06:30 Newscast November 7, 2014

Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy and incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu hit the campaign trail yesterday leading up to their December 6th showdown for Landrieu’s Senate seat. Cassidy says he has agreed to meet Landrieu in a televised debate on December 1st…

cut 7 (09) “no difference”

Landrieu has challenged Cassidy to a total of six debates and says has been hiding from his record. She says the congressman needs to address his record to the voters of Louisiana…

cut 8 (11) “to talk about”

In Tuesday’s primary, Landrieu received 42-percent of the vote, while Cassidy pulled in 41-percent.

Looks like another cool weekend for the state. Overnight lows will be in the 40s and expect highs in the 60s to near 70 all weekend long.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is cancelling nearly $2 million in planned television ads supporting Senator Mary Landrieu in her runoff bid against Congressman Bill Cassidy. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says this is definitely a blow to the Landrieu campaign, but it’s merely a drop in the bucket of what’s expected to be spent in this election…

cut 14 (12) “in the runoff”

Dubos says this move is not a death blow to Landrieu, but it still hurts.