Good morning, it's Monday Dec. 7. I'm Joseph Delaney and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be mostly cloudy with a high near 72 and a 30 percent chance of rain. Expect it to be partly cloudy at night with a low around 50. Our top story is: Fighting allegations that he sent a sexually explicit text message and image to a University of Texas graduate student, state Sen. Charles Schwertner, a Republican from Georgetown, on Friday asked Lt. Gov.