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This is a Fox News Alert. I'm Tom Rigotti. A terror suspect behind the deadly New Year attack in New Orleans overnight has been named.
Fox's Jeff Manasseh reports. We're told his name is Shamsud Dinjabar, 42, who the FBI says flew an ISIS flag on the trunk he was driving as he plowed into people on Bourbon Street overnight, killing 10 and injuring dozens of others. The suspect killed in a gunfight with police. Two officers also hurt. We do not want anyone on
Bourbon Street today. This is in order to protect and stabilize the scene. New Orleans Police Chief Ann Kirkpatrick amid a fluid situation involving improvised explosive devices and potentially other suspects. Federal investigators also at another location in the city as well as in Texas, where we're told the truck used in the attack was from.
Jeff Manosso, Fox News. CEO of the Sugar Bowl announcing that the game between Notre Dame and Georgia has been postponed for 24 hours. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is urging people to stay away from Bourbon Street. I'm going to ask people to do not go around our secured area if there is no essential need to do so.
It matters, and again, it is an active crime scene. Locals and tourists are left on edge following the truck terror attack. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hudson says that public safety is the Sheriff Department's top priority. Everybody in this unified command here loves the city.
We love the people of the city. We love what it represents to this community and to this country and people from all over the world come here. We love the city. We're here to protect the city. We're putting everything at our disposal to do that. And we want our community to know that and all our visitors here as well. America is listening to Fox News.
I'm Ben Domenech, Fox News contributor, editor-at-large of The Spectator, and editor of the Transom.com daily newsletter. I'm inviting you to join in-depth conversations every week on the Ben Domenech Podcast. Listen and follow now at foxnewspodcast.com. A new Congress is set to be seated Friday. President-elect Donald Trump talks about his endorsement of Speaker Mike Johnson. I don't support Speaker Johnson. I think we're going to have a
Great time in Washington. I think we're going to get great support. And he's the one that can win right now. People like him. Almost everybody likes him. Others are very good, too, but they have 30 or 40 people that don't like him. So that's pretty tough. Fox's Ryan Schmelz has more. Michigan Republican Tom Barrett will be one of the many new members sworn into the 119th Congress. Barrett tells Fox News Radio he hopes to address border security quickly. I think that's the most acute issue.
problem that the country is facing that we can have a direct role in addressing through federal policy. Barrett's great-grandfather also served in the House, and he's not the only new member where politics runs in the family. Alaska Republican Nick Begich's grandfather and uncle both served in Congress, and Maryland Congresswoman-elect April McLean Delaney, a Democrat, will be sworn in to the seat once held by her husband, John Delaney. In Washington, Ryan Schmelz, Fox News.
But with the turn of the year, Ukraine formally cut off the flow of natural gas through a major Russian pipeline to Europe. Fox's Greg Palcott reports. The move nearly three years into the war is part of Kiev's efforts to further strain Russian finances as Moscow's forces continue to make significant advances. The cutoff is projected to cost Russia $6.5 billion annually, adding to the economic toll from international sanctions.
With only one remaining pipeline delivering Russian gas to Europe, the disruption and possible price hikes could accelerate efforts by European countries to abandon Russian energy altogether. However, the decision comes at a cost to Ukraine as well. Kyiv stands to lose $800 million annually in transit fees. In London, Craig Palka, Fox News. I'm Tom Rigotti. This is Fox News.