11:30 LRN Newscast Jan 9

Senator John Kennedy applauds the President’s decision not to retaliate militarily against Iran after the country fired rockets at two US bases. Matt Doyle has more…

Cut 2 (31) “…I’m Matt Doyle” 

Did you see Saints Quarterback Drew Brees on last night’s episode of Undercover Boss on CBS. Brees who is a minority owner of the Walk On’s restaurant chain washed dishes in the kitchen. He had long hair and a beard.

State Superintendent of Education John White announces he is stepping down from the post he’s held since 2012. Louisiana still ranks poorly in most educational metrics, and the job will not be easy for whoever takes it next, but Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin believes White built the kind of foundation future superintendents will rely on.

Cut 9 (09) “…progress”

The US cancer death rate sees the biggest one-year decline in national cancer statistics dating back to 1930. That’s according to an American Cancer Society report. Between 2016 and 17, cancer deaths dropped by 2.2 percent.  Director of the Stanley Scott Cancer Center at LSU Health New Orleans Dr. Augusto Ochoa credits that drop in part to new treatments developed over the last decade or so.

Cut 13 (10) “…it takes time.”