President Donald Trump is in New Orleans today to speak at the American Farm Bureau Convention. Rice and soybean farmers say the tariffs and now the government shutdown have hurt their ability to make money off their crop. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says despite the tariff issues, he expects the crowd to welcome the President.

Cut 13 (12) “…hurting some farmers.”

This is Trump’s first visit to New Orleans since a 2016 campaign stop.

LSU linebacker Devin White has announced in a video clip posted to Twitter that he is entering the 2019 NFL Draft.  He finishes he career as a Tiger with 286 tackles, 8.5 sacks, and four forced fumbles in 34 games.

Eric Prudholm was serving a life sentence for an aggravated rape and armed robbery that happened in a Bossier City motel in 1981, but he’s now a free man, after a DNA test of bed linens and the victim’s nightgown led to the courts deciding his original conviction and sentence should be vacated. Innocence Project New Orleans Executive Director Jee Park says Prudholm, now 58, will receive no compensation for his time, but he is hoping to land a job in food service.

Cut 12 (11) “…many many years.”

A report from Rockefeller Institute of Government finds that Louisiana gets back a $1.52 in federal dollars for every one dollar of taxes paid to the federal government. It resulted in about a 17-billion dollar net gain in federal dollars for Louisiana in 2017…
cut 5 (10) “…two programs”
That’s the director of the fiscal analysis Laura Schultz.