Lemon LIVE at 5 | New Year, New Fears - January 2nd, 2025
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Why did Don Lemon host a surprise live show about New Year violence?
Welcome in everyone to Lemon Live at 5. We're so glad that you could be here. I really appreciate you joining us this evening. It is, we come on the air, we stream to you with some developments on two big breaking news stories. Again, as we had not planned to have a live a couple of days this week, we're having a live show now. Because of all of the news that's happening and I felt like I would be remiss in my duties as someone who is alerting you of all the things that are going on. If I did not come on and give you the information as to what is going on, it is disturbing. There's new information happening in New Orleans as they're trying to get New Orleans open or New Orleans is back open, at least Bourbon Street.
because the Sugar Bowl is going on in New Orleans, okay? And then we want to update you on the situation happening in Las Vegas because there's some new information happening in Las Vegas that you need to be aware of. Now, I don't know if you watched our live this morning, but on the live, I showed you. Andy, quickly, I'm going to, if you can just show me. what Trump tweeted. Get that up and ready, okay? What he tweeted earlier, but we have not heard from him. First of all, here's the new information from Las Vegas. According to the Daily Beast, the Daily Beast has some new and exclusive information, as does the Independent. Here's the Daily Beast. This is their headline for today. The deadline says, suspected Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber was a big Trump supporter, according to a source.
OK, and we talked to you guys all about this this morning and we said we did not want to come up with any conspiracy theories. Now, this certainly adds a new wrinkle to this story. Suspected Las Vegas cyber truck person. was a big Trump supporter, according to the source. Now, this is in the Daily Beast. The Daily Beast, I believe, got much of their information from the Independent, which is a great news organization, which is an independent news organization, which is not affiliated with corporate media and such. And here's what their headline says. Cybertruck blast suspect was a Rambo type who loved Trump. That is according to his family. It is an exclusive. The Daily Beast got in touch with his family.
Matthew Livelsberger, his shocked uncle, told The Independent that the Green Beret was a super soldier. The photograph there on the front shows. of this article, at the top of this article, shows the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, the name on the door, a familiar gold name to Trump Tower and other Trump properties around the country and probably around the world. He has the same logo, same font, same gold trim, same gold lettering. And that is the Tesla Cybertruck that many of the Trump bros or whatever have become enamored by. On fire. There it is. In Las Vegas. At the Trump Hotel. I'm going to read this to you. And I want you to be very mindful that this is new information that's just coming in. It's being reported by.
the Independent. The active duty Green Beret, who was driving a Tesla Cybertruck that blew up outside the Trump International Hotel, Las Vegas, on New Year's Day, was a, and this is a quote, 100% patriot, his bewildered uncle said on Thursday. He was 37 years old, this Matthew Leibelsberger. Another quote, he was like a Rambo type, For lack of a better word, the uncle says. His name is Dean Livelsberger. He told The Independent that. Dean, whose older brother is Livelsberger's father, according to The Independent, his name is Roger, himself an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam, said his nephew loved the Army. That he used to have all patriotic stuff on Facebook. He was 100% loving the country, he continued to say.
He loved Trump. He was also a very, very patriotic soldier, a patriotic American. It's one of the reasons he was in Special Forces for so many years. It wasn't just one tour of duty. We're talking about this suspect in this Las Vegas incident. They're still investigating it and they're looking into this terrorism angle. We don't know why he did it. There's the photograph that we showed you this morning.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why did Don Lemon host a surprise live show about New Year violence?
0:15–7:39
2
What new details emerged about the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion suspect?
7:39–13:21
3
How do family interviews describe the suspected Cybertruck bomber's military background?
13:21–36:14
4
Could there be a link between the Las Vegas blast and political figures or companies?
36:14–1:11:20