7:30 AM LRN Newscast

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill went to Washington, D-C, to urge the Food and Drug Administration to end its mail-order abortion pill policy. Murrill says out of state doctors are dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone through the mail to pregnant women in Louisiana, and the results in many cases are devastating.

Cut 7 (14) “…in a toilet.”

In Louisiana, Mifepristone can only be prescribed in hospital settings.

New Special Envoy to Greenland, Governor Jeff Landry will be in Washington to discuss his role in the U.S. acquiring the Danish territory. President Trump says the U.S. needs the territory for security and is in a better position to protect it from Russia and China. Officials from Greenland and Denmark with Vice President Vance yesterday. Earlier this month Landry said he was interested in getting to know the people of Greenland and would visit in March as he accepted an invitation to a prestigious dog sled race there. The Greenland Dog Sledding Association says they want to know who invited a Foreign political actor and called the invitation inappropriate.

If you need to sign up for or renew your health insurance through HealthCare-dot-gov, time is running out for this year. Andrew Greenstein reports.

Cut 1 (33) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”

A bill that included over 350 million dollars for 51 Louisiana projects is up for discussion in the Senate today. One of the projects provides 137-million dollars for Atchafalaya River basin flood control. Senator Bill Cassidy says it’s critical and is part of the greater infrastructure project to protect the coastal parishes of St. Mary, Terrebonne and Lafourche.

Cut 12 (07) “…control that water”