so he decides to move to the las vegas strip. >> he liked vegas. perhaps the sheer glare of it all enabled him to become anonymous. up there in the penthouse suite of the desert inn hotel. he cut himself off from the rest of the world. total absolute seclusion. >> when howard hughes was staying at the desert inn, they told him, we're going to need the rooms. and howard told him, no, i don't want to leave. so they called again and said, mr. hughes, you don't understand. you can come back in after the next week and we'll comp it all for you. they offered him everything. and so it got to the point where they said, we're going to have to evict you. and with that, hughes bought the hotel. >> that started a buying spree. and suddenly he was the biggest hotel owner in las vegas. >> he had the frontier and the castaway and the silver slipper, and he had the sands and the desert inn, and he had the landmark. i mean, one person bought all these hotels here at the sands. >> sammy davis jr.. described howard hughes as the only man who plays monopoly with real

people always vegas. >> viva las vegas! viva viva las vegas! >> who didn't want to come to las vegas after seeing that movie? >> this rock n roll group has taken over as the kingpins of musical appreciation. among the younger element, you guessed it, the beatles. >> the beatles actually made a stop in las vegas on their first u.s. tour. >> the beatles had come in 1964. they wanted to see las vegas. >> when the beatles came here, they played the convention center, of course. it was a mob scene. but it was a whirlwind. they came through one day and left the beatles were a bit of an anomaly because las vegas wanted to capitalize financially on whatever was going on. >> but when you look deeper, las vegas was resistant to rock n roll. it was resistant to the counterculture that was happening all over the country. >> how would you compare this beatlemania to the idol worship around frank sinatra and elvis presley? >> to my mind, those of us who are an older generation, of course, think the beatles, you know, they don't appeal to us at all. >> as the

> yes, vegas is nice.ou know, it's what happens in vegas, stays in vegas became part of the lexicon. >> but that's what they want to promote. you can come here and misbehave and whatever way it is that you want to misbehave, whatever you did here doesn't count. >> this doesn't count on your record when you die. this was vegas. >> hey, i'm going to go freshen up. >> i'll be right back. okay? i'll be right here you gentlemen ready to check in what happens in vegas stays in vegas. >> that's not true. no. what happens in vegas goes everywhere everybody's looking for a hero. >> chris wanted to change the world. >> people are literally walking because of him. >> i wouldn't have missed this for the world. super man. >> the christopher reeve story coming in february on cnn. >> so you like your job, i love it. >> what i do is really important. >> you give eye exams, i give fresh starts, better vision, healthy eyes. >> everybody wants that. >> that they do. and they don't want to spend more money than they have to.

luck be a lady tonight. >> whether you're driving into las vegas or you're flying into las vegas. you see it? it glows. >> when i think about las vegas, first thing to come to my mind is in the 50s. sammy davis, frank and dean martin. i just loved it. it just seemed like a great playground back in the 70s. >> elvis banners and elvis spotlights. las vegas over each of its historical eras is like a giant experimental laboratory for human desire. but in the early 30s, las vegas was a very different town than it is today. >> the recent crash of the new york stock exchange lost millions of dollars, yet it had the sanction of law. life itself is but a gamble. from the cradle to the grave and in wide open gambling, the man who places his money on the turn of a wheel. at least there's the satisfaction of knowing who gets his money. >> in las vegas was incredibly lucky when the rest of the country was sinking away in the depression. las vegas was bright lights and fun. >> in 1931. here was a place where money was no object. you could make money really fast. you could lose it really fast. l

channel three in las vegas. did the suspect have any other connection to las vegas? had he ever been here before or any reason to be here? so the question was, did he have did the subject haveny ties to las vegas or had he ever been here before? i do believe we had had one instance a number of years ago where he stayed at a local hotel, but we still trying to verify that information as well. sir, the david shanna taylor spivey there was a you have a gentleman in a cybertruck trump hel. there's information that the fbi was in colorado springs last night, possibly at this gentleman's home. any information about why? i think i'll let spencer answer that question. yeah. so as i mentioned, the motivation at this point is unknown. we are, as i mentioned earlier, following investigative leads both domestically and internationally as well. and so that includes search warrants and witness interviews, collecting forensic information and basically trying to compile the facts. and so there's investigative activity taking place literally around the globe trying to determine what

city of las vegas marshalls, north las vegas henderson just to ensure that even if we had a copycat or somebody else wanted to go up and conduct an attack, that we have the appropriate and available resources to handle it. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] >> no. the question is, did we find any devices that would be is to set off the explosives and the answer is no. i don't know how they were ignited. clearly with what you see in there, something set it off but i don't know how yet. we have not been able to process the vehicle yet. i have to thank elon musk specifically. he gave us quite a bit of additional information in regards to how the vehicle was locked after it exploded due to the nature of the force from the explosion as well as being able to capture all the video from the tesla charging stations across the country and he sent that directly to us, so i appreciate his help on that. i will take one more question. >> reporter: elon musk is saying this vehicle and the vehicle in new orleans were rented from the same company. is there any other indication these two might be associated? >>

did the suspect have any other connection to las vegas? had he ever been here or any recent -- >> so the question was that the subject have any ties to las vegas or had he ever been here before? i do believe we had one instance a number of years ago where he stayed at a local hotel, but we are still trying to verify that information, as well. sir? >> reporter: you have a gentleman in a cybertruck, trump hotel. there is information that the fbi was in colorado springs last night, possibly at the gentlemen's home. any information about why? >> i think i will let spencer answer that question. >> so as i mentioned, the motivation at this point is unknown. we are, as i mentioned earlier, following investigative leads both domestically and internationally, as well, so that includes search warrants and witness interviews, collecting forensic information, and basically trying to compile the facts. there is investigative activity taking place literally around the globe, trying to determine what the potential nexus is, but at this time, this particu

the truck was first spotted in las vegas at 7:29 a.m. yesterday.arlos will pull up a picture of the truck pulling onto fashion show drive here. that picture was taken at 7:34 a.m. we know he pulled into the trump valet, i believe we have a video that. can see the cybertruck highlighted their. -- there. through extensive surveillance video we were able to track him leaving there and we know he went to several places along las vegas boulevard and spent time in the parking much of a business named flamingo on las vegas boulevard. we don't have a truck pulling back onto the boulevard. you see that there, that is north on the boulevard from sands at 8:39 a.m. where he immediately pulls into the valet area and of course the explosion occurs within 17 seconds of his arrival at the valet. there are some additional investigative updates that will be provided to you by a couple other speakers here, the first of which will be our special agent in charge of the fbi local office spencer evans. >> good morning. spencer evans, special agent in charge of the fbi l

we are also awaiting an up date from police officials in vegas. for now i want to bring into our conversation -- they are coming up now. let's go live to vegas. >> okay, good afternoon. my name is kevin mayo. i'm a sheriff with the las vegas metropolitan police department. i'm here to give you really a brief up date on what occurred on las vegas boulevard this morning. as you know, we just had our new year's eve event where we successfully protected the city when over 400,000 people were here last night, and that changed this morning at about 8:40 when a 2024 tesla cyber truck pulled into the area, the valet of the trump international hotel. very quickly thereafter that, the driver, who was a sole occupant of the truck, we saw what looked like a be some smoke and then the truck exploded. i'm going to -- smoke was coming inside of the truck. after we noticed the flash and the expulsion, and i'm going to through you that first video. that's the cybertruck parked right in front of the doors. play that again, carlos. so the individual that was in that

thank you. >> listening to law enforcement officials out of vegas, including the sheriff of the las vegas metropolitan police department, there fire chief, and the fbi special agent in charge. your eyes did not deceive you. at various points the sheriff was referring to videos that our cameras were not able to capture. let's bring in nbc news correspondence emilie ikeda. she has been covering the news of the cyber truck explosion all day. she joins me now. the big thing that stood out to me were one, this emphasis on proper identification, saying they are waiting until they have 100% proper identification, and also the belief that this was an isolated incident, given you have been covering the story all day today. what stood out to you? >> they definitely underscored that they don't believe there is an ongoing threat at this point but we really got some insight into the timeline of what they believe happened. our law enforcement sources telling us that this card, this 2024 cybertruck was rented in early december and police and authorities now saying that it was rented in colorado and then

good afternoon, i'm spencer evans, in charge of the las vegas fbi las vegas division. the partnerships that the sheriff just highlighted commit has been seamless collaboration between the fbi, atf, army cid, las vegas metropolitan police department, if you walk into one of the command posts you wouldn't be able to tell who works for which agency and it has been outstanding collaboration. we do have significant updates that we are sharing with you from an investigative standpoint but just want to reiterate as the sheriff mentioned, there is still a lot of ongoing investigation. we have terabytes of data that we have to analyze. we have outstanding search warrants and subpoenas, interviews that are being conducted around the globe as we try to paint a comprehensive picture of exactly what happened. that being said, we do feel confident that we have a much better sense of how we arrived at the events of the 1st of january and additional information that we can provide. so i would like to first begin by addressing something that continues to be widely speculated, whether o

city of las vegas, marshals, north las vegas, henderson. just to ensure that even if we had a copycat or somebody else wanted to go up and conduct an attack, that we have the appropriate and available resources to to to handle it. have you all found any devices inside the cybertruck that could have been used to set off those explosives? no, we the question is, did we find any devices that would be used to set off the explosives? and the answer is no. i don't know how they were ignited. clearly, with what you see in there, something set them off. but i don't know what it was yet. we haven't been able to process the vehicle yet. >> have you been in contact with tesla co to get the analytics from the vehicle cameras? >> yes, actually i have to thank elon musk specifically. he gave us quite a bit of additional information in regards to how the vehicle was locked after it exploded due to the force of the nature or the nature of the force from the explosion, as well as being able to capture all of the video from the tesla charging stations across

did he have any connection to the las vegas case.we know, there's no direct connection according to the fbi. we're looking at that. that's going to be a big part of this. we talked to neighbors and other people that know him, what did he say about these things? o what caused this radicalization to happen? where did that change happen? as far as we know, it was around february of this year, those were the first posts on sound cloud which had very radical thoughts about music, about movies, all sorts of things you would expect an american to be accustomed to. >> chris, there's also this issue that the fbi director, christopher wray has repeatedly warned about international threats. here you have what looks like a lone actor who has been radicalized. do you think there might have been something that was missed here or is this something you can't plan for, someone radicalized on his own that you can't track for? >> director wray has talked about the red light is blinking, the threat level is assessed to be worse now than it was before se

the 1st one is that the las vegas, i'm going to be talking about the las vegas. so 2nd, the 1st thing is that i'm one of his social media platforms as a photo. that was a photo of him wearing a, a t shirts with ukranian nazi symbol on that. and also he recently used his links, an account to reply to contract opportunities in ukraine. silversmith. it's an interesting, i'm developing story, so we'll do a very intriguing indeed. eh, thank you very much. are to correspond on the say of a lovely performer. seattle, a story, johnson suggests. there may be more to both deadly incidents than the authorities are letting out. on the one hand, we like to proclaim that isis is this great village and yes, isis has carried out her roof. it attacks around the world by my old outfit, the c i a is been dealing with them funding arming, the equipping them sold this, this kind of blow back. it's like it's, it's taught it out when it's convenient to say all we've got to do it. raleigh against isis. for god's sakes quit we're. we're sending the money and weapons, we're training and t

what about in las vegas? what's known in terms of that, at the moment, especial make, we don't know about the motivation. motivation is currently on known, but lower enforcements actually following needs both domestically and internationally. but no information that the to that the las vegas saw specs to is there is no information about his connections to any terrorist organizations in the world the moment. but because it's not rude out including that . but you know, that may be terrorist linkfeld that, but we don't have that information just of yet. but you know, there are 2 interesting things to mention here as well. the 1st one is that the las vegas, i'm going to be talking about the las vegas so spending. the 1st thing is that one of his social media platforms as a photo or that was a photo of him wearing a, a t shirts with ukranian nazi symbol on that. and also he recently used his links to an account to reply to contract opportunities in ukraine. so obviously it's, it's an interesting and developing sto

these are tragic events that happened in las vegas and new orleans. you know, the department and under secretary tenure has taken action to address whether it be extremism or, you know, other extremist activities within the department, that was something the secretary took very seriously when he came into office. so, there are these resources available to our service members and there are resources to those who served. i think what is important to remember is that, again, the vast majority of those serve with honor and integrity every single day. yes, in the back? >> reporter: 45 has been injured because of the idea strikes. -- idf strikes. will they do more to prevent civilian death and impacts from these strikes. do you have anything -- do you believe that they have to do more to prevent them from these strikes? >> nothing has changed in terms of our position and what we have said about the mitigation of civilian harm. the secretary and, you know, his calls with the previous administration, you know, always impresses -- they have impressed upon each

so we just heard from the local sheriff there in las vegas.e also heard from the police chief as well as the fbi special agent in charge for nevada, jeremy schwartz who was there as well. now, let's bring in for more reaction, what we learned about the cyber truck explosion at trump's hotel in las vegas. james fitzgerald, retired fbi supervisory special agent and steven rogers, joint terrorism task force member. thank you both for joining us. steve, let me go to you, first. i'm struck by what i heard in both new orleans there in las vegas they were slow to say they are both terrorism. don't start with the supposition that it is terrorism and then work backwards from there. i mean, you had an attack in new orleans. it was using electric vehicle. here is another electric vehicle and two -- you know, two incidents there in the morning at the trump tower. are you kidding me? why would that not be the starting point? >> you know, jason, i'm so glad you brought up that point. that new orleans situation yes a tragedy, bring up the starting point abou

♪ ♪ >> police in las vegas are now set to give an update at 2:00 p.m.tern on that cybertruck explosion that happened in front of president-elect trump's hotel. we will take you there live when it begins. investigators say they are investigating possible links between yesterday's explosion and that deadly attack in new orleans. so far, the fbi says there is no definitive link, and federal officials are investigating a home in colorado in connection with that vegas explosion. keep it right here on fox news channel. thanks for joining us. >> this type of event can happen in any city. and that is the tragedy of it. and i think it is important for people to understand that to protect our citizens and america from evil, you have to crush it. you can't go out there and placate it. you can't go out there and say, oh, i'm going to put this in place and that in place and hope that evil doesn't show up on your doorstep, because it will. you have to crush it. and that's what we're going to do here. >> sandra: that was governor jeff landry of louisiana vowing that h

the cybertruck explosion that happened in las vegas. according to the associated press, they are identifying him as matthew. he was an active duty special forces operations sergeant and most recently a green beret who was on leave from germany at the time of the incident. we know the car involved, it was rented from colorado. the fbi confirmed they are searching a home in colorado springs. they say it is related to the truck explosion in las vegas. that's happening as they try to figure out a motive and if there are ties to terrorism. >> everybody is interested in the word and seeing if they can say this with the terroris attack. that is our goal. we have a ton of researchers dedicated to this and we are doing it. because the tesla cybertruck was rented. the driver rented the truck and colorado where he drove to las vegas and pulled up to the valet area of the trump hotel. seconds later, witnesses saw smoke and there was a flash and an explosion. investigators discovered gasoline canisters. seven innocent bystanders were hurt. the local

did the las vegas sheriff just say not so fast?paul and las vegas as the very latest. >> of the biggest unknown right now is the motivation behind that cybertruck that exploded right here at trump hotel and las vegas, nevada. that part is still unclear. police are releasing the name of the suspect they believe was involved is 37-year-old matthew livelsberger of colorado springs, colorado. they could not say that with 100% certainty because of how badly burned the body was. authorities also pointed out inside the cybertruck, they found a military i.d. inside. a passport. multiple firearms as well as evidence that matthew livelsberger had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the incident as a suicide with a bombing that occurred afterwards. in terms of how complicated the explosion was, the atf says most of the materials inside were consumer grade and things that every day people good buy. >> is not lost on us that it is in front of the trump building. it is a tesla vehicle. we don't have information at this point that definitel

i got fox five vegas. you mentioned increased security presence at the trump international. >> that will extend further along the strip. or is it just there? and how long do you anticipate that? >> the question is generally about the security posture. and that's that's entirely our entire community. not only fremont street and the strip, but surrounding neighborhoods as well. just to make sure that we have the community feel in that level of safety that they need to feel after an event such as this. right next to you there, katie from the las vegas review-journal. >> um, how exactly were you guys able to use the charging stations to track the cars through? >> the question is, how were we able to use the tracking or the charging stations to track the vehicle all the way through? and i'm not exactly sure how to answer that question just yet. um, i know that there's there's some capability by being able to determine that the car is connected to the charger. um, one of the things that we're looking for is anyb

so this case with the las vegas car explosion is becoming more curious. the more details of the mugs, the mom, we don't know who was found dead inside the destination. caught in las vegas was supposed to be stuffed in ukraine with the us army unit that provides training for the countries troops. and he apparently says that before the conflicts even started, what effects could this have had as well? i think a lot of the 6, i mean, stupid guys this way you served in the military, newer center we can say for western powers aqua ordinating all the supply of weapons and also a training is going on of ukrainians. and i think 26 countries are working that round the clock. this is what they say on the website to make sure that all these weapons are coming to going to ukraine. so when he worked there, and he was there for a lot of years, i think then years he must have been, it could have been radicalized. and of course, i mean, people work there, most likely they will go through ukraine and we all ready know that this a flow of web them is also going on since man

and in las vegas, another act of violence carried out with a car. new video just into our newsroom within the last 20 minutes shows investigators towing away the tesla cybertruck that exploded outside the trump hotel tonight. law enforcement are asking whether that was terrorism to. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. lots to get to tonight. but we begin with new video showing the seconds before the carnage on new orleans bourbon street. a warning some may find it difficult to watch. security cameras captured the crowds and the energy just after 3 a.m. as people celebrated the new year. then you see their crowd scatter as that truck barrels through the street after running down multiple people. police say the driver got out of the truck and opened fire on police officers who killed him. tonight, we're beginning to learn the names of the 15 victims. families of five of the people killed are sharing their stories tonight. from an 18 year old aspiring nurse to a former football star, to a single mom and a father of two. we'll undo

in las vegas, he parked in a place that wasn't very populated. you don't see anybody else there. he had a truck that was going to send the force up and not out. the windows of that hotel just feet away weren't even shattered. so if he wanted to kill people in las vegas, he would have taken that truck somewhere else. there are plenty of places in vegas to take that truck outside another hotel where people are queuing up for a show. so they are mirror opposite intentions to these attacks. that's what makes me think they may not be connected. >> rich: he could have driven the truck three blocks away and on las vegas boulevard. appreciate it. thank you for being with us. >> molly: republican lawmakers are demanding transparency from the intelligence community. what they want to see from the administration coming up. >> let me just say that this act of pure evil as president trump said is right. a vicious attack on innocent americans celebrating ne year's. everyone involved needs to be brought swiftly to justice. you've talked to her till you were blu

>> when cops showed up at the couple's las vegas home, they were shocked. kelly ryan opens the door alive and well. in fact, she doesn't even seem bothered when the cops tell her about her torched jaguar with a body in the back. instead, she's fuming about an argument she and craig had with their live in assistant, melissa james. they tell police melissa's been stealing from them and now she's mysteriously disappeared. >> she had been there for and living with them for quite some time, and now they found out that not only is the car missing, it's been burned, and that that melissa is most likely the person in the trunk. you would expect their reaction to be different. >> melissa james is a professional dancer, a trained ballet, hip hop and jazz instructor who grew up on stage. she opened her own dance studio in florida when she was just 19 years old. >> she loved to dance. that's all she wanted to do all her life. >> but melissa's mom says the light in her bright blue eyed girl dimmed after a bad business deal put her dance studio in jeopardy. that's when s

>> it is concerning not only in new orleans but las vegas.re both army soldiers in 1 capacity are another 1 was clearly radicalized and the other i think we're still trying to understand his motives. it appears as though it was a suicide pair for something going on inside the department of defense you go back to the shooting several years ago an army soldier as well. something that's happening there radicalizing these folks and the question to the department of the defense is do they have the right understanding and ability to detect and alert this type of behavior and their soldiers i go back to the beginning of the -- biden a administration with a launched an initiative to ride out white supremacy inside the military and obviously it amounted to nothing. so the question for me is do we have our eyes on the right ball here. are we not looking at what we're looking at. >> jacqui: i think last may the biggest terroristic threat the fbi director said a couple months ago he is very concerned. here's what he said. >> you don't need to be in a cab

in las vegas at teslas cyber truck at exploded outside a donald trump hotel. what's known about that? well, as you've just mentioned, it just happened just i was off to the, the col arriving in new orleans and 7 people were actually injured. so it happened till wednesday, of course, on fire, near the entrance to the trump international hotel in las vegas. and las vegas police and f b i actually during a recent it just happened a few minutes ago. and during press conference, they actually stated that the body of suspect the coupons beyond recognition font. they found his costs voting and an id card with his photo and a name on them. and uh, the suspect is a such a 7 year old matthew allan libel stuck. i'm sorry if i'm pronouncing this wrong, but he's from colorado springs. there's no 100 percent confirmation that it was actually him, but he's definitely the subject of interest. and the law enforcement officials will say, stated that this individual individual has sustained a gunshot wound in his head and that and that prior to just prior to destination of the v

and in las vegas, another act of violence carried out with a car. video just into our newsroom within the last 20 minutes shows investigators towing away the tesla cybertruck that exploded outside the trump hotel tonight. law enforcement are asking whether that was terrorism to. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. lots to get to tonight. but we begin with new video showing the seconds before the carnage on new orleans bourbon street. a warning some may find it difficult to watch. security cameras captured the crowds and the energy just after 3 a.m. as people celebrated the new year. then you see their crowd scatter as that truck barrels through the street after running down multiple people. police say the driver got out of the truck and opened fire on police officers who killed him. tonight, we're beginning to learn the names of the 15 victims. families of five of the people killed are sharing their stories tonight. from an 18 year old aspiring nurse to a former football star, to a single mom and a father of two. we'll undoubte

vegas. there are notable similarities. let's get right to cnn's ryan young, who is live in new orleans on the ground for the latest on the investigation. the sun's come up, ryan. we can see bourbon street right behind you. >> yeah. john, a lot of changes so far. we know that. we've been told that a lot of cleanup effort is going on in the streets behind us. that scene is pretty much been released by the fbi to the sanitation department. so they could actually start the massive cleanup process here. this investigation, of course, is ongoing. but as we were out here getting ready to do this live report, we saw one of our city council members who lives in this area. you've lived in here for quite some time. can you talk about the impact that this has had over the last 24 hours? well, i mean, it's been incredibly tragic. >> as you can imagine, our community is really in a great deal of shock. but we are a resilient community and we will move forward. i mean, as you already saw today, the fbi has

cnn's natasha chen joins us now from las vegas. natasha, some very interesting information coming in from our hayley britski over at the pentagon about the man connected to the rental of the cybertruck. what more are you learning? >> right. well, hayley has confirmed in just the last few minutes that he is an active duty u.s. special forces soldier assigned to 10th special forces group, according to four u.s. officials, that he holds the rank of master sergeant, a senior enlisted rank. these officials said three officials said he was on active duty serving in germany, and he was on leave when this happened on new year's day. he has not been identified publicly, and authorities are still trying to work out whether this was a terrorist attack. now, just to recap a little bit of what happened behind us just 24 hours ago, approximately, there are still police presence here around the valet area where you pull into the trump international hotel just off of the vegas strip. this cybertruck that he allegedly rented was rented from colorad

en washington, javier vega noticias, telemundo. >> y ahora pasamos al otro incidente en las vegas.. francisco quÉ mÁs se sabe de lo que pasÓ ahÍ en el hotel donde estÁs?Ó ahÍ en el >> quÉ tal, johana? buenas tardes. nos encontramos justo afuera de la torre trump, donde todo funciona de manera habitual. los huÉspedes entran y salen de manera regular, pero sÍ hay bastante seguridad en el perÍmetro cercano, aunque hay bastante nueva informaciÓn de este caso. la mayor interrogante sigue siendo quÉ llevÓ a este sospechoso a cometer este terrible acto? minutos antes de la abrumadora explosiÓn en la puerta de la torre trump en las vegas, nuevas imÁgenes muestran el vehÍculo cybertruck, llegando al strip a las 07:34, luego manejando por el ballet de la torre trump y por el bulevar principal de la ciudad. antes del estruendo identification we also found a passport. hay autoridades de las vegas confirmaron que dentro del vehÍculo tesla encontraron identificaciones militares, pasaportes y al menos dos armas automÁticas pertenecientes a matthew alan lee berger, de 37 aÑos, originario de colora

this is the scene live now in las vegas.he, of course, police in new orleans investigate the attack there which has now killed 15 people. our colleagues in washington will bring you all the latest through the coming hours here on bbc news. sumi somaskanda is there to keep you right up to date, but from me and the team in london, thanks for watching. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the new year didn't get off to the best of starts weather—wise. some parts of the uk had strong winds, heavy rain and flooding and with that rain clearing away, we've been ushering in some colder air. so frost and ice to start thursday morning, and then a day of sunny spells and some wintry showers. the satellite picture clearly shows the band of cloud that brought the heavy rain on new year's day, but then a clearance. those clear skies pushing down from the north. also a speckling of shower clouds and this cold air digging southwards. so a widespread frost and some ice to start thursday morning. could be some slippery surfaces for the jo

we know the las vegas attackers started in colorado, drove to las vegas and detonated that truck there, whereas the other, uh, the new orleans attacker started in houston and ended up, of course, in new orleans to commit his attack. so, uh, connecting these two would be highly significant. but we are not quite on the verge of doing that at this point. we need a lot more detail to figure out if there are actually any, um, interactions between these two people. law enforcement has many resources intelligence resources, law enforcement resources at their disposal that they can push against to see if there are any indicators that i'm sure they're doing exactly that tonight. >> yeah. and juliette, according to our john miller, both the alleged vegas perpetrator here and this new orleans suspect, as andy mentioned, had military backgrounds. so they both appear to be veterans. both electric vehicles, both rented on turo. as andy also noted, their explosive devices in both. i think we should note that although the suspect in new orleans was not able to detonate them before police took him out.

arriving in las vegas on new year's day, he drove up and down las vegas boulevard before passing the trump hotel. berger then circled back and parked the cybertruck in the entrance driveway just moments before the fiery blast, according to law enforcement officials. video of the aftermath shows the bed of the cybertruck loaded with fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel. >> the level of sophistication is not what we would expect from from an individual with this type of military experience. >> police credit the tesla vehicles body construction, forcing the blast upward and limiting the damage to the hotel driveway, even leaving the glass doors intact. law enforcement officials say they have not connected the explosion at the trump hotel to the deadly terror attack in new orleans in the early morning hours on new year's day, but acknowledged the similarities, like berger, the suspect shamsud-din jabbar used a vehicle to carry out the attack, killing 14 people. both have a military background. jabbar was an army veteran and served in afghanistan. they even rented their trucks through th

jeff paul in las vegas this morning. what incoming border czar tom homan said after the new orleans attack9 and the las vegas explosion. >> the incoming administration needs to look at insider threat. i mean, insider threat, the analysis has been put in the backseat by this administration, and we've got two people who served in the military that were, you know, that created -- that committed these terrorist actsment we need to dig down into the insider threat in our military and our federal service whether it's the fbi, whether it's, you know, other agencies, whether it's the military. insider threat's a big issue. we can't let this go on any further. ashley: former fbi agent nicole parker joins me no morning -- morning. nicole, great to have you here. apparently, the suspect, jabbar, had made statements on social media. i'm are interested to know, he never seemed to kind of turn up on anybody's radar even though he was talking about isis. or what are your thoughts on that? >> you're right. first of all, the fbi claims t

i will preface as i close. _ vegas. i will preface as i close. i— vegas.in, our thoughts and prayers are with— our thoughts and prayers are with the _ our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this tragedy and everyone impacted across— tragedy and everyone impacted across the country. they remain at the _ across the country. they remain at the heart of our investigation. i also, at the heart of our investigation. ialso, although i investigation. ialso, although i have — investigation. ialso, although i have only been on the ground a short— i have only been on the ground a short time, i want to express the appreciation for our partner, the us attorney's office, — partner, the us attorney's office, hsi, atf and the governor's office and countless others — governor's office and countless others at _ governor's office and countless others. at this points, i'm going _ others. at this points, i'm going to _ others. at this points, i'm going to turn it to the special agent— going to turn it to the special agent in— going to turn it to the special agent in

llego aqui a las vegas hoy por la manana, alrededor de las siete 30 am y estuvo transitando por las vegasevard antes de detenerse inmediatamente frente a la torre trump. hasta el momento se sabe que el vehiculo fue rerentado a traves de la misma compania de alquiler de coches de la que se alquilo la camioneta utilizada en el incidente de nueva orleans, que dejo a mas de una docena de muertos y decenas mas de heridos. sin embargo, los oficiales creen que los incidentes no estan rel relacionados. >> en noticias de ultima hora sera reabierta hoy la calle bourbon de nueva orleans, donde este 1 de enero, pasadas las tres de la madrugada. el hombre que ya ha sido identificado por el fbi como shamsuddin yabar , llevo a cabo el arrollamiento masivo contra los peatones que estaban ahi recibiendo el ano nuevo. una de las victimas fatales fue nicole perez. ella tenia 27 anos de edad y ademas de la cadena nbc news converso con sus familiares. >> y era bien trabajadora, f feliz, muy feliz con su nino. salia con el y ahora el nino ya no tiene su mama. se la arrebataron .>> a nicole le sobrevive un meno

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we had an incident in las vegas yesterday. there are a lot more resources and law enforcement in the city of new orleans right now than there were 24 hours ago. again, the end of the day, we need not let fear paralyze us, that is the problem in this country. when we do that, terrorists win. >> griff: i understand that point and governor, there are two sides of the argument, safety and security and re resilience not letting terrorists win. you mentioned las vegas, couple time zones apart, the country started it is year with terror attacks and it fright ened them. are you getting realtime information from investigators about whether or not there may be a connection between las vegas and what happened in your city? >> we're getting briefings from the fbi almost on an hourly basis, again, i'll tell you this, only way to protect people from evil is to crush it. believe you me inauguration day can't come soon enough. one person that understands that is donald trump. i can tell you this, too, his homeland security pick, governor kris

and in vegas, there's plenty of places. if you wanted to kill people to to drive up on a sidewalk, say, in front of the bellagio, and people are looking at the fountains, um, or somewhere else where there's a crowd, so that when that fireball went up, you would have killed a lot more people. any of the hotels that have a queue for taxis after a big show or something like that, would have been a place he could have taken out a lot of people if that was his intent. so the intent of the killer in new orleans was not the same, almost opposite of the intent of the person who killed themselves in that tesla truck in, in in vegas. um, because i think it seems like the, you know, the tesla truck with elon musk's name and trump tower is much more of a political type statement to me. um, and the fact that he didn't want a big body count because if he wanted it in vegas, he could have gotten it. >> yeah. >> it's interesting the way you frame that. right? in the sense that despite what similarities we see, this could, at the end of the

one here and one in las vegas. two suspects, both dead, both military, one a veteran, the other an active duty green beret. both served at the former fort bragg in 2009 and in afghanistan, but no indication from officials at this point that they knew each other. far less known about what may have motivated the las vegas suspect found dead with a gunshot wound to his head and the burnt out wreckage of a tesla truck outside a trump hotel. as for the new orleans suspect, shamsud-din jabbar, who was killed in a shootout after murdering 14 people in the early hours of the new year, the fbi is out tonight with this new poster calling for information from the public about the attack. now, normally, we don't show pictures of mass killers like this. however, authorities are actively looking for information about this man jabbar. it features this new poster, two new images from an hour before the attack. also, an image of one of the two coolers, each containing an improvised explosive device which, according to the fbi or fb

the las vegas driver was active duty military.vegas police discussed similarities between the two. >> there are a number of things in this case that are similar to the attack in new orleans. we do know that our subject here served in the military. both of the subjects served at fort bragg, north carolina. they both served in afghanistan in 2009. and we also know, of course, that they both used rental company turo. >> charlie: the fbi also said today there is no definitive link between the two events or the two men. joining me now is lt. colonel daniel davis u.s. retired army men. lt., what in the world is going on in the army that would lead two members to commit such violent acts? >> well, you know, i think it's really foreign keep this in context. is it 1.8 million members of the armed force on active and reserves forces, et cetera. and these two guys are -- i mean, they are human beings. we have issues and public at large and our society and the military. but, when you look -- and there has been some studies done recently. ther

we know about the man identified in las vegas.e is identified as an army reservist who was on leave from the service temporarily. he was from colorado springs. we don't know yet what exactly the cause was of this explosion in las vegas. elon musk has said on x -- he posted last night that he thought it looked more like but did not offer evidence of an explosion related to either what he said were fireworks or perhaps a bomb in the bed or back of the truck, rather than a malfunction by the batteries. we have seen that in other tesla vehicles. tim: as katie said, this is a developing story. we don't know much yet. i'm curious what has come out at this point. do we know how the ignition actually happened, how what was in the back of the truck ignited? we know if the vehicle battery burned, or if fire officials were able to put out the fire before that happened? mike: those are good and open questions that we are waiting for authorities to shed more light on. have heard of course from elon musk, the world's richest man. one of the cof

jeff paul in las vegas. first to garrett tenney who joins us live in new orleans with the latest details there. hi, garrett. >> good morning to you. authorities are looking to see if these two incidents are in any way related. simply because of the shared similarities, both men served in the military. veterans. both men used the rental car appear turo to recent electric trucks to carry out these attacks and explosions we saw. but we did just learn a short time ago, david spunt at the justice department said the f.b.i. no longer believes the suspect in new orleans acted with the help of others. that he did this on his own. that is significant because that has been a top priority for investigators who have been trying to figure out if there was any kind of ongoing threat to public safety. hopefully we'll hear more why they now believe the suspect, 43-year-old jabbar acted alone. this last night and early this morning the f.b.i. and state attorney general said they had a high level of confidence others were inv

first let me acknowledge the attacks in las vegas earlier this week. about the department we for the families of those who were killed and those injured people in new orleans after the attack that occurred on new year's da. we are checking the explosion of a cybertrack outside of the trump hotel in las vegas. secretary austin has been closely monitoring both situations and is actively engagear in providing updates to the president and homeland security leaders. to dateid no dod support has ben requested in response to either incident in new orleans or las vegas. on january 1 louisiana national guard was activated to provide support the new orleans office of homeland security and emergency preparedness. for additional information on this support please reach out to louisiana national guarddi and e will continue to closely monitr the situation and stand ready to assist her interagency partners when needed. looking ahead throughout the month of january to the partner will support her and her agency partners with three high-profile national special securit