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this morning. first a man hunt is on for the other suspects tied to new orleans terrorist attack that killed at least 15 people on new year's day. we are learning more about the suspect behind the attack and how he was radicalized by isis. >> the police are now or narrowing down search for a cybertruck right in front of a trump hotel in las vegas. no connection made between the incidents go to a common thread is tying them together. you are watching "fox & friends first" on thursday morning and ashley strohmier and carley shimkus has that they off. >> todd: the latest on the new orleans attack, doug. >> congress is looking for and expanding well beyond new orleans. but we will begin as the true magnitude of this attack really beginning to think end. early yesterday morning, a truck rammed through a crowd that gathered to celebrate the new year killing at least 15 people and wounding a number of others.

we are learning the identities of some of the victims of this horrific attack. the alleged driver, 42-year-old shamsud-din jabbar an army veteran who at one point had deployed to afghanistan. to the place and used in certain what believed to be the drivers home there and investigators say a isis flag found in the truck and this is investigated as a terrorist act. >> we are to people and will come back to this, but it is difficult. the loss of life still goes on, 15 dead and still many struggling fighting for their lives. i think people want candid answers. we don't need to sugarcoat this. if they are is uncomfortable things we find along the way, let's get that information out. >> president biden a merch last night at camp david. >> i know i can speak for all americans when i say our hearts are with the people in new orleans after the despicable

attack that occurred early morning hours. to all the families of those killed, to all of those who are injured, to all the people in new orleans who are grieving today, i want you to know, i agree with you. >> president-elect trump said this, "the trump administration will fully support new orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil." investigators trying to determine whether they are any links between this attack in new orleans and a cybertruck that excluded outside of the trump hotel in las vegas yesterday killing the driver. todd and ashley. >> ashley: thank you so much. we will bring in former fbi special agent and former navy seal jonathan gilliam. jonathan, thank you for joining us to talk about this. i heard someone on the network say last night the criminals have to get it right once that law enforcement have to get it right every single time. what is happening with the fbi

and local law enforcement agencies? did they not have the ways and means to get this right every single time? do they not have the manpower to do this? >> sure, they have the ways and means in the manpower. what they don't have is the ability a lot of the times to think like they haven't thought before and to think outside of the box. i think this is a perfect example not the first time and it won't be the last. when law enforcement sees a problem like this and they say that people go to these locations day in and day out and enough of that threat appears so they put up a bollards to keep cars off of the road, they think, we will get to it and put a car there and it will be all right. they don't think like the attacker. if they had, they would put something on the sidewalk. it doesn't matter whether 1,000-pound rock or a car on each side of the sidewalk as

well as a car in front that can maneuver when somebody needs to go down the road. it is really that simple. think outside of the box and don't be afraid to say, "we don't do it that way typically but we will try it." >> todd: what is the fbi doing at this moment 24 hours following the attack whether texas, louisiana, elsewhere to try to put all the pieces together, jonathan? >> so like i talked about thinking outside of the box, here is where thinking inside the box works very well. when we talk about the fbi taking the lead, we are talking about the fbi leaving the joint terrorism task force. so, both in new orleans and las vegas, there are joint terrorism task force is made up of many, many different local, state and other federal agencies. all of their resources get poured into this j.t. tf so they can quickly, much quicker than normal law enforcement, able to

quickly scrub details about the evidence that they find. they can go clear across the nation in a rapid pace because of the connections and ability from the bureau to reach out to other agencies and other jttfs. that is what they are doing following a plethora of information in both cases that they may, may end up coming back to the same culprits. >> ashley: jonathan, let's talk about what happened on spec is the same day. law enforcement did not believe the suspect in either more lines or less fact this in a type of to each other here too but i feel like you can make all kinds of speculations. you can say this is a coincidence that happen on the first day of the year. you can say this is some sick form of a sign that they are giving you with the tesla and elon musk and he has ties to trump in front of the trump hotel. what are your thoughts on this?

is this purely coincidence or do you think there is some sort of tie? >> well, the fact that they rented these vehicles in both cases on an app that is relatively unfamiliar with most people, that is very intriguing to me for investigator standpoint. but you have to remember, who whoever is saying things they are not connected, you never wat to say that as an investigator. you do not want to roll out something until you can completely relate out. as far as i know, they have not collected enough information to determine if two different cells. one person who got on one plane 9/11 didn't know the individuals on the other plane. they may not have known the people who funded it were training them. so, these groups will act and sells and when they did that they may not know each other and there may not be a physical connection that ideologically or somewhere along the way

planning connection may occur. i do think though one thing that stands out about this attack, we do know it was a cybertruck that was underneath a trump tower underneath his name and used fireworks. recently, the ones that used fireworks where these were not condensed and packed into like a pressure cooker like the brothers with an actual bomb. they poured a bunch of fireworks in the back and set this stuff on fire and caused it to blow up. who normally does that? nt for. they used fireworks and all of their riots. >> todd: jonathan i want to go back to new orleans attack for a moment and focus on taxes and focus on houston. do you hear from your source is how extensive the investigation and houston can grow because obviously they are trying to get into the guy's house and concerns there could be palms and explosives in there. but they are looking at the neighborhood. do you hear from law enforcement as to how widespread this could

be? >> i have a good source that was telling me, but i have not been able to confirm it through a second person. but this is investigator that this individual is a black american in a nation of islam group. that this individual practiced islam the end of the nation of islam. now, i have not been able to verify that with a second source code to put that is out there. i think from what i have seen that is coming in is that they chose and we know they chose new orleans that we have to ask why, why did they go all the way there they could have chosen any state the ability to kill numerous people, but they chose that state and that venue. i think we will see a leak somewhere why they chose that.

either somebody was related to the area or somebody else lived over there and coordinated it and he drove the truck in. they had to be a coordination some way, shape or form to new orleans. >> todd: important questions jonathan gilliam, important questions. >> taught, can i say one more thing and i always did this to you, i think it is imperative donald trump just like he put tom homan as the deportations are which i think this is an important thing because tom homan is an expert who worked in that field. we need experts who worked in the field at these types of operations that like the red cell, navy seal red cells who work varies and planning to reverse engineer them and share with everybody how, wind, where, white a terrorist or school shooters are these types of individuals would attack. if he did that and people take it seriously, we could form an

entire threat assessment throughout all of the industry across the country. it would be so inexpensive and easy to do that it would blow people's minds and effective if people would do it. >> todd: no time like the president less than three weeks ago and hopefully the present years that suggestion and follows through with it, jonathan thank you. the entire city of new orleans on high alert that planning to host the sugar bowl 4:00 p.m. after delaying the game yesterday but can americans feel safe at the event that will draw thousands of things? >> ashley: one of the officers who helped with the terrorist attack will tell us how they prepare next.

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tell them that. i think it was a wise decision to delay at least a day. this is an active crime scene and they just finished removing some of the bodies and they still haven't removed all of them. i think we need to probably wait another day. speed to david dean has president of fraternal order of police lunch 50 and police officer who joins me now. thank you for getting up with us to talk about this this morning. you heard the ag there she wants the sugar bowl postponed another day. >> i understand this is a major moneymaker for the city, but do you agree with her and saying that it should be postponed, especially following what has happened? >> i just want to clarify one thing. i know the new orleans police department police department and where for probation and parole but i wanted to clarify that. as far as postponing the game, i think it would be a good idea to do that until we get all of the

facts and see if there is anybody else involved in this terrorist attack. just make sure that the public is safe. >> ashley: you know, you have mentioned about the concrete barriers that needed to be prepared to. what happened there and what needed to be prepared with those? >> i'm not sure exactly that they preparers that need to be made and they apparently were not functioning. i think it would have stopped the vehicle from continuing on bourbon street. and 300 block of bourbon street. those barriers have been there a long time. knowing that we have three major events in the city of new orleans coming up, the sugar bowl, super bowl, mardi gras, i think one of the main priority should be to make sure those things are functioning to ensure public safety and ensure something like this didn't happen. >> ashley: david, we had former fbi special agent on. he said go to the fbi had ways

and means to prevent something . from local law enforcement standpoint, wasn't something that could have been easily missed on their end? >> now, i don't want to speak for the federal agencies what they did or should have been. obviously, this person was on their radar and probably should have been more to make sure it was surveilled or followed or anything like that. you know, it is hard with so many possible threats that come through the wire. you just never know what is real and what is not. you know, but is one of those things, you want to be prepared for the worse. and you hope for the best all the time. and agencies take every threat seriously, but of course,

manpower issues and budgeting issues always limits law enforcement and what we can do to ensure public safety. >> ashley: you know, before he let you go, we talk about the super bowl coming up in mardi gras coming up, the sugar bowl, all kinds of big events happening in new orleans the next couple of weeks to months. how can the city law enforcement, government officials, assure people coming to the events that they will be safe? i will be quite honest if it was me or anybody in my family, i would say you are not going. >> i totally understand. i can tell you governor landry has put so many resources into the city of new orleans right now and probation parole is parole is there now. fire marshal. you have wildlife and fishery and state police. so many resources did the city.

i think that will continue on through super bowl, mardi gras, all special events in the city from now on. i think the way the city of new orleans handle special events has drastically changed now. i think it will be safer, more police officers. i think the barriers will get fixed and ensure this does not happen again. so, with the leadership of the new governor, i believe this is going to be probably the safest super bowl around. >> ashley: it is a very rough way to start the new year, especially in new orleans. >> yes, it is, absolutely. speed to david bain, thank you. >> our prayers and thoughts to all the victims. >> as >> ashley: course. >> of the two police officers that took the terrace down, they are heroes and deserve a medal of valor. >> ashley: absolutely.

>> render aid and write there when the gunfire happened, heroic actions. speed to a lot of people to be commended in the story, david, thank you. >> you are very welcome. speed to the terrorist suspect or stand the father decided to pledge to isis to carry out the deadly attack. >> todd: we will explore how dangerous radicalization is to our homeland.

♪ ♪ >> todd: authorities investigating alleged videos made by new orleans terrorist suspect where he declared allegiance to isis and went to louisiana to carry out attack. christopher wray warning infiltrating the homeland and exploiting the southern border. >> i am increasingly concerned that foreign terrorists could seek to exploit vulnerabilities at our southwest border or at

other ports of entry or other aspects of our immigration system to facilitate an attack here in the united states. i think that is something we have to be concerned about >> todd: june 8th, nationals with isis ties arrested in u.s. major cities after crossing the border. jonathan fay, former director of i.c.e. and former federal prosecutor. ton of thin, what is important to note the terrorist attack u.s. citizen, but would you sayt level, specifically because of joe biden's border policies? in other words, is there an extensive isis threaten our homeland? >> we don't really know what that threat is, but i do think biden's border policies whether or not had to do with this and doesn't seem like it did but it does create the perception we do not have a secure border and secure country.

that this administration is more concerned about advancing their political agenda when they are about protecting public safety and national security. we have seen this over and over again. i am glad christopher wray was talking about it, but unfortunately, what has the fbi and doing the last several years? i know they have been focusing on it that they have been focusing on parents speaking at school board meetings and getting everybody in the capital january 6. those are resources that could have been placed elsewhere. time and time again this administration went political agenda have come at odds with each other, they have always chosen politics, which is the most frightening thing about it. we have talked about it here and other shows, something bad will happen because of this agenda. >> todd: under the biden-harris administration, nearly 2,000 suspects on the terrorist watches at the southern border. they are the numbers and they are not good. how will the incoming trump

administration root out terrorist cells and threats within the border? >> first of all, among those 2,000, this administration allowed in 99 of them after already on the terror watch list. that is not going to happen anymore. they were is going to be a massive deterrence. we will not have this weeping massive numbers of migrants coming through because they know they will not get to comment. they will have to remain in mexico to make asylum claims. people cross ports of entry will be arrested for illegal entry and illegal reentry. people in jails here illegally will be arrested and removed. so the deterrent will be massive compared to what it is now, which is no deterrence at all. will it prevent everything? of course not, but it will certainly make it harder for terrorist and mostly deterrent and mostly creating the perception that it would be hard to do something and get away

with it. we have lost that with this administration. >> todd: that is extremely concerning, jonathan fay he, appreciated. brothers speaking out telling "new york times," as far as i know he was a muslim for most of his life. what he did did not represent islam. this is more some type of radicalization, not religion. >> ashley: served as senior advisor to donald trump's ambassador to israel joins us, rabbi thank you for getting up at this. as todd said, the suspect more of radicalization then religion but what are your thoughts on all of this? >> i think that is 100% correct. this is not the religion of islam that this is radicalization. what has come about is the ability to convince her to try to blame others for circumstance. that manifest itself in unfortunately a terrible terror

attack. my hearts and prayers to all of the victims in all of the victims in new orleans today. >> todd: what do we be doing differently to tamp down on radicalization? what should we be doing to make sure this does not become the new normal going forward? >> that is exactly the correct question. this protest that happened in times square that happen within hours after this person with a isis flag has gone on for 16 months after israel was attacked october 7th, october 8th on all of the campuses and all the main cities, there were protests not against terror but in favor of tara. and the white house at their and what we need is leadership that says, they don't have a point. there is no room for terror or radicalization. >> ashley: right, but had to be stop this? we see it happen over and over again and it is becoming the norm whether people want to

believe that or not. what do we have to do? what does the government have to do and really what does the incoming administration need to do to stop this? >> i think two different things. it needs to stop at home and we need to check on our brothers, sisters, children to make sure they are being raised with the correct moral values that they can. we need to check on our veterans to make sure they are being taken care of appropriately. but at the end of the day, we elect leaders in order to lead to. they look both ways at terrors and victims and say, they both have a point and that is not leadership. this is something simple to fix because most the most americans know the difference between good and evil. every american i know know who the bad guy is and the good people to stop him. that needs to be said clearly from all leaders and frankly, parents to kids as well. the two you make a good point

there is a massive morale issue in the world and the united states and i fully do agree with that. rabbi, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> ashley: deadly cybertruck explosion is terrorism and authority is trying to determine if there is a link between the attacks. >> todd: from law enforcement member in both cases will be collaborating.

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♪ ♪ >> todd: new orleans on high alert following yesterday's deadly terrorist attack as the city prepares for several major events scheduled to take place over the next few weeks. >> ashley: carol because only with fox news business, good morning. >> for sugar bowl let's start there the delay of that game certainly does change the economics not just for people in new orleans, but those trying to get out of new orleans and even the ticket price is have seen for the game, people paying $125 to $1,500 now you can get for $25. a lot of people online could not get their flights changed or didn't feel comfortable staying in the city of new orleans. that is one thing. the other issue is what this means for upcoming super bowl, which is february 9th. this is also plan to be at the

superdome, which is close to bourbon street if you've ever been to new orleans. this is an economic story because for the city in the state like the sugar bowl and mardi gras, the super bowl is a major economic event for not just the city but really the entire state of louisiana. the projections right now the state of louisiana getting $500 million economic impact so thotels, small businesses really benefit from events like this. the nfl as far as security and safety code to the nfl put out a statement yesterday. here is what the statement says: "we are saddened by the news that devastating incident in new orleans and confident we will have a safe and super endemic super bowl experience." i have covered a lot for fox and i can tell you the super bowl is one of the safest events just

like times square here in new york city on new year's eve parent of the safest place to be and i would have no problem being in new orleans for the super bowl. i would feel completely safe to be there. i remember the first super bowl after 9/11 was actually in new orleans. at the superdome, there were snipers and the police security for that event. i expect nothing different from this year's super bowl. spay when i actually interviewed someone earlier his head they et same thing he was new orleans law enforcement and he said there will be no safer place to be. >> ashley: it will be interesting to see how people feel if cheryl would feel comfortable as i would not. i am interested to see how many people will go after something like this happen and it is unfortunate all the way around. >> one thing i would say unfortunate part of this terrorist attack yesterday,

those bollards and those berries and guest have talked to you about that, a place for new year's eve because they were getting prepared ahead of the super bowl. that is why they have the vehicles, the police vehicles and the police chief kirkpatrick said we had a plan that plan and terrorist defeated that plan. a lot of lessons. >> todd: jonathan gilliam said there was a way to prevent that if they had done a few things that are simple. >> little steps. >> todd: why that extra simple step. cheryl on mornings with marie, thank you. >> ashley: a fox news alert we are keeping an eye on the test list tesla explosion and whether connected to the attack in new orleans. >> todd: chanley painter with the latest on the investigation. >> they have identified the person driving the tesla cybertruck yesterday. it is played the colorado springs made up with military experience. the person was killed in the

explosion outside of a trump hotel in las vegas and seven injured. authorities say they found campfield canisters with large firework mortars in the truck. they were able to trace back to colorado with video capture to have a charging station. >> do i think it is a coincidence? i don't know but i can tell you we are investigating any connection to new orleans and those occurring around the world. we are not ruling out anything. >> they sent the new orleans incident from the same company and the spokesperson from the company said we are heartbroken by the violence perpetrated in new orleans and las vegas in our prayers are with the victims and families. we are actively partnering with law enforcement authorities investigating both incidents. the tesla ceo elon musk posted updates on capital x that knuckleheads pick the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack.

the cybertruck with explosion and directed the blast upwards. the blast in the lobby of the hotel were not broken, guys. >> todd: certainly an interesting point and fbi retired agency zero one consulting, rob, great to see you as authorities try to figure out whether these two are connected. what questions do you have that those of us in would not be in law enforcement would think to ask? >> you have to start looking at a time line when the truck was rented. with it puts it way before other events, you can then look at, okay, if he left before new orleans happened, than it has to be coordinated to. if there was any coordination to it. things may be stemming back to december the attacks in germany at the christmas parades. and i think those may be triggering events.

they might not be something coordinated and planned across the world so to speak, but it gave people idea i want to do something and that is an idea. but they will also look at all of these chats and this coordinated group's. was the rental company and easy way to rent cars? they can start looking at it is not just a coincidence and that coincidence that they rented from there may be. may be isis put out you do not have to go through as much scrutiny so you can use his company. so they will look at that. prior military, did they serve together or chat room for veterans having issues or problems or anything like that? they will try to put a connection between social media, phones, and every other count they had to see if these two talk together anyway possible. speed to it doesn't matter if they spoke to each other at possibly a part of the cell?

they could have just not have known each other -- go on. >> absolutely, it does not matter. they both got radicalized at the same time and if doing it under isis, we don't have any proof right now the second for the cybertruck head in a connection like this before flag, they are taking all the electronics and they will search wherever he was living in they will pull all that stuff out to see if any connection. even if there is not, there may be something in there that ties them to a bigger plot. that is what isis was known for. i compared allocated to a very centralized control that you had to get approval from the top. isis is like uber, you slap a sticker on your car and doing it in the name of vices. that is what they like, people to do it on their own. have a no plans get ported because people talk. do it on your own and we will take credit for it that is what they are known for.

>> todd: that is what makes it so hard for lone woods to slap the isis sticker on it and go. one topic we have not focused on but we need to is the ieds apparently planted throughout new orleans. david spunt, our colleague reporting, four suspects originally question and three men, one woman. authorities are not ruling anything out until they released individuals and said they were not involved and they make go back to those people for more information if they believed they have it. a set standard protocol because that jump top of the page to me as odd as we try to figure out who else helped his new orleans suspect create this carnage? >> that was the biggest thing when they first came out and said budget they thought he had helped him because the videos people where ieds were placed. those people were not involved. i said, to see a subject in a

place of an ied somebody did. they have to figure out had to get to it. also, what video were they watching where the ieds were. did they have video? trying to get a timeline when the ieds were placed. they have to look at a time line for subject arrived in new orleans and try to get his pattern and all of the video to start looking at this. because if he didn't do it, somebody did. >> ashley: right there is a lot to unpack and a lot of connections that could be made and speculation at least. when you talk about the ieds and they talk to these people that could have possibly -- they were suspects and potential suspects at one point and now they are not. that doesn't make me feel very good as far as the safety and the fbi really having a good grasp what is going on. we might go back to them and we might not.

what could possibly happen in that time? >> todd: vowed to make at appreciate your time. president biden and president trump condemning despicable and pure evil, tudor dixon to break down how this will impact national security for the incoming trump administration. >> ashley: coming up on "fox & friends," hi, lawrence. >> two breaking news the man to come for more suspects in the new orleans isis link terrorist attack and what we know about the suspects at this hour. we will talk about louisiana governor jeff landry. he has declared a state of emergency and he will join us live with the latest. plus, georgia and notre dame sugar bowl postponed until tonight, but the state ag said she would like it delayed another day. she joins us live on the security preparations and survivor outlasting chaos on bourbon street at the time of the attack.

he says he is lucky to be alive and he will share his story live with us. plus, police investigate the cybertruck explosion outside of trump international in las las vegas. could the two coincidence they connected? how investigators working together to get answers. plus speaker mike johnson and incoming national security advisor, michael waltz, michael pompeo, tom homan, paul mauro we will see at the top of the hourr will see at the top of the hourr breaking news on this edition of "fox & friends" coming up. save up to $500 now on select adjustable mattress sets.

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>> is funeral and president-elect donald trump's inauguration. >> and it president-elect trump responded to the tragedy on truths social writing, quote: our hearts are with all the innocent victims and their loved ones including the brave officers of the new orleans police department. the trump administration with full support of the city ever new orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of

pure ifill president biden also addressing the attacks of camp david, listen. >> so i know while this person committed a terrible assault on a city, the spirit of our nawcials will never, never, never be defeated. it always will shine forth. we have seen that time and time again throughout its history. and i know we will see it again in the days and weeks ahead. tudor dixon host of the tudor dixon podcast joins you now. there a change in creations from biden to trump what else needs to change to prevent something like this from mapping again. >> obviously. we need a change at the highest levels of these agencies, because you have to look at the top when you have something like this happen how could we have been unprepared from the fbi. look at the situation.

how did this happen with one of our own, this is a decorated veteran. boy wasn't somebody watching what was going on in obviously his social media accounts had become darker and darker in is a who had fought terror and fought in the war against terror he was radicalized and didn't see it happening to our own. a lot to overcome from the last four years from the agencies that had become lax. you have the director of the fbi who has multiple times come outs and said we are in great danger because he could have a soil attack. he was unprepared for the biggest evening in the country's year, you know, when you look at new year's eve, you should be looking at these big cities, you should be looking at new york

and new orleans. you should be looking at detroit. you should be looking at all these cities and making sure we are prepared and, yet, we were not prepared. but that is why donald trump is going back into the white house. because people feel that law enforcement has not been supported. law enforcement has not been prepared because they have not been given the support that they need by the highest levels of government. and that will change come january 20th tudor you talk about the lack of. define the police. how many times have we heard that over the course of the last four or five years. defund the police. defund the police. then you hear that the barriers needed to be fixed. they didn't have enough manpower, perhaps. to fox bet super 6 these issues.

so how much of the defund the police movement do you think had to do with this? >> absolutely. i think that's what we need to be looking at as americans. when we look at elections, we need to look at the people who are running for office and their history. whether it is securing the border or making sure our police officers have the resources that they need. making sure that our police officers are supported, law enforcement in general ashley, you make a great point. you have so many elected officials who have just gone after police that even our departments and our department heads have said we are not able to get the manpower we need because we have been viciously attacked by media and elected officials. those people are not qualified to serve. it is time for the american people to say we are going to put america first again and that means we are going to have safe cities. and that means that public safety will be supreme courted. and if you are not supporting them or if i historically have not supported the police. you do not belong in public

office. that's just going to be -- have to be the hard line that we draw. it's also going to be the same whether you look at the southern border or the northern border. because right now. we know you have already had people on the show today crossed the borders. one of the did cross the border at one point. we have to make sure that border is secure. it's really not a radical thing to say to secure the border. and if you are not willing to. you should not be elected. >> i know when something like this happens. all of us are parents. your first thought goes to your children it does beg the question do you find yourself truly safer in america right now. unfortunately i know for me. i think the answer is no and that's sad. tudor dixon thank you for your time. our coverage on "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ a right into a fox news alert. we are covering two major stories this morning.