WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

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WWL First News with Tommy Tucker episodes

March 13 Craving some Irish food? Maybe some seafood? Check these out
Tommy and Ian McNulty, who covers food and dining culture for The Times Picayune | New Orleans Advocate.
25 min
March 13 Hour 2: Another day, another water main break for the Sewerage and Water Board
* We talk to Aimee McCarron about the latest water main break in her district...and how her office has been warning about that spot
* After all the recent water main breaks, could plastic pipes be a solution for New Orleans? We’ll talk with Norma Jean Mattei about what’s been going on and what HDPE is.
21 min
March 13 Hour 1: LSU getting back on track and understanding Iran's nuclear ambitions
* We’ll break down LSU baseball’s SEC opener against Vanderbilt with WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo. Will the Tigers get back on track after a rough last weekend?
* What do we know about the state of Iran's nuclear program? How can you tell what's for civilian purposes and what's for military purposes?
23 min
March 13 Why have there been earthquakes in northern Louisiana?
A Tulane researcher is helping understand these rare Louisiana earthquakes. We talk with geoscientist Cynthia Ebinger about the quakes and the work she's doing.
8 min
March 13 Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple on discounts for fortified roofs, gold standard for building
We check back in with Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple about discounts for fortified roofs and what he’s watching in the legislative session.
12 min
March 13 Aimee McCarron had been warning about a leak where the latest water main break happened
Another day, yet another water main break. We'll talk to Aimee McCarron about the latest break in her district...and how her office has been warning about the latest location for weeks.
11 min
March 13 Could plastic pipes be a solution for the Sewerage and Water Board?
After all the recent water main breaks, could plastic pipes be a solution for New Orleans?
We talk with Norma Jean Mattei, Professor of Engineering at UNO and a past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, about what’s been going on and what HDPE is.
11 min
March 13 Iran's nuclear program is complicated. Here's what to know to understand what's going on
What do we know about the state of Iran's nuclear program? How can you tell what's for civilian purposes and what's for military purposes?
We talk with Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association.
13 min
March 13 How will LSU baseball look in their first SEC series?
We’ll break down LSU baseball’s SEC opener against Vanderbilt with WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo. Will the Tigers get back on track after a rough last weekend?
13 min
March 12 BONUS: Trump's team tells GOP to stop talking hardline immigration as data shows economy suffering
New studies this week disproved the idea that cutting down on immigrants brings more jobs to Americans and that immigrants commit more crimes than average. Experts discuss, plus we get the latest on a blind immigrant who died in Buffalo when he was dropped off shoeless and alone miles from home, and on the other end of the spectrum Newell Normand talks about how New Orleans needs to get tougher with its street scene to compete for tourists.
28 min