Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins has received backlash from the Auschwitz Memorial after he filmed and narrated a video in a gas chamber of the former Nazi concentration camp Before entering the gas chamber, a plaque explains the memorial is to be a silent place to respect the victims’ memory. Higgins said in the video that nobody should ever forget that this happened, and America should never let its guard down..:
Cut 4 (07) “quite shocking”
Officials with the memorial say this is a place for mournful silence, not to be used as a stage.

Minden Representative Gene Reynolds has decided not to step down from his position as the leader of the House Democratic Caucus, saying he will finish out his term as chairman. He says many people from both parties reached out and asked him to stay on and make sure the person who moves into the position knows what all goes on behind the scenes…:
Cut 12 (09) “pull the party together”

Louisiana is now on board with Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Utah and Washington, as Governor Edwards signed into law a measure to allow students to bring sunscreen to school. Kristin Hellquist with the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association hopes this law brings awareness to the dangers of skin cancer, along with the choice to bring sunscreen to school.
Cut 7 (10) “be appropriate”

Arguments were heard today before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Christopher Ware, 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. She says it’s fitting that oral arguments were heard on the day after the 4th of July…:
Cut 11 (08) “be heard today”