16:30 LRN Newscast August 23rd

President Barack Obama visited with residents at a flood damaged subdivision in East Baton Rouge Parish today. He told a gathering of reporters that the nation is committed to rebuilding devastated areas of the state. The President says Louisiana has already received millions in federal assistance…
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Professionals in Louisiana’s film industry are available to help in the recovery process from the historic flood. President of Film Production Capital, Will French, says the state’s film industry is down 85-percent, which means carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and other skilled workers are unemployed.
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French says this is a way to help both flood victims and film industry workers.

More than 6 million dollars has been raised through over 5-thousand GoFundMe campaigns to assist flood victims. Don Molino has more…
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The National Hurricane Center is keeping its eye on three tropical systems in the Atlantic, and one of them has the potential of getting into the Gulf of Mexico. State climatologist Barry Keim says the disturbance is currently called Invest 99…
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Keim says this system is moving towards Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.