white house or the trump transition team? >> no response yet from the white house, kate. we have gotten our first statement from a member of donald trump's family. eric trump just posting a statement on social media a short time ago. not much information here. what he did say is that earlier today a reported electric vehicle fire occurred near trump las vegas, the safety and well-being of staff and guests remain the top priority and we extend our gratitude to the fire department from their swift response and professionalism. still, another situation where we are awaiting more information from local authorities that are investigating that there. kate? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> in the past hour, the fbi and local officials in new orleans updated us on the attack on bourbon street and they talked about security concerns ahead of the sugar bowl, which now has been postponed in the wake of today's attack. it will be tomorrow night now. here's more of what they told reporters. >> first, i want to acknowledge the victims of today's horrific attack. the fbi and our partners are working diligently to investigate and find answers on behalf of the victims, the citizens and residents of louisiana and everybody visiting. >> my priority will continue to be that those on bourbon street right now will be serviced and removed as soon as possible, but as state the fbi is in charge of the investigation and are doing everything necessary to make this happen. i also want to acknowledge hearing from president biden, all of our federal partners, but most importantly calling governor landry this morning and responded with haste. we do say thank you, and of course, the unified support in in this room and that's how we collectively responded to the tragedy in the city of new orleans. the mission now is to facilitate, support and coordinate safety procedures to keep our residents and our visitors safe. >> we have been in consultation with espn and the college football playoffs and the southeastern conference and the university of georgia, notre dame, all parties and all agree it's in the best interests of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game for 24 hours. >> this is all hands on deck, from the white house all the way down. i have been in communication with the white house since early this morning. secretary mayorkas, all of the leaders in the local, federal and state agencies and the president plans to provide the resources to bring these cowards to justice. if you saw something, say something. if you know something, tell someone. there are tip lines and information available. please, all hands on deck. >> you have heard some of the details today, and over the last 24 hours we had approximately 400 officers in the french quarter. as we know, this is not just an when we face evil, we have a l. choice, we can run in fear or we can, indeed, stand in strength. >> i will be here to help. i will be here to stand with the city of new orleans. we will bring them to justice. >> they mentioned a tip line there. i want to quickly say 1-800-call-fbi is the tip line. let's bring in our retired seattle police chief. carmen, the fbi believes the suspect did not act alone. we heard that loud and