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hunt. next it's friday, january 3rd right now on cnn this morning. >> fbi bomb technicians also recovered two ieds, retracing his steps. >> new surveillance footage helps create a timeline of the new orleans terror attack and shows the suspect on bourbon street just hours before. >> plus, i said, son, please don't go. >> it's dangerous over there. >> an unbearable loss. >> parents recount their last conversation with their son. >> when they begged him not to go to the french quarter. >> and you can start cutting off my fingers. i am not voting for mike johnson. >> voting no. one gop lawmaker adamant about voting against mike johnson for speaker. but will any other republicans follow suit

all right. it is 5 a.m. here on the east coast. a live look at the superdome in new orleans, that city still grappling with everything that has unfolded. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us. we have new details and a revised death toll this morning following the deadly attack in new orleans. the fbi now confirming that 14 people were killed when that white pickup barreled through a crowd on bourbon street early new year's day. officials reported earlier 15 people had died. >> it was just. >> unimaginable casualty. >> i mean, just the disfigurement and the bodies strewn. >> law enforcement identifying the suspect as 42 year old army veteran shamsud-din jabbar of texas. he was killed in a

firefight with law enforcement. new surveillance footage shows the truck driving over the downed barricade, narrowly missing pedestrians. we do want to warn you, this footage may be disturbing for some of you. wow. cnn has obtained this exclusive video. it shows the driver shortly before the attack, where you can see him putting something in the bed of the truck, working on the hitch. investigators say an i.s.i.s. flag was among one of the things he placed in the truck. according to president biden, explosives were found in ice coolers in two other locations in the french quarter, and the suspect had a remote detonator in his vehicle. a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation telling cnn that fbi agents and local police found chemicals typically used to construct explosives at the attacker's home in houston. >> what i can tell you right now is that he was 100%

inspired by i.s.i.s.. and so we're digging we're digging through more of the social media, more interviews, working with some of our other partners to to ascertain just how to, to to ascertain a little bit more about that connection. >> law enforcement are also investigating the tesla cybertruck explosion that happened outside the trump international hotel in las vegas on new year's day. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas telling cnn there's no evidence so far to link the two incidents. >> it is not a time now to stoke fear. it is a time to calm fear. it is a time to draw conclusions based on evidence adduced in an investigation. this is not the time for politics. this is the time for national unity. this is not a time to to inflame individuals. >> all right. joining us now is juliette kayyem, cnn senior national security analyst, former dhs assistant assistant

secretary. juliette. good morning. always wonderful to have you on the program. let's start in new orleans. what can you tell us about what law enforcement is doing now to try and move forward in this investigation? >> so they do have a lot of the pieces already. >> who he is, what his motivation may be. and of course, the materials, the extensive materials, as we're seeing now in what he envisioned might have been an even larger terror attack. i think there are two questions. the first, related to him and motivation. what is meant by these i.s.i.s. ties? this is one one going to be one of the challenges is when someone is inspired by i.s.i.s.. does it mean they were sort of passively reading about i.s.i.s.? wanted a motivation for all these other issues that are going on in their lives. you know, his divorces, his money, all the things that he mentions in these, in these videos that he essentially does right before the killings. so you're going to want to see what those ties are in terms of

foreign nexus, international nexus. the second is, of course, what happened on bourbon street. that's going to be a second component of this is, is could las vegas have had stronger barriers? what was up with the bollards? you know. were. secondary techniques to protect bourbon street insufficient. and what can we learn from that? so that's going to be sort of the two pieces of this investigation at this stage. >> juliette, one of the things we've been hearing about are concerns around copycat attacks. what did we hear from law enforcement on that yesterday? and what should cities across the country be doing and thinking about, considering that? >> yeah. so there's two variables now that are of concern to almost every city and police department. the the first is just this, this i.s.i.s. inspired phenomenon. it is we've been worried about it for a while that the fbi and department of homeland security have been issuing reports. part of this, ironically, is because

i.s.i.s. strength abroad is more limited. they don't have the kind of power they once did, so they want to show their relevance by inspiring or launching or supporting these kinds of attacks to show that they're still relevant and strong. the second is just the easy use of vehicles. they're everywhere. and and this is where, you know, obviously cities become relevant is we we live in cities. we go to cities because we're out in the street. they're vibrant. we love the activity, the socialness, the culture, the parties, as we saw on new year's eve, it is very hard to make a city completely safe from this kind of technique. and so that is what cities are looking at, in particular at high profile events or dense street areas. what can be put up to better protect them, whether it's layered security, sanitation trucks, uh, and protections for uh, for pedestrians.

>> juliette, very briefly, we learned that law enforcement is saying at this point that there's no connection between these two attacks. what else did we learn about what happened in las vegas so right now, the reporting suggests that this is someone who was on a suicide mission, may have wanted to kill others. >> if he had been successful, it would have been an extremely dangerous and likely fatal to others explosion. i mean, just looking at these pictures, this was a big deal. and this is, you know, this is what we're going to learn is why did he choose these obvious symbols? tesla or elon musk and donald trump? was he a supporter of them? as some reporting suggests? and and then what did this mean? or was this a message of hate towards them? but this is this is now an isolated event. everything we've seen would suggest it is an isolated event. and someone who just who basically wanted to commit suicide and have

everyone watching and talking about him, and that's a psychosis that that is just you know, unfortunately, part of of of what happens sometimes in these situations. >> all right. juliette kayyem starting us off this morning. always grateful for your expertise. see you soon, i hope. thank you. all right. coming up here on cnn this morning, house speaker mike johnson about to find out whether that endorsement from president-elect trump is going to be enough to keep his job. plus, a signed joe dimaggio jersey for world series rings, rudy giuliani allegedly refusing to part with his prized possessions. today, he could be held in contempt and remembering the victims of the new year's day terror attack on bourbon street. >> she was just so bubbly, so eccentric. just a light to be around. >> kobe the making of a legend

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back? >> are welcome back. >> this morning we are learning more about some of the victims and survivors in the senseless new orleans attack, including 25 year old matthew tenedorio, who had dinner with his family before he headed out to ring in the new year with his friends, his parents, lou and kathy, begged him not to go to new orleans and to send them a text when he got home. that text never came. >> it's surreal, you know, to me, it's all of it is surreal. >> honestly, my heart is broken and, um, for everyone, not just for us. >> jeremi sensky from pennsylvania survived after the truck hit his wheelchair on bourbon street, leaving him with both legs broken. he spoke to cnn's anderson cooper thursday. >> i'm going to have a hard time probably coming back to bourbon street for a while. i'm just happy to be alive, man. i don't want people to be afraid to go out.

>> all right. cnn's danny freeman has this report. >> my grandma. grandpa, everybody's just crying, wailing together. >> and yesterday, my grandma cried nonstop for eight hours. like, we just can't believe it. >> 25 year old matthew tenedorio was from slidell, louisiana, the youngest brother of three loved working with his dad at the superdome. >> matt had dinner with his family earlier on new year's eve, and his cousin said matt was not hit by the truck that night, but died from a gunshot. >> matt's mother devastated. >> she wanted people to know that he was so lovable and kind and that he liked skateboarding, you know, and he loved his niece and nephews and, um, yeah. >> and that they're heartbroken. >> matt is just one of 14 who were killed in the new year's day morning horror on bourbon street. >> they mattered. the families matter, and matter to the city of new orleans. >> 37 year old reggie hunter

was a father of two, an 11 year old and a one year old. he was from baton rouge, louisiana. >> richard was a beautiful person, inside and out, um, to know richard was to love reggie. >> reggie survived the initial attack, but passed away at the hospital from internal injuries. >> you can change the environment in the room. um, always smiling. just a pure person. good, pure hearted person. >> tiger bech was 27 years old. the former princeton football player from lafayette, louisiana. according to his sister, virginia, tiger was walking back to his hotel with his best friend on new year's eve when they were both struck. his friend survived, but tiger passed away at the hospital. tiger's sister virginia, telling cnn she's heartbroken. but evil will not prevail. 21 year old hubert gauthreaux was killed in the attack as well. his high school in marrero, louisiana, asking the community to pray for the repose of hubert's soul. his family and

friends during this difficult time. drew dauphin graduated from auburn university in 2023. words cannot convey the sorrow the auburn family feels for drew's family and friends during this unimaginably difficult time, wrote the university's president, christopher roberts. the university of alabama confirmed student kareem badawi was also one of the victims. the president of that school, writing, i grieve alongside family and friends of kareem in their heartbreaking loss. we're still learning more about the 14 people lost and the dozens injured on new year's day. parents, siblings. students, locals and tourists loved and not forgotten. danny freeman, cnn. >> all right. ahead on cnn this morning, our coverage of the new year's day attack on bourbon street continues. the former mayor of new orleans is going to join me live to discuss. plus, 1,000 pound ring falls from the sky where officials think it may have come from. that's next in

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get to our meteorologist elisa raffa with more. alisa. good morning. >> good morning. >> we're looking at major impacts from this winter storm as we go through the weekend. >> we're talking about difficult to nearly impossible travel. heavy blowing snow. significant ice that could cause sporadic power outages. problems with trees and power lines. you can see a lot of this coming across missouri into parts of illinois, indiana. and a lot of this continues to spread east as we go into monday. right now, we have winter storm watches in effect through kansas. a lot of missouri and southern illinois, indiana, and then in parts of kentucky as well. right now, the watches stretch nearly 900 miles. again, this continues to spread east as we go into monday. and a lot of these watches are in effect for some heavy snow and significant ice. the storm really starts to develop on saturday. we'll start to find the first inklings of it, but it really blows up with more moisture by sunday. and you can see what we're very much worried about. you see this stripe of snow and ice that cuts across missouri and

southern illinois. there will be a fine line with a lot of these different types of wintry precipitation. we'll have rain and even some storms down the front as you get towards the gulf coast. and then again, all of this spreads east as we go into monday. the icing and the snow problems will continue across kentucky and then parts of west virginia as well. so we're looking at as far as precipitation types, a whole bunch of them. heavy snow, the strip of ice we're talking about sleet, freezing rain. we'll have rain and then even some storms across parts of louisiana. we do have a severe risk because we're looking at a threat of damaging winds and a few tornadoes. that's how dynamic and powerful this storm is. casey. >> all right. good to know. elisa raffa, thanks very much for that. all right. coming up after the break here on cnn this morning, new orleans is beginning to sound like itself again. bourbon street back open. there is heightened security. the former mayor of new orleans joins me live next. plus, a test of donald trump's

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colleagues vote for who they want to lead congress's lower chamber in the next congress. this afternoon. repeated votes against johnson could delay the certification of donald trump's presidential victory. >> i think it's going to be okay, larry. we'll have maybe one no vote, i think i think we get it done on the first round. certainly hopeful for that, because, as we noted, we've got to stick together. we'll be operating with the smallest margin in in u.s. history for much of the first 100 days of the congress, and perhaps longer into the year. so it necessitates that every single republican as diverse as our caucus is, can, can put aside their personal preferences every day and work together for the team. >> speaker johnson can only afford one republican defection if he wants to keep his post. if everybody votes and one member already on the record is a hard no you can pull all my fingernails out. >> you can shove bamboo up in them. >> you can start cutting off my

fingers. >> i am not voting for mike johnson tomorrow. >> okay, let's bring in michael schnell, congressional reporter for the hill. michael. good morning. nice to see you. that, of course, was he was on with matt gaetz, who was the instigator the last time there was a really long drawn out speaker fight. massie has been out there saying he's a no on johnson, which means everyone else has to hang together. the big question is johnson, i guess, going to get it in a in a big picture, but is he going to get it on the first ballot, or is this going to be a really nasty floor fight all afternoon? >> that's what folks have been trying to figure out. i was talking to sources on capitol hill all day yesterday. >> it really appears unclear at this moment if johnson can, like you said, get it on the first ballot or if this is going to be another contracted speaker race. >> now, it's worth noting speaker johnson has expressed confidence that he will get it on the first ballot a number of times, not just yesterday, but in the weeks prior. but there are still roughly a dozen republican members of congress in the house who have not yet said how they stand on johnson. now, folks are shuffling in and out of his office yesterday

having conversations, but this roughly dozen group really holds the fate of johnson if they decide to support him today, then all is well for him. but if they decide to vote against him, that could be a problem for the speaker. now, i also reported yesterday that there were some demands that were being made among those hard line conservatives asking for commitments on different spending issues and different process issues for how the house works. but also, folks are saying that johnson is in has no intention of cutting any deals with some of these holdouts. we'll remember what happened with kevin mccarthy. he cut a number of deals when he was first trying to win that speakership back in 2023. a lot of those promises he made ultimately led to his demise. johnson very keen on not repeating those mistakes. so we'll figure out what's going on here in just a few hours. the house convenes for the 119th congress at noon, and this is the first order of business. >> so what role does president-elect trump play here? you know, we we heard johnson gave a local radio interview earlier this week that trump had a plan to bring him down to mar-a-lago in new years and do a big photo splash. and johnson kind of called him and said, hey, like,

how about we get how about we do that now? >> a little earlier? >> but is trump going to really, you know, weigh in for johnson if he needs it or. i mean, this is one of those there's not really a clear alternative to johnson on the one hand. but on the other hand, donald trump doesn't really like weakness either. >> that's right. and also but on the other side of the coin, you also have the fact that any delay in this speaker race could a delay the certification of trump's election, which is set to happen on monday. you can't do that unless you have a speaker, because you can't swear in members of the house unless you have a speaker, and then b if this really drags on a while. republicans have very ambitious plans to get on the grid to hit the ground running with trump's agenda. they're trying to get work done as soon as next week. so the trump factor here is so key. it's probably the biggest wildcard behind the question of how will some of these holdouts actually vote. we did see trump's endorsement. we heard from speaker johnson yesterday that trump is not yet calling members on his behalf because he hasn't asked them to, although there has been some

reporting that chip roy has been called by trump. he's one of those key holdouts here. so the trump factor is huge because you have a number of members of congress who we've heard say that despite some gripes with speaker johnson, they'll support him because he has trump's endorsement, because it's trump's pick. marjorie taylor greene is at the top of that list. but this is also going to be a huge test, as you mentioned, of trump, of trump's power in the house gop conference. he's entering a very high stakes two years of a republican trifecta. it's going to be fascinating to see how much of a pull he has on these members. this is one of the big first tests. there was a sneak peek of it with this. the government funding and the debt limit last month. this is going to be even more key, though, because it's a personnel issue. it's speaker of the house. and trump has made very clear that johnson is his pick. so again, just a few hours we're going to see. but it's a very tenuous situation at the current moment. >> all right. michael schnell for us this morning michael, thanks for being with us. good luck today. thanks. thanks. and do join cnn for special live coverage of the vote for speaker. i will be up on the hill with our great dana bash. we start live today at 12 p.m.

eastern right here on cnn. all right. up next to your bourbon street in new orleans. back open just one day after the horrific terror attack with a heavy police presence. music helping the french quarter, one of the most famous areas in the city to heal. the iconic strip cautiously reopening just ahead of the sugar bowl thursday afternoon with more barricades in place, you can see them there. some business owners say nothing will keep them down. >> we're known for big parties, you know, super bowl about to have super bowl. you know sugar bowl and super bowl is going to be what three four weeks away. and you know they're not going to win. they're not going to beat us. we're going to open up and people are going to come out. we're going to get through this just like we got through covid, just like we got through katrina. this city is here to stay. >> all right. joining us now to discuss former mayor of new orleans and the president of the national urban league, marc morial. marc,

always grateful to have you on the show. but of course, want to talk about your beloved new orleans. you know the city better than anyone else. the music reopening those streets seems absolutely appropriate. that said, there obviously are significant there were significant security failures here. do you think the city is ready to be reopened? >> i do. i think the city is ready, and i believe that the order of the day is to quickly evaluate where, if you will, the leaks, the holes, the breaches, the weaknesses in the security system were and fix them as quickly as you can. you can't protect against everything, but you have to protect against those things that are foreseeable. it's important for people to recognize that bourbon street is an entertainment district that is part of a french quarter, which is the original. new orleans goes back

to 1718. so the significance of bourbon street is it's a cultural center, it's an entertainment center, but it is also a historic district with so much of the history of colonial louisiana, indigenous louisiana, the growth of jazz, the growth of the culture of new orleans, the growth of civil rights in new orleans. bourbon street represents certainly an entertainment district, but it represents so much more. so it's important not only for the city, but for the nation to recognize getting bourbon street back open quickly sends a signal to those that would attack us that we will not be deterred. and i think that is what is so important. uh, now, lots of work to go forward. but, casey, the attack in new orleans could happen anywhere. this is what's important. the message to mayors and police superintendents and communities across the nation to evaluate

security systems around any place where crowds gather for entertainment purposes, for sporting events, for cultural events. uh, this is important because we haven't had this type of terrorist attack in some time in new orleans, but it's happened abroad. it's happened in israel. it's happened in europe. we've seen it in a number of other places. so this is a time to be diligent and vigilant. >> sir. mitch landrieu, who i know you know, was on with my colleague anderson cooper last night from new orleans, talking a little bit about how he saw this as a vulnerability when he was charged with some of the decision making there. why do you think it was that it seemed to be left vulnerable here. and it is also my understanding and correct me if i'm wrong, but my understanding is it's typically open to traffic during the day. do you think changes should be made to further fortify it? and perhaps, you know, preserve it,

keep traffic out of it in a way that would keep pedestrians more secure for the entirety of the day. >> it's difficult to keep traffic out of the quarter 24 hours a day, because businesses need to receive deliveries of products and goods. uh, trash needs to be picked up. there are many, many reasons that in fact, you can't remove vehicles from the quarter 24 over seven. but it is in order to reevaluate exactly how the security system around the french quarter works. but remember this, uh, the french quarter is just a part of, let's call it the downtown area, where visitors gather. you've got the dome, you've got the arena, you've got big hotels, you've got the convention center. so the evaluation has to go beyond the quarter to try to tighten and strengthen the security system. i know the leaders of the city are going

to do that after nine over 11. i was mayor during 9/11. uh, and we were concerned, uh, after the attacks in new york, that we would be attacked, that our tall buildings would be attacked. uh, and we put for the 2002 super bowl an entire system in place, which is the system that every city has followed since then that really hardened the wall of security around that event, that type of security may need to be the order of the day for college football playoff games. uh, new orleans festivals like french quarter festival, jazz fest, mardi gras or the essence fest. when this happens, you've got to do lessons learned and you've got to balance security with people's constitutional rights, with people's rights to be free and to have ingress and egress. so i hope, i hope that evaluation is going to be taken extremely seriously and very quickly by the mayor and the

leaders of new orleans today. >> all right, marc morial, so grateful for your time. of course, our hearts are with you and your hometown. thanks very much. all right. coming up next here on cnn this morning, searching for a motive, investigators trying to piece together why a highly decorated combat veteran would blow up a cybertruck outside a trump hotel. plus, a somber start to the sugar bowl. players and spectators honoring the victims of the new year's day attack. cnn sports is up next the whole story with anderson cooper sunday at eight on cnn. >> i'm nfl hall of famer dan marino. you know, i used to be afraid of things like defensive lines and losing games. but what's insane is that years later, my biggest fear became trying to fall asleep. but the insanity stopped when i learned about relaxing of sleep. i started sleeping again the first night. while i might not be worried about winning games

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both of which occurred on new year's day. there are some eerie similarities, including the fact that both vehicles used in the incidents were rented through the website turo, and both suspects had ties to the u.s. military. a law enforcement source familiar with the cybertruck explosion investigation said the driver of the truck was matthew alan livelsberger, an active duty u.s. army green beret who was on leave. he's a highly decorated combat veteran with five bronze star, bronze star medals. the suspect in the new orleans attack was also an army veteran. both men were stationed at fort liberty, formerly known as fort bragg, but there's no record that they were in the same unit or served during the same years. they also both served in afghanistan in 2009. but according to las vegas law enforcement, they weren't in the same province or the same unit. joining us now is u.s. army veteran and former senior advisor to the defense secretary, bishop garrison. sir, thanks very much for being with us this morning. i'd like to just start. we do want to

underscore repeatedly that right now law enforcement is saying these things are not connected, but i'm interested to know what you think about the similarities here and what it tells you about radicalization in our country right now. >> well, thank you for having me. >> first and foremost, my my condolences go out and my heart goes out to both of the communities. >> i know how hard it is, what they're dealing with, what they're trying to maneuver through. and it's really terrible that in this type of situation, you have so many people that are living in fear. they're living in terror because we just simply don't have more information than what's been provided at this time. i will say that, look, we're talking about camp liberty. you have something. the magnitude of 50,000 active duty soldiers that serve at that base every year. you're talking somewhere in the neighborhood of almost 300,000 people within the population of those bases. so we can't just immediately start drawing lines and saying, well, there's some, uh, there's some connections here

because they're they're related in this regard. all of this is really just circumstantial evidence, given the the size and the scope of the population. what we really need to be discussing saying is that law enforcement needs to go deeply into this so we can better understand some of the motivations for both individuals with the, uh, special forces master sergeant, uh, special forces are used extensively right now, ever since the beginning of the global war on terrorism. we're stressing them to their absolute limits. and there seems to be more information that's slowly coming out about his life and about some of his his operations. and it's tragic. it seems as though he was going through a lot. there may have there may have been, uh, additional stressors. and we need to just get more information and data and understand that. and lastly, more than anything, it demonstrates a need to really be out there supporting our veterans whenever they transition from active duty. uh, particularly into the

civilian world. they can be susceptible to some of these types of groups. they're looking to give them structure, a sense of community, a sense of home that they really enjoyed while they were in the military. so everything we can do to support this veteran community is going to be very important. service members as well. >> you're absolutely your point about how stretched our special forces operators are. it doesn't take long in a conversation with any member of that community, family or active duty service to understand what their the pressures that they're under. sir, we did hear from congressman ryan zinke on this, who of course, former navy seal. let's listen to what he said. >> what takes a person that has given an oath to this country and what takes a person so far out of that, were they're willing to, you know, run over innocents or shoot innocents at a mall? >> the case in tesla, we still don't know. although he was active duty and he was a special forces guy.

>> that's just not a run of the mill. >> there's a lot of training behind special forces, but, you know, something's going going on. and i think we have to look at it. you know, what is causing, you know, this pain speaks to a little bit what you were what you were saying there, sir, as well. >> yeah. no, i wholeheartedly agree. we know that particularly someone of the sergeant's background would have had a great deal of experience and a skill set that allowed him to to do this more or less exactly what he did in terms of creating an ied and and detonating the way he did. but he also could have done a lot more damage. so we just don't know what his motivations are. we need for law enforcement officials to continue to be allowed to investigate. and and most importantly, i think we don't need individuals online, on the internet trying to do their own internet sleuthing. and all of

that is going to create more misinformation, disinformation, it further erodes the trust between the civilian population and a military in which approximately 1% of the population serves, and at a critical time in which a lot of these veterans, a lot of these service members need more benefits, they need the ability to go into these communities where they can trust that they can get help without being ostracized, without, uh, without having any type of negative impacts on their life or livelihood. and this type of activity could potentially threaten that. >> all right. bishop garrison for us this morning, sir. thanks so much for your perspective. i really appreciate you being here. >> thank you for having me. >> all right. time now for sports. and we are going to start on a somber note. notre dame stunned georgia in an emotional sugar bowl, but it was held a day after the deadly terrorist attack in new orleans. andy scholes has this morning's cnn sports update. andy good morning. good morning casey. >> so, you know, fans we heard from yesterday say they felt

completely safe walking around new orleans with the amount of law enforcement that was on the ground there. and they were happy that the game was being played yesterday afternoon because to quote some of them, they said, you can't let the terrorists win. now, before the sugar bowl, a moment of silence was held to honor those who lost their lives and were affected by wednesday's attack. now, as for the game, notre dame had one of the greatest one minutes of football in their school's history. tied at three late in the first half. the irish they kicked a field goal to go up 6 to 3. then they got a strip sack and recovered the fumble while riley leonard. he would then hit beau collins for a 13 yard touchdown before halftime. and then notre dame. they got the second half kickoff and jayden harrison would take it 98 yards for the touchdown. so the irish with 17 points in just 54 seconds of game time. georgia would never recover from that. notre dame would end up winning the sugar bowl by a final of 23 to 10.

>> i'm proud of this coaching staff. i'm proud of this team. i love this university. it's an honor to be a part of this place. >> shout out to the defense. >> they played outstanding and that's a really good team we played. so man i'm just so grateful for this opportunity. this is a beautiful thing and and a dream come true. >> all right. so notre dame now moves on to face penn state in the orange bowl next thursday. the winner of that is going to take on the winner of texas ohio state for the national title in the nba. meanwhile, jimmy butler's days in miami appear to be numbered. butler scored just nine points last night in the heat's loss to the pacers. he didn't play at all in the fourth quarter for a second straight game, and afterwards he said he's lost his joy playing for the heat. >> what do i want to see happen? um, i want to see me get my joy back from playing basketball and wherever that may be. um, we'll we'll find out here pretty soon, but i want to enjoy it back. i'm happy here. uh, you know, off the court. but i want to be,

um, back to somewhat dominant. i want to hoop, and i want to help this team win. right now. i'm not doing that. >> lebron, meanwhile, is 40 years old now, but he's still dominating players half his age. king james knocking down a season high seven threes against the blazers last night, including one near the end right here where he gets the pump fake. that one put the game away. lebron finished with 38 points as the lakers win 114 to 106. steph curry, meanwhile, was also on a heater last night. he made all eight of his three point attempts. it was the most threes he's ever made without a miss. curry had 30 points in this one as the warriors blew out the sixers 139 to 105. and finally, simone biles is named sports illustrated sportsperson of the year. and in her interview, biles hinted that the 2024 paris games may have been her last. she said, quote, because i've accomplished so much, there's almost nothing left to do rather than to just be snobby and to try again. and

for what? i'm at a point in my career where i'm humble enough to know when to be done. so casey biles, she would be 31 years old in 2028 when the when the summer games are here in the united states. you know, she didn't say 100%. she's not doing it. but it sounds like she's she's done. >> yeah. you know, it's, uh, it's it's been amazing to watch her her run. really interesting that she has that perspective as well. 31 very old for gymnastics but very young in life. yeah. okay. so appreciate that andy. thank you very much i appreciate it. all right. coming up in our next hour here on cnn this morning, hanging on to the gavel in just a few hours, the house returns to vote to choose a speaker. can mike johnson keep his post? plus, democratic party looking for new leadership as well. former governor martin o'malley wants to be one of those leaders. he joins us now to discuss his run. he joins me live to discuss his run for dnc chair. and we're on the

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