6:30 LRN Newscast January 8

State Democratic Party leaders condemned Louisiana Republican Party elected officials, calling them culpable in Wednesday’s mob assault on the US Capitol…
Cut 2 (30) “…I’m Matt Doyle.”

Senator Bill Cassidy says the protestors who stormed the Capitol should be charged with treason. And the co-owner of Rouses Markets, Donald Rouse Senior,” is facing social media backlash because he was at the rally for President Trump before the attack occurred. Rouse says he was there to support the president and condemns the violence that erupted.

Seventeen members of the US House have sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence asking him to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from the Oval Office. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says it’s a complicated process because the forceful removal of Mr. Trump requires action from a majority of sitting Cabinet secretaries and two of them have resigned in recent days…
cut 14 (10) “….Senate”

It will be cold weekend and Matt Hemingway with the National Weather Service in Shreveport says there’s the potential for snow in north Louisiana and a wintry mix in central Louisiana…
cut 10 (07) “…Monday morning”
Hemingway adds it’s hard to predict how much snow north Louisiana will see and if we’ll see some white stuff.