16:30 LRN Newscast July 26

President Donald Trump announces transgender individuals are no longer allowed to serve in the U.S. military in any capacity. But Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana Marjorie Esman says this is clear discrimination…
cut 7 (11) “….serving”
Richland Parish Congressman Ralph Abraham says this is not a discrimination issue. He says transgender individuals can create problems that military should not have to address…
cut 8 (09) “…hope not”

U.S. Representative Steve Scalise has been discharged from MedStar Washington Hospital. Six weeks ago Scalise was shot in the left hip and he’s undergone several surgeries. Scalise will now begin a period of intensive inpatient rehabilitation.

51-percent of Louisiana residents approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance, according to a recent Gallup poll. LSU political science professor Robert Hogan says Louisiana voters like what the president is doing…:
Cut 3 (10) “into office”
Louisiana is one of 17 states where a majority of residents say the president is doing a good job six months into his term.

A 10 and 12 year old are facing charges after they allegedly robbed a wireless store in Shreveport. Corporal Marcus Hines says video shows the youngsters breaking into the store on Monday night and taking phones and they returned again on Tuesday night….
cut 11 (10) “…rear of the business”
All of the stolen items were recovered.