6:30 LRN Newscast September 27

The nation’s attention will be focused today on testimony from Doctor Christine Blasey Ford who will answer questions about her sexual misconduct allegations made against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Senator John Kennedy is on the Senate Judiciary Committee, so what can we expect from him? Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat…
Cut 13 (10) “…the full senate.”
Kennedy says he has not prepared any questions for today’s hearing.

In the House, U-S Representative Ralph Abraham gave a touching speech honoring Adolf Wesselhoft of Ruston, who flew bombers during the Vietnman War. He’s now legally blind because of Agent Orange exposure…
cut 6 (07) “….be forgotten”
Wesselhoft and his family also lived through a German internment camp during World War II.

A new poll for the Secretary of State’s special election in November is out, with Democrat Renee Fontenot Free in the lead, followed by Republicans Julie Stokes and Rick Edmonds. The poll, by JMC Analytics, was commissioned by Edmonds. Pollster John Couvillion says the early lead for a Democrat in a red state isn’t surprising, considering how many republicans are running.
Cut 10 (10) “six ways.“
The rest of the candidates sit in the low single digits, including Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin who took over after Tom Schedler’s resignation that sparked the special election.