President Joe Biden has visited a makeshift memorial at the site of the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans as he visits the city to meet with grieving families.

Biden, accompanied by first lady Jill Biden, sat on a front-row pew during the emotional service alongside Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell as leaders of different faiths delivered sermons and prayers for peace and healing.

Jeff Landry and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. President Joe Biden (3rd L) and First Lady Jill Biden (2nd L), alongside the Governor of Louisiana Jeff Landry (L), attend an interfaith prayer service with the families and community members impacted by ...

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with families, survivors and local law enforcement affected by the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and wounded dozens of others.

After five days of shock and grief, President Joe Biden visited New Orleans Monday to offer private words of consolation to victims’ families and public words of solace to a packed interfaith service at St.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks at a press conference at the temporary New Orleans Police Department headquarters about a suspected terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)

President Biden is visiting New Orleans on Monday to grieve with the families of the Bourbon Street terrorist attack on the same day the city marks the start of the Mardi Gras season. Why it matters: The ISIS-inspired truck attack killed 14 people and injured dozens more.

Hours ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit on Monday to New Orleans — his first since the violent attack on New Year’s Day that left 14 people dead — law enforcement officers swarmed a blockaded Jackson Square, where Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, were expected to attend an evening prayer and memorial service at St. Louis Cathedral.

The Bidens will attend an Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace and Healing at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited a memorial for the victims of the Bourbon Street attack on Monday afternoon.