Hours into the new year, Bourbon Street in New Orleans is crowded with partiers. At 3:15am, a white, electric, Ford Pickup truck drives around a police squad car safety barricade, barreling through the revelers. 14 are killed, dozens wounded.  After coming to a stop, the driver gets out of the crashed truck wearing a helmet and ballistic vest. Armed with an AR-10, he fires at police. Two officers are wounded.    

In Las Vegas, at 8:39 a.m.,  Matthew Livelsberger arrives at the valet area of the Trump International. Seventeen seconds after the vehicle arrives, Livelsberger shoots himself in the head and the Cybertruck explodes. The blast created by fireworks-style mortars and gas canisters.  Investigators believe the explosion was intentional, but have yet to determine a motive.  Seven people nearby suffered minor injuries in the blast. 

Two mass attacks, are they connected? 

Joining Nancy Grace today:

• Craig Drummond - Las Vegas Attorney, Former Prosecutor, U.S. Army Iraq Veteran, www.drummondfirm.com, FB: Drummond Law Firm-Call The Captain, IG: @callthecaptain_drummondlawfirm
• Dr. Shavaun Scott  - Psychotherapist, Author of “The Minds of Mass Killers: Understanding and Interrupting the Pathway to Violence”
• Jonathan Gilliam -  Former Navy SEAL and FBI Special Agent, Federal Air Marshall and Police Officer, Author of “Sheep No More: The Art of Awareness and Attack Survival,” Host of the podcast “The Experts,” website: jonathantgilliam.com, IG: @RealJonathanGilliam, X: @JGilliam_SEAL; FB and YouTube: Jonathan T Gilliam
• Dave Moyer  - Fmr. Navy Bomb Disposal Master Technician, Program Manager for Military Contracts, Georgia K9 Tracker - Master Trainer K9 Tracker,  Fmr. Deputy K9 With San Bernardino Sheriff Dept.
• Dr. Kendall Crowns  - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County,   Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
• Germania Rodriguez -Chief US reporter dailymail.com, EM: germania.rodriguez@mailonline.com