Today is the statistical peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says that means, historically, half of all the hurricanes in the season occur before September 10th and then half occur after…:
CUT 7 (13) “of that average range”
Keim says so far so good but we are in the smack dab middle of the season but hanging in another eight weeks means we probably won’t see tropical activity in Louisiana at all.

President Obama will address the nation tonight speaking on his strategy for defeating the ISIS militant group in the Middle East. Republican Minden Congressman and member of the House Armed Forces Committee, John Fleming, says the President should clarify the reason why we need to go after ISIS…:
CUT 10 (10) “eradicate them”
The speech will air at 8pm.

Republican Louisiana Senate candidate Representative Bill Cassidy is getting some criticism for saying that Democratic Majority Leader Harriy Reid is running the US Senate “like a plantation.” The statement was made in an interview with E&E Publishing. Political analyst Clancy Dubos is not sure how quickly the backlash will blow over due to the racial connotations of the comment…:
CUT 13 (08) “Mary Landrieu”
Fellow Republican Senate candidate Rob Maness has called for Cassidy to immediately apologize for offending many Americans.