bank of al jazeera, for counting the cost that hers is an energy economist electra at the university of houston. he joins us now from houston. so trump has declared an energy emergency. what do you make of that, ed? is it more to do with politics and money, or is that genuinely intimate and an energy emergency of us? there's, there's no emergency. but i think that really has to do with politics. and the fact that president trump promised the voters that he would lower the price of gasoline to a $1.87, a gallon. and that he would lower the cost of electricity, which has been going up across the united states. and he's also promised the us oil patch that we would drill a baby drill to accomplish this. but as we all know, it takes higher prices to encourage wall street to invest to, to drill more wells. and to get to a $1.87, a gallon gasoline, that would mean the price of oil would have to be less than $50.00 a barrel. and in the permian basin across so the west texas oil patch, which produces about 4000000 barrels a day. the rates are being laid down at prices of $70.00 a barrel. and in the rece

houston thursday. among the victims killed in the attack were former princeton university football star tiger bech and reggie hunter, father of two. back in new orleans bourbon street reopened to pedestrian traffic thursday afternoon ahead of the start of the sugar bowl which was delayed a day because of the tragedy. >> no terrorist is ever going to derail life in the united states. i think that's what we want to do today is really enjoy this game in memory of those people who lost their life. >> we have a record of being able to show we can provide safety and we're going to do that again. >> reporter: police say they've ramped up security, including adding heavier equipment to block the intersections. the fbi also says that jabbar placed two improvised explosive devices in coolers and placed them near the scene here. they found both of those and both those devices were rendered safe where they were found. >> one more bright spot, cbs news has learned that the two police officers injured in the firefight with the attacker are now out of the hospital. >>> with heavy hearts, tens of thousands of college football fans packed the

university medical center of new orleans treating the most critically wounded. >> we had a mix of blunt and penetrating trauma. >> reporter: authority is now searching his houston home as well as the residence where he stayed in new orleans, locating three cell phones and two laptops, and tonight piecing together more information about the man who had an isis flag on the truck he used in the attack. we know at one point he had deployed to afghanistan, worked as a realtor, property manager, and beginning in 2021 an employee at financial consulting firm deloitte. also, recently someone who posted videos expressing his desire to kill and his inspiration from isis. five videos the fbi says posted to facebook in the moments before his deadly rampage. in the first video, jabbar explained he originally planned to harm his family and friends, but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the quote war between the believers and the disbelievers. >> reporter: in this youtube video posted four years ago, jabbar is seen promoting himself as a trustworthy real estate agent because of his time in the military. >> i spent 10 years as a human's resources specialist a

interim university president says it dropped by 38% since 2015, adding that rising costs of personnel and inflation were also contributing factors. it's a major blow to student athletes like amari houston, a senior softball player, although she will get to finish to finish playing through her senior year, her younger teammates won't. >> my coach is out of a job now. the baseball coach just got here. he's out of a job now. our head trainer just bought a house here and moved his family here. and so it's really just heartbreaking to think about all the people that are affected by this. >> our sports team was really the only community building on our campus, and it's completely gone now. >> the university said any student athletes who choose to stay at this school will remain eligible to continue receiving their scholarships. there will be a town hall meeting to discuss these cuts. one week from today at 130. that's happening at the university's student center. ballrooms. live in studio. lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. volunteers spread out across the south bay to get a better understanding of the homelessness crisis in santa clara county. the bi annual point i

of the south to a screeching halt. the gulf coast. >> saw. >> record breaking snowfall, blanketing everything from houston to new orleans to florida. beaches in. >> white. >> at louisiana. >> state universityents celebrated the rare snow days with these air mattresses and. cardboard turned into makeshift sleds. >> while officials. >> are looking. >> north for help to plow. >> nbc's priscilla thompson joins us from snowy houston. >> priscilla. >> what are people there making of this once. >> in a lifetime storm? >> yeah. >> a once in a lifetime indeed. i will tell you, a lot of people here are super excited for it. they've never seen. >> anything like this. >> in fact, i want you to check out this. >> video because. >> even the houston fire and. >> police departments. >> got in on. >> the action. having a little snowball fight, dodging between patrol cars. >> to. try to get. >> each other. and that's what we've been seeing folks coming out on sleds, building snowmen, just doing everything they can. >> to soak. >> this up. i want to play a little bit of some of the reactions. >> we've. >> been getting from people here. >> houston's power grid doesn't. >> have a. >> great track record, right?