US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces the Lower Chamber will vote to send two articles of impeachment to the Senate, a month after voting to impeach President Trump. Pelosi has withheld the articles after a disagreement on how the trial should be held. Senator John Kennedy says the waiting game has been embarrassing.
Cut 6 (04) “farce”
Representatives Schiff, Nadler, and five other Democrats have been named impeachment managers and will prosecute the case in the Senate.
Smoking is not allowed in the Superdome but that didn’t stop several LSU players including quarterback Joe Burrow from lighting up a cigar following the team’s victory over Clemson in the national championship game. Baton Rouge defense attorney and cigar enthusiast Franz Borghardt says he couldn’t help but wonder how many of the guys who were partaking were under 21, which is a violation of federal law.
Cut 7 (11) “…on football performance.”
Saints QB Drew Brees turns 41 today, and coming off a disappointing end to the season there’s questions as to what his age means for the team going forward. Locked on Saints podcast host Ross Jackson says he fully expects Brees will be back in Black and Gold, but it’s obvious that his physical ability has deteriorated quickly over the past few years.
Cut 14 (11) “…to be”
Coach Payton says he expects Drew will be back, which likely means backup Teddy Bridgewater, who went 5 and 0 while Brees was injured, will leave in free agency.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has begun an I-10 widening and improvement project in Calcasieu Parish. DOTD spokesperson Tammy York says the work will bump up the capacity and upgrade the surface of the road in the stretch just west of Sulfur.
Cut 3 (09) “…a $45.5 million project.”
York says the area is a fairly congested portion of I-10. The project is expected to wrap up in summer 2021.