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NEW ORLEANS (NewsNation) — President Joe Biden volition sojourn New Orleans connected Monday to “grieve with the families and assemblage members impacted by the tragic attack.”
After signing the Social Security Fairness Act, Biden was asked Sunday by journalists what his connection would beryllium to the families helium would meet. He responded, “I’ve been there. There’s thing you tin truly accidental to idiosyncratic that’s conscionable had specified a tragic loss, my connection is going to beryllium idiosyncratic if I get to get them alone.”
First Lady Jill Biden volition travel the president, according to the White House.
All victims person been ID'd
Investigation continues into what authorities are calling a New Year’s Day “act of terrorism” successful New Orleans’ bustling Canal and Bourbon Streets successful which a car drove into a crowd, sidesplitting 14 radical and injuring astatine slightest 35 more.
Officials said Thursday that each victims person been identified, and their families person been notified by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
New Orleans onslaught suspect
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, has been identified arsenic the antheral who was changeable and killed by constabulary aft the deadly New Year’s Day attack.
FBI Special Agent successful Charge Lyonel Myrthil said Sunday that Jabbar traveled to New Orleans successful precocious October and successful November.
During his archetypal trip, Jabar stayed astatine a rental location for astatine slightest 2 days opening connected Oct. 30, Myrthil said. The 2nd travel took spot connected Nov. 10 but FBI officials “are inactive piecing unneurotic details of that trip."
The FBI said Jabbar was besides wearing Meta glasses during the New Year's Day onslaught but did not crook connected the glasses' livestreaming capability.
Jabbar besides traveled to Cairo, Egypt, from June 22 to July 3 of 2023, and, a fewer days later, flew to Ontario, Canada connected July 10, returning to the U.S. connected July 13. It's unclear if those trips are connected to the onslaught successful New Orleans.
Officials inactive accidental Jabbar, a U.S. national from Houston, acted unsocial erstwhile helium killed 14 radical aboriginal connected New Year’s Day.
The Hill and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
