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you. >> 808 two one 4000. 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 developments out of new orleans, where we're getting some new details from federal and local officials about their investigation into the deadly new year's day terror attack. the fbi says it now believes the army veteran from texas, who they say intentionally plowed a truck into a crowd on bourbon street, acted alone. 14 people were killed in this. among the victims, karim badawi, a student at the university of alabama. also, 27 year old tiger beck, a lafayette, louisiana native and former princeton football player. and we're also learning that hubert guthro lost his life, along with 37 year old reggie hunter. he was a father from baton rouge who wished his family happy new year. moments after midnight, in a text to

their group chat that would be among the last that he sent, hunter's cousin spoke to cnn earlier today. >> it was a beautiful person, inside and out. um, to know richard was to love reggie. he was always in a good mood. um, he changed the environment in the room. um. always smiling. just a pure person. good. pure hearted person. there's nothing else i can say other than he's just a beautiful person inside and out. i received a call yesterday morning around 626 from his sister, saying that, um, her brother was involved in an incident that took place on bourbon street. um, yesterday, early morning. and, um, we immediately rushed to the hospital in new orleans to meet her there to see exactly what had taken place and what was his status. >> cnn anchor anderson cooper is live for us on the scene in new orleans. and anderson,

we're really getting a clearer picture of exactly how this played out, who was involved or not involved, a lot of details coming to light. >> yeah, a lot has changed with this last press conference that occurred basically about an hour or so ago, as you said. >> and really, the headline out of it, the fbi agent in charge saying they now believe that there were not other accomplices, certainly on the ground here in new orleans. that had been a concern because of the other explosive devices that had been found. >> the fbi confirmed. they say two explosive devices were found, one about two blocks from where am i standing in that direction? >> the attack was actually ended about several blocks down in that direction. we're just overlooking bourbon street. >> now we expect bourbon street actually to reopen officially about 2.5 hours from now, though there may be some sort of opening ceremony. >> uh, shortly. we'll obviously bring that that to you when we

can. but the headline coming out of that press conference is, as we were talking about, is that the the fbi says they believe this man acted alone. they have poured over all of his posts that he made on the new year's eve as he was driving to new orleans from houston, where he picked up that vehicle on the previous day on december 30th, according to the fbi. they said he made a number of statements in those in those videos. but i just want to play a little bit of what we heard from the fbi a short time ago. >> this was an act of terrorism. it was premeditated and an evil act. we do not assess at this point that anyone else involved in this attack is involved in this attack, except for shamsud-din jabbar, the subject you've already been briefed on. as you know, we recovered an i.s.i.s. flag from the back of the

vehicle. jabbar declared his support for the terrorist group on social media. as i stated before, as he made his way to new orleans. >> according to the fbi, he claimed in one of those videos that he had pledged allegiance to or joined i.s.i.s. prior to the summer or just before the summer. he also apparently said in the video, according to the fbi, that he initially thought about killing relatives and family members of his. his divorce from his former wife, but that he worried about how it would be covered in the headlines by the media, saying that he was worried then that the message would not be focused on what he described as a war between believers and nonbelievers. those were the terms that that he used. so they are still looking for any information and want to hear from anybody who knows this man who may have talked to this man even months ago in the run up to this, to try to build a picture of exactly his

motivation, exactly the timeline of of how his life spiraled to this point, how he made these decisions, and still a lot to learn about, you know, the the getting of the vehicle, all all of the timeline that that led up to it. and, brianna, there are right now street cleaners on bourbon street. they have been working here all during the night and and all throughout the day. today they have cleaned up. and as i said, the street may reopen as the sugar bowl is also going to be taking place here in a couple of hours. >> that's right. delayed since yesterday. it's going to kick off here just blocks from where you are. anderson, can you tell us a little bit about the security that's being ramped up for that? and also just how people are feeling. what's the mood like ahead of the game. >> yeah, i mean obviously look it's a bourbon street right now is shut down. so this area is pretty much a ghost town. you know, there's certainly a somberness certainly

for everybody here. this is not this is still kind of so shocking. and it's, you know, just been some a little bit, you know, more than 24 hours. it's hard to for a lot of people to kind of even comprehend what has gone on here. but this is a city used to hosting multiple events going on large scale events. there are, according to the fbi, they said that there were as many as a thousand. i believe it was. the governor said there are as many as 1000 law enforcement agents, officers working on this investigation, trying to follow all the clues, all the the leads that may be coming in. and then they also have a very large security operation involving hundreds of law enforcement personnel to provide security for the the game that's going to be taking place. there is more than 50 bomb detecting dogs, according to authorities around the superdome. so they're really trying not to take any chances. and obviously, the issue of upgrading security at live events in new orleans and probably in a lot of places throughout the country, is very much on the topic for officials

here and elsewhere. >> yeah, certainly. anderson, thank you so much for the latest there from the french quarter. we do appreciate it. and let's talk more now with cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez on this fbi investigation. what are officials looking for at this stage, at this stage now, they now that they believe this is a lone wolf, this is an attacker who was working alone. >> and as you can see, as what anderson was just describing and what the fbi says was simply radicalizing on his own and was in his last few days, i guess, making known what what his intent was. now they're going to try to put together a more complete picture of exactly how this happened. obviously, there's a lot of things for the fbi to unpack. there's a lot of vulnerabilities that this attack has kind of exposed. you know, one of the things that that that the fbi and law enforcement really struggle with is how to stop lone wolf attackers, because if you don't really talk to

anybody, if you don't tell anyone what you're about to do, if you don't reach out to i.s.i.s. coordinators on telegram, you know, they have no idea what you're about to do. and if nobody around you sees some kind of change or reports it, it's really difficult for them to get an idea of what was happening. one of the things that happened yesterday, brianna, as you and i were talking yesterday at this hour, was, you know, the fbi was going down this hole of like trying to figure out whether people who were seen dragging water, ice coolers that seemed and were suspected to contain explosives, whether they were connected in any way. again, part of what the investigators have to do. right. and that happened right about the time that our that the press conference, the chaotic press conference that we watched live here on our air. and so they looked at those people, they they in the end figured out that there were people who were just trying to get free beer, and they were not a danger. right. and so those are the things that have been happening in the last 30 plus hours or so. so again, going through the computers, there's five devices that they have to now exploit. they're

going to spend weeks and weeks trying to go through that. and then also trying to address vulnerabilities. the fbi and dhs did warn after the the ramming attack at the christmas market in germany just a few weeks ago, that this was a possible type of attack that could be expected here. new orleans did not heed that warning. and so those are the things that i think people in new orleans need to start asking of their officials there. why? you know, one of the biggest soft targets in america, why wasn't more done to protect it, given the fact that they were fixing their bollards, that they the permanent bollards that they had in place there, they seemed very defensive yesterday. >> and i think they're moving into soul searching. >> so i think today what they're trying to move towards is, is, well, that's true. >> the sugar bowl. >> yeah. they're looking they're looking at tourism and they're trying to get people to come make sure that people feel confident to come to new orleans, but they haven't really dealt with the accountability of like 15 people are dead. there were dozens of people who were injured because of failures here that could have been prevented. >> yeah, we saw a huge truck in

front of that entrance to bourbon street yesterday, and had it been there before, there wouldn't have been an entry path for this driver. um, lots of questions. evan, thank you so much for that. joining us now is chris poisson. he went to school with the suspect from the new orleans attack. um, chris, thank you for being with us. just tell us a little bit about your experience with, shamseddine. you called him sham in middle school and high school. is that right? >> right. yeah. shamseddine. >> his friends called him sham. >> okay, so you went to middle school and high school with him. when he went off to the army, you went off to the air force. and i know you kind of lost touch, but then you'd gotten back in touch a few years ago on social media. tell us first what he was like in middle school and high school well, back then, he was really reserved. >> he he kept to himself. >> he didn't say too much. um, he was he was very smart, very

good. in school, he, um, he wasn't like a troublemaker or anything like that. um, he was just, you know, he was the model student. really? um, we met in eighth grade, and then we just happened to move to the same town in ninth grade, went to the same high school. so our friendship just continued on into high school until, uh, he joined the army. and like you said, i joined the air force. >> so when you touch base with him a few years back on social media, i think it was five or so years ago and got back in touch with him. what were those exchanges like? and had he. changed? >> well, yeah, we had lost touch because whenever we graduated, you know, social media wasn't a thing yet. so whenever facebook came along, we reconnected. and then we we kept in touch for several years, actually, um, through facebook, just messaging back and forth, just checking on one another. and then, um, up until the last, you know, few times that i spoke with him, he had become really, you know, enthralled in his faith. and pretty much every conversation we had or post that he was, he was making at that time, um, in

some way, shape or form it all, you know, resorted back to his, his muslim faith. >> okay. so he talked a lot about islam. did you get the sense he was radicalized or. i understand you are a christian and you were talking with him about religion. were you having, you know, respectful exchanges? >> it was it was very respectful. and it wasn't anything like he was upset or mad at anybody. every post and every conversation i ever had with him. he was never mad at anything. he never talked about overthrowing the government or being mad at a, you know, a particular race or religion or anything like that. um, he was always very respectful and and very positive. his, his message that i got from him after every conversation was that he was very positive. and it's just that what happened yesterday just came back complete, complete surprise. i never would have seen this coming. >> you were shocked. and we've learned from our reporting that i think since about that time, you would have reengaged with

him on social media. he has been suffering financial problems. he has obviously his family, his place in his family has certainly fallen apart. did you talk to him about any of that? >> no, we didn't get that deep into it. whenever we had messaged each other back and forth, it was just more so checking on one another. um, because like, like i said, you know, we met in middle school back in 1996. yeah. and so whenever we did talk, it was just, you know, how are you doing? um, how are things, you know, on your neck, in your neck of the woods and just, you know, keeping it pretty superficial? we never got into anything really deep, you know, with family issues or anything like that. so i didn't know he had any of that stuff going on, you know, until the, the news reports started coming out after the fact. um, since yesterday. >> so, i mean, you were shocked by this and you also have an interesting perspective because you have a military background, you served in an anti-terrorism unit. you know, he served

during this period of time where obviously we see the threats that the u.s. was confronting after nine over 11 and then seeing him then say that he is swearing allegiance to i.s.i.s.. what do you think of that? >> uh, complete disbelief, utter shock. um, one of our classmates actually messaged me, um, yesterday morning and asked me if i had seen the news because they that's when they had identified sham in the attacks. and i told him, i don't believe that. that's probably just false reporting or mistaken identity. and the more i looked into it, more credible reports started coming in and it was him. and, um, i never he never gave any tips or clues to me personally whenever i was speaking with him that he was on the verge of doing something like this. this is it's just tragic and never, never saw this coming.

>> what questions do you have about how how he made this change and went from the person that you knew to the person who committed this horrible act? >> well, the questions that i have really is just more so from the reports that, you know, you guys have been, uh, putting out there since the attacks, you know, um, i've learned which while i was on hold, that he's acted alone. um, i did not. i didn't know that was a thing until just recently. and i learned that he had bomb making materials or bombs inside of his vehicle. and the thing that i don't understand is if he went through all the all the problem or all the if he went through all the trouble to have the bombs made and put them in his vehicle, load them up and drive to new orleans, why would he use his vehicle as a, as a, as a weapon and not even attempt to, you know, place the bombs or set them off or whatever? it's almost as if he he

didn't want to use them. i don't know, i'm not in his head, so i can't i can't speak for him. it just a lot of it just doesn't make sense to me. it's hard to to wrap my head around it. >> yeah. as we understand it at this point, it may have been that police confronted him before he carried out the totality of the the attack that he had planned. but again, chris, there's so much we don't know. you have questions. we have questions. the police are tracking those down. the fbi is tracking those down. um, chris, thanks for being with us. i can't imagine what it's like to be in your position, but we appreciate you speaking with us. >> thanks for having me. >> and still ahead, the fbi says the suspect in the new orleans attack was 100% inspired by i.s.i.s.. so how do investigators figure out when and how he was radicalized? we'll talk to an expert about that. stay with cnn. >> kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it's one of the most remarkable stories in sports

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war between the believers and the disbelievers, end quote. additionally, he stated he had joined i.s.i.s. before this summer. he also provided a will and testament. >> let's talk about this now with cnn's senior national security analyst, juliette kayyem. she's a former assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. we're also joined by u.s. counterterrorism intelligence expert malcolm nance. he is the author of defeating i.s.i.s. who they are, how they fight, what they believe. juliette, let's zero in on the big headline here, which was uh, lone wolf, which is quite a change. we're hearing that from the fbi deputy assistant director christopher wray. they don't believe anyone else was involved in this attack. >> yeah. i mean, we have every reason to to be somewhat annoyed right now. >> and i'll tell you why. >> yesterday, i was on, uh. nothing made sense out of that press conference. whatever happened with the fbi. they got sort of strong armed by

whatever this political narrative is. people want these attacks to reflect their beliefs in the way the world is, and we have to follow the facts to be able to protect the american public. and what never made sense out of yesterday, as you'll remember, is how are you having a sugar bowl tonight and telling people there might be a bunch of people out there trying to kill them? it always seemed to me that the idea that there were coconspirators was probably not true, that we would be able to get to a lone wolf story. >> of course, there's an i.s.i.s. connection. >> he has. he he he felt like he was part of this group. but there's something very different for safety and security purposes between i.s.i.s. directed and i.s.i.s. group and some guy who wakes up a couple months ago and wants meaning out of his violence. >> and we have to we have to understand that because the american public is facing very different risks

based on that, the fbi, i will say, also came in strong today, brought in someone from dc to essentially took over the communications strategy and is getting this thing right sized because the narrative is got out of hand. >> yeah, it's sort of alluded to. we're trying to be transparent. things sometimes go. we get things wrong if we're transparent right off the bat. we have to correct them. the fbi has had some transparency issues. it was a really interesting press conference. malcolm, we just spoke with chris pusan, who was who's a also military connected and is someone who knew this attacker back when he was in middle school and high school. and chris was floored to find out that this was someone he knew. he said that. when, uh, sham, as they called him shamseddin, uh, went into the army and he went into the air force, they ended up

getting back in touch about 5 or 6 years ago. and what he thought was interesting was that the conversation on the part of his friend would always come back to his muslim faith, but he also felt that it was a very respectful conversation. so talk to us a little bit about how this happens, because there is sometimes a formula to how someone can be radicalized. what do you see here? >> well, there's definitely a formula. >> and we've actually experienced this over the last two decades, uh, to a very large extent, you might recall the radicalization of major nidal hasan back in 2009, in the, uh, in fort hood. and who went in an army psychiatrist who shot his fellow service members to death after a short period of radicalization. the reason that we're surprised by this right now, and juliette made a very, very good point, is that are we seeing a self-starting self-radicalized person who went back and decided to align

himself with i.s.i.s., or is this an i.s.i.s. directed attack where i.s.i.s. has its recruiters the way they were doing, you know, very large scale back in 2014 through 2017, reaching out to people, finding people, muslims, who were having a very, very hard time in their personal lives and giving them a new sense of meaning by making them the bottle, as they say in arabic, the hero who will take positive action in their radicalized, cult like version of islam. >> if it was directed, then we have an external problem that finds these disaffected young men and gives them this belief that they are going to be these heroes and that they must do a positive act and then end in their own death. and they always do the same thing. they always make a video. they always make a, a will, uh, about their martyrdom so that they can popularize the

cause from i.s.i.s.. i really think that we're going to we're probably going to find that at some point. he touched base with one of these, uh, you know, martyrdom recruiters out there and then went through the radicalization process himself. but he's very, very much like every other attacker that we had in the mid 2000. >> so it has those hallmarks to you. and if that's the case, what are your concerns about malcolm? what it could mean more broadly. >> well, you know, to be quite honest, this attack is really a surprise because we've had such great efforts, especially with the fbi. most cases where people have self-radicalized and have decided they're going to make contact with the islamic state or al qaeda, central, you know, they're usually talking to the fbi. we've found that those pathways are generally have been intercepted, and that law enforcement has the ability to to circumvent these people's radicalization. but when you have a self-starter who may have just been inspired by one

conversation or a few texts, there's very little you can do. i mean, except see whether that snowball turns into an avalanche of him spouting his radicalized beliefs. this guy didn't until the actual last night of his attack, but he had to do a lot of logistics, get the weapons together, rent that vehicle, get these explosive devices together. but if it's going on in his head, it's very hard to stop a determined attacker. uh, it's. we really get them when they have links going out and try to get coconspirators. >> yeah, i see you nodding. juliette. >> i mean, i think there's one thing i want to add to that, which is that is why a defensive posture, the the preparedness posture is so important because as malcolm exactly says, oui, we we we we cannot find all these people. i mean, in terms of the radicalization, fortunately, it is not it is not, you know, every day, but it is enough days. so what do we do? cities

prepare and they do things to minimize the risk. and that is why as as well as looking into the investigation of him and accounting of what happened on bourbon street, how did a car make a turn into a, into a well known, high risk, high density? uh, party on new year's eve? uh, and get speeds over? my understanding is 40mph unimpeded because we we we can't we shouldn't pretend like we can't protect ourselves. we certainly can minimize the harm. and i think one of the things that we should expect from las vegas police is instead of them telling us, well, he could have gone down the street and killed a bunch of people, or we didn't think he'd go on the sidewalk. the it sort of treating us like like we're children. we understand you can't make the risk zero. we understand the pressures on

police departments, but knowing what they knew was the positioning of the safety and security on new year's eve adequate? did they believe it was adequate and was it inadequate? by 3 a.m.? clearly, yes. and what happened? and i think that's i think that those are fair questions. i don't think we should feel defensive about it, because every city is going to have to learn from this. this is a horror for new orleans, but it is a, you know, teaching moment, learning moment for every other city that is going to face events like this. >> yeah, of course he would go on a sidewalk. we have seen what people inspired by i.s.i.s. will do. that is the least of what has been done. malcolm. juliet, thank you so much to both of you. really, really appreciate your insights. and still ahead, the new orleans mayor saying that bourbon street will be open for business just hours from now. you're kind of seeing some of the preamble to that. these are live pictures from the scene

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as he was running his car down the street. take a listen to this chief, who at the same time is proud of her officer, is still torn up about what happened here. chief, you do believe that the officers who were involved in this really saved more lives? >> oh, absolutely. >> it's not a belief as i know it to be. if you look down bourbon street here, this perpetrator, this terrorist, went three blocks. that's where our officers engaged him in gunfire. and it was an exchange of gunfire. and so if that had not occurred by our officers, who were absolutely heroic, it could have been six blocks. it could have been nine blocks. it could have been all the way down the stretch. it is because of new orleans police officers who literally engaged this terrorist in a gun battle that more lives. i know were spared and saved. it's not a takeaway at

all from those who lost life, but our officers were the ones who stopped this terrorist. i'm so proud of them. they are truly men and women of courage. >> brianna, we also want to show you video from what they did. a second line down the street, and they did sort of a memorial. the mayor and the superintendent walked down the street with people from the clergy community in this city. as we show you this video. and they took 14 yellow roses and placed it at different spots because they wanted to make sure that before they open this street, they show a lot of reverence to the victims here. and on top of all that, i want to show you the barrier they now put in place. there's a barrier that's been erected, and not only do they do that, they block the sidewalk. but listen to the chief talk about that barrier that's now there to make sure no trucks or cars go down this road. >> so what we're doing right now is we're hardening the

target. and that's the term we used, meaning that we are going to make it where any penetration would be almost next to impossible to get here. so that's what you're seeing here. we're bringing in heavier equipment. and we are also putting what are called archers on the sidewalk. as you can see that. and that will give protection for anyone who would again try to access via the sidewalk. >> so what we know for a fact is the nfl's top security person was also here. they've gone over the plan for the super bowl as well. we know this roadway is going to open up in a short time, but what we're told is the new barriers will also be put in place sometime soon. but when you look down the road here, you can see they've already made a significant change. and again, hundreds of officers will be surged into this area over the next few hours. >> brianna. all right. seems like it is upon us there. ryan young, thank you for that. with us now we have new orleans city

council member eugene green, who represents the area just next door to where the attack happened. councilman, thanks for being with us. we know that your city is going through so much. we heard from the mayor that bourbon street here is reopening shortly ahead of the super the sugar bowl kicking off in just a few hours. can you tell us a little bit about security measures? any concerns or assurances that you can give? >> brianna, thank you for this opportunity. and to the nation, i want you to know that new orleans is standing strong and we're standing strong for our nation. >> i want to express my condolences to the family members of those who who were deceased as a result of this horrific act, and also to express to those who are injured. we wish for your full and complete and rapid recovery. i do want to let you know that the city of new orleans is very, very focused on security. we've learned from this incident. of course, it's important to recognize that someone who is hell bent on

killing fellow human beings and including himself, it's difficult to track what he's going to do in this particular instance. it's important to recognize that the person who turned onto bourbon street, where he saw people having fun, was going to find a way to kill people. that was his intent. we as a city are responding in a way that addresses any security lapses. as you've seen in your previous video, we're taking security very seriously, but i want everyone to know, especially the nation, to know that this is the city that recently hosted a 100,000 person taylor swift series of concerts, the bayou classic football game. we've hosted ten super bowls before we host the sugar bowl. every year. we host a tremendous jazz festival and essence festival. we are a place that people can come and be safe, and our events have been safe. this was an outlier, a lone wolf. the problem with this is we're never going to exactly know what was on his mind to make him drive from

another city, take on an airbnb, if you will, or a short term rental. make bombs and then go and run over innocent people at 315 in the morning. we'll never totally know. but what we know is that there's a lot to learn from this, but that we as a city are confident and we are feeling very safe in terms of our future. we're going to do everything that we can to keep our residents and our visitors safe. >> the big headline that came out of this most recent press conference was the fbi now believes jabbar was indeed a lone wolf. that was the initial expectation. and then when the fbi said yesterday they didn't believe he was solely responsible, that was huge news, because that is a typical and incredibly alarming. uh, how have law enforcement been sharing too much information and not combing through it adequately enough before getting it out there? >> i think that because there were uncertainties and there were videos showing people near

ieds, for example, that law enforcement wanted us to know that there was a possibility that there were multiple parties. it was better to assume that there were multiple parties other than to come to them, to come to a conclusion that someone was a lone wolf. in this particular instance, we have been getting information, obviously, in the midst of the fact that we recognize that you can only share but so much information. but i think that the fbi has done a thorough investigation, but they've also worked with local and state police and also law enforcement, but also citizens have been calling in tips, which helped the fbi to get to the conclusion that they got to. we will never understand someone's mind who created a situation like this, but these ieds that were detonated, that were separate from the truck that jabbar was driving, are you from what you were hearing from law enforcement? >> are they definitely were they definitely ieds? is it possible they were mistaken for ieds? are they things that

jabbar placed there? i mean, what what what can you say about them at this point? >> there are still facts that have to be determined, and i don't have the answer as to what was inside the the the boxes. for example, if the fbi or the local police conducted an explosion as a matter of precaution, i wish that i had that information. now, i think that information will come out soon, but i want to let you know that since then, there has been a sweep of the french quarter that's been so thorough that you can be assured that there are no devices there that are ieds, that are going to be home to our visitors or our residents. but i think more information will come out in the near future relative to the reasons for conducting the detonations, as they did. >> okay. all right. we will look forward to that. council member green, thank you so much for being. i'm sorry. >> go on. i do want to thank i do want to thank cnn for your coverage, because you've helped share with the nation at a time of sorrow some facts that are very important to help us to get to the conclusion that we as a

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capturing the very moment of the blast right outside the doors of the hotel lobby. police say the driver detonated a combination of fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel. the fbi is still working to figure out if this was a terrorist attack. cnn national correspondent natasha chen is with us live now. natasha, we're now learning the name of the man who rented the truck. what can you tell us? >> that's right. brianna. law enforcement sources have told cnn that the man believed to have rented this tesla cybertruck was. matthew allen burger. and a statement released by the army today acknowledged that burger had died. earlier, we had reported that the person who rented the truck was a special forces soldier assigned to 10th special forces group. the army did not specifically say that burger died in the vegas explosion, but the army special. he

was an army special forces operations sergeant holding the rank of master sergeant, a senior enlisted rank. according to four u.s. officials. and again, we had previously reported that these officials said he was active duty serving in germany and on leave at the time that this explosion happened yesterday morning. i did speak with a couple of guests who were staying in the hotel across the street from us when the explosion happened. they said they were higher up above the 40th floor, and they felt the windows shaking and heard that explosion noise. they said that shortly after 9 a.m., they saw smoke billowing from the stairwells and the elevator doors. elevator service was shut down for a while, and they had to stay up there. so very terrifying moment for a lot of people who were around the area. and again, as a reminder, the driver of the truck did die on scene here, and there were seven others with injuries. and right now, investigators are

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superdome. >> fans should plan to get there early to get through those extra layers of security. >> and as you can see, there is already thousands of fans outside the superdome that are there early. >> kickoff is at 4 p.m. eastern from the superdome. >> now, many of those georgia and notre dame fans, as you can see, they're out and about enjoying the day. >> and we've heard from some of those fans who say they feel perfectly safe moving around the city. >> families of the victims that weren't involved. you know, we want to make sure that, you know, they're taken care of. and i think new orleans has done a great job securing the city. but at the same time, we want to let terrorism disrupt what we're doing in terms of like, public safety. >> i had no concerns. um, you know, i figured it's probably the safest place to be right now anywhere around here. plus, you don't want to let the terrorists win. >> now, with the game postponed yesterday, georgia's football team, they did hold a walkthrough at the superdome last night. notre dame's team, they held meetings at their hotel and fighting irish head coach marcus freeman. he spoke with espn about what he told his team after the terror

attack. >> you know, in the toughest moments, the culture, um, of of any program of a nation is revealed. >> and, um, i have a lot of faith this country will rally around new orleans and support all the victims and families that were affected. we also have to understand this. >> there's a game to play, and there's an opportunity that both programs have to play in the college football quarterfinals. >> and brianna, a spokesperson for the sugar bowl, says that they will be holding a moment of silence to pay tribute to all those people who are affected by the terror attack. all right. we'll be looking for that. andy. thank you for the latest there. and ahead on cnn news central. we'll have more on what we're learning about the bourbon street attack, as federal investigators are looking into the suspect's background. we'll talk about what we found out. stay with cnn. >> university of maryland global campus is a school for real life, one that

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