09:30 Newscast November 7, 2014

Both Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy and incumbent Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu were on the campaign trail yesterday gearing up for 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 he has been hiding from his record.

Nearly $2 million in television ads supporting Landrieu in her runoff bid against Cassidy are being pulled by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says this is 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 does hurt.

The LSU Alabama game has been one of the hottest tickets in college football in recent years and tomorrow’s matchup is no exception. Michelle Southern reports.

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State Climatologist Barry Keim says tomorrow brings great tailgating weather for college football games across the state. He says temperatures will be a little cool for the evening kickoffs…

cut 6 (05) “on your arms”

Keim says overnight lows will drop into the 40s this weekend with afternoon highs in the 60s to near 70 all weekend long.