in the in the very least cased someone who is inspired by the foreign terrorist organization i.s.i.s.. in the worst case, he might actually be a member of or an operative for that group, or for people who are associated with that group. so that's, you know, that's a pretty big that's a pretty broad spectrum of possibilities there. but it's super important for our our law enforcement and

intelligence folks to be able to shed some light on that. i am sure as they locate or as they identify what we call facilities for him, those are email addresses, phone numbers, you know, texting accounts, social media accounts. they are scouring all of their data sets and intelligence data sets to see if there was ever any indication of this person. they want to know. is this someone who we knew about or should have known about? did we know when did this? if they're not native to the united states, when did they come here? if they are a u.s. citizen, did they travel overseas at different times? so all of that information is out there, but they just need some really key specifics about the subject before they can get, um, you know, informative returns on some of those queries. but it's a it's a race right now. >> yeah. and part of that is looking as they are to see what his associations are. how do they do that. can you pull the

curtain back on that for us? >> sure. so there are um, there's all kinds of intelligence data sets that the fbi and its intel partners have access to. some of them. well, i'll i'll use one that we know from a lot of discussions over the last year. we we spent a lot of time talking about the renewal of the fbi's 702 authority. that's under fisa, section 702. the fbi can monitor or or collect the communications of foreign terrorists overseas. and that's important to us because and on rare occasions, you have individuals here in the united states who are talking to or making contact with foreign terrorists overseas. so that is an example of one data set that they will look at as soon as they have facilities or identifiers that they can run through it. they want to see, even if this is somebody we've never heard of before, we've never investigated before. did this person kind of

stray into our intelligence collection net and we weren't aware of it? did this person have contacts with people that are concerning for us? so all of those pieces of information will help build a rich picture of whether or not how, how deeply this person was involved with international terrorism or not. they may have been entirely just a lone offender who consumed online propaganda, became radicalized here in the united states, and then took it upon themselves to act. we have certainly seen that to be the case. you know, in in many prior incidents. so that's really the light they're trying to shed on this, because it all goes to that question of is there an ongoing threat that we need to be ready for? >> yeah, all important questions. andy, thank you so much for your insights. we really appreciate it. sure thing. ahead on cnn news central, more of our coverage of this attack in new orleans. we do have some new details about the truck that was used and also what we know about the victims. we'll

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that owner did indeed confirm to our casey tolan that it was rented on that website. two federal law enforcement officials do tell cnn that this truck did not belong to the suspect, suggesting that indeed, it was rented. and one of the sources added that it was rented on a site used to rent out vehicles. so let's talk a little bit more about this vehicle and the aerials that you're seeing. there is an overhead shot of this ford white ford f-150 lightning electric truck. it is registered to a houston man who has worked for a car dealership where the vehicle was sold. and this is according to public records, based on the vehicle's license plate records. now, the man tells cnn again, the man who spoke with our casey tolan does say that the vehicle was listed on turo, and he did not respond to additional questions about the suspect, how the rental

occurred, or any details about this truck. we did reach out to turo. turo did not respond to additional questions about the the rental or have any additional comments, but we do know that the site has now disabled the ability to rent this vehicle. it was available unavailable to rent until 12:30 p.m. central time. um, per the previous listing. brianna, we did learn that the vehicle was listed as costing $105 a day. brianna. >> all right. kyung, thank you so much for that information. and we are also hearing from witnesses to this attack whose new year's celebrations were shattered by this tragedy. >> we were in the middle of the road and managed to. >> run off the road, onto the sidewalk and into the doorway of a building. >> um, for for cover. we stayed in the alcove until the gunfire

stopped. came out into the street and, um, came across a lot of several people, um, who had been hit, um, wanted to see what we could do to help. and administer first aid. um, the people we came across, um, were unfortunately deceased. >> terrifying description there. ryan young is with us now reporting on this. ryan, tell us about the victims, what we're learning about them and what witnesses are saying. >> yeah, it's it's been a really hard day to go through some of these witness accounts, but also to search online. and of course, there's video that will never be able to show folks that is online right now of what this attack looked like. you can see mangled bodies everywhere. and of course, witness witnesses have talked about that. now we're going to show you some video. it's blurred, but you can see the chaotic nature that is right there in front of us. and there were just people strewn everywhere, and folks from

balconies were looking down. some folks couldn't get out because obviously they were trying to keep them safe. but you can hear people screaming and yelling for help. you can also see people who are not responsive. um, pamela brown did an interview about an hour and a half ago, and it was just gut wrenching to listen to this one witness talk about what he saw. take a listen i mean, just the disfigurement and the bodies strewn. >> something you can't unsee. you'll never forget. um, directly at our feet was definitely a mother. um, twisted up, uh, obviously deceased. one gentleman crushed, had tire tracks across his back. once they rolled him over. he had tire tracks on his front. he was completely crushed. um, another girl, young, small girl, was dancing when we were coming up the street, and she was just

completely flat. >> let's not forget, two new orleans police officers were shot. and this as well. they are in stable condition. i was talking to an officer who was nearby the scene. they said there's never seen anything like this before, that this has totally shaken them to their core. um, and then when you just hear about all the bodies being lined up there as the city works to clear this scene and also take all the evidence, you understand, this is going to shake people for quite some time. so many people want to know why, but at the same time, you know, there's been families that are going to be talking about this that have been ripped apart forever. >> brianna. yeah. lives forever changed. ryan young, thank you for the report. next, we'll speak with a city council member about how new orleans is responding to this tragedy. we'll have that ahead elle reeve kenya to support your brain health. >> mary. janet. hey eddie.

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>> this just in to cnn. the fbi has just identified the suspect in today's deadly crowd attack in new orleans. joining us now, we have cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid, along with senior justice correspondent evan perez. tell us about who they're saying did this, evan. >> well, now we have an identity from the fbi. 42 year old. shamsud din jabbar, a u.s. citizen from texas. according to the fbi. and this all happened at about 315 local time, central time in in new orleans, there on bourbon street. now, one of the things we also learning from this new updated information from the fbi, they've confirmed earlier reporting that there was an i.s.i.s. flag that was found in the vehicle. and the fbi is obviously trying to determine, brianna, at this hour, what associations had this person been talking to? anybody associated with i.s.i.s.? how far back that that radicalization may have may have started? the other thing that is that is important here is that there were an ied that

was found in the vehicle in a in an ice chest inside the vehicle. but we also know that they are trying to to disarm or render safe additional ieds that were found elsewhere in the french quarter. again, that's new information that we are told. again, the fbi is still working to to try to determine whether the suspect may have placed those earlier or someone else may have done this before this attack was carried out. >> so can you tell us, are they still looking for devices? have they identified them and not rendered them safe? have they rendered some safe? and they feel that there are no more? it sounds like you're saying it's kind of in progress. >> it's still in progress. i mean, obviously they want to make sure. that's why one reason why they've closed the entire street, because now they are going to go on foot and they're going to examine every part of bourbon street. now, as you, as you you've been there. you know what a mess. especially after a big night of partying. that street can be. so you can imagine that police

are going meticulously to check every single thing that was on the ground there. and so that's what has happened in the last few hours, is that they found additional potential ieds. and so i don't know whether all of them have been rendered safe. but certainly that's the work that is being done in progress by the fbi, that there were additional ieds found in additional locations on bourbon street. now, the fbi also in this additional statement has put up, has set up a tip line that i think it's important. they're trying to get people who may have seen something to to to try to call in tips, any pictures, anything that they may have seen. the tip line is fbi.gov slash bourbon street attack. and the fbi says that there they are looking for anything, anything that they think the public can provide. now again, this suspect is 42 years old. he's a u.s. citizen from texas. and this is where, from our own information, we

have identified, he rented the truck from another private owner. and so that is part of what this investigation now leads, which >> any association to isis, was this someone who was just infatuated or inspired, or is this someone who is trying to or had successfully develop an association with that group i think there's also going to be a lot of tough questions, not just about the suspect, but also about law enforcement and how they prepared for last night. >> the security preparations or lack thereof, because this is exactly the type of incident that law enforcement is worried about on a big holiday. so there are going to be a lot of

questions about that. i think a lot of follow ups to the reporting, evan was just sharing about these explosive devices. and then, you know, taking this even further away from even the briefings, i think this is something the incoming trump administration is really going to have to contend with, because we haven't heard a lot about i.s.i.s. affiliated or i.s.i.s. inspired attacks. certainly not as much as we did at the end of the obama administration. but as this new administration comes in, it's an important reminder that, you know, the terrorist threat, both domestic and foreign, still exists, and it's something they're going to have to contend with. >> and just one quick thing to add to what paula just mentioned. i mean, given the fact that there was a recent vehicle borne incident, a terrorist attack in germany at a christmas market right after that happened, one of the things that that happened was the fbi, dhs and others put out notices to police departments around the country saying, be be aware that this is something that there could be copycats, that something like this could happen here, especially around the holidays. big things coming, especially in washington with the with the

inauguration. everybody has been warned and everybody should have been on guard to make sure a vehicle borne attack could not happen. >> and that's often what happens. there will be an attack somewhere. there has been in europe. that's part of the reason why you have new orleans years ago, instituting its barrier system because of an attack in france. this is they look what happens in other places. they say, what if that happened here? what do we need to do? evan and paula, thank you so much to both of you. really appreciate it. i want to bring in now new orleans city council member j.p. morrell. all right. here i am with you on this camera. j.p., thanks so much for being with us. we are just learning, obviously, the identity of the attacker. first, though, i want to i want to talk to you about these barriers that we were just talking about here with evan and paula, because that's one of the reasons that new orleans had them was because of an attack in france. we just saw one in germany. we covered it extensively. it was horrific.

here on this show. were those barriers that are capable of keeping cars out of the area where they up at the time of this attack? >> well, actually, the barriers were in the midst of being repaired and replaced, but in actuality, in this instance, the individual circumvented the barriers by going on the sidewalk and getting past the area where they had police vehicles, where the barrier where the repair barriers were at. so in this instance, even had the bollard barriers been up. the circumvention by riding on the sidewalk would have defeated them. um, there is absolutely an after action report going on to the new orleans police department to see what other things should have been in place, were in place, were circumvented, whatever. they're looking at that right now. but right now the city is just still reeling from this horrific terrorist attack. >> a lot of questions there because i

mean, questions about how effective those barriers were in the first place. i think obviously we have a lot more to learn about what happened in that case here. but i do want to ask you, as we're learning about the identity of this individual, a u.s. citizen from texas, they had possession of an i.s.i.s. flag. what else are you learning? what questions is this raising for you? >> well, i mean, i think it's it's very interesting, kind of like in the disruptive kind of nature of technology. the vehicle was rented off of a vehicle rental site that wasn't a traditional one. um, the individual, from what we understand was in an airbnb, and that's where they, i guess, stayed before they came and instituted the attack. and when you look at brianna, all these different kind of decentralized ways that citizens of our, of our country kind of get around, had this person went to a hertz rental car, who knows if they, based upon the information we heard, they would have got a rental car if this person had been required to stay in a hotel when prepper, when prepping for

this, had would they have been discovered at the hotel? obviously potentially getting ready to do this attack? i mean, it's just a lot of different. as you said previously, there are a lot of different threads. law enforcement is going through to try and uncover what happened, but they're also just a lot of different ways. people these days can get around the country and do a lot of things with minimal oversight and interaction or opportunities for law enforcement to intervene. >> and of course, council member, you had a lot of people there in the french quarter celebrating the new year there, also packing new orleans because the sugar bowl is scheduled to happen today. is that going to go ahead at the superdome today? >> my understanding from from bcs, from sugar bowl officials that the sugar bowl will go on as it's previously scheduled to go. i think the our country has really made a point of during

these types of attacks. not trying to let them define how we live our lives. what i will say and what i think hasn't put it put out there is bourbon street is an active crime scene. bourbon street, which is like the the signature street of new orleans, will not be available for people to use. whether the sugar bowl goes on or not, because law enforcement has a lot to get off of bourbon street. so, um, the city plans on supporting the bcs, supporting our federal partners if they believe it's safe to go on with the sugar bowl. we're going to go with the sugar bowl, because we're not going to let terrorists define what we do with our freedoms. but on that token, it is an active crime scene in the french quarter. i absolutely expect that people who are revelers or locals, you need to be patient because obviously there's been a lot of checkpoints, a lot of information being gathered, and i stress patience. but the vast majority, if not almost all of the people injured were actually local new orleanians. yeah. um, we're struggling with that. we had two officers that were shot. i really want to thank our nopd was really on

the ball because the actual truck itself was a weapon of mass destruction, but that individual did not really get the opportunity to emerge from the car with whatever he had planned next, because our nopd neutralized him fairly, extremely quickly. and we have two injured officers, they are in stable condition, but we're praying for them. but where is a city? we're struggling from this attack, and we're going to continue to step forward and be the resilient city we've always been. >> you do get the sense this could have been much worse. council member, i want to ask you, because mardi gras is just around the corner and you have people from all over descending on new orleans for that. uh, a lot of questions about how to proceed with that without serious. protective measures in place. as you said, these bollards, these, uh, large sort of stanchions that were supposed to stop vehicles from getting in, and you're raising questions about how effective they might have been, period. um, they're being repaired, as

you say. how do you proceed with mardi gras without that resolved? >> well, mardi gras, as you know, is not really in the french quarter. it's across the city of new orleans. but i do think that absolutely, in the wake of this attack, things are going to be very different for these next events, whether it be sugar bowl, super bowl or mardi gras itself. i think that, for example, uh, for our mardi gras parades, usually there's multiple routes across the city. where do mardi gras parades? we're already having conversations at a very high level. well, how do we change that? maybe we have one very secure route that mardi gras goes down. we're looking at everything. >> you're looking at changing. you're looking at changing the tried and true routes of mardi gras as a possibility here. >> correct? absolutely. >> i mean, the reality is that we are a city that has hosted pretty much every major event that one can think of, from the world's fair to super bowls, to name it. the city of new orleans has done it. and we are also

flexible, and we're going to adapt to the realities of what's going to happen after this attack. >> i mean, the reality is, let me ask you, and i hear what you're saying, the the events are all over new orleans, but people do flock to the french quarter during mardi gras, without a doubt. can can do you feel that the city can host people in that space without protective measures being implemented in some serious way? because there are questions about them from from this this celebration. >> i don't think there's any question that the way bourbon street and the french quarter is handled will be different in the wake of this, i think that, um, you had from what we've seen thus far, you had a very determined person working to implement a terrorist incident. and i think that regardless of what was done in the past, it's going to be done differently. times a million going forward. i do think, i do

think that the city of new orleans has historically hosted hundreds, if not thousands of events. over the years. we have done a very good job up until today, keeping the people who visit the city and who live in the city safe when it comes to these types of events. but everything is a horrific learning experience. and just like the city of new orleans learned after that attack, you said the landrieu administration to even install the bollards at all. we're going to also look forward to see what we can do differently, and we're going to have the backing of state, local and federal partners to provide a greater presence here as we figure and uncover what's happening. but this attack was horrific. the people here are reeling from it, and we are primarily focused as local government, making them safe and making sure that our federal and state partners have every resource available to uncover what happened and get to the bottom of this. >> sure, you welcome people from all over, and as you mentioned, most of these victims are locals, and we certainly recognize the police

officers who were injured as well. good to hear that. they're in stable condition, and we'll continue to monitor that as well. councilman morrell, thanks for being with us. we really appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> and stay with cnn for this breaking news. we are awaiting a press conference, an update on the attack in new orleans coming in the next 20 minutes. we'll be right back. >> prescott luther, never too much tonight at eight on c, still congested. >> nope. uh oh. new mucinex 2 in 1 saline nasal spray spray. >> goodbye. >> new mucinex 2 in 1. saline nasal spray with a gentle mist and innovative power jet spray. goodbye to congestion. its comeback season. my favorite babysitter is annalisa. >> she's pretty good. she's like my grandma. she says ola go mustache. and then we go skateboarding. >> from babysitters to nannies to daycare centers. find all the care you need at care.com. >> hank used to suffer from what felt like a cold and flu

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those are gunshots. bystanders had rushed towards the victim and you had two uniformed law enforcement officers appearing to confront the driver of that vehicle. and then seconds later, that series of gunshots ringing out, the officers recoiling. they quickly retreated from the truck. bystanders, of course, reacting very naturally, fleeing from the scene there with us. now we have cnn senior law enforcement analyst charles ramsey. i think this is the this is the compounded horror of what happened there in the french quarter overnight. charles, is that people were going to help victims who were incapacitated on the ground, in danger of passing away if they had not already. and then you had gunshots ringing out and they had to pull away from helping people. um, you know, what do you think? as we're getting a better picture of what happened? >> well, i mean, you know, you hear gunshots, you run for cover as a citizen. and that's

certainly understandable. but the police did a good job. i mean, they ran toward the danger. they neutralized the threat. that's exactly what they're supposed to do. and in the process, two of them were wounded. so you couldn't ask any more for the from the officers. but it does add to the whole danger of the situation. i mean, you know, when you have bullets flying, in addition to what took place with just the truck, i mean, that that's obviously a problem. but the police had no choice but to shoot him and to make sure he couldn't hurt anybody else. >> and thank goodness they were there. right. because now we've learned that there were explosive devices. according to sources, inside of a cooler in that truck, there are questions about whether there were other explosive devices. um, knowing that if the driver had not had police, there stopping him from getting out of the car, what do you worry about? what else? this could have turned into? >> well, i mean, he had a

firearm, obviously. um, you know, we've been focusing on the truck and how the truck could get down bourbon street. but the reality is, if it wasn't a truck, somebody could have walked down the street with a ar-15 or a 16 or ak 47 and started shooting. i mean, you know, fortunately, that's the world we live in right now. but if this guy had gotten out of that truck knowing that he had ieds in the truck as well as firearm, the tragedy would have been a lot, a lot more extensive than we are dealing with now. and so the police reacted very quickly. they were there. they killed this guy. and that's exactly what they should have done. so. that's where it is. >> yeah. it's becoming apparent that this could have been worse. as terrible as it is. and new orleans is reeling from losing ten people and dozens of people injured. charles ramsey, thanks so much for being with us. we do appreciate it. >> all right. >> next. it's one of the biggest games of the college football season. and it is supposed to be kicking off in

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people. they walk down poydras street to get to the superdome. so as you can imagine, it's, you know, a very uneasy feeling walking around the city today. but the police earlier this morning, they said that the fans, they should feel safe walking around in new orleans right now. here's what the superintendent of police had to say after the incident. >> we want our community and our visitors to continue enjoying. there's so much to enjoy about new orleans, and we are going to make sure that our routes in the superdome are safe today for the game. we had thisagain, to everyone in our community, but we do want you to go about say, just stay away from bourbon. >> now. notre dame, georgia, both fan bases that travel very well. both schools did put out statements saying that the travel party, which means the team, you know, the band,

everyone that's involved with the team, they were all safe. but we did learn from the university of georgia that one of their students has been critically injured. they say that student is receiving medical treatment. it was a statement put out by the school president. our thoughts and prayers are certainly with that student. but the the sugar bowl, the only statement they put out so far today, brianna, they said that the committee is devastated by the terrible events from earlier this morning. our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. we are in ongoing discussions with authorities on the local, state and federal levels and will communicate further details as they become available. so, you know, there have been questions of whether the game would go forward. brianna, we have not heard definitively yes or no yet. maybe we will get more clarification in the upcoming press conference. >> all right. we'll be looking for that. andy, thank you for the report. next on cnn news central. we have much more on this investigation in new orleans, which is being described as a possible act of terrorism. we are just minutes away from an expected update from law enforcement there in

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