For today's other top story, we turn to New Orleans. This is the first weekend since an ISIS-inspired Texas man killed more than a dozen people and silenced the city known for its joyous atmosphere. As New Orleans recovers, officials and residents are asking, what can be done to better protect their city against brutal acts of terror?

Laura Barone Lopez has the latest from Louisiana.

Strains of music once again drifted through New Orleans French Quarter,

while bouncers checked IDs and patted people down.

But even as people returned to bustling Bourbon Street for its nightlife, bars, and live music, there were reminders of Wednesday's terrorist attack that killed 14 people.

Since then, makeshift memorials have sprung up near the site.

Flowers, candles, crosses,

and notes left for those who died. Earlier, Sarah Colbert, who lives in New Orleans and her

mother, Janiel Colbert, who was visiting from Los Angeles, stopped to pay their respects.

They were among the throngs of partygoers who packed Bourbon Street on New Year's Eve and said they

missed the attack by an hour.

The people here, the victims, were people that we walked amongst, people that we saw.

Could have been someone that we saw dancing and admired as we people watched down the street.

It's real close to home.

We were right there at it.

I thought, man, if we would have been here,

at that time I was right behind her,

who knows what would have happened.

And my heart breaks for the families.

They came out here for a good time, and they're not going home.

It's been three days since a terrorist attack

stunned New Orleans and the nation, and local officials and residents want answers, asking how clear warning signs were missed.

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