18:30 LRN Newscast July 5th

South Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins has apologized for posting a video inside a gas chamber used by Nazis. In the five-minute video, Higgins said he wanted to use the back drop of a prison camp to show Americans why our military must be invincible…
cut 3 (10) “….squared away”
But the director of a global Holocaust research center says making a political statement where thousands of Jews were killed is not appropriate. The video has been taken down.

Minden Representative Gene Reynolds announces he will remain the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. Reynolds considered stepping down. He says it’s his goal to work with the moderate Republicans to come up with a solution to constant budget deficits….
cut 13 (12) “…special session”
The ACLU of Louisiana argued before the Fifth Circuit Court of appeals today on behalf of state inmate Christopher Ware who doesn’t want to cut his hair due to religious beliefs. But the Department of Corrections argues a a grooming policy is needed for safety reasons. ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Marjorie Esman..:
Cut 10 (13) “minority religion”
Ware is currently being held in a Caddo Parish jail that doesn’t have a hair policy.

Louisiana is now 6th state to allow students to bring and use sunscreen at public school, after Governor John Bel Edwards signed the measure into law. Kristin Hellquist with the American Society for the Dermatologic Surgery Association says it teaches kids at a young age skin cancer can be preventable..:
Cut 6 (09) “as well”