charge wasn't stepping up, special agent in charge. the feel office wasn't stepping up to the microphone. he or she is probably very busy right now. look, it's better to not, if there's a danger, let's get it out there and get it out there quick. there should have been a joint press conference with the police chief and the fbi assistant special agent in charge. politicians, push them aside. mayors, push them aside. it's time to work the case. figure out if there's danger. >> we got to wrap this up. thank you so much, chris, former assistant fbi director. you've been very helpful this morning. >> who is he? where is he from? and what is his motivation? >> lot of questions as america wakes up. ten dead, 35 injured. continue to stay here at fox news with fox news live coming up next. happy new year. >> last night we had over 300

officers out here, and because of the intentional mindset of this perpetrator, who went around our barricades in order to conduct this, he was hell bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did. >> breaking news out of new orleans. at least ten are dead and 35 hurt after a man drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating the new year on bourbon street. fox news just confirming the suspect is dead. new orleans officials saying this is a deliberate act of violence. >> just a horrific way to start the new year. details are still coming into our news room. here is what we know so far. police say it all happened around 3:15 a.m. local time this morning as people were out in the street to celebrate the new year near bourbon and canal streets. a driver in a pickup truck drove

down bourbon street at a very high speed. they say it appears he was trying to run over as many people as possible. >> we have team coverage. david spunt is at the white house. first alexis mcadams. >> this is still developing there on the ground. investigators are trying to piece this all together. what we do know, according to investigators, is this man was trying to run over as many people as he could. he went around the barricades, according to police. now this morning we can confirm that the suspect is dead. i want to take you right to a sound byte from that press conference where they talked about how ten people were killed, more than 30 possibly injured. we know that suspect is dead. two officers shot in stable condition. let's listen. >> what i also can tell you is that this man, this perpetrator, he fired on our officers. from his vehicle when he crashed

his vehicle. two of our officers have been shot. they are stable. he was hell bent on creating carnage. >> just to lay it out because it's developing. kit be confusing at the scene. you can see the coroners truck there, which is very sad to see on 2025, first start of the new year on bourbon street which is so iconic, especially for new year's eve celebration. as you said, it happened at 3 a.m. this morning. this guy speeding down bourbon street in a pickup truck. then, according to police, he fires a gun from inside the truck. that's when he shot two new orleans police officers who are expected to be okay, at least for now, telling people to stay away from the scene this morning. why? because investigators say they found at least a couple ied's in the area. they're trying to figure out if they're, quote, viable at this point. the driver went around the barricades near bourbon street. that's important to point out. as we saw yesterday in times

square for new york city, they had it all blocked off with box trucks and everything they could. just the other week look what happened in germany at that christmas festival, christmas market. so they did have barricades in place. how many people are there? it's already such a busy time for the holidays especially there in new orleans. but they also have the sugar bowl later tonight. that's more than 60,000 people expected to be at that bowl game. that's between notre dame and georgia. that view is usually packed already. those hotels, too, are full, so we have to wait and see what we can find out. it's still developing at this point. >> alexis mcadams, some great concern around those ied's. >> let's go to david spunt tracking the latest from the white house. we understand that the white house has been in touch briefed with officials on the ground. david, what more are we hearing at this hour? >> well, president biden has been briefed on this and continues to get updates.

he's at camp dade later today with the first lady, dr. jill biden. we know crhristopher wray was briefed as well as merritt garland. the mayor in new orleans used the word terrorism. a terrorist attack when she came out. the fbi has been hesitant to use that word because there's a legal definition of terrorism. while it may seem like a terrorist attack and while this may turn tout be a terrorist attack, fbi officials warn, current and past, you have to be careful because they don't have specific motive yet. i've been talking to sources familiar with this investigation. they tell me this suspect is dead. he is a male. we are waiting on a name and age and motive.

when it comes to fbi and atf, they are on the scene giving constant updates. again, president biden has been briefed. i've reached out to president trump's seeing if he has statement or reaction. i'm sure we'll get something from him soon. that is the latest from the white house. >> david, thank you. we will be in touch. >> we bring in former boston police department commander daniel linsky. he played a pivotal role in the boston marathon investigation. thank you for being with us. the boston marathon bombing may be a good place to start. in the wake of those two bombs being set off at the end of the marathon course, there was a lot of concern about additional ied's, additional ex-explosive devices in that area, which is what they're dealing with in that bourbon street area today. can you talk about the concern and what this means for investigators and also for the people of that community right

now? >> yeah. naturally, they have to check the area, make sure it's safe and secure. we had multiple reports of other devices at the marathon bombing attack. all of them turned tout be not actual devices until the thursday night fire fight that occurred where he threw a pipe bomb at responding officers. you're never going to take that for granted. you're going to work the areas, have people go in slowly and make sure it's safe and secure. unfortunately that slows down the process of documenting the crime scene, gathering information and evidence. you can't put crime technicians in that scene until you make sure it's a safe an secure area. that seems to be what's going on now as they're trying to work through whether or not they've got real ied's, potential suspicious devices they're trying to mitigate. >> on the day of the boston marathon bombing the media, myself included, there's a large perimeter, similar to what you are seeing on canal street.

what's happening inside the perimeter right now as investigators are combing through? i would imagine a great many backpacks and things left behind that make things more challenging as investigators are trying to find out if there is anything dangerous? >> every one of which has to be cleared for a potential ied. we had thousands of bags that we had to go through at the finish line to make sure there weren't devices there before we could put our crime scene technicians in. we have some great people. i'm unsure if the medical examiner's office has been able to get in there and take anyone who is deceased to a processing facility. in the marathon we had a delay for hours until we could get those folks out of there safely. that's a challenge they're going to be dealing with. there are people who left backpacks and valuables. they will have to process to get those returned. not a priority now but something that has to somebody.

there is tons of evidence that has to be documented. there was just a short press conference. what they detailed was a vehicle attack which has become more common across the globe. in addition to that, they say the suspect fired on officers and now we have ied. in the wake of boston marathon, the perpetrators got into a bit of a battle in a nearby neighborhood. they were throwing ied's, small devices they had created themselves. is that potentially what happened here in this case? is that what investigators might be looking into? >> absolutely. to see whether or not the ied's were connected with this individual. if they are, in fact, ied's, if they're devices that didn't go off, or if they're just devices that were deployed to scare and terrify people as well. so all of that will be looked into to see whether connected to this individual. again, in boston, we had reports

of ied's in some cases it was backpacks left by 18 camera men with tubes and batteries that we mitigated. but until we found out what was in the bag, we had to be careful. i'm sure that's going on right now as we speak. the fact that the individual was engaged in a fire fight with police, clearly shows he had intentions to harm here. praying for the victims and their families. the images have been horrific out of there. the challenges that the community is going to go through trying to heal are monument al spending them all prayers. >> i'm thinking about the victims that are fighting for their lives. 26 at least at the level one trauma center in new orleans. university medical center.

you have experience arriving at a scene with just horrific, tragic injuries, people in critical condition. time is of the essence. i'm wondering if you can help us understand what that's like? to arrive at a scene in a vehicle ramming mass casualty incident and the importance of getting those folks in to the level one trauma center. >> absolutely. a sergeant in the boston police department saved thousands of lives by getting on the radio and controlling the scene at the marathon initially. one of the challenges occurs is when something happens. every firefighter, sheriff, deputy, goes in to help. if we don't control those vehicles, we can block that. making sure we've got clear egress in and out. having someone at the scene from ems who is acting like an air traffic controller who, if you've got a critical patient that will need surgery, we send

that person to the appropriate hospital. we send that resource to a hospital that's able to handle that. it's taking the victims based on their injuries and their abilities to save them and trying to divide up the victims so you don't overwhelm one location. >> dan, there's another big event tonight, a football game in the area. the super intendent said it would be fine to go and have fun in the city. what are your thoughts on the safety broadly of the city, of people that are there visiting in the area and what to expect as this day goes on? >> chief kirk patrick was trying to get people have a sense of calm that this is a tragic event. authorities are in charge and safe and secure activities can occur. that being said, new orleans has to look at their current

security program and they're going to need to enhance it today. i am sure my colleagues across the country and police departments are looking at their special events today and putting additional resources around it. putting additional things in place to make sure that this is an event that occurred on its own in new orleans and that's fine. or is this an event that is planned across larger areas and locations? we know international terrorist organizations have often sought to attack multiple locations. so when any event like this occurs, jurisdictions across the country are exchanging information and are taking steps to increase protective operations around any potential target locations. >> excellent point. we greatly appreciate your insights. thank you very much. the former boston police department commander, for your insights today. >> molly and dan, we are getting new sound from people on the ground in new orleans.

this is justin gillen, there for the sugar bowl that is still going on tonight beginning at 8:45 p.m. this is what justin had to say on the ground in new orleans. >> unfortunately that's where our country is. we print our dollar bills, our coins god bless america. it's time for the country to turn and look to god. at this point that's all that can save us. even without this, i could be walking down the street and get hit by a car unintentional or intentionally. you can live your life in fear. >> this is obviously changing throughout the day, by the minute. you have people that are locals. you have people from all over the country, if not the world, that are at the french quarter in new orleans. 3 a.m., bringing in the new year, and this happens. >> yeah. it's tough. we'll bring you the latest as we

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>> moments ago the fbi releasing this statement this morning. an individual drove a car into a crowd of people on bourbon street in new orleans killing a number of people and injuring dozens of others. the subject then engaged with local law enforcement and is now deceased. the fbi is the lead investigative agency and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of tear orrism. let's bring in ted williams fox news contributor, former dc homicide detective and defense attorney. ted, so initially the mayor of new orleans comes out and says that this is a terrorist attack. then the fbi, in the same press conference, says that it is not, and it is our understanding obviously, with this statement just clarifying, they're still investigating whether or not it is. and that's just the facts at this point. we don't know. but at the end of the day, i

wanted to get your sense here of just the unpredictability of a vehicle ramming attack like this. using a vehicle, this is an incredibly difficult type of attack to try to stop. >> you know, let me offer my deepest condolences, if i can, to all who have lost their lives there. as i was thinking about this, as i was coming on, this is clearly an act of terrorism. we saw this just most recently in germany where someone used a vehicle to go into a crowd and kill many people. the chief of police or superintendent of police there in new orleans said, there is no doubt in my mind that this was an intentional act. this person intentionally decided to go into that crowd and just try to kill as many

people as possible. this is what i define as a soft target. this is something that we have been hope that in america we could be vigilant on. because we have not had this kind of attack recently in america. it is certainly something that, i'm sure with the sugar bowl there in new orleans tonight, that they are definitely concerned. i'm sure it will be all hands on deck in new orleans tonight. >> that is great point ted. molly here. the vehicle attacks, they become more common, more prevalent all around the globe. in 2016 there was a massive attack that killed so many people and became one of the most high profile attacks of this kind. shortly after that, there were major face lifts done in this bourbon street area. as that press conference was coming to a close this morning, one of the reporters shouted out a question about those. for me when you think of bourbon

street, it's a promenade. there are people walking on it. we know it needs to be protected. somehow a vehicle made it onto that stretch of ground. what do you make of this? >> you know, molly, one problem we have in america here in law enforcement is that at some unfortunate times we let our guard down. this may be one of those times where we let our guard down here in this country. there's no doubt about it. i'm from louisiana. i very much am aware of bourbon street and i'm aware of various barricades they were attempting to use there in new orleans. but this person decided and found a way to get around those barriers. it could very well be an investigation will certainly bear it out one way or another that there was some relaxed situation going on. but i got to tell you right now

what they're doing is bourbon street itself is a crime scene. and now that we've learned that the killer is down, they are trying to learn as much as they can about him and his leanings, whether they are international leanings or whether they are local leanings. but there is something unfortunate that set this guy off. i would again say it is definitely an act of terrorism on the good people of louisiana there. >> ted, this happened at 3:15 in the morning local time. 4:15 eastern. about that time. this is right after the ball dropped. you've got people there celebrating. this is a complex very large crime scene. i'm wondering in those immediate moments when you arrive at a scene like this, you've got people that are in bars an clubs who may be intoxicated to

some degree all throughout bourbon street. how do you respond to something like that? and how important is it? because we're hearing from the ground that people were stuck. they weren't allowed to leave their establishments. so how do you clear out an area like bourbon street on new year's eve? >> you know, it's a very insurmount able task for law enforcement to handle under the circumstances because you're right. there are individuals down there that are celebrating, they're drinking or intoxicated. there are other individuals who sa saw certain things happening. what you're counting on is the public. for individuals who may have seen something. to go to any law enforcement officer they could and report that kind of information. it is not an easy scene under the circumstances because you have really here several different crime scenes.

you have the crime scene there on bourbon street. you have now wherever the individual who was found dead, that is a crime scene. now you go farther, the individual's residence is a crime scene. so this is where you have all hands on deck, all law enforcement officers in new orleans there on alert. i gotta tell you, just as this happened in new orleans, i would hope that around our country right now law enforcement are on alert. because this is certainly something very sepb teufrb. and law enforcement and, hopefully, at the next press conference, they'll give us more information as to what took place. >> that's a good point. the next press conference is expected to be at 11:00 a.m. this morning. i want to just dive into the suspect. very often we've seen vehicle

attacks, it is a lone wolf type of person. is there any indication here, any thoughts you might have, as to whether or not this is someone who acted alone or is there a very strong possibility there could be something broader at stake? >> you know, molly, at this stage, it's very difficult for me even to speculate. this will be driven by the investigation and what they're able to come up with. i have to believe that at this stage in the investigation, even though it's early on. this happened around 3:15 a.m. this morning. they know a great deal about the killer or the person who is now dead. they are following up on that kind of information. that's going to be very important to come up with what was the motive behind this and what was the circumstances. and were there others involved? or was this a lone wolf or was he acting in concert with others? all of those things are on the

table. i'm sure they're trying to -- they've got federal, state and local investigators all working together to try to come up with some answer in regards to this sad situation. >> ted, when we do these mass shootings, we know there is a protocol by law enforcement. go in and take out that shooter as quickly as possible. now that we're seeing things like vehicle ramming attacks like this, this isn't the first time that an attack vehicle runs people out and then comes out and starts shooting. here in new york, halloween 2017. a story i covered here. when he rammed, killed eight people on the west end here on the bike path. he came out with a pellet gun and started waving it. now in new orleans, we know there are two officers who were shot. what is the protocol?

is there a protocol for law enforcement at a vehicle ramming incident like this about how you approach this person? do you start shooting right away? >> i can tell you there are protocols all over this country for these kinds of incidents. if you remember in wakishaw wisconsin, we had a parade where somebody used a vehicle there. there are protocols in place. even the best laid plans can be gotten around. these individuals who do these kinds of acts, many of them take a lot of time to plan and to see how they can circumvent law enforcement and get around some of the protocols that are in place. in this one, from what i understand, the vehicle went around the barrier.

this person, again, after he mowed these people down, he got out and was able to shoot two law enforcement officers. >> yeah, exactly. all right. ted williams, thank you we're still monitoring this situation. we are still monitoring the situation that is unfolding in new orleans. police set to update later this morning, we're told 11:00 a.m. we'll have a live report on the latest details in the fbi's investigation next. with so many choices on booking.com there are so many tina feys i could be. so i hired body doubles to help me out. splurgy tina loves a hotel near rodeo drive. oh tina! wild tina booked a farm stay to ride this horse. glenn close?! with millions of possibilities you can book whoever you want to be. that's my line! booking.com booking.yeah ( ♪ )

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>> at least ten people are dead and 35 hurt after a man drove a truck into a crowd of people in new orleans. we go now back to david spunt. he has more on the fbi's latest statement. david? >> well, the fbi is out making it clear they are investigating this as an act of terrorism. and covering the fbi for more than half a decade, it's fairly extraordinary this quickly they would say that in a statement. the fbi is usually incredibly

cautious when it comes to using the word terrorism because there's international terrorism and there's a legal threshold to use the word terrorism. there's something making the fbi use the word terrorism. we'll find out when we get the next update in new orleans. we are waiting on an identification. we know he is a male. he was engaged in a shoot out with police. he is dead. it's not clear if he shot himself or if he died from gun fire from police. back to this white house behind me. no one's here as far as the president or any members of his cabinet are concerned. he has been briefed though. he's going to bed a camp david later today with the first lady. we know fbi director christopher wray has been briefed, as the fbi is the lead on this.

so has attorney general merritt garland. no word from president trump yet but i suspect we will hear something at some point today. but from a white house perspective, president biden continuing to get updates. the fbi all over it, same with the atf. if i may, the fbi using the word terrorism means there is some motive already determined at this point. molly? >> good point. there must be a few boxes checked for fbi to declare it this early on. what do you make of the fact that they took over this investigation so very swiftly even by the end of that press conference the announcement was made that the fbi would be the lead on this? >> usually when the fbi is the lead on this, it tells you one thing. it wasn't a medical accident. somebody may have had a heart attack while driving. it wasn't a dui, driving while intoxicated or any other type of

medical issue. clearly there's some reason that the fbi would jump in and take over. law enforcement always talks about working together with local partners and federal partners. law enforcement i will say does not necessarily like to give up their investigation. whatever law enforcement agency that may be. so for the fbi to come in and say, okay, we're taking this over, the fbi is far more equipped than the new orleans police department, which is a great police department, but the fbi is equipped because it has that extra bit of umph to it when it comes to investigating. what we now know is an act of terrorism. this is what fbi is calling it. what we don't know and don't want to speculate is where this originated, who this person is, if there were other people involved. these are all things that the fbi is working on right now. we don't want to be irresponsible and say anything until we know it officially and have it 100% confirmed from

officials. i'm working with some of those officials, working on a name, working on identification, especially an age. at this point we just know it was a male who is dead, who was doing this on purpose, who was hell bent, as an official said in new orleans, to do this and to get this through and ruin so many lives. such a tragedy. >> absolutely. david spunt, thank you for your reporting, for clarity, covering the justice department for us and offering clarity on this issue. david spunt from the white house. >> there's also brand new details coming from the scene. alexis mcadams is in our news room. what do you have? >> you know from being at these scenes, these things can change and develop quickly. that's what we're working to find out. total of ten people were declared to be deceased on scene. earlier and right now you can see in this live shot they have the coroner truck parked out there. at least ten people found dead on bourbon street. just horrendous. i can't even imagine.

these people walking out of parties, or if their families were there celebrating. everyone is so heart broken. more than 35 other people were determined to have either some type of minor or serious injury that sent them to the hospital. i also saw videos on social media people are posting, these investigators are all different departments, state, federal, local, were all jumping into action to help treat anyone who was injured. you can see them all over the street during that chaos. after the car came to a stop, listen to this. this man reportedly opened fire on responding officers who then police say returned fire. the person was struck and police say declared dead on scene. that's brand new information. earlier about 20 minutes ago we didn't know this was a self-inflicked gun shot wound that led to the person being killed or if it was the police. they did exchange gun fire. multiple others were struck as well before the vehicle crashed. this guy goes around those barricades that we saw, taorb right down the street in new

york city. they have it all blocked off for these big events because they don't want something to happen, days after what happened in germany. they have it all blocked off. this guy goes right around it. according to police, he was hell bent on trying to kill as many as possible, trying to hit as many as possible. it's all going to continue to develop. my cousin is out there. he went to notre dame. he's there for the sugar bowl. those people are supposed to be going over to the dome tonight. they're having to have to make major plans. that street, canal and bourbon, they were supposed to have a pretty big parade in the coming hours. 68,000 people can fit into that arena. so all those people are there, along with all those who were celebrating. we'll have to wait and see what they say at 11:00. conflicting reports about whether it was terrorism or was it? the fbi needs to come out and clarify. people still are so uneasy to know what's going to happen next. >> we know the fbi is

investigating this as an act of terrorism. that's about a five minute drive. 20 minute walk from where this happened, intersection of canal and bourbon street. so, yeah, you're right. there are tons of hotel, tons of bars. you've got 68,000 people who will wake up to a new reality in new orleans, at least for the next couple of days. i'm thinking about, obviously, covering thing likes this. how important surveillance video is. that was very much true with luigi mangione. we saw that in a different way. we know who this perpetrator is. obviously, he was shot dead by police, according to your reporting here. what do you make of, we're going to be seeing video and photos that will give us a better idea of how this guy drove into the french quarter and how much planning perhaps went into this. >> yeah. they're going to be able to

retrace his steps, right before he got in the car, when he got into that truck and exactly the route he took to go right over there to bourbon street. that's the part that's going to be interesting to see. not just the social media, because there are so many videos that we're piecing through, trying to see what we can confirm. you can see the car go around and people hurt or looking for friends in that chaos. this is an area with bars that have the best security and surveillance cameras. that will help police piece this together. they'll have to put a motive together. all people care about if they srpb heard from families is where are they, are they okay and how many others could be injured? >> we know 35 are injured. they are at the trauma center with critical injuries. we'll keep monitoring their progress throughout the day. alexis mcadams, thank you. >> a heart breaking day, tragic start to the new year in new orleans. ten people are dead, others

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considered to be a viable target by terrorist organizations and lone actors inspired by such groups. we also know vehicles are a preferred method of attack due to the high casualty rates that they cause. as far as way back as al qaeda calling for lone actors to use vehicles in attacks. look, we have to call this what it is right now. unfortunately it's a massive security failure. the established perimeter set up failed to stop somebody that was determined from carrying out this attack. and inflicting this mass casualty event. it was predictable and preventible for all the reasons that i stated. law enforcement has to understand that lone actors as either individuals or as part of a larger group, back to the question of, is this one of one or one of many? that's what law enforcement's

looking and working hard on now. but these large events are gonna consistently be targeted because they're viewed as soft targets. that's a problem. you want an adversary to look at security planning and security operations and come away from that saying, not here, not now. in that the security is deemed to be too robust to carry out a successful attack. when somebody follows through with that based on their assessment and surveillance, then that's where problems come in and where the at taxes are, unfortunately, successfully carried out. >> chuck, how do you protect an area from an attack like this? you said there's obviously this was a failure. is it just barricades? is it just using dumpster trucks at particular areas or is there nor that needs to be done? and if so, what is that? >> yeah. it's a combination of all of

that. i think when you look at, you know, a city like new york city and how they use those big sand trucks to block off the entirety of the street, including the sidewalks. that's a robust security plan. so it's not just man power, but it's also using the resources that many of these cities and towns have available to them and municipality trucking and things like that, to close these roads. but if you're going to establish a barrier, you can't later have to be saying in a press conference that a car went around the barrier. barriers are not made to be able to go around. they are made to minimize the risk so that if somebody is hell bent, to use the chief's words in new orleans, if they're hell bent on carrying out an attack, that that attack is forced to take place away from the greater population to cause the least amount of damage. that's what perimeters are for,

which is why you see many law enforcement agencies for large event use a layered approach. this was just a perimeter that was established too close to the main show and somebody was able to circumvent it. >> they noted there were 300 additional officers on stand by. this was new year's eve, of course. when we look at what the perpetrator in this case allegedly used. we've got a vehicle, a gun they say he used to fire on officers. thankfully, two were hit but are expected to survive, two police officers, as well as potentially some ied's that were found in the area. all of those things put together, what do you make of that? >> well, definitely the planning went into it, including the site surveillance, but also the means of attack. this was to get inside the event the quickest way possible. it's very hard for somebody to approach a venue like that. you brought up the 300 police

officers. to approach a venue like that on foot with a long weapon. they're gonna be detected and you're gonna have that risk mitigated further out. so the vehicle is the fastest way to get inside into the interior of these main events and then come out with the secondary and third plans of attack for as long as they're able to go on. but they're gonna have to check and see if this was just limited to this lone wolf or is part of a bigger plot. >> all right. chuck marino, thank you for your insight. >> we're now learning that president biden has reached out to the new orleans mayor offering full federal support after the mass casualty incident. plus police are going to give an update later this morning. we'll take you there soon as that update begins. stay with us. as your host, i have some rules. first, no showers longer than 5 minutes. this isn't a spa. (laughs) that's a rule.

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>> in the wake of this tragic event unfolding on bourbon street, we have a brand new statement from the sugar bowl ceo. the sugar bowl committee is devastated by the terrible events from early this morning. our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. we are in on going discussions with authorities and will communicate further details as they become available.

that game was expected or is slated to go off this evening. we bring in former boston police department commander dan linske. it sounds like from this statement they're talking about what this event may mean for that other planned event this evening. your thoughts? >> yeah. they're talking about, seems to me, taking it minute by minute and seeing how things develop. right now they've got a security program for the sugar bowl that they were intending to deploy tonight. authorities are probably looking, or should be looking, to enhance that program and see what else they could do to keep people safe and secure. see if there's any holes in the security measures they've had. at the same time, it might be a game time decision. this is one individual, one event and they've got no other concerns about others involved, then they can probably proceed with the game with the enhanced security program.

but if the investigation turns up that there's challenges, they might need to cancel the sugar bowl. we did that with celtics and red sox games based on not knowing what we had. so i think it might be to be seen. >> dan, thank you. that's a great point. we appreciate you staying with us. >> we are monitoring breaking developments coming out of new orleans. a brand new hour is next.

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