East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux welcomed Deputy Bruce Simmons back to work after being shot in the police ambush. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks….
Cut 13 (09) “that direction”
Simmons was shot in the left arm by a gunman who targeted Baton Rouge law enforcement officers following the Alton Sterling shooting. Simmons was promoted to Lieutenant during a cermony today.

Education Superintendent John White’s job status is under scrutiny, because he was not confirmed by the state senate during the legislative session. The governor could take legal action to have him removed. White says he’d rather focus on the students, not on politics….
cut 8 (11) “…our kids”
Work begins this week to waterproof the exterior of the first six floors of the State Capitol. Jacques Berry with the Division of Administration says scaffolding is up around the base of the building. And he says the front doors to the tallest building in the city will remain closed over the next year.
Cut 3 (07) “of caution”
Berry says the two entrances on the ground level will remain open.

Arizona Senator John McCain is in the battle for his life after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Neuro-oncologist Doctor Aaron Mammoser with LSU Health New Orleans says McCain will be surrounded by a great team of doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale…
cut 11 (12) “…forms of cancer”
But Mammoser says middle survival for this type of cancer is in the 16 to 18 month range.