00:00I want to give an update on the investigations in yesterday's terrorist attacks in New Orleans
00:10and the truck explosion in Las Vegas.
00:12I've just come from the meeting not just to spend, while we prepare these remarks, a better
00:18part of an hour, from my Homeland Security team.
00:22The number of people killed in New Orleans has risen to 15, including the attacker.
00:27Thirty-five people were injured.
00:28Today the FBI briefed me that, as of now, no information, we have no information that
00:34anyone else is involved in the attack.
00:37They've established that the attacker was the same person who planted the explosives
00:41in those ice coolers in two nearby locations in the French Quarter just a few hours before
00:48he rammed into the crowd with his vehicle.
00:51They assess he had a remote detonator in his vehicle to set off those two ice chests.
00:58So there's no question that, remember all the talk about other people were involved,
01:02places, they have him, they have established he's there, and even established that he had
01:08a detonator to explode those ice chests.
01:12We'll be proud of these women and men that have been appointed.
01:15I think we're going to re-establish the safeguards.
01:18As I said yesterday, the attacker posted several videos just several hours before the attack
01:24indicating his strong support for ISIS.
01:28Federal law enforcement and the intelligence community are actively investigating any foreign
01:32or domestic contacts or connections that could possibly be relevant to the attack.
01:38And so we're also continuing to investigate whether or not there's any connection between
01:41the New Orleans attack and the explosion in Las Vegas.
01:45As of now, as of now, they've just been briefed, they have not found any evidence of such a
01:51connection thus far.
01:53I've directed them to keep looking.
01:55The individual who ran at the truck to explode that exploded in Las Vegas also served as
01:59active duty U.S. Army.
02:02And the FBI is working with the Department of Defense on investigating including the
02:06service members' possible motives and all those he worked with in who served with him
02:11with things he'd say and do.
02:13I directed my team to accelerate these investigations so we have answers to our unanswered questions
02:19and making every single resource available to get the job done.
02:22And we're going to share the facts as soon as I learn them so the American public doesn't
02:26have to wonder.
02:27In the meantime, like I said last night, New Orleans is a city of tremendous spirit.
02:32You can't keep it down.
02:34You really can't.
02:36And we're seeing that today.
02:37The sugar bowl is back on.
02:40Kickoff is going to take off very shortly.
02:42If I don't get this damn thing done, we're going to be in real trouble.
02:44And the FBI is handing control of Bourbon Street back to local officials.
02:52Security in the area has been reinforced.
02:54And it should be over for business later today, Bourbon Street.
02:58People in New Orleans are sending an unmistakable message.
03:01They will not let this attack or the attackers' deluded ideology overcome us.
03:07None of us should fear that it will overcome us.
03:10We're going to continue to relentlessly pursue ISIS and other terrorist organizations where
03:14they are.
03:15And they'll find no safe harbor here.
03:17I'll continue to provide updates in New Orleans and Las Vegas as the facts develop.
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