WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

How is the shutdown affecting the healthcare system? What’s the fight over the Obamacare subsidies?

We try to break it down with Simon Haeder, an associate professor of public health at the Ohio State University

* Ralph Brennan on Carl Morgan

* How do the Saints build on their win?

* Feral hogs are a huge problem in LA, and this man is trying to stop them

* More evidence released in the Kyren Lacy incident

* How is the job market looking, with shutdown uncertainty?

* How have the Pelicans looked in the preseason?

Ralph Brennan tells us about Carl Morgan, the chef who was tragically murdered, and shares his experiences and stories of the kind of person Carl was.

Tommy talks to Jeff Nowak about the Saints win over the Giants. Dave Cohen gives us new information on Kyren Lacy and Oleh Kosel previews the Pelicans season.

Dave Cohen joins Tommy to talk about new evidence presented by the Louisiana State Police.

Pelicans beat writer Oleh Kosel joins Tommy to talk about the upcoming Pelicans season.

Feral hogs are a huge problem in Louisiana, causing over $90 million in damage every year.

We talk with Glen Gantry from the LSU Ag Center about why they’re such a hard problem to contain and some of the work he’s done to solve the issue.

* We get the state of the job market and the uncertainty over what the Fed will do if the shutdown keeps going

* President Trump and deploying the National Guard

Tommy and David Schultz, Professor of Political Science at Hamline University, discuss President Trump's executive authority.

We get the state of the job market and the uncertainty over what the Fed will do if the shutdown keeps going.

Mark Hamrick, Bankrate senior economic analyst