💬 “Explosives that included fireworks, gas tanks, and camping fuel, and authorities believe that was connected to a detonation system controlled by the driver,” a CNN anchor reported.

💬 "This particular terrorist drove onto the sidewalk and got around the hard target. We did have a car there, we had barriers there, we had officers there, and they still got around," New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick excused at a briefing on Wednesday.

💬 "We knew these were malfunctioning. So we did indeed have a plan, but the terrorist defeated it," Kirkpatrick lamented.

💬 "We are tracking the explosion of a Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. Law enforcement and the intelligence community are investigating this as well, including whether there are any possible connections with the attack in New Orleans," Biden said in an address to the nation, adding that there is nothing to share on the matter so far.

💬 "The FBI also reported to me that mere hours before the attack, he posted videos on social media indicating that he is inspired by ISIS, especially [by their] desire to kill," the president said.

Authorities are referring to videos the suspect allegedly recorded in his car during a trip to Louisiana. In the recordings, Jabbar reportedly spoke of his divorce and a chilling plan to invite his family to a “celebration,” where he intended to kill them.