New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond urged members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today not to confirm Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the next United States Attorney General. Richmond says Sessions’ beliefs are discriminatory and so are his actions…
Cut 15 (11) “shared history”
Newly elected US Senator John Kennedy sits on the Judiciary Committee and supports Sessions appointment.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office announced the arrest today of five individuals in connection with the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Javonte Donaldson. Sheriff Randy Smith says it was a drug deal gone wrong and the arrest of these individuals should send a strong message…
cut 10 (06) “…not tolerate it”
Out of the five people arrested, one has been charged with first-degree murder and that’s 22-year-old Christover Davis.

Baton Rouge Police are looking for a gunman who fatally shot a 27-year-old mother in her doorway last night as her three children were inside. Sergeant L’Jean McKneely says they believe Robyn Hale was targeted…
cut 14 (09) “…suspect”
The children were not harmed in the incident.

The U-S Energy Information Administration calls for an average price of 52-dollars per barrel for crude oil in 2017. Michelle Southern looks at what this means for Louisiana…
Voicer 2 (30) “I’m Michelle Southern”