. >> earlier, i spoke with abc news crime and terrorism analyst brad garrett about these targets and how they might be better protected. brad, thanks for being with us this morning. deadly ramming attacks have become more common in recent years. it's happened in germany and france, but also in new york city and charlottesville, virginia. why are terrorists opting for soft targets for this kind of attack? >> because it's a lot easier. keep in mind, andrea, that the real focus of any terrorist attack is to inflict fear. and they clearly do. that car ramming is easy. all you have to do is find a place that you can get a vehicle into a crowd. unfortunately, it's been at markets. it's been on sidewalks sometimes, particularly in europe, where bad guys have literally just driven up on the sidewalk on any street that you or i or anybody else could walk down and just mowed people down. very difficult to defend against. but isis knows that. and so car ramming is just sort of one of those things that they encourage people to do. >> should people be afraid when they're going to big public events

. >> abc news contributor and former fbi agent brad garrett, because brad richard just spoke to one part of the equation, which is making sure that this was a contained attack and not part of a larger plan. but there's also the concern about copycats. how worried are you that someone else watching this may now get this idea to try something similar? >> i'm seriously concerned. i mean, just think about a few days ago we were talking about this horrible attack in germany of a car ramming. the problem, diane, is that car ramming is sadly so easy to do. it's a low tech event. that's why isis, for example, promotes it. you can you can radicalize lone individuals to go do it. we'll see if that fits this case at all. and you just find an opening. you find a spot like the guy did in germany to launch the attack. i mean, it's yes, he planned it. it looks like. i mean, he had ieds. he had a weapon. he must have scoped out how he could get around whatever barricades. and jimmy, the gentleman you were talking to earlier was talking about that. he thought the barricades were totally inadequate, that

brad garrett, thank you for weighing in there. if you're just joining us, it's 901 here on the east coast and we are on the air with a special report because a horrific incident occurred down in new orleans, louisiana. at least ten people killed dozens, at least three dozen others police say a police say a suspect rammed through barricades and plowed into a crowd of revelers on bourbon street. right now, authorities are still on the scene there. they are investigating. we've heard from witnesses. the fbi is taking over this investigation. president biden has been briefed, along with doj, along with the department of justice, attorney general merrick garland. but of course, this investigation does continue. authorities are now sweeping the french quarter, checking for additional explosive potential for explosive devices after they say one was discovered on that suspect and his pickup truck. a shootout. we're also learning, occurred between the suspect and two police officers who this morning are in stable condition. right now, i wa