President Obama will be addressing the nation tonight at 8 to talk about his strategy to defeat the middle east militant group ISIS. Minden Congressman John Fleming says the President needs to tell Congress what he wants…:
CUT 11 (13) “war with ISIS”
Fleming says from here the US either needs to hold off for the time being or to go after ISIS shock and awe style.

Historically speaking, today is the statistical peak of the hurricane season. State Climatologist Barry Keim says half of all hurricanes form before today, half after. He says we’ve seen almost zero tropical activity in the US this season like last year…:
CUT 8 (06) “major hurricane”
He says another eight weeks and we probably won’t see anything at all.

US Congressman Bill Cassidy responds to the backlash from leaders claiming his statement saying Majority Leader Harry Reid is running the Senate like a plantation. Cassidy said in a statement that the leadership style of Reid is more offensive than the comment. Political analyst Clancy Dubos on how this should impact the US Senate race between Cassidy and main challenger Senator Mary Landrieu
CUT 15 (10) “comulative effect”
Cassidy made the statement during interview with E&E Publishing.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office says they’ve arrested a 22-year-old man from Arkansas who is accused of trafficking at least two women and forcing them into prostitution. They say Emmanuel Bailey was busted when one of the women was arrested in a sex for money exchange at a hotel and that’s when she told them what was going on. Apparently the suspect was using the site backpage.com and detectives found the ads. Bailey was charged with human trafficking Tuesday.