reporter drew hawkins speaking _ has happened. reporter drew hawkins speaking to - has happened. speaking to my - colleague earlier. reaction to all of this is coming in from across the globe. a statement from french president emmanuel macron. he said, "new orleans, so dear to the hearts of the french, has been struck by terrorism. our thoughts are with the families of the victims and the injured, as well as with the american people, whose sorrow we share." michael wallace is a professor and programme director in emergency and security studies at tulane university, a private research institution in new orleans, louisiana. we asked him why there is this confusion about whether to characterise the incident as terrorism. law enforcement does not like to jump to conclusions. the first reports on everything ago to probably be wrong, so they are probably trying to figure out who this person is, why he did this, what clues did he leave, what social media did he have, what was a flight it was on the back that actually is in a flag? black does indicate islamic state. you clearly have a lo

drew hawkins is a reporter for the gulf states newsroom in new orleans who was at the scene earlier.e christian fraser about the immediate aftermath which he described as "chaos and carnage". i think horrific is the word that immediately comes to mind. with the fence like this, big events like new year's eve, city and state officials will put out information about concerns about gun violence. being in the united states that can be front and centre of mind. but with the idea of the fbi investigating of them investigating a potential incident of terrorism or using a vehicle to drive through the crowd, it's not something that anyone would expect to happen. who did you speak to when you were on the scene? did you come across people who had been there? i across people who had been there? ., ., across people who had been there? ., ,, ., ., there? i did. i talked to two eyewitnesses. _ there? i did. i talked to two eyewitnesses. they - there? i did. i talked to two eyewitnesses. they were i eyewitnesses. they were visiting from iowa. a lot of people are in town right now notjust people are

drew hawkins is a journalist at the gulf states newsroom in new orleans.esterday following the attack and just us now. what is the latest on the police investigation? figs what is the latest on the police investigation? as you heard from _ police investigation? as you heard from president - police investigation? as you | heard from president biden, there is not a tonne of new stuff at this point. what we know is that the driver, shamsud—dinjabbar, crashed shamsud—din jabbar, crashed through police shamsud—dinjabbar, crashed through police barricades, the police opened fire, he fired back at police and that is where he was killed and injured two officers. it is being investigated as an act of terrorism, there was an isis flag on the truck and they are saying that he did not act alone. everything, that is the current state of things and we will learn more.— will learn more. what is the -icture will learn more. what is the picture that _ will learn more. what is the picture that is _ will learn more. what is the picture that is emerging - will learn more. what

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