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This hour, Newell shares his thoughts on the 10 inmates that escaped from the Orleans Justice Center. Then, Louis Pomes, St. Bernard Parish President, joins the show to share his concerns about the Louisiana International Terminal project.

A formal petition has been filed to recall the St. Bernard Parish President. According to the petition, Curtis and Assvedo filed the recall because Parish President Louis Pomes supports a House bill to help create a road and other infrastructure projects related to the Louisiana International Terminal, also known as the LIT facility. The terminal, described as a $1.8 billion container facility in St. Bernard, has been controversial due to health and quality of life concerns by residents in St. Bernard Parish. President Pomes joins Newell to share his side of the story.

Newell shares his thoughts on the 10 inmates that escaped from the Orleans Justice Center.

Conservatives refused to push President Donald Trump's budget out of committee (which you may have heard first here on Red Meat), so let's discuss how if they didn't, what's happening in California could happen to the rest of the country. Plus, James Comey threatened with arrest over Tweet and Trump's Middle East trip gets raves even from Biden staffers.

On today's show, Newell addresses the lack of prioritizing airport upkeep by Washington.

Then, Newell speaks with;

Andy Smarick, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about which schools create the most leaders,

Tim Temple, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, about House Bill 148, which would allow insurance commissioners to deny rates for personal and political reasons without considering whether a rate is actuarially sound,

Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families and a Research Professor at the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy, about a new report that looks at how changes to Medicaid could affect access to maternal and newborn health care in rural areas,

Jonathan Tapp, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office, to announce the results of "Operation Restore Justice," a nationwide initiative to identify, track, and arrest child predators,

and Victoria Coates, Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security & Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, to discuss President Trump's unprecedented travels throughout the Middle East.

This hour, Newell is joined by Jonathan Tapp, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office, to announce the results of "Operation Restore Justice," a nationwide initiative to identify, track, and arrest child predators. Then, Victoria Coates, Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security & Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, comes on to discuss President Trump's unprecedented travels throughout the Middle East.

Victoria Coates, Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security & Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, joins Newell to discuss President Trump's unprecedented travels throughout the Middle East, including a visit to Qatar.

Jonathan Tapp, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office, joins Newell to announce the results of "Operation Restore Justice," a nationwide initiative to identify, track, and arrest child predators. The operation coincided with the annual nationwide observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.

This hour, Newell has on Tim Temple, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, to talk about House Bill 148, which would allow insurance commissioners to deny rates for personal and political reasons without considering whether a rate is actuarially sound. Then, Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families and a Research Professor at the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy, joins the show to discuss a new report that looks at how changes to Medicaid could affect access to maternal and newborn health care in rural areas.

In Louisiana, 64% of women of childbearing age rely on Medicaid for coverage. A new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families highlights that Medicaid covers 47% of all births in rural America. The report looks at how changes to Medicaid could affect access to maternal and newborn health care in rural areas, where hospitals and providers are already stretched thin.