8:30 LRN Newscast Jan 7

Clean-up will begin today at the U-S Capitol one day after the first attack on the Washington-DC building in two centuries. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy was in the Upper Chamber when an angry mob of President Trump supporters bullied their way past Capitol Police and into the Senate chambers…
cut 12 (09) “…Capitol”
Senators were escorted to a safe location. Congressman Mike Johnson calls it a sad day for the United States….
cut 11 (10) “….peril”
The House and Senate returned to their respective chambers last night and early this morning certified President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college victory.

On a day when the state reached an all-time high in COVID-19 hospitalizations, a frustrated Governor John Bel Edwards implored residents to do better in their mitigation efforts that include wearing a mask…
cut 9 (12) “…damn onerus”
The governor’s revised Phase two restrictions expire next Wednesday and he will announce early next week what future restrictions may look like.

LSU football has hired Carolina Panthers quarterback coach Jake Peetz as its offensive coordinator and Carolina offensive assistant DJ Mangas as the passing game coordinator. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says both coaches are in their 30s and worked with former LSU assistant Joe Brady…
cut 19 (11) “…be hired”