Breaking news tonight, the deadly New Year's truck attack in New Orleans being investigated by the FBI as an act of terror.

The state of emergency in New Orleans after a speeding truck killed at least 15 people and injured dozens of others.

The chilling surveillance video. The pickup driving onto the sidewalk to get around a police vehicle, blocking off Bourbon

Street and then plowing into the celebrating crowd after the impact the driver, getting out,

opening fire on police, and killed in a shootout.

President Biden just moments ago addressing the nation saying the suspect was inspired by ISIS and the feds are

hunting for any possible co-conspirators tonight. The attacker identified as a U.S. citizen

and an army veteran from Texas, found with the vehicle on ISIS flag, along with weapons

and improvised explosive devices, two other IEDs found in the French

quarter. The attack coming just hours before tens of thousands were sent to attend the Sugar Bowl

in New Orleans. The game now postponed. Also tonight, the deadly Tesla cyber truck explosion

outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. The investigation was this an act of

terror, too? And the deadly New Year's firework tragedy in Hawaii. Our special coverage

begins now. This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

It has been a busy night of breaking news and the words,

Happy New Year don't come easily for many Americans tonight.

Hearts are heavy across the country,

burdened by anguish and sorrow following the deadly terror attack on one of this country's most cherished locales overnight.

The death toll in New Orleans, now at least 15, after a pickup truck carrying an ISIS flag

drove straight into crowds gathered on Bourbon Street in the city's famous French quarter,

just hours into the new year, along with the dead dozens of people

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