Engineers are racing to bring down damaged cranes attached to the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans before the possible arrival of a tropical system. Governor Edwards says he’ll hold a unified command group meeting at 1 o’clock to figure out what to do about the two cranes close to collapsing.
Cut 7 (07) “…weekend.”
Search and rescue operations have ceased, and the final death toll from the collapse is three.

A new study shows that the construction of Mississippi River Sediment Diversions will increase regional sales in southeast Louisiana by three-billion dollars and support nearly four-thousand jobs over seven years. Restore the Mississippi River Delta Campaign Director Steve Cochran says the diversions will provide real economic opportunities and protect the region from flooding…
cut 6 (10) “…further north”

A 2-year-old girl is dead after being left in a hot car and her aunt is charged with negligent homicide. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
Cut 2 (33) “…I’m Kevin Barnhart”

U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement say a detainee committed suicide at the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, which is one of several prisons in Louisiana housing immigrants seeking asylum. 43-year-old Roylan Hernandez Diaz of Cuba was taken into custody by the U-S government at a border bridge in El Paso, Texas.