New Year's Terror Investigations Expand | 1.2.25
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What happened during the New Year's terror attacks?
Two potential terror attacks on New Year's leave over a dozen dead as the FBI expands their investigations.
What do we know so far about who's behind the attacks?
An ISIS flag was located on the trailer hitch of the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Thursday, January 2nd, and this is Morning Wire. A major lawsuit by a detransitioner could shake up the youth gender medicine industry.
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Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know. The FBI has expanded their search for potential suspects in the deadly terror attack in New Orleans that left at least 15 people dead and dozens more injured early New Year's morning. At the same time in Las Vegas, a cyber truck explosion outside a Trump hotel is also being investigated as a potential terror attack.
Joining now to discuss the alarming sequence of events on New Year's is Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice. Hey, Tim. So first, the attack on the French quarter. We reported yesterday on what we knew then, but many more details have come to light since. What is the latest on that investigation?
Well, John, the biggest development is that the FBI has confirmed that they are investigating this not only as an act of terrorism, but they're also looking into the possible presence of a terror cell. Cabot mentioned yesterday that reports suggested several people were suspected to have been involved. And now we have confirmation that authorities are working to learn all they can about who else might have helped the suspect who carried out the attack. This is all connected to suspected explosive devices found in the area, which these other suspects are believed to have helped place. We don't have many details, but local law enforcement says that surveillance footage appears to show three men and one woman placing devices prior to the vehicle attack by the known suspect. The special agent in charge of the local FBI investigation, Althea Duncan, said this yesterday.
Who is the suspect in the New Orleans attack?
We are aggressively running down every lead, including those of his known associates. That's why we need the public's help. We are asking if anybody has any interactions with Samsud Demjavar in the last 72 hours that you contact us.
Now, Duncan named the known suspect there who was killed by police before he could take more lives. What else have we learned about him?
The suspect who drove that rented truck into the crowd and opened fire is a 42-year-old army veteran named Shamsuddin Jabbar. We usually avoid naming these individuals, but authorities are actively working to learn more about his connections, so it helps their investigation to publicize it in this case. Jabbar was on active duty from 2007 until 2015 as a human resources and IT specialist. He reportedly transferred to the Army Reserve and left as a staff sergeant in the summer of 2020. He was found with an ISIS flag in the vehicle and dressed in full military gear. As we reported yesterday, officers also found an ice chest in the truck with a number of explosive devices that had not yet gone off.
Officials say it's clear that he was hell-bent on killing as many innocent people as possible. The death toll from the attack is now at least 15, with more than two dozen others injured, including two police officers. There are a lot of claims about Jabbar circulating online, but much about his life and motives is still being investigated, so we'll have more on that as it gets more defined.
Right. Now, this wasn't the only suspected terror attack on New Year's Day. What happened in Las Vegas?
Yeah, around 8.40 in the morning, so just a few hours after the New Orleans attack, witnesses reported a series of loud bangs and smoke coming from a Cybertruck parked outside the entrance to the Trump Hotel there. Surveillance footage shows the car bursting into flames just a few steps from the glass door entrance to the hotel.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What happened during the New Year's terror attacks?
0:03–2:25
2
Who is the suspect in the New Orleans attack?
2:25–5:08
3
What details do we have about the Las Vegas explosion?
5:08–6:43
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What is the significance of the detransitioner's lawsuit?
6:43–8:20
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How are parents manipulated in the gender transition process?
8:20–14:43
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