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ARMY VETERAN FROM TEXAS. MULTIPLE BOMBS FOUND IN HIS TRUCK ALONG WITH AN ISIS FLAG. THE WARNING SIGNS MISSED LEADING UP TO THE ATTACK, AND NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY HE WAS ABLE TO GET PAST POLICE BARRIERS, WHY THE CITY REMOVED BARRIERS FROM THE STREET. >> PLUS, FAMILIES IN MOURNING TO HAVE THIS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BLOW TO THE GUT FROM A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER TO A FATHER OF TWO. >> WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS KILLED IN WEDNESDAY'S ATTACK. PLUS, THE HARROWING STORIES OF SURVIVAL FROM WITNESSES. >> CYBERTRUCK EXPLOSION. STUNNING VIDEO OF THE MOMENT A TESLA EXPLODES OUTSIDE OF THE TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS.
THE STOCKPILE OF EXPLOSIVES AND FUEL FOUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. WAS THIS CONNECTED TO THE NEW ORLEANS ATTACK? >> PLUS, NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION GONE WRONG. THE TERRIFYING MOMENT AN ILLEGAL FIREWORK DISPLAY TURNED DEADLY. >> HIGH END HEIST. HOW BURGLARS IN LONDON MADE OFF WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN HANDBAGS AND JEWELRY.
>> AND THE MYSTERY OF A MASSIVE METAL OBJECT FALLING FROM THE SKY FINALLY SOLVED. >> FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS GOOD MORNING AMERICA. FIRST LOOK. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M LIONEL MOISE. >> I'M ANDREA FUJII. ANDREW AND RHIANNON ARE OFF. WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST ON THAT HORRIFIC ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS. >> AUTHORITIES SAY 42 YEAR OLD SHAMSUDDIN UMAR OF TEXAS WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT MOWED DOWN A CROWD THAT HAD JUST RANG IN THE NEW YEAR.
THEY BELIEVE THE ARMY VETERAN WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS WHEN HE RACED THROUGH BOURBON STREET, CALLING IT AN ACT OF TERROR. >> BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER, 15 PEOPLE WERE DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE ATTACK. NICOLE D'ANTONIO IS STANDING BY IN WASHINGTON, BUT WE BEGIN WITH ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IN NEW ORLEANS. CHRISTIANE.
>> ANDREA. LIONEL. INVESTIGATORS SAY EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE HAS UNCOVERED AN ISIS INSPIRED DRIVER WHO EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO KILL BEFORE THE RAMPAGE. THIS MORNING, THE CAREFUL WORK OF GATHERING EVIDENCE CONTINUES. JUST OVER 24 HOURS AFTER THE CARNAGE OF NEW ORLEANS MOST FAMOUS STREET. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE SPEED OF THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT PLOWED INTO PEOPLE, KILLING AT LEAST 15 AND INJURING MANY MORE.
>> WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT GOT HIT BY THIS CAR. SHOWS THE TRUCK FLYING AN ISIS FLAG COMING DOWN CANAL STREET AROUND 3:15 A.M, BEFORE TURNING ONTO BOURBON AND SPEEDING INTO THE CROWD, THE TRUCK NARROWLY MISSING ZION PARSONS, BUT HIS FRIEND WAS DIRECTLY IN THE PATH. >> WE RAN ONE WAY, SO LIKE ABOUT FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE CURB, AND WE RAN INTO THE BAR TO BE PROTECTED BY THE THIS BY THE LITTLE DIVOT.
SO I'M MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAY TO TRY AND FIND HER. I'M SAYING NO. NO. LIKE WHERE WHERE IS SHE? AND I TURNED MY HEAD AND IT'S JUST IT'S HER IN THE STREET. >> AUTHORITIES IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT AS 42 YEAR OLD SHAMSUDDIN JABAR, A U.S. BORN CITIZEN, AN ARMY VETERAN FROM TEXAS WHO THEY SAY WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS TO KILL.
THEY SAY HE WAS SPEEDING DOWN BOURBON, WEARING BODY ARMOR AND FIRING AN AR STYLE RIFLE OUT OF THE TRUCK. RACING ABOUT THREE BLOCKS BEFORE CRASHING, STEPPING OUT AND OPENING FIRE AGAIN, WOUNDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS INSIDE THAT FORD F-150. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY FOUND MULTIPLE HOMEMADE PIPE BOMBS PACKED WITH NAILS. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS ON THAT FLAGPOLE WRAPPED IN THAT GRAY JACKET IS A BLACK FLAG BEARING THE ISIS INSIGNIA.
A FIRE AT AN AIRBNB NEAR BOURBON STREET YESTERDAY MORNING IS NOW REPORTEDLY BEING LINKED TO JABAR. OFFICIALS SAY IT APPEARS EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATTACK WERE MADE AT THE PROPERTY. >> WHAT WE SAW WAS INSANITY. >> OFFICIALS SAY STEEL BOLLARDS INSTALLED ON THE STREET WERE UNRELIABLE AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED AHEAD OF THE SUPER BOWL IN FEBRUARY.
VEHICLES HAD BEEN PLACED AT BLOCKADES, BUT THERE WERE GAPS. >> WE HAD BARRIERS THERE. WE HAD OFFICERS THERE AND THEY STILL GOT AROUND. SO WE DID INDEED HAVE A PLAN. BUT THE TERRORISTS DEFEATED IT. >> CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY QUESTIONED THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, WONDERING WHY THE REPLACEMENT DIDN'T HAPPEN MONTHS AGO.
>> WHY IS THAT CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING NOW AND WHY IS IT SO DELAYED, SO MUCH SO THAT WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT UP AT A MEETING THAT WE JUST HAD ON MONDAY, AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY. THIS CONSTRUCTION SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED MUCH EARLIER, AND EVERYTHING REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY AND IN PLACE.
FIXED, REPAIRED, READY TO GO. >> NOW AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH JABAR IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE ATTACK TO CONTACT THE FBI. ANDREA. CHRISTIANE. >> THANK YOU. WELL, IT APPEARS JABAR HAD PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS IN SEVERAL VIDEOS POSTED ON FACEBOOK. WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT CONNECTION TO THE TERROR GROUP.
HIS MILITARY SERVICE, FAILED MARRIAGES AND FINANCIAL STRUGGLES. ABC'S NICOLE D'ANTONIO HAS THE LATEST. >> I'M BORN AND RAISED IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS AND NOW LIVE IN HOUSTON. >> THIS MORNING, INVESTIGATORS ARE REVEALING MORE ABOUT SHAMSU ABAD, THE SUSPECT BEHIND THE DEADLY NEW ORLEANS ATTACK. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THROUGH COURT DOCUMENTS HE'S BEEN DIVORCED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAD FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES DESPITE A SIX FIGURE SALARY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST NIGHT SAID THAT THE FBI IS NOW LOOKING AT VIDEOS JABAR POSTED JUST BEFORE THE ATTACK. >> THE FBI ALSO REPORTED TO ME THAT MERE HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK, HE POSTED VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA INDICATING THAT HE WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS EXPRESSING A DESIRE TO KILL. >> THE VIDEOS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE AS HE DROVE FROM TEXAS TO NEW ORLEANS.
>> SOURCES TELL US HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT HIS DIVORCE. HE SPOKE ABOUT MAYBE WANTING TO KILL HIS OWN FAMILY BEFORE DECIDING ULTIMATELY TO TURN A VEHICLE ONTO BOURBON STREET. >> JABAR SERVED IN THE ARMY IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE FROM 2007 UNTIL 2015, AND DEPLOYED ONCE TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2009. HE THEN SERVED IN THE ARMY RESERVE UNTIL 2020.
HE RECEIVED SEVERAL MEDALS AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN HONORABLY DISCHARGED SINCE 2021. JABAR HAD WORKED AT THE ACCOUNTING FIRM DELOITTE. THE COMPANY SAYING, QUOTE, WE ARE OUTRAGED BY THIS SHAMEFUL AND SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE AND ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO ASSIST AUTHORITIES IN THEIR INVESTIGATION. SOURCES SAY THEY BELIEVE JABAR WAS RADICALIZED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THAT THE WAR IN GAZA MAY HAVE FURTHER RADICALIZED HIM.
HIS FORMER CLASSMATE IS IN DISBELIEF. >> IT HURTS. THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNEW BACK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE DID THIS AND HE HURT SO MANY PEOPLE. IT'S JUST HARD TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND IT. >> INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON THE ASSAULT STYLE RIFLE AND A HANDGUN RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE, AND MULTIPLE IEDS FOUND IN THE VEHICLE AND OTHER PLACES IN THE FRENCH QUARTER.
NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE ATTEMPTING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TIES HE HAD TO ISIS BEYOND THE FLAG THAT WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS VEHICLE. AND OFFICIALS ARE OPENLY EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERN THAT JABAR HAD HELP. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO HARD EVIDENCE THERE ARE ANY COCONSPIRATORS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS VERY CLOSELY. LIONEL. >> ALL RIGHT. NICOLE. THANK YOU.
MEANTIME, THE OWNER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK USED IN THE BOURBON STREET ATTACK IS NOW SPEAKING OUT. RODRIGO DIAZ CONFIRMED TO ABC NEWS THAT HE RENTED OUT HIS FORD F-150 TRUCK THROUGH THE TURO APP, WHICH IS A CAR SHARING COMPANY. AND HE TOLD US THAT HE HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE FBI. HIS WIFE WAS IN TEARS, SAYING THEY ARE DEVASTATED.
>> NOW TO THE VICTIMS IN THE ATTACK. THEY INCLUDE A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, A FORMER COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER AND A SINGLE MOTHER. THE VICTIMS WERE ON BOURBON STREET TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR. INSTEAD, THEIR LIVES WERE CUT TRAGICALLY SHORT. A FOOTBALL STAR. A YOUNG MOM, AN ASPIRING NURSE. >> IT IS SENSELESS.
YOU KNOW, IT MAKES YOU WANT YOU. YOU GET ANGRY. WHY? >> WHY? THIS MORNING, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES ARE IN MOURNING FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE NEW ORLEANS ATTACK. AMONG THOSE KILLED, 37 YEAR OLD REGGIE HUNTER, THE DAD OF TWO VISITING THE CITY WITH HIS COUSIN WHEN HE WAS RUN DOWN BY THE ATTACKER. >> YOU JUST THINK LIKE THIS YOUNG GUY. GREAT DAD.
SENSE OF HUMOR, FUNNY, HARDWORKING, LOVE HIS FAMILY. YOU KNOW, HIS SISTERS, HIS BROTHERS, COUSINS LOVE EVERYBODY. AND TO JUST GO OUT AND HAVE FUN. AND YOU ARE MURDERED FOR NO REASON BY SOMEONE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SOMEONE THAT YOU'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO, NEVER SEEN BEFORE, NO JUSTIFICATIONS, NO NOTHING. >> 27 YEAR OLD NICOLE PEREZ WAS A SINGLE MOTHER, JUGGLING WORK AND RAISING HER FOUR YEAR OLD SON.
>> SHE WAS BEING A MOTHER AND A FATHER, AND SHE WAS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. >> WHILE 18 YEAR OLD NICOLE DEDEAUX WAS JUST DAYS AWAY FROM STARTING NURSING SCHOOL, HER MOTHER SAYS SHE WARNED HER TO STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA. >> I SAID, WELL, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GO TO NEW ORLEANS LIKE YOU SNUCK LAST TIME. >> MATTHEW TENORIO'S FAMILY HAD ALSO WORRIED ABOUT HIS PLANS TO GO TO BOURBON STREET, BUT HE DECIDED TO GO.
THAT WAS THE LAST CONVERSATION THEY HAD. >> ALL I COULD DO WAS JUST HUG HIM AND TELL HIM I LOVE YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR! PLEASE TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET HOME. AND THAT NEVER TEXT NEVER CAME. >> FORMER PRINCETON FOOTBALL PLAYER TIGER BECK WAS REMEMBERED BY HIS TEAM OVERNIGHT. 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.
TONIGHT, A SCHOOL IN BATON ROUGE WILL HOLD A PRAYER SERVICE. ONE FORMER STUDENT SURVIVED, BUT ONE DID NOT. >> INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS IS LINKED TO A TESLA CYBERTRUCK EXPLODING IN NEVADA. THE CYBERTRUCK EXPLODED IN FRONT OF A TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS, PACKED WITH FIREWORKS AND GAS CANS.
THE INVESTIGATION IS NOW TAKING AUTHORITIES TO ANOTHER STATE. ATF AGENTS WERE SEEN AT A HOME IN COLORADO OVERNIGHT, REPORTEDLY INVESTIGATING THE VEHICLE EXPLOSION OUTSIDE THE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS. AUTHORITIES SAID THE TESLA CYBERTRUCK WAS RENTED IN COLORADO SPRINGS BEFORE IT WAS DRIVEN TO NEVADA.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A CYBERTRUCK. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT VICTIMS. >> ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE CYBERTRUCK ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL AROUND 8:40 A.M. LOCAL TIME, PARKED, THEN BURST INTO FLAMES. >> IT PULLED RIGHT UP TO THE GLASS ENTRANCE DOORS OF THE HOTEL. WE SAW THAT SMOKE START SHOWING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THEN A LARGE EXPLOSION FROM THE TRUCK OCCURS.
>> THE DRIVER DIED IN THE BLAST AND SEVEN OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED. INVESTIGATORS ARE TREATING THE INCIDENT AS A POSSIBLE ACT OF TERRORISM, AMONG OTHER POSSIBILITIES, ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL BRIEFED. NEW IMAGES SHOW THE BED OF THE TRUCK WAS FILLED WITH GAS CANISTERS, CAMPING FUEL AND THOSE FIREWORKS.
TESLA CEO ELON MUSK POSTED ON X. THE EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY A VERY LARGE FIREWORKS AND OR A BOMB CARRIED OUT IN THE BED OF A RENTED CYBERTRUCK, AND IS UNRELATED TO THE VEHICLE ITSELF. AFTER THE VEGAS ATTACK, THE NYPD RAMPED UP SECURITY AROUND THE TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THE IDENTITY OF THE CYBERTRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT RELEASED OVERNIGHT.
>> THE VEHICLES IN BOTH THE LAS VEGAS AND NEW ORLEANS INCIDENTS WERE RENTED ON TURO, A CAR SHARING RENTAL APP. RIGHT NOW, THE FBI SAYS THEY AREN'T CONNECTED, BUT AGENTS ARE CHECKING FOR ANY POSSIBLE LINKS. TURO RELEASED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS, ADDING THAT IT IS PARTNERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BOTH CASES.
>> TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WITH SNOW, SOME ICE IN THE INTERIOR, RAIN FOR THE COAST AND I5. ALSO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW DOWNWIND TO THE GREAT LAKES AND A NEW STRIPE OF SNOW WILL CROSS THE MIDWEST WITH AN ALBERTA CLIPPER.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM INTO AREAS AROUND THE MIDWEST AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY NIGHT, MANY WILL SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW, A FEW SPOTS, UP TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WITH THAT. THIS WEEKEND, A BIGGER STORM DEVELOPS INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. WITH SNOW, ICE, AND SOME STORMS TO THE SOUTH FOR ACCUWEATHER.
I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, BREAKING NEWS HERE IN NEW YORK. AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE SHOT AT A MUSIC VENUE. THE DETAILS JUST COMING IN. >> ALSO AHEAD, A DEADLY EXPLOSION INVOLVING FIREWORKS Hold on, people. We're back. Are you kidding me? No way! I knew it! I see you on TikTok all the time. Oh, no way! You've got to be kidding me.
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Stop bothering me. What, are you going to cry now? She's a loser. Don't worry about her. Don't call anybody losers. And these kids have no idea. Their parents are in on it. What do you think your son will do? You don't have to be so mean. Call her a loser. All right. You don't call her that. You're the loser. Do you think I'm a bully? 100%.
You got you. You proud? I feel like I've done something right. Good job, Mom. And from kids to crying babies on airplanes. If you saw someone harassing a mom like this. You just couldn't keep that baby quiet on the plane, could you? What would you do? Excuse me? I was on the flight with you. The baby was crying the whole way.
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YOU DO? >> WEDNESDAY ON ABC? >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, POLICE SAY AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE WERE SHOT WHILE THEY WAITED OUTSIDE OF A MUSIC VENUE IN QUEENS, NEW YORK. THE VICTIMS, AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 20, WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. POLICE BELIEVE AT LEAST 30 ROUNDS WERE FIRED.
A MALE SUSPECT RAN FROM THAT SCENE AND THEN DROVE AWAY IN A CAR. >> NOW TO THE DEADLY EXPLOSION IN HAWAII INVOLVING FIREWORKS. ONE EMERGENCY WORKER SAID THE SCENE IN HONOLULU MAY HAVE BEEN THE WORST THEY'VE WITNESSED IN THREE DECADES. ON THE JOB. THIS MORNING, NEW DETAILS ON A DEADLY EXPLOSION IN HAWAII ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
AUTHORITIES SAY IT HAPPENED AFTER AN ILLEGAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN HONOLULU IGNITED. >> ESSENTIALLY, IT WAS A BOMB. IT WAS FIREWORKS. BUT THEY WERE PUT TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT THEY WERE SO EXPLOSIVE THEY TOOK THE TABLE DOWN, APPARENTLY, AND THEN ROCKETED THESE FIREWORKS INTO OTHER CACHES OF FIREWORKS. >> BYSTANDERS QUICKLY CALLING 911.
AS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE BLAST BECAME MORE CLEAR. >> IT WASN'T JUST 4 OR 6 PATIENTS, IT WAS FIVE AND THEN TEN, AND THEN 15. AND THEN EARLY ESTIMATES WERE AT LEAST 20 PATIENTS AND ALL VERY, VERY SEVERELY INJURED. CRITICAL BURNS PLEADING FOR HELP SURROUNDING THE INITIAL AMBULANCE. >> AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS OF OTHERS INJURED, MOST OF THEM CRITICALLY BURNED.
>> IT REALLY LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE, AND A BOMB PRETTY MUCH DROPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT HOUSE. >> OFFICIALS SAY ILLEGAL BACKYARD SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE ARE A GROWING PROBLEM IN HAWAII. LAWMAKERS NOW PUSHING FOR PRISON TIME FOR ANYONE CAUGHT WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF FIREWORKS. >> IT'S A TRAGIC WAY TO START OFF THE NEW YEAR.
WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NIGHT OF JOY AND CELEBRATION HAS INSTEAD BECOME ONE OF SORROW AND HEARTBREAK. >> ALL AERIAL FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN HAWAII. OFFICIALS ALSO WARN OF THE FIRE DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE KINDS OF CELEBRATIONS. >> COMING UP, RETURNING TO OUR TOP STORY, THE TERROR ATTACK ON BOURBON STREET. >> OUR EXPERT BREAKS DOWN THE ATTACK, Whenever Wherever news breaks, it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo Uvalde.
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Let's do it, people. Start strong with GMA. Start strong. Come on, start strong. - You got finished with this? >> BACK NOW WITH OUR TOP STORY, THE FBI IS LOOKING INTO VIDEOS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE SUSPECT IN THE DEADLY NEW ORLEANS TRUCK ATTACK, REPORTEDLY PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS. >> COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW ARMY VETERAN SHAMSUDIN JABAR WAS DIVORCED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
THE ATTACK LEFT 15 PEOPLE DEAD AND DOZENS WOUNDED. >> EARLIER, I SPOKE WITH ABC NEWS CRIME AND TERRORISM ANALYST BRAD GARRETT ABOUT SOFT TARGETS. BRAD, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. DEADLY RAMMING ATTACKS HAVE BECOME MORE COMMON IN RECENT YEARS. IT'S HAPPENED IN GERMANY AND FRANCE, BUT ALSO IN NEW YORK CITY AND CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.
WHY ARE TERRORISTS OPTING FOR SOFT TARGETS FOR THIS KIND OF ATTACK? >> BECAUSE IT'S A LOT EASIER. KEEP IN MIND, ANDREA, THAT THE REAL FOCUS OF ANY TERRORIST ATTACK IS TO INFLICT FEAR. AND THEY CLEARLY DO. THAT CAR RAMMING IS EASY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIND A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET A VEHICLE INTO A CROWD. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN AT MARKETS.
IT'S BEEN ON SIDEWALKS SOMETIMES, PARTICULARLY IN EUROPE, WHERE BAD GUYS HAVE LITERALLY JUST DRIVEN UP ON THE SIDEWALK ON ANY STREET THAT YOU OR I OR ANYBODY ELSE COULD WALK DOWN AND JUST MOWED PEOPLE DOWN. VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFEND AGAINST. BUT ISIS KNOWS THAT. AND SO CAR RAMMING IS JUST SORT OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO.
>> SHOULD PEOPLE BE AFRAID WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BIG PUBLIC EVENTS? >> DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PLACES WE TYPICALLY GO TO BASEBALL GAMES, FOOTBALL GAMES, BASKETBALL GAMES, CONCERTS, ETC? OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THOSE EVENTS. THEY TEND NOT TO GO AFTER THOSE EVENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO DIFFICULT TO GET INTO.
BUT OUTDOOR PLACES OR THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF WIDE OPEN, LIKE PEOPLE GOING UP AND DOWN THE FRENCH QUARTER DAY IN AND DAY OUT. OR YOU CAN PICK ANOTHER LOCATION. IT IS THAT'S CONSIDERED A SOFT TARGET. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE SCARED. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO. BUT THE KEY WORD, ANDREA, IS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE.
I THINK THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT SAVED THEIR OWN LIVES BECAUSE THEY JUST HAD A SPLIT SECOND TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEY DID. AND YOU SHOULDN'T WALK AROUND PARANOID, BUT YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO FOCUS ON YOUR ENVIRONMENT. AND IF YOU HAD TO ESCAPE FROM IT, HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? YES, THE BOLLARDS WERE MALFUNCTIONING AND SO THEY WEREN'T UP, BUT THEY PLACED A POLICE CAR WHERE THE BOLLARDS ARE LOCATED. THAT'S NOT GREAT.
I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DUMP TRUCK OR A SAND TRUCK, SOMETHING THAT YOU BASICALLY COULDN'T PUSH OVER. HE DROVE AROUND THE POLICE CAR UP ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEN SPED UP SOME PEOPLE SAYING GOING 5060 MILES AN HOUR UNTIL HE WAS ULTIMATELY STOPPED. SO IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF YOU'VE GOT TO BE THOROUGH IN YOUR SECURITY AND THAT THE BAD GUYS LOOK FOR VULNERABILITIES.
AND CLEARLY, SADLY, HE FOUND ONE. >> ALL RIGHT, BRAD GARRETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> STILL AHEAD, THE MASSIVE HEIST INVOLVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN HANDBAGS AND JEWELRY. >> PLUS THE MYSTERY OF A LARGE METAL With so much at stake. So much on the line, more Americans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News World News Tonight, with David Muir.
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>> CHECKING. MORE TOP STORIES THE FBI IS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS IN HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS, AFTER IDENTIFYING A MAN AS THE DRIVER BEHIND THAT DEADLY ATTACK ON BOURBON STREET. 15 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK. ARMY VETERAN SHAMSUDIN JABAR REPORTEDLY POSTED VIDEOS PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS. >> WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THOSE KILLED IN THE ATTACK.
THEY INCLUDE 18 YEAR OLD SHAKIRA DIDO, WHO WAS ABOUT TO START NURSING SCHOOL. REGGIE HUNTER, A FATHER OF TWO. 27 YEAR OLD NICOLE PEREZ, LEAVING BEHIND A FOUR YEAR OLD SON AND FORMER PRINCETON FOOTBALL PLAYER TIGER BECK, ALSO JUST 27. >> IN PUERTO RICO, THE POWER IS NEARLY BACK FOR ALL RESIDENTS AFTER TUESDAY'S MASSIVE NEW YEAR'S EVE BLACKOUT OVERNIGHT.
LUMA, THE COMPANY THAT DISTRIBUTES THE ISLAND'S ELECTRICITY, SAID 96% OF CUSTOMERS WERE ONLINE AT 1.1. 2 MILLION LOST POWER. >> TODAY'S WEATHER IN THE WEST. HEAVY RAIN. SOME SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH FOR THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST. ARCTIC AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN ALONG WITH SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. >> AND FINALLY, A FORMER STUDENT RELIVING HER BEST DAY.
>> HER MAGICAL STORY CONTINUED AT THE ROSE PARADE. THE 136TH TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE WOUND ITS WAY THROUGH SUN SPLASHED PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, THIS YEAR, FEATURING NEARLY 40 FLOATS AND THE THEME BEST DAY EVER, AND IT CERTAINLY WAS THE BEST DAY EVER FOR TWO VERY SPECIAL PARTICIPANTS. OPEN. IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO THAT WE MET 18 YEAR OLD MACY HELM, A DANCER AND PERFORMER AT HEART.
>> I WAS SAVING ALL OF MY ENERGY FOR THAT TWO HOURS OF DANCE. >> THE COLORADO NATIVE WAS DIAGNOSED AT A YOUNG AGE WITH A RARE KIDNEY DISEASE AND REQUIRED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT BY AGE FIVE. THAT KIDNEY HELD STRONG FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, BUT ONCE AGAIN, HER CONDITION RETURNED AND SHE NEEDED ANOTHER.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE IN HER FAMILY COULD DONATE. BUT THEN CAME AN ANGEL FROM HER PAST. >> I COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. >> AARON TAUGHT AT MACY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SAW A FACEBOOK POST FROM HER MOM. THEY ALSO KNEW EACH OTHER BECAUSE MACY WORKED WITH AARON'S DAUGHTER AT THEIR COMMUNITY THEATER, AND SHE TURNED OUT TO BE A PERFECT MATCH.
THIS PAST JUNE, MACY SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED HER TRANSPLANT AT CHILDREN'S COLORADO. >> I FEEL LIKE 100 TIMES BETTER THAN I DID THREE MONTHS AGO. FOR ME TO KNOW THAT I GET TO PLAY EVEN A SMALL PART IN YOUR STORY, I JUST I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND I THINK YOU JUST INSPIRE ME. >> BUT NOW, A NEW TWIST IN THE STORY.
A NATIONAL KIDNEY ORGANIZATION SAW OUR STORY LAST OCTOBER, AND INVITED BOTH MACY AND AARON TO JOIN THEIR FLOAT IN THIS YEAR'S ROSE PARADE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY GLEEFULLY ACCEPTED THE TWO OF THEM SIDE BY SIDE, PARTICIPATING IN THE CORPS KIDNEY FOUNDATION'S FLOAT. TRULY THE BEST DAY EVER FOR A DONOR AND HER RECIPIENT WHO NOW SHARE AN UNBREAKABLE America's number one, use 80 seems now streaming 24/7 on Disney Plus RIGHT NOW ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA FIRST LOOK.
TERROR ON BOURBON STREET. NEW DETAILS ON THE DEADLY TRUCK ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS THAT LEFT 15 DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED. POLICE IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT AS AN ARMY VETERAN FROM TEXAS. MULTIPLE BOMBS FOUND IN HIS TRUCK ALONG WITH AN ISIS FLAG. THE WARNING SIGNS MISSED LEADING UP TO THE ATTACK, AND NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY HE WAS ABLE TO GET PAST POLICE BARRIERS, WHY THE CITY REMOVED BARRIERS FROM THE STREET.
>> PLUS, FAMILIES IN MOURNING TO HAVE THIS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BLOW TO THE GUT FROM A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER TO A FATHER OF TWO. >> WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS KILLED IN WEDNESDAY'S ATTACK. PLUS, THE HARROWING STORIES OF SURVIVAL FROM WITNESSES. >> CYBERTRUCK EXPLOSION. STUNNING VIDEO OF THE MOMENT A TESLA EXPLODES OUTSIDE OF THE TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS.
THE STOCKPILE OF EXPLOSIVES AND FUEL FOUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. WAS THIS CONNECTED TO THE NEW ORLEANS ATTACK? >> PLUS, NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION GONE WRONG. THE TERRIFYING MOMENT AN ILLEGAL FIREWORK DISPLAY TURNED DEADLY. >> HIGH END HEIST. HOW BURGLARS IN LONDON MADE OFF WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN HANDBAGS AND JEWELRY.
>> AND THE MYSTERY OF A MASSIVE METAL OBJECT FALLING FROM THE SKY FINALLY SOLVED. >> FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS GOOD MORNING AMERICA. FIRST LOOK. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M LIONEL MOISE. >> I'M ANDREA FUJII. ANDREW AND RHIANNON ARE OFF. WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST ON THAT HORRIFIC ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS. >> AUTHORITIES SAY 42 YEAR OLD SHAMSUDDIN UMAR OF TEXAS WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT MOWED DOWN A CROWD THAT HAD JT RANG IN THE NEW YEAR.
THEY BELIEVE THE ARMY VETERAN WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS WHEN HE RACED THROUGH BOURBON STREET, CALLING IT AN ACT OF TERROR. >> BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER, 15 PEOPLE WERE DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE ATTACK. NICOLE D'ANTONIO IS STANDING BY IN WASHINGTON, BUT WE BEGIN WITH ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IN NEW ORLEANS. CHRISTIANE.
>> ANDREA. LIONEL. INVESTIGATORS SAY EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE HAS UNCOVERED AN ISIS INSPIRED DRIVER WHO EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO KILL BEFORE THE RAMPAGE. THIS MORNING, THE CAREFUL WORK OF GATHERING EVIDENCE CONTINUES. JUST OVER 24 HOURS AFTER THE CARNAGE OF NEW ORLEANS MOST FAMOUS STREET. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE SPEED OF THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT PLOWED INTO PEOPLE, KILLING AT LEAST 15 AND INJURING MANY MORE.
>> WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT GOT HIT BY THIS CAR. SHOWS THE TRUCK FLYING AN ISIS FLAG COMING DOWN CANAL STREET AROUND 3:15 A.M, BEFORE TURNING ONTO BOURBON AND SPEEDING INTO THE CROWD, THE TRUCK NARROWLY MISSING ZION PARSONS, BUT HIS FRIEND WAS DIRECTLY IN THE PATH. >> WE RAN ONE WAY, SO LIKE ABOUT FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE CURB, AND WE RAN INTO THE BAR TO BE PROTECTED BY THE THIS BY THE LITTLE DIVOT.
SO I'M MOVING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAY TO TRY AND FIND HER. I'M SAYING NO. NO. LIKE WHERE WHERE IS SHE? AND I TURNED MY HEAD AND IT'S JUST IT'S HER IN THE STREET. >> AUTHORITIES IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT AS 42 YEAR OLD SHAMSUDDIN JABAR, A U.S. BORN CITIZEN, AN ARMY VETERAN FROM TEXAS WHO THEY SAY WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS TO KILL.
THEY SAY HE WAS SPEEDING DOWN BOURBON, WEARING BODY ARMOR AND FIRING AN AR STYLE RIFLE OUT OF THE TRUCK. RACING ABOUT THREE BLOCKS BEFORE CRASHING, STEPPING OUT AND OPENING FIRE AGAIN, WOUNDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS INSIDE THAT FORD F-150. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY FOUND MULTIPLE HOMEMADE PIPE BOMBS PACKED WITH NAILS. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS ON THAT FLAGPOLE WRAPPED IN THAT GRAY JACKET IS A BLACK FLAG BEARING THE ISIS INSIGNIA.
A FIRE AT AN AIRBNB NEAR BOURBON STREET YESTERDAY MORNING IS NOW REPORTEDLY BEING LINKED TO JABAR. OFFICIALS SAY IT APPEARS EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATTACK WERE MADE AT THE PROPERTY. >> WHAT WE SAW WAS INSANITY. >> OFFICIALS SAY STEEL BOLLARDS INSTALLED ON THE STREET WERE UNRELIABLE AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED AHEAD OF THE SUPER BOWL IN FEBRUARY.
VEHICLES HAD BEEN PLACED AT BLOCKADES, BUT THERE WERE GAPS. >> WE HAD BARRIERS THERE. WE HAD OFFICERS THERE AND THEY STILL GOT AROUND. SO WE DID INDEED HAVE A PLAN. BUT THE TERRORISTS DEFEATED IT. >> CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY QUESTIONED THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, WONDERING WHY THE REPLACEMENT DIDN'T HAPPEN MONTHS AGO.
>> WHY IS THAT CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING NOW AND WHY IS IT SO DELAYED, SO MUCH SO THAT WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT UP AT A MEETING THAT WE JUST HAD ON MONDAY, AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY. THIS CONSTRUCTION SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED MUCH EARLIER, AND EVERYTHING REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY AND IN PLACE.
FIXED, REPAIRED, READY TO GO. >> NOW AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH JABAR IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE ATTACK TO CONTACT THE FBI. ANDREA. CHRISTIANE. >> THANK YOU. WELL, IT APPEARS JABAR HAD PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS IN SEVERAL VIDEOS POSTED ON FACEBOOK. WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT CONNECTION TO THE TERROR GROUP.
HIS MILITARY SERVICE, FAILED MARRIAGES AND FINANCIAL STRUGGLES. ABC'S NICOLE D'ANTONIO HAS THE LATEST. >> I'M BORN AND RAISED IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS AND NOW LIVE IN HOUSTON. >> THIS MORNING, INVESTIGATORS ARE REVEALING MORE ABOUT SHAMSU ABAD, THE SUSPECT BEHIND THE DEADLY NEW ORLEANS ATTACK. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THROUGH COURT DOCUMENTS HE'S BEEN DIVORCED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAD FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES DESPITE A SIX FIGURE SALARY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST NIGHT SAID THAT THE FBI IS NOW LOOKING AT VIDEOS JABAR POSTED JUST BEFORE THE ATTACK. >> THE FBI ALSO REPORTED TO ME THAT MERE HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK, HE POSTED VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA INDICATING THAT HE WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS EXPRESSING A DESIRE TO KILL. >> THE VIDEOS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE AS HE DROVE FROM TEXAS TO NEW ORLEANS.
>> SOURCES TELL US HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT HIS DIVORCE. HE SPOKE ABOUT MAYBE WANTING TO KILL HIS OWN FAMILY BEFORE DECIDING ULTIMATELY TO TURN A VEHICLE ONTO BOURBON STREET. >> JABAR SERVED IN THE ARMY IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE FROM 2007 UNTIL 2015, AND DEPLOYED ONCE TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2009. HE THEN SERVED IN THE ARMY RESERVE UNTIL 2020.
HE RECEIVED SEVERAL MEDALS AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN HONORABLY DISCHARGED SINCE 2021. JABAR HAD WORKED AT THE ACCOUNTING FIRM DELOITTE. THE COMPANY SAYING, QUOTE, WE ARE OUTRAGED BY THIS SHAMEFUL AND SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE AND ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO ASSIST AUTHORITIES IN THEIR INVESTIGATION. SOURCES SAY THEY BELIEVE JABAR WAS RADICALIZED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THAT THE WAR IN GAZA MAY HAVE FURTHER RADICALIZED HIM.
HIS FORMER CLASSMATE IS IN DISBELIEF. >> IT HURTS. THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNEW BACK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE DID THIS AND HE HURT SO MANY PEOPLE. IT'S JUST HARD TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND IT. >> INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON THE ASSAULT STYLE RIFLE AND A HANDGUN RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE, AND MULTIPLE IEDS FOUND IN THE VEHICLE AND OTHER PLACES IN THE FRENCH QUARTER.
NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE ATTEMPTING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TIES HE HAD TO ISIS BEYOND THE FLAG THAT WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS VEHICLE. AND OFFICIALS ARE OPENLY EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERN THAT JABAR HAD HELP. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO HARD EVIDENCE THERE ARE ANY COCONSPIRATORS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS VERY CLOSELY. LIONEL. >> ALL RIGHT. NICOLE. THANK YOU.
MEANTIME, THE OWNER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK USED IN THE BOURBON STREET ATTACK IS NOW SPEAKING OUT. RODRIGO DIAZ CONFIRMED TO ABC NEWS THAT HE RENTED OUT HIS FORD F-150 TRUCK THROUGH THE TURO APP, WHICH IS A CAR SHARING COMPANY. AND HE TOLD US THAT HE HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE FBI. HIS WIFE WAS IN TEARS, SAYING THEY ARE DEVASTATED.
>> NOW TO THE VICTIMS IN THE ATTACK. THEY INCLUDE A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, A FORMER COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER AND A SINGLE MOTHER. THE VICTIMS WERE ON BOURBON STREET TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR. INSTEAD, THEIR LIVES WERE CUT TRAGICALLY SHORT. A FOOTBALL STAR. A YOUNG MOM, AN ASPIRING NURSE. >> IT IS SENSELESS.
YOU KNOW, IT MAKES YOU WANT YOU. YOU GET ANGRY. WHY? >> WHY? THIS MORNING, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES ARE IN MOURNING FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE NEW ORLEANS ATTACK. AMONG THOSE KILLED, 37 YEAR OLD REGGIE HUNTER, THE DAD OF TWO VISITING THE CITY WITH HIS COUSIN WHEN HE WAS RUN DOWN BY THE ATTACKER. >> YOU JUST THINK LIKE THIS YOUNG GUY. GREAT DAD.
SENSE OF HUMOR, FUNNY, HARDWORKING, LOVE HIS FAMILY. YOU KNOW, HIS SISTERS, HIS BROTHERS, COUSINS LOVE EVERYBODY. AND TO JUST GO OUT AND HAVE FUN. AND YOU ARE MURDERED FOR NO REASON BY SOMEONE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SOMEONE THAT YOU'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO, NEVER SEEN BEFORE, NO JUSTIFICATIONS, NO NOTHING. >> 27 YEAR OLD NICOLE PEREZ WAS A SINGLE MOTHER, JUGGLING WORK AND RAISING HER FOUR YEAR OLD SON.
>> SHE WAS BEING A MOTHER AND A FATHER, AND SHE WAS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. >> WHILE 18 YEAR OLD NICOLE DEDEAUX WAS JUST DAYS AWAY FROM STARTING NURSING SCHOOL, HER MOTHER SAYS SHE WARNED HER TO STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA. >> I SAID, WELL, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GO TO NEW ORLEANS LIKE YOU SNUCK LAST TIME. >> MATTHEW TENORIO'S FAMILY HAD ALSO WORRIED ABOUT HIS PLANS TO GO TO BOURBON STREET, BUT HE DECIDED TO GO.
THAT WAS THE LAST CONVERSATION THEY HAD. >> ALL I COULD DO WAS JUST HUG HIM AND TELL HIM I LOVE YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR! PLEASE TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET HOME. AND THAT NEVER TEXT NEVER CAME. >> FORMER PRINCETON FOOTBALL PLAYER TIGER BECK WAS REMEMBERED BY HIS TEAM OVERNIGHT. 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.
TONIGHT, A SCHOOL IN BATON ROUGE WILL HOLD A PRAYER SERVICE. ONE FORMER STUDENT SURVIVED, BUT ONE DID NOT. >> INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS IS LINKED TO A TESLA CYBERTRUCK EXPLODING IN NEVADA. THE CYBERTRUCK EXPLODED IN FRONT OF A TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS, PACKED WITH FIREWORKS AND GAS CANS.
THE INVESTIGATION IS NOW TAKING AUTHORITIES TO ANOTHER STATE. ATF AGENTS WERE SEEN AT A HOME IN COLORADO OVERNIGHT, REPORTEDLY INVESTIGATING THE VEHICLE EXPLOSION OUTSIDE THE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS. AUTHORITIES SAID THE TESLA CYBERTRUCK WAS RENTED IN COLORADO SPRINGS BEFORE IT WAS DRIVEN TO NEVADA.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A CYBERTRUCK. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT VICTIMS. >> ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE CYBERTRUCK ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL AROUND 8:40 A.M. LOCAL TIME, PARKED, THEN BURST INTO FLAMES. >> IT PULLED RIGHT UP TO THE GLASS ENTRANCE DOORS OF THE HOTEL. WE SAW THAT SMOKE START SHOWING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THEN A LARGE EXPLOSION FROM THE TRUCK OCCURS.
>> THE DRIVER DIED IN THE BLAST AND SEVEN OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED. INVESTIGATORS ARE TREATING THE INCIDENT AS A POSSIBLE ACT OF TERRORISM, AMONG OTHER POSSIBILITIES, ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL BRIEFED. NEW IMAGES SHOW THE BED OF THE TRUCK WAS FILLED WITH GAS CANISTERS, CAMPING FUEL AND THOSE FIREWORKS.
TESLA CEO ELON MUSK POSTED ON X. THE EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY A VERY LARGE FIREWORKS AND OR A BOMB CARRIED OUT IN THE BED OF A RENTED CYBERTRUCK, AND IS UNRELATED TO THE VEHICLE ITSELF. AFTER THE VEGAS ATTACK, THE NYPD RAMPED UP SECURITY AROUND THE TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THE IDENTITY OF THE CYBERTRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT RELEASED OVERNIGHT.
>> THE VEHICLES IN BOTH THE LAS VEGAS AND NEW ORLEANS INCIDENTS WERE RENTED ON TURO, A CAR SHARING RENTAL APP. RIGHT NOW, THE FBI SAYS THEY AREN'T CONNECTED, BUT AGENTS ARE CHECKING FOR ANY POSSIBLE LINKS. TURO RELEASED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS, ADDING THAT IT IS PARTNERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BOTH CASES.
>> TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST WITH SNOW, SOME ICE IN THE INTERIOR, RAIN FOR THE COAST AND I5. ALSO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW DOWNWIND TO THE GREAT LAKES AND A NEW STRIPE OF SNOW WILL CROSS THE MIDWEST WITH AN ALBERTA CLIPPER.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM INTO AREAS AROUND THE MIDWEST AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY NIGHT, MANY WILL SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW, A FEW SPOTS, UP TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WITH THAT. THIS WEEKEND, A BIGGER STORM DEVELOPS INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. WITH SNOW, ICE, AND SOME STORMS TO THE SOUTH FOR ACCUWEATHER.
I'M JEFF CORNISH FOR ABC NEWS. >> COMING UP, BREAKING NEWS HERE IN NEW YORK. AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE SHOT AT A MUSIC VENUE. THE DETAILS JUST COMING IN. >> ALSO AHEAD, A DEADLY EXPLOSION INVOLVING FIREWORKS Move the bus! Move the bus! This family is suffocated. We are all here to help them. We're going to make this happen. We have 96 hours to build a house.
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We'll take you there. You're streaming ABC News live YOU DO? >> WEDNESDAY ON ABC? >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, POLICE SAY AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE WERE SHOT WHILE THEY WAITED OUTSIDE OF A MUSIC VENUE IN QUEENS, NEW YORK. THE VICTIMS, AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 20, WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. POLICE BELIEVE AT LEAST 30 ROUNDS WERE FIRED.
A MALE SUSPECT RAN FROM THAT SCENE AND THEN DROVE AWAY IN A CAR. >> NOW TO THE DEADLY EXPLOSION IN HAWAII INVOLVING FIREWORKS. ONE EMERGENCY WORKER SAID THE SCENE IN HONOLULU MAY HAVE BEEN THE WORST THEY'VE WITNESSED IN THREE DECADES. ON THE JOB. THIS MORNING, NEW DETAILS ON A DEADLY EXPLOSION IN HAWAII ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
AUTHORITIES SAY IT HAPPENED AFTER AN ILLEGAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN HONOLULU IGNITED. >> ESSENTIALLY, IT WAS A BOMB. IT WAS FIREWORKS. BUT THEY WERE PUT TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT THEY WERE SO EXPLOSIVE THEY TOOK THE TABLE DOWN, APPARENTLY, AND THEN ROCKETED THESE FIREWORKS INTO OTHER CACHES OF FIREWORKS. >> BYSTANDERS QUICKLY CALLING 911.
AS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE BLAST BECAME MORE CLEAR. >> IT WASN'T JUST 4 OR 6 PATIENTS, IT WAS FIVE AND THEN TEN, AND THEN 15. AND THEN EARLY ESTIMATES WERE AT LEAST 20 PATIENTS AND ALL VERY, VERY SEVERELY INJURED. CRITICAL BURNS PLEADING FOR HELP SURROUNDING THE INITIAL AMBULANCE. >> AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS OF OTHERS INJURED, MOST OF THEM CRITICALLY BURNED.
>> IT REALLY LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE, AND A BOMB PRETTY MUCH DROPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT HOUSE. >> OFFICIALS SAY ILLEGAL BACKYARD SHOWS LIKE THIS ONE ARE A GROWING PROBLEM IN HAWAII. LAWMAKERS NOW PUSHING FOR PRISON TIME FOR ANYONE CAUGHT WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF FIREWORKS. >> IT'S A TRAGIC WAY TO START OFF THE NEW YEAR.
WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NIGHT OF JOY AND CELEBRATION HAS INSTEAD BECOME ONE OF SORROW AND HEARTBREAK. >> ALL AERIAL FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN HAWAII. OFFICIALS ALSO WARN OF THE FIRE DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH THESE KINDS OF CELEBRATIONS. >> COMING UP, RETURNING TO OUR TOP STORY, THE TERROR ATTACK ON BOURBON STREET. >> OUR EXPERT BREAKS DOWN THE ATTACK, INC For the record, your name is Xavier Collins.
Yes. You have two children. Yes. When was the last time you saw Cal Bradford alive? Agent Collins. Have a seat. I walked the president to his room at 22.04. When did you discover the body? At 8.01. That's when I found him lying next to his bed. Did you kill him? No. Is it part of you happy that Cal is dead? I'm sorry.
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You're going to own 2025, and we can't wait to help. Let's do it, people. Start strong with GMA. Start strong. Come on, start strong. - You got finished with this? >> BACK NOW WITH OUR TOP STORY, THE FBI IS LOOKING INTO VIDEOS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE SUSPECT IN THE DEADLY NEW ORLEANS TRUCK ATTACK, REPORTEDLY PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS.
>> COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW ARMY VETERAN SHAMSUDIN JABAR WAS DIVORCED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. THE ATTACK LEFT 15 PEOPLE DEAD AND DOZENS WOUNDED. >> EARLIER, I SPOKE WITH ABC NEWS CRIME AND TERRORISM ANALYST BRAD GARRETT ABOUT SOFT TARGETS. BRAD, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING.
DEADLY RAMMING ATTACKS HAVE BECOME MORE COMMON IN RECENT YEARS. IT'S HAPPENED IN GERMANY AND FRANCE, BUT ALSO IN NEW YORK CITY AND CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. WHY ARE TERRORISTS OPTING FOR SOFT TARGETS FOR THIS KIND OF ATTACK? >> BECAUSE IT'S A LOT EASIER. KEEP IN MIND, ANDREA, THAT THE REAL FOCUS OF ANY TERRORIST ATTACK IS TO INFLICT FEAR.
AND THEY CLEARLY DO. THAT CAR RAMMING IS EASY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIND A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET A VEHICLE INTO A CROWD. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN AT MARKETS. IT'S BEEN ON SIDEWALKS SOMETIMES, PARTICULARLY IN EUROPE, WHERE BAD GUYS HAVE LITERALLY JUST DRIVEN UP ON THE SIDEWALK ON ANY STREET THAT YOU OR I OR ANYBODY ELSE COULD WALK DOWN AND JUST MOWED PEOPLE DOWN.
VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFEND AGAINST. BUT ISIS KNOWS THAT. AND SO CAR RAMMING IS JUST SORT OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO. >> SHOULD PEOPLE BE AFRAID WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BIG PUBLIC EVENTS? >> DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PLACES WE TYPICALLY GO TO BASEBALL GAMES, FOOTBALL GAMES, BASKETBALL GAMES, CONCERTS, ETC? OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THOSE EVENTS.
THEY TEND NOT TO GO AFTER THOSE EVENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO DIFFICULT TO GET INTO. BUT OUTDOOR PLACES OR THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF WIDE OPEN, LIKE PEOPLE GOING UP AND DOWN THE FRENCH QUARTER DAY IN AND DAY OUT. OR YOU CAN PICK ANOTHER LOCATION. IT IS THAT'S CONSIDERED A SOFT TARGET. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE SCARED.
I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD GO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO. BUT THE KEY WORD, ANDREA, IS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE. I THINK THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT SAVED THEIR OWN LIVES BECAUSE THEY JUST HAD A SPLIT SECOND TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, AND THEY DID. AND YOU SHOULDN'T WALK AROUND PARANOID, BUT YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO FOCUS ON YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
AND IF YOU HAD TO ESCAPE FROM IT, HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? YES, THE BOLLARDS WERE MALFUNCTIONING AND SO THEY WEREN'T UP, BUT THEY PLACED A POLICE CAR WHERE THE BOLLARDS ARE LOCATED. THAT'S NOT GREAT. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A DUMP TRUCK OR A SAND TRUCK, SOMETHING THAT YOU BASICALLY COULDN'T PUSH OVER.
HE DROVE AROUND THE POLICE CAR UP ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEN SPED UP SOME PEOPLE SAYING GOING 5060 MILES AN HOUR UNTIL HE WAS ULTIMATELY STOPPED. SO IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF YOU'VE GOT TO BE THOROUGH IN YOUR SECURITY AND THAT THE BAD GUYS LOOK FOR VULNERABILITIES. AND CLEARLY, SADLY, HE FOUND ONE. >> ALL RIGHT, BRAD GARRETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> STILL AHEAD, THE MASSIVE HEIST INVOLVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN HANDBAGS AND JEWELRY. >> PLUS THE MYSTERY OF A LARGE METAL It feels like we've been keeping this secret for so long. So long? Because you posted a photo spoiling our crossover episode. Oh, was I not supposed to do that? But I can finally talk about that hilarious-- Duh, duh, duh.
Rob, no. How about when Dee-- What is-- no! Charlie. Robert! No. You can't talk about it at all. So any questions? *cough* *coughs* >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT.
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Are they serious? Don't dab him up. ♪♪♪♪ Covering the very latest on the immigration front along the Southwest border in El Paso. I mean a of yell, wherever the story is will take you there. You're streaming eggs in his life. YOU DO? >> WEDNESDAY ON ABC. >> SOUTH KOREAN POLICE SAY THEY'VE CARRIED OUT SRCH AND SEIZURE OPERATIONS AT THE OFFICES OF JEJU AIR.
THEY ARE REPORTEDLY LOOKING THERE AND TWO OTHER LOCATIONS FOR DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SUNDAY'S DEADLY PLANE CRASH. MEANWHILE, THE 737 FLIGHT DATA RECORDER IS BEING SENT TO THE U.S. TO BE EXAMINED BY THE NTSB. >> NEW VIDEO FROM THE BBC SHOWS A HIGH END HEIST IN LONDON. IT SHOWS A MASKED MAN STUFFING MORE THAN $12 MILLION WORTH OF JEWELS INTO A BACKPACK AFTER CREEPING INTO A MANSION.
THAT THIEF IS STILL ON THE RUN. THE VICTIM, AN INSTAGRAM INFLUENCER NOW OFFERING A $1.5 MILLION REWARD. >> AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN KENYA AFTER A PIECE OF SPACE JUNK FELL FROM THE SKY. IT'S A METALLIC RING THAT WEIGHS MORE THAN 1,000 POUNDS. THE DEBRIS LANDED IN A KENYAN VILLAGE ON MONDAY, BUT OFFICIALS SAY IT DID NOT POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
INITIAL TESTS SHOWS IT LIKELY CAME FROM A ROCKET AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BURN UP ON REENTRY. >> COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S PLAYOFFS CONTINUED WITH TWO NEW YEAR'S DAY BOWL GAMES IN PASADENA. OHIO STATE JUMPED OUT TO A 34 NOTHING LEAD ON OREGON BEFORE CRUISING TO A 4121 WIN IN THE ROSE BOWL AND THE PEACH BOWL. THE LONGHORNS BLEW A 14 POINT Move the bus! Move the bus! This family is suffocated.
We are all here to help them. We're going to make this happen. We have 96 hours to build a house. Come on, guys. It's moving day. Let's go. It can't be real. This was more than just Extreme Home Makeover. This was Extreme Life Makeover. Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Thursday on ABC and stream on Hulu. so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast C.
news world news tonight with David Muir America's number one most watched newscast across all of television >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS.
AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT'S I want you to have a really fun summer. I only have one rule. Stay out of the basement. What do you got in the basement? Well, that's not good. Whoa! - - ♪ I'm gonna get you out of my head ♪ For the record, your name is Xavier Collins.
Yes. You have two children. Yes. When was the last time you saw Cal Bradford alive? Agent Collins. Have a seat. I walked the president to his room at 22.04. When did you discover the body? At 8.01. That's when I found him lying next to his bed. Did you kill him? No. Is it part of you happy that Cal is dead? I'm sorry.
>> CHECKING. MORE TOP STORIES THE FBI IS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS IN HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS, AFTER IDENTIFYING A MAN AS THE DRIVER BEHIND THAT DEADLY ATTACK ON BOURBON STREET. 15 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK. ARMY VETERAN SHAMSUDIN JABAR REPORTEDLY POSTED VIDEOS PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS. >> WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THOSE KILLED IN THE ATTACK.
THEY INCLUDE 18 YEAR OLD SHAKIRA DIDO, WHO WAS ABOUT TO START NURSING SCHOOL. REGGIE HUNTER, A FATHER OF TWO. 27 YEAR OLD NICOLE PEREZ, LEAVING BEHIND A FOUR YEAR OLD SON AND FORMER PRINCETON FOOTBALL PLAYER TIGER BECK, ALSO JUST 27. >> IN PUERTO RICO, THE POWER IS NEARLY BACK FOR ALL RESIDENTS AFTER TUESDAY'S MASSIVE NEW YEAR'S EVE BLACKOUT OVERNIGHT.
LUMA, THE COMPANY THAT DISTRIBUTES THE ISLAND'S ELECTRICITY, SAID 96% OF CUSTOMERS WERE ONLINE AT 1.1. 2 MILLION LOST POWER. >> TODAY'S WEATHER IN THE WEST. HEAVY RAIN. SOME SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH FOR THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST. ARCTIC AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN ALONG WITH SUBZERO WIND CHILLS. >> AND FINALLY, A FORMER STUDENT RELIVING HER BEST DAY.
>> HER MAGICAL STORY CONTINUED AT THE ROSE PARADE. THE 136TH TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE WOUND ITS WAY THROUGH SUN SPLASHED PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, THIS YEAR, FEATURING NEARLY 40 FLOATS AND THE THEME BEST DAY EVER, AND IT CERTAINLY WAS THE BEST DAY EVER FOR TWO VERY SPECIAL PARTICIPANTS. OPEN. IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO THAT WE MET 18 YEAR OLD MACY HELM, A DANCER AND PERFORMER AT HEART.
>> I WAS SAVING ALL OF MY ENERGY FOR THAT TWO HOURS OF DANCE. >> THE COLORADO NATIVE WAS DIAGNOSED AT A YOUNG AGE WITH A RARE KIDNEY DISEASE AND REQUIRED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT BY AGE FIVE. THAT KIDNEY HELD STRONG FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, BUT ONCE AGAIN, HER CONDITION RETURNED AND SHE NEEDED ANOTHER.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE IN HER FAMILY COULD DONATE. BUT THEN CAME AN ANGEL FROM HER PAST. >> I COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. >> AARON TAUGHT AT MACY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SAW A FACEBOOK POST FROM HER MOM. THEY ALSO KNEW EACH OTHER BECAUSE MACY WORKED WITH AARON'S DAUGHTER AT THEIR COMMUNITY THEATER, AND SHE TURNED OUT TO BE A PERFECT MATCH.
THIS PAST JUNE, MACY SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED HER TRANSPLANT AT CHILDREN'S COLORADO. >> I FEEL LIKE 100 TIMES BETTER THAN I DID THREE MONTHS AGO. FOR ME TO KNOW THAT I GET TO PLAY EVEN A SMALL PART IN YOUR STORY, I JUST I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND I THINK YOU JUST INSPIRE ME. >> BUT NOW, A NEW TWIST IN THE STORY.
A NATIONAL KIDNEY ORGANIZATION SAW OUR STORY LAST OCTOBER, AND INVITED BOTH MACY AND AARON TO JOIN THEIR FLOAT IN THIS YEAR'S ROSE PARADE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY GLEEFULLY ACCEPTED THE TWO OF THEM SIDE BY SIDE, PARTICIPATING IN THE CORPS KIDNEY FOUNDATION'S FLOAT. TRULY THE BEST DAY EVER FOR A DONOR AND HER RECIPIENT WHO NOW SHARE AN UNBREAKABLE America's number one, use 80 seems now streaming 24/7 on Disney Plus RIGHT NOW ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA FIRST LOOK.
TERROR ON BOURBON STREET. NEW DETAILS ON THE DEADLY TRUCK ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS THAT LEFT 15 DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED. POLICE IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT AS AN ARMY VETERAN FROM TEXAS. MULTIPLE BOMBS FOUND IN HIS TRUCK ALONG WITH AN ISIS FLAG. THE WARNING SIGNS MISSED LEADING UP TO THE ATTACK, AND NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY HE WAS ABLE TO GET PAST POLICE BARRIERS, WHY THE CITY REMOVED BARRIERS FROM THE STREET.
>> PLUS, FAMILIES IN MOURNING TO HAVE THIS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BLOW TO THE GUT FROM A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER TO A FATHER OF TWO. >> WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE VICTIMS KILLED IN WEDNESDAY'S ATTACK. PLUS, THE HARROWING STORIES OF SURVIVAL FROM WITNESSES. >> CYBERTRUCK EXPLOSION. STUNNING VIDEO OF THE MOMENT A TESLA EXPLODES OUTSIDE OF THE TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS.
THE STOCKPILE OF EXPLOSIVES AND FUEL FOUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. WAS THIS CONNECTED TO THE NEW ORLEANS ATTACK? >> PLUS, NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION GONE WRONG. THE TERRIFYING MOMENT AN ILLEGAL FIREWORK DISPLAY TURNED DEADLY. >> HIGH END HEIST. HOW BURGLARS IN LONDON MADE OFF WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN HANDBAGS AND JEWELRY.
>> AND THE MYSTERY OF A MASSIVE METAL OBJECT FALLING FROM THE SKY FINALLY SOLVED. >> FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS GOOD MORNING AMERICA. FIRST LOOK. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M LIONEL MOISE. >> I'M ANDREA FUJII. ANDREW AND RHIANNON ARE OFF. WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST ON THAT HORRIFIC ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS. >> AUTHORITIES SAY 42 YEAR OLD SHAMSUDDIN UMAR OF TEXAS WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT MOWED DOWN A CROWD THAT HAD JUST RANG IN THE NEW YEAR.
THEY BELIEVE THE ARMY VETERAN WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS WHEN HE RACED THROUGH BOURBON STREET, CALLING IT AN ACT OF TERROR. >> BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER, 15 PEOPLE WERE DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE ATTACK. NICOLE D'ANTONIO IS STANDING BY IN WASHINGTON, BUT WE BEGIN WITH ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IN NEW ORLEANS. CHRISTIANE.
>> ANDREA. LIONEL. INVESTIGATORS SAY EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE HAS UNCOVERED AN ISIS INSPIRED DRIVER WHO EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO KILL BEFORE THE RAMPAGE. THIS MORNING, THE CAREFUL WORK OF GATHERING EVIDENCE CONTINUES. JUST OVER 24 HOURS AFTER THE CARNAGE OF NEW ORLEANS MOST FAMOUS STREET. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE SPEED OF THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT PLOWED INTO PEOPLE, KILLING AT LEAST 15 AND INJURING MANY MORE.

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