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New Orleans inches toward normalcy while mourning victims of deadly New Year’s rampage

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Bourbon Street reopened for business by early afternoon .

President Joe Biden will travel to New Orleans next week to mourn victims of the attack.

The driver, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was fatally shot in a firefight with police after steering his speeding truck around a barricade and slamming into the crowd.

Authorities finished processing the scene Thursday morning , removing the last of the bodies.

It was the deadliest IS-inspired assault on U.S. soil in years .

On Bourbon Street, flowers and candles were arranged as memorials to the victims.

By Thursday night , bouncers danced to music blasting from clubs, tourists posed for photos and a group of street performers had no trouble attracting a massive audience.

“I’m glad they cleaned up the streets, but it's like everything’s forgotten," a man says.