WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

What kind of impact could the shutdown have on early childhood education and child care?

We talk with Mattilyn Karst Benson with the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children.

Checking in with Councilmember JP Morrell about the budget mess in New Orleans and how they're going to fix it.

* Why did Brian Kelly fail at LSU?

* Bank On It, financial insights you can count on with Jason Shields, the COO of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust

Bank On It, financial insights you can count on with Jason Shields, the COO of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust

We talk with WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo about the Tigers’ coaching search, how the SEC is shaping up, and LSU/Bama game week.

Tommy and Mike Detillier break down the Saints 34-10 loss to the Rams

The FBI announced that a terror plot was thwarted in Michigan before it could ruin Halloween for everyone. Here's the latest. Plus, Marine City had a dilemma when a football championship fell on Halloween. Here's how they're handling it. And how old is too old to trick or treat? And then we go to the solar system to discuss how spooky the galaxy is. We also find out which galaxy smells like raspberry and what the moon looks like cut in half.

* How surprising is it that the LSU drama is playing out in public?

* Joe Giarrusso on how the city is going to solve the financial mess

* Is Gov. Landry's involvement making the LSU job less attractive?

* How changing the clock backwards and forwards an hour affects our bodies

* The moon smells like gunpowder, and other weird, fun science facts

* We spend some time with Jillian Scudder, an astrophysicist from Oberlin College, about how we spot far away objects and planets, how many come near the Earth, and answer all your space-related questions

* Tommy's Weekend Winners: sports betting tips

Tommy talks with JR from Taking Vegas