President Joe Biden is promising a massive federal response to help southeast Louisiana rebuild from Hurricane Ida. The president, who will tour the devastation tomorrow, says his administration is working on increasing the supply of gasoline
The President has also heard some insurance companies may deny coverage for additional living assistance expenses unless the homeowner was under a mandatory evacuation.
Meantime Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s been in discussions with the White House to have fuel sent as soon as possible to the state to ease gas lines and assist emergency responders.
Cut 7 (14) “…southeast Louisiana.”
Edwards points out the irony that two-thirds of the state’s refinery capacity is down.
Entergy officials plan to complete their damage assessments today, which will allow them to give customers an estimated restoration time. Entergy Louisiana President Phillip May says they are starting to make progress in restoring power to coastal parishes that did not receive the brunt of the storm…
A 57-year-old Keithville man, Clemon Hanson, Sr., is being held on 900-thousand dollars bond on a number of child sex charges. Caddo Parish sheriff’s office spokesperson, Cindy Chadwick, says the crimes date back for decades to the 1980s. She says Detective Chris Ardoin says Hanson may have committed similar crimes against other victims and in parishes other than Caddo.
Cut 10 (08) Detective Ardoin.”