8:30 LRN Newscast September 6

Saints quarterback Drew Brees is defending himself after his appearance in a video produced by an organization with a history of anti-LGBTQ views. Matt Doyle has the story…
Cut 3 (30) “…Matt Doyle”

A member of the Byrd High School football staff has been arrested for child pornography. Police records indicate 33-year-old James Allen Opie of Shreveport was booked after a search of his home by local and federal investigators. Opie has been an employee with the Caddo Parish School System since 2010.

You can see how NBC’s Lester Holt spent two nights inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola as part of a look at criminal justice reform. Holt’s stay will be profiled on Dateline and during the show, Holt interviews Henry Montogmery, who has sentenced to life for a killing a cop when he was 17. His appeal of juvenile life sentences led to the US Supreme Court overturning life sentences for child killers without parole…
cut 8 (09) “…decision”
That’s Dateline producer Dan Slepian.

The Bayou Bengals have a big game tomorrow with Texas, and the LSU Traveling Tigers are making the trip to Austin. LSU Alumni Chief Operating Officer Steve Helmke….
Cut 10 (10) “…facets to it”
The last time the Longhorns and the Tigers played each other in the regular season was 1954.