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new information is pouring in after twoly attacks on u.s. soil new year's day. in new orleans, the fbi revealing more about the man who planted explosion iftdives and plowed through people on bourbon street. >> we do not assess at this point that anyone else involved in this attack is involved in this attack except for shamsud din jabbar. >> what jabbar posted in chilling recordings just hours before the attack. plus, how law enforcement is working to keep the city safe with bourbon street now officially reopened. behind the blast in las vegas. the pentagon revealing today that the suspect believed to be the driver of the cybertruck that exploded was an active duty green beret operations sergeants. the search for possible motive. heartbreak in hawaii. a new year's eve fireworks celebration turned deadly in

honolulu. at least three people killed. the investigation into what happened. and new lawsuit. actor justin baldoni sues "the new york times" after an article in which his co-star blake lively accused him of sexual harassment. and just hours before lively filing her own lawsuit. good day. good to have you with us. we begin this hour with significant new details on the two new year's day attacks on american soil. the deadly truck attack on bourbon street in new orleans and the deadly cybertruck explosion out the trump international hotel in las vegas. the fbi says there is no definitive link between those two events. we will start with new orleans. bourbon street reopened to the public earlier today. a brass band marched through the streets ahead ofof the reoning. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> those sounds of stark contrast to what we saw 24 hours ago when 14 people were killed on that iconic street.

earlier today the fbi said the attacker there acted alone and was, quote, 100% inspired by isis. the bureau also revealed they have surveillance video of him placing two explosive devices in coolers. >> this was an act of terrorism. it was premeditated and an evil act. >> today we are also learning the names of some of the victims and hearing stories about their lives. 25-year-old matthew grew up on long island, new york. he moved to new orleans to work at the superdome. his parents spoke with nbc news this morning to talk about their son. >> he was a wonderful kid. i mean -- >> 25 years old. just starting life. has a job of his dreams. >> very, very sad. very sad. >> joining us now, nbc news correspondent joy solis in new orleans, kathy park is in

houston for us, and we have ken dilanian. george, i will start with you on the ground in new orleans. less than 48 hours since the attack on bourbon street. what are some of the security measures like today? what are officials saying about the decision to reopen bourbon street very quickly? >> yeah, kate. one of the things that you will notice there is traffic moving behind me. little by little some of the barricades and the police presence here on the ground, not totally gone, but traffic is able to move. bourbon street is reopened. the difference is they have done what's called hardening the target. there is a large truck there blocking any vehicle traffic from going down the street. they have also added extra precautions and barriers to the sidewalks. should be unthinkable, that will make it much more difficult for any car if not impossible for a vehicle to get down the street. they know that, obviously, a lot of eyes are on them at this

point. so you heard from the superintendent, the chief of police saying we, obviously, want to make sure that people feel safe. they are aware that the sugar bowl is happening today as well, so you have a number of uga and notre dame fans that will be in the bars and restaurants here and will be coming down after the game is over to be on bourbon street. they are not leaving anything to chance here. you still have the very active law enforcement presence. while some of the music and vibes are returning to bourbon street, if you will, it's far from normal. here a little bit more from the chief of police. >> we are going to see an incredibly large presence of police. and we are confident, and we want our community to feel confident and know they are confident to be safe. >> i can tell you looking off in the distance here, we are seeing a vigil and memorial growing here. we expect a lot more of that in

the coming days. >> thank you. and ken, we learned a lot from the fbi today about the attacker in new orleans, including how he got to new orleans, including the fact that they think he worked alone at this point. what else did we learn? >> that was the most important clarification. after saying yesterday they believe he had help and local officials really leaned into that, the fbi today saying emphatically that they are convinced that he had no accomplices. three iphones, two laptops, hundreds of interviews, a full picture of his movements. what they said is that he fully embraced a radical isis ideology and that he essentially made his way in this rented ford pickup truck from his home in texas to new orleans on new year's eve. in the course of that trip he recorded facebook videos where he discussed the fbi said his desire to kill his family.. but then realized that wouldn't draw enough attention to his

cause in his way of thinking, and so decided to carry out this horrific attack. chilling stuff. and we know that he was flying an isis flag when he drove that truck into the crowd. the fbi saying they have a lot left to learn and they are urging the public, anybody who knows anything about this man, particularly his path to radicalization, to contact the fbi. >> thank you for that. kathy, you are in houston, texas, because there is a home there connected to the suspect that ken was just talking about. the man who went to new orleans. what have we learned about a search of that home? >> kate, that's right. so we are near the last known address linked to the suspect. this time yesterday this community was surrounded by law enforcement, both at the local and federal level, the entrance to the community was shut off. this is the closest we have been able to get to this home, the suspect's alleged home, and i tell you right now, according to the fbi, that the all-clear was given around 8:50 a.m. local

time. they conducted a search. they cleared the area tlchlts no longer a threat to the community. the fbi did not release any more details beyond that. they didn't share exactly what evidence they may have collected at this location. they also said there were no arrests, but they did confirm that they were here in this community because of the ongoing investigation in new orleans. and, kate, i want to mention i spoke with a neighbor who knew the suspect. he was in shock when he found out the news. he said that jabbar moved here a year and a half ago. what was the last conversation with the suspect? he said on new year's eve he saw that white pickup truck parked in the driveway. he was pulling some items into the vehicle and i asked him, you know, what was -- what words were exchanged? he said, according to the neighbor, he told him he was headed to louisiana to begin a new life, begin a new job as an

i.t. specialist. so some new information there. the neighbor asked not tobe identified because of security threats. once again this neighborhood has been given the all clear and there is no longer threat to the public. >> that's a really interesting new piece of information he was telling people he was going to move to new orleans. thy park, george solis, ken dilanian, thank you. appreciate it. and now let's switch gears and bring you up to date on the breaking news out of las vegas now. officials there just provided an update on that cybertruck explosion outside of trump international hotel on wednesday. police have now identified the man who rented the cybertruck as a 37-year-old from colorado springs, colorado. they believe he was the individual killed inside the truck when it exploded. they also say they believe he acted alone. joining me now is nbc news law enforcement and intelligence correspondent tom winter. tom, a lot of new details in that news conference. what did we learn about the suspect, the timeline of events? >> yeah, a lot of new details

and information in there. let's get to the timeline. first off, to identify this individual, matthew alan livelsberger died by suicide, self-inflicted gunshot wound according to the coroner's office as related by the sheriff of the las vegas metropolitan police department. apparently, he picked up within a week of this incident two semi-automatic handguns that were found in the car, including one at his feet. he is 37 years old, born in july of 1987. they are in the process of trying to determine conclusively that he is the individual found in the car. to your point, the cybertruck rented in colorado. it was rented on the 28th of december. so just several days ago. they tracked him all along the way becaususe had to charge up the tesla. they knew where he was charging this particular vehicle. there were also able to get images of him from toll plazas. this was pro collided by the sheriff's office there. you are looking at all of the

various spots where he stopped. but also when he would go through the toll plaza, they take a photograph so they know he is the one in the car and that he is the only one in the car, kate. they also track him through las vegas showing up shortly after 7:30 at the trump hotel. he actually leaves the hotel, goes to several other businesses, comes back and is there for 17 seconds before the gunshot apparently occurs and then the explosives go off. so right now no sense of a motive involving this individual. they really are just not sure why he did this. so they are exploring that and a number of different overlapping time periods where he was on the same military base or the same theater as the individual responsible for the new orleans terror attack. no definitive links between the two. >> right. i am curious. new orleans officials have been assuring people there is no ongoing threat to the city. we saw a marching ban in bourbon street, now reopened. what are officials in las vegas

saying about safety there? >> saying the same thing. this particular instance, the las vegas potential terror attack they have been clear from the get-go they only thought that this individual now identified as livelsberger, who is behind the wheel of the car here, looking at one of the images from this press conference, he first goes to the hotel. they have been very clear from the beginning that they believed he was the only person ho was wafd, the only person driving the car they have seen on camera. no indication at this point, kate, there is anybody else involved. they have kept additional officers on duty just in case, but at this moment, you know, i don't think that there is any other credible threat to the public based on everything they have said. >> they said they don't know the motive. what questions are you hearing that they are still really looking to answer? >> right. they are conducting a court-authorized search in colorado where he lived. theyey will gothrough the devices. they haven't been able to get into his phone. we talk about this every time there is a crime that occurs

these days. investigators trying to get into the phone and there is so much data is in there now when you consider the apps, the messages, the texts, the emails. they have to go through all of that. they are hoping that will provide some additional information. and also they are in the process of talking to individuals in germany where he spent a it significant amount of his time base the. he was on authorized leave from germany where he is typically based as a -- as an army green beret sergeant. a lot of information still to gather. nothing initially speaks out to any of the investigators involved in this. i have been talking to a number of them, including several minutes ago before coming in here. >> tom winter, thank you so much for your excellent reporting. and we will dig a little deeper into the background of matthew livelsberger, his military background a little bit later in this hour. our coverage of both of these stories continues online right now at nbcnews.com. if you want to get the latest reporting from our teams on the ground in both new orleans and las vegas, go there.

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it's time for today's cnbc none money minute. mortgage tee t demand is taking a dive. >> mortgage demand, it fell nearly 22% in the last two weeks of december according to the mortgage bankers association. dragging down that demand interest rates on a 30-year fixed rate loan hit 7% as the market entered the slowest stretch of the year. a slew of works from the roaring '20s are now in the public domain. some of the works that no longer require licensing, ernest hemingway a farewell to arms and the sound and the furry and singing in the rain. wills the original popeye and tin-tin. and travel disruptions were down in 2024. that's according to aviation data from serum. delta topped the list of north american carriers with the best on-time arrivals at more than

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this is the fast forward on nbc news daily. i'm chris chmura. we're beginning with breaking news in san francisco, where police are investigating a deadly shooting in the city's bernal heights neighborhood. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab joins us from the scene with the latest. sfpd says this remains an active investigation. they are not calling it a homicide, but they do say there is no public safety threat at this time. you can see down the hill the crime scene there is taped off several blocks here on the south side of the bernal heights neighborhood in san francisco, remain blocked off to traffic, and police say it will remain this way until police wrap up their investigation. now, not long ago, sfpd gave a news conference with their latest updates. they say officers responded to the scene after 8:00 this morning. they found

one woman with a life threatening gunshot wound and a man with a gunshot wound as well. that man was pronounced dead on the scene. officers also found a toddler with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. now, we have spoken to a couple people who have identified themselves as family members, including one woman who confirms that her son is dead. another man identifies himself as the father of the man found deceased. that father, visibly distraught and sobbing throughout the morning, he says his son took his own life. he tells me he believes if he got to the scene earlier than he did, he could have stopped it from happening. if you know of someone that is in need of mental health, mental health help, you can call the 988 hotline. again, this remains an active investigation. our kristie smith will have the latest on the investigation on our later newscasts in san

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♪♪ bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." president biden is awarding the presidential citizens medal to 20 people today. it's one of the f of the highest civilian wards. recipients, former republican congresswoman liz cheney and democratic congressman bennie

thompson. both served as leaders on the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. president-elect trump has said they both should be jailed over their roles in that investigation. the white house said in a statement the recipients have, quote, performed exemplary deeds of service for their country. power has now been restored to nearly all of puerto rico after that massive blackout on new year's eve. the private company that oversees the country's energy says power is back on for 98% of customers. the company warned some temporary outages may continue in the coming days. it happened on tuesday leaving almost the entire country in the dark. authorities still investigating the cause. new york city police are searching for multiple suspects after at least ten people were shot outside a nightclub. police say all of the victims are expected to survive. it happened overnight last night while the nightclub was holding a memorial for a teenager killed in a separate shooting. police say they are looking for

four young men they believe opened fire standing outside. police do not believe this was an act of terror. they are investigating whether the shooting might be gang related. one day after the bourbon street attack, college football fans are pouring into new orleans to attend today's sugar bowl. take a look at massive crowds outside the superdome stadium roughly a mile away where that violence unfolded two nights ago. the sugar bowl was supposed it to happen yesterday capping off the new year's day college football bowl games, but it was postponed to today. nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch is outside the stadium in new orleans. >> reporter: in some ways this scene in downtown new orleans is familiar. fans in their team colors outside the perdome ahead of a big game. but how many football games have you been to where you see something like that right across the street from the stadium? there is a heightened sense of security out here. we have seen additional hardened

barriers and still all these people making their way towards the superdome for the sugar bowl, which was postponed from yesterday to today because of the attack in the early morning hours of new year's eve on bourbon street. but we continue to learn new details about that alleged terrorist attack and it raises, those details raising more questions about the security preparations for new year's eve and to press por details why officials are saying this a safe city and event. you can see a very visible security presence. before questions there security shortcomings and we are now looking at a football game about a day later. back to you. >> thank you. the two men involved with the violence in new orleans and las vegas both served in the u.s. military. that's according to u.s. defense officials and the fbi. but in a news conference this morning the bureau is saying there is no definitive link

between these two incidents. investigators are still working to find out more information about both of these men. i want to bring in nbc news senior national security correspondent courtney kube who covers the military, the pentagon. let's start with las vegas. we had the most recent press conference about that incident and there officials said that he was an active duty member of the military, a green beret operations sergeant based in germany and sometimes in colorado. what more do we know? >> yeah, kate, a couple of things stood out to me since we learned about his military service. number one, he was a master sergeant. that's a senior non-commissioned officer in the u.s. military. and when you are talking about a master sergeant in the u.s. army special operations command, so in sosome ofthe most elite forcs in the u.s. military, that is a significant job. that's a significant promotion or rank to make it to, master sergeant. it's surprising to me that we have a master sergeant who seems to have carried out this act

that we have seen here. that's number one. number two two, he served nearly two decades in the u.s. military, the vast majority on active duty in the most erecent units, including green beret. he did a number of deployments, including to the congo, several to afghanistan. among the awards that the u.s. army told us he received during his time were bronze stars, a bronze star medal, one of the most elite of the medals that someone can attain. but at least one of those with valor. that means that he did see combat during at least one deployment. again giving his record most likely one of his deployments to afghanistan. everything that we see about his record seems that he served honorably in the u.s. army in these special forces groups. >> in the las vegas case we heard that there are -- one person there called it strange, one of the officials, strange similarities between the two men. served in the same places at

time. fort bragg, i think. there is no known connection the fbi keeps saying. talk about the neorleans attacker and his service. >> yeah, so fort bragg, fort liberty, enormous base. a lot of people in the u.s. army go through there. if you are in special forces you are almost certainly going to go there at some point during your career in the army. it's not surprising they overlapped. i would be surprised if their jobs or roles overlapped because specifically while we are talking about the individual in las vegas was in special forces. in new orleans the individual there was actually more of an administrative clerk. he served sort of in a human resources kind of role. they had very different jobs in the army. and the army is an enormous organization at the end of the day. so even if they were on the same base for a matter of years, it's possible they never met. >> what are you hearing from folks in the pentagon? i know that the department of defense has, obviously, been battling to keep extremist ideas and ideologies out of the

military. what are they saying? >> yeah, this has been a really interesting case because he got out in 2020. he has been out of the military several years. i spoke with a number of people who served with him and, look, it's hard to say this is earl on, we are only 28 or so hours later, but the people who i spoke with said he never showed any signs of radicalization while in the military. that's going to be a huge, huge point of what sneeze investigators look at. and i suspect the pentagon and the army will try to figure that out. extreme among the ranks is something that secretary of defense lloyd austin prioritized during his time here. >> thanks so much. at least three people were killed after illegal homemade fireworks explode the a home in honolulu. a witness compared it to a war zone. nbc news correspondent liz kreutz has more. >> reporter: in hawaii a new year's eve celebration turning

deadly after illegal fireworks exploded at a home in honolulu igniting this massive fiery blast that authorities say killed at least three people and critically injured 20 others. >> should have been a night of joy and celebration, has instead become one of sorrow and heartbreak for our community. >> reporter: the tragic explosion appearing to happen after midnight of the new year when videos show dozens of amateur fireworks lighting up the honolulu sky. >> every aerial firework is illegal. this situation is out of control. and it cannot be allowed to continue. >> reporter: officials say a new year's eve party was taking place in the carport of a three-story home when a bunding of lit fireworks fell over setting off a chain reaction. >> it was a cake bomb. it was a bomb. last night, it was fireworks, but they were put together in a way that they were so explosive. they took the table down, apparently. >> reporter: according to

authorities, two women died at the scene and a third at the hospital where two dozen others, including children, were taken with serious injuries. >> all had burns. many also had shrapnel injuries. >> reporter: this video capturing the chaos on the street after the explosion. >> it blasted outward like this. and it took the houses in front of it and the cars in front of it. >> reporter: adrian was visiting from southern california, says they were a few blocks from the blast. >> it kind of look like a ball of fire. clear something was off. sad to think about as we're counting down for a new year's, people are losing their lives. >> reporter: hawaii's governor saying enough is enough, calling for legislation making it a felony to possess large fireworks over 50 pounds. >> we are talking about the worst possible war zone injury that took their lives. and that will continue to happen if we don't take as a society real action. >> reporter: liz kreutz, nbc news.

new developments now in the brewing legal dispute between blake lively and justin baldoni, the co-stars of the recent film "it ends with us." lively sued baldoni in december laying out her claims in a complaint with the california civil rights department. she accused baldoni of sexual harassment and directing a smear campaign against her. now baldoni is sharing his version of the story in a lawsuit he filed against "the new york times." >> here with me now, nbc news entertainment correspondent. there is a lot to unravel here. but get us up to speed. why is he suing "the new york times" in particular? >> it's unclear as to why "the new yorktimes" and not also naming blake lively because blake lively is suing justin baldoni now. but in terms of the "new york times," he is suing them for $250 million for libel. saying that they did not thoroughly research their story, they based it completely on blake lively's claims in her original civil complaint filed in california like you just said, that they cherry-picked

text messages out of their full context, that they didn't have nuances and innuendo and emojis that would make it clear that maybe a text was sarcastic. so they are just vigorously coming out against "the new york times" who says we stand by our reporting. pages of documents and ds of everything a we did was by the book and they plan to fight it. >> you have lively filing suit and then she has responded, i think, to this latest act by baldoni, this action against "the new york times." >> she has said, look, her team says that this lawsuit by justin baldoni against "the new york times" doesn't change anything, that they are doing legally from the civil complaints to her federal suit in the southern district of new york. she is suing baldoni for all of the claims she made we have been talking about the last few weeks. she says he was inappropriate on set, that he sexually harassed her. she also names the production company way fair, one of his

producers, the pr team that was supposedly behind the smear campaign. their attorney has come out swinging saying that all of this completely not true. all of blake lively's claims are unfounded. but blake in talks about this meeting with justin baldoni and her husband ryan reynolds, they had this kind of come to jesus meeting and said, look, we are not filming any more scenes unless there are special safeguards set in place. a lot is coming out. a lot of people's names are put in the lawsuits. that's why it's captivating people's attention so much. >> right. >> blake lively is a massive star. >> they are also real people, too. >> they are. but blake lively, obviously, the bigger star here, right. justin baldoni we have known him, but now people really know who he is now. things are getting ugly. people are saying this is amber heard/johnny depp 2.0. but this could wind up being very ugly and play

in today's mental health check, it's kind of a cliche, but we have all heard the saying new year, new me. people vow to make changes in the new year, sometimes the resolutions can be hard to keep. our next guest has practical tips to help break bad habits like how to stop negative self-talk. >> pull yourself out of this for a moment. make it that voice another human and imagine that person is sitting next to you. talking to you the way you are talking to yourself right now. would you sit down next to that person and allow them to get away with that? would you stand up and say, what are you talking about? >> that's so true. joining me, michael, he is host of creatures of habit podcast. good to see you. i love the point that you just made there. let's talk about all of the things that we would like to change, the bad habits that we would like to stop in 2025. some are easier than others. what's your best advice on the first step to take? >> well, this is a time of year

when everybody wants to make big changes. i think that's the first mistakes. really -- >> have to be small changes first? >> small changes. and we're sort of, we are brought up to think, oh my gosh, new year, new chapter, new me, new, new, new, new, and new is, like, very scary. change is scary. new is scary. so the success that i have found and the advice that i give is really try to take smaller steps and not try to change everything all at once. >> that's really good advice. funny you said that because i wanted to show a poem that a yoga teacher last weekend read at class, and it starts out, why do we start the new year with promises to improv who began this tradition of never ending pressure? and i thought about that poem when i heard you were coming today. do we need to make resolutions? are we just putting pressure on ourselves? >> i try to think of it as not a resolution.

i focus and attention are, like, currency today, right? arguably, more like currency than actual dollars. our focus and attention, everyone and everything is trying to grab it. instead of trying to make, like, massive big changes in your life, think about where am i spending my attention? where am i spending my attention? if you can kind of pinpoint that and if there is certain things you weren't happy about in 2024, think about where you are spending your attention in 2025 and that could be a massive win for you. >> be more intentional, right? say you have somethg, i don't know, that you really, really do want to make a change. a small change in this new year. what are tips for sticking with, because a lot of times you make the resolution -- or these commitments on januy 1 and then they kind of fizzle out. >> a few examples. let's just say you want to kick off a fitness program or protocol, get into better shape. don't go join a gym right away. start with walking every day.

take a walk. a 20-minute walk every single day, five days a week. that could potentially be a big shift for a lot of people. instead of joining a gym, gyms make all of their money in january, because people stop going, right? they join and then they don't go. just start with that. or nutritionally, start with one meal. >> and just quickly, if we stumble, slide, how do we move forward and not get stuck on the mistake? >> know that every single day is an opportunity for us to put numbers up on the board. every single morning you wake up you have an opportunity to make a decision. and i believe that you start your day every single day wi this idea that i am going to commit to myself in the morning. yesterday is history. there is nothing you can do about it. you get a chance every single day. >> you also said to us to our producers you don't need to tell everybody outloud what you are doing. keep it to yourself? >> huge. huge. you know, when we -- for whatever reason, when we are about to make a big change, we

like to tell -- >> we announce it. >> tell everyone, you know. at thanksgiving dinner, you say to everybody this what i'm doing in the new year. now everybody is holding you to this expectation, right. so when they see you, hey, how is that going? >> true. >> and you are just, you know, the pressure. the pressure creates explosion, right. that's what it does. so the least amount of pressure, the better. >> michael, great to talk with you. thank you so much. thank you so much. i am taking a lot away when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd... i noticed things changed. breztri gave me better breathing starting within 5 minutes. it also reduced flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler... for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed. breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling ...problems urinating vision changes, or eye pain occur. ask your doctor about breztri.

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