President said his ‘message is going to be personal’ to those who lost loved ones in new year attack by army veteran

Joe Biden arrived in New Orleans late on Monday afternoon with a message to the grieving families of victims in the deadly new year’s attack during celebrations in the city’s famed French Quarter: “It takes time. You got to hang on.”

The US president flew into the city where an army veteran drove a truck into revelers on Bourbon Street, killing 14 and injuring 30 more. It could be the last time Biden travels to the scene of a horrific crime as president, with less than two weeks left in office.