New Years Terror Fallout & U.S. Treasury Hacked | 1.3.25
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What details are known about the New Year's terror attacks?
More info on two suspected terror attacks on New Year's is revealed, including similarities between the incidents. What have law enforcement officials uncovered about the two events?
At this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas.
I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Friday, January 3rd, and this is Morning Wire. Chinese hackers have breached the U.S. Treasury, accessing several agency workstations and documents. I think it's very serious because small pieces of unclassified information put together a piece of the puzzle that could lead to classified information. And a rash of violent crime on the New York subway has prompted citizens to step in where they say the government has failed.
We'll obviously make sure that that train is stopped and that the police respond and that we keep order in the car so that nobody gets hurt.
We discussed the return of the Guardian Angels. Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know. As law enforcement continues its investigations into the New Year's Day terror attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, a surprising number of parallels have emerged. Here with the latest on this ongoing saga is Daily Wire deputy managing editor, Tim Rice. So Tim, a lot of information flying around. What do we know for sure?
Yeah, good morning, Georgia. So to quickly recap, we're talking about two separate attacks here, both of which took place on Wednesday. In New Orleans, Shamsuddin Jabbar drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in the early hours of the morning, killing 14 and injuring at least 35 more. Jabbar, a U.S.
What similarities exist between the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks?
citizen and army veteran, had an ISIS flag in the truck with him and has a history of making statements about wanting to support the Islamic State. More on that later. A few hours later, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, injuring several bystanders. Authorities have identified the Las Vegas attacker as Matthew Livelsberger. Here's Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMail.
We also discovered through the coroner's office that the individual had sustained a gunshot wound to the head prior to the detonation of the vehicle. One of the handguns was found at his feet inside of the vehicle. Obviously, in how we're trying to identify him, and I'm feeling comfortable to give you this information, there's a tremendous amount of substantial evidence to include he rented the Toro vehicle.
So this is two shocking and tragic terror attacks happening just within hours of each other. That's obviously going to raise some questions. Is there any evidence right now that they're connected?
Law enforcement are investigating this as a terror attack as well and have determined that the car contained firework-style explosives, fuel, and a detonating device. They've yet to identify Livelsberger's motive. Authorities are stressing that there's no evidence the two attacks are connected, but there are a growing number of parallels between the incidents and their attackers. For instance, both men served in the army. Livelsberger was actually an active duty Green Beret. And they both served at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg in North Carolina. It doesn't seem like they overlapped at the fort, but they did live in North Carolina at the same time. Finally, both men rented the vehicles used in their attacks on the app Turo.
So we'll have to see if any further evidence comes out linking these two together. We should also note that there's some evidence Jabbar had accomplices. The FBI keeps reversing its stance on this. As of this recording, they're saying he acted alone, but initially the Bureau said it was looking into three men and one woman who had been seen planting explosives around Bourbon Street before the attack. The FBI now says it only wanted to talk to those people as witnesses and that Jabbar can be seen on video planting the two IEDs that have been found in New Orleans.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What details are known about the New Year's terror attacks?
0:04–1:52
2
What similarities exist between the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks?
1:52–4:45
3
How serious is the breach of the U.S. Treasury by Chinese hackers?
4:45–7:52
4
What are the implications of the Treasury hack?
7:52–13:56
5
What evidence connects the attackers and their motives?
13:56
6
What can be learned from the recent subway crime surge in New York?
10:24–12:05
7
How have citizens reacted to subway violence?
12:05–14:27
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