News Wrap: New Orleans terror suspect visited city twice before attack, FBI says

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• William Brangham:

  There are new details tonight into the investigation into the deadly New Year's Day terror attack in New Orleans. The FBI now says the suspect visited the city twice before the attack. On at least one of these visits, he wore special glasses that recorded his surroundings as he bicycled through the French Quarter. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell vowed to make the city safe for all its upcoming events, including the Super Bowl.

• Mayor LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans:

  I have specifically requested through the White House that the city of New Orleans be assisted with getting a tactical expert in our city this week to map our city for target hardening measures where and how.

• William Brangham:

  13 people still remain in the hospital from their injuries. President Biden is set to visit New Orleans tomorrow as this investigation continues.

  Former President Jimmy Carter continues to lie in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta, where he did much of the work that helped cement his legacy after leaving the White House. Hundreds of mourners today paid their final respects to the 39th President.

  Later this week, Carter will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol before a funeral service Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral.

  Strikes across Gaza today killed more than a dozen people as pressure mounts for Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire. The multiple attacks took place across central and northern Gaza. Palestinian medics say that brings the total number killed this weekend to 102.

  The strikes hit the Gaza Strip a day after Hamas released video of this Israeli soldier alive. The family asked that the new video not be released in full. At their weekly gathering, families of hostages urged Israeli officials to broker a deal as soon as possible.

  The controversy surrounding the impeached president of South Korea has now spread to his security detail. The chief of security for President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to comply with an arrest warrant for the leader. Yoon's lawyers argue the warrant is illegal and invalid. That led to mass protests in the streets of the capital Seoul today despite frigid and snowy conditions.

  Still to come on PBS News Weekend, it has been four years since the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. We look back on a day that changed America and how Philadelphia is working to help save migrating birds.