i want to bring into the conversation cnn's tom foreman, who, as i understand you have a long historynd relationship with new orleans. and, tom, can you i've been to bourbon street. i've been to new orleans. i imagine a lot of our viewers potentially have. but for those who haven't, you know, we're looking at these images. these are tiny areas here. and the thought of a pickup truck plowing through bourbon street is pretty terrifying. >> yeah, bourbon street on new year's eve or at mardi gras or during the super bowl or any of the other events at the sugar bowl, as in tonight around midnight, very likely would have been packed end to end, like a rock concert. >> that's the only way i can describe it. i mean, a lot of us who are locals down there, you know, at certain times of year, certain days, you would really not particularly want to be on bourbon street. not because it wasn't fascinating, but because it was so crowded sometimes. now, the police in new orleans arguably do some of the best crowd control in this country because they deal with such massive crowds. this area right here

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let's go now to cnn's tom foreman. tom, you spent many years in new orleans. help us understand the magnitude of what was happening in the french quarter at the time of this attack. >> well, bourbon street in the french quarter really is the heart of this city that lives on tourism. if you look at what happened to the approach to this. this makes it look smaller than it is. in some ways, you see this come up this road here and turn this is over here on canal and turn in. and then when it starts moving into this area, this is all the french quarter in here. the actual it says it hits the crowd here. if you look at the pictures, it actually seems to have gone further than that before it actually reached a stopping point somewhere up in here. so about three blocks. so this is a 4000 to 5000 pound vehicle. it's an electric vehicle and accelerates to 60 miles an hour in four seconds. so there would be a tremendous number of people here, especially during sugar bowl time. and this is not that far actually from the superdome, which is right over here. you could wind

cnn's tom foreman joins us. tom, it's awkward, but i was thinking about it. and i thought that day in the capitol, it wasn't just pence. it was one of their children who was there and in danger. and i think that's some context that's important. if you are karen pence, a mother and a wife. sure, sure. >> and if you look at donald trump's presence at this funeral and the way he was regarded by almost everyone there, you get a sense of how awkward this was. he was seated in the second row down on the end. last presidential funeral was back when george h.w. bush, well, he was president. then he got to sit right up front in the main seat. now he's in the second row. he's just in front of pence. he's behind kamala harris. he was bending barack obama's ear much of the time, but pretty much no one else there spent any time really talking to him. and when kamala harris came in, she sort of looked right past him and he sat there, seemingly sort of staring daggers at her for a moment. but then he was back to being in the back row there, and it was just a really interest

let's bring in cnn's tom foreman. tom, walk us through some of these before and after photos. >> well, they're really something, jake, and they're just really too many to even look at. >> take a look at the pacific palisades area. normal. nice. tidy neighborhoods before. and this is the same neighborhood after? >> almost no structures standing in this entire area. a sense of scale. >> this is a baseball complex over here. >> that's a baseball diamond. there. one there. >> sense of how big this is. remember, when we talk about acres, it's hard to do. acre is about three quarters of a football field. so think about that whenever you hear about the acres involved here. here's the elliott arts school over in altadena. this was hit in the middle of the night. this is what it looked like, a magnet school drawing talented students from all over the area. this is what that same auditorium looks like now. just a skeleton of what it was. will rogers, i'm sure you know jake, one of the great. one of the great voices of comedy and

let's get a closer look with cnn's tom foreman. he's tracking those that might be flying under the radar right now. tom, there is a big one impacting folks inside the white house. tell us about that. yeah, it has to do with. >> security clearances. >> basically what. >> they have. said is they want to give top secret, sensitive compartmented information security clearances to white house staff without background checks, typically conducted by the fbi, by the intelligence community. basically, what they've said is we think it takes too long to do it that way. we want to farm some of it out to private contractors. we just want to say we're giving it to some people. the president is in his right to do this, but there are a lot of questions about it. the fbi, for example, says background checks are designated to allow the government to assess whether a candidate is sufficiently trustworthy to be granted access to classified information. what does a check normally like? you're looking at credit and criminal history, verification of citiz

cnn's tom foreman joins us now. , tom, beyond the headline, what is the real impact of some of these orders during trump's whirlwind first week? >> some of them. virtually nothing. they're sort of a dog and pony show, but then others could have a real impact. let's look at this question of tariffs. to begin with. he said that he was going to do this giant crackdown on tariffs day one. day number one. we're a week into it. they have not happened. he has not done that. he threatened a 25% tariff on all imports from canada and mexico, 10% tariff on chinese products. now he's kind of pushing it down to maybe february 1st. who knows what's going to happen. part of the problem here is what economic experts said throughout the campaign and said throughout the fall, even while he kept promising this, this could raise prices for americans. is that what's motivating him now to not do it? we don't know. but he's not fulfilling that promise because that could be a very real impact. the pardons that you just mentioned a moment ag

cnn's tom foreman is taking a closer look at this for us, tom, at least what 10,000 properties alreadye been damaged? >> yeah. and i don't think that count is anything more than a guess at this point. there's so much destruction out there. let's take a look at what happened in pacific palisades. this is a view of part of the neighborhood there beforehand. clean, tidy streets. >> a lot of people proud of how much they know each other and get along. >> baseball diamonds over here. give you a sense of scale. >> look at it. after the fire went through very few structures untouched in here. this is the elliott arts middle school drawing a magnet school over in a little bit north of pasadena. there, this area over here, they were hit in the middle of the night. and look what the result was. tremendous, tremendous damage over there. the will rogers home here. >> this was one of the most famous right there. >> he is one of the most famous humorists in this country. >> back in the 1920s, 1930s, social commentator. he bought this ranch and he had some stables near here. big attraction out there,

i want to go to cnn's tom foreman right now with a closer look at the location where all of this tooke. tom, bourbon street, as many of us know who've been there, one of the most recognizable and busiest areas in the city. >> absolutely, wolf, when you look at the map of this attack, look, this truck was coming down canal street here, the widest main street in america. it turns in here 330 in the morning at a time. the new year, the sugar bowl, all of this happening. bourbon street, end to end typically is just packed with people. this is where the the the attacks seem to begin in the sense of people being hit. but really the truck, if you look at the pictures, didn't seem to stop till about here. if it had continued up into here, there would have been. i can't imagine the count of people who would have died in that circumstance. it hit that large red cranes type of device and stopped. nonetheless, this is one of the reasons that we need clarity on whether or not people can simply grieve this terrible event and look for answers, or whether they need to be concerned about somebody else

cnn's tom foreman is taking a closer look for us. walk us through what fema actually does. tom, fema basically. does the job of helping communities when they cannot handle things. >> themselves. >> when it's just too much. you mentioned a minute ago, katrina over here. katrina, in 2005 that cost $201 billion, according to federal agents. >> to deal with that. >> 160 billion. >> for. >> hurricane harvey back. in 2017. >> and now. an unknown. >> amount for the los angeles fires under the proposal. >> of donald. >> trump. >> the. >> red states of alabama and louisiana, for example, they would have had to pay that by themselves. there may be other ways around it, but. >> what has happened. >> in recent years and what has helped spur this, is the fact that spending, as we've had bigger disasters, more costly disasters, some of this may be from climate change. also, a lot of it has to do with many of these are hurricane disasters. and we have built and built and built for decades in coastal areas. so there's a lot more damage being. done by these storms. wolf. tom, let's talk a li

cnn's tom foreman has that. >> look.s truck was coming down canal street here, the widest main street in america. it turns in here 330 in the morning at a time. the new year. the sugar bowl, all of this happening. bourbon street, end to end, typically is just packed with people. this is where the the the attacks seem to begin in the sense of people being hit. but really the truck, if you look at the pictures, didn't seem to stop till about here. if it had continued up into here, there would have been. i can't imagine the amount of people who would have died in that circumstance. it hit that large red crane type device and stopped. nonetheless, this is one of the reasons that we need clarity on whether or not people can simply grieve this terrible event and look for answers, or whether they need to be concerned about somebody else being out there. because look at all the other areas so close by jackson square, cafe du monde, right down here. so many people have visitors right up in here. so many people have visited that t

our thanks to tom foreman for that. clearly, changes need to be made this morning. officials are assuring football fans in new orleans they will be safe at the sugar bowl set for later today. >> for ben and erin, the work's never done. >> i'll never stop until the whole town is transformed. >> they know what they want. they don't know where to find it. we do. >> hometown all new sunday night at eight on hgtv. >> tempur-pedic designed the ergo pro smart base to help you fall asleep more easily. its gentle massage and relaxing sounds help calm your mind every night. save up to $500 now on select adjustable mattress sets. >> when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help because the right information at the right time may make all the difference. >> at humana, we know that's especially true when you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan. that's why we're offering seven things. every medicare supplement should have. it's yours free just for calling the number on your screen. and when you call a knowledgeable licensed agent producer can answer any

also with us is cnn's tom foreman. evan, what are you learning? >> well, one of the things we know right now is that the pentagon is going to have to explain a little bit about this, because we're told that this person, the suspect, brianna, is a former member of the u.s. military. we've asked we've reached out to the to the to the military, to the pentagon for some more details about their service. but that is also adding to the complex picture of this, of this suspect. we know that the fact that there was an i.s.i.s. flag obviously leads the fbi to believe that there was some kind of radicalization that happened. and so that's perhaps one of the questions that will be addressed here by the law enforcement that is there. obviously, the fact that there were multiple locations where there were additional explosives, who put them? there was this person acting alone or did they did they put them there themselves, or did they have additional help from someone who placed those explosives? what was the overall larger plan here? it's clear that the vehic

cnn's tom foreman joins us now. tom, you have a long history with new orleans. you know this city so well. you live there. help us understand the impact of this and how the city is going to handle this. you know, investigating and this mass casualty and also making sure the sugar bowl is safe. >> well, this really is hitting the heart of new orleans in so many ways. the french quarter, for one thing. also the business of hospitality. that's what new orleans is all about. andy just mentioned a moment ago, the superdome, i believe, for for seating for indoor football is somewhere around 75,000 people. but that's not the only crowd there. in my experience with sugar bowls and super bowls, super bowl will also be there this year fairly soon and mardi gras coming up very soon. and jazz fest after that. this town handles massive, massive crowds, much bigger than most people are aware of. for a town this size, mardi gras doubles the size of the metro area. basically, that's how many people come in. a million people or so. police are very used to handling big crowds. th

cnn's tom foreman joins us now. tom, you have some new information for us. >> yeah. >> i think something that has to be asked in this next press conference, if possible. the department of public works in new orleans in november started a program to replace those bollards on bourbon street. the metal barriers that would stop a vehicle from coming through. this program started in november. it was supposed to be done sometime in early february. and among the things that they mention in their explanation of the project, as they went all the way down bourbon street, was that while the bollards were out, there would be some vehicular access to bourbon street. and and it indicates the notion that there would just be some sort of temporary barriers in place, not the big powerful barriers. now we'll need to get some details about whether that's exactly where they were, but their information from the city indicates that is precisely where they were in this process. so the the barricades may not have been there. and as you were

cnn's tom foreman has that. >> look. this truck was coming down canal street here, the widest main street in america. it turns in here 330 in the morning at a time. the new year. the sugar bowl, all of this happening. bourbon street, end to end, typically is just packed with people. this is where the the the attacks seem to begin in the sense of people being hit. but really the truck, if you look at the pictures, didn't seem to stop till about here. if it had continued up into here, there would have been. i can't imagine the count of people who would have died in that circumstance. it hit that large red crane type device and stopped. nonetheless, this is one of the reasons that we need clarity on whether or not people can simply grieve this terrible event and look for answers, or whether they need to be concerned about somebody else being out there. because look at all the other areas so close by jackson square, cafe du monde, right down here. so many people have visited. it's right up in here. so many people have visite

i'm tom foreman, and my wish for you. all the best. and none of the worst.o matter where the roads take us in 2025. >> good morning. i'm danny freeman in new york. it is officially 2025. happy new year. it's wednesday, january 1st, and you're watching a special edition of cnn news central. and we begin with fireworks lighting up the skies last night as cities across the globe rang in 2025. take a look at these festivities right here in sacramento, california. and of course, we can't forget the classic crystal adorned ball that marks the countdown to midnight in new york city. take a look yeah. so good. confetti filled the air as times square celebrated the new year. and in london, more fireworks over the iconic ferris wheel, the london eye. look at how cool that looks. plus, a different kind of light show appeared in the skies over alaska. there the northern lights were on display. so so beautiful. moving right along, congress is ringing in the new year with a speaker fight. mike johnson facing a difficult challenge to retain the gavel even after an endorsem

and as our tom foreman reports tonight, these are not isolated incidents. m is out front. >> cornish a truck, a teeming crowd and terror. >> we have the people that got hit by this car. >> that is the simple formula that brought violence and death to bourbon street. >> this man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could. >> and it is far from an isolated incident in china. late last year, a man rammed his car into a crowd, killing more than 30 in canada. in 2021. a family was purposely crushed by a pickup just a few years after ten people were killed with a van. the motivations vary, but in new orleans, what i can tell you right now is that he was 100% inspired by i.s.i.s.. terror groups have long pushed the idea of using vehicles to run down large crowds, and al qaeda magazine in 2010 even showed a ford pickup similar to the rented one used in new orleans, and urged readers to mow down the enemies of allah with the ultimate mowing machine. over the past ten years, some researchers say vehicular assaults have become the most common tool of te

stephanie and i want to come back here into the studio because cnn's tom foreman is at the magic wall. you see him there. and, tom, this is so important because i have a pretty good understanding of the geography of los angeles. but it's hard to it's easy to get lost when you hear about the pasadena fire or the different names of fires, without truly understanding how vast it is and how much of what we're talking about are close to, or even inside some very familiar places. to people who know about los angeles or even hollywood. >> yeah, if you're a tourist and you go out to hollywood, this is where you're going to mainly be down, sort of like beverly hills. >> the hollywood walk of fame, capitol records, universal studios a lot of that is all kind of down in here, a little bit sort of north and west of los angeles, or the proper city of los angeles. but this is a sprawling town, and if you are from los angeles, you know, all these places that are affected, because while the movie and tv industry is down here, the people who make it run live in these places, palisades out here, this i

cnn's tom foreman will break some of that down. tom. >> hi, dana. >> you're right. we do. >> not know a lot. >> about this. from what we do know. >> until the white. >> house specifies otherwise, is that millions and millions of people who voted for donald trump could be on the chopping block in these in some fashion school breakfast and lunch programs, for example, are among the things that are being potentially impacted by this section eight rental assistance. that's not just for poor people, but it's also for senior citizens. it is for disabled people. title one education grants. that's to help struggling schools and struggling neighborhoods that could be cut back on temporary assistance for needy families. state grants for child care. head start, a program to help with the education of children up to the age of five. not just their education, but also their their mental health, their physical health, their all the things they need to start off life in a productive way. special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children. hud's community devel

here is cnn's tom foreman with a special report with our wolf blitzer. >> this is a view of part of the neighborhood there beforehand. >> clean, tidy streets. a lot of people proud of how much they know each other and get along. baseball diamonds over here. give you a sense of scale. look at it. after the fire went through very few structures untouched in here. this is the elliott arts middle school drawing a magnet school over in a little bit north of pasadena. there, this area over here, they were hit in the middle of the night. and look what the result was. tremendous, tremendous damage over there. the will rogers home here. this was one of the most famous right there is one of the most famous humorists in this country. back in the 1920s, 1930s, social commentator. he bought this ranch and he had some stables near here. big attraction out there, this very building now looks like this. they managed to get some of the artwork out, and they got the horses out of the stable, but that's it. and of course there are many, many just local attractions, restaurants and hotels that people liked

tom foreman is out front. >> i would consider it a privilege to be taken over by the united states ofamerica. >> conservative pundits, politicians and supporters are rushing to the land grab, offering them a better opportunity under an american flag. >> i think we should do it. >> seizing on the incoming president's pitch to annex greenland, canada and the panama canal in the name of national security. >> you look outside, you have china ships all over the place. you have russian ships all over the place. we're not letting that happen. >> i think that the people of panama. i think that the people of greenland. i think that the people of canada, for that matter, should be honored that president trump wants to bring these territories under the american fold. >> also on the wish list, renaming the gulf of mexico and representative marjorie taylor greene says she's already drawn up legislation. >> we change post office names all the time up here. >> you better bet we are absolutely going to change the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. let's go. >> but canada's outgoing prime minister

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> that's how we remember the day now.he question is will history remember it that way? four or 40 years from now. congressman kinzinger, you were in the house. you tweeted at 4:30 p.m. four years ago on this day, you tweeted this is a coup attempt. do you think that history will remember this the way it actually happened? >> i do. look, we're in this emotion. donald trump got defeated. he kwijsed -- look, he convince his base that election was stolen from him. that for four years built this intense anger where they truly believed this deep state garbage was happening. he's going to be president now for four years. he's go to own everything that happens in the economy, in the world, and that like excitement, that like we have been robbed will wear off. and history has this amazing ability to accurately reflect the happenings of that day. so while maybe today it's kind of surreal that we're here four years later after that and putting donald trump back in the presidency. history will not be kind to him. i'm glad you brought

i'm tom foreman, and while every year is a unique journey, the past 12 months took us on an epicallyumpy ride through big news, entertainment, sports, music, pop culture, and of course, where we begin on the roughest road of all. the biggest, best, worst political story of the year was the titanic fight for the white house between sitting president joe biden and former president donald trump. >> unbelievable. >> this year was the year of the battle. >> both sides felt like the other side represented the end of america, right? >> he's done a poor job. well, what are you talking about? >> worst reality. even as bitter words flew between the oldest presidential candidates ever. polls showed most voters didn't like either choice. >> it was the election that nobody asked for, and everyone was getting. and they were getting it every day at full volume. >> if this were a dating show, you'd want to walk off the set. >> the twice impeached trump rode in on an avalanche of legal cases over classified documents, election meddling, sexual misconduct, ordered to pay hundreds of millions for his m

cnn's tom foreman has that. >> look.his truck was coming down canal street here, the widest main street in america. it turns in here 330 in the morning at a time. the new year, the sugar bowl, all of this happening. bourbon street, end to end, typically is just packed with people. this is where the the the attacks seem to begin in the sense of people being hit. but really the truck, if you look at the pictures, didn't seem to stop till about here. if it had continued up into here, there would have been. i can't imagine the amount of people who would have died in that circumstance. it hit that large red crane type device and stopped. nonetheless, this is one of the reasons that we need clarity on whether or not people can simply grieve this terrible event and look for answers, or whether they need to be concerned about somebody else being out there. because look at all the other areas so close by jackson square, cafe du monde, right down here. so many people have visited. it's right up in here. so many people have visited