2:30 LRN Newscast January 22

Senators are hearing opening arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment case. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy is upset the chamber is held hostage over impeachment while other, more important issues remain unsolved…
cut 14 (10) “…period”
California Congressman Adam Schiff kicked off the Democrats case by claiming the president tried to use his powers of the presidency to gain information to help him win the 2020 election.

With the arrest of two 19-year-olds last night, four people are under arrest for last Friday’s fatal shooting in Jeanerette that claimed the life of 17-year-old Kendall Thompson Junior. Interim Jeanerette Police Chief Fernest Martin says it’s a senseless homicide…
cut 8 (09) “….was the motive”

Ouachita Parish Sheriff deputies confiscated about 900-thousand dollars worth of meth during a traffic stop last night on I-20. Sheriff’s office spokesperson Glen Springfield says they know drugs are trafficked on I-10 and 1-20, so this is something they keep an eye out for…
cut 11 (08) “,,,make the arrest”
The man arrested is from Houston. Springfield says deputies pulled him over after noticing he was driving erratically and had a broken tail light.

The first U-S case of the Chinese Coronavirus has been detected in Seattle. LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Disease Specialist Doctor Fred Lopez says the U-S case does not appear to be serious, but the new virus is blamed for 17 deaths in China…
cut 4 (11) “…as possible”
An estimated 547 people have been infected with the virus, but health officials are concerned that number could rapidly rise as travel increases during the Chinese New Year this weekend.