13:30 Newscast, July 5th, 2017

Congressman Clay Higgins made a video commentary while at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, but officials with the memorial aren’t happy…:
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Emelie Gunn”

Hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University have updated their annual hurricane season predictions, calling for above average activity for the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. CSU forecasters are calling for 15 named storms, eight of which will become hurricanes. Three of those classified as major. Earlier predictions had called for 14 named storms, six hurricanes, and two major hurricanes.

Students in Louisiana will now be allowed to bring and use sunscreen at public schools under a law recently signed by Governor John Bel Edwards. Kristin Hellquist with the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association says this is due to great work by many dermatologists and surgeons…:
Cut 8 (09) “for us”

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments today in the case of a Rastafarian inmate with dreadlocks who doesn’t want to cut his hair as prison rules state because it goes against his religious beliefs. ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Marjorie Esman says religious discrimination against prisoners is prohibited, and it’s fitting that oral arguments were heard on the day after the 4th of July…:
Cut 11 (08) “be heard today”
The ACLU filed the suit on behalf of Christopher Ware.