there is a princeton. maneuver, the nomination of wilson, who was the ultimate political new newcomer. to win the nomination at the state democratic convention, even though none of the delegates had ever met him. the party bosses had that much power. so good for them. less than two months later, he was elected and immediately he began a stealth campaign for president. and that seems like amazing hubris. but for a handful of reasons, it was actually possible for him to do that. for one thing, harper and brothers. his publisher of were behind him for president beginning in 1906 and harper's had been running wilson for president for quite some time. second, his fundraising connection as university president had put him in touch with a whole bunch of wealthy people who could contribute to his campaign and who could easily see him as a president. and third, the princeton alumni base had very many influential in political journalism. and so he had a network of people who could support him. lastly, of people, tho

he's a former football player at princeton university.s according to the athletic director at st thomas more catholic high school, where he actually played football before going on to play for princeton university. he graduated from princeton in 2021 and then worked as a trader at a brokerage firm. his death was actually confirmed in a statement by princeton university. they said there was no more appropriate nickname of a princeton player, according to his coach. he said he was a tiger in every way, a ferocious competitor and endless energy, a beloved team—mate and a caring friend. his brother paid tribute on x, alongside a news article saying, "love you always brother. "you inspired me every day." another of the victims was reggie hunter. he was a 37 year old father of two from baton rouge in louisiana. he was a store manager. his death was confirmed to cbs news by his cousin, sheryl robinsonjackson. his family told the media that after finishing work on new year's eve, he actually decided to head to bourbon street on a whim to celebrat

he followed with two battles trenton and princeton. four and five. and then he made. a sketch for the surrender of at saratoga in the 1780. he also begins work on his seventh painting, perhaps. i'll learn this row. okay. see, i'm still in the 18th century. i don't know how these things work. this, of course, is a surrender at yorktown. and this painting shows us that the revolution. was an allied effort. we didn't do it all by ourselves. we needed the help of france. and we it. the american officers are on the right. the american flag, the french officers are on the left with the white of the house of bourbon bourbon. we're about to sell at the 80th anniversary of d-day, which, as you all know, was a a miracle of logistics and coordination. but the yorktown camp for the 18th century was also pretty miraculous. it involved taking a french army from rhode island meeting up with an american army under washington from upstate new york. they both moved south to, join a small american force under lafayette who was harassing ward cornwallis and two french fleets had to come

he followed it with two battles, trenton and princeton, four and five, and then he made a sketch for surrender of burgoyne at saratoga, and in the 1780s he also begins work on his seventh painting. i'll learn this. okay. see? i'm still in the 18th century. i don't know how these things work. this, of course, is the surrender of yorktown and this painting shows us that revolution was an allied effort. we didn't do it all by ourselves and we needed the help of france and we had it. the american officers are on the right with the american flag. the french officers are on the left with the white flag of the house of bourbon. we're about to celebrate the 80th anniversary of d-day which you all know was a miracle of logistics and coordination, but the yorktown campaign for the 18th century was also pretty miraculous. it involves taking a french army from rhode island, meeting up with an american army under washington from upstate new york. they both moved south to join a small american force under lafayette who was harassing lord cornwall as and then two french fleet his to come to the mou

martin bech, he played football before going to princeton university.confirmed by princeton university. he said there was no more appropriate nickname, he was a tiger in every way, a ferocious player his brother paid tribute alongside a news article saying love you always brother. another of the victims was reggie hunter, a father of two from baton rouge. he was a store manager, his death was confirmed to cbs news by his cousin. his family told the media that after finishing work on new year's eve he decided to head to bourbon street on a win to celebrate with his cousin. it is described as full of life. he wished them a happy new year. this was another of the victims, nicole perez, a motherfrom louisiana, she was celebrating new year with friends, herfriend and boss celebrating new year with friends, her friend and boss at the deli store called her a dedicated, smart and good hearted person. she was described as beautiful and full of life. she was a mother to a four—year—old boy and used to bring her son into work on his days off. she is to teach him m

he was a former football player at princeton university.k. he played football before going on to play, he played at high school and played football at princeton university and worked at a brokerage firm in new york. his coach said, there was no more appropriate nick name than tiger. he was a ferocious competitor. a standout player notjust competitor. a standout player not just of football, competitor. a standout player notjust of football, but of lacrosse and athletics. hi brother said, love you always, you inspired me every day. i got this family, don't worry, this is for us. then we get to learn more about reggie hunter, he was a 37—year—old man, a father of two boys aged 11 and one. he was from louisiana. he was a store manager. his cousin was a store manager. his cousin was talking to cbs news, our partner news organisation in the united states, saying that he was an awesome person with a big heart. his family told the media afterfinishing big heart. his family told the media after finishing work on new year's eve he decided to head to

he graduated from princeton university. at the time of his death he was living in new york city and working on wall street. martin played football at princeton and trained with his younger brother, jack. martin was on bourbon street with his princeton teammate ryan quigley who was injured in the attack. martin's mother stated that his death now leaves a huge void in their lives. reggie hunter was just 37 years old. he was from baton rouge. reggie was the father of two boys, aged 11 and 1, and worked as a manager at a warehouse. reggie is described by his cousins as an awesome person with a big heart. this is 18-year-old ni' kyra cheyenne dedeaux, recent high school graduate from gulfport, mississippi. she was with her cousin celebrating the new year. later this month she was set to start college and planned on studying nursing. her mother is asking for prayers at this time. matthew tenedorio was only 25 years old. he was born in new york but lived in carrier, mississippi. he had dinner with his mother tuesday night before g

there's a renaissance of princeton of conservatives, now 25 outed conservatives faculty at princeton. because of one man who started an institution and is built it, phenomenal, a a quon her book where he says they just read liberal professors would lick their chops at indoctrinating these naÏve bible clinging kids that showed up at college. now it's the exact opposite. it's the liberal, conservative professors, a few among them who lick their chops at undoing the indoctrination of the kids who already show up woke and adopted it. the problem is not higher education. higher education is already gone. the problem is k-12. k-12. that's the focus of her book. they're consolidating that on k-12. when i talk about a great education not an elite education the kids are elite performers. they are elite students, elite critical thinkers, elite debaters. they're ready to go into the culture and engage and win. by that definition of elite the art elite. if you mean elite by paying $50,000 circuit can be woke,, they are not elite. that's what elite high schools and middle schools look like that of

this is from the from the princeton reporting under hegseth. watch. published a cover story in 2002 that put a cartoon owl in a gun sight. and then on page three, appeared to show the same owl with three bullet holes in its head, drops of blood spilling to the ground. which tory article the tory headline was killing feminism. owl sabotages the women's movement and that's organization of women leaders. we've also had gretchen carlson, who more in an up to date world, worked with pete hegseth. she's urged the armed services committee to let hegseth alleged victim provide testimony anonymously. here's the quote while mr. hegseth has allegedly released his the survivor from her nondisclosure agreement, his attorney has threatened to sue her for defamation if she were to come forw to discuss what happened to her and to her testimony were to prevent mr. hegseth confirmation. mr. hegseth threats cast a chilling pall on women who simply want to speak out about sexual misconduct or and should be and in and of themselves disqualifying. what do you make of that?

hospital bed and what he recalls at the moment of impact and honoring the victims including a former princeton football player and an inspiring nurse, and a single mom. tonight, new video of the cyber truck before the explosion outside of the trump hotel in las vegas and police say the driver believed to be an active duty soldier suffering a gunshot wound to the head before the blast. what they found in the truck, and is there any link to the new orleans attack? what the fbi is saying. justin, a plane crashing into a building in california and what we are learning. the winter storm and arctic blast we are tracking and actor justin baldoni striking back after blake lively accused him of sexual harassment while he files a lawsuit of his own and after x speakable tragedy the musical tradition bringing bourbon stet back. >> this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. some looming questions about the deadly new orleans truck attack are being answered including whether the attacker had help. the answer, we are now told, is no according to authorities in new orleans who s

. >>> and honoring the victims including a former princeton football player, an aspiring nurse and a single mom. >>> also tonight, new video of that cybertruck before the explosion outside a trump hotel in las vegas. police now saying the driver, believed to be an active-duty soldier, suffered a gunshot wound to the head before the blast. what they found in the truck, and is there any link to the new orleans attack? what the fbi is saying. >>> just in, the plane crashing into a building in california. what we are learning. >>> the winter storm and arctic blast we're tracking. >>> actor justin baldoni firing back after co-star blake lively accused him of sexual harassment. baldoni's attorney on his new $250 million lawsuit. >>> and after unspeakable tragedy the musical tradition bringing bourbon street back. ♪ >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. some looming questions about the deadly new orleans truck attacker being answered tonight including whether the attacker had help. the answer, we're now told, is no. according to authorities

he grew up in lafayette, louisiana, and garage raduated princeton university. he was living in new york city and working on wall street. martin played football at princeton and trained with his younger brother, jack. martin was on bourbon street with his princeton teammate, ryan quigley, who was injured in the attack. martin's mother said that his death now leaves a huge void in their lives. reggie hunter was just 37 years old. he was from baton rouge. reggie was the ther of two boys, ages 1 and just 1. he worked as the manager at a warehouse. he is described by his cousin as an awesome person with a big heart. this is 18-year-old nikyra nikyra cheyenne dedeaux, a recent high school graduate from gulf port, mississippi. she was with her cousin celebrating the new year. later this month, she was set to start college and planned on studying nursing. her mother is asking for our prayers at this time. matthew tenedorio was only 25 years old. he was born in mineola, new york, but lived in mississippi. he had dinner with his mother tuesday night before going to celeb

martin beck known to everyone as tiger princeton 2018.n throz hunt and fish with college friends and supposed to fly home on new year's day. >> ashley: terry is the aunt of tiger bech joins us now. my heart goes out to you and everyone else affected by this horrible tragedy. as todd just said he was there to hunt and fitch with his friends. that is something that so many people can resonate with. people go to have a good time and rest. especially the new year. tell us about tiring. what did you love about him? what do you want the world to know about him? >> first of all, thank you so very much for having me. i appreciate y'all giving me the chance to get on here and honor tiger. he was amazing. he was the life of the party. he was super athletic. i mean, even when he was a toddler, i just remember being amazed at what he could do with any kind of sport, hitting the ball over the fence as a 3-year-old. just always wanting to be outside and play ball. you know, fishing like you said. we have a pond in our backyard. he comes here, fishes ar

this has been my focus ever since i first put on the uniform as a young army cadet at princeton university because i love my country. i felt an obligation to defend it. i served with incredible americans in guantanamo bay, in iraq, in afghanistan and on the streets of washington, dc. many of which are up with me here today. this includes enlisted soldiers help to become american citizens. and muslim allies i helped immigrate from iraq and afghanistan. because when i took of the uniform, my mission never stopped. now it is true and has been acknowledged i don't have a similar graffiti to defence secretaries of the last 30 years. but as president trump also told me, we have repeatedly placed people atop the pentagon with supposedly the pentagon with supposedly the right credentials. whether they are retired generals, academics or defence contractor executives. and where has it gotten us? he believes and i humbly agree that it is time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm. a change agent, someone with no vested interest in certain companies or specific programmes or approved narrati

princeton got a star and tiger got something from princeton as well. tiger went up there and had a great career, got a phenomenal education and was doing well. and so but one of my best memories, i'll say too, is that tiger always came back, always talked to the players, talked to former coaches, talked to the teachers. tiger always came in. if we were in the vicinity, he was going to come and speak with me and just catch up and, um, that just spoke volumes. and so i feel very blessed that i got to see him. i know that it was important for his family. i know they're going through a lot right now, and i can imagine this is going to bring some healing long term that he got to spend this christmas season with his family. um, tiger was a great guy, man. he's going to be definitely missed. he was one of a kind for our program and and for the world. >> but what an impact he made in those 27 years. marty cannon, thank you so much. more news. when we return. >> sure thing. thank you. >> kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it's one of the

learning the identities of most people who were killed and some of the victims include a former princeton football player a25-year-old new jersey resident and 18-year-old girl. we're expect ago vigil here tonight and meanwhile president joe biden and the first lady are expected to be here on monday. back to you guys. rachel: madison, thanks so much. heart breaking to see the photos and so many of them young people as well. but also just how this didn't need to happen. those barriers should have been there. they shouldn't have been removed in preparation for the super bowl. new year's eve is a big event, and so there's no better indication of how dysfunctional the city is and anne kirk patrick, the new orleans police superintendent and talking about she didn't know they were supposed to be there. >> yellow archers there along the sidewalk and that would be to be preventative if someone had or this particular terrorist went around up on the sidewalk, that's what that would do. it would slow that down for anyone that thought they could reach our targets. actually we have them, i didn't know

amongst the victims — a princeton university football star, a father of two — and an aspiring nurse.sed in the early stages. and a new discovery of dinosaur footprints in oxfordshire — the largest ever uncovered. hello, i�*m matthew amroliwala. president biden has said, the former us army veteran — who drove into crowds of people in new orleans — was inspired by so—called islamic state. 15 people were killed, when the pick—up truck drove around a police barrier, and sped down burbon street,

including 28-year-old former princeton university football star, tiger bech. >> he was a standup guy that we really respected and honored. >> reporter: later today, the sugar bowl is set to kick off at the nearby superdome, after it was postponed due to yesterday's horrific attack. now, sugar bowl officials say the superdome is safe today, ahead of the match-up between the georgia bulldogs and the notre dame fighting irish. meanwhile, the nfl says it is creating a comprehensive security plan for the next big event at the superdome, which is, of course, the super bowl. michael? >> all right. nicole valdes in new orleans, thank you. >>> we want to turn to cbs' jarred hill. jarred, you've been looking into the suspect's pass. what do we know right now? >> we're looking in the suspect's pass to find a connection or motive or what led to this. what we're learning at this point is that investigators say shamsud din jabbar was a 42-year-old u.s. citizen, born in beaumont, texas. he served in the army from 2006 to 2020 and was deployed in afghanistan in 2009. doing some digging, he graduated

so gary brewster, after graduating from gilman in princeton under his law degree at the university of baltimore, clerked for the baltimore county circuit court and served as assistant state's attorney gary sawyer. also served on the staff of the united states senator charles mathias jr during the carter and reagan administrations. he subsequently was elected to the maryland house of delegates and as a delegate the democratic national convention. in 1994. gary, the democratic nomination for maryland second congressional district. but the general election, he then became a baltimore county public school teacher where he taught olympian michael phelps government not swimming. i don't think and traveled to the olympics. the world championships for the phelps family as the tallest licensed jockey in america, gary rode four times in the world's oldest and toughest timber race. the maryland hooker winning the races on odor in 2017. gary was a member of the maryland aviation commission under governors o'malley and hogan. the baltimore tourism commission and was on the board of directors of th

i received my commission from princeton university in 2003 and have served two tours. currently infantry captain with the massachusetts army national guard and a graduate of harvard university. i am here as a citizen and veteran i don't speak on behalf of the military. i will start with the bottom line up front. we are a nation at war. a nation at war with the vicious enemy on multiple fronts. i've seen this enemy firsthand. as have precious few for my generation. the enemy detests and seeks to destroy our way of life while completely ignoring and exploiting for that matter the rule of law. this context motivates testimony today. i have serious concerns about elena kagan's actions toward the military in her willingness to myopically focus on preventing the military from having institutional and equal access to top-notch recruits at a time of war. i find her actions unbecoming a civic leader and certainly on befitting a nominee to the united states supreme court. she is clearly a capable academic and the president has the right to choose who he pleases but replacing the

a former all—ivy league kick returner, playing for the princeton tigers from 2016 to 2018. this tribute online, saying — "love you always. "you inspired me every day, now you get to be with me "in every moment." jack bechjoined me a little earlier. jack, thank you forjoining us. i am so sorry for your loss. how are you and your family doing today? we're doing all right. obviously it's pretty tough, you know, losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he had so many friends. if i were to put an announcer, "stand up if you were tiger's "best friend," hundreds of people would stand up. it hurts. that was my best friend. looked at him, looked at him, looked up to him for everything. he was my role model, my inspiration. all i ever wanted to do wasjust make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient. and my parents and my sisters just have been pretty emotional, as you could think. and, you know, i'vejust tried to been there to be that rock for them. it's definitely been pretty tough, though. you have been talking about you spoke to your brother on the p

was celebrating the new year with his cousin and martin tiger bech, a former football player at princetonolleague sumi somiskanda has been speaking in the last hour to his brotherjack, himself a football player at texas christian university. jack, thank you forjoining us. i am so sorry for your loss. how are you and your family doing today? we how are you and your family doing today?— how are you and your family doing today? we are doing all riuht. doing today? we are doing all right. obviously _ doing today? we are doing all right. obviously it's _ doing today? we are doing all right. obviously it's pretty - right. obviously it's pretty tough, you know, losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he had so many friends. if i were to put an announcer, if i were to ask who was his best friend, many people would stand up. he was my best friend, i looked up for to him for everything. all i ever wanted to do was make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient, and my parents and my sisters have been pretty emotional as you could think and i'm just trying to be the rock

amongst the victims — a princeton university football star, a father of two — and an aspiring nurse.'s other main headlines... new cancer figures from the health service in england and wales shows more people than ever are being diagnosed in the early stages. and a new discovery of dinosaur footprints in oxfordshire — the largest ever uncovered. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. president biden has said, the former us army veteran — who drove into crowds of people in new orleans — was inspired by so—called islamic state. 15 people were killed, when the pick—up truck drove around a police barrier, and sped down burbon street, in the city's french quarter — these the moments before the attack. the fbi says it's still gathering evidence about the man behind the attack — sham—sud dinjabbar — — shamsud—dinjabbar — their teams have ben searching his home today — as they try to work out, who might have planned it with him. our correspondent tom bateman reports. shamsud—dinjabbar — now the focus of an intensive fbi investigation, the man believed to be responsible for this new year's day attack

it's princeton press and it's you know what i can do? what it can't do. realistic. but they've got this article and popular substack that that sort of advertises the book and they had one of the article two recent one is essentially a.i. companies have pivoted from building gods, from building god to creating products. so good, right. but but you know, little analysis here, a little biblical criticism. you know, if you have to pivot from building a god, there must be a lot of god building going on at some point. right. and so i could go on and on and don't worry, the book does chapter two. but yeah. you know, the point, though, and this isn't even addressing your question, which is about surveillance gods. so let me just do a second on that. right. so so surveillance. yes what is it? but a force that is literally in sky all us now that looks on us, sees, sees our every movement increasingly hears our every breath, feels our every pulse. when i'm sleeping in my sleep number bed, it literally feels my every breath right. and it's constantly judging you. it knows you l

beck played football at princeton before graduating in 2021. their head coach says beck was a fierce competitor, a beloved teammate and a caring friend. auburn university sharing this photo on social media of drew dauphin, who was also killed in the attack. university president christopher roberts says dauphin was a 2023 graduate and, according to his linkedin profile, was a supplier process engineer in birmingham. we've also learned that one of the injured in the attack was a student at san diego state university. and tonight, people there on campus reacting to the tragedy. >> doing all right and hope she pulls through. it's really sad because we're all just so young. >> the new orleans coroner says the names of the victims will be released once autopsies are complete, and all next of kin have officially been notified. >> now to las vegas, where new details are emerging tonight about the cybertruck explosion outside the trump hotel in las vegas. >> law enforcement has now identified the driver. tonight, investigators say at this point, there i

a former all—ivy league kick returner, playing for the princeton tigers from 2016 to 2018. like my brother. he was such a great person. he had so many friends. if i were to put an announcer, "stand up if you were tiger's "best friend," hundreds of people would stand up. it hurts. that was my best friend. looked at him, looked at him, looked up to him for everything. he was my role model, my inspiration. all i ever wanted to do wasjust make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient. and my parents and my sisters just have been pretty emotional, as you could think. and, you know, i'vejust tried to been there to be that rock for them. it's definitely been pretty tough, though. jack, you've been talking a little bit about the fact that you spoke to your brother on the phone just hours before new year's eve. can you tell us a bit about that conversation? yeah. you know, it wasjust another phone call. like i said, that's my best friend. my inspiration, my role model. we talked every day. he was the first person i told about, you know, whatever it was — good, bad, indiffer

and that never text never came. >> former princeton football player tiger beck was remembered by hisovernight, his coach saying beck was a ferocious competitor with endless energy, a beloved teammate and a caring friend. he was in town with college friends, including ryan quigley, who was with him when he was killed. quigley was injured but survived, and jeremy censky was thrown from his wheelchair when that truck plowed through the crowd. that chair can be seen sitting empty in the aftermath, his daughter says he broke both legs but managed to avoid getting hit by gunfire when the attacker started shooting. andrea fujii abc news, new york. >> just horrific. this morning, we are sharing the stories of bay area residents who are in new orleans during yesterday's attack. abc seven news reporter lena howland live to tell us about that. and it sounds like these individuals were quite shaken by what they heard happened. >> yeah, reggie shaken would be an understatement. a marin county firefighter happened to be there for a firefighter union convention, and he was out in the french quarter

an 18 year old girl who dreamt of becoming a nurse, and another was a beloved football alum from princeton university. greg, back to you. >> more heartbreaking as we learn more details. rebecca, we know authorities are combing through evidence tonight, including lots of surveillance video. what can you tell us about what they're looking for specifically? >> so there was some concerning surveillance footage that was released earlier this afternoon that appeared to show four people that were it appeared that they were putting down ieds in several locations around the french quarter. we did talk to some law enforcement sources about those people. they were interviewed. and at this point, officers have said that they do not believe that they were involved and they just were bystanders. that just happened to look suspicious in that video. but they're keeping those people close in case they need to ask them any more questions. >> all right. more information to come. rebecca castro live in new orleans for us tonight. rebecca. thank you. the sugar bowl was slated to take place in new orleans tonig

martin was a former football player at princeton university.league has been speaking to his other who is himself a football player at texas christian university. >> jack, thank you for joining us. i am so sorry for your loss. how are you and your family doing today? >> we are doing all right. obviously it is pretty tough losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he has so many friends. if i were to put in announcers hand up if you were his best friend, hundreds of things -- hundreds of people. looked at him. looked up to him for everything. he was my will model for inspiration. all i wanted to do was make him proud. he was so selfless any kind, resilient to my -- selfless and kind. resilient. my parents and sisters, i am trying to be that rock for them. >> i cannot imagine how devastating this moment is for you and your family. your family is from louisiana. i understand tiger was living in new york so tell us about what he was doing over the holidays and why he was in new orleans. >> he came home for the christmas holidays a

was an isis-inspired terrorist. 27-year-old tiger bech grew up in louisiana and played football at princetone to his mom and brother. tell me what it's been like to be tiger's mom for all these years. >> um, he's been a shining star. um, a bright boy. a clever boy. >> he was my role model. my whole family's role model. our inspiration, and now everything we do will be for him and through him. >> reporter: kyra dedeaux was dreaming of being a nurse. her mom posting, when your parents say don't go anywhere, listen to them. i lost my baby. just pray for me and my family. >> reporter: hubert gauthreaux's mom saying he would give anything to anybody. his text just after midnight, he wrote, i love you. the single mom who didn't have a car would walk to work to provide for her 5-year-old son. drew dauphin recently graduated from auburn university. his family saying he could light up a room. 18-year-old kareem badawi just finished his first semester at the university of alabama. he was 6'5", but his dad saying he still always called his youngest the baby. reggie hunter adored his 11 and 1-year-old s

names, telling some of their stories, like tiger besh, 27, from lafayette, who played football at princeton, like terrence kennedy, who was one of nine siblings, like latasha polk of new orleans, a mother of a 14 year old, a certified nursing assistant. he says flags will fly at half staff across all state buildings and schools, will be observing a moment of silence every day over the coming weeks, one for each of the victims. christiane cordero, abc news, new orleans. >> on the peninsula, an apartment fire has forced 12 people to look for a new place to stay. it happened last night on north amphlett boulevard in san mateo. fire crews say one person was taken to the hospital. the red cross is helping fire victims. no word yet on exactly what sparked that fire. san francisco mayor elect daniel lurie is helping clean up the city ahead of his inauguration. today, he ended his weekend of service picking up trash in lower nob hill, the tenderloin, and mission neighborhoods. >> we are close to a thousand people that have come out over six different trash pickups, and there's just this feeling of

university, princeton's football coach remembered him as a ferocious competitor with endless energy, a beloved teammate, and a caring friend. billy dimaio was 25. he worked in new york city as company. odyssey remembers him for his, quote, unwavering work ethic, his positive attitude and kindness, and 18 year old ni'kyra cheyenne dedeaux was from mississippi. she was there with her cousin and a friend. joining me now is her friend zion parsons, who witnessed the terror attack zion. thank you for being here and i'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. what do you remember about what happened? >> um, the attack in itself was just horrific. man. like, truly straight out of a movie unlike anything i've seen. um, giant ford f-150 comes barreling down the road, and you saw it heading toward you? >> yes. >> straight. um, i think it came off of canal. yeah. um, it was where bourbon and canal meet, and, um, just came barreling and hitting everybody, and did you. >> what happened when it came close to you? >> um, we were actually a little bit late. i just saw cctv footage of the accident. um.

also killed a 27 year old princeton football player, tiger betts, who was a native from lafayette, louisianahome visiting for the holidays and reggie hunter was 37. his cousin described him as a loving father and said he was known for his sense of humor. he leaves behind two young children. the incident is being investigated by the fbi as an act of terrorism and according to the fbi. potential explosive devices were found in the french quarter, separate from where the car drove into the group of people. they also said an i.s.i.s. flag was found in the vehicle used in the attack. now, law enforcement says the suspect involved in the incident was 42 year old army veteran shamsud-din jabbar of texas. he was killed in a firefight with police. in a video we're about to show. you can see and hear that chaotic moment. we want to warn you, though this may be disturbing to some viewers. multiple officials briefed on the investigation tell cnn in a series of videos show the suspect discussing plans to kill his family and wanting to join i.s.i.s.. authorities believe he made the recordings when he was

university, princeton's football coach remembered him as a ferocious competitor with endless energy, a beloved teammate, and a caring friend. billy dimaio was 25. he worked in new york city as company. odyssey remembers him for his, quote, unwavering work ethic, his positive attitude and kindness. and 18 year old ni'kyra cheyenne dedeaux was from mississippi. she was there with her cousin and a friend. joining me now is her friend zion parsons, who witnessed the terror attack zion. thank you for being here and i'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. what do you remember about what happened? >> um, the attack in itself was just horrific, man. like, truly straight out of a movie unlike anything i've seen. um, giant ford f-150 comes barreling down the road, and you saw it heading toward you? >> yeah. >> straight. um, i think it came off of canal. yeah. um, it was where bourbon and canal meet, and, um, just came barreling and hitting everybody, and did you. >> what happened when it came close to you? >> um, we were actually a little bit late. i just saw cctv footage of the accident. um

he was a graduate of princeton, 18 year-old nick, you're a cheyenne to do had plans to go to nursing school. her mother said in a gofundme page friend said 37 year-old reggie hunter was a brother, uncle and father. 25 year-old billy demeo was a long island native. his parents called him pure hearted, according to a gofundme set up by colleagues, nicole perez was in her late 20's and a mother to a 4 year-old son. matthew. 10 addario was an audio visual technician for the caesars superdome in new orleans. according to a gofundme set up by his family. 21 year-old hubert wasn't louisiana native. his death was confirmed by his high school alma mater. kareem, the loud wise death was confirmed by the university of alabama where he was a student and auburn university confirmed the death of drew tope class of 2023. like i said last night, new orleans, the city of tremendous spirit. you can't keep it president biden telling the city today to stay strong. >> that ntia like cade reporting for us now. earlier today we spoke with former fbi agent rick smith. we talked about the attack in new orlea

and final princeton footbal player, tyler >> i believe god kept him breathing long enough for us to say goodbye. god called him home to heaven. >> reporter: and president biden has spoken to many of the families, and he and the first lady will be traveling to new orleans monday to grieve with the community. >>> next, the first major winter storm of the new year is on the way, just as the last wave of holiday travelers return home. ahead of the storm, fast-moving round of lake effect snow. multiple wrecks on i-81 in new york. neighborhoods buried under two, three feet of snow, more on the way. but the bigger threat, from kansas to the atlantic coast. jeff smith is tracking it all. >> first of all, that lake effect snow will continue into the weekend, two to three feet in spots. we have snow showers from maryland to south jersey as a precursor to the first major storm of 2025, developing over the plains and streaking east sunday. wide swath, four to ten inches of snow. kansas, indiana, kentucky. severe storms in new orleans, up to memphis. this all reaches the east coast by monday morning

among those newly identified 27 year old tiger beck, a former football star player for princeton university who worked in finance. 26 year old drew dauphin. his family says he'll always be in the sun at the lake that he loves so much. 25 year old matthew tenorio, a superdome video technician whose beautiful face his laugh. >> i love you, mom. you know, just he was just a wonderful son. >> louisiana native hubert gauthreaux and karim badawi, a university of alabama freshman, remembered as someone everyone could count on. with major events like the super bowl and mardi gras happening in the coming weeks, officials say their investigation is ongoing. >> we care about each one of the lives that were lost in this city in that, but it would be a tragedy if we let their losses be snuffed out because of fear. this city will be back. >> our thanks to trevor. we will, of course, continue to follow this story as it develops right here on abc. when we come back, sopranos star drea de matteo bringing in big bucks for her new persona online. how she her new persona online. how she says she saved herself

>>>>among the victims killed were 28 year old former princeton university football star tiger besh andgie hunter, a 37 year old father of two. >>>>this hurts. this this is terrible. and like, we want as much justice for him as we possibly can get. >>>>new orleans police say they are ramping up their security protocols after the city temporarily removed protective barriers designed to block traffic. >>>>we're going to harden the targets more by using heavier equipment to block these intersections. a >>>>cruiser had been positioned along bourbon street, but the suspect sped around it, veering onto the sidewalk. >>>>and another live look in new orleans this afternoon, where the sugar bowl is set to kick off in about a half an hour. this is at the superdome in new orleans. it was postponed because of yesterday's attack. officials say the stadium and surrounding areas are safe for that college football game between the university of georgia and notre dame. you can definitely see the increased security presence this morning. meantime, federal and local police are investigating a cyber truck

he went on to play at princeton university before moving to new york city.still loved to hunt and fish, though, his mother said, adding, he went out at the top of the world. just some of the 14 people who came here to bourbon street for celebration and who never made it home from that celebration, even as, strange to say, the party begins once again tonight all around me. which brings me to the big football game going on here, a college football playoff game that drew tens of thousands of fans here to new orleans. the sugar bowl kicked off today about a mile from the sorrows here of bourbon street and after it was postponed for a day. security was tight as cbs's michelle miller made her way inside. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a college football playoff... under a dome of security. the previously sold-out crowd surrounded by s.w.a.t. teams, specialized barriers, bomb-sniffing dogs, and drones. an unprecedented level of security in place to defend the powerhouse matchup between notre dame and georgia blocks away from yesterday's terror attack on bourbon street. >> we thi