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It was a lone wolf. I'm Jack Callahan, Fox News. That's the FBI's finding in the New Year's attack in New Orleans. We do not assess at this point that anyone else involved in this attack is involved in this attack except for Shamsa Din Jabbar. Christopher Rea is the deputy director of the FBI's counterterrorism division. In a security briefing, the FBI has reportedly told congressional leaders there was no intelligence about a pending attack.
But Fox's Gary Tenney reports acquaintances had noticed changes in Jabbar. A man who is married to Jabbar's ex-wife told the New York Times Jabbar had been acting erratically in recent months, so much so that the couple had to stop allowing the two daughters they share with Jabbar. They had to stop them from spending time with him. The FBI also clarifying Jabbar killed 14 people with the rented truck. He became the 15th victim when police shot him to death.
New Orleans is taking down the crime scene tape and reopening Bourbon Street ahead of today's rescheduled Super Bowl game, a Sugar Bowl game, rather, at the Superdome. The driver of the truck that exploded at the Trump Hotel in Vegas identified as an active-duty U.S. Army soldier. Federal agents are searching a home in the Colorado Springs area they say is connected to Matthew Allen Livelsberger, the now-dead driver of the cyber-Tesla truck that exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel near the Las Vegas Strip.
Fox News confirms Livelsberger was an active duty U.S. Army special operations soldier who had a history with the military going back to 2006. The FBI also now says they do not believe Livelsberger's acts are connected to the terror attack in New Orleans. Fox's Eben Brown, in the last week of the old year, unemployment claims dropped to their lowest level since early last spring. First time claims falling by 9,000 last week. More than 1.8 million people are getting unemployment benefits.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson now has President-elect Trump's support to hang on to the Speaker's gavel. I'm humbled and honored to have President Trump's endorsement for the role again, as well as the endorsement of leaders across the conservative spectrum and the Republican Party, all of my colleagues.
that are standing with us, and we will get this done. The GOP has a slim two-vote majority, and some GOP congressmen have been withholding their support for Johnson to keep the speakership in tomorrow's vote. According to its inauguration website, President-elect Trump is planning a victory celebration at Washington's Capital One Arena on Sunday, January 19th, the day before the inauguration. Federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they've ever seized,
when they arrested a Virginia man on firearms charges last month. According to court documents filed by federal prosecutors, agents found more than 150 pipe bombs and other homemade devices when they searched a home northwest of Norfolk in December. The suspect's attorney says there's no evidence he planned to hurt anybody.
Israel says it has taken out another Hamas leader. The Israel Defense Forces have confirmed what they call an intelligence-based airstrike in the southern Gazan city of Khan Yunis. They claim to have eliminated Hassam Shawan. He was the head of the Hamas internal security forces in the area. We're told Shawan was responsible for intelligence assessments before attacks on Israel's military.
The airstrike took place in a humanitarian zone, and the Israelis say they took steps to mitigate the risk of harming civilians. According to Palestinian medics, at least 10 people died, including women and children. Jonathan Savage, Fox News. The aging computer dispatch system for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is out of commission. It crashed New Year's Eve, forcing deputies to handle all calls by radio. It is not clear what caused the outage or how long it'll take to fix it.
I'm Jack Callahan, and this is Fox News.