00:00And he's overseas U.S. President Joe Biden, and one of his last local sorties or trips
00:05within the lower 48 is headed for the southern state of Louisiana to commiserate with the
00:10victims of the New Year's Day celebration terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
00:15that left 14 men and women dead.
00:18He will offer comfort, hope, and help from government to the bereaved families of the
00:22slain, as VOA's Arash Arabasadi narrates in this report.
00:28Closed-circuit video captures the moment when 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran Shamsud
00:34Dinjabar rammed his truck into crowds of people early New Year's Day in New Orleans.
00:39A black Islamic State banner was recovered from the truck, prompting the FBI to investigate
00:45this as an act of terror.
00:47U.S. President Joe Biden says federal agencies are investigating all possible links.
00:53Federal law enforcement and the intelligence community are actively investigating any foreign
00:57or domestic contacts and connection that could possibly be relevant to the attack.
01:02We're going to continue to relentlessly pursue ISIS and other terrorist organizations where
01:05they are, and they'll find no safe harbor here.
01:10Fourteen people died in the attack, and dozens were injured.
01:14Dinjabar suffered a fatal gunshot wound after opening fire on police.
01:18The FBI says Dinjabar stashed improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, in drink coolers, one of
01:24which they say he placed at a busy intersection.
01:28The Department of Homeland Security says this is another case of what it calls homegrown
01:32violent extremism.
01:34It is a very difficult threat landscape, and it is why we as a community, not just the
01:42federal government, but state and local officials and residents need to be alert to it and take
01:49the precautions necessary to avoid violence from occurring.
01:53Earlier on New Year's Day and more than 2,000 kilometers away in Nevada, U.S. Army Green
01:58Beret Matthew Livalsberger drove a rented Tesla Cybertruck to the Trump International
02:03Las Vegas Hotel.
02:05The Clark County coroner confirmed the highly decorated Livalsberger, whom officials say
02:10suffered from PTSD, died from a self-inflicted gunshot before the truck exploded.
02:16Officials say no one else was seriously hurt.
02:19Law enforcement says there are so far no links between the attacks.
02:26People in New Orleans held a party-like vigil for the victims of the New Year's Day attack.
02:31President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden plan to visit the city on Monday.
02:35Arash Erebosadi, VOA News.
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