9:30 LRN Newscast December 2

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says jets carrying the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are flying to locations where they can be first given to frontline workers and also nursing home residents. Cassidy says Pfizer’s vaccine must be stored at very low temperatures and only a few sites in Louisiana have that capability…
cut 8 (09) “…distribution”

A vaccine being available soon is welcome news to many. COVID Deaths are up to 6,194 in Louisiana. Early in the pandemic around 70-percent of fatalities from COVID in the state were among blacks now it’s 44-percent. Doctor Corey Herbert credits outreach from the Louisiana Health Equity Task Force.
Cut 6 (10) “…many myths.”

The U-S Supreme court is hearing oral arguments at this hour in a case out of Louisiana that seeks to undo split jury verdicts. Baton Rouge attorney Andre Belanger says all past non-unanimous convictions deserve a second look based on a recent ruling that non-unanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional…
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Louisiana’s constitution didn’t require a unanimous verdict until 2019 and the state Attorney General Jeff Landry argues the case it could upend thousands of violent criminals.

Senator John Kennedy was a guest on the Moon Griffon show Tuesday and was asked about President Trump’s election challenge….
Cut 13 (12) “…to court.”