it's friday, january 3rd, 2025. this is "cbs news mornings." act of terror. new details about the extremist motivations of the army veteran who plowed a pickup into a crowd of new year's eve revelers in new orleans. >> nothing prepares you for anything like this, losing your child. honoring the victims. family and friends sharing

stories about the innocent lives lost as the shaken city vows to rebound. and the search for a motive in the vegas explosion. the mystery deepens as investigators dig into the background of the decorated army soldier who they say caused a cybertruck explosion outside a trump hotel. good morning, i'm michael george. today we're getting a clearer picture of the moments surrounding the new year's terror attack in new orleans. the fbi says they're now confident shamsud din-jabbar acted alone, calling it premeditated and evil. and they released new images from before the attack along with a photo of a cooler with an explosive device inside. we're also learning more about the 14 victims killed. mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters. ten of them have been identified by family and friends. and the world-famous party district known as bourbon street was buzzing again with live

music along with a small memorial of flowers. cbs' kati weis has been on the ground in new orleans since this story first broke. good morning. what's the latest on the investigation? >> reporter: good morning, michael. you know, it's been two days since that truck came barreling through here on the iconic bourbon street of new orleans, crashing actually right here on this block behind me. that driver shooting at police, getting his gun and shooting at police in a terror attack that really has created a somber spirit across the city these last few days. nonetheless, bourbon street is now back open, and it has been deterred many coming from and enjoying what defines the city -- the spirit of fun. crowds returned to bourbon street thursday along with extra police presence. >> we're not going to be scared or terrorized. new orleans is going to keep going like we always do. >> reporter: authorities now say the man who rammed a truck through crowds celebrating the

new year early wednesday acted alone. >> we're confident at this point that there is no accomplices. >> reporter: the fbi says shamsud din-jabbar rented an electric truck on monday in houston, texas, where he lived, and drove to new orleans on tuesday evening. after midnight on the morning of the attack, he placed two improvised explosive devices in coolers in the french quarter. he posted a final online video proclaiming support for isis just minutes before he plowed into the crowd on bourbon street. >> nobody seen anything like this coming. >> reporter: a local texas cbs station spoke with the attacker's brother who asked to remain anonymous. >> i'm shocked by the whole thing still. doesn't seem like it actually happened. >> reporter: but it did happen, and now 14 families are mourning the loss of lives cut tragically short. like 27-year-old mom nicole perez. >> she works hard.

she have a lot of dreams. >> reporter: and 25-year-old matthew tenedorio who worked at the superdome. >> he was very loving, everybody's friend kind of person. >> reporter: yesterday the postponed sugar bowl was played at the superdome after a message from president joe biden. >> the spirit of new orleans can never be kept down. >> reporter: and a moment of silence for the victims. now i have been able to confirm just within the last few hours that both of the police officers who were injured in the gunfire exchange here on this block behind me are thankfully out of the hospital and are doing well. that's certainly good news amid all of this. meanwhile, the fbi says there's still an active investigation that's ongoing at the airbnb where the shooter was staying here in new orleans as a tourist. we're told that the fbi still wants the public to come forward with more tips and information as they try to piece together

more about what happened and what could have happened with the attacker, what could have radicalized him enough to kill. michael? >> all right, kati weis in new orleans. thank you. now, so far it appears there's no direct link between the new orleans attack and the cybertruck explosion in las vegas. the police admit there are strange similarities between the suspects. shamsud din-jabbar, who carried out the new orleans attack, and matthew livelsberger who took his own life before the cybertruck blew up, both served in the u.s. army, both were stationed at the same north carolina base, and both served in afghanistan in 2009. they both rented the trucks used in the attacks from the same app. las vegas police believe matthew livelsberger planned a more damaging attack but the steel-sided cybertruck absorbed much of the blast. here's cbs' andres gutierrez. >> reporter: investigators say the blast happened in less than 20 seconds. inside the charged cybertruck teams recovered a military i.d.,

a passport, two semiautomatic guns bought legally on monday, and credit cards leading police to believe the driver was 37-year-old matthew livelsberger, a highly decorated green beret who was on leave from his base in germany. >> i'm comfortable calling it a suicide with the bombing that occurred immediately thereafter. i'm not giving it any other labels. >> reporter: newly released images and video show the suspect on the las vegas strip approximately an hour before the explosion. at one point he could be seen here driving through the valley -- valet drop-off at the trump international hotel. later the suspect comes back around and parks in the valet drop-off. he shot himself in the head before the truck exploded. the atf says some of the materials found at the scene were consumer-grade fireworks and fuel enhancers that can be purchased at sporting goods stores. >> the level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience. >> reporter: federal officials say there's no connection

between this incident and the new orleans attack. >> at this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in new orleans and the one in las vegas. >> reporter: livelsberger's family said he had no signs of extremist views or mental health issues. police confirmed he was the driver of the cybertruck. confirmation done through dna testing because his body was burned beyond recognition. the cause of death, suicide. the motive of the explosion remains unknown. andres gutierrez, cbs news, las vegas. breaking overnight, published reports say that president biden plans to block the sale of u.s. steel to japan's nippon steel. an official announcement is expected today. the reports say the president has decided to block the $14 billion takeover on the grounds

it would pose a threat to national security. now the decision could scare off foreign investors and have wide-ranging implications for the u.s. economy. the 119th congress begins today with republicans in control of the house and senate. more than 60 new house members will be sworn in, but before that lawmakers have to elect a speaker which could be a difficult task. mike johnson is the current speaker and despite an endorsement from president-elect donald trump earlier this week, the louisiana representative is still facing opposition from within his party. the nation begins the long farewell to former president jimmy carter tomorrow. state funeral service begins with carter's body being carried through a hometown of plains, georgia. the motorcade will pause at his family farm where the national park service will rain the bell 39 times. it will continue to atlanta stopping at the state capitol for a moment of silence, and ending the day at the carter presidential center where he'll live in repose until tuesday morning. carter then travels to washington where he will lie in

state at the capitol until thursday when a national funeral service will be held. he'll then return to plains, georgia, to be laid to rest alongside his wife of 77 years. and coming up on "cbs mornings," jimmy carter's grandson, jason carter, joins us to share his favorite memories with the former president. and coming up, deadly crash. a small plane crashes through the roof of a building in southern california with hundreds of workers inside. and the new images of the january 6th pipe bomb suspect. s.

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suspected of placing pipe bombs near the republican and democratic national committee headquarters. here's cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: newly released images from the fbi give us a different look at the person suspected of deploying live pipe bombs on capitol hill on the night of january 5th, 2021. including the nike air max sneakers he or she wore and potentially the most specific clue yet -- the man or woman in the hood or mask is estimated at 5'7". the person who deposited the devices came down here? >> walked down the street. >> reporter: by all the homes, all the cameras. fbi assistant director in d.c. david sundberg said the bombs were weren't discovered by law enforcement until the siege was beginning. >> they're viable devices that could have detonated and could have seriously injured or killed someone. >> reporter: an intense four-year probe has yielded at least 1,000 interviews and 600

tips, but hasn't yielded a suspect. despite a half million dollar reward and in an area saturated with security cameras, the fbi has reviewed 39,000 video files. >> suspect is wearing a hood and gloves and a mask which makes it even more challenging. >> reporter: in winter of january 2021, that made sense. >> it did. it would not have struck any passerby as out of the ordinary because of the combination of cold weather and the pandemic at the time. >> reporter: because there is no suspect identified, federal authorities say there really is no sense whether these bombs were a diversionary tactic ahead of the capitol riot or something unrelated altogether. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. coming up ahead, a real-life jurassic park. the extraordinary find that dates back millions of years. (peaceful music) - time to get up, sweetie! (kissing)

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♪ welcome to "cbs mornings." i'm nate burleson. >> i'm adriana diaz. >> i'm dana jacobson. >> gayle and off, and we will hear from tony in a bit. here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. authorities now believe the new orleans killer acted alone. the latest on the investigation and more about the victims of the attack. >>