Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride.

Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal.

Good afternoon, everybody. It's Dave Neal here on January 2nd, 2025 for your afternoon rush hour ride home. I've got all of your news in one place.

And on today's afternoon rush, new developments with the attack on innocent civilians in New Orleans.

FBI says the attack doesn't look connected to the Las Vegas cyber truck bomb.

Also, Bourbon Street reopening tonight in preparation for tonight's Sugar Bowl.

Some critics wonder if the game is being played too soon following the tragedy.

Also in Bachelor news, Bachelor star Michael A. Hard launches his new girlfriend. I'll share what he had to say.

And with an update in the Justin Baldoni lawsuit, he's filed against the New York Times for $250 million.

Now W.M.E. William Morse Endeavor denies they were pressured into dropping Justin Baldoni by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

More on that insane story. Also, good news for Simone Biles. She was named Sports Illustrated sportsperson of the year for 2024.

And Luigi Mangione, still in the news, featured at a drag event.

Wait till you see this video I'm going to share with you.

For anyone wondering if his cult status is going away anytime soon? I don't think so. I'll have all of

those stories and so much more coming up next on The Rush. There's always going to be people

looking at the reporting that goes on during a massive story like the one happening in New Orleans

and questioning the messaging and what's being told. I've already been criticized for

information that came out this morning regarding how many E IEDs were placed throughout the scene. And I

want to clear some of that up. But first, here's Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry discussing

changing information from the New Orleans terrorist attack that happened on New Year's morning.

Yesterday, the FBI said that people should be vigilant, that he did not act alone,

that he likely had help, and now you're coming out the very next day and saying he was a lone

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