When Congress returns to session next week, expect a resolution that attempts to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency along the U-S Mexico border. The president is expected to veto that legislation and Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says there’s enough votes to override a veto, because many believe that the situation at the southern border needs to be addressed…
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Legal challenges are also likely.

By calling the national emergency, the president intends to use military construction project dollars to pay for the wall. Senator Bill Cassidy says the White House also intends to use his idea of using money seized from Mexican drug cartels to pay for steel barriers along the southern border…
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An armed robbery suspect is dead and five others wounded following a shootout with police in downtown New Orleans last night. Authorities say bullets began flying after undercover NOPD cops tried to question a person of interest in an armed robbery. Police says the suspect pulled out a gun at Canal Street and Elk Place and began firing at two officers. The suspect was gunned down, but innocent bystanders at the bus stop were struck.

Work begins on Wednesday to improve the Texas Street Bridge that connects downtown Shreveport to Bossier Parish. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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